Rosemary's Cafe in Northumberland

Very poor experience. There were 6 tables including ourselves and every table bar one complained. Coffee is a cup of frothy milk, no taste of coffee whatsoever. Another table also complained about this. Slow service. Dirty tea cup, asked for a replacement which was worse than the first one. £9 for a small breakfast, you would expect produce of a better quality. Sausages taste like Iceland’s bag of 25 for £2. Barely a mouthful of bacon after removing the fat. Bland and tasteless food and stale toast. Such a shame, this cafe could have great potential due to location.

We had two toasted tea cakes and tea for two. £14.50! Tea cakes were toasted within an inch of burning but they were tasty and fruit filled. Male staff member was pleasant enough and helpful but did not seem that at ease with what he was doing.

Visited on Tuesday 27/8/24 with my son for breakfast. We arrived at 11.10am and placed an order for one large breakfast £11.00 and one small breakfast £9.00. I told the assistant/girl I was intolerant to gluten and specified I didn’t want hash brown or toast she advised I could have more bacon. I requested no black pudding on my son’s large breakfast. 45 mins later my son received his breakfast!! It had black pudding on it! Which he had requested he didn’t want. And it most definitely wasn’t a big breakfast it was so small and good such poor quality. My small breakfast came out 5 mins after my sons, so I had waited 50mins for a breakfast! On my so called gluten free breakfast they had put a hash brown on it and just put toast on top of the breakfast!! I specifically requested them to leave these off because of my gluten in tolerance but they just didn’t follow what I asked for. There is a sign in the cafe to advise members of staff if you have any intolerances, but when I mentioned mine it was clearly ignored. The staff in the cafe need more training where intolerances are concerned as if they don’t follow basic practices you could end up hospitalising someone. The breakfast was really poor.the sausage was burnt, teaspoon of beans, one rasher of bacon and one egg definately not worth 9.00!!!! I couldn’t really eat mine for reasons above. They have 7 tables in the cafe , so it’s only small but for some reason they clearly couldn’t cope with the tables being full. It’s rare that I leave reviews but I felt I had to leave one this time. Definately would not be returning!!!

Tables not cleaned between guests, we had to ask and even then did not clean the whole table, still lots of food from previous people left on half the table. The crumbs that were cleaned were just brushed straight onto the floor! Hot chocolate was very good, however.

Table not cleaned properly even after we asked. Bacon Brie and Cranberry ciabata with total lack of bacon.

I feel slightly begrudged giving this cafe a star. We visited this cafe as the main Seahouses cafe was closed. Walked past rosemarys a few times and from its appearance it looked like a popular place to stop so we tried it for breakfast… big mistake. We ordered the sausage bap, not sure how you can get this wrong. Sausages tasteless and tiny, bread dry and again tasteless, I added extra onions, flash fried and gave no extra flavour. Tomato sauce cheapest you could find. My partner ordered the big breakfast and for £11, what a disappointment. Toast seemed stale, sausages as described previously, bacon, tomato, mushrooms all of cheap quality and a spoonful of beans to compliment. There was nothing big about this breakfast, tasted like it was cooked yesterday. Ate what we could then left. Including two coffees the bill was £23, can only presume it’s expensive due to its location because what we were served wasn’t worth anywhere close to what we paid. Wouldn’t return, wait for the chip shops to open at lunchtime.

Pit stop on during England coastal walk starting at Bamburg castle. Always good to find a non chain cafe. Enjoyed the clotted cream and the sausage roll.

Just popped in for two coffees. Three members of staff. No greeting, no eye contact, no interest in what they were doing. Coffee substandard. Won't be going in again.

Terrible coffee. Paid over £7 for two coffees - one espresso and one flat white for takeaway. I saw the espresso shots be triple extracted, milk burnt too. It’s a shame, I had high hopes given its location and appearance.

It's a wonderful place for a coffee or a cup of tea the food is Pectacular have really nice workers the food is delicious a wonderful pet friendly cafè.

