Seaview Beach Cafe in North Norfolk

Nice little cafe but very overpriced ice cream. £2.95 for a single (small) scoop. Perhaps the other food options were more reasonable but as this appears to be the only establishment serving ice cream they appear to have monopolised the market.

The best bacon sandwiches!! And now they do Christmas Pudding ice cream! All the staff are lovely and so helpful.The location is second to none,and they have plenty of supplies for a day on the beach.Highly,highly recommended.

Louise and Martin as well as all the staff are so very welcoming when we visit. The best bacon sandwiches and coffee you can have after a lovely walk in the beach. We love the pop up craft shops at the weekends. Definitely our highlight is to say hello to Mr Pickles. What a wonderful view he has of all the comings and goings in! He truly has the best life!

This is a little gem of a place to visit! Friendly staff, lovely atmosphere, clean, excellent service. A definite must if in the area. The best bacon sandwich / toasties around and the amount of flavoured ice cream is unbelievable. In addition there are some lovely pop up stalls to browse.

We have been visiting West Runton beach cafe for years. The food is always excellent with a great choice of food, drinks, snacks and ice creams as well as gifts and beach goods. The museum is fascinating and well worth a look. The service is great and the owners and staff are welcoming and friendly. If he is there we always exchange pleasantries with Mr Pickles the parrot who is such a character and obviously by his great condition much loved by his owners. Looking forward to our next visit.

Great friendly service and well priced. Excellent location as next to loos and beach and car park!!

Very welcoming, warm & helpful staff, only had ice cream & coffee but other options available. They even do a doggie ice cream. Great for a stop off if out walking the dog

We found this little cafe en route from Cromer to Sheringham and made a very welcome stop. There was a warm welcome from the friendly and efficient ladies serving in the cafe. We had a toasted cheese and tomato sandwich and a bacon sandwich Both were absolutely delicious, very well filled and we enjoyed them at the outside seating area. Add to this a good cappuccino and latte, a look round the fascinating exhibit on the fossils found at West Runton beach and we left for the final part of the walk feeling much better than when we arrived!

Well worth a visit. We had a toasted bacon sandwich, delicious. Fresh bread, not your thing cheap stuff, quality bacon and plenty of, good pleasant service. Generally a nice experience, very enjoyable and all at a very competitive price.

Good quality ingredients and nicely presented takeaway. Was also impressed by their retention of COVID safe operation.

A wonderful little cafe! We enjoyed our Bacon sandwiches so much and the coffee was spot on too. The sandwiches were packed with bacon and the bread was very fresh indeed. All cooked to perfection to order! No generic instant coffee either it tasted great. Great service with a smile. Would recommended highly and I look forward to coming back again.

Nice and friendly place right by the beach. Sandwiches were decent, Nice bread and plenty of filling. Will be buying a snack here again when we return.

Lovely little cafe that has been here for ever. Enjoyed a Mr Whippy and received a warm welcome. Good to be back at West Runton ❤️

Awesome! Absolutely brilliant lovely service. Cooked my bacon exactly as I asked. All comes beautifully wrapped and the order stapled to the bag so you know what you are getting. Other places - please take notice of this - simple but it works!

Visited 05.09.2020 and got there in a howling gale. Cafe only doing takeaway but it came beautifully wrapped and labelled and drinks in a holder. Beautiful bacon sandwiches with loads if thick bacon. Delicious. Quality cup of tea. Would recommend.

I find it hard to believe people leave five-star reviews for this café when it only sells sandwiches (although they can be toasted!), cakes wrapped in plastic and filter coffee. Reviewers opinions must be blinded by the incredible view. I don’t usually leave negative reviews, but I honestly can’t see what all the fuss is about. This is the only disappointment found in lovely West Runton. It’s such a shame that it is run on such a base level; this café could be so much more.

Called in last week on a walk to cromer have a great bacon sandwich and a coffee we will be back .Always freindly staff great service and a veiw to die for

Friendly welcoming cafe right by the beach. Fresh sandwiches and toasties to order, served with a smile - and a bit of banter! Dogs are welcome inside as well as on the terrace. In a word - fab!

