Latest reviews for Cafes & Coffee Shops in Worthing, United Kingdom

The Blue Bird - Something Different ! by Wheely

Wheely — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:41:04 +0000

Review by Wheely

Rating: 3.00

Phone: 01903 503033

We visited today for morning coffee and I must agree with the previous review, wait for rain and the approach road could be used as an Army vehicle trials course ! It also doubles as a (free) car park with the full potential to be used as a loose shingle, stoney floored open air unheated swimming pool !!

As said previously, the cafe is located at the end of a maze-like series of (mainly) bungalow lined narrow lanes dating from the late twenties / early thirties period. No street lighting appears to exist and there are very few road markings that makes this small residential area an ideal location for a Miss Marple story !

The cafe itself is something of a mixture in the decorative and furnishing sense. Modern double glazing, very modern kitchen area with an up-to-date dining area in a building that's not much different to its 1920s origins. However, it still appears to have its original furniture ! The gouge marks in the wood and thin varnish are obviously intended to add provenance !

Menu, very wide and a little hefty on the price front but many dishes are advertised as home-made so perhaps prices can be justified. However, it's about 20 years at least since I last saw dogs in a public dining area whilst people were eating! Make of that what you will. We like dogs and food but not quite that close together at the same time ! !

Tourists, having achieved a miracle in navigation without the use of sattelites, wet suit, snorkel and high-lift suspension on your car, this unique little cafe is located on a fairly remote and quiet part of the seafront. Dog walkers, you've just arrived in a canine playground for our furry friends with beach and footpaths through large open spaces.

Car, motorcycling, cycling club members, if you're thinking of organising a motoring quiz with a 'comfort-stop' on the South Coast, this is worth consideration. Only the very best of your members will find it !

NB. There is a warning regarding tidal under-currents so please read the notices for your own and others safety.We visited today for morning coffee and I must agree with the previous review, wait for rain and the approach road could be used as an Army vehicle trials course ! It also doubles as a (free) car park with the full potential to be used as a loose shingle, stoney floored open air unheated swimming pool !!

As said previously, the cafe is located at the end of a maze-like series of (mainly) bungalow lined narrow lanes dating from the late twenties / early thirties period. No street lighting appears to exist and there are very few road markings that makes this small residential area an ideal location for a Miss Marple story !

The cafe itself is something of a mixture in the decorative and furnishing sense. Modern double glazing, very modern kitchen area with an up-to-date dining area in a building that's not much different to its 1920s origins. However, it still appears to have its original furniture ! The gouge marks in the wood and thin varnish are obviously intended to add provenance !

Menu, very wide and a little hefty on the price front but many dishes are advertised as home-made so perhaps prices can be justified. However, it's about 20 years at least since I last saw dogs in a public dining area whilst people were eating! Make of that what you will. We like dogs and food but not quite that close together at the same time ! !

Tourists, having achieved a miracle in navigation without the use of sattelites, wet suit, snorkel and high-lift suspension on your car, this unique little cafe is located on a fairly remote and quiet part of the seafront. Dog walkers, you've just arrived in a canine playground for our furry friends with beach and footpaths through large open spaces.

Car, motorcycling, cycling club members, if you're thinking of organising a motoring quiz with a 'comfort-stop' on the South Coast, this is worth consideration. Only the very best of your members will find it !

NB. There is a warning regarding tidal under-currents so please read the notices for your own and others safety.

Highdown Tea Rooms - Good Day Out by Wheely

Wheely — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:08:08 +0000

Review by Wheely

Rating: 4.00

Tags: cosy, quick bite, lively

What an interesting last review ! We had a light soup lunch here today and we could not fault it. My wife had chicken and mushroom, I had carrot and parsnip, both genuinely home-made. They also had a third soup on the menu, lentil and bacon. All priced at Â£2.95.

The building itself appears to be an old stable that's been tastefully converted by retaining the large wooden roof beams and unplastered walls. Decoration is tasteful and local art adorns the walls.

Regarding the staff, smart, cheerful, friendly and clearly enjoying their job as they continually exchanged light hearted banter between themselves.

Conclusion, we must have gone to a different place to that of the previous reviewer !

Tourists, don't miss out on the (free) chalk garden next door and a walk up to the miller's tomb.

There is also a very large grassed area over the hill where you can let the kids and dogs go daft for a while. The public car park is free. ps, take your camera.What an interesting last review ! We had a light soup lunch here today and we could not fault it. My wife had chicken and mushroom, I had carrot and parsnip, both genuinely home-made. They also had a third soup on the menu, lentil and bacon. All priced at Â£2.95.

The building itself appears to be an old stable that's been tastefully converted by retaining the large wooden roof beams and unplastered walls. Decoration is tasteful and local art adorns the walls.

Regarding the staff, smart, cheerful, friendly and clearly enjoying their job as they continually exchanged light hearted banter between themselves.

Conclusion, we must have gone to a different place to that of the previous reviewer !

Tourists, don't miss out on the (free) chalk garden next door and a walk up to the miller's tomb.

There is also a very large grassed area over the hill where you can let the kids and dogs go daft for a while. The public car park is free. ps, take your camera.

The Linga Longa Cafe - Best Breakfast in Town by JOLLY33418

JOLLY33418 — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:50:38 +0000

Review by JOLLY33418

Rating: 5.00

Tags: cosy, friendly, cool

Absolutely top notch breakfast. I was starving so I went for the "gutbuster". Even though I really thought I had a huge appetite I struggled to get through the sheer quantity of food. Quantity does not always mean quality with some places but here the quality was 100%. It was superbly cooked without it swimming in grease.
Thoroughly recommended.Absolutely top notch breakfast. I was starving so I went for the "gutbuster". Even though I really thought I had a huge appetite I struggled to get through the sheer quantity of food. Quantity does not always mean quality with some places but here the quality was 100%. It was superbly cooked without it swimming in grease.
Thoroughly recommended.

