Priory Cafe in North Tyneside

Breakfast and coffee, free parking across the road.

Nice and relaxing. No rushing about like some places, a great place for a social eat.

We visited here for a full english breakfast and coffee. It was all well cooked and piping hot. The produce used was high quality, especially the sausages. The staff were friendly and polite. The cafe is a child friendly environment, with lots of books and some toys for children to play with which I thought was a lovely touch. We will definitely be returning.

This place is amazing! Music is delightful and so is the lovely young barista with the fringe, she is very friendly! Coffee is 10/10 and would highly recommend the toasties!!

A tasty cafe, the breakfast was excellent with good quality bacon and sausages. Also I know other place that does sweetcorn fritters and it's worth visiting just for them

Food was meh, however service from the short beaded man, who I believe was called Sam really made up for it. Made it an enjoyable pub experience with just his friendly attitude.

The best Bacon sandwiches and homemade chips washed down with a lovely cup of coffee.

Fabulous cafe 5 mins from the beach and just round the corner from the main parade of shops. Food imaginative, generous and good quality. We had the courgette and feta fritters with poached egg, great breakfasts, cakes and lunches all homemade.

Visited the Priory Cafe on Saturday afternoon just for a coffee and a scone. Service was excellent as usual despite only working on 3 members of staff. I've never not had good service or issues with my refreshments. On the odd occasion I've had to wait 20 minutes or so for food but that has happened in when visiting other establishments too. There's always a good atmosphere with a good collective mix of music being played in the background. With regards to the comments and rating left by the previous gentleman, errors do happen. The young female apologised for your wait and you were giving a full refund in cash so your party of 3 ended up with free drinks and cake. You failed to mention that in your comments. Also the gentleman with his back to us didn't make any attempt to move his chair to allow my 87 year old disabled Mother to pass. Funny how none of your party apologised for that!!! Well done to the young female for being professional with such an arrogant man.

Staff in helpfully don't understand orders

Nice little cafe....cosy and good service. Aug 2024 in for 2 cheese toasties and 2 lattes £18 ish.

Very slow service and poor food, never asked how everything was! Went for breakfast on Sunday morning. One other family seated and ordered, we waited about 45 minutes for a bacon sandwich and American pancakes, with the drinks being served immediately. The pancakes were the worst I’d ever had - my advice if you can’t make them light and fluffy take them off the menu. Looked and tasted like they had been fried in the same pan as bacon. If you have loads of time to wait give it a go but don’t have the pancakes.

Lovely little café. We had drinks which were brought promptly. The cake and scones looked lovely as did the food brought to other customers. .

Lovely home cooked food, always really good quality, no matter how busy. Possibly the nicest breakfast I’ve had. Keeps me coming back most weeks!

This is a nice pub let down by unfriendly bar staff. It isn’t very good for people with accessibility issues due to steps at both entrances. The food is ok and it is nice to be able to sit outside.

This place really ought to famous and not just for having had a scene from Vera in it. The food here is honest, freshly cooked and wondefful. We always come here when we visit the UK. It looks nothing special. It is really special.

Very very busy place. Usually my anxiety would have me avoid such a place, but hunger took over. It did take around 40 mins to get our food, but this is because it's obviously cooked fresh and our sausages arent sitting on a hotplate for 6 hours of the day. This was evident in the taste which I can 100% say was the best cooked breakfast I have ever had. Pay the extra for the black pudding! Maybe an extra sausage or 2 too!

A great cafe with friendly staff and lovely food. What more do you need!

Smashing breakfasts, friendly staff, and a great place to work from during the week

Nice enough drinks and cakes. Service was friendly but very slow even though they weren't busy.

Great scones!! Perfect place for a coffee and catch up with a friend.

We popped in over the school half term. It was a lovely atmosphere. The kids loved the pancakes and my omlette was perfect.

Cake, scones, and lush hot chocolate just what was needed after the cool north sea air. Cosy atmosphere nice food. Kind and accommodating staff. Will pop back in next time I'm nearby. I recommend the chocolate cake.

