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About Widemouth Bay Cafe
Widemouth Bay Cafe is a beach-side cafe on Marine Dr in Bude, open daily and sitting next to the car park right by the sand. From the window, the view runs across the bay and the sands. The kitchen cooks food when it is ordered, and the Widdy Big Breakfast is the named morning plate. Cornish pasties and cream teas round out the menu, and gluten free options are available. Tuesday is roast meal day, which gives the week a sit-down dinner option alongside the daytime cafe fare. The car park beside the cafe is pay and display, and public toilets stand in a separate building.
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention cream teas, Cornish pasties, Widdy Big Breakfast and gluten free options.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention cream teas, Cornish pasties, Widdy Big Breakfast and gluten free options.
Customer Review Summary
Friendly staff and a warm welcome for dogs are what reviewers raise most, with one noting the staff made a fuss of their dog after a beach walk. The Widdy Big Breakfast earns praise as better than any near home in Hampshire, though that reviewer notes the sausages are grilled. Close behind are Cornish pasties, cream teas, crispy chips and Lemon Meringue ice cream, with generous portions, food cooked when ordered and reasonable prices mentioned. One reviewer found plenty of gluten free choices. The main complaint is a one star visit: sausage rolls sold out after a queue, the cream teas came as milky tea, the scones were forgotten until the customer went back to ask, and the gluten free scone was like a rock. One reviewer says the Tuesday roast is extremely popular and suggests booking in advance. Views over the wide sands and the incoming tide recur in the praise.
Customer Review Summary
Friendly staff and a warm welcome for dogs are what reviewers raise most, with one noting the staff made a fuss of their dog after a beach walk. The Widdy Big Breakfast earns praise as better than any near home in Hampshire, though that reviewer notes the sausages are grilled. Close behind are Cornish pasties, cream teas, crispy chips and Lemon Meringue ice cream, with generous portions, food cooked when ordered and reasonable prices mentioned. One reviewer found plenty of gluten free choices. The main complaint is a one star visit: sausage rolls sold out after a queue, the cream teas came as milky tea, the scones were forgotten until the customer went back to ask, and the gluten free scone was like a rock. One reviewer says the Tuesday roast is extremely popular and suggests booking in advance. Views over the wide sands and the incoming tide recur in the praise.
Featured reviews
- Paul Snow (ShortNicholasNomenclature)
“Great views to the wide vista and the tide surging in over the wide sands. Good crispy chips, a refreshing zero alcohol Doom Bar and tasty Lemon 🍋 Meringue ice cream to finish. A nice way to recover from playing in the breaking waves”
- Christine Webb
“After queueing up for ten minutes, was told sausage rolls were sold out, so I asked for two cream teas. I was given two mugs of milky slosh pretending to be tea and was told that we had to wait for the scones, but we were forgotten until I went back to ask where they were. Gluten free scone was like a rock. An absolute shambles. Never again.”
- Richard TC
“Excellent service, quality food at very reasonable prices. If you consider the location, North Cornish Coast, hard to beat in today's economic climate.”
- Sarah & Clive
“Oh wow what a breakfast as always! Widdy Big Breakfast, its great! I can't get a breakfast as good as this near me in Hampshire. Food in cornwall just seems so much better and this breakfast is a great example of that. If I was going to be really picky, It would be that the sausages are grilled but it’s not a biggie.”
- chris hourihan
“Very good, service was friendly and professional. They even have lots of Gluten free things. Highly recommend.”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
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- AccessibilityWheelchair-accessible car park · Wheelchair-accessible entrance · Wheelchair-accessible seating
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- Wheelchair-accessible car park
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- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
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