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Outdoor seating
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Coffee
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Breakfast
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Best KPortal Reviews
We've been going to the Beach Bistro in Southwold for a few years and have always enjoyed the food.
Location
The fish n' chip shop is ideally and centrally located at the entrance to the pier. You can get access from either outside or from inside the arcades. Loads of seating are available outside, ideal when the weather cooperates but not so good when in the rain. Occasionally, we'll hire a beach hut, bring it back, and eat inside our hut - it's such a great way to enjoy fish and chips at the seaside!
Price
We've always found the price to be quite reasonable. We've previously ordered some bespoke items (such as calamari), which is perhaps more on the punchy side, but otherwise, it's pretty much what you'd expect to pay at the coast.
Food
The food is superb! An easy 5-star from all of us. The fish is super tasty, cooked well, and has a nice crispy batter. The fish portion size is reasonable (not too large or too small) and consistent. The chips are also great. Maybe the fish-to-chip ratio is slightly off (a few more chips would be appreciated), but honestly, that's just a minor criticism. Otherwise, all good
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If you're in Southwold, you've got a few potential spots for traditional seaside food, but I don't think you can go much wrong at the Beach Bistro. Thanks, we'll be back soon.
The pricing on the menu seems very reasonable, but most of the food is abysmal.
For £6 we got 7 small, over cooked, kept warm bit of scampi. This was bad enough, but the menu board explicitly says it is whole tail scampi. I can with 100% say it is not!
The batter on the sausage was over done and the sausage itself poor quality.
The chips were actually quite good, but I suspect they are one of the few things that aren't kept warm for long periods of time.
Great location. Terrible service and food. Young staff who are more interested in their conversations than serving customers. Frozen chips, over cooked and very dry (left out for too long?) cardboard texture and taste. £2.60 for a bag of chips is expensive even for the location. Would not come back and would recommend avoiding.
Well situated beach cafe, at the start of the pier and right next to the beach. Plenty of seating inside and outside along the prom. Clean, tidy and well presented both inside and out. Outside there are well stocked condiments trolleys, where there is also cutlery and menus to browse. Plenty to choose from on the menu, not just fish and chips! Children's menu as well. Food was being freshly cooked so there was a wait but not long, food brought out to our table. Staff were all friendly and helpful.
Had battered sausage and chips. Felt like it took forever, they even put closed on the door and there were a lot of people waiting. Had banter with others waiting, but it was eventually worth it.
Sausage was a little too crispy for me and the seagulls are a noisy nuisance.
Horrid expensive experience,cold chewy chips,hard,crumbly and dry roll,soggy batter,a shame as the small piece of cod was very nice,will not go here again.
It is a typically reassuringly expensive seaside chippy! Other food is available from the menu and you can eat in but it was far too busy when I visited. I had takeaway fish and chips (Cod) and sat outside. The food was cooked ok, reasonably tasty and was hot.
Really nice cod and chips. I had the large and couldn't finish it. Good value for money, friendly staff.
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