The Marina Cafe in West Somerset

Great view over the harbour, very friendly staff, nice and affordable food

Popped in for ice cream, and they had my favourite flavour coffee or cappuccino. Nice with indoor and outdoor seating

Lovely friendly staff at the ice cream counter

Called in for lunch on a very quiet Sunday as it seemed to be the only place open serving food. The staff were very friendly, helpful and chatty. There was a good choice of lite bites on the menu and they adapted one for my wife so that her Gluten Free diet would not be compromised. Ample portion sizes and reasonable prices. Tables cleaned as soon as customers left. Can recommend.

Great shop, a selection of stuff for everyone. Massive selection of LEGO, done in a "pick n mix" style you can choose individual bricks. Great for model railways as well old and new, with very good prices.

Great shop then got singled out for paying with card not cash as 'cash is king" and got a lecture why they prefer cash, and to top it off judged me by my age!!? I've never put a 1 star review anywhere but this just was silly considering paying by card shouldn't be a problem these days ! Won't be coming back again sod that!

Welcoming staff with good service on a rainy day

Upstairs is just an alladins cave of interesting bits and bobs,memorabilia etc. ....could do with a lift as one of us can't do the stairs and missed out on seeing it all.

Great place , upstairs opens up to a variety of dealers who specialise in Lego, trains vintage, mid century, and antiques. Lovely place to browse and have a cuppa or something to eat. Recommended.

Never eaten here but upstairs is a great place if your in to old stuff and antiques you can not likely find a gift for anyone

Lovely place for a cuppa and a snack , lovely friendly service from Candice and Debs and the boys , Great music to listen to as well while you chill out after shopping

We went here yesterday for a look around, my son fell over just outside and hurt his head, the lovely lady (didn’t get her name unfortunately) from the shop came out to see if he was okay and gave him an ice cream to make him feel better. A genuinely lovely gesture which made his day and cheered us all up. What a fantastic place

Lovely place been here several times with the kids . Food is delicious staff are so lovely and the banana milk shakes are incredible!! Very reasonable in price too !! Clean and tidy

Love the Lego pick & mix upstairs!

Having a Lovely cup of tea . And then was given a free mince pie. As a random act of kindness. What a lovely thing to do . Thank you very much . 😊

Popped in for lunch, can not fault. Wonderful welcome, delicious food and really reasonably priced. The addition of a two level shop with your classic holiday purchases and antique finds was a bonus. 100% pay them a visit 👍

2nd time at this Ice cream takeaway counter Lovey Ice Cream Friendly staff Well worth a visit to this ice cream takeaway counter Good views of watchet harbour

Staff very friendly and cheerful , food was lovely and very filling would recommend visiting . They also welcome dogs

We stopped at the Marina Cafe on Watchet harbourside for ice creams, then sat outside in the sun! Very refreshing indeed! Great views all along the harbour, beautiful spot! Highly recommended!

I had to go to the Post Office & then fancied having my lunch out. I popped into the Cafe & ordered my meal. Chicken Korma with Rice, Naan Bread washed down with a lovely pot of tea. The Cafe was really clean, the food amazing & the staff really made me feel welcome. I definitely will go back.

Wanted breakfast but they don't do them. Had egg on toast instead and coffee.

As our visit to Watchet was abit out of season not much was open, but noticed this place, didnt look to great from the outside but plenty of tables inside what looks like a gift shop, good choice of light bites on the menu, friendy staff and quick service.

Good ice-cream and coffee, nice friendly staff, must come back earlier for breakfast sometime.

Banging Styles Ice Cream. Definitely recommend the Salted Caramel!!🍦

Our group of 6 had a nice lunch here, food was tasty, arrived swiftly and the staff were lovely. Thank you!

