Chapples Beach Cafe — Restaurant in East Devon

Really bad experience here today the older woman who works here has a very bad attitude. No customer skills whatsoever. I was on my phone taking extra orders from my family, who was sat on the picnic benches, I was told to get off my phone as she does not like to serve people using phones. I find this unusual as she is taking money from me and I do not see a problem. Some customers were treated differently than others, for example having cups or glasses for their drinks or a pot of ketchup with their dinners, if they asked for some. When I asked I was given ketchup sprayed on about 3 chips and a cardboard takeaway cup. Really it could be a nice place, if maybe the 2 other women did the serving of the customers and this other woman did the cooking...

Arriving at Beer beach early on a summers morning for a swim in it’s clear waters is made extra special when that day can start with a good coffee and an excellent bacon sandwich from Chapples set right on the beach.

My wife’s tea, toast and marmalade were also just what the start to a great day needed.

We just touched on what was on offer but the service received and quality of the food was top notch so we’d highly recommend heading for Chapples as it’s clear that the new owner (from August 2024) knows how to offer and do that bit more that makes all the...

Chapples Beach Cafe is an outlet on Beer Beach. There are lots of picnic tables and walkways are laid across the pebble beach to facilitate moving about. They supplied us with very good tea and coffee. There were lots of people at other tables eating good looking food from the cafe. They appear to rent out both beach huts and deckchairs. Beer beach is a delightful spot on the Southwest Coast Path and having the cafe on the beach makes it all the better. We didn’t spot toilets there, but there are some nearby...