Sea Lane Cafe in Worthing

Great beach cafe. A little concerned as was really busy on a sunny day, no problem the staff and service were superb. As was the food.

We enjoyed the new extension to the cafe today. A great addition. The coffee and bacon rolls were superb.

A very sweet little cafe, by the water 🌊

Awful tea. No taste. Lovely spot.

Outstanding...⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Delicious food, lovely atmosphere, friendly service and scenic sea views.

It's always busy here with the café placed right by the beach. Excellent menu choice Reasonable value and food quality is good. Although the bacon i had was the saltiest I've ever had. The cakes on offer are huge. New covered outdoor area.There's a free carpark. Step free access also.

Great food and location but so busy . More staff needed to make coffee's as really holds the queue up waiting for coffee to be made. But great food never disappoints.

Has been serving a good standard of food at reasonable prices for some time and this is still the case. Attractive location on seafront now enhanced with extra capacity afforded by the recent front addition. This glazed area is heated and replaces the former 'Tent' allowing more comfortable seating and a better seaview. NB unlike most restaurant enlargement projects the seating plan allows some space between diners. No need to synchronise your elbow movement with the people on the next table!

Now this place is a proper good find.Weekends it can get busy but you can see why.Loads to choose,from cakes,hot food and drink and sandwich's. Trust me,when you see the cakes you wont resist..All in all a great place right next to the beach.😁👍

Having eaten at this restaurant many times over the last two and a half years, it was disappointing to find oneself being blamed by the staff for their error in serving what I asked for. Toffee Sponge was clearly so labelled in the chiller, and I ordered it with ice cream. To my surprise a hot sticky toffee pudding was brought to the table. The young waiter didn't seem able to understand the difference between the two dishes and he soon had the manageress at my table. She was defensive from the outset and had to be shown the labelled Toffee Sponge in the chiller, and even then she ungraciously declined to acknowledge their mistake. It's always disappointing when a favourite restaurant starts failing to live up to ones past happy experiences. Other diners were also rather startled by the staff attitudes as no attempt was made by them to discuss it quietly. The food, as always, was excellent and reasonably priced. As ever, the restaurant was very busy with much pressure on tables.

The Sea Lane Cafe is in a lovely spot on the coastal path and there is a free car park alongside. You can eat in or outside (enjoying the view). The inside is on two levels and the establishment is dog friendly. There is also a little takeaway window if you prefer. There are not a lot of vegetation options on the menu, but the cakes look good and tasty. Their breakfast menu finishes at 11.30am. It appears to be a very popular establishment and therefore crowded, with many waiting for a free table. When we went there was a long queue for the counter, which eventually snaked back to the door. It was really unfortunate that the service is so slow. In the end we decided just to have a pastry and coffee rather than wait for anything cooked.

Really lovely food - they do takeaway and eat in. Inside restaurant plus a kiosk. Dog friendly which is lovely. Been here several times when walking the dog - always a wee bit chaotic inside but that's probably because it's so popular with visitors and locals.

Recently improved the outdoor seating area, the new conservatory is great.

Possibly my favourite local cafe. A lot of variety at good prices.

Fantastic location, good food and service.