Amazing as always. Visited for the day to see the fossils on the beach. Stopped in for a take-away bacon and egg bap and a cold drink. Extremely friendly, cooked the egg exactly as I wanted, nothing too much trouble, lady didn't stop smiling and engaging with her myriad of satisfied customers. Best ever despite it being far cheaper than anywhere else I've eaten in the south west

We popped in here for an ice cream (very nice indeed) but then we couldn't resist going upstairs to the vintage collections. We browsed for quite a while and bought some items, including a leather pig that my sister couldn't resist! A sort of doorstop. She was thrilled with it and carried it aloft in triumph! haha I bought some fridge magnets, and our friend bought a book. Highly recommended!

Had ice cream here yesterday but you can't just order, she had to go through a string of questions on the till and asked me not to shout at her as she was doing it as it was stressful? I merely asked for an ice cream? She got very agitated when we didn't declare we wanted soft scoop so she had to clear the till questionnaire and start again? Very odd, she could do with a customer service refresher course or even just a smile!

Great veggie breakfast today; 2 hash browns, 2 fried eggs, veg "sausage", toast, fried tomato, dish of baked beans, pile of fried mushrooms AND a mug of coffee all for £6! Absolute bargain and great service too.

Generally good quality. Good location

Although the food was nice and reasonably priced. The visit was somewhat tainted by the tall white haired man (owner?) I asked about the cafe inside, he replied gruffly, are you eating or drinking, what else would I being doing in his cafe!!?? He then watched my every move as I browsed the shop, I was looking for a couple of gifts after my food. Maybe I look suspicious, maybe he was bored, maybe he gets a lot of theft.. maybe I won't ever come back! Very strange!

Lovely location, ideal halfway stop-off on our dog walks and outstanding bacon rolls :-)

Fantastic all day breakfast, big portion for the money, served in a good time, polite staff and comfortable seating area.

After you've had your very nice refreshments (we had coffee and cake), there are two floors of "browsing" to explore. Anything and everything to sort through, from vintage and modern jewellery, pre-loved clothing, bric-a-brac, books (mostly reference and biography), and anything else you can think of. I once bought a gourd here, very unusual to find a gourd anywhere, but here it was!

Amazing collection of Lego and friendly helpful staff.

Fabulous breakfast. All freshly cooked. Lovely spot to sit outside for a coffee overlooking the harbour.

Great bacon sandwiches and ice-cream.

The service is fantastic, I'm ordering 7 ice creams for my family, and as he takes my order, there's two girls making them as the orders come in. Very efficient, and I appreciate it. The double 99 ice cream is really good, it's big, and they use the whole cone unlike other places. The best 99 I've had. Well done. If you are near by, take a stop and have some ice cream.

The breakfast was good and staff were friendly, but pot that salt sachets were in had not been checked and was almost empty and had used sachets in. Also the shop that the cafe is in had not had it's carpet vacuumed from the day before

I had a small breakfast and to be fair there was more than enough for me , service was very friendly and prompt

Simple tasty cafe food and drinks, served by friendly helpful staff. Good value and generous portions too. Recommended for families.

Called in today for an early Sunday morning breakfast, which in my case was vegetarian. The cafe bit inside was clean,staff friendly and polite. The food was delivered by a really cheerful waitress, which made you feel relaxed. As for the food it was good quality and priced fairly. My only gripe and it a small one is there are many many good vegetarian sausages out there on the market so why call a mashed potatoes thingy a sausage. Please don't hold this as a negitve comment as I would still return for another breakfast.

Remarkable selection of Lego models demonstrated.

Breakfast not bad,bacon and bit rough well done, but good value for the money

Bacon was like cardboard, mushrooms was all dried up and burnt, the whole breakfast was burnt, when we went and completed all the young lady keep saying was what do you mean, if she had walked over to the table and looked at it im sure she would have seen what we mean, not rushing back

Stopped in with my daughter for a quick breakfast. I had the large breakfast, good price, decent portion including a coffee. The food was cooked well, I particularly liked the bacon. My daughter had a hot chocolate with cream and marsh mallows that she thoroughly enjoyed and a tasty caramel shortcake. We sat at indoors but the cafe has open air seating on the harbour side so is good in any weather. GDecent breakfast for a reasonable price.

