Waterfront Café Benson

I’ve been here before and have always enjoyed sitting in or outside on the river Thames, having a coffee or tea, breakfast or not. Hannah and staff were friendly, service great and we enjoyed a hearty breakfast and coffee today. Will definitely come back.

Second visit, the place is just charming. Food is pretty good, coffee excellent. My only criticism, is when the servers bring out the food, they really should clear a table on their way back to the kitchen,not return empty handed. Too many tables stacked up with crockery.!

Stopped here twice over a weekend. The coffee and cake was very nice and was lovely sitting outside by the river. We went back for breakfast on the Sunday must say its a little bit pricey but very friendly staff and food was very good. This place seems to always be busy which is a good sign View menu

We booked the back room at the Waterfront for our boys christening this weekend. They put on a fantastic spread of food and set the tables up perfectly for a relaxed event for 30 people for us. We had lots of comments from our family and friends about how good the food was. The service staff were very helpful and made the day a pleasure. Thank you! We will definitely use the Waterfront for an event again in the future.

Lunch was dreadful: took 3 attempts to make a hot latte after bringing warm coffee to our table, the clueless staff then couldn't remember which was decaf! £13.95 for 2 fishcakes and limp salad was a rip off, even had to pay £3.20 for a small cold portion of chips. The queuing system for food was ridiculous, only one person taking orders. Your business will fold if you continue to rip off customers. Needless to say won't be returning.

Husband and myself often come here at the weekend for lunch, have always had lovely food Decided to bring M IN L for a treat We noted that the staff are not up to their usual standard, hardly a smile and grunts at you when asking a question, never clears the table unless you ask them too and kept giving people wrong orders Have been back since and I must admit it didn't seem so chaotic as last time and noticed new staff being shadowed. Yes a bit pricey but food lovely and location wonderful. View menu

Long time visitor, food is always decent. Wide ranging menu, plus a range of specials. Staff range from young, keen and helpful to dull, disinterested and looking for the next opportunity. Car parking is always an issue, they now require you to register number plates which secures you a time frame, sensible! One thing really grates. You have to pay every time you order, drinks, mains, desserts, if you want another drink, yet another receipt. There must be a better way, not everybody is going to do a runner without settling up.

We often stop here when walking in the area. We usually just have a toasted sandwich and a drink but see lots of people eating fish and chips and full meals. They have lots of cakes. I think that the new owners are doing a good job. The restaurant is very busy at any time you go there, especially in the summer. They have had to hit the ground running. We thought that the young people waiting on tables were very efficient and polite. When we were there they were clearing tables as they went about their work. We have found the food to be good and the service polite and friendly.

Long time visitor here. Not entirely sure what happened to this once brilliant cafe but what an absolute rip off. £7.95 for a ham and cheese toastie that included one incredibly thin slice of ham and barely any cheese, burnt toast and some limp salad leaves on the side that had seen better days. Pretty sure this used to come with crisps at least but no, we had to pay extra for chips. It seems the cafe has become so busy these days that food has fallen to the way side and no care or attention has been paid to it. During covid we could come for their takeaway breakfast and it was always brilliant and since then food standards have fallen so incredibly low. Despite the wonderful views in the su... View menu