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Travellers' Choice2023
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Local cuisine, Cafe, British, Healthy, Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options
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Café/restaurant located 2 minutes from Rayleigh train station. We offer a breakfast/brunch menu during the daytime every day 9am-3pm and every Friday & Saturday evening we open for bottomless dinner with a 2/3 course dinner menu and unlimited drinks packages 6-11pm. All menus are available on our socials and our website.
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch, Drinks
CUISINES
Cafe, British, Healthy
FEATURES
Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Free Wifi, Table Service, Wine and Beer, Non-smoking restaurants, Gift Cards Available
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Reviewed 4 weeks ago

Came here for breakfast with our friends. Honestly it was awful- we ate it because we were all so hungry and embarrassed but it was vile. Waitresses looked miserable and could hear them moaning about other customers, didn’t even ask if we wanted anymore drinks,...asked if they had any burger sauce and was told ‘ I don’t know’ My boyfriend nearly got mugged in Southend Friday night but he felt more mugged by this rubbish meal and service. So expensive for a vile meal. Feel like I’ve eaten a bag of salt.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed 27 October 2023

went for breakfast with family order came quickly, lots of seating both indoors and outside. food was lovely would 100% recommend

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed 23 September 2023 via mobile

Really disappointed from our visit. Not only were we left to wait an hour for our food (which was lovely when we got it), after mentioning about replacing the egg with bacon, due to a severe egg allergy, I was still charged for the bacon....Once complaining that we were told the egg could be replaced when placing the order, they said “sorry, that’s not the way we operate”. If you have allergies, THEY WILL NOT CATER.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 13 September 2023

Ordered traditional breakfast with granary toast (got white) ordered a side of a slice of sourdough and butter (got plain white) everything covered in salt (I don’t add salt) Bueno milkshake was warm and only tasted slightly of chocolate. Order was wrong and for what...we got it was not value for money at all!More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 12 September 2023 via mobile

Never actually ate anything as we couldn’t order a takeaway. Called on a Saturday night on & off for 60 minutes from 5.30 to order food for 4 people which would have cost £60/£70. No response on phone, just rang & said this mail box...is full. If they had answered & said sorry no more takeaways then I would have understood but no answer & advertising takeaways Friday & Saturday evenings on their FB page. Very frustrating.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed 28 August 2023

The Cafe was no more than half full, but we had to wait 40min from our order being taken to it being served. My wife had an all day breakfast and some of it was cold

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 15 August 2023

So disappointed in thw food the Bangkok burger was so over fried it was disintegrating and dripping fat. My mum had the avocado on toast it was so bland and tasteless she left the majority of it. We won't go back as this was our...last attempt at trying to get a decent meal there.More

Date of visit: June 2023
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Reviewed 13 August 2023

We had a really good quality gluten free breakfast. The sausage were delicious, poached egg cooked to perfection and their gluten free toast was not crumbly at all. Will be regulars now

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed 20 July 2023

The menu is fantastic. There's lots of nice food to choose from (not too much) and a great variety of healthy choices. The quality and freshness is second to none, and the very polite and helpful service comes with lots of smiles. The location is...great - I really can't fault this place... you'll love it!!More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 3 July 2023

Came to the cafe today and had the pancakes with Nutella, strawberries and ice cream… they were DELICIOUS and beautifully presented with a generous amount of toppings. I was too excited to eat them and forgot to take a photo 😢 Would definitely order them...again!More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 2 July 2023

Went here for breakfast/brunch. Never been before but family and friends had spoken well of the place so thought we would give it a try. Wish we hadn't bothered. Based on our experience it's overrated and overpriced. No sourdough bread, no mushroom brioche. My wife...ordered a pancake stack with maple syrup which arrived with ordinary syrup as they had run out of the maple variety. How can you have pancake stack on the menu and not have maple syrup. My wife hadn't been told of the change it was just served up with no comment. Overall we all felt the food was at best ok nothing special to justify the price list. I had the chorizo hash - cubes of tasteless pork and new potatoes. Could have been eating any meat. When I paid the bill, I was asked if everything was ok and I mentioned the above issues, the response I received was 'no worries'!!!! So no tip. Won't be going again the Hungry Horse across the road gives better value and quality.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed 3 June 2023

Went here with friends for the bottomless brunch. Great menu choices, food very filling. Lots of drink choices. Service friendly and attentive. Would return and recommend.

