Café Afloat — Restaurant in Worcester

31/7/21 + 01/8/21: Finally managed to bring the other half out to play and we've had your absolutely delicious Bacon+Sausage on brown with BBQ sauce and Bacon+Mushrooms on white sandwiches, wow best bacon sandwiches ever!!! Oh, the chips were spectacularly delicious too. The rumours that you did such delicious breakfast, sandwiches, coffee, cakes, icecream and all the rest of your food selection was absolutely true 👍👏👏.

Big Thanks Dave to you and your very friendly and welcoming staff for such a great café and being on a canal boat at Diglis Basin is something else and very special. Glad to see you busy with people who really appreciate something special such as your Café Afloat...

Special thanks to Conor and Lewis for your friendly service and cheerful demeanor, you are both stars 👍👊. Hopefully see you again soon on our way past Diglis Basin to Stourport. Take care and stay safe...the J's

30/7/21: Popped in to see if I could get some of their delicious homemade cakes before they closed at 15h30 and luckily I did, woop! In the end, I opted a slice of the Lemon Drizzle cake and a slab of their Tiffin homemade shortbread/brownies...chocolate with raisins and a secret recipe... I need to bring the better half here before we set off along the river Severn on our way to Tewkesbury, then Gloucester and finally to Sharpness...phew! I've heard it on the grapevine that their Bacon butties are delicious and the best around the Diglis Basin area...! Thanks Conor and all the lads for such great friendly service and hopefully be popping in again before we chug off down the river Severn....

Disappointed by the Decline – Not What It Used to Be

I first visited Cafe Afloat back in 2018 when it was owned by Dave, and I still remember what a lovely experience it was — friendly service, good food, and a welcoming atmosphere. Unfortunately, my visit today with my family was a far cry from what I remembered.

To begin with, several items on the menu were unavailable. After settling on an alternative, we were surprised to be handed our sandwiches loosely wrapped in tin foil — no plates, no labels, nothing to indicate which was which. It felt more like a rushed takeaway than a café trying to offer a sit-down meal. It’s unclear how customers are expected to enjoy their food directly from foil without even basic presentation.

The cappuccino was disappointing as well — milky and weak, lacking any real coffee flavour. The bread used in the sandwiches was of noticeably low quality. To make matters worse, the tables and chairs were dirty, adding to the overall sense of neglect.

It’s a real shame to see how far this place has declined. What was once a charming spot on the water has lost its touch. Sadly, I won’t be in a...

Really disappointing experience the last two times we have visited. The food used to be great but not sure what’s happened, it seems they’ve put the prices up but the quality has gone down. Nice bacon but the sausages are really small and such poor quality, only made to look even worse due to the enormous slices of bread they serve it on. I actually went back to complain that they’d missed the sausages out of my sandwich but they pointed them out under the bacon, they’re literally that small I couldn’t see them. Agree with other comments regarding the brown sauce, really poor quality and had to wipe it off my sandwich it tasted that bad. Also had a can of pop which was served at room temperature. Sadly won’t be going again when there’s so many other good quality independent locals. EDIT: I visited Sunday 18/08 at 0930- I highly doubt you would have sold that many cans of pop so early. Well I would beg to differ regarding the meat being the best quality around. There are other local independent butchers who supply meat of a lot higher standard. Nothing to clear up, I won’t be wasting my...