Nice cafe with plenty of Choice, food fresh, hot and tasty.

After a walk around tynemouth - decided to treat ourselves to coffee and a scone. Went to counter and was ignored. Sat down and waited to be served. Staff clearing tables around us totally ignored us. After 10 mins we left to go elsewhere. Will not return if this is the standard of service. Having read other reviews it seems this is sadly the case.

Enjoyed large homemade scones and hot drinks on a grey and chilly Saturday afternoon. Great value and obviously a popular destination for families.

Great place for a coffee and cake after a visit to Tynemouth Market

AVOID THIS PLACE Waited 40 mins for food before leaving. I even asked for food to be changed to takeaway. The staff were not bothered at all. Every other table was served ahead of us, including those who arrived after. Why would they care, I paid up front, so now I'm left £30 out of pocket and myself and two children are left hungry. I want to support local businesses but not at the expense of poor service!!

Waited 40 mins for food before leaving. I even asked for food to be changed to takeaway. The staff were not bothered at all. Every other table was served ahead of us, including those who arrived after. Why would they care, I paid up front, so now I’m left £30 out of pocket and myself and two children are left hungry. I want to support local businesses but not at the expense of poor service!!

Lovely food and reasonable prices

lovely quirky little cafe, food was nice and staff were nice, friendly atmosphere👍

Brilliant cafe. Very friendly staff. So pleased we found this place when searching for a place for coffee. Returned five days later to sample food off the enticing menu. Highly recommend.

Brilliant value, always freshly cooked. A gem at the coast.

Went here this afternoon for coffee ☕️. Lovely cafe love the decor and lady who served us very helpful 😀.

Brilliant place, went here on a formal eating. The staff were very good and the food was really good. On an ordinary day there seemed like there was a lot of choice, so something for everyone.

Fabulous good and really friendly service. Best rarebit in the land.

Had a priory all day 🍳 breakfast today..it was amazing probably one of the best I have had in a while and reasonably priced to o...I will be back!.

I love Tynemouth, and This is a cafe that has been around for a long time and is loved by the locals. It has a nice relaxing atmosphere there. The cakes and foods are delicious. We would go more often if they had better heating system in winter. It's a cafe that I want to stay here forever.

Nice location and fairly busy. Service at counter was polite and welcoming. However, delay in receiving ordered breakfast was disappointing. It contained 4 pairs of items - sausages, bacon, fried eggs, fried bread - it lacked variety. The toast came with butter unexpectantly buried underneath. For their listed top breakfast, I can't say this was value for money. Nor did it give much of a wow factor. The cake selection is very good, as is the range of hot drinks offered.

Amazing lunch here today as always! Service can sometimes be a little slow, but the food is always worth the wait!

Having read other good reviews of this cafe we decided to try it out. Unfortunately our experience differed from previous reviews. After ordering two breakfasts one regular one veggie we endured a 45min wait for the food to arrive. I can understand places are under pressure but what made it more frustrating was the complete lack of communication between front of house staff and kitchen staff. Our long wait was only acknowledged after we queried when our food was coming. (This was at the 40min wait stage). Also we were served our hot drinks straight away after ordering which meant it was freezing cold by the arrival of the food. (They did agree to re-fill our teapot with hot water) When the food did eventually arrive the server seemed totally unaware of what they were serving. Seems a lack of training and information given to floor staff. In terms of food itself it was fine but the disastrous service left a sour taste. I could not recommend this establishment.

Sat outside and had a nice coffee and cake. Great service 👏.

Just popped in for coffees,,,, very pleasant service,,, thank you,

This is the first time we have been to this cafe and it won’t be the last it is our new favourite place in Tynemouth. It was the end of a Saturday afternoon and they were very busy so we waited a little while to be served but it didn’t matter as it is so good. There is a good selection of cakes and snacks and everything is clearly made from scratch. We had a brilliant blackcurrant and hazelnut gluten-free cake and my tea was served in a china cup and saucer which makes it feel more special. We will be back to try the other things on the menu, and another good thing is they were still serving after 4:30 pm on a Saturday unlike other Cafes in the area that seem to prefer to close far too early.

