AJ's Cafe' & Bar — Restaurant in England

We love this local cafe bar and decided to book ahead for a singer to guarantee a table. I knew the table we wanted but not the number. I rang a couple of weeks ago and described the table position to the female staff member. She confirmed that as you face the bar it’s the tall table for two on the left. Table 12 booked for 6.30. We arrived on time to find people already sat there. We queried it with the bar staff and they showed us the diary with their booking and ours underneath. How could this happen it’s an intimate place with only a few tables? She explained that even if you request a particular table they can move you, so you have to state on booking “do not move”. How ridiculous! It didnt t help that one of the party is affiliated to the bar so we were never going to win. Anyway the female bar tender was very apologetic and said we could sit pretty much anywhere we wanted. The singers were brilliant and we had a lovely evening. It’s just a shame that the barman with the long hair is so miserable. He passed me a wine glass straight from the dishwasher which was wet and warm. He literally huffed at me when I implied that I wasn’t happy about it. Please try and serve with a smile, it doesn’t take much. I wasn’t being rude or unreasonable. If you don’t like dealing with customers perhaps you shouldn’t be front of house as this is a lovely bar and you are letting it down. The other bar staff were friendly...

Arrived for breakfast as we have done several times recently only to be told that there was only one oven working so they couldn’t do a full English breakfast, no problem, we decided on 2x poached eggs with bacon from the breakfast menu with a side of mushrooms- only to be told a side of mushrooms wasn’t possible, or any extras at all. So, we ordered the poached eggs and bacon, waited a while, it eventually came out only to find that the egg whites were not cooked, I don’t mind a runny yolk poached egg, but I like the whites cooked! It honestly looked like something my 9 year old child had attempted to cooked. Sloshed on top of the under cooked toast. I politely asked for my eggs to be cooked a little more- by this time my husband had finished eating and mine arrived- only one egg had been re-cooked and slapped on the same piece of anaemic looking soggy toast. Never again,...

Very impressive place - stylish and roomy inside and user friendly with some good comfortable sofas and various other seating plus a lovely covered outside area. Great coffee and one of the best sausage or bacon sandwiches around before 10am it's only 3 quid which is exceptional value. It also does alcohol so I think becomes more bar like later in the day. Service is friendly and efficient and parking is directly outside if it's full there's free street parking around the area anyway. Worth walking up the nearby Sea Road as well for the views...