We have great neighbours!

On one side we have the Mace for fresh sandwiches at lunchtime, a handy local cashpoint, and a regular supply of tasty soups. They’ve also been there for emergency raids for everything from scones, to butter, to batteries for the smoke alarms, to spare loo roll!

I don’t know how we ever coped without them, and it’s great to be working more and more closely with them as time goes on.

And then on the other side, our stripy-shirted chums on the SS Nomadic are just great – as well as calling in to see us during their lunch breaks, they’ve recently created a fantastic offer for Dock Cafe customers visiting the ship.

Any Dock patrons visiting the Nomadic get 25% off their ticket price (so that’s £6 rather than £8 per adult ticket) – which makes a phenomenally good bargain into, frankly, an offer you just can’t refuse.  If you haven’t already been on board to walk in the footsteps of John Jacob Astor, sit on the same bench as Molly Brown and look out from the same decks as Benjamin Guggenheim as they made their way from Cherbourg harbour to the Titanic… now is the time!

And if you want a banger or a burger into the bargain… on Monday the Nomadic are holding a Family Fun Day & BBQ – more details here

The really great thing about our lovely neighbours is how much we all support each other.  Every Dock customer looking for a sandwich is sent next door to the Mace; every Mace customer buying a sandwich is invited to sit and eat it on the comfy sofas of The Dock!  And we’re also becoming the unofficial-official coffee shop of the Nomadic experience – judging by these reviews of the Nomadic on TripAdvisor: