Hips Harbourside in Forest of Dean

Lovely place food,drinks,,people and views.

Not enough choice in anything I don't recommend the milkshake or cans of cold drinks couldn't have a cup of tea only coffee in those coffee machine which I hate

Cannot really comment as we only purchased icecream.

Young HIP qnd friendly staff, very good latte, toasties looked and smelt delicious and our lime and orange cake and banana cake was very well baked. Enjoyed the atmosphere and would definitely go back. Thanks guys.

I've had better coffee and the food was average. Still find it hard to believe what you have to pay for basically a snack these days. It is handy though,if you've gone for a walk in the forest, to have a little cafe .

Girls serving where rather frosty as it was close to closing time!!! Service with a smile goes a long way, especially when we are spending money there.

Very impressed with everything, the cafe is in a superb location and the coffee and service was excellent as was the very tasty bacon sandwich. Well done HIPS.

Great coffee and toasted bacon sandwich this morning

Great cappuccino served by really nice people. Very nice location so close to the harbour.

Great little find lovely local walks

we didn't eat here but had a nice little walk around. pleasant.

Nice for a cheeky coffee whilst dog walk

Great little coffee shop, excellent coffee and cheesy toasties delicious 😋 lovely little stop visiting Lydney docks.

Nice little cafe with a good selection of drinks and snack

I had the soup and it was really tasty 😋

Lovely little coffee shop beautiful location

Had coffee and cake with friends. The staff were really friendly and prices were ok.

Amazing cookies... Coffee great as well

Great place to go for a walk 🚶‍♀️ and the team at Hips will be there to provide me coffee ☕️ and food for you.

Top notch. Good food, top cakes, good coffee. Friendly service. Great location. Always popular.

A real surprise, great looking food, the best latte of the holiday, and sensibly priced tea at £1 a cup..

Lovely place hot chocolates are really nice and toasties but it's a bit expensive

Hips food is always tasty and excellent value.

Good location, great coffee and cake.

Right by the harbour. Toasted bacon and sauce sandwich and carrot cake with coffee. Very tasty.

The best cheese toastie anywhere!

Fab Toastie and roasted pepper 🫑🌶️ soup 🍲. Outstanding thankyou.

Beautiful place with great staff. Coffee is fab and the cakes, well my waistline suggests they are scrummy. Take the dogs for a walk by the Severn and then stop off for a well deserved cuppa.

Quality and taste of food and drink is unbeatable. Staff are always welcoming and friendly. One of my favourite places and definitely my favourite mochas!

Great little cafe. Only outside seating but lovely coffee, cake and light meals/snacks. Great addition to the harbour.

Had a great coffee here. My server was Issy and she was so kind :)

They were very kind, polite and helpful.

Great addition to the harbour. Great drinks and locally made cakes ready to be consumed on the historic harbour side. Plenty of outdoor seating available.

Always good coffee and cakes here!

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone about this amazing, secret little lunch spot. Very friendly, helpful service and brilliant food. Great views in the surrounding area.

Good selection of cakes and drinks, probably best enjoyed when you can eat outside, friendly staff.

Love this place and Lydney harbour too Local company providing excellent beverages ice cream and food

Called in ystdy,which was a beautiful sunny day,had a lovely sandwich & great milkshake with cream on top. Friendly staff . Such a pretty spot to take 5 mins break ..

V friendly welcome for a large group of us desperately trying to get some semblance of organisation to put an order together. They got us sorted out with good humour and good service. Drinks and snacks were great, and reasonably priced.

Lovely helpful staff, good service and a fab location. Limited menu but the toasties were excellent. Good value too and some yummy cakes.

Great selection of well made drinks

The single gender neutral public toilet cubicle is gross. Thin melamine partition separates the queue from whoever is using the toilet. Are these legal?

Beautiful location, great coffee and incredibly friendly service.