Sea Lane Cafe - See food diet by teddybear

teddybear — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:56:54 +0000

Review by teddybear

Rating: 3.00Great cake selection and a good snack/meal menu. The only negative point is it was slightly over-priced.

Nice woody decor inside and a decent amount of outside seating. Was incredibly busy with a long queue with the manic waitresses regularly dropping things - so popular they could do with bigger premises.

I'm sure if I had tried a more substantial meal it would have earned 4 stars but for now 3.

Shame it's not open in the evening really.Great cake selection and a good snack/meal menu. The only negative point is it was slightly over-priced.

Nice woody decor inside and a decent amount of outside seating. Was incredibly busy with a long queue with the manic waitresses regularly dropping things - so popular they could do with bigger premises.

I'm sure if I had tried a more substantial meal it would have earned 4 stars but for now 3.

Shame it's not open in the evening really.

Parklife Food & Coffee Bar - Is that person for real? by phalenopsis

phalenopsis — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:28:30 +0000

Review by phalenopsis

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 01903 207777

Website: www.parklifecoffeebar.co.uk

Tags: amazing brew, top food, lively

I can't believe that someone is having a strop because delivery on a Â£2.50 cake isn't free! They obviously work for someone else, think wages just produce themselves and have no concept of what it costs to run a business. What a nice planet that must be to live on.
The cup cakes here are delicious, forget sending one, send a dozen.I can't believe that someone is having a strop because delivery on a Â£2.50 cake isn't free! They obviously work for someone else, think wages just produce themselves and have no concept of what it costs to run a business. What a nice planet that must be to live on.
The cup cakes here are delicious, forget sending one, send a dozen.

Passion Fruit Cafe - a special little gem by bluebel

bluebel — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:54:52 +0000

Review by bluebel

Rating: 5.00

Phone: 01903 234892

Tags: cosy, proper food, amazing brew

Im a local to this cafe and pop in regularly. Its a quirky small cafe with a juke box, books to browse and a large commual table. Rather a hippie hangout. I even bumped into Dave Benson Philips there. Nice guy!

John, the owner is an accomplished chef, very unassuming and humble. The best thing to do is to ask him what he can recommend and make, tell him the kind of thing you feel like. He cooks from fresh ingredients and whats available that day. He will always make a good meal. My friends who are vegans went in there, explaining they wanted breakfast and they were impressed with the vegan feast he prepared.

John's coffee is excellent and Im a coffee snob! Smoothies, hot chocolate and milkshakes are also on the menu.

Some meals Ive had there: spaghetti carbonara, spinach tart, roasted veg toastie, full English breakfast, sponge pudding, carrot cake (rich!). Its how he makes it...just beautiful.

Im a local to this cafe and pop in regularly. Its a quirky small cafe with a juke box, books to browse and a large commual table. Rather a hippie hangout. I even bumped into Dave Benson Philips there. Nice guy!

John, the owner is an accomplished chef, very unassuming and humble. The best thing to do is to ask him what he can recommend and make, tell him the kind of thing you feel like. He cooks from fresh ingredients and whats available that day. He will always make a good meal. My friends who are vegans went in there, explaining they wanted breakfast and they were impressed with the vegan feast he prepared.

John's coffee is excellent and Im a coffee snob! Smoothies, hot chocolate and milkshakes are also on the menu.

Some meals Ive had there: spaghetti carbonara, spinach tart, roasted veg toastie, full English breakfast, sponge pudding, carrot cake (rich!). Its how he makes it...just beautiful.

Luna - Quality and Value For Money by Wheely

Wheely — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:44:51 +0000

Review by Wheely

Rating: 4.00

Phone: 01903 200388

We often stop here for coffee and croissant when in the town centre and it really is something a bit special in terms of what they do as a small Italian bistro and wine bar/restaurant.

By day it's a licensed cafe bar offering those delicious panini and light Italian lunches but they also do a 2 course set menu lunch for Â£7.50. I'm told locally by other people that they are superb dishes. We have not tried these yet but will soon.

Mid afternoon is time for wine (enormous choice) and the olives come free. Something previously unheard of in Worthing !

By night, a full a la carte menu in the restaurant is available with no set closing time. Again, we have not tried this yet but the place is almost full every night. The outside seating is superb in fine weather.

For a business that's been here for several years now and grown steadily under the same Italian owner and his family, I suspect new standards are being set locally.

My wife tells me it's also very popular with the theatre goers who visit The Pavilion inside the pier. I suspect this is because of their flexible approach to closing times.

Tourists, 200 metres west of the pier, inside the cul-de-sac on the left.We often stop here for coffee and croissant when in the town centre and it really is something a bit special in terms of what they do as a small Italian bistro and wine bar/restaurant.

By day it's a licensed cafe bar offering those delicious panini and light Italian lunches but they also do a 2 course set menu lunch for Â£7.50. I'm told locally by other people that they are superb dishes. We have not tried these yet but will soon.

Mid afternoon is time for wine (enormous choice) and the olives come free. Something previously unheard of in Worthing !

By night, a full a la carte menu in the restaurant is available with no set closing time. Again, we have not tried this yet but the place is almost full every night. The outside seating is superb in fine weather.

For a business that's been here for several years now and grown steadily under the same Italian owner and his family, I suspect new standards are being set locally.

My wife tells me it's also very popular with the theatre goers who visit The Pavilion inside the pier. I suspect this is because of their flexible approach to closing times.

Tourists, 200 metres west of the pier, inside the cul-de-sac on the left.