Bearded Baristas in Rochdale

I'm guilty of not putting this review up nearly soon enough as this has been the location of choice for me, family, friends and basically anyone who we bump in to in the local area looking for a recommendation for a place to get first class coffee and food to match. The team are great and nothing is too much trouble. There is a really friendly and familiar atmosphere and this just gets better and better the more you visit. You'll quickly become familiar with regular faces and after tasting the food and drink you will understand what keeps them coming back. Seasonal specials come up throughout the year and I'd encourage anyone visiting to give them a try, then come back and try the others until you've done them all :) Coolers in the summer are a great refresher and the various hot chocolates in the winter help keep the chill at bay. Drop in and you won't regret it :)

Excepcional coffee and really friendly staff. Love to pay a visit every time I’m around, the best in the area!

The only place to go in Heywood

Such a gem, absolutely love the fact they cater for dietary needs too ❤️

Nice location on the A58 away from the centre, lovely service and excellent food.

Lovely place. Nipped in for a flat white after a run. The barista was very friendly and the coffee was excellent.

Double Bacon and Sausage on Toast with Brown Sauce and an Exotic Fruit smoothie was 10/10 from BB, always love visiting here as a treat and the food is brilliant, well thought out menu, nice setting and lovely staff, prices are unbelievable and we got two meals and two drinks for a £10 👍🏻

Brilliant service staff are r÷really nice

What a wonderful little coffee shop, right in the heart of heywood, the coffee was great and service was excellent 5 stars

Heywood is lucky to have this place! Coffee is always spot on, food is fresh and amazing value with plenty of choices and options. Thanks Richard!

Gorgeous food! Will definitely return. Great little cafe for breakfast and lunch and so reasonably priced too. One of the best club sandwiches I’ve ever had.

Excellent food and drinks. Great independent place. Friendly staff. Excellent coffee.

Love BB. coffee is lovely and food spot on for the price. So glad Heywood have a good coffee shop like this. Let’s keep using local shops and keep them open ❤️

Absolutely delicious full breakfast and mocha latte. Reasonably priced and friendly service too. Not been before but will visit again

The best bacon butty around!! And the coffee isn't bad either!! Thanks Rochard, Sarah and Bonnie x Sam

My mate works here, so I took it upon myself to try it out last year. I definitely need to go back soon, it would be great if I lived closer to Heywood but unfortunately I don’t otherwise I’d be here more often, plus I don’t drive. The food is fabulous, coffee and hot chocolate is beautiful and the service is amazing. Richard, the owner, is so down to earth and genuine with everyone, which makes you want to go back again and again. The vibe is chilled and intimate. Price-wise, very decent and reasonable. I would recommend anyone to visit here and try it out. It’s worth it, for sure.

Great coffee. Great Food at affordable prices. Richard and his staff are very accommodating.

A really friendly place with great conversation, excellent coffee, tea, cold drinks and food, with a good range of gluten free. If you’ve never been here, it’s definitely worth a visit.

What can I say the staff are brilliant and the food is amazing x

Fantastic breakfast, cooked whichever way you like it. Very friendly staff. Definitely going back.

I had a bacon and sausage sandwich on a bloomer I can honestly say it's the best hot sandwich I have ever had. Bacon plentiful and cooked just right the sausage was full of spices . All this for 3 pounds sixty

Love this place, lovely people, very polite and friendly and do better mocha's than most major coffee bands (I.e dunken and costa), definitely would recommend, also the mocha I ordered, had a nice foamy milky top, but under had a nice rich chocolate taste (milk chocolate) and the coffee was perfectly balanced with coffee for this lovely chocolately coffee taste definitely coming back for another one

Definitely the joint best coffee in Heywood, Treehouse Cafe is the other one! Lovely staff and great service as always.

Dropped in this morning for a coffee as I was too early for my meeting. What a lovely little find. Great coffee. Friendly chatty owner. Great value prices. I'll make sure I'm too early for future meetings so I can visit again.

Warm, welcoming cafe with a great atmosphere and friendly staff. Interesting and varied menu Delicious and generously filled baked potato. Good knowledge of gluten free food. I will be back

Amazing cafe and staff. Very reasonable prices.