WOW! We went for a day out to Worthing, on Monday 11th February 2025, as we had been there numerous times before and had always enjoyed our visits. In particular, we enjoyed each time the Sea Lane Cafe experience. The Staff there are extremely welcoming and professional and their products are very enjoyable. Today however, our whole day out was spoiled by an unfortunate incident, whereby, on returning to our car to drive home (more than 60 miles) I realised that the car keys, somehow, had dropped out of my pocket during our walk along the pebble beach. We both searched and searched and also requested the help of passing dog walkers. We could not find the keys and were therefore stranded with little time to resolve the problem before dark. Having bought Gold car insurance cover I thought that we should be able to ask for some help from them - not a breakdown as such, but the effect was the same - stranded miles from home with a working car but no keys. Problems contacting the correct department within the insurance company, compounded by the cooler weather prolonged the upsetting episode. The insurance company's best suggestion was for us to call out a local locksmith. The Gold cover did not cover this situation... We went back into the Sea Lane Cafe and explained the problem. Jenny, one of their Staff used her telephone to locate a local locksmith who said he could help but it would take a further couple of hours wait before he could get to us. We were grateful for any help and went back into the cafe to keep warm. The Staff there were so kind and empathetic and a lady with a bun hair style brought us a couple of coffees as we were cold and very worried. Two other staff members felt sorry for us and decided to give it one last try before their working day finished. They took time out to hunt along the beach for our keys and at about 4 45 pm, one of those Staff - Maria - found the keys!!! She waved to us, joyfully, from the beach and we in turn were even more joyful! Thanks to Maria and Jenny and all of the lovely Sea Lane Cafe Staff we were able to eventually drive home. The locksmith had not finished his previous job and was grateful for our cancellation call as he was already very busy and was squeezing us in, as we were struggling. We are so grateful for such unexpected kindness and consideration, as without that we should have had a lot of time and trouble and of course expense in replacing our bunch of car keys and house keys. A constructive lesson has been learned however and we have now purchased Air Tag key finders to avoid anything like this happening again. Our heartfelt thanks to Maria and Jenny and all of the Staff who helped to make our day considerably better than it had been. The Sea Lane Cafe has wonderful food but the "icing on the cake" is their incredible Staff. Maria, Jenny, and the lovely lady with the bun hairstyle are Angels - and we shall never forget them. We wish them all continued and deserved success in their business and look forward to our next visit there - when we shall have Air Tags, just in case :)

Lovely place to stop with your dog. Good atmosphere and the lad who served us was genuinely friendly

My friend had the Cod and Chips with garnish! He might have dementia; but he's got a fabulous appetite! I had the bacon, brie and cranberry toasted ciabatta. Delish!

Lovely selection of cakes with allergy and vegan/ vegetarian options available

Excellent food and service as always. Good varied menu with excellent cakes.

This place is great for all times of the day. I generally come for a breakfast. It's a bit expensive, but you get what you pay for!

Always too busy! Massive queues all the time. Overpriced now as well. 2 years ago and entirely different experience. I feel now they are overpricing, their kitchen cannot cope with the amount of extra seating they have had built in and wait times and prices have suffered. Shall be visiting the ones further East and West from now on.

Excellent cafe high quality food and service. Not cheap but I'd argue you can charge what you want if the standard is high enough

Tasty fry up and good eggs. Well oiled machine pumping out the breakfasts. Short wait to order considering how busy it was. Location is great and right on the beach

Good food. Good company. Delightful location on the beach looking out to sea. Not quite as busy out of season.

Such an amazing cafe with a view and super dog friendly. I think every other table had a dog, which was lovely. I had a latte and a bacon butty, both were hot and delicious.

Great food with super sea views

Food is good, decent. New extension has been added which means the queues on weekends and peak times to purchase food/drink was down the stairs and to the door. Queue went quite quick. Demand for tables was high so luck of the draw with finding somewhere to sit. Dog friendly. Lots of cakes although the selection went down fast. Found the coffee cake a little dry but have had other cakes there which were nice. Water available separately.

A lovely cafe that reinvented itself during the lockdown into a destination location for nice, reasonably priced food and drink when on the coast with the family, dogs or in my case I've even held business meetings there! It can get a little crowded and noisy at times and service suffers during those periods but pick your moment to visit and its plain sailing! A very casual place, more suited to wellington boots and dry robes than heels and glamour. There are free public toilets around the back of the building, and a little window selling take out food and ice cream for those on the move.

Ugly building, but great views, food and staff. As close as it can be to the beach without building on the shingle. 2025 update. Extended, giving more space in inclement weather, without spoiling the view and even improves exterior appearance. Well done

The new covered outdoor area is very nice and a great improvement. There are new tables and chairs and great views. Downside on our visit there were a lot of dogs in that area and some were barking and yapping so I won't be rushing back. Great though if you are a dog lover and want somewhere you can go with your dog.

