Shirley's Cafe in South Gloucestershire

Had come down to see the end of the Severn river & found this place by accident. Really friendly staff & excellent food / drink. So good we came back next day for a coffee and cake, which again was spot on. All really well priced.

Good honest food at a reasonable price. Clean. Dog friendly with nice staff. A gem from the past. Happy to return. Whilst the menu is limited, it tastes good. But can cater to all.

Excellent friendly service ,a lovely breakfast served piping hot and homemade chips! Rare as hens teeth! Spotlessly clean and great value, we couldn’t fault it.

Came here today, Sunday 28th July at 2:30pm Rude staff bluntly told us sandwiches only. After scanning the basic sandwich menu, we decided to order a couple of sandwiches. Upon going to the counter, I asked if they serve baguettes or just sandwiches. I was bluntly told “NO”. I went on to ask for a tuna mayo sandwich to then be bluntly and rudely told no! We’ve not serving now but, you can have a cake? Staff need a lesson in customer service. If you’re advertising hours in your menu and doors/windows, stick to them.

Was aware that this place existed, so on impulse went in. The place exceeded all expectations - clean - quiet - extensive menu - super food - well laid out with good decor. WHAT A FIND!! Will now be a regular customer. My compliments to the staff (and the chef) This recommendation is well deserved. Thankyou to all at the Cafe

Been meaning to have a breakfast at this cafe for a while, as we come to severn beach to walk. Wasn't disappointed, we only had the standard breakfast, which was enough before a walk, and it was delicious, and hot, and as a bonus, they know how to make tea. I am sure the rest of the menu will be the same quality, so well done to the staff, we shall be back. For other people who walk, the footpath is open now all the way to Aust, it's a lovely place to go

Haven’t been here for years and it was brilliant. It was one of the best breakfasts I have had. It was excellent value pipping hot and great ingredients. The premises are spotless and staff really friendly. Great atmosphere with workers mixing with locals. Highly recommended if you’re in the area 😊

Nice cafe but it seems pointless staying open until 4pm but stopping serving cooked meals at 2-30pm!

We stopped at Shirley's café for a quick lunch after a shopping trip nearby. The café is really nice and very very clean (including facilities). The personnel is friendly and helpful and the food and drinks are good and reasonably priced. We thoroughly enjoyed our little lunch break and had a relaxing time in this quaint café. Highly recommend.

Had a fried egg sandwich and it was honestly so delicious, simple food done right, was warm enough to sit outside.

A fantastic gem of a place, great good value breakfast with lovely helpful staff, we can highly recommend eating here

We arrived at the cafe at 14.30 about 30 minutes before they stopped cooking meals. My wife and I both ordered Ham, Egg and chips and it was delicious. The ham was lean and looked like it had just been sliced, the chips were real not the frozen crap that most places use and the fried egg was done to perfection. Everything was clean and the staff were friendly. We will definitely call there again when I am in the area.

A great traditional cafe serving delicious home cooked food -proper chips cooked from fresh potatoes you can't better them. Friendly service from all the young team. Heartily recommended.

We stopped off for something to eat at about 1 pm during a bike ride on Saturday. It was busy with every table taken and were preparing to sit outside. Whilst we were ordering food someone left so we had an inside table. We were told when we ordered that cooked food would take about 20 minutes so we ate 'backwards'. I had a lovely Victoria sponge and tea, my partner had a vegan chocolate cake which was very moist and coffee. We ate these whilst our meals were being cooked. I had a breakfast, which was nice and my partner had a very large four bean chilli and rice which she enjoyed. The toilets, which looked like a glamping shed were very clean and well maintained.

My fantastic Wife and I were on an overnight stay near Severn Beach. We were meeting her son who had travelled from Cardiff to meet us for a morning meet up. We all wanted to have a breakfast at a doggie friendly place. My Wife especially likes independent, fun looking places. Shirley's cafe was perfect! Clean and hygienic. Wide variety of options. Had terrific retro feel with pin ball machine and a beautiful Seeburg juke box! Food was served by friendly staff. Had loads of baked goods and sweets. We had breakfast with toast and hash browns. Represents excellent value for money and has a section for eating outside, part of which is covered. Liked that they have a book sale to raise money for Air Ambulance service. Final nice touch was a loo that is a pod.

