Naze Links Cafe

A fabulous Fossil Cliff top Restaurant /Cafe selling Fresh Filter Coffee, Homemade Cakes, Pies, Crumbles and Quiches & Freshly prepared Salads & Sandwiches.

Opening Times
May - October Every day
October - April weekends only
10 am - 5 pm Dusk in Winter
Group Bookings welcome

The Naze Links Café sits on the top of the highest cliffs in Essex some 22 metres high and has stunning views over the sea, with the Suffolk coast and the port of Felixstowe to the north and the Thames estuary to the south, there has been a café on the Naze since the late 1960’s, the original burnt down some thirty years ago and was rebuilt to its present design, the current owner has had it for seven years. With enough seating for about twenty to twenty five inside and in summer a further thirty or so outside it is great if you are bringing a group to the Naze.

Barbara the current owner has a varied selection of food including her now famous Ham and Cheese Ploughman’s and her equally famous vegetarian Chilli. In winter she also often has various homemade soups on sale along with Baked Potatoes and a selection of rolls and sandwiches, Bacon rolls and sandwiches winter time only.
You can also find a selection of homemade cakes, pies and her infamous Bread Pudding. If you do not want a full lunch then there is also a selection of sweets, biscuits and other delights for sale.

The café also boasts a full range of hot and cold drinks including Fresh Filter Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Bovril and Horlicks, they also have an extensive range of cuppa soups and decaffeinated tea and coffee, herbal Teas and a range of chilled cold drinks and mineral water.

There is also a full range of gifts and trinkets to suit all pockets, including everything from model ships to special Naze Chutneys and preserves.

For the day visitor there is a full range of windbreaks, buckets and spades, kites etc

The Naze Links Café was featured in the Coast Magazines
Book 250 weekends by the sea

“Naze Links Café, Walton-on-the-Naze. Essex. Allow loitering time at this friendly, no frills seaside café as you try to choose between Barbara Russell’s collection of tempting home baked cakes, scones and pies, should it be the renowned bread pudding or the coffee cake? The deep filled apple pie or a fruit scone? Check out the blackboard for the days specials. Bacon rolls, jacket potatoes and ploughman’s are on offer too, as well as fresh sandwiches and rolls, ideal for taking with you on a beach walk. The café is near the landmark 86 feet high Naze tower and is open everyday in summer and on winter weekends”.