Waterside Cafe

This ought to be a winner, what with the location and all, and at first sight things are fairly promising because the boat itself is well turned out. How first impressions can deceive ! The surly 'no eye contact if I can help it ' and 'I 'd die rather than smile ' single server seemed to resent out actually being there and amply communicated a total lack of interest with a weird sense of glee at telling us what is not available. Eventually, and at a very high price, we got a ploughman 's platter made with the sort of baguette one buys as a multi pack in the supermarket and are meant to bake at home. These were not cooked. The salad (small tin of tuna on some letticue) was eleven pounds. The positive reviews for this place are suspiciously 'cookie cutter ' and without specific details whilst the negative ones seem to have been written by people who have actually endured this experience.

We took a short ride on the tube from Paddington to get to Little Venice just to eat at the Waterside Cafe. It’s just a five minutes walk from the station to the canal. The cafe is adorable. The day was sunny, calm, and warmish so the boat was completely still. There is outside seating but we went for the experience of eating inside a longboat. If you like paninis these are good. They’re not fancy but the bread is perfect which is what makes or breaks a panini in my opinion. It was VERY warm inside, and it was springtime when I was there. I don’t know if they use a cooler in the summer, if not it might be sweltering in high heat weather. We loved seeing all the photos of the boat’s history, and watching the birds and canal activity through the windows. The only reason I kept this review at 4 is that the lady running the place wasn’t super friendly or informative. But we are glad we went!

Popped in for coffee cake in lieu of breakfast. Lovely service, carrot cake good quality coffee. Just opposite from my narrow boat trip to Camden. Unique venue well priced.

Came here for BF before the canal ride (which I highly recommend) .Quaint refurbished canal boat. My son had the ham cheese wrap which was quite tasty a good size. I had the scramble eggs on toast with smoked salmon. Salmon was quite good a nice portion. We both had a cappuccino. You can sit outside…unfortunately the inside seats a too low the boat sides too high to see the canal.

Had a very pleasant light lunch here yesterday, on a warm afternoon. My friend and I both had omlettes and were very impressed with how fluffy they were. Staff were friendly and working hard to keep the outside tables clean and free of pigeons. I would definitely go here again when in the area. As I am vegetarian and type 2 diabetic it's not that easy to find suitable fare when out about but the omlette salad was perfect. Very enjoyable experience.