The Boat & Bean

13/09/2026

Please note that Boat & Bean Riverside Café will be closed today for essential maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to welcoming you back soon.

11/09/2026

🍕 Our new pizzas are being stone-baked right now! 🇮🇹

Choose from Margherita, Pepperoni, Prosciutto e Rucola, Diavola or Vegetariana—plus freshly baked garlic pizza breads.

Made with Italian-sourced ingredients and available to eat in or take away.

Come down to Boat & Bean and enjoy a freshly baked taste of Italy by the river! 🍕🌿

11/09/2026

🍕 STONE-BAKED PIZZAS ARE BACK FOR AUTUMN! 🇮🇹

Join us at Boat & Bean this weekend from 6pm for freshly stone-baked pizzas, made using quality Italian-sourced ingredients.

Choose from:
🍅 Margherita
🍕 Chunky Italian Pepperoni
🌿 Prosciutto & Rocket
🌶️ Diavola
🫒 Vegetariana

Plus our delicious garlic pizza breads!

Available to eat in or take away. Come along, relax by the river and enjoy a taste of Italy at Boat & Bean! 🇮🇹🍕

31/08/2026

Team BBQ 🙌🎉

31/08/2026

A huge thank you to the lovely Sarah Jayne for her amazing entertainment yesterday 🥰

30/08/2026

And we’re off! What an opening for our carnival day 🥰

Thank you Old School Samba

29/08/2026

**COME AND ENJOY BOAT & BEAN THIS WEEKEND – AND HELP US HEAD INTO AUTUMN!**

We’ve got a busy weekend ahead at Boat & Bean, and TODAY is the day to come and enjoy our full Brunch Menu!

TODAY – Brunch 10am–3pm
From Bacon and Cumberland sausage baps to Boatman’s Benedict, smashed avocado, poached eggs, pancakes and more – come down, grab a table and enjoy brunch by the river.

TOMORROW – get your brunch in early!
We’ll be serving brunch until midday, for a limited time before we switch over to the BBQ for our Rum & Reggae event.

Our Bar Menu will also be available today and until mid-day tomorrow too, including our Boat & Bean Ploughman’s – choose two of Ham, Salami, Cheddar, Brie or Stilton, served with all the lovely Ploughman’s extras.

Then it’s BBQ, rum cocktails, music and a proper end-of-summer celebration! 🌴🥥🎶

❤️ AND WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AS SUMMER COMES TO AN END…

We absolutely love seeing Boat & Bean buzzing in the sunshine, but as the days get shorter and the weather begins to turn, supporting small independent businesses like ours through the quieter months really does make a difference.

We want to be here to welcome you back next summer – so please don’t forget about us when the sunshine disappears!🍷

Our evening menu is the same Bar Menu you know and love, available from 6pm– so come down for a glass of wine, something to eat and a cosy evening by the river.

And we’d genuinely love your ideas…

🔥 How can we make Boat & Bean somewhere you’d want to spend a winter evening?

🕯️ Candles and cosy lighting?
🍷 Wine evenings?
🎶 Acoustic nights?
🧀 Cheese and sharing boards?
☕ Winter coffees and hot chocolates?
🔥 Blankets, heaters and a really cosy riverside feel?

**Come in, sit with us, have a chat and tell us what would bring you back through autumn and winter.**

Boat & Bean has become about so much more than coffee and food – it’s the people who come through our doors who make it what it is. 💙

So come and make the most of one of our last big summer weekends with us.

Eat. Drink. Relax. By the River.

27/08/2026

**AND AS THE SUN STARTS TO SET… WE’RE SWITCHING THE VIBE!** 🎶🌅

Our End of Summer Party isn’t stopping when the afternoon fun finishes!

From 6pm, we’ll be settling into those gorgeous riverside sunset vibes as the brilliant Kelly Bourne joins us for a live acoustic set.

After an afternoon of samba, reggae, limbo, hula hooping, rum cocktails and plenty of fun, grab yourself a drink, find a spot by the river and get ready for an evening of great tunes, singalongs and, of course, a bit of dancing!** 💃🕺

Kelly will be singing us right through sunset as we give what has been a FABULOUS summer break one final proper send-off! ☀️

🎤 **Kelly Bourne – Live Acoustic**
🕕 **From 6pm**
🌅 **Sunday 30th August**
📍 **Boat & Bean Riverside Café Bar**

Come for the afternoon… stay for the sunset

[Take a look at Kelly Bourne Music] https://www.facebook.com/kellybournemusic

25/08/2026

🥁🌴 WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE! 🌴🥁

Our Rum & Reggae End of Summer Holiday Party is almost here, and we couldn't think of a better way to kick things off than with the brilliant Old School Samba Band!

They'll be getting the party started THIS SUNDAY from 2PM, bringing the beats, energy and carnival atmosphere to the riverside from the very beginning.

Make sure you get here early — you really don't want to miss them!

Want a little taste of what's coming? 👇
Watch them in action here - Old School Samba Band in action

Then we'll keep the party going all afternoon and into sunset with Rum & Reggae with the Sarah Jayne Project and a more traditional evening with Kelly Bourne, plus Rum & Reggae cocktails, hula hooping, limbo, face painting and plenty of family fun. 🌴🍹🥥

📅 Sunday 30th August
🥁 Old School Samba Band: 2–3pm
📍 Boat & Bean Riverside Café Bar, Wateringbury

Come early, grab a drink, find your spot by the river and get ready to SAMBA! 🥁🌴☀️

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25/08/2026

🌴🥥 JUST 5 DAYS TO GO! 🥥🌴

The countdown is officially ON to our BIG End of Summer Holiday Rum & Reggae Party at Boat & Bean! ☀️🎶🍹

And if you've ever been to one of our events with the fabulous Sarah Jayne Project, you'll know she doesn't just come along to sing… 😂

Here's Sarah in action at our last event! 👀👇

This time she's taking charge of some serious Caribbean-style competition...

🌺 Hula Hooping
🌴 Limbo – how low can YOU go?!
😂 Plenty of laughs, music and general Sarah Jayne mayhem!

And that's just part of what's happening on Sunday 30th August...

🥁 2–3pm – Old School Samba kicking off our afternoon with carnival rhythms
🎤 3.30–6pm – Sarah Jayne Project with live music, competitions, face painting & family fun
🌅 From 6pm – Kelly Bourne singing us through to sunset by the river

🍹 Rum cocktails served in real coconuts
🌴 Caribbean vibes
🎶 Live music
☀️ Riverside summer fun & BBQ

So dig out those Caribbean shirts, tropical dresses, flower garlands and outrageous summer outfits and come and help us give the summer holidays the send-off they deserve!

📅 Sunday 30th August
⏰ From 2pm
📍 Boat & Bean Riverside Café Bar, Wateringbury

5 DAYS TO GO… WHO'S READY?! 🌴🥥🍹🎶☀️