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Fun banter with staff, great food and value.

An excellent lunch in this most welcoming cafe. Such pleasant and delightful staff who pour their hearts into cooking for you. We were so delighted on our day visit to Southend to have found this charming gem of a place. Thank you to the staff member and proprietor. Good clean venue with tasty, fresh food specially cooked to order.

Come on Tuesday evening as was hungry due to having an earlier dinner. Ordered nuggets, a bettered sausage and chips. The prices are great, the quality was spot on and the service from the two gents behind the counter was first class. Would recommend!

Wow what a find ,driving around Mother’s Day hungry saw the Crown beautiful went in on the off chance they have a table they did lovely staff dog friendly couldn’t do enough ordered roast beef but my partner doesn’t eat red meat no chicken on menu but upon asking they said no problem chief will cook a chicken breast for you the best Sunday roast ever the pudding delicious getting all my mates to go brilliant x

Fantastic pub food, great staff and management would highly recommend as great value for money

Delicious huevo Serrano dish (poached egg, Spanish ham, tomato topped toast, large mushroom and rocket) eaten in a buzzy atmosphere. Cool music plays in the background and you can see your food being cooked in the open kitchen by Mario. The cafe has a coastal vibe, with outside tables and parasols. I was served by Lilly who was friendly and efficient, greeting me with a smile and who has remembered my choice of coffee after a couple of visits. Really interesting all-day menu, which has a lot of gluten free and vegan dishes.

This is not called il Caprese anymore - Michael’s Bistro as it is now called, was lovely for starters but the main courses were disappointing - it’s a shame’s especially the ramen which was without chili

Good local pub. Inside can get crowded easily but there is some nice outside space with glam pods. Definitely worth a visit post MTB ride in nearby trails.

Our food was soft, even mushy with very little texture and taste. I had the stuffed obergene. . The filling tasted like it had just been frozen and heated up in a microwave. No flavour at all. The obergene itself was very soft and could have been mushed up with a fork easily. So disappointed. The service was efficient and pleasant, but then again, it was lunchtime, and we were practically the only ones there. Three out of the five of us, who got together for a family reunion, felt the quality of the food felt far short of reasonable expectations. Definitely will not be going here again.

We had walked from Cromer to Sheringham on he beach and back via coastal path found ourselves in east runton , what a great treat we found Sammys . The Sunday lunch was delicious, great service and dog friendly what’s not to like ! If you are in the area definitely worth a visit .

Nice fish and chips and fabulous pizzas made fresh to order.

Absolutely lovely meal, the food was great with some great recommendations on what to order. It had the best service and we were very well looked after. Overall a lovely time here

A very popular busy cafe. Lovely lunch outside. We had the rosti with spinach, mushrooms, poached egg and bacon. Really delicious. I didn't see inside but to sit outside you do have to put up with the traffic going by. Really recommend this place

First time here last night. Staff were brilliant, Drinks 🍸 and food. We decided on Mushrooms in tomato and garlic sauce and calamari delicious fresh hot Pitta bread. Nice size portion. We decided on mixed Fish kebab and rice with salad very nice portion. The Singer made the ambiance of the place. Many customers dancing 🕺 Cocktails were yummy and like Cinderella left just before midnight.

Asked us to leave as it was booked, even though there were many empty tables and go here often.