Staff are friendly and accommodating to familys needs. Food was lovely and the ice cream is to die for.

We came here for coffee (it was too chilly for our usual ice cream) and sat outside in the glorious sunshine. Then we went inside to the "emporium", a collector's dream! I was looking for a world globe I'd seen before the lockdown but it had been sold. However, I found a decorated gourd from Machu Pichu (see photo) and bought that. I am delighted with it. We both of course had a long browse amongst all the stacks of items. We love Watchet and especially the Marina Cafe and "Roger's Antiques".

Lovely ice cream plus a bonus...doggy ice cream. Stops the dog begging for ours!

My wife and I enjoyed breakfast: the sausages and bacon were especially good. Service by the two young ladies on duty (Sophia and Fern) was charming and efficient.

We came here firstly for ice cream (lovely, it was), and then browsed all the many items on sale, a collector's dream, both downstairs and especially upstairs. We must have been there well over an hour and a half completely absorbed by all the "stuff"! I bought two fridge magnets to remind me of Watchet, one of my favourite places on earth! We'll be back again after this second lockdown!

Excellent breakfast, not only good value but well cooked with good quality products. Whole bottle of Heinz on the table which isn’t often seen these days. Really good coffee and pleasant helpful service.

Not impressed, went there for cream teas yesterday, waited around for 15-20mins was completely ignored by the ladies that were in the icecream part of the shop and kitchen, so walked back out

Had a delicious breakfast here before having a walk around Watchet. Food was yummy and service was polite and friendly. As it is within a main store we were also able to pick up some memorabilia items to remind us of our visit.

I like this shop as it sells everything. Ice cream at the door, or something really randomly old upstairs.

Great selection of ice creams and friendly staff

Visited yesterday with my husband and daughter. We all really fancied an ice cream. We all had different flavours but wanted waffle cones. Well only mine was served correctly. They had basic cones! I’d had the clotted cream flavour. Driving home after our walk I started to feel very sick. Husband and daughter luckily felt fine. Good job we didn’t live too far away because I had the most awful sickness afterwards. Went to bed very early as felt so rough. The ice cream tasted ok but no flavour. Though my husband said his had strange icy lumps in. I have never had food poisoning from ice cream but I know it can be nasty if it’s not stored correctly. I hope no one else suffered yesterday too!

Came here for a takeaway tea and coffee, it’s was okay but nothing special, unfortunately it there was no earl grey tea which was dissa

This is the second time we've been to the Marina Cafe to trawl its many treasures of collectibles of all kinds, e.g. books, jewellery, toys, clothes, in fact anything you can think of. There were two very jolly ladies in charge who greeted us as we entered and waved us goodbye as we left. There is the downstairs part and then an upstairs part, both stuffed with delightful "things". We spent a long time browsing and then indulged in a refreshing coffee which we consumed outside (plenty of inside and outside seating). We love it there, and of course there is the wonderful view of Watchet Bay to admire!

Lovely, plenty to look at, great service.

I had a lovely breakfast for £6,very nice with a latte. I noticed that the tables were not cleaned, just cleared between customers. When I enquired about the mud in the the marina as I have just purchased a boat and wondered what was going to be done about it the man on the reception spat out his sandwich and said "for f*%#s sake and walked off into the backroom! His dog a husky is tied to a desk on a short leash greatly restricting it's movement jumped up in shock as this idiot stormed off! Very stressful for the dog indeed! I just turned round on the spot and left! This bloke must cost the marina a fortune! I spoke to the young dockmaster who was present at the time. He apologized for what happened even though it was not his fault. Not going to berth anything there until he has gone!!!