Absolutely love this place; the staff are always friendly even when incredibly busy, the coffee is delicious, a great selection of cakes/cookies, nice range of cold drinks if you don't fancy a hot one, and the ice cream they stock is divine!

Great coffee, super walnut-banana-choc slice and carrot cake, served with smiles and great customer service. Great setting.

Great ice cream, very friendly staff, good choice of food and hot drinks.

Another visit to Hips Habourside. Consistently some of the best coffee for miles around and very nice banana loaf. Wish the council would add some covered seating as that would really make it an all season venue. On my last visit a strong north easterly wind was blowing making it cold to sit outside.

Wonderful find as we were passing through. Great coffee and warm welcome.

Nice little place and nice people. Ask them about Canada!!

Fab cafe wanted a walk to tire the kids as away on holiday here. Great little cafe lovely staff was so friendly, it was busy too which was so lovely to see as i do love to support small businesses.

Nice end to a good walk staff could do with a bit more training

Great coffee, had a bacon toastie which was spot on 👍🏻

Amazing coffee. Staff did really well with huge queue and constant demand.

Really good coffee at a very reasonable price! Grab one and go and watch the river! 🙂

Visited 6th Nov. Decided to purchase a coffee. Probably one of the best (vanilla) lattes I’ve had. Brownie was also nice

Lovely place, gorgeous ice cream, even on a wet dreary day, Lovely staff. Alfred loved his ice cream. Thanks

Love the spot and the atmosphere It's a really good place to bring kids for a few hours to ride bikes or look for birds. Beautiful walks love it

Nice surprise in Lydney Harbour place to buy decent coffee & nice cakes

This is a wonderful extension to the hips social in Lydney and a perfect addition to the newly renovated and refreshed historic harbour in Lydney. They offer a variety of great hot and cold drinks and some delicious snacks, cakes and other treats. They also offer ice cream so there is something for everyone

Nice surprise to find this little cafe at Lydney Harbour. Perfect to enjoy a coffee, cake or toastie or all 3! Great customer service. Staff very friendly. Excellent location for a rest after exploring the area. I had GF cake (would have been nice to have had a toastie, but never mind - its a tough call for Gluten Free particularly when it's a small establishment & I fully understand that). There was the option of Soup which was also GF. Hubby said his bacon & cheese toastie was excellent. Hope you guys keep going and well done.

Friendly staff reasonable prices

A nice little cafe in Lydney Harbour. Good for coffee and a sandwich when visiting.

Great place for walkers and visitors to enjoy a quick snack and the view

A lovely little café , good food at reasonable prices. The staff are delightful. It's good to see the area being tidied up . Keep in mind that this is/was an industrial location so improvements will take time. The River side views are stunning.

Great spot for coffee, cakes, toasties, and ice-cream by the harbour docks. Great quality, lovely people, and beautiful environment!

Solid coffee and toastie - worth a visit

Very friendly staff - three gorgeous ladies. I bought three scoops ice cream and lost it a few meters away and... girls gave me another one ;)

Excellent top end cafe serving drinks, light snacks and yummy cakes. A great place to stop en route to a jaunt around the Harbour. Shame there are building works all around but this is still a beautiful spot. Free parking and doggy friendly, recyclable packaging too which is a bonus. Very friendly as well

We just fancied an ice cream, well it was the best I have had in years. The farrero rocher being the star and a great 2 scoop price as well. Lots going on in the lock to watch owing to refurb work.

Lovely little coffee shop and much needed addition to the harbour side. Dairy free and vegan options are available for both drinks and food. Always busy when I've been, staff remain happy and professional despite of this and pretty cramped working conditions. Would be nice if it was slightly bigger with undercover/indoor seating options, but I guess that's down to the council and not Hips. They do, however, have umbrellas for sun and light drizzle protection. Delicious coffee, cakes and ice cream. We had family visiting from South Africa who haven't stopped talking about how nice the cheese toastys are. A must visit if you're at the harbour!

