Cafés

Our welcoming team serves freshly baked sourdough, pastries, savouries, sweet treats, and Allpress coffee to eat in or take away. We’re dog and family friendly, with a special Mini Magpies menu designed just for your little bakers!

The Meare Shop & Tearoom, beside Thorpeness Meare, serves tea, coffee, cakes, pasties, toasties, and ice cream, including vegan and gluten-free options. Enjoy waffles, milkshakes, and gifts with seating inside and outside by the water’s edge.

The Old Generator Station in Aldeburgh is a renovated community hub featuring a public bar, café, big screen, hall, meeting room, snooker mezzanine, and changing facilities—offering a versatile space for events, socialising, and local activities.

Aldeburgh Munchies offers freshly prepared meals, handmade cakes, and daily café takeaway options with a strong focus on local produce, sustainability, and community. Established in 2002, they provide delivery or click-and-collect via app, in a fun, eco-conscious environment.

Harris & James is a family-run business based in Suffolk, specialising in artisan bean-to-bar chocolate, bakery products, gelato and coffee.

A small bistro on Aldeburgh’s High Street, serving brunch, afternoon tea, and supper. Known for its luxury hot chocolate and freshly baked cakes, it offers a relaxed setting with indoor and outdoor seating.

Smoking fresh fish and shellfish directly on Aldeburgh beach, open 364 days a year. Ready-to-eat hot smoked and cold smoked (to cook) fishes, plus homemade tarts and patés. Proud suppliers to local pubs, hotels, restaurants as well as direct to the general public.