Stray Cafe

We drove 8 minutes from Saltburn to try Stray Cafe. First thoughts are it wouldn't look out of place on one of those long stretches of roads US/Australia has. We had breakfast here and I was gutted because I didn't feel well and had no taste but when I saw a breakfast burger with sausage and bacon i had to try it. It looked great but unfortunately I couldn't taste it, oddly I forced it down though haha. Definitely looking forward to going back when I'm better to try it again. Pros of Stray Cafe, great food, friendly, patient staff and a pretty cool location as after our breakfast we walked straight down to the beach, probably a 3 minute walk at most. Oh and finally a decent slab of butter, not a tiny sachet. Cons, hard to pick one but the only niggle i have like most have said in other reviews is the rubbish, I wouldn't blame the staff for this though, there are bins close by so just help out, we put anything that would blow away in the bins and a staff member did apologise too which she didn't have to, but thanks. Looking forward to visiting again.

Just fantastic. We came up from lincoln for the weekend and was advised to go here by the locals. We went 3 times ( twice in one day) . Food was homemade and quickly served. Service was impeccable and on the Sunday they were rushed off their feet with the local run. Yet still managed to keep everything running smoothly with a smile. Will definitely return. Lovely back story too for the family that own the business. It was a pleasure to meet them and they should be very proud of this place. We had 2 hangover breakfasts that we shared with the dogs, a quiche and a burger. Really want to try the club sandwich and eggy bread with maple syrup next time.

Great little cafe on the seafront, serving a wide range of food including breakfast, sandwiches and meals, as well as cakes too, reasonably priced also. It has great views of the seafront too, worth the short drive or walk out of redcar town for the free parking also!

Excellent little cafe to cater for all, dog friendly to.

Plastered across the windows are “VEGAN” and “Vegan Breakfast” so we went for a long early morning dog walk for breakfast. There’s nothing vegan here. Not seeing a vegan breakfast on the menu board but seeing it on the window I asked for 2 vegan breakfasts. They said they don’t do a vegan breakfast. I said you do and pointed to it in the window. They believe the vegetarian breakfast can be made vegan by removing the eggs! Removing times isn’t vegan. Adding vegan options is. To add insult to injury, any additional option replacing the eggs would cost more! Confirmed by handwritten signs saying so. But there wasn’t anything vegan to add anyway. But it’s still not vegan because everything is cooked on a griddle and in a deep fat frier which is used for meat and dairy products. Ordered toast and a tea cake. Even the toast or tea cake isn’t vegan because they only have real butter and no vegan spread. So unless see you want beans on dry toast there’s nothing for a vegan to eat. Tea with oat milk? Asked for a pot of tea for 2. They only do a pot of tea for 1 so I ordered 2 pots of teas with oat milk. Everyone else was getting a pot, a cup and tiny milk jug So I thought we’d get the same - Nope! Ours arrived and to our disbelief we had a pot of tea which was only just above half filled, a pot of water only just over half filled and a tiny pot of oat milk to share. Did I mention it costs more for oat milk! I had to take it back to explain I bought 2 pots of tea and wanted them filled. They obliged with more water and a 2nd tea bag. We would have asked for another tiny jug of oat milk but the tea was terrible and we couldn’t finish it. Wish I’d know that before asking for another bag and water! Not sure what tea they use but it wasn’t good and by the look of other people, they weren’t keen either. Would I return? Never. Not even for a cuppa. Would I recommend? No. They are falsely advertising vegan food without the products or ability to cook it without meat or dairy contamination.