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Cafes

There are plenty of cafes on Mersea Island offering their own brand of good quality, well priced food. Each venue is independently family owned and you can find all their details in the guide below.

Click the links below for more information and to visit the venue.

Pubs: Services

The Vineyard Café is a hidden treasure on Mersea Island. Nestled into the courtyard of the vineyard, you will be greeted with a warm welcome and a smile. Come and enjoy our homemade cakes and lunches served with barista coffees, teas, soft drinks and, of course, our fabulous wines from the vineyard. 

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Our concept is to provide the area locally grown and sourced decorative plants, vegetables and fruits grown on-site or by trusted partners to promote British growers and trades. We have a small café that uses the produce we grow and source to provide a range of seasonal breakfasts and lunches and have several local suppliers for our baked goods.

A family run little hideaway in beautiful West Mersea.
Cooked Breakfast, Paninis, Baguette, Sandwich’s,  Jacket potatoes, Ploughman’s, Salad’s, Homemade cakes, Cream tea and more!

Come down and take a look at our menu.

Please remember AFTERNOON TEA does require 24 hour notice.

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Join us for coffee, breakfast, or lunch in our indoor & outdoor seating.  We are always well stocked with sandwiches and salads you can grab either on your lunch break, or on your way to the beach. If you’re looking for something a little more special, why not get in touch to preorder one of our picnic hampers, presented in a wicker basket for a seaside treat!

Homemade bread, rolls, cakes all made on site
Family run cafe and coffee shop
Wholesale available
Serving breakfasts and lunches as well as hosting special dessert evenings, just click the link to their facebook page to make sure you keep up to date with all the latest.

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Serving quality fresh fish & chips & seafood to eat in or take away.  Mersea Island Fish Bar, your go-to destination for the finest fish and chips in West Mersea. Our restaurant is proud to bring you a taste of the seaside with our fresh and delicious seafood dishes. At Mersea Island Fish Bar, we believe in quality, freshness, and exceptional customer service. With a passion for delivering mouth-watering fish and chips, we invite you to experience the flavours of Mersea Island in every bite.

With superb coffees & fine leaf teas. Indoor and Outdoor seating and you can enjoy your food surrounded by artwork from leading local art-ists. Dog Friendly outside only.  Salads, Hearty Ploughman's and Homemade Smoked Salmon Pâté with Sourdough Toast plus all the perennial firm favourites like our Mersea Rarebit, Chilli Bread and freshly made to order Sandwiches and a zingy Lemon Meringue Eton Mess.

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A speciality coffee house on Mersea Island. Dogs welcome 
They also do pop up them nights follow them on facebook to keep up to date with all their news and events.

We are a local, family run, licensed open air restaurant and takeaway fish and shellfish shop, with an onsite fishmonger, based right on the edge of Mersea's beautiful estuary waters.​

Boasting our own private waterside seating area, we serve the freshest of seafood, with delights ranging from popular seafood platters to local Mersea oysters and freshly cooked seafood dishes to hand picked dressed crabs, and more!

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The Blackwater Pearl is a popular cafe on the seafront located opposite the pontoon, which has been proved popular with the children who go down to crab. Open all year round open from 8am serving the highly popular bacon baguette and many other mouth-watering hot food and beverages. Dog Friendly.  They also often host special theme nights, so make sure you like and follow their page to get all their news and upcoming events.

We are a local, family run, licensed open air restaurant and takeaway fish and shellfish shop, with an onsite fishmonger, based right on the edge of Mersea's beautiful estuary waters.​

Boasting our own private waterside seating area, we serve the freshest of seafood, with delights ranging from popular seafood platters to local Mersea oysters and freshly cooked seafood dishes to hand picked dressed crabs, and more!

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Two Sugars is a handy snack bar inside an old world war two lookout bunker! It's right on the beach with plenty of outdoor seating on a veranda. They have a very comprehensive menu which caters for all tastes. Dog Friendly.

The seafood shack is situated at Waldegraves Holiday Park

Is open
Thursdays 11-3

Fridays 11-5

Saturdays 11-5

Sundays 11-4

They sell hot and cold food, to eat in on their decking or to takeout.

They have no drinks licence, so feel free to bring your own alcohol.

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