Art Bank Cafe in Mendip

Wonderful place really imaginative decor. Really nice sandwiches and great service. Friendly relaxing atmosphere. We loved it 😊

I went there quite a bit ago, just forgot to post it 😅 The Art Bank is a great place to bring the community together! Its food has a taste i cant forget, and the way they have designed indoors is a 10/10. Would go again

Funky and fun bar with cool Art work. Great place to hang over.

Stopped by for coffee. This quirky arty place in the heart of Shepton Mallet. The Art Bank has an extraordinary amount of activities and events. Live music too,!

Quirky cozy unique place. Live music at times, exhibitions, bar serving alcohol snd aoft drinks- cakes tea, coffe, and some food nights.

Poor service and terrible beer, one to avoid. Could be a cool venue but let down by crap staff and terrible beer.

Great place the local ciders are great and loads going on well worth a visit

We popped in whilst visiting the local area and were welcomed by the staff. The coffee was fantastic as was the lemon cake. The artwork was fantastic we loved the way it was incorporated into the cafe.

Can't really remember much because I was a bit drunk, but I think I had a good time. A bit of 90s notalgia.. live DJ... Didn't have to wait too long at the bar. Relaxed atmosphere.

Relaxing place with comfy seating and friendly staff

A very special venue. Like nowhere else. The northern soul nights there are amazing.

This is the place for a great coffee and a relax. Lots of Art on display, workshops/activities available and live music. Staff are friendly and very helpful. A true hub for the community.

Great venue with a cool arty, alternative vibe. Makes a nice change to all the usual chain stores.

Friendly service and great pie! Beautiful art decorations.

What a gem of a community art cafe location. Inspiring and inclusive. I wish there was one of these in every town!!

Great community venue with very inclusive arts vibe!

I'd award fifteen stars on each measure if I could. Beautiful place, we loved the home produced look, Cuban music or similar, and everyone was relaxed. Even the young person serving late Sunday afternoon who wasn't familiar with a machiatto. From a little description she cheerfully produced a perfect coffee. I wish we lived nearby

Ah the place is quite special. Beautiful building. Big windows. Sense of spaciousness. Smiley people who make your coffee. They love my dog Daisy. Sipping coffee under a tree, in a cafe, in Shepton Mallet, was not quite my plan this summer but has proven to be my favorite ritual of the day. Beautiful, artistic, open, relaxing, character, colours, creation, music

Best brownies ever. Toasties are great too. Great atmosphere and such wonderfully friendly staff.

The spirit of Shepton Mallet’s bright future.

Absolutely fantastic must-see creative art place with wonderful food and lovely people. We enjoyed it VERY much, didn't know where to look first with all the creative artwork around us. Sure we will be back, best of luck to you

Fabulous...excellent coffee..lovely staff...a real treasure trove and feast for the eyes ...atmosphere was very relaxed ..Well worth a visit...We will certainly be back...

Good bar with good music but haphazard opening nights.

Wow how have we not been here’s before We had tickets for Patrick Callum Hughes - Thirst. We arrived an hour early to enjoy a meal but only vegan sausage casserole on offer so tucked into cake. 3 drinks on tap both opted for the pale ale very nice and a mixture of nuts. Love the decor which used to be my bank. Good night of laughter/ music/tears. Most seats taken so a good turnout for a Thursday evening We’ll be keeping an eye on future events

Incredible ickle gem of a place. Saw the inspirational, high vibrational Mobius Loop here, very intimate, beautiful venue, great service and staff. So much to look at and such a great community, lifted the roof off with the insainely talented band and amazing audience, we will be back! Much gratitude x

Nice and relaxed, a great place to meet with friends. Lots of great things to look at. Cake excellent

Attended a birthday event and it’s a great venue, lovely accommodating staff, who worked really hard and made a mean chilli margarita. The vegan and vegetarian buffet was outstanding. Thanks for a great night.

What a lovely quirky place. Loved everything about it. Easy to get to as right in market place

Love this place!! Really cool decor. Lovely chef and bar staff. Absolutely banging coffee. I also attend some of the workshops here too. Really great part of the community.

A very special place, great friendly staff, get creative, eat food, explore and appreciate the art, beautiful place! And owners of the biggest UK avocado plant I have ever seen 🥰

A great quirky cafe/bar/art gallery/performance venue. Sit amongst various art installations, enjoy a cup of tea, great cakes, soft and alcoholic drinks. This (you may have guessed) is an ex-bank building with much of the traditional high-ceilinged and high windowed character retained. But unlike banks, it is the venue for many alternative, off-the-wall art and cultural events and workshops. We'll worth a visit to see what's going on.

