Mariners Cafe

Mariners Cafe sits on South John Street above New Quay's harbour, serving as both a seaside café and a fish and chip takeaway. The kitchen fries cod and chips alongside home-cooked breakfasts, salads and daily specials, with home-made cakes and ice cream served through the afternoon. Local diners have rated it best fish and chips in Ceredigion, and reviewers returning over many years point to the consistency of the frying and the views over Cardigan Bay from the window seats. The café operates as a single independent site rather than part of any takeaway group, run day to day by its own staff rather than a regional operator. It opens long hours through the summer season to cover breakfast, lunch and evening trade for both holidaymakers and residents of the fishing village, then trims its hours back once the visitor season quietens in autumn and winter.