Sea View Cafe — Restaurant in Canterbury

Lovely toast, doorstop portions, and covered in melting butter. Yum! Cuppa was lovely and took me back to being at my nans house. Small breakfast was nice, nothing special, but good enough.

Food was brought to the table but needs to be ordered at counter. Drinks are made at the counter which customers have to take back to their tables. Didn’t seem like a great idea as there were people constantly back and forth between their table and the counter. It’s a pretty small place so that makes it feel chaotic and crowded.

Atmosphere wasn’t great and staff not overly welcoming. We had two dogs with us. One large and under the table as best as they could be. The tiny dog was on its blanket on a chair to keep it out of the foot traffic/hot drink routes as it gets anxious and wants to wander. It was asleep and pretty chilled. A staff member came over and said ‘boss says no dogs on chairs’ and pointed to a handwritten notice that I didn’t recall seeing coming in. Tiny dog was popped on floor and became immediately anxious. He barked and barked. I’m very noise sensitive so a peaceful brunch became chaos and I couldn’t wait to leave. I get why dogs on chairs isn’t ideal, but he was small, on his own blanket and asleep. It was set to be a pleasant experience after a very cold walk but I’m not keen...

I would give 0 stars if I could because of the way me and my friend was spoken to by a member of the staff. We was having a lovely time with our two small dogs and a good chat to the people in there. A bigger dog then entered the cafe and all of the dogs started barking, like dogs do. A women then came out of the back and shouted at me & my friend and spoke to us APPALLINGLY. You shouldn’t say you are a dog friendly cafe if you are going to lose your temper with your customers over a bit of barking. Her attitude towards us after we had spent time and money in there was vile. There are nicer ways to ask if we can get the dogs to be quiet or politely remove the dogs. No need for shouting and aggressive behaviour. Wont be returning as I don't fancy being spoken to...

We turned up and saw that it was cash only, so I asked the lady serving where the closest cash machine was, to which she said "Tesco in Tankerton, about a 10 minute walk away", I asked if she would still be serving breakfasts and what time until, to which she answered. We walked down, got cash out, walked back, was gone maybe half an hour. I stand queuing to order, which in itself took a while as they were not speedy, finally I go to place an order and she THEN SAYS "it's about a 45 minute wait for food". Surely, if someone is querying where the cash machine is, and asking about specific food you'd have the common sense to mention a 45 minute wait before setting them off on their walk?!

No common sense, completely useless and unhelpful. Won't...