I ordered the sea lane breakfast special, 1 egg, 2 sausage, 2 bacon, 2 hash browns, deep fried mushrooms I hate deep fried, 2 halves tom, beans, and a slice of buttered toast. Appart from the mushrooms this was cooked really well with the sausage being premium, but with a pot of tea this came in at a wopping £17.20, I honestly feel the price was too much, especially when tullys farm a over priced venue does exactly the same with hot drinks inc for £9.99 and just as good. Trading on a good name has pushed thuis venue above its price point.

We visited Sea Lane Cafe last Friday ,the coffee wasn't very hot neither was my friend's hot chocolate ,they were served without saucers. The scones were ok but abit stodgy, would have been better warm? Also it was very noisy!!! We won't be rushing back !!!

Fantastic cafe right on the beach. The refurb is excellent! Plenty of seating and nice new indoor extension. Had a whopper piece of carrot cake and it was delicious

Always great food, never disappoints

It's a lovely Cafe the drinks are great, it's right on the seafront

Lovely place shame about their price increases- poor timing!

Our second home... I have never been to such a fabulous place. Food fantastic Staff fantastic service .. well fantastic 👏

Very expensive for a breakfast the size my four year old child would eat. Thought they would bring the other half along but no such joy.

Absolutely first class outing today at Sea Lane cafe. Lunch was delicious, great coffee and the service, well they are simply the friendliest staff I've found anywhere. They're a credit. This is now my favourite place to go. Not to mention the views and a new extension that opened today. Also fast service despite being busy. Highly recommend ☆☆☆

One of my favourite places on the south coast , right on the beach great to people watch . Lots of wonderful staff always super helpful, dog friendly inside and out . Great selection of food , great quality. New out side eating area now more permanently covered a great addition.

Very good food and sensational service

What lovely people. Very busy but still had time to make our lunch enjoyable. Beef burgers were great, not many jalapeños in mine, when mentioned they popped out with a ramekin full. Genuinely nice staff, not just a service smile, Tables are a little canteen like, I'll definitely be going back, cakes look amazing, but we were full, Good portions.

Just popped in for a takeout coffee and pecan pie 🥧

Gets very busy, but they employ plenty of staff. Wide choice of food, I think, but a fry up and coffee sitting at the edge of the beach is near heaven.

Went for a lovely long walk with friend and their dog... stopped along the way. Major building work going on at present. Looking forward to seeing when extensions are complete.

Visited the Sea Lane cafe a couple of times since moving to the area for coffee they serve a lovely blend of coffee staff are lovely with inside and outdoor seating also has a small outdoor kiosk serving refreshments that can be helpful when you only require coffee. Very pleased with our visits to the cafe

Fast friendly service, great view of beech.

Nice place by the sea nice coffee & cakes

Well worth a visit if you're down in Worthing we will be back 👍🥓

Nice location but teas and coffees are expensive for what you get.

Unfortunately, we had not booked, imagining lunchtime on a Tuesday on October would not be overly busy - wrong, it was jammed. However, it didn't matter as one of our group was disabled, and while there are parking bays for disabled, unless sitting outside (torrential rain) there were steps into the restaurant. If there was another suitable access it was not pointed out when enquiring on our arrival. Seems to be a longish ramped route from the car park, but not obvious, but still only gets you to the outdoor deck.

Nice to sit in the summer and half covered area in November

Don't like it here at all. The queueing system is ridiculous.

Best place around, quality food, staff and scenery.

You couldn’t find a better location. Right on the beach (wide) with tables scattered along the beach too. Food good, at a price but expected at such a place. Adult & children’s menus and a great crab sandwich. Horse-box sauna close by. They’re building a permanent awning for the winter and new season. Got on a sunny day and gaze out at the ocean.

