Bayview Cafe, Boyes

Great steak pie and apple pie for lunch. Great service from the ladies behind the counter. Very friendly and chatty

I go here regularly for their famous steak pie. Never had a bad meal there. Steak pie, chips and peas with gravy has always been very, very tasty and nice. Totally lean steak (no gristle or fat) and delicious gravy. Great meal and good value. I can recommend the tea as well. Nice cuppa and you get 3 cups of tea out of the pot for £1.90. The restaurant has great views over the bay on one side, and a much larger seating area with nice views over the town. There's also a really interesting museum within the restaurant, that shows the history of Boyes department store.

So decided to give this place another try.I was there with my teenage grandaughter.She used to love the quiche,but was 2 bits left( approx 1-30 Saturday afternoon The, what would have been lovely steak pie, was totally dried up.While I waited to be served ,saw a Bacon/egg sandwich being made up(should have walked out there and then! 2 bits of sizzling overdone bits of bacon were being put into a bread bun ,which was upside down anyway,one of the slices fell out onto the top of the hot serving dishes,and picked up by hand(no tongs or gloves and plonked onto said bread bun,then an overcooked egg (at least on the bottom was passed through the serving hatch to be added! approx 4-5 butter packets were added to the plate and then taken to a table.I decided to get 2 sausage rolls and a portion of chips between us,and tea for two.just over £10. no cutlery apart from 2 knives and 1 fork. no teaspoons for our tea.Not one table had been cleared so had to move a dirty tray of stuff to another dirty table, before we could eat.Sausage roll ok, chips usual rubbish .Tea was good! although had to stir sugar in with a dessert spoon! would definitely not recommend this place. disgusting.

We love this cafe! The views are amazing, tables are well spaced out, no background music so it is lovely and peaceful. Food is amazing value and very tasty. The steak pie is full of meat and the gravy is proper meaty gravy, not instant. Good service. Hoping they do Christmas dinner again this year.

I ordered an English breakfast and the bacon was extremely overcooked. The restaurant is decent, but I wouldn't recommend it as the food is not worth the price. The tables at which we were seated were dirty with crumbs, and the cups and cutlery were not properly cleaned.