Lovely breakfast baps coffee and juice for us today. Lovely friendly staff and great service really pleased. Lovely shop full of interesting things . Particular mention about Zara she’s a huge asset to your cafe and shopDogs welcome on a lead which was fabulous as I thought we’d have to sit outside Definitely going back

Stopped for a quick bit for lunch, good choice of the usual seaside food and accommodating. I had an egg bap which had two lovely hot eggs and because I was eating outside it came in a white cardboard box (recyclable). A good sized hot and tasty coffee in a card cup (recyclable), paper napkin, paper wrapped suggar and wooden stirrer (all recyclable except for lid).The food and coffee were good and I was impressed that in these days of trying to get rid of plastics it all came so well packaged.Indoor seating as part of the shop or outdoor seating on the Esplanade with a view of the boats and esplanade. It was pleasant enough to sit outside.The icecreams are made locally on a farm, many include clotted cream and verifiably delicious. Cheerful service quickly delivered - but it is winter, still pretty good in summer but there can be long queues for icecream.

Lovely little shop offering some great ice creams (god the portion I got was huge) and the staff are friendly and helpful. They will happily offer some advice and or suggestions and will guide you if you are looking for something.

We came in here for an ice cream but first decided to inspect all the stuff on sale on the ground floor. Then we noticed a staircase which led up to another whole floor of real collectables, antiquey things, books, gifts, jewellery etc. We spent quite a time browsing! Then we had our ice cream which was delightful. What a find, this place stuffed with interesting things!

Great little café situation alongside Watchet Harbour. Good service and value for money.

Good average cafe with shop. Had coffee and tea cakes. Coffee served in plastic cups which was a shame. Owners do not like gardening (see photo of rear garden)

Bought some ice creams and was absolutely disgusted by the fact that a worker was eating the ice cream with his fingers and how dirty the cafe was absolutely disgusting

We went to this cafe as it was on our list to go as part of our day trip and the reviews on here were pretty good. However I would not recommend eating at the café, firstly stood waiting to order food and was ignored by staff, all young girls working in there and they didn't seem very customer friendly, I ordered a cream tea and 2 soft drinks and was overcharged. I was given a mug of tea and was left waiting for the rest of the rt to come to the point where I had nearly finished my tea before I had to go back up there to ask for the scones, when they came with the scones were soggy and looked like they had been re microwaved, just awful. The rest of my family had to wait over half hour for their food to arrive, when they complained they said they run out of onions for the hotdogs even though half of them had ordered onions. When we asked for the manager another young girl (who was also the cook) came out and kind of had an attitude and not very managerial, she offered a part refund, Out the £30 we spent another girl came out and put £5.50 on the table. Very disappointing. However if you are going to the gift shop and the curiosity shop upstairs then you will not be disappointed, really lovely and lots of little gems to discover.

Another visit to this well known attraction in Watchet harbour. Always friendly and helpful with a good menu and fantastic ice cream. The selection of curios are popular (not for me) and people seem to enjoy them. Overall a great visiting place in a lovely setting.

Arriving late in the afternoon, most coffee shops were closing or already closed. This was still open and had a seating area overlooking the harbour. Coffee was ok and the view made up for any short comings in service.

Went here for a cool beverage, some staff are better than other due to the fact that a young boy which can only be described as unfit to work was very rude and called me ‘boss’ on many occasion. However, there was two young girls working there who were more respectful. I think one of there names is Leah? She was very respectful and seemed as if she was the only one working. The breakfast I had was lovely and would recommend coming here.

Can pick up some souvenirs, have a snack and or ice cream. If you go upstairs, lots to look at, some collectable iems

A good place for an ice cream or cuppa.

lovely shop, very friendly men serving behind the counter, very helpful and obliging. girl serving in the cafe was a bit surly and i did think their scones were a bit overpriced, one scone and a tea £5, could get 2 scones and tea in other places for less.

Ordered two veggie breakfasts - just perfect - very reasonably priced which included tea or coffee. Fairly small eating area but lots of tables outside if weather ok. Perfect end to a great weekend at Watchet Festival.

