The Galley
📍 Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby YO22 4SN, UK
About The Galley
The Galley is a highly-rated cafe nestled in the picturesque village of Robin Hood's Bay, offering visitors a delightful stop amidst their explorations. With an impressive Google rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars from over 100 reviews, it's clearly a local favourite and a must-visit for tourists. Guests particularly enjoy its prime location, boasting fantastic sea views, making it an ideal spot to relax and take in the stunning coastal scenery from its 'Quarterdeck' area.
This charming cafe serves a wide variety of good quality food and snacks, perfect for a light meal or a well-deserved treat. Highlights often praised by visitors include the freshly made donuts and delicious chocolate muffins with a delightful gooey centre. Coffee aficionados will appreciate the amazing coffee, served in proper mugs. The efficient and friendly team ensures a pleasant experience, even during busy periods, handling the flow of visitors with a smile. It's often cited as the perfect place to refuel before tackling the famous steep hill out of the bay.
Visiting Information
The Galley welcomes guests daily from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM, seven days a week. For payment convenience, the cafe accepts credit cards, debit cards, and NFC payments. Please note that specific accessibility features were not provided for this establishment.
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📍 Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby YO22 4SN, UK
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Showing 5 of 108 reviews from Google Maps.Last updated 6 February 2026.
Wide variety of good quality food and snacks, including freshly made donuts. The coffee was amazing, served in proper mugs sat on the Quarterdeck with fantastic sea views. probibly the best spot to end up before making the final track up that steep hill.
Didn't get any photos, but lovely little cafe, with staff who are capable of dealing with the shear number of us tourists that arrive wanting a coffee quickly, and with a smile, not always an easy task! I can recommend the chocolate muffin, there was a gooey center I hadn't expected. And obviously a cracking view across the bay.
Lovely coffee! Not every day I could enjoy my fav drink in such beautiful surroundings😊
Freshly cooked jacket potato full of beans with a beautiful view, what more could you ask for! 😋 Will definitely be back soon!
Lovely friendly service at this takeaway shack with fabulous beach views. It is sited overlooking the beach and has benches alongside. Serves hot and cold drinks, milkshakes, homemade soup, jacket potatoes, toasted Paninis and sandwiches. All very reasonably priced. The food is made up fresh, not pre wrapped in plastic and you are given a buzzer for when your order is ready to collect. I had free range egg and freshly ground black pepper sandwich on brown. The bread was lovely, soft and fluffy and they were really generously filled. For £4 it was a bargain and very tasty to boot. Great place to sit and have your lunch right by the sea. Shall definitely revisit and would recommend. One of the best sandwiches I have had, eeee, grand!