Finlay's East Beach Cafe

Great little family oriented breakfast Cafe right on marine drive overlooking the beach.
Could smell the salt water air as we sipped our coffee and ate our muffin. Was an enjoyable way to start the day with my wonderful lady

First time visit here. The service was ok, and coffee was good, but no refill offered.
I had the breakfast sandwich, and it was rather bland and basic. A little salt, pepper, and mayo would go a long way.

Ms Fancy
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Very bad service!!! Food was not good , when we went , we are only customer there still we need to wait for while to get the food, food Presentation was bad. Do not recommend to go there, coffee was not good either. Waste of money☹️

Nice place with good food. Friendly staff.

Nice outfit near the water, food was good. Open earlier than othe outfits nearby so that was nice.

A bit strange. When ordering the cashier answered the phone, definitely store bought food and service was pretty slow. Nice location though!

Great staff

Sat outdoors by table fire pit.
Excellent fare!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Walked in and were one of only 4 others in the whole restaurant. Waited abnormally long time for order to be taken as workers seemed to be puttering around like we were not even there. Ordered cafe con pana (espresso with whip cream). Used old ground flavoured coffee, not espresso grounds, coffee tasked awful and cost more than Starbucks which is saying something. Lots of potential based on location but as is would not return.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

I recently had a terrible experience at this restaurant. I ordered a Greek wrap, and the chicken had a foul odor. After eating just half of it, I felt nauseous and later experienced food poisoning. My family also ordered waffles, which were cold and turned out to be store-bought, even though the menu didn’t indicate this. It felt very deceptive to serve store-bought food as fresh.

Charging $15.79 for store-bought waffles is deceptive and misleading.
While we received a refund for the waffles, I was refused a refund for the Greek wrap, despite the obvious issues with its quality. I reached out to the restaurant to resolve the matter, but they have not responded.

The combination of serving smelly chicken and store-bought food while ignoring customer concerns is extremely disappointing. I do not recommend dining here, and I hope they take steps to improve both their food quality and customer service.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Recommended dishes: Greek Chicken Wrap

I was disappointed with my visit. The $15.79 waffles were just store-bought, covered in excessive whipped cream, and didn’t match the “freshly baked” claim. The chicken wrap was inedible and made my sister sick. While they refunded the waffles, they refused to address the wrap issue. Overall, poor quality and overpriced. Wouldn’t recommend.

Also, the review rate is higher because it used to be Watts cafe, and owned by someone else who had integrity when it came to the quality, taste and the price of food.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Slow service. Coffee and food taste plain.

They have gotten our order wrong so many times it’s not worth going anymore.

I’m pretty sure I was given a regular Americano today even though I repeatedly checked to make sure it was decaf.

Almost every time we double check when being handed our order we find something is wrong.

Our orders are quite simple, usually just a couple of drinks and they can never get it right.

I cannot have caffeine for serious health reasons and they have had to remake my drink several times in the past.

I’m now sitting here feeling the full effects of a large coffee.

Today was my last straw.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 1

Great location and atmosphere, don't expect a server at the table though, this is order at counter only. They also have a full selection of alcohol on display, but when I asked for a mixed drink with Grey Goose, which I could clearly see they had, I was told they didn't have any. I pointed at it, and it was at the end of my fingertips, and the girl still didn't appear to understand ?

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 2

worst fish and chips ever

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1