John's of Dawlish

We go the extra mile!

Family run, friendly cafe.

Situated in the heart of beautiful Dawlish, overlooking the iconic lawn where the black swans in Dawlish live on the stream and have been a major tourist attraction for decades, being used as the town’s emblem.

John’s offers outside covers for 29 with a further 30 inside covers. We are a family run café, that prides ourselves on offering and sourcing high quality local ingredients and exceptionally welcoming friendly customer service to all of our customers.

In the Summer we open from 08.00, 7 days a week with our menu consisting of delicious, freshly cooked breakfasts, lunches, afternoons teas, freshly baked homemade cakes on the premises and much more at very reasonable prices. We are also fully licenced.

Here at John’s we look forward to welcoming everyone, young, old and inbetween, and our furry friends are also welcome inside. We are fully disabled accessible with a disabled toilet and baby changing facilities.

We are fully committed to supporting local farmers, producers and suppliers here in the South West and enjoy supporting all of the local events and activities.

What we do

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Our Breakfasts

If we have a reputation for anything, its our breakfasts. Rated on Tripadvisor as number 1 in Dawlish. 

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Smooth locally roasted coffee

Voyager Coffee based in Buckfastleigh, Devon blends coffee from Brazil, Colombia & Peru for a superb coffee called “Road Trip”

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Locally sourced ingredients

We actively use locally sourced ingredients where possible leading us to win Gold for the two years running from Taste of the West.

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Events

We host regular events including quizzes and games as well as themed nights. Keep up to date with What’s On and John’s.
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Friendly customer service

We will go that extra mile with a smile on our faces. We pride ourselves in being friendly and very customer focused.

Our business in numbers

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hot drinks made
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breakfasts made
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Sandwiches made

Numbers up to date as of 28th of March 2024.

What our customers think

  • star rating  Great food and service - Amazing home cooked food, Worthing wait for, Brilliant service from John. Reasonably priced too, Visited twice during our stay in Dawlish. Will come back again next year ????????

    avatar thumb Aaran G
    24th October 2024
  • star rating  Good for a quick brew - We went in for a quick drink and found it to be quite a nice place to stop at for a bit, the staff were welcoming and it wasn’t too... read more

    avatar thumb Phill B
    22nd October 2024
  • star rating  Great food served with a cracking sense of humour ! - Six of us for breakfast today . Served by John himself and nothing was too much trouble. Breakfast menu altered to suit each of us ( pick n mix /... read more

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    13th October 2024
  • star rating  Lovely Breakfast - Visited a couple of times while on holiday set us up on the last day for our long drive home. They were extremely busy but you don`t mind waiting for... read more

    avatar thumb Alex S
    22nd September 2024
  • star rating  Beautiful food - Been to Dawlish many years, this year on arriving went to John's when I looked up where to eat breakfast in Dawlish what a find the breakfast was value for... read more

    avatar thumb Denise T
    21st September 2024
  • star rating  Wonderful Home cooked English Cuisine in Dawlish  - Excellent cooked breakfast served with lashings of hot coffee and hot chocolate. Every cooked breakfast item was perfect. Wholesome food, generous portions. Very friendly helpful staff. Definitely worth visiting. Iseal... read more

    avatar thumb Samragi
    21st July 2024
  • star rating  Highly recommended. - Delicious food, great atmosphere, courteous and friendly staff.
    I loved the local produce board to see where the ingredients are sourced. Manager apologised that food might be a while, it... read more

    avatar thumb Ruth A
    15th July 2024
  • star rating  Good coffee - We only had 2 coffees. The service was friendly and efficient. The coffees were good and there was seating outside to watch the world go by.

    avatar thumb J B
    9th July 2024
  • star rating  Friendly service and delicious food - We really enjoyed our visit to John's. It was busy inside, but we managed to get a table straight away. We visited for lunch and had a cheese and ham... read more

    avatar thumb LiamH1912
    28th June 2024
  • star rating  Amazing food and Staff - Amazing place for food. Our 8 year old grandson and us agreed the best sausage we had eaten. Service & friendliness first class. Would highly recommend. So good went 2... read more

    avatar thumb Kmisskitty
    20th June 2024