Harbour View Cafe

Basic café but big portions of good food. Dogs welcome. Outside seating overlooking the harbour and Dawlish. Steps down to the beach. Cash only

My favourite café in Exmouth. Everything important about it is perfect! I can take the dog in. The tea is good quality and good value. The food is very good. And every sunset is different — and a winner. The perfect way to round off any day! Long may it stay open.

This has been one of my favourite cafes for many years — partly because you can take dogs in and partly because of the tables on the beach verandah. The eggs on toast might be the best eggs on toast in the world! Open every day except Christmas day it is always busy and the standard of the food is very good although simple — all day breakfast etc. Cheese on toast is another favourite. They do have fancy teas and salads too of course. But comfy mugs of tea and hot chocolate with cream and marshmallows and sprinkles! Steams up comfortingly in the winter and the perfect place to go to get out of the wind.

With an interior reminiscent of an old transport café this is a very cheap and cheerful place to eat. Food is basic but the seafront location makes it a pleasant enough experience and the portions are big.

If I lived in Exmouth I would eat here every single day. I cannot fault this café, which to be honest is more like a wonderful restaurant. The staff are friendly and helpful and the menu is just wonderful. The daily specials are fantastic and reasonably price, the food is exquistely presented and cooked to perfection. They are happy to help out with dietry needs and there’s plenty of hearty veggie options. There’s a well stocked bar and lots of nice soft drinks for the kids like smoothies and milkshakes. The interior is rustic with seafaring memorabilia, an actual life size row boat play area for the little kids and pirate paraphinalia around the place. There are large glode fish tanks and old books scattered on shelves. The toilets are clean and there’s an accessible disabled loo. The whole visit is wonderful, the service the food the atmosphere. The front of the café has a kind of conservatory glass area with lounging chairs for maybe taking coffee or pigging out on some of their marvelous icecreams from their own ice cream bar. Then out the front are table for al fresco eating overlooking a wonderful vista of Exmouth beach and the ocean. It’s always cosy and welcoming and in fact we have driven from Watchett to Exmouth to eat there before when on holiday and that’s from one county to another, best place I’ve ever eaten.

The Harbour View Café is situated on the seafront in Exmouth, and is great. They have an extensive menu, with the usual food you would expect in a café (mostly with chips!) and a large range of drinks. They also do icecream and puddings. Whatever you go for, it’s great value and you can sit and watch the sea whilst you eat. The décor isn’t brilliant but you really don’t care!
They are open 364 days a year — it’s only Christmas day that they close. They are also dog friendly, which is actually really nice.