Glenariff Beach Cafe - Moyle

The beach is very clean and safe, perfect for kids. There is plenty of car parking available and a lovely cafe right beside it. A great bonus is the availability of public toilets.

This cafe offers a variety of hot and cold drinks, ice creams, salads, and sandwiches. It is conveniently located next to a charming children's play area, allowing parents to relax at picnic tables while their children play. After walking over from Cushendall Caravan Park, we stopped here for lunch and enjoyed a delicious chicken salad and a ham salad. The salads were made with fresh and tasty ingredients. The prices were reasonable as well. The cafe is somewhat secluded, nestled in the dunes, so keep an eye out for small blue and yellow signs directing you from the car parks.

I usually stop by for a latte when I'm passing by. The staff is friendly and there is a lovely little hidden beach nearby. It can be a bit difficult to find, so it would be helpful to have a bigger sign.

Coffees and teas in real china cups! Yummy cake. Tables inside and out. Just off the beach. Lovely wooden playground for kids. Very pleasant.

If anyone plans to travel the East Antrim Coast Road from the town of Larne all the way up to Ballycastle and the North Coast then I truely recommend stopping at Waterfoot and having a spot of lunch at the Glenariff Beach Cafe followed by a lovely stroll along the beach and the grassland meadows there. And if you can time it with any of the Heart of the Glens Landscape Partnership Schemes activities or Ulster Wildlife then all the better. I was there in June this year on a Wildflower Ramble and the amount of wildflowers on the site is astonishing. There are also some quite rare species like Wood Cranesbill and Harebell on the site for all the botanists (amateur or pro) and if you are not into your flowers then the walk along the sandy beach will be your oasis for the day. Lunch in the Cafe is your standard sort of grub you would get in most places but it is the scenery around the cafe and the lovely pictures and information boards of the Glens of Antrim inside the cafe that really set this place apart from the other cafes/restaurants. All in all it is worth a visit (especially from May-August for the wildflowers) while you make your way up or down the east Antrim coast.