A very clean and well cooked English breakfast. I enjoyed this very much. I usually have cake which is 10/10 but today I tried the breakfast. I was not disappointed

Food quality is OK, but the wait... If you Have anything else to do forget it. Small cafe seating to close unless you like rubbing elbows

We discovered Shirley’s Café when we moved to Pilning two years ago. We’ve found a few great walks to Severn Beach from our little village (about 2 miles away) and to have a full meal, or a breakfast/brunch, or just delicious coffee, is the icing on the cake after our walk. The staff are lovely and the food is delicious, as are their hot & cold drinks. There is doggie ice cream for sale and they are welcome inside the café too. Their garden is really lovely & welcoming and on a nice dry day, even in the spring, autum or winter, it gives you a feeling of well-being. We love to sit & just “people watch” or chat to others who know that Shirley’s is a cafe not to be missed. Try it - you won’t be disappointed. BUT - sadly, it’s not open on Monday or Tuesday. I guess the hardworking staff need a couple of days off twice a week!!

Train journey through Bristol to Severn Beach. After a walk along the estuary I called in at Shirley's Cafe for a late breakfast. It was one of the best - excellent cheery service and great coffee. Highly recommended.

Went to sherlys cafe after taking are dogs alone the front all staff very friendly food very good and resable price would go there again

We have visited Shirley’s Cafe a few times and each time we have not been disappointed. The staff are polite and cheerful and the seating area (both inside and outside) are clean and well maintained. Today, we had the Chicken Curry with rice, popadoms, chutney with a side of chips. Our meals were well presented, hot and delicious. Shirley’s is excellent value for money and, afterwards, you can treat yourselves to a walk along the sea wall.

Fantastic cafe lovely food and cannot fault the service think it’s that they take on local youngsters on weekends very good value also have specials on the board out door seating area inn the summer sadly on in the summer we get a lot of cyclist hog all the out door tables drinking there water out of there water bottles and only 1 or two out of a group of 20 actually buy a coffe not on when pepole are wanting to sit down to eat this if not fair on the cafe so please be mindful these guys are trying to earn a living so don’t take up there tables when your now buying food or drink only sit at there table and use there loo 5 star cafe all day long

I was there on a Sunday and the café was already full Luckily they do takeaway coffees and cakes so was able to take it outside, leaving seats for those who were having meals etc Food looked good Good value for a tea and a...

The fact we had to wait for a seat, mid-week in November says it all. Delightful how homemade food. we were cold and hungry and this was prefect. Soup, bacon butties, tea, hit the spot. Great service.

9 pound and 20 pence for 2 rolls and two coffees and 20 min wait for them when no one else in the shop what joke not impressed at all and I’ve just opened the food as I’ve wrote this and to top it off...

Shirley’s is a hidden diamond! Wide range menu, clean tables and friendly staff. We had a tasty home made chicken curry with a side order of “real” chips. In all, excellent value for money.

First time visit for a long time. Very welcoming good value lots of choice in homemade cake fresh sandwiches cooked meals / breakfast. One if the best cuppas I've had for a while. All facilities excellent

Stopped there for lunch. Very tasty cottage pie with a good serving of vegetables at a very reasonable price. Well thought-out covid-safety system too. We'll be back. Nice!

Great cafe with very friendly staff. Food was amazing and fresh, definitely my new spot for breakfast and top quality coffee and cakes

Perfect sweet cafe to end a nice walk. The wait staff were lovely, busy and very helpful. We had a couple of coffee and cakes. The coffees were ‘proper’ and was better than most coffee shops! We had Victoria sponge and carrot cake, the sponge...

Chilled out cafe set in a lovely sunny garden. Breakfasts made with high quality produce all freshly cooked to perfection and a very reasonable price for the quality. You could tell that the chef cared about the meals that they served you as it was...

I’ve stopped at Shirley's cafe a couple of times over last couple of weeks on bike rides into South Gloucestershire. Each time food and coffee is how it should be from a cafe. Well done and fair priced. Coffee is good. Food is good. Staff...

I was pleasantly surprised when I pulled up outside of Shirley's Cafe. It looked really nice, Clean Bright and welcoming. My sister had booked a table in advance so we were able to sit inside given it was still a bit cool outside.  The Cafe...

Meet a friend here for a cycle ride and came from Bristol and was quite relieved that they are open in times of Covid-19 though only for takeaways (I was thirsty by then and it was a hot day) Great one way system has been...

Ideal place to get light refreshment in Seven Beach. Reasonable foor and prices. Parking can be a problem sometimes.

Went to Severn beach today to walk the dogs, stopped off in Shirleys for a cuppa. Lovely gem of a place, typical cafe, lovely and clean and welcomed the dogs. Had 2 teas and 2 Enormous piece’s of homemade fruit cake for £5.70 !!!! needless...

Visited today with my husband and two dogs for lunch before a walk along the Severn Way. The food was great and reasonably priced. We had a beef lasagne and a veggie chili both of which were homemade, followed by 2 tasty homemade cakes -...

Lovely homely little cafe, good prices, proper home made chips good tea and coffee, kids loved their meals and not a bit left on the plate. Dog friendly, people friendly, definately recommend. Will be visiting again.