If you like coffee, avoid at all costs, extraction was poor. Coffee wasn’t tamped and then the girl on the machine pressed the button again after it had extracted, and steam wands weren’t wiped after and look like they had never been cleaned. Tasted absolutely awful, if there wasnt other customers in at the time i would have just asked for a refund and left it, On the otherhand girl on till was very pleasant and the food that people had looked nice

Popped in for a quick drink one afternoon. Pleasant staff and decent coffees.

Can't fault the food or the service. Nice little dog friendly café that does a great breakfast. Not sure why other reviews are complaining about the atmosphere. It's a small independent café, not a nightclub. Not sure what people are expecting. Overall a lovely little place we will definitely revise when we're next in Northumberland.

Nice quaint tea:coffee shop. Had Tea Coffee scone sausage roll. Tasty. £14.50. ( sausage roll 5£😱). I am to used to Gregg’s 🥱

Called today. Lacked atmosphere tbh. Staff were very friendly and food OK but so expensive. A couple called in for 2 sausage rolls to take out and the price was £10.. they were shocked at the price as were we tbh.

Unfortunately not for me! Coffee poor, scone OK. NO toilet facilities. Sorry would not return.

Lovely atmosphere and kind staff. Drinks were beautiful and piping hot

Best toasted tea cakes in Northumberland.

Great little dog friendly cafe with great staff who will give you a warm welcome and give a great but no fills service which is just nice. We didn’t notice what the prices were which means we didn’t have a shock!

Called in for a breakfast, large breakfast, regular breakfast and 2 teas £23. Bit taken aback with the price, if it had been quality food, fair enough, but 2 cheap sausages, 2 fried eggs (hard),2 hash browns, 2 thin slices of bacon, I think 1 mushroom and a spoonful of beans, 3 cherry tomatoes and a slice of toast, oh and some rockhard blackpudding, that was the large. Tea was wazzy and the place was freezing.

Fantastic breakfast and really friendly staff couldn't do enough for you

Excellent food and service and Dog friendly. 10 out of 10.

Had a great breakfast and cup of tea. Lovely little cafe. Don't forget to get some salad cream in😂😂

A good takeaway sausage roll, however it wasn’t particularly friendly and we were not greeted for at least 5 mins despite standing in front of two waitresses. It was a far better sausage roll than the one from the High Street though

Really great dog-friendly cafe. The staff were so friendly and helpful and made sure my dog had everything he needed too. The vegan sausage roll and fruity flapjack were delicious. We 100% recommend.

Busy little cafe, with a nice selection of food, snacks, and drinks. Pleasant staff

I paid £5 for a small Sausage roll that wasnt even upto par with a greggs alternative at less than half the price, trotters up the road is £1.60 and also better, daylight robbery. Also service not upto scracth, i felt like i wasnt welcome when i stepped foot inside

Lovely staff nice and clean will go back

Nice staffs, good hot choc, the scone was ok, no toilets availlable. An ok choice for a quick stop.

Absolute rubbish waited 25 minutes for 2 scones and teas my scone was like rubber. Waitress walked round clearing tables before people had finished eating also she had a dirty tea towel fastened to her waist. Highly overrated and does not deserve the customers

Had a cuppa and cream scone with my wife, fast service and great location near the harbour

Proper cafe, great food service and staff

Had a beautiful cream scone and a generous portion or Victoria sponge cake lovely service and reasonably priced

Google shows that the cafe opens at 10am. Visited at 11:30am on a Saturday and it was closed. Once again attempted to visit and closed. Very relaxed with their timings. Don't rely on them being open.

Ordered a breakfast. It was cold and contained about 6 baked beans. The fried egg was solid bacon fatty and sausages high in rusk content. All in all. We won't be returning.

Small cafe simple food gorgeous cakes. All tastey and home cooked. Staff, friendly, dog friendly too and sensibly priced.

Google Maps showed a Sunday opening time of 10am, but when we arrived shortly before 11am, it was closed. We waited outside trying to find an alternative venue; within a few minutes it opened. We ordered 3 lattes. 2 of them were a good temperature; the third was burning hot. The Taste was okay: not great. Also worth mentioning there are no toilet facilities in this cafe.