I find it so sad that certain people are so small minded and have such a shallow and sad life they can’t see passed their noses. Not only is this cafe just enough for the beach dwellers the owners go above and beyond to make people welcome and comfortable. The beach is great with its always changing surfaces and to be honest one of the best places in this Country

After a bracing, late afternoon walk along the beach, there's nothing better than a cup of coffee and an ice cream. On West Runton Beach, the Seaview Cafe fits the bill. With seating outside, for good weather, and inside, for not-so-good weather, there's still lovely views out to sea. The coffee was delicious and served by friendly staff and so was the ice ceam; that lovely soft ice cream. They even had ice cream for dogs, so ours was spoilt. We did not have any food but what was brought out for others lookes, and smelt, delicious.

An easy walk from the village (there is a car park but road down is quite narrow). Lovely little cafe, very friendly staff and nice mug of tea. Although we didn't eat there the food brought out for others looked good and the bacon butties smelt delicious. A fantastic view over the beach and the extra attraction of a very talkative parrot called Mr Pickles. Its a great place to sit and watch the world go by. Good beach for a day out, or just to get some sea air. Don't forget to say hi to Mr Pickles!

We have holidayed in West Runton twice a year since 2013, not only do people living there or people who have businesses there recognise us it is truly a great place to visit. What a bacon sandwich.x

We visit this cafe numerous times every time we stay. The sandwiches are 'proper' sandwiches, you know where the filling is at least as thick as one slice of bread!!! (Which is always fresh I'd like to add) the cafe has an tremendous community feel to it. Lots of information on the historic coast, a tank full of the creatures you can find in the rock pools, and a little shop section you can purchase the things you inevitably forget for a day in the beach. Great notice board outside full of facts including tide times and great for dog owners too. All the staff are very friendly and Extremely helpful! Absolutely drop in here if you are in the area, you will not be disappointed :)

We visited after rookpooling. Food was yummy and service quick, perfect for hungry children. Staff were friendly as accommodated slightly fussy children and gluten free grandma. Can't wait to come back!

What a terrible cafe, it’s a back in the Day place. It needs to get in the 21st century.Only has filter coffee no barista machine . Long life plastic cakes wrapped in plastic, dreadful sandwich selection.Could be so nice as great location. Luckily you have fabulous clemontines & cornerhouse cafes in West Runton.Can’t believe the 5star reviews.

What more could you wish for. Good range of sandwiches, ice creams, a beach shop plus extensive information about the area and toilets.

This is a great little cafe that makes excellent coffee and bacon sarnies ! It sells ice creams, wind breaks , buckets and spades .....what more could you want on this super beach !

This cafe is a small establishment which is also a shop. It is a great place to sit outside and enjoy some lovely views down to the beach/sea. Not the most cheapest of places - but standard of what you expect in Norfolk! Great bacon sarnie and cup of tea.

Lovely little cafe just steps from the gorgeous beach. Decent prices for tea and coffee. Outside seating. Best of all knowledgable people around who know all about fossils are there are loads to be found

We were planning to spend the whole day on the beach and were pleased there was a cafe nearby. I searched for a menu online in advance, but there wasn't one. Now I know why. If you want food, you will be very disappointed, as we were. ALL you will find is cheese or bacon sandwiches. That's it! I mean, as cheese sandwiches go, they were reasonable, but there was nothing else in sight, not even so much as a jacket potato. Not even cake! And at over £15 for just three sandwiches, I'd have expected the best cheese sandwiches in the world! But they were no better than i could - and probably should - have made at home. Consequentially we didn't stay all day, as we were too hungry. We went elsewhere to find something other than a cheese sandwich. If you want a hot drink after a brisk walk, it's fine, but don't go there expecting cafe food, because you won't get it.

