text: We took the bus out to Portobello from Edinburgh today It was a lovely sunny and almost warm afternoon and I was pleasantly surprised to find what looked like a very inviting cafe on the waterfront The cafe is wellpresented and a positive addition to the Portobello beach front I would have to agree though with the previous reviewer the service was rather poor When we entered the cafe we read the sign that informs customers to please wait to be seated We duly waited for at least minutes whilst all manner of staff milled about and pushed past us in the cramped entry way Finally we enquired as to whether or not we could take a table We were told to go ahead We sat looked at the menu and then proceeded to wait another minutes or so Just when we thought that we had figured out that perhaps we needed to order at the counter a waitress came over to our table and took our ordernnThe food was fine though I would like to correct Matthews review above the cakes and breads are NOT baked on the premises All of this is brought in from outside I know this for certain as when I asked what the exact ingredients of the cakes might be and whether or not there were peanuts being handled in the kitchen where the cakes were being prepared the waitress told me she could not say as all cakes were brought in from an outside bakery The cakes did look nice and it is a shame that the Beach House does not have more information on hand about the cakes they are selling even if they are not baking themnnI would go back here for a coffee I ordered an espresso macchiato that I thought was of a good quality The next time though I will be more proactive about being seated and having my order taken in a timely fashion