In all honesty, the worst cafe I have ever visited. Service takes an age, unclean tables, bland, undercooked food, bad coffee. The young waitress’ were nice and apologetic, but clearly untrained and out of their depth. I felt bad for them, management could clearly help support them better. I would rather drink sick than go back.

Great scones, light inside, crisp outside. Friendly staff. Good service.

What an absolute shocker of a place, jumped for your order before you even sat down, and then served mediocre food and drinks at extortionate prices !!! Avoid this place for sure.

Nice cake, dog friendly, but terrible coffee and service with a grunt

Popped in for coffee. Lovely staff and a fab brew and not expensive.

Cracking little cafe in seahouses. Dog friendly too. Lovely coffees (oatmilk as well for the lactose intolerant community). Gorgeous cakes.... especially the Victoria sponge and the smoked haddock chowder is on par with the magpie at Whitby.....high praise indeed. Some outdoor seating as well for those warmer days. A must visit and a regular of ours when we are holidaying in the area.

Well seeing reviews not sure but stopped there and had an excellent Victoria sponge and pot of tea. Staff helpful and friendly

Waited 10 mins in an empty cafe, after ordering a pot of tea for two, had to go an remind staff we where still waiting?

Called in today for lunch. Really impressed with the food and hot drinks. My scampi sub roll was fantastic. The two young girls who were working deserve a special mention. They never stopped during the time we were there. Cleared and cleaned tables as soon as they were vacated. Our 3 dogs were welcomed too. All in all an outstanding visit. Congratulations

One of few cafes in Seahouses. Quick friendly service but the flat white wasn't much to write home about, sorry.

Used to be a nice little cafe. Waited 45 minutes for our meals , wasn't difficult meals just 3 breakfasts came to the conclusion that they might only have 1 frying pan. Never again.

Disappointing. A simple order of two coffees and two cakes took ages. Coffees came first after 5 minutes. 10 minutes later, one piece of cake, 10 minutes later, after a reminder, the second piece of cake. By now, coffee is cold or finished. I am not sure how a coffee shop can struggle so much to deliver a simple order.

Very pleasant cafe for a coffee and cake!

Very good service and food was reasonable priced staff very welcoming and polite

hotdog took 15 minutes to arrive while we where standing with no chairs and the hotdog came in a plastic bag and was cold, i came from america to seahouses to enjoy the luciest atmosphere but this made me trip horrible

The girls were to busy chatting and had to complain because a simple cup of coffee took 20 minutes. Cups were not very clean either. Will not go there again.

The pervading smell of old chip fat was definitely off-putting as was the dodgy metal -ish music being played when we visited in search of a sit down and a snack. The teeniest ever teapot reluctantly dribbled out two cups of tea into the equally tiny cup. But the cheese scone was to die for. Perfect size and temperature. A dream! June 2022... we came back in search of cheese scone heaven and a cuppa after a boat trip. We won't be back again. Customer service amounts to 'service with a sneer', a smile is definitely off the menu as were the cheese scones unfortunately. What a sad place with staff who obviously don't want to work there. It could be SO much better.

Went in there today for coffee and lunch, worse place ever, staff extremely rude and unhelpful customers were walking out as taking so long to be served. Avoid at all costs.

Friendly greeting, great service, nice little cafe,

Staff very friendly and food was excellent! Best scone I've had in ages. Reasonably priced

We had an awful experience in this cafe, waited ages to get served when we eventually did a whole crowd came in and got served at the counter. We waited and waited and waited for our meal along with the rest of the cafe. We then realised all the food was being taken out to the crowd outside who ordered after everyone inside! We were told they’d ordered first when we queried it, when I said they hadn’t she said ours would be five minutes, we’d already waited 45! 15 minutes later no food and as we were talking to other tables about how long we’d waited she said you’d better leave it and we came out after an hour with no food! Popped into Hook chippy and had excellent service, good food and NO WAIT! I recommend you don’t bother wasting your time here.

reasonable price good service lovely little cafe

Stopped at this lovely little cafe, we had the cappuccino with fruit scones, butter 🧈 and jam all very tasty and fantastic service and with a 😃. Staff very efficient welcoming 🙏 polite and cheery........