We stopped here for a quick cuppa but ended up staying for well over an hour, the views down to the beach are excellent. But the amount of wildlife we spotted was amazing there were skylarks , greenfinch, goldcrests and many more birds. There was also their African grey who kept us amused with his nonstop chatter. Oh and the cafe is a little gem as well.

We visited after reading the reviews and although the bacon sandwich was excellent, we were disapointed in that there were no home made cakes, and only filter coffee was on offer.The overall selection of food was not what we expected as there's was not much of a selection.And if you are there for a quick stop only, the car park is £3 which doesn't encourage you to return unless you are walking your dog on the beach.We realise this review goes against most but we can only say what we experienced...

We visited last week and indeed great place and also they like dogs which is great. We only had drinks but looked great food

Visited on a biting cold day after a long walk on the beach. Found the cafe to be clean and warm with friendly staff. Ordered filter coffee (no coffee machine for lattes etc) and a bacon cob. The cob turned out to be excellent, with a good helping of tasty bacon cooked to perfection. One of the best!They have a number of artefacts in a small display including local fossils which was interesting and informative.

Small beach cafe on slipway leading to West Runton Beach.Teas, coffees, snacks available with a small gift shop attached.Great for snack whilst fossil hunting on the nearby beach.Small with some seating outside if weather is nice.Great beach for beachcombing especially at low tide.Large car park but please note a charge of £3. This is for all day though. Can get busy as its on the school/college geography list.Outside toilet block nearby.Good walk into Sheringham over the cliff tops if your feeling fit (30/45 mins) or, if its low tide, along the beach.Note I believe it has limited winter opening.

My family and I were staying at a nearby holiday park and we discovered this gem during a walk along the beach. The food was excellent value and our eldest devoured a huge bowl of moules. The staff were very friendly and accommodating. If you are in Seaview and on the beach then would highly recommend stopping for lunch.

Have visited each October for last few years with family, friends and beautiful dogs! Louise and Martin are amazing hosts, and every visit has been very special. Great beach, great cafe. I just wish it wasn’t hundreds of miles from home.....we will be back :-)

Visited for the first time and really enjoyed it. Lovely location, friendly staff, great food. Will definitely be returning soon.

Scruffy little cafe, awful coffee, no customer toilets - only the grubby public loos next door. The sea view isn’t much to write home about either. Lovely cliff top walking nearby.

This is a lovely beach cafe in a great location being situated just off the slipway as you walk down to the beach so great for a post dog walk sandwich and cup of tea in the morning!

Lovely coffee and tea, cakes and ice creams with a lovely view, watching the day go by, friendly service and atmosphere

Tucked away down a little lane, West Runton beach still gets plenty of visitors, but not too many. The cafe here is just what you want. A mix of ice creams and snacks. Lovely view above the beach. Friendly service and reasonable prices. Been here a number of times and recommend. Dog friendly.The beach is also good, a mix of sand and shingle. Some rock pools. You can walk to/from sheringham when the tide is going out.

We go here when walking dog along beach it’s dog friendly and the toasted sandwiches are excellent loads of filling inside and good price

Super little cafe selling everything you need for a day at the beach. Nothing fancy but exactly what you are looking for on a beautiful day. I had a delicious tuna toastie but the bacon sarnie my husband had was loaded with bacon. We bought some buckets and spades when we forgot ours one day and we also had some nice ice cream there .There is a toilet block just next to it with a place to wash your feet at the end of the day.The parking is really reasonable and you just pay £3 for the day.The cafe had lots of information about fossils etc. and a leaflet you can borrow to identify fossils with . A fantastic sandy beach that was not too busy even at the weekend!

Lovely mug of tea and a bacon sandwich with grated cheese, friendly staff altogether a lovely cafe and then a walk along the beach, perfect

Seaview Beach Cafe is situated right on the beach at West Runton. The cafe has outdoor seating. Inside they have a fish tank that is populated with sea water and rockpool inhabitants from the beach. There is a lot of interesting information on display regarding the sea creatures to be found in the shallows, and also regarding the mammoth fossil that was discovered in the cliffs.An A board outside invites passers by to take part in a 2 minute beach clean.The ethos of the cafe is one of environmental sustainability and community.