Sausage chips and beans for two 4 year olds. Proper chips, made from potato! A rare find. Decent coffee. Good value. Very friendly, helpful staff. Been twice, won’t hesitate in recommending and will go back.

Really friendly people serving hot, filling breakfasts. Cafe full of locals, walkers, cyclists and the coastguard, everyone very chatty. Food well priced - this morning I had an English breakfast & Americano coffee for £6.90, just what I needed for the cycle home.

Happen to stumble across this place at the end of a walk along the front at Severn Beach. I was doing a walk from an old walking book where Shirley's was mentioned but I thought it had long gone. Great location just off the front by the railway station with a nice garden and excellent service. Extensive very reasonable menu. We only stopped for Coffee and Tea but will definitely return soon to try the food.

After our walk with our dog Lily, we stopped here for a cup of tea, then decided to have two of the all day breakfasts one meat and one vegetarian which were excellent, Lily had a dog ice cream. All the staff were very welcoming, after the breakfast couldn't resist trying the homemade cakes Victoria sponge & Orange & Chocolate with two more teas, again excellent. We will definitely be going back!

My friend and I came across this hidden gem while out walking on a sunny Sunday. We went in for lunch, lots of choices, gluten free and dairy free options clearly labeled and available. Polite, helpful staff and a very clean and well presented cafe.The food was well presented and very nice. We sat outside in a lovely garden. The toilets were clean and accessible for disabled. I would highly recommend this place.

I had read the rave reviews for Shirley's Cage and thought it must be worth a visit but I'm puzzled. The furniture is of the sort that you can't throw around - benches and tables welded together which doesn't make for comfort. I had their 'home-made' cottage pie. I think 'home assembled might' be more accurate from the unmistakable 'catering gravy' taste. It was not nice, but then others in the party had better luck with (processed) ham and eggs. I had been hoping for a much more but it is very ordinary.

Glad to see this place still operating and with people in it

Stopped here a couple of times on bike rides. The food is well above average for a cafe. Huge portions. Well made sandwiches. Very good coffee. Also a nice fresh environment to eat in or outside.

Popped into Shirley's cafe before a walk down the Severn trail.

We loved Shirleys Cafe. We stopped here on a bike ride and had sandwiches and tea. I really liked the ambience - a proper old-fashioned cafe. The lady serving was so friendly and helpful as well.

Plenty to choose from, hot and cold drinks, cooked food, snacks, cakes or bags of sweets 🙂 Friendly and quick service. We had hot chocolate and cake for a Mother’s Day treat and it was perfect.

Our family and dog too! Recently visited Shirley’s cafe for a lovely breakfast. The food was freshly cooked to order, piping hot and delicious. The staff were delightful and nothing was too much trouble. The cafe was spotlessly clean. Situated close the seafront, we were able to walk it off after with a stroll along the prom. Definitely worth a visit, we’ll be going back again.

Severn Beach might seem like a bit of a strange place, and it's definately one that feels a bit overwhelmed by both its natural and man-made surroundings (the now apparently 'Prince Of Wales' bridge aka Second Severn Crossing and the Channel itself) but the fact mass tourism died a death about 70 years ago mean you get a great place to go for any number of interesting walks all to yourself, and without a pay-and-display machine in sight.

The cakes here are extremely reasonably priced and delicious. The staff are warm and friendly and although it was recently refurbished it's still kept it's style and ambience. I believe it's been going since before the 1950s. It sports a pinball machine and an old-fashioned jukebox that plays revinyl. It is now run by Shirley's daughter.

The wife & I visited here for afternoon tea with my mother and stepfather during our stay with them in uk. Great cuppa and cakes!

Unpretentious place with good food, good value, plenty of space inside and out. Well worth a stop over if you want somewhere to fill up or just grab a quick cup if tea.

Service with a smile and lovely homemade cakes, pastries, sandwiches and hot snacks at a reasonable price. The loo at the bottom of the garden is a revelation, better than many in bigger places.

We went for lunch. To be fair we were told there would be a 25 minute wait, which turned out to be nearly an hour. We ordered two very simple meals so can’t understand why it took so long. The food, when it finally arrived, was good and hot. Especially the hand cut chips. Had it not been such a long wait I would have given it 5 stars. If I’m in the area again I would probably go back there. The staff are friendly too, which is important.

Lovely little tucked away café, which provided sustenance at the start of our 9-mile walk from Severn Beach to Bristol on Sunday. Three full English breakfasts were consumed by our small group (with one of them a veggie alternative) and all cooked to perfection. Variation to the set menu was permitted and the food was completely devoid of any signs of the grease, which is always a danger with this sort of fare. Prices were reasonable and all three of us agreed that this was as good as it gets.

Visited for the first time with a small group of Adults with complex needs. They were very accommodating and very thoughtful. Such kind people and lovely history about the cafe.

