The Sussex Journeymen Reviews

A genuinely interesting, spacious place right on the sea front. Only been there once but would happily go again. Their take on gumbo was very tasty. Good service too.

A nice place to stop off on a walk along the coast. Great view of the sea and beach, with a good selection of food and drink. The staff are friendly and the service is good.

Good location good food. Overcrowded Sunday breakfast. Service mediocre

Well worth a visit. Just pick your timing. Peak times get very busy. The chocolate signature drink is a fantastic. Good Wi-fi and so useful to work from there from time to time.

Always lovely food and location. Gets very busy but worth the wait. Kids friendly too and handy with beach and play park nearby

Found this by accident whilst having car windscreen fixed at autoglass. I was grumpy, having driven an hour to get there. Sitting drinking a lovely coffee, whilst watching kitesurfers sail by, really improved my mood. I was slightly upset when autoglass called to say the car was ready. If I'm ever back in Lancing I'll be going to The Perch

It was very mucky and had to clear a table before we could sit down and everyone was shouting so won't go there again

Friendly service, great coffee. Perfect stop off point on a seaside walk.

Nice place on the seafront with good views.

Had a limited food menu for the cafe guests but if you really wanted to eat you would sit down anyway.

Nice place for a coffee and a view.

A very welcome addition to Lancing Beach Green, top-notch coffee and nice food too. Can get busy, but the wait is worth it!

Coffee machine broken However good atmosphere and wonderful sea views.

Great food - had nice large fresh salad - and friendly service despite servers being very busy

Great continental breakfast. Croissant, butter, prosciutto and a very mild and yummy brie, accompanied by yoghurt and berries. Good friendly service.

Sadly to say that this visit was a awful experience compared to previous visits.

We asked to be seated for 4 adults and a high chair. When we were seated there was no high char. So we had to wait for this.

Staff were friendly and polite but seemed very disorganised. Trying to get attention of the waiting staff it was nearly impossible. The staff were not making eye contact with anyone. The staff didn t seem to have a particular area to work and were running all over the place.

The breakfast menu was very limited compared to previous visits and there is no children s menu. Not even the option to buy sides like extra beans/ toast etc..! At best the cooked breakfast was ok.

Sadly to say from previous great visits it s unlikely we will return

Very nice indeed Good Food reasonably priced friendly staff highly recommend

Nice views overlooking the sea. Very busy Sunday morning. Nice breakfast , probably too large for some. Mushroom large but bland and sourdough chewy. Dreadful music thumping in the background spoiling the ambiance. Staff very pleasant.

Great food,especially the Ultimate Sharing Roast !
Great service in a lovely setting,,could have ordered better weather today though

Be warned.. Despite paying for parking. They start closing, cleaning the machines and stop serving coffee half an hour before their advertised closing time.

Exceptional location right on the beach. Really good quality food. Well worth the wait, if it's busy take a bracing walk up and down the shoreline and come back. Very well managed.

Nice cakes on offer and great tea served in enamel tea pots. Lovely!

Good eatery in a great location right on lancing beach. It can get hideously busy and didn't take bookings so my advice is to get there early.

Great food and scenery with friendly and helpful staff. Definitely recommend.

I thought the food was pretty average, not too expensive.

Great food, really friendly staff, wonderful setting, good value, as Arnie said ' I'll be back'

Great place to relax and eat. Especially recommend Beach Burger;) great seaview

Great atmosphere in a great location right on the beach! Nice food and very friendly staff.

Don't go with hungry children. Half hour wait for 2 hot dogs and it wasn't that busy. Children crying. Disaster.

Love the decor and ambience here.... Food and drink isn't bad either

Very nice place and extremely friendly staff... Not very sure about the menu options, for my taste.

Awful, never again, ordered breakfast it took so long coming it was nearly lunchtime

Starter was tasty. Small portions but main was definitely enough. Not the cheapest but not too bad value either. Smoked salmon tasted great and steak was amazing. Mussles and chips were very tasty too but there was too much sauce. (Even though it was very tasty) Half the mussles were submerged in sauce. ._.
Service was friendly but the waiters talked amongst themselves and didn't look out for customers.
Limited types of food. Only chicken, beef and salmon. (And mussles)

Visited today because my daughter been several times and loved it
Unfortunately my first time here and it will be the last.
We were seated on the left hand side of the restaurant.On our own with the right hand side busy.
The server took our order without any friendly smile.
The lady who placed the food on our table was great(that's why I give a star).
After this we saw no one(no one to check the food was ok or if we needed anything else).

