Brightlingsea Café Lido

What a terrific cafe! The bread pudding is delicious and my wife thought the lemon drizzle was great. Unusually the coffee was good too. Very friendly into the bargain. It was bright and blustery yesterday not many people about but the cafe was full. Somewhere this good must get packed in the summer. There is a huge menu on the wall with vegetarian options.

Will we return. Absolutely next time we are in Brightlingsea

Visited at lunchtime with a party of 7 and sat on the verandah overlooking the lido on a sunny day. Perfectly good simple menu and scrummy cakes. The service was prompt especially when you consider this is a small place and rolls etc are prepared fresh. The young waiting staff were friendly and really tried. We will return !

This is definitely the place to go if you want filling and fresh food! The service and value for money is hard to beat. There is always a friendly face to greet you!!!

Lovely café with vegan milks and cupcakes on offer. Friendly staff and seating inside and out.

Really lovely cafe, very welcoming on a freezing day. Toasted sarnys lovely nice coffee and proper café surroundings. I would very much recommend this café.

Staff are always welcoming, food is good and dogs are welcome. You can even get a sausage for the dog.

Only given one star for service because the young girl was getting in a tissey bless her, with practice she will be fine, we only had chips but they were lovely and fresh and the cooking oil was clean, it was go good experience 😀 xx shall go again and have a proper lunch.

great service, freshly cooked, friendly staff

Gorgeous Cafe in a great location! Bacon baps/chips all delicious and the coffee excellent!! We popped in here for lunch recently and look forward to returning soon.
Lovely staff who were friendly and so helpful. Well worth a visit.

Ordered the loaded fries, great price! Tasted great! Great customer service and staff!

Good place to have a swim and something to eat

Brilliant little cafe, good location by the seafront & lido - great cakes, coffee & hot chocolates (and bacon baps, breakfasts, jackets and sausages etc!). Even has local artists on display and a resident writer! Not many cafés can boast that!

Loved it ! Very friendly staff.

Always love Café Lido. Dog friendly, nothing is too much trouble. Lovely coffee and simple tasty food. Great supporting local charity and only Essex Lido.

Lovely friendly welcome
Excellent quality products in breakfast nice big teacups
Hot food very nice

Great menu choices, lovely setting & atmosphere, wonderful staff - highly recommended

Very friendly, cosy and a superb breakfast!

Excellent local cafe. Great coffee, great cake, great service.

Great staff

Best bacon baps. Great people.