Fylde
The Beach Terrace Cafe

The Beach Terrace Cafe

Fairhaven Road, Fylde, United Kingdom

Cafe • Fish • Coffee • Breakfast


"We took a nice day out to Lytham on the first May Bank Holiday and had a pleasant stroll along the front. We stopped here for a bite to eat and a drink before heading off back home. The weather forecast was sunny all day which it was and therefore the owners of this establishment should have had enough staff laid on to accommodate it's clientele. Unfortunately that was not the case with two young ladies rushed off their feet trying to serve everyone and a young lad at the ice cream parlour. The queue when we got there was around 20 people long and it took 20 minutes to get served, and after getting served the queue was still 20 people long behind me. The way in which they operate does not give the poor ladies a chance to cope. They take your order which they give to the kitchen but then start to make your drinks. Therefore no one is being served whilst they do this! There should of been an extra member of staff they gave the drinks order to who then did this whilst the ladies carried on serving...this would have been much more efficient. The prices here are very expensive for what it is, after all it's only a cafe and their prices matched that of a pub restaurant. The food was served quite quickly and was piping hot and very good quality. My grilled chicken burger with chips at £10.95 was an average price, but my partner's fish finger butty at £8.25 was expensive given it didn't come with anything else either. The drinks are even more expensive as paying £7.30 for two hot drinks is not good value at all. Overall it was a decent experience with the waiting time and prices not dampening our day. However, the service needs to improve, the prices need reducing on some dishes and drinks and the tables need to be cleared much quicker as the birds can been seen swooping down on the food left by customers who have left. One final point. There are signs not to feed the birds but can I also say that additional signs of owners not being allowed to let their dogs sit on the seating or tables where people have to eat. Unfortunately we witnessed this which is unacceptable mainly by the dog owners rather than the cafe owners. By the way, we are also a dog owner so it's nothing against them!"

Ahmet's

Ahmet's

3A Henry Street, Fylde, United Kingdom, FY8 5LE

Meat • Pizza • Salads • Turkish


"Been going here for ultimate food for about 25 years off and on but not anymore and am warning other customers to reconsider their loyalties. We ordered a takeaway for delivery and after being put on hold a couple of times were finally told of about a 30 to 45 minute wait. NO Problem. I was now able to plan my next half hour around the delivery. I called after a half hour over due only for the phone to ring out without being answered time and time again. We gave up on the heated plates in the oven and turned it off after an hour overdue. Not knowing whether the food was or was not coming because Ahmets wasn't answering our calls nor phoning us to keep us to date meant we that we were left hanging. Even if the food did arrive fully 1 hour and 15 minutes overdue, what guarantee was there it would be fresh, hot and not have travelled within the 3 mile radius for the last 75 minutes? We would not have enjoyed the food by this stage because of the way this outlet had treated us. We decided to rescue what we could of our night and went out in search of a meal. We judged all take away delivery plans by these standards and so, completely against what we had planned found ourselves going out to eat. Would you believe it BUT a minor miracle happened when the delivery guy phoned us 1 hour 32 mins late to say the food was here but he can't get an answer. We only kept you on repeat dial and managed 24 unanswered calls but turns out you can call your customer when it suits. Needless to say, delivery guy when told what had happened as in ordered told 45 mins gave up after 1.hour 20 and 24 calls later and sought food elsewhere, could not even manage a sorry.Thank you so much Ahmets for ruining our special evening. Just be honest instead of being greedy.. Better to have an ok kebab that comes on time than a fantastic one that doesn't and there are plenty of those about our small town LSA.Never again."