Hive Beach Cafe
Hive Beach Café
A beachside seafood café below the golden cliffs of Burton Bradstock, known for its seafood platter and whole brown crab.
Hive Beach Cafe sits on the sand at Burton Bradstock, backed by the sandstone cliffs of the Jurassic Coast. It is one of Dorset's best-known beach cafés. The same team also runs the Watch House Café in West Bay. The signature is a seafood platter of lobster, king prawns, crab meat and smoked salmon, which can be swapped for a hot garlic version. A whole brown crab with triple-cooked chips is well regarded, and there is also fish and chips and a crab sandwich. Recent reviews are mixed: some find the prices high and the peak-season waits long. Drive to the beach car park, or walk along the coast path.
Opening hours
Mostly daytime, with some evening service in summer; check the website
Nearby sights
- West Bay
- Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
- Golden Cap
- Abbotsbury Swannery
- Charmouth Fossil Beach
- Lyme Regis & The Cobb
- Chesil Beach
- Maiden Castle