I ordered a toasted sandwich and a tuna and mayo sandwich and two coffees. £22... I had a young baby in my arms and asked if the coffee tray could be brought down to me as my wife was looking after our other baby..( twins) I was told No..it will be brought with your food....They could easily have brought our coffee with our food, or just brought the coffee with one of the servers...so I had to take our baby back down the steep steps to my wife and then go back for the coffees. I had asked for no chocolate on the cappuccino....unfortunately it was covered in chocolate.....our toasties arrived the young girl serving us was pleasant, no complaint with her. However my Cheese and Onion toastie was actually cheese and tomato.....I Took it back and was told that was what I ordered, I politely said she must have misheard as I had definitely not ordered cheese and tomato. She agreed to correct the order, no apology ...just a rather unpleasant attitude blaming me....I do not particularly like cooked tomato so there was no way I would have ordered it....also cheese and tomato I later checked does not appear as a choice on the menu !!!!. The toastie cost a little over £8.00, the cheese was so mild it was completely tasteless. I think I would have put up with the mistakes if the person behind the counter was more pleasant . Never good to blame a customer or make two mistakes with the order. I have been here many times, it is pricey for what it is, but the location is perfect, the staff who bring the food to the table are always helpful and polite, generally the food is good , so it was disappointing our experience yesterday was poor.

We love Sea Lanes. However busy it gets - today was a beautiful sunny day and the tables were packed - the system is efficient, the young staff are delightful and the simple food is excellent. Plus you are on the beach! What more could you want?

Nice place to come for a coffee, haven't gotten around to eating here, but whenever I pass there's plenty of people! There is inside seating, an 'inside patio' seating and outside seating. If you want to take away, there is a separate window on the lower/rear area of the building. Really looking forward to my next visit!

Very good choice of breakfasts in prime spot by the sea. Veggie breakfast was delicious - we liked the choice of fried bread or toast. Only let down by the tea. Tea for 2 was a small pot, 1 teabag and a jug of hot water.

Went here today to find they have changed the size of their large cup and made them smaller but still charging £3.70 also noticed that soup was charged at £7.50 Will not be going back as over priced Bluebird cafe is better

Love this cafe Nice food friendly staff

What a huge costly disappointment. Two gluten free sandwiches that looked disgusting and tasted just as bad. Dreadfully over priced. Think I could of got better sandwiches in a service station. It’s a complete rip off and won’t be going again.

What a place, everything 5* ,ok I couldn't eat there every day on my money, but you can't fault it

I had my lunch last weekend and I was celebrating my baptism 1 month ago my baptism it was 1/9/2024

Excellent place to eat - lovely breakfast and coffee.

Cheese scone was huge, but sadly not cheesey, fabulous views, service with a smile. Great coffee. Nice for dogs to be able to go indoors.

Amzing café! Food is super tasty ! Amazing sea view 😍

Food excellent but unfortunately has a rude waitress who chastised us for trying to be helpful clearing the table. The outside seating is good but sadly the awning is past its sell by date and leaked badly. We used to enjoy the view which is now hidden. Suggest a more attractive glass covering so we could enjoy Sea Lane cafe as we have done in the past.

My favourite place to have a nice brunch with my family. Good food . Good atmosphere. I highly recommend it

Great cafe on the beach, food was excellent, we had cod and chips, yummy!well worth a visit !

Great place for tea and cakes after w a walk along the coast

Been going here for over 20 years and love it. My frustration is the inability to get another drink without rejoining the lengthy queue. Rejoining the queue risks losing your seat. Roaming member of staff for repeat drinks only would be absolutely perfect.

Great cafe and location, excellent prices, generous portions, efficient and they have a bike rack for cyclists.

Such a shame that this could be an amazing place. Slow service, although every staff member I dealt with was very friendly and committed. Ridiculously high prices for food. On average, I'd say £3 per food item overpriced. Drinks are more fairly priced but avoid the coffee, not a good blend. I so wanted to like this place but overpricing and poor quality really can't go on.

Nice place but very little car parking a d a bit too busy for my liking

Very disappointed, the tea was undrinkable asked for an extra teabag, still not good. Amercarno was no different and fish and chips was enormous but had no flavour better tasting fish in our local cafe in Surrey!

Best seaside cafe I have found. Unbelievably busy and a bit like ordering on a conveyor belt, but always pleasant, polite and very efficient service. Been going for years and never once been disappointed by the food. Great sea views. Thoroughly first class.

