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
Our Breakfasts
If we have a reputation for anything, its our breakfasts. Rated on Tripadvisor as number 1 in Dawlish.
Smooth locally roasted coffee
Voyager Coffee based in Buckfastleigh, Devon blends coffee from Brazil, Colombia & Peru for a superb coffee called “Road Trip”
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.
Events
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
Numbers up to date as of 28th of March 2024.
What our customers think
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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 ???????? 
Aaran G
24th October 2024