Arrived for breakfast, 1 hour later still waiting , definitely not worth the wait, terrible service by non interested staff

Just experienced the most farcical hour of sitting waiting and watching others being served their breakfasts before the six of us, even though we were one of the first through the door this morning.....apparently they were busy, but in my idiotic world isn't this what they do.....I cannot comment on the quality of food as I left after the hour of sitting and waiting, but I can say the service was the worst I've ever experienced and trust me Im not a serial moaner but this has left us so angry and then to add insult to the situation they were going to overcharge my father........Unbelievable

Really nice breakfast service not so good

Typical high turn over, tourist cafe. No incentive to make it outstanding

Delicious home made soup and savoury scone. Hand made Victoria sponge devoured. Perfect stop after chilly boat trip to see the seals Highly recommend

Nice coffee and slice of Victoria sponge. Not too expensive either.

Lovely clean food. Well cooked. Courteous.

Lovely staff snd s fabulous breakfast. Cooked just how we liked it....to perfection! You won't be disappointed.

Could do better, as school reports say. Scone was undercooked and doughy. Coffee was weak. Service was adequate.

Friendly place. Great bacon buttie.

Food was ok but the chip pan smell lingers everywhere. No atmosphere as it felt like a staff canteen.Staff slow to respond as it felt they were hiding out the back. Top tip to the cafe, install an extractor fan in your kitchen and make it an interesting place to eat/ drink

Pepsi there's great, really enjoy it. Café is also really nice.

Towards the end of the afternoon so fewer people around. Service was friendly and the tea cake was of epic proportions. Coffee came in a rather ordinary mug but was good. Enjoyable informal pit stop.

Would love to say it was great but it was closed all of Monday 2nd August. Seahouses was full of tourists looking for a great breakfast.

Food was nice but service is terrible, waited 20+ minutes to have plates taken away from us. If you want quick food don’t come here

come here everytime i’m in seahouses, friendly service, lovely homemade food and the chef is very easy on the eyes xx

Nice little place for breakfast. The full English was low key but tasty and the lemon sponge was huge and very very tasty! The service was pretty slow given how few people were in the cafe and it even took us quite a while to be greeted and seated. Trouble with the card machine caused a few issues.

Popped in today to treat myself to a breakfast. Gemma served me and was absolutely lovely. The breakfast arrived and was amazing! I can’t wait to go back. Honestly, this little cafe is a cracker. Thank you.

Lovely little cafe with delicious homemade food. The cakes are to die for and the service is always super!

Lovely scone with jam and cream and latte

Lovely coffee and cake, unusual plants to take home and good plant knowledge from Christine 😀

Great hot chocolates here with cream and marshmallows! The place is a little cold though.

Bit of wait to be served when quiet. Order returned wrong. Expensive for what we got. Deep fried sausage for sausage bap...no need.

Very expensive £2 for a small takeaway cup of tea. Scone was like rubber Tea was finished by the time the scones came

Decent cup of tea, coffee is good - kids liked it as it’s dog friendly. Selection of teas but it’s cash only.

The service isn’t the quickest so don’t be in a rush. The coffee is good, dog friendly and they have homemade cake. Price wise it’s okay.

Very friendly and great coffee.

What's not to like about Seahouses

Really busy but served quickly and politely. Lovely breakfast. Excellent value for money.

Lovely place to eat, friendly service, good food and good price

Fantastic excellent food excellent customer service friendly make gorgeous cappuccinos and dog friendly to well worth a visit

Very nice cafe will call again next time in the area.

Loved the breakfast! Havnt been for anything else though!

Enjoyed our cream tea. Great spot, good service and value.

A good range of light lunches and meals, good value for a tourist town. You do need to go outside to get to the toilet, but not far and they were very clean and well kept.

Great little place. Good basic menu home made cakes and really wasn't staff.

Lovely place. Very friendly and good value for money.

Great place.Dog friendly,varied inexpensive menu.Sit in or out

Very friendly and efficient service food and service very good

Great food friendly staff and reasonable prices