Parked, walked around the harbour, walked back up to walk through watchet & decided to grab a coffee & cake. No cake but a maple pecan slice. Other half brought the slices out and said they were bringing the coffees out.Slices weren’t great- seemed to be topped with 1/4 inch of cooking chocolate and couldn’t taste either maple or pecan so after a couple of bites gave up.Cappuccino’s were, after an age, delivered and were Luke warm at best and- annoyingly-both were topped with chocolate and we hadn’t been asked if we wanted it. We would have declined. The “cappuccino’s” were also pretty weak and tasteless. Just a cup of Luke warm milk that we waited a long time for.We did have ice creams from here on a different day, these were huge and delicious slice creams yes- cafe, not worth it.

Ordered food for 3 adults and a child plus drinks (3x jacket potatos and a prawn roll). This took about 20-30mins to arrive. They forgot the prawn roll for our boy who was understandably miffed after all our plates came out. We then asked about our drinks which hadn't come out either (coffee and 2 bottles of cokes) and the waitress asked what we had actually ordered. They brought out the coffee, but didn't have the bottles so provided cans instead. No applogies for the wait or forgetting the drink order.

Asked for a cream tea - they actually put cream in the tea??? But nice scones

We had lovely clotted cream ice cream here on a very hot afternoon. Unfortunately, my wife managed to drop hers before she had started to eat it. On going back for another, the very nice young lady serving, who had seen the accident, have her another one on the house! Very kind, and we would highly recommend trying their ices,delicious. They also have a cafe which looked good, but we did not try that.

Just popped in for a couple of coffees after 15 minutes asked what had happened to the drinks apparently they had forgotten wouldn't have minded if they were busy finally got drinks no apology and staff member was really sour faced I can't remember the last place I visited that had such poor service and bad attitude

A walk around the Marina followed by a very pleasant coffee and ice creams for the family. Great. Thanks.

Stopped in for an English breakfast and the food and service was great. Good prices and a great location.

We popped in to have a coffee after a lovely walk around the Marina, Village and Recreation ground. I ordered 2 Latte's - No price list. I was then asked if I was having anything to eat to which I replied, "No thank you." I then saw 2 - yes 2 small shortbread biscuits in a packet on the counter and decided I would have them with my coffee.. £1.50!!! I paid and as I walked away I turned and said to the cashier, "That's expensive!" to which she replied, "I know." I went and sat at a table which was very sticky - the more I looked at the biscuits and having told my other half...75p per biscuit - I decided to take them back. I told the cashier that I didn't want them - I said they are not priced - she said "Yes -We have to make it up. I said, "The coffee isn't priced either" - no response. I was refunded the £1.50 - the biscuits were snatched from my hand and thrown back into their box landing upside down. I said, "You don't have to be like that!" She replied - "Oh no....I don't mind!" But no apology or thank you. I will NOT be having coffee or anything else in the Marina Cafe, due to the surly attitude of this member of staff which spoilt our coffee break.

We were visiting whilst being on holiday in Minehead. Lovely friendly staff, excellent service and massive portions of Mr whippy. There is everything you need here. Would definitely recommend.

Nice cafe with good service but the seating is round the back of the shop so the view of the harbour is blocked which is a shame.

Whilst on holiday in the lovely town of watchet we walked past this particular cafe/gift shop several times. So we decided we’d have a look and we were pleasantly surprised. We were greeted by a team of wonderful and friendly staff who were fun, chatty and made us feel instantly comfortable. We decided we’d sit outside in their lovely seating area looking out on the harbour. The girl who served us gave us the choice between mugs and paper cups and made an effort to ensure our drinks were just how we liked them. All the staff were polite and smiley whilst remaining professional and concentrated on the task in hand. I would definitely recommend visiting the marina cafe. I personally will be sure to return. Thankyou

Found this little gem today. What a lovely freindly place watchet is. Staff very freindly and the service was fantastic. Was sat in the cafe and a group of people were looking at me a little funny maybe it was because I was sat on my own. Other than that top place!!

