the coffee bean

We visited The Coffee Bean on a cold March evening this year, and received a very warm welcome. We chose from the menue and received our drinks while awaiting our food. An amuse bouche arrived, a soup made from sweet potato and butternut squash absolutely delicious. Next half a loaf of warm brown bread on a breadboard with lashings of butter, yummy. Our meal arrived with vegetables in separate dishes again delicious and very filling. What a lovely experience and we shall certainly visit again when in Scarborough.

Execellent service with a smile

I haven’t been here for years and know nothing of the new team behind it. On the door as you go in is a notice saying «Evening News Café Tasters not welcome here». Now this is a reference to a local newspaper whereby customers leave feedback on various eateries. To put a poster like this up tells me you have something to hide or have had a bad review and didn’t like it.
What struck me immediately is how clean and tastefully decorated the place was and there was no smell of grease or anything like that. There were only two other people in there and my friend and I ordered the big breakfast each at £6.50. This review is based upon that breakfast. I cannot comment on what is an extensive menu.
The orange juice that came with the breakfast was served in the smallest glass I have ever seen in a café, probably only 15ml worth. Then the server brought us our tea with cups and saucers stacked and just plonked them down and said «sort yourselves out.» Then the toast came, which, although nice, was cold by the time the breakfast came. The eggs were cooked just how I like them but I am sorry to say that was all I can say positive about it. The bacon was woefully underdone and very fatty. The sausage was a cheap, 10 for 50p type, which had been deep fried. Could not eat it. The beans and tomato also underdone. The hash brown cheap and nasty. The mushrooms had also been deep fried and consequently retained all their moisture so just turned to mush. The black pudding was also underdone and soaked in fat. The less said about the fried bread the better. So poor service, poor food but nice décor and eggs.

I used to take my kids to this café to see the train running around the walls. Sadly there is no train but the café has certainly moved on. It changed hands more than once so didn’t know what to expect. I was surprised at how posh it seemed. We went in the afternoon but it was immediately clear it is more than just a coffee shop. They open in the evenings with a far from ordinary menu. I think the way we were served is probably the same as the evening service even for toasted teacake and a pot of tea. My friend enjoyed scone and cream. My toasted tea cake was the best I have ever had _​nicely soft on the outside and toasted just right in the middle. There were people in having a coffee and chatting an enjoying the décor. A nice place to meetup.