Always a pleasure. Quirky, but great cakes and atmosphere.

Quick lunch - delicious smoothies, tasty paninis and scrumptious cake. Highly recommend. Quirky decor with vegan food. Friendly staff too.

Such a wonderful cultural hub! So glad Shepton Mallet has this.

Absolutely love this place. Delicious coffee and cake at really reasonable prices. Great atmosphere and lovely staff. Perfect

Creative gem, absolute joy to discover this venue and its events.

Great community cafe and arts venue with a unique quirky interior and vibe

Stopped for a drink & a cake unfortunately they have 7 different teas but no green tea 😢 but my husband had a coffee which he said was lovely and I had cake lime and coconut, which was yummy. Such an interesting place, loads to look at. I'd definitely go back and make sure I have a tea bag with me !

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Stopped for a quick coffee in this quaintly decorated not for profit cafe. The staff were both professional and friendly. While the coffee lay pleasantly on the palate. The cakes looked delicious and I will be trying them on my next visit.

A quirky, artistic creative hub in the centre of Shepton Mallet.A cafe by day & bar/ eventspace at night.A well needed addition to the town....& the chilli margaritas are great!

Lovely place ,nice coffe and tea ,friendly atmosphere 👌

Beautiful, arty, crafty and dog friendly cafe

Lovely home made vegan soup. Very tasty!

Funky locally run cafe, food ok, music ok, decor interesting. Friendly staff. Casual cafe.

Good Spanish jazz trio and a great Mojito

Fantastic gem of a cafe located in the old bank in the heart of Shepton! I knew from my first peek around the door I had to enter for an explore! From the fabulous recycled artwork on the walls to the mobile phone screens leading to the art exhibition, the whole place is a delightful and colourful feast for the eyes and really (if you are like me!) gets your creative juices flowing! The tunes playing were a delightful mix of upbeat melodies without being too in your face! Friendly smiley staff and a wonderful selection of reasonably priced drinks (throughly recommend their oatmilk Orange hot chocolate!) Will definitely be returning!

Gorgeous venue. Highly recommended

Great place great music and atmosphere

Love it! We went for an evening of music. Lovely crowd, very friendly team, great vibes and a beautiful large space full of quirky, arty character. We will definitely be back again soon. Thank you 🎶🎵🙂💚

Great querky coffee shop. Cakes were lovely and friendly staff.

Great place - some real effort put into the decor

Amazing place, lovely food, best coffee, great atmosphere. This place has the best interior ever with all the brilliant art to look at. Only been once so far but want to visit lots as will soon be living closer by.

A friendly and stylish place, a visual treat! Excellent cocktails and local ciders. It's a good place for a woman to go on her own.

A total one off. Very helpful, friendly staff. Nice cakes and coffee.

Okay to call in and have a drink different thing to look at made from recycled materials

Very relaxed & comfortable atmosphere, staff were friendly. However they got our order wrong when we asked for a coffee & tea, only to be served with 2 coffees, they had no pastries or cakes available. They explained they had only been open that day since the weekend, so you would have thought they would use that time to make some knowing they were open on the Wednesday.

Lovely food and art and staff and atmosphere.. most enjoyable hub ...

Quirky/nice, clientele much older than expected....probably very different in the evening, good coffee and pleasant service, suits this lovely little town - I will return and try a meal

A little hidden gem in Shepton Mallet. The bar man made me a lovely cherry mojito and had an lovely little stater with homemade bread and hoummus. Very friendly staff too.

Very quirky and excellent service.

Lovely place, had a nice lunch here. The staff were friendly and the place has a nice atmosphere.

Absolutely love it in The Art Bank Cafe, extremely friendly and very welcoming staff, great food (the chocolate brownie is to die for) would definitely 100% recommend it to anyone

Good isolating systems. Lovely clever art around room and in wc!

Visiting Shepton Mallet prison and wanted a drink before our visit. Found this on the high street in an old bank. The name of the place is a giveaway.COVID friendly, young lady that server us was really nice and friendly. Coffee was really good and the chocolate orange brownie although a little small tasted great. Would visit again if we were in the area again

We popped in for a coffee on a wet morning (well Monsoon !) this cafe / bar is so quirky and a delight. I would love to go back in the evening and experience as I understand they have some fun entertainment in the evening .