There was a group of staff sitting having their break four girls and a boy.The server that was left serving stood with them having a laugh.One of them stood up took her hair out of her ponytail and started to brush it in the restaurant she then walked into the food prep are with her hair down.
We waited 20minutes calling the server for our bill and several times she looked and walked the other way.
When we finally got our bill I talked to the server about my concern ,she said they were on their break walked over to them pointing over to the table and telling (what I think was the acting manager )at the time.
No one came over to apologise and as we walked out the said thank you
Good food but customer service needs training

Food took an hour and wasn t busy however decent food!

Very friendly staff, yummy food and great location.

Great place located on the beach pebbled seafront. Upon entering the venue you are presented with an industrial feel look and feel to the place, which is both cool and eclectic. Staff are super friendly and look like a great bunch. I can here to visit friends who live in the area and they recommended this place for drinks. With sea view row seats where the local birds even come to hangout.
Must visit here for their pizza and local drinks. Wine is on tap - enough said

Lovely place and great atmosphere. However service was a bit slow and took a while before our food arrived on the table. Burger was delicious tho!

Give it one star for the breakfast it was dreadful and very pricey for what it was. but I would give it five stars for their coffee, very tasty

Soooooo noisy you can't have a conversation & this really spoils the atmosphere of a beachside cafe, but if if you're deaf, Just turn your hearing aids off & you'll be fine. Otherwise, if it's warm ebough, sit outside, as their food is good & it's a great location. Some kind of sound deadening covering on the ceiling & the place would be great.

One of the few places along this stretch of the Sussex coast that you can sit right on the beach and have a decent coffee and a slice of cake. The food is pretty standard fare for lunch, good but not outstanding, if you can't get a table in the restaurant side of Perch then it is only chips and cake in the cafe and not much else. the staff are friendly and it is a great spot to sit and watch the sea. Turn up early for breakfast on the weekend, it is deservedly busy.

Great food, the drink selection is very good, reasonable wait time, only thing that was a little annoying was the constant announcement of order numbers. Overall, a great place to take the kids, as its by the beach and tidd is usually very gentle.

Really well placed and possibly a victim of the positioning and popularity. That means you have to wait for things when busy. We waited 15 mins for a takeaway coffee. Nice styling and decent menu but need to work out how deliver more quickly and consistently

Great place but always very busy Saturday mornings.

Great food and friendly service. Menu could do with a few more items but excellent nonetheless

Waited 5mins with staff passing us without acknowledgement then waited another 25 minutes b4 being served

Lovely beach cafe. Great atmosphere but would like to have seen some sandwiches available.

Beautiful and relaxing place. Posting the parking photo as useful reference for anyone planning to visit. Very clean toilet facilities and the Perch Cafe is a must visit.

Great luxury hot chocolate. Dog friendly place and staff were so helpful and friendly

The summer outdoor cinema nights are amazing. Otherwise the place gets really mainstream, crowded and crammed with families having lunch. Food is expensive-ish and nothing special.

No disabled access. Could not get there. The road to it is private, with no drop-off or parking. Contacted them afterwards, and they confirmed this. Nearest parking is 100m away in sea front car park.

A bit on the expensive side and the hot chocolate is really sweet.but a great location to sit in the winter

Called in for a coffee, very poor welcome. Asked for a fruit scone, the waitress had no idea what one was. Were then told we were sitting in the area reserved for eating . Will certainly not be recommending or returning.

I come here at least a couple of times a week for breakfast/lunch or just a coffee after the gym. The staff are great & the food is always outstanding (apart from once my poached eggs spent a bit too long under the heat lamps) but they where really busy so I can over look this. The views are nice if you get a window seat looking out to sea, although I don't have a dog anymore I used to find it a bit of a nightmare to find places that accepted dogs but they do here which I think is great. All in all I highly recommend the Perch but beware that the weekends are always really busy so there will be a wait for your drinks food etc...

A popular venue situated on the seafront providing indoor and outdoor seating.
Excellent food and service! This gets extremely busy!

I am sure it's a great place got there late so stopped serving food . Never mind

Excellent cooked breakfast and coffee, generous helpings

The breakfast here is amazing. Really tasty and amazing quality food, cooked perfectly. We visited when it was busy but only had a 5min wait for a table. Will visit again.

Great place on the seafront with great views. Excellent food and good selection of drinks. Does special nights occasionally.

Went in at 3.57pm ordered a coffee then told close at 4pm and the till is gone - so no coffee - suggested they could take me money and get change as they had taken my order! No - rude and arrogant staff