Fantastic bacon sarnies and a cuppa or ice cream walkers or day on the beach . dog and people friendly lots of interesting things to read and look at about the local beach and area including wildlife spotting book and information on the Runton Elephant.

Superfriendly cafe with no pretensions. Dog friendly. Just the job. Go for the bacon sarnies. great on a chilly Easter day.

Parked in the very reasonably priced car park with a very polite parking attendant before walking to Cromer and back. Stopped in the lovely café and had a drink and cake served by equally polite and friendly staff, we sat out side with an amazing view of the sea. Will definitely be returning and thoroughly recommend. Will be trying the bacon sarnies next time.

Lovely warm welcome, lovely little cafe, good for a nice coffee after a chilly walk and of course an ice cream, lots of information, thank you team xx

Best beach cafe, all the amenities required for a good day out. We stop here on our walks from Sheringham for a cuppa and a gaze out to sea. Perfect - just wish it could be open all the year round!

Bacon sandwich and toasted teacake. Best bacon sandwich I have ever had. Setting to die for. Friendly service

We had a pit stop here during a long coast walk and was surprised at just how good it was. Friendly staff and delicious snacks and drinks with a beach view.

When you have had a bracing walk on the beach at West Runton you couldn't do better than pop in to the Beachview cafe, a great welcome from the owner Louise steaming hot coffee or tea with various hot food delights or cakes and treats, fantastic.Very dog friendly especially if you have a Vizsla.

reading other's reviews we must have picked the wrong day .We were on hols & drove down to this cafe but to use it you had no option but to pay £3 day charge to park !!! Said we were only stopping for an hour & got a gruff "well its £3 " We went over to the cafe & I am sorry but we found it a bit grubby.There was only about 3 tables inside & dogs allowed in.Seating area outside but all tables were surrounded by more dogs.We sat inside & ordered the bacon sarnies ,well sorry again they were nothing special.The bread was white sliced packet bread & very thin. Wasn't impressed

Always stop in at this little cafe that has views over the cliffs and beach at West Runton. Even it's on for an ice cream cos you sit and chill and know you are in a part of paradise.

A beautiful sea view is on offer in this wonderful place. The coffee is the best around as its filter coffee not cheap stuff. Just love this place. I could sit for hours and watch the world go by

Often walk Sheringham to Cromer and back, and this is the perfect stop over. Love my visits here, always a friendly welcome and freshly made grub. Can't say I know the menu, cos I always stick to the best - their bacon sarnie!

If you dont sample the bacon sarnies from this little gem you are missing out..... we have never seen as much bacon...... and the most tasty bacon between two slices of bread ever. Right on the beach at West Runton. Fantastic rockpool beach.

We have used the beach cafe at West Runton for many years and it always delivers the goods ! Great food to eat in or takeaway and everything you need for a beahc holiday, including ice cream !

the best bacon sandwich in Norfolk with a sea view,great tea and coffee friendly staff and theres a blue flag beach what more do you need

I can confirm the reviews of some other people that these bacon sandwiches are great. The cost is 3.95 whilst all others on menu are 3.60 but you get a choice of white or brown bread. I had brown which was a nice granary type and full of bacon, brought to your table with tomato, brown sauce or a mayo type mustard. It was truly the best bacon sandwich I have had. My coffee was filter and 1.85. Tea I think was 1.30. Only 4 tables inside but lots of benches outside which were all full when we were there though it was very windy. The young staff were very friendly and efficient and we had ice creams too. Various nick nacks and souvenirs are also available. I will visit again for a sandwich!

Use this cafe most weeks having a static caravan close by and often call in after walking our dog from Sheringham to East Runton and back as the cliff walk is superb on the coastal path.Staff always friendly and the tea/coffee and bacon sandwich seem good value. Can sit in or out but with dogs (strictly on leads) we always sit outside looking towards the sea and often as not listen to the parrot making its presence heard.The Cafe is close to where extinct animal bones are found on the cliff sides and notices identify the find with further details. The cafe is environmental friendly with a scheme to pick litter. They also promote the proper ownership of dogs with regard to dog waste.Camera evidence has resulted in prosecutions.Will continue to support the cafe for all the above reasons.

