East Beach Cafe

you're on the promenade in littlehampton, which puts you right at the edge of things, the west sussex coast stretching out in both directions and the town at your back. east beach cafe sits here, facing the water, which means the setting does a lot of the work before you've even ordered. but the coffee holds its own. this is a specialty operation on a stretch of english seafront that doesn't exactly overflow with them, and the consistency matters more than the postcode. if you're passing through littlehampton or making a specific trip down to bn17, this is the kind of stop that justifies the detour. get there in the morning before the wind picks up off the channel and order whatever's pulling espresso that day.