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 3 June 2023

Not wheelchair accessible. The ramp onto the deck is always impeded by a chair and there is no ramp into the actual building. When I asked about a ramp, I was offered menu clip boards and in the end, my friend had to assist me...with my incredibly heavy electric wheelchair, as staff seemed to just walk away and laugh after I stated that clip boards wouldn’t work. The front door is also impeded by chairs, making even self propelled wheelchairs a no-go. It is a legal requirement to make reasonable adjustments for access (see Equality Act 2010) and if they cannot accommodate wheelchair users, it should not be listed on this site as being wheelchair accessible. Additionally, the service was incredibly slow, despite it being a full staff and very few customers. And the meal was hugely overpriced. Not a good experience in any way.More

Date of visit: June 2023
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Jacqui Bennett, Owner at Cafe No.11, responded to this reviewResponded 12 June 2023

Hi Nicky, I would like to say thank you for taking the time in writing a review and I’m sorry your experience was not an enjoyable one. I want to thank you for your feedback about the accessibility and when the ramp was built it...More

Reviewed 28 May 2023 via mobile

The customer service is just dire. I have been visiting Café No. 11 for YEARS. There is usually a bit of a wait but today was the worst experience I think I’ve ever had. Myself, my partner and our toddler son arrived at opening time....There was a bit of a queue but this is normal for this spot. We were seated just after 9. After 25 mins of zero contact we were told they were short staffed. 20 mins later (45 mins after arrival) someone came to take our order. Our drinks arrived shortly after…one was incorrect but we let it go. Now after visiting this place so many times before we know they operate a strict ordering system based on arrival time, so we knew where we were in the queue. Another 20 mins past (so 1 hour 5 mins after arrival) and we saw those who ordered before us served. We told our toddler son, who had waited so patiently, his pancakes would arrive soon and got his bib on. 20 mins later (1 hour 25 mins after arrival) the table who arrived significantly after us and ordered later were served. We promptly stood up and told the staff we were leaving. An apology was offered by a long standing member of staff but the newer person seemed to not even care and was simply more concerned with getting the message to the kitchen. We took our crying son out and went up to Costa. Horrible experience.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Jacqui Bennett, Owner at Cafe No.11, responded to this reviewResponded 4 June 2023

Hi Nicola, I would like to say Thank you for being a long repeating guest of ours and for writing a review. I very sorry to hear that your visit hasn’t been as enjoyable as your my previous visits to us. We don’t want to...More

Reviewed 28 May 2023

Service extremely slow. We both ordered cheese and ham omlettes - when finally received food, they were plain omlettes. Lady went away and came back and told us that is what we ordered??? We clearly ordered omlettes with toppings. How about just simply apologising and...changing the food instead of blaming us for your error. Waited another 10 mins for omlettes to come back with topping thrown on. They were both stone cold as clearly left on side before bringing back out. £27 for 2 omlettes and 2 hot drinks is expensive. Won't be getting our custom again.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Jacqui Bennett, Owner at Cafe No.11, responded to this reviewResponded 4 June 2023

Hi Gillian, Thank you for taking the time to write us a review. I’m really sorry to hear your experience with us was not up to our normal standard. Sadly on the day we had two chef off due to illness and the wait times...More

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Response from Stu151 | Reviewed this property |
But remember this is pay and display - how strictly they enforce this I don't know. The roads near the cafe are free after a certain time (I think 1200).
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Response from _dave_warren_10 | Property representative |
Hi, I’m afraid we are walk ins only. However our best advice is to give us a call on 01268 931787 just before you wanted to pop down to double check how busy it was at the time 😃
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You can weekdays but not weekends.
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Yes, Café No.11 offers takeaway services.

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Café No.11 is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travellers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 4.5
  • Atmosphere: 4