I recently visited Shirley's cafe for breakfast with my family, It was so lovely! it's nice to have a breakfast that cooked fresh whilst you wait! It was hot and very tasty! It's so lovely to have such a nice cafe in our little village! Highly recommend Shirley's cafe!

Called in this morning after a bracing walk along the front. A friendly welcome and smile from the young lady behind the counter. A great cup of tea and a massive slice of homemade fruit cake. My whole fe and myself will return.

Great service from staff ! I liked the breakfast and cute sweets. VVVVVV GOOD. My friends also enjoyed the pot of tea.

Arrived in Severn Beach in need of a coffee and stumbled across Shirley's Cafe. Ordered a pot of tea and a coffee. Tea was great, coffee was pretty awful - instant as apparently they do not have a coffee machine. Returned for lunch which was excellent- freshly cooked and delicious, also very reasonably priced. Cake was very generous and excellent. Will definitely return! My only suggestion would be that they invest in a coffee maker so they can serve decent coffee.

Was told a 10 minute wait and I've been waiting 45 mins for a breakfast and 2 kids sausage,chips and beans already!! � Your not even busy! Ridiculous I'm sure your cooking with 1 frying pan for the whole cafe! Invest in a deep fat fryer! * * I waited an hour in the end** wouldn't recommend and will not return.

Had tea here before and wasn't impressed. Place was cluttered and no toilets, you had to walk round the corner to the public toilets. This time I was pleasantly surprised. The cafe had been cleaned up and was no longer full of grubby looking clutter which had resembled a jumble sale. Toilets were now available and were very clean.

We caught the train to Severn Beach this morning and stopped in at Shirley's for breakfast, what a delightful place, great food, great service and spotless. We shall purposely be going back here. Such a find, thrilled to bits. We cannot recommend highly enough

Decidimos hirleys pop en 'a la hora del almuerzo, mientras que en una reciente visita a Severn Playa. La comida estaba recién hecha, sabroso y a un precio muy razonable. Todo estaba extremadamente limpio, incluyendo la loos. Sin duda volvería de nuevo cuando esté en la zona y se lo recomiendo a cualquiera que busque un cafe del mar tradicional.

3 of us ate here on a Saturday afternoon we each had Bacon Egg and Chips, one with Baked Beans another with an extra egg and a slice of bread and butter, 2 teas which came via urn then teapot and a can of Tango.

Just to let anyone know that if your wishing to visit Shirley's cafe they got new temporary opening hours till the summer. Saturday 10:30 - 16:00Sunday 10:30 - 16:00Thursday 10:30 - 16:00Friday 10:30 - 15:00Bank Holidays 10:30 - 16:00

This is my regular dining oasis and I can't knock it one bit, cracking Chicken Curry, Spaghetti Bolognaise, Pie and home made chips, also the jumbo breakfasts are very good as well as their sandwiches. Also you get nice friendly staff.

I was at Severn Beach at about lunchtime so decided to use this cafe for a meal but in short decdnt find the staff over friendly but the food was ok but at a price of almost £6 for 1 sausage beans and chips and a cup of tea was in my opinion pricey compared similar cafes.There also an array of used books and clothing again in my opinion pricey for secondhand goods.

Stopped there for tea and great big slice of cake, all at a reasonable price, if the weather is nice there is outside seating. Old fashioned items are around and some nicnacs for sale - books etc- Good and popular with walkers, cyclists and anyone else who is passing. This is only one of two places available in Severn Beach - do not tell Costa of this brilliant location as they would kill the area - good value for money

If you want to see traditional English places selling breakfasts then come here. !! I love this place so much. Yes, it is a bit old fashioned and sometimes looks like it needs a good dust but who cares. Great stop off, great place, just full of heart and must stay open and stay as it is. If you like Starbucks or Costa, don't bother coming here, this place is a one off.

this cafe is part of the history of severn beach,here when the place was a holiday resort .it is an old style cafe with a lot of charm .well known to locals and walkers.

Pleasant and a lovely cuppa and cake. Clean and good, well priced food. Full of fascinating bits and bobs.A great find on a wet and rainy British day.

A genuine welcome will greet you here and a great peice of working history.The food was simple and clean..chips homemade..as well as the cake...as truly amazing cafe.

As a group of ten hungary walkers we were fortunate to come across this cafe in Station rd Severn Beach. They offer well cooked, well priced food and drinks, which we all enjoyed in a lovely garden setting. Can personally recommend the mushroom omelette and well made chips.

Had breakfast here after staying in the local Travelodge on family recommendation. Good food reasonably priced and nice surroundings.Daily papers to read over breakfast they' even lend you a pair on reading glasses if you've not got yours with you!Wish our town had one of these.