A great, dog friendly venue. Always very warm and cheerie service, and very good and reliable coffees. Food is limited, but seems good. No under cover seating, but when the weather is kind, a great place to visit. Normally plenty of nearby parking. And some great, easy, coastal walks can start, or end, there.

Fantastic little spot for a bite to eat right next to the harbour and stunning views across the estuary. Dog-friendly as well which was lovely to see. A small menu, but really tasty food. Decent outdoor seating area as well to enjoy the views

Coffee tea shakes and juice served fresh cakes and cookies available disabled access good seating area and toilets available healthy food veg and vegan options..

Lovely surprise to find this excellent coffee shop on the harbour. We were on holiday and husband wanted to check out the industrial archaeology. Also a great dog walk along the coast and back by Naas House. Stayed on for bacon sandwiches which were hot and quickly done considering the popularity of this coffee shop. Very friendly staff. We'll be back.

Great coffee great seating area lovely view of the harbour while drinking coffee

Nice little place to take time out.

Great ice cream and vavon sandwich 🥪

By far the best toastie ever, served with a smile

Nice little cafe great walks in area Staff always very friendly Clean public toilets Plenty of parking

Great hot drinks, hot chocolate was amazing, shame only 1 member of staff can do hot drinks as there was a wait. Staff weren't very engaging, grandchildren would've loved an I've cream machine. Toilets were clean and lots of soap/ loo roll

Great hot chocolate and coffee here. Had to wait a while as only 1 member of staff knew how to make the drinks. Shame there's no ice cream machine, the grandchildren would've love one. Staff not very engaging. Toilets clean and plenty of soap and loo roll.

What a lovely little shop. Americano and a icecream we very good quality. Interesting location. Nice walks, nice doggy walls.

Good coffee and facilities set next to a scenic spot. Walking on the flat for those less able too. Perfect place to take elderly relatives during quiet times of the week.

Lovely coffee great cakes nice surroundings 😊

A quick bite and a coffee before setting off on a walk along the river, was quite pleasant sat in the sunshine and had a chat with a couple from Lydney who had moved from the east of London a few years ago.

Nice coffee and cold drinks ... Right on the harbour side ...

Basic coffee shack doing toasties etc

Nice drinks coupled with friendly efficient service. Would highly recommend 😁

Lovely place food if limited but what they do is of excellent quality. Three young ladies where there when we visited and were pleasant, polite and helpful. Lovely when local will call again when in the area

Very nice Harbour cafe, good facilities and clean. Friendly staff. 👍

Really fantastic place to eat, food was wonderful and the location ideal. Definitely worth a visit.

Amazing little cafe tucked at the end of the harbour with outdoor seating only. Lovely cheerful and friendly staff, and reasonably priced. We called in for breakfast and had a lovely toasted bacon sandwich, the coffee was good and the hot chocolate delicious. Stunning views over the harbour and the river.

Lovely place to visit sit and just chill. Food is great. Definitely worth a visit.

Great cafe with tasty food and cakes, friendly service. Amazing views

Stopped for a drink after walking around the harbour. Great little place lovely friendly staff & the drinks and Banana bread were excellent!! Thoroughly recommend.

Lovely little outdoor cafe...Nice walk from lydney lake , toastie and coffee and back again

What an amazing cafe! Tucked down at the harbour, this compact place is producing delicious food and coffee at very fair prices. We enjoyed brownies, cookies, cake and ice cream: all generous portions, fresh and very tasty. Coffee was one of the best I’ve had in a while. Friendly staff were working hard to serve steady stream of happy customers.

Pleasant little café at the Harbourside. Friendly staff/owners. Only had drinks, very reasonably priced, on this occasion, sitting at one of several outside tables. The café was quite popular at the time we visited (midday). We'll worth a visit.

Nice place for coffee and sandwiches

Stopped after a 15-mile bike ride for a cup of coffee ☕️(which was very nice and rich) when I visited. There was enough room to sit. It is very relaxing 😌 and has lots of information about the heritage of the docks.