We stopped here after a trip out to minehead and were pleased to find somewhere so friendly serving hot food. We had our dog with us which was allowed into the shop & cafe, so this made it even more appealing. We had cream teas and burgers, all went down a storm. The staff were happy & helpful. All in all a great place to stop. Keep doing what you are doing, this place is fab.

Our first time visiting the strange little place that is Watchet, and came across this little gift shop/cafe on our visit.

We visited Watchet most mornings while staying in the area and had walked past this one each time.. From outside not the most attractive but we gave it a go...

Great little cafe, with a very good selection of ice creams! Took a while for drinks to arrive but they were all fresh and hot so couldn't complain! Has great views of the marina, definitely worth a visit for an ice cream and tea/coffee

It gave the impression of having food available but the only food in evidence was ice cream... no menus to be seen... Nevertheless, ice cream was what we wanted and the ice cream was seriously good, so no complaints from us!

we were caught on a walk along the beach by a sudden downpour and arrived in Watchet as 2 soaked oap's who should have listened to the weather forecast! However, the first place we sighted was the Marina Cafe and what a delightful sight it was for us. we were welcomed by friendly staff, who looked after us and provided us with a welcome cup of tea, followed by a delicious all day breakfast. The quality of the food was superb and very good value. We returned again for a second visit, and it was just as before. Would highly recommend. a lovely place.

Came straight from the train, and was starving so we popped in and was met by a very friendly team of staff who made us feel comfortable immediately. There was a large range of drinks and all staff seemed confident and lively. To our surprise there was even a veggie breakfast and it was very filling which is what we were looking for. When leaving, we stopped for an ice cream. My partner went for a classic whippy, I

What a lovely place, plenty of tables and chairs provided outside when we stopped for me to have an ice cream and hubby a coffee. I can't advise what it's like inside as I didn't look. Staff friendly and happy to help. The ice cream was larger than I expected for a small cornet, very enjoyable. Hubby was very happy with his coffee. The shop where the cafe is, is great, having a large selection of items, from rock, magnets, china, to caps, clothing and upstairs furniture and antiques.

This is a great little café amongst marine supplies, gift shop and other bits. The staff were lovely and to our immense surprise there was sheeps milk chocolate ice cream for cows milk allergic grandchildren. Apparently it was scrummy. The coffee was jolly good too.

Super coffee and really friendly staff. Our group of ten popped in after getting off the train. My nephews both have cow's milk protein allergy and this café serves a range of sheep's milk ice cream. Happy days! Coffee was excellent and the staff were friendly and attentive. Will go back.

We received a warm welcome as a windswept family with dog. We went for the all day breakfast which hit the spot. The bacon was cooked beautifully, the sausages were quality, tomatoes, beans, fried egg and lovely thick cut toast. Being on holiday we asked about the area we were staying and luck would have it the friendly lady from the cafe knew the quantocks very well.

Diverted off the main road into Watcher for a lunchtime snack. The marina cafe is prominently signed from the car park between station and harbour so, not wanting to waste time walking around the town, we gave it a go. Premises are a strange mix of proper chandlers, souvenir shop with all the usual tat, which has a few tables in one corner, and an "antique" / bric-a-brac Aladdin's cave upstairs. It was a cold February day, not high season, but half term holidays had just started so would have expected better selection. No hot pies or sausage rolls available (hot cabinet was completely empty) so went for the hot chicken and stuffing roll, which was about 10% chicken and 90% stuffing. Jacket potatoes seemed to be the only other hot option. My grandaughter had a baguette, and we had a repeat of an earlier reviewer where the advertised "with crisps" on the menu failed to appear when served and had to be requested. This seems to happen a bit too often to be a genuine oversight.