Sails Cafe

08/10/2026

❄️ WINTER OPENING HOURS ❄️

As we head into the quieter winter months, we’ve made the decision to slightly reduce our opening days. From 1st November, we’ll be changing our opening hours to:

🕙 Tuesday – Saturday | 10am – 4pm

Like many businesses in hospitality, we’re facing rising costs, and the winter months bring a significant drop in footfall. Adjusting our opening hours allows us to manage these challenges while continuing to provide the quality food, service and experience you know and love. ❤️

🌷 Back to normal from 1st March 2027!
From 1st March, we’ll return to being open Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 4pm.

A huge thank you to all our wonderful customers for your continued support — especially during the quieter months. Every visit, coffee, cake, breakfast or lunch really does make a difference to our small, family-run business. ☕🍰❤️

We look forward to seeing you throughout the winter! 🍂❄️

Sail Cafe

10/09/2026

🚨 WE’RE HIRING! 👩‍🍳 CHEF/COOK WANTED! 🚨

Are you passionate about great food, quality ingredients and taking pride in what you serve?

Then we’d love to hear from you! ❤️

Sails Cafe is looking for an enthusiastic Full-Time Chef/Cook to join our friendly and experienced team.

🍽️ Quality local produce
☀️ Daytime hours – no late nights!
📅 Tuesday–Sunday rota
🎄 Christmas & New Year OFF
🏦 Bank Holidays OFF
👨‍🍳 Friendly, supportive team
❤️ Family-run café established for 16+ years

We’re looking for someone who is:

⭐ Passionate about food
⭐ Experienced and confident in the kitchen
⭐ Organised and able to work at pace
⭐ A team player with a positive attitude
⭐ Serious about food hygiene and high standards
⭐ Someone who takes PRIDE in every plate they produce!

You’ll play an important part in the day-to-day running of our kitchen, working alongside our Manager and helping us continue to deliver the food our customers know and love.

If you’re looking for a daytime kitchen role with a great team and NO late-night finishes, this could be the job for you! 🙌

📩 Interested? Send us a message or pop into Sails Cafe for a chat.

We’d love to meet you! 👩‍🍳☕🍰

14/08/2026

🥵 IT’S JUST TOO HOT! ☀️

We will be closing at 2:30pm

We’re closing the cafe early today to give our amazing staff a break from the heat.

The café will re open tomorrow at 10am.

Thanks for understanding ❤️ Keep cool! 🧊

01/08/2026

We're sorry for any inconvenience, but we'll be closed for the next three Sundays due to staff holidays.

**Closed on:**
📅 Sunday, 2 August
📅 Sunday, 9 August
📅 Sunday, 16 August

We'll be open as usual on all other days and look forward to welcoming you back on Sundays from 23 August.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support. We appreciate it! 💙

27/07/2026

We will be back open Tuesday 28th at 10am!

23/07/2026

📢 Important Notice 📢

We are incredibly sorry, but unfortunately, due to staff illness, we have no choice but to close on:

📅 Friday 24th
📅 Saturday 25th
📅 Sunday 26th

We are truly sorry for the inconvenience and disappointment this may cause, especially to anyone who had planned to visit us. We have tried our best, but unfortunately, staff illness has left us with no option but to temporarily close.

We are hoping to reopen as normal on Tuesday 28th.

Thank you so much for your patience, understanding and continued support — we really do appreciate it. ❤️

27/06/2026

☀️We have now closed for the weekend - we are all shattered and hot hot hot 🥵🥵🥵thank you for a really great week everyone but most importantly thank you to our staff for their endurance, hard work and wanting to carry on in this heat. They are all amazing 🥵😍

We will be closed tomorrow so they can all enjoy Cottingham Day - we will reopen Tuesday morning at 10am.

08/06/2026

Due to the sails going back up on the windmill we will unfortunately be closed Tuesday 9th June - we will be reopen Wednesday 10th June at 10am - sorry for any inconvenience

02/04/2026

23/02/2026

A little polite reminder when booking your table with us -

Please make sure you book for the correct number of diners in your party. This includes children — even if they’re not eating, they still need a seat and space at the table.

We completely understand that little ones might just be sharing or not having a full meal, but for safety, comfort and table layout purposes, we need to allow space for everyone who will be joining you.

If you’re looking to book for a party of more than 7 people, we will require a meal preorder which will need to be with us at least 4 days before your booking .

We ask that you don’t arrive with additional guests that weren’t included in your booking, as during busy services we may not be able to accommodate extra people.

Thank you so much for your understanding and for helping us keep everything running smoothly 😊