I've been here before and loved it. This time, however, the coffee was very poor. So much so that when my friend arrived, I suggested we went elsewhere. I hope that they improve their coffee making.

We sat outside in the sun, food and cappuccino were delicious, and they had some amazing looking chocolate meringues and cake to buy. I unfortunately didn't have any, but the rest of the family tucked in and enjoyed them. So thumbs up. Thanks. Would go again.

Haven’t been to the Priory Cafe for a number of years but called in as we read a few negative comments on here. Whilst the place needs a bit of a makeover the food we had was fresh ,service was good and staff were pleasant so you can only take as you find!

Very poor service, sprayed the table to wash it and went over me. Staff uninterested and food seemed rushed. Quite expensive for what you get. It’s a shame the owner doesn’t read and respond to the many reviews.

6 of us stopped at the priory for breakfast when we got of the ferry, the food was great quality and well cooked the tea 2 large pots was just what the doctor ordered and very well priced, well done the priory cafe .

Came here yesterday with my two young daughters (5) and (7) as we had been in Tynemouth and they were really hungry and thought it was best to get them fed instead of driving home and making something.. 40 minutes later our food arrived!!! We only ordered pancakes (for my girls to share as the waitress said they were big portions - which they weren't) and a sausage bun! Both were appalling. Sausages over cooked/burnt - and the pancakes I asked to come with fruit not realising fruit was frozen strawberries. The service wasn't the best, no one apologised about the wait nor seemed to care. I even asked how long the food would take and the girl just came back and said yours is next. No apology, not nothing. Upon paying the waitress didn't even ask how everything was. The place is looking grubby and run down. It's such a shame as we get a lot of tourists visiting our local area and the local cafes could be SO much better! I think the priory cafe should just stick to coffee and cakes (which did look amazing and my kids asked for) and if the food hadn't taken so long we may have sampled them. I hate leaving negative reviews but really I just want to warn other people about the wait for food and the service. This hasn't been the first time and I keep going back and giving it a chance but I won't be from now on

Excellent customer service. Food fantastic especially the black pudding, best I have ever tasted.

Tea-time u Rhabarber-Birne Kuchen mit crumple supper lecker ,versuch ich nachzubacken,kleines caffee u sehr freundliche Bedienung❤️

Ouch, expensive, small portions and poor. When, please tell me when, did corned beef hash include wholegrain mustard? Awful, it overpowered the dish, which was very, very average. Portion was meagre. Another cafe that charges top whack, for not very much. £18+ for, bacon sandwich, the meagre hash, tea and coffee!

Nice café by the coast. All day breakfast options are great!

My favourite cafe in Tynemouth, lovely food, welcoming & polite staff, always feel so comfortable here.Patricia.x

Quaint little cafe yummy breakfast lovely staff a nice treat

Best ham and lentil homemade soup and cheese scone around

Priory Café is an unconventional but genial friendly café serving beverages, pastries and cakes, breakfasts, and lunches. Order at the counter where you normally pay after ordering but sometimes, if for example it’s busy, you may be asked to return and pay after you have finished. The usual selection of coffees is made by an efficient cheerful friendly barista and food is cooked in a small kitchen while scones, cakes etc. are all homemade. A selection of cold drinks is available and you may buy an alcoholic drink if you wish. The main menu is written in chalk on the wall. The café is closed on Mondays. Prices are reasonable and may be lower than average. There is additional seating outside on the pavement for when the weather is appropriate. Blankets are offered for cold days in winter. There is a single toilet, albeit small. Wi-Fi can be accessed. Tables may be reserved, a practice that I disapprove of because, in my opinion, not only is it inefficient but it also causes unnecessary disappointment when the remaining tables are full, and one is unable to stay even though there may be several empty tables empty but reserved. At busy times, due to the size of the kitchen, there can be a considerable wait for cooked food. Take-aways are possible and an external buffet can be ordered by local businesses. The café may be reserved in its entirety for events.