Love it here, alternative and random, great ambience and interior design, great place for coffee or a themed night out serves alcohol as well

We just love this place! People are so nice and love the fact that an establishment building has been turned into an Arts hub!

Very good service and food was tasty. If in the area we would certainly call in again.The owner was very attentive and efficient.

Amazing place, lovely atmosphere and inspiring art

Fantastic place to have a drink and meet new people. Day or night! Highly recommend

Great performance tonight. Horses, horses. See it if you can whilst it's on tour.

Great cocktails, arty and friendly atmosphere, fantastic Friday night venue with a rich and varied list of events.

Lovely little bolt hole perfect for readers and those who want a quiet cosy chat and drink. Xx

Not really our cup of tea but drinks very well priced and lots to choose from.

Cracking destination, the sloe gin cocktail is to die for !!!

Great venue, awesome atmosphere!!

What a little gem we came across fascinating,, lovely coffee serves food, something different everytime you move your head, toilets spotless, will be going back

Love this place and all it stands for...shame it’s in Shepton not Glastonbury where I live! Dimi runs a totally imaginative and wonderful art venue and he should know being one of the Artists whose work graces the space...see flamingo in accompanying photo!

We popped in here for a quick drink one evening and were pleasantly surprised! We didnt know what to expect but as we were out exploring thought we should pop in.Loads of old memorabilia and lots of 70's music playing - just up our street. Very pleasant staff and comfortable seating.

Arty place in Shepton! Selling drinks! Whatever next?

Great place, lovely vibe, delicious cocktails 😊

The best place to drink in Shepton Mallot. Super friendly staff with an amazing atmosphere. Well worth a visit.

My partner and I stumbled across Art Bank Cafe whilst visiting Shepton Mallet and were so glad that we did! There wasn't a great deal going on in the town itself but this place really redeemed it for us, so much so that we returned the next evening. The cocktails were fab and most importantly it has a great vibe. The owner Dmitri was really good fun and made us feel very welcome, he has a great passion for art and has some really interesting pieces on display. I highly recommend a visit if you're in town!

Great atmosphere friendly staff, didn't eat there, drinks were reasonable price, great live music, will definitely be going there again.

Brilliant meld of interesting art, delicious cafe food & drink and wonderful hospitality from everyone who works there. The food is vegan, which could put off carnivores but it really shouldn’t as all the food, sweet and savoury, is delicious. I’m not vegan but I love it all.. and the coffee is the best coffee I have had anywhere.

Another top notch experience ....... Demi is definitely more than half the package. Hope you all love it as much as me. Thank you xxxxx

We chanced upon the Art Bank as we were heading home - luckily we had enough time to pop in and so glad we did. What a fantastic idea and original use of the building. Keep up the good work

Visited this place for lunch today with my sister, wow what an amazing little cafe, great atmosphere and food, and very friendly people, would definitely visit again

Funky take on Alice in Wonderland with great coffee and cake. Grest fun.

Great alternative place for coffee

Fantastic place , beautiful and interesting art , very inspiring and community based

Sweet place, nice guy who owns it, very ruin bar esque like in Budapest, lots to look at. Good food, veggie options too, and tasty orginal cocktails in the evening. Impressed

Excellent the cocktails are lovely

Friendly, exciting, amazing artworks, good music, very good wines and whole juice Pilton cider, excellent cakes too, relaxing atmosphere...

Such a fabulous place. Quirky art inspired by Alice in Wonderland. A cosy and retro atmosphere. We forgot our wallet, and the guy gave us a cup of tea for free! Cake looked marvellous! Also serving alcohol/food on certain evenings (but not every day).

Well worth a visit, beautiful building, so much to look , great coffee and they do vegan cake too! Lovely people always friendly and chatty

A gem in the middle of Shepton Mallet. Super friendly, welcoming, wonderful place.

Have visited a couple of times for coffee and cake. The staff are delightful - and the cake excellent. This has to be the funkiest place around to sit and enjoy a coffee surrounded by some highly imaginative works of "rubbish art"The premises alo hosts some interesting meetings and events but we haven't sampled these yet.Well worth a visit.

The ABC is housed in the old HSBC Bank in the centre of Shepton Mallet. The Building was re purposed as a Community venue, including the Rubbish Art Project that has charity funding to provide activities for all ages using recycled items.The Art Bank Cafe also hosts many evenings, such as Poetry Slams, Acoustic Open Mic evenings, and other charity fundraisers that are ALL well attended.However, it's great to just drop in for a cuppa and a cake. It is also about to get a licence to serve alcohol, so you will also be able to get a beer or glass of wine.