First time visit, very busy but service good, selection plentiful, a must if your in the area, great stop off along the beach

Great location on the beach and a short drive from Worthing. Food was really good - I went for the Avocado on toast. Great coffee too! Cakes and pastries looked fantastic!

Nice coffee and cake today sitting in the outside shelter away from the rain!

Efficient, fast and polite staff. I feel prices relate to its past reputation and the location rather than the quality or quantity of the menu. Customers.are effectively a captive audience as there really is nothing else within a short walking distance. It very popular and I am one of those customers who will start a walk along the beach with a brew and a snack from the Sea Lane Cafe.

Only had an ice cream from the kiosk,which was lovly.but a fab place.

Lovely place when not so busy. Fabulous food

Lovely place stop for a breakfast after a beach dog walk

Visited here a number of times, the last being on Sunday 1st September. As always, the food was excellent and I can highly recommend the bacon, brie and cranberry panini. Despite how busy it was, queues were dealt with quickly and professionally, and the food arrived quickly and was top notch as always. The menu has something for everyone, and the selection of desserts is good, again catering for most dietary needs. The atmosphere both inside and outside was good and friendly, and the staff were quick to turn tables around, meeting the pace of the day. Again, with how busy it was, the seating areas were clean and organised, with attention to detail paid by all the staff. I cannot recommend this place enough and I'm looking forward to the next visit.

Very busy cafe, so expect long cues. Also the service received was good. Disappointment about my fish goujons o ordered. I expected them to taste fresh, but they were like frozen fish bites.

Great beach cafe with good variety of hot & cold food as well as amazing looking cakes! Chips were delicious! Gets very busy on a Summer's day but plenty of seating and even if you have to queue, it usually doesn't take too long to get your food. Staff are mostly a young, friendly crew :)

Wonderful pot of tea,and delicious large portion of cake, plenty for two!

Always crazy busy and you're likely to have a lengthy queue. Free parking, if you can find a space. Food is expensive compared to comparable cafés. If you order burger and chips, the chips cost extra, very odd !

Good choice for meals and drinks along with the best sea view possible.

Fantastic views good food and friendly service also easy parking

A great little café for a bite to eat!!!

I have visited before so took my mother who was visiting me there for lunch. The food here is quite expensive but good quality. Sadly - which completely ruined our lunch out, was the toilet facility. It was absolutely disgusting. I spoke to the manger about this and he said the are owned by the council but they pay them to clean them for the cafes use. It has sadly totally put me off returning here, not to have decent toilet facilities after a lovely meal. Sadly made us feel rather sick travelling home.

We only had a takeaway cup of tea and portion of chips. Despite being very busy, they served the portion of chips within about five minutes. They were the best chips we can remember having for many a long year: golden, crisp, chunky and piping hot. Also a good sized portion. At £3-95 per portion, not cheap but for a snack you could share one between two of you. 5* for the chips. The takeaway decaf tea was piping hot but made with the milk added straight away, while it was still brewing, thus lacking a little in flavour. £2.70 per cup. 3* for the tea. Although we ordered takeaway we sat and ate it inside.

DO NOT EAT HERE!! To say my visit her today has ruined my day is an understatement. Hideous food, which I am now fearing may have given me and the family food poisoning (I will edit this in the morning to advise if it actually did). The cod and chips was horrid and tasted off and certainly not like any cod i've had before. View nice, but im affraid that is as far as it goes.

Pleasant views, Pleasant food,pleasant people, what mor could you ask for on a pleasant day 😀

Nice place to have a drink on the sea front. A lot of dogs.

This is a very popular place due to its location. Food is average and service is ok. Traditional cafe food eg jackets and scones. Can be a long queue to order as it’s a busy place. Seating indoors and out on the beach front. Good if in the area.

It was £65 for 4 portions of fish and chips which is a record. However, I appreciate the owners must have to pay a fortune for the rent for such a prime location. We were not forced to buy anything! It is a beautiful setting. The food was good.