Lovely little cafe by the beach with inside and outside eating areas. Good coffee and fabulous bacon sarnie at £3.50. Very good quality bacon on lovely brown bread. Very friendly helpful staff. A lot of reasonably priced small gifts and buckets and spades for the children and, of course, ice cream.

Tho we love this cafe.their prices are v high .tea is reasonably priced .but anything else isn't good value .chocolate bar exorbitant butvguessvthey have a monopoly being only cafe there .lovely spot and views .

Only basic but the staff are helpful and friendly ice creams, tea, coffee and cake. There is a sandwich menu but we were late in the afternoon so tea and a toasted tea cake was sufficient.

Best bacon sarnie I've had since the last time I was here! At <£4 and packed with bacon in nice granary bread, compares to the £4.50 I paid at the NNWC for a white bap with a couple of rashers! Lovely folk, great views and promote the beach so well!

Lovely food, great tuna/cucumber fresh sandwich. Tasty toastie too! Could serve more gluten free products as I just had a cereal bar and packet of crisps. Friendly staff!!

Good cuppa, big mugs and great view. Steep hill so beware. Happy dogs welcome. Mammoth fossils on display.

Wonderful spot to sit and chill after a walk along the beach from either Sheringham or Cromer. Great selection of freshly prepared sandwiches and wonderful toasties! Teas, coffees, ice creams and lots of bits to keep the kids happy on the beach. Which is great for rock pooling when the tide allows, RNLI lifeguards on site during summer. All the staff are very friendly and always ready with a smile and a warm welcome. Love it!!!

A good coffee stop after a nice beach walk from East Runton, interesting information about the 700,000 year old Mammoth found in 1990 in the cliffs. Only one irritation was the Proprietor (I assume) moaning at the Asda delivery driver about the tuna that had been substituted for another brand, in a very loud voice, didn't really need to know or hear all that.

What could be better than a morning walk along the beach? Reward yourself with with a cup of coffee and a bacon sandwich, I had mine toasted and loved it. Listen out for the bird behind the cafe I thought it was a dog or someone whistling .

Lovely friendly people in the best location. Great custodians of the beach. Good car parking and best views. Would suggest leaving the car behind, and either walk the beach (if low tide) or coast path, either from Sheringham or Cromer! Oh, and they like a discussion on legal tender, old £5, Scottish notes etc - ha ha!!

Has everything a little beach cafe should have and is in a great location right next to the beach with a view of the sea. I had a bacon sandwich which was really just ok. I say ok because the bacon seemed like it was precooked and just reheated when I placed my order. Had a coffee as well which was fine. Service is friendly and polite from most of the staff. It was an older lady who took my order at the counter and she was just plain rude; not even a please or a thank you at all. The rest of the 4 or 5 younger girls who were helping out were great. The menu is limited but has enough on offer to please most. Because of the rude service I have deducted 1 star, sorry.

Such a quaint lovely little place. Ordered a coffee and went back for more. They use filter coffee rather than instant so it was excellent. Good for sandwiches which are all nice and the staff are very friendly. Would have got five stars if i could have got a tray of chips but i didnt see them on the menu. Gorgeous views of the sea from here. Could have quite happily sat there all day. A real norfolk gem!

Very welcoming service with an amazing sea view from either the patio or inside. Teas, Coffee's, cold drinks, cakes , bacon sandwiches etc etc , something for everyone after a great walk on a beautiful beach . If you're after somewhere a bit quieter and more relaxing than sheringham or Cromer this is the place for you

Selling all the usual things you'd expect it's nice to pop in for teas, coffees, ices etc. and offers a good beach holiday service at fair prices. Also good for breakfast.

Really enjoyed hot coffee and sausage rolls on a chilly day. Great place to pop into. Fruit cake excellent. Table's also available. Enjoy!

