CycleChatters' Cafe Recommendation Thread

[PaulSB]

The Village Shop in Hollins Green, Cheshire. This is a Community Village Shop which offers good coffee, cake, parties, pies and sandwiches. It's not a cafe but is a good value stop for hungry cyclists. To me knowledge there isn't anything else in the area so we were glad to stumble across it. It's not a place for groups, I think they might find more than four a bit overwhelming.

It's also a great example of how a small village shop should be stocked and run. They have it 100% nailed. That it is a community run shop makes it, for me, all the more interesting.

 

[Fletch456]

At Fountains Coffee Shop, Odiham, Hants they do a great Bread & Butter pudding. They didn't have any last week and I was miffed. The Vic Sponge and (gluten free) jam free frangipan sponge aren't half as good.

 

[Blue Hills]

At Fountains Coffee Shop, Odiham, Hants they do a great Bread & Butter pudding. They didn't have any last week and I was miffed. The Vic Sponge and (gluten free) jam free frangipan sponge aren't half as good.

not too surprised about the latter.
sponge-free is only a matter of time.

 

[DCBassman]

not too surprised about the latter.
sponge-free is only a matter of time.

I laughed, but you're probably right!

 

[carpiste]

Best cafe I came accross was at Lake Vyrnwy, N Wales. It`s a great place to ride (11 miles flat around) and the coffee is great but the cake is superb! They also have a lot of craft stuff to peruse and there is a RSPB shop opposite which is nice to visit.
Both are situated at the dam head. Lots of parking too if you`re putting your bike on the rack to get there.

 

[PaulSB]

Branch14, Ringley. Discovered today. Great place, friendly helpful staff, excellent service. Very good coffee and a good range of food plus an ice cream parlour.

What's not to like.

https://www.branch14.co.uk/

 

[neil_merseyside]

Walk Mill near Waverton is just back open, the toasted wholemeal is divine, the cakes even better.

 

[Chislenko]

Walk Mill near Waverton is just back open, the toasted wholemeal is divine, the cakes even better.

Only went there once Neil, found it a bit expensive.

 

[neil_merseyside]

Only went there once Neil, found it a bit expensive.

£5 for toast and jam and a large latte, not quite Yvonne's at Connah's Quay or Tarvin Sands for price obviously.

 

[johnblack]

On a bike ride round the Chilterns yesterday I popped in to a pub called the Spire and Spoke in Watlington, very nice bike friendly place, plenty of cakes on offer plus a good selection of beers and wood fired pizzas that were ready within 5 minutes of ordering.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

http://www.cafenetwork.info/

I use this a lot.

hasn't been updated for a while, so I tend to google the cafe to see if it still exists.


If you want cheap coffee you can't beat mcdonalds for quality v price.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

http://www.cafenetwork.info/

I use this a lot.

hasn't been updated for a while, so I tend to google the cafe to see if it still exists.


If you want cheap coffee you can't beat mcdonalds for quality v price.

Very true.

The coffee in McDonalds is the only thing I never regret ordering.

 

[Chislenko]

http://www.cafenetwork.info/

I use this a lot.

hasn't been updated for a while, so I tend to google the cafe to see if it still exists.


If you want cheap coffee you can't beat mcdonalds for quality v price.

Yes, I can never understand people at motorway services who pay £3.50 at Costa whilst Mac's at 99p is every bit as good.

 

[cougie uk]

Did we mention this one before ?

https://blog.wiggle.co.uk/best-cycling-coffee-stops-map-tried-tested

 

[DCBassman]

Did we mention this one before ?

https://blog.wiggle.co.uk/best-cycling-coffee-stops-map-tried-tested

Don't think so. Anyhow, probably worth reposting.