Poor food and appalling coffee, service slow. This cafe looks so run down to the rest of the competition around Tynemouth. The cafe used to be run with a sense of pride in what comes out of the kitchen not anymore. The staff are apathetic and standards low.

The food is ok but the place needs a good clean- really dusty and cutlery had to be returned as not clean- and the loo is awful- really awful. Absolutely tiny, grubby and next to the open kitchen door. Other customers commented on it too. The staff are nice but not on the ball- lots of standing gossiping and not keeping an eye on the customers to see who needs anything. Our breakfasts took 35 minutes to arrive. It wasn't even busy. They tasted fine but the wait was way too long.

Exceptionally good breakfast, plenty of it and well cooked and presented. Friendly and welcoming too.. We will be back

Absolutely loved this place! Wonderful honest food, staff were lovely and so friendly. A real homely charm to the place. Could have stayed for hours.

Lovely Cafe Shop with a large choice of cakes. Also good coffee !!!

Poor indifferent service that took 15 minutes to bring two coffees, one spilled in the saucer, but without the cake ordered and there were no serviettes or sugar. Cake eventually appeared after our reminder, as a diet-size piece. We were sat outside, one of us initially on a dangerous broken chair that caused a fall.

Good coffee and scones and cake

Enjoyed poached eggs and a coffee after a blustery walk in Tynemouth. Just what was needed. Will definitely return.

Service too slow & not dog friendly

Fab food & lovely friendly staff

Went with partner and friend today I had the vegetarian breakfast sweetcorn fritters were amazing and potatoes and mushrooms really well seasoned possibly the best breakfast I've ever had would definitely recommend and return 🙂

Scrambled egg on toast, eggs tasteless, cheap bread. Would have expected free range eggs and possibly a rustic bread for the toast for the price charged. Cup dirty, teapot chipped Generally needs a good tidy up and repaint One girl serving/clearing tables was constantly chewing gum, and her table cleaning needs improving .. a quick spray and wipe here and there is insufficient. On the other hand, the young girl that served us was very pleasant and helpful

An excellent breakfast with speedy & friendly service. A good selection on the menu

We stopped in on a Sunday morning for coffees and an egg and bacon bap…not complicated. They were moderately busy but a table was available without waiting and there were 4 staff on. This should have been more than sufficient for a place of this size. The coffees took 20 minutes to arrive and the baps took 45 minutes. The sausage was undercooked and greasy. The egg was ok. The staff were surly and I got an eye roll when I asked for a glass when I ordered a pelligrino orangata. £20 for this experience. Steer clear of this disaster.

Wonderful homemade meals and cakes and the largest meringues I have ever seen. Warm, friendly service with Internet access. And lots of plants have been added to give a homely environment. I recommend the lentil soup with toasted cheese scone!

Pleasant experience, only popped in for a coffee & scone, enjoyed both, would go back again.

Cute quirky little cafe, not far from sea front. Nice decor inside, staff friendly They do all day breakfast, which we had, I had a sausage sarnie and my friend full English. When we ordered we were told it would be 10 minutes, which we were fine with, however it took nearly 25 minutes. We would have been happy to wait 25 minutes as we knew food is cooked to order, they just had to say that it would be 25 minutes. (This why I knocked a star off). If they said 25 mins when ordering, i would have given five stars When food arrived it was fresh, amd tasted great. We ordered tea and hot chocolate after, the flapjack was super tasty and you could tell this was made today.

We have visited on many occasions on visits to family in Tynemouth, but this is my first review, mainly in response to some poor ones here. This cafe is always busy, which says something already, but on each occasion we have been ( always for breakfast) we have had good service and excellent food. The breakfasts are cooked to order, served fresh and hot, so sometimes there is a wait. However the coffee is perfect and we’re happy to take a leisurely breakfast. The 2 waitresses on this occasion ( Saturday around 10.30) did not stop moving and yet smiles were plentiful. Excellent, as usual.

Service is absolutely terrible, the two girls behind the counter do nothing but mess on when you are trying to order food or ask them to clear the table. Wouldn’t recommend, sort your staff out.

Lovely little cafe. Nice food and good pot of tea.

Superb breakfast cooked fresh to order. Served hot. Delicious coffee too. Friendly warm waitress who never stopped moving...v busy place!

Lovely home cooked breakfast, great quality and friendly staff. Couldn’t fault anything. Food was very hot and great quality. Lots of home baked cakes and scones to choose from too 👌

Very slow service for average food. The staff seemed stressed and completely ignored us. Unfortunate that this was our experience considering this place has so many other good reviews. Maybe it was just a bad day.

Called here this afternoon and sat outside as lovely sunny day though seats not the best and comfiest. I ordered food and drinks all good service maybe could have been quicker as not busy but staff were helpful and young girl took order and brought...

One of the best cafes for home cooked food , never yet had a bad meal from here , delicious.

I love this café! …..immaculately clean, friendly staff and excellent home cook food! Whenever someone mentions Tynemouth to me now, I think Priory Café! 🤤👌🏻

Great food excellent service what more could you ask for

Very slow service waited 25 minutes for drinks and scones Also the tables had lots of dirty dishes looks like they were short of staff we won't return

Great food - I had home made cornbeef pie, chips and salad. My wife had homemade soup and scone. Staff- nice, helpfull people. Cost- about £10 all in. G value

Friendly an comfortable place with good food and service. Great atmosphere - locals clearly love it! Will certainly be back…

We went there for breakfast and was very nice although the toast was a little cold. Staff were very nice and service was quick. Well worth the money and will return in the future. Recommend the priory breakfast.

Lovely staff, amazing food and cakes, 10/10

What a lovely friendly place. We popped in for a cooked breakfast and wasn't disappointed. Very farmhouse kitchen set out. Homely, you feel like your almost family by the time you leave. They couldn't do enough for us. We needed to change some things we didn't like in our meal, it wasn't a problem for them. We also bought some home made cakes to take away, yum😋 I think it would also be nice to go here for an afternoon tea. Lovely atmosphere.

Very impressed friendly staff fresh flowers on the tables and a certain nice toasties with side salad

Great cafe, very good rarebit - a good place for lunch, brunch, or coffee and a cake. Try the rarebit with leeks!

Came for breakfast, it almost ended up being lunch. Slow, unenthusiastic service, reasonable food when it did arrive. Breakfast offerings are intentionally structured so you would want to add an additional item to it, in order to create a ‘full English’, so as to almost...

Service very slow and the cafe isn’t the cleanest. Dirty tables that nobody cleaned throughout our visit, the bottle of hand sanitiser on the table was filthy catching covid off it would be the least of your worries. place was thick of dust and there...

Really enjoyed takeaway Sunday lunch. We had beef and chicken. All homemade and fresh, cannot fault anyrhing at all (Yorkies immense!). Expertly prepared and cooked, compliments to the chef. The gravy really is something special! Lovely friendly team, really helpful, even helping us out to...

Called in for breakfast after a walk in Tynemouth. Sausage sandwich was perfect and nice coffee too. Nice atmosphere and good menu and reasonably priced. Staff friendly and polite.

Possibly the slowest service we've ever had, food was OK my wife had scrambled egg on toast which she said was done very nice. I had priory breakfast it was OK but no beans or mushrooms ( breakfast basics I think) might be my fault...

We came in for a cuppa on a sunny Sunday afternoon. Have to say we were a bit put off by the amount of dirty tables both inside and outside, but ordered drinks nonetheless. Staff perfectly friendly- probably rushed off their feet. Had a tea...

Whilst in the area recently, we called in for breakfast. We were immediately made to feel very welcome and our order was taken promptly. We had a mixture of breakfast items and all were delicious. We took away a piece of chocolate cake that was...