Great beach cafe with outside seating. Very surprised to see the wide range of tea offered! Great to go somewhere that does decaff tea and herbal tea's.

An excellent beach with an excellent cafe. Plenty of beach tackle if you've forgotten something. Nice aquarium containing local sea-life. Information available about area.

Another beach, another ice cream. It has to be done. Many other menu varieties as well here, coffee on the beach was the big hit, with the cloud cover.

We always walk form Sheringham along the beach at low tide and stop off for refreshments at this cafe... Lovely place for a break, maybe a little dark inside but the outside seating is fab and the bacon sarnies looked delicious!

Clean frienly cafe good size cup of coffee nice snanks,ice creams rolls etc.Plenty of outside seating.Ideal for a stop off if walking the coast path,nice and handy for the beach

We had a day on the beach with a picnic, mid afternoon we required a coffee break! Lovely friendly staff, good seating and a nice stop off on the way back to the car park or onto the beach. based just near the public toilets too. Proper cup of coffee for £1.80 and ice creams for the kids. Has a little shop for buckets and spades etc. Just uneven steps and flooring to be aware of.

Great little cafe made some improvements which look very good. Friendly service nice view sitting outside. Try the bacon sandwich it's great after a walk along with a mug of coffee worth a visit.

They really have come a long way since the 70s. Nice little beach front cafe come ice cream bar/gift shop. Very pleasant staff. Great wippy ice cream. A1

After a pleasant visit to Hillside Animal Sanctuary you might wonder what else to do in West Runton. Go for a walk along the beach... it was a grey day when I took my picture, but the tide was out and the sea was dead-calm...Find Water Lane (runs Northwards from the middle of town) and drive right to the end... well not right to the end because you might need rescue if you actually fall onto the beach, but at the end you'll find a little car park with the obligatory person in a wooden hut waiting to take a couple of quid off you for the privilege of parking on a bit of dirt. Trust me and do it.Walk down the hill (passing the cafe on your right) to the beach. There's sand, there's (lots of) rocks, there's (lots of) chalk bed, there's fossils, there's (lots of) rock pools (this area is famed for them) teeming with interesting things (probably water), and there's the sea lapping away at the end. Bring a bucket and spade - the kids will make sandcastles and return with wondrous critters for you to marvel over (if they can find and catch them).The cafe is there for all the things you need for refreshments or forgot to pack in your picnic. What are you waiting for? Enjoy the (real) great British sea-side, sea, beach and fresh air, but WITHOUT all the hoards of holidaymakers, amusement arcades, funfairs and all the other plasticky glitzy noisy distractions designed to extract the last hard-earned penny out of your pocket like you'd find in Blackpool, or Weston-Super-Mare or Southend.

Lovely people and great serviceNot a large menu, but when you see people queuing outside, you understand why!A haven for visitors,(and birdwatchers) with the West Runton Mammoth discovered nearby and the Norfolk Costal footpath passing across the lane .The café carries lots of local information and a superb sea water tank complete with inhabitants!Dog friendly and proper mugs of tea!

One of my favourite places to eat,bacon sandwiches are the best i have ever tasted,staff are very friendly and location? visit and see for yourself!

Just love this place. Staff are super friendly. Quality ingredients used for toasted sandwiches with good size cups of tea. What more could you want. The sea view is superb with outside seating. An ideal location for a day on the beach. Love you guys, and especially Sam!

Started the morning with a quick cuppa friendly staff in clean small cafe surroundings. Did a late morning tour of the beach towards Sheringham looking for Norfolk Flint Circles, found just the one. May need another visit. After a few hours on the beach returned to Seaview and had really tasty toasted sandwiches.sat on the terrace overlooking the beach, marvelous! There is a beach below the cafe which on the Cromer side is ok for swimming and in high season has a Lifeguard, dogs not allowed on this section. Car park at the top of the cliff £2.50 for the day gentle walk down to the sea. Public toilets near the Cafe. as they say in Norfolk a bootiful day out!