Surfcafe Tynemouth - North Tyneside

The service at this restaurant was very disappointing. I had to wait 25 minutes for a takeaway coffee and one of the staff members was extremely rude and abrupt. The system for ordering coffee was also poorly organized.

We visited this restaurant during a trip to the nearby aquarium. The menu consists mostly of burgers, which were quite tasty. The seasoned fries were particularly outstanding. They offer gluten-free and vegan/vegetarian options, so the whole family was satisfied. The coffee was mediocre. The restaurant is pet-friendly and clean.

I was really looking forward to trying the smash burgers here but unfortunately was completely disappointed by our visit. Luckily managed to find a table big enough for family of 4 with space for pram at side. After. A few minutes of confusion we realised you had to fetch own menus and order at bar. The burgers sounded great and I was pleased the kids menu was very reasonable. We ordered two burger from the main menu, side of beer battered onion rings and a kids burger. The burgers looked great, husband loved his but I found it far too greasy and the amount of fat dripping out of it was off putting and messy. Son loved his. The onion rings on the other hand were revolting, again fat dripping out, batter was not crispy and the were lacking in flavour. Something had seriously gone wrong, maybe a one off and we were unlucky? We also had a pint each. It was nice enough but I felt the £5 per pint price tag was a little on the steep side… maybe they’ve only recently put the prices up due to inflation or has it been £5 for a while?

50 minute wait for 2 mediocre warm coffees, absolute joke. Get your act together plenty more out there with better service and coffee.

After a bracing walk in the gold we needed a hot drink so called in for lattes, looks so different since the refurb, nice drinks, pleasant atmosphere ok coffee. Not as nice as Ringtons or Pumphreys hence the down grade!