Meeting up with daughter & granddaughters for a monthlyish get together. Youngest granddaughter was searching for a cafe for cake and coffee near my home, on Google. She liked the name so we went. It's a small but oh so friendly place. The food was excellent and the coffee was wonderful. (I don't drink tea and I am rather picky when it comes to coffee. It has to be good!!!!) I shall certainly return, even treating myself on my own as I know I won't feel out of place and welcome. Thank you for a lovely family get together.

Delicious coffee and a relaxed, friendly atmosphere 😊

Best latte around :-) friendly staff and food is amazing

Best coffee around. Lovely food too. Richard's baking is really outstanding.

Friendly staff . Lovely hot chocolate . Good price x

Heywood is lucky to have this coffee shop as the people that work here are very friendly and welcoming, and the coffee is of a high quality. On this occasion I also had lunch here. I would recommend their paninis. If you have room for a cake or dessert too I recommend you have one as you won't be disappointed. They always make your little ones feel welcome too. The only reason I didn't give it 5 star on this occasion was a couple of the toasties on our table were burnt. This did not bother who I was with but if it were mine I would have mentioned it. This is hardly anything though compared to the overall experience we had. Looking forward to visiting again.

Great place, great food and coffee

They did an afternoon tea for my daughters birthday and it was lovely. Staff were helpful and friendly and helped make her day that bit more special.

Great menu, lovely staff, a pleasure to visit. They do a supreme hot chocolate with all the trimmings

Lovely little independent business! Enjoyed a coffee and milkshake - good price and great atmosphere!

Friendly people. They make a great cup of coffee and the goats cheese and red onion panini was perfect. The place seemed very clean and proper Covid measures were in place.

Best Flat White in the area. Looking forward to trying other s in the menu. Delicious coffee and friendly staff.

We have been going to the Bearded Barista for several years and wouldn’t go anywhere else. They serve a good selection of food and their coffee is the best around.

A cosy, friendly atmosphere. Coffee and food are delicious. You just have to go and see for yourself.

Fab place! I live & work sooo close and have never been before for some reason but visited this week and was very impressed. Good selection, great staff, great space [much bigger than it appears from outside...with an upstairs area too]. Was busy when we visited lunchtime on 9.1.2020 and I can see why. Couldn't fault it. Will be back for sure. Have visitors from overseas quite often so this will now be my new lunch place to take them to.

Great coffee shop. Excellent coffee, good food. Very helpful friendly service.

, friendly staff, great food n drink 😁

Lovely soup , refreshing for Heywood visited a few times Everytime never fails . Thanks

Excellent service and great food

Great place lovely food at low prices and great friendly service.

Been coming here for years and we really enjoy it. We went today. After a busy shift at work, with my partner kids and my mum and dad. We ordered coffees and our food at 12.20pm 12.55 our coffees turn up. 35 mins for 4 coffees is horrendous service. Food is lovely and it’s a really good cup of coffee, but there’s also other places in Heywood, FFK , kegs, Albany , etc. Time to up your customer service BB !!

Great food great service very reasonable prices.

I love this place! It is so relaxed, nice, and worth its small prices! Recommended.

I’ve been a few times and loved food from both the breakfast and lunch menu. Great bacon butty, feta panini and strawberry milkshake. A definite recommend!

We had a hot chocolate fully loaded gorgeous. staff friendly and welcoming

The staff are wonderful here and can't do enough for you. Food is lovely. Try the goats cheese and caramelised onion crepe, it is scrumdelicious.

Great crepes and food,, should have delivery👍🤟

Always a welcoming from the owner and staff, food and drink reasonable price and yummy Often go and will continue to

Went in to meet up with family, sat for a few minutes till they arrived, was on corner table near counter, could see lots of dust under the till and on counter! some tables didn't look like they had been cleaned properly!.The young lady who took the order had very long,loose hair, although the place was quiet, we had to wait ages for our order. when we got it, had to remove a long hair off the table,, The service was poor,and staff seemed unfriendly, Wont be going there again!!!

Great coffee, great food, good portion sizes, friendly staff, lovely dining area

Been here a few times at lunch after being introduced by a colleague. Staff are really friendly and food/coffee is excellent.

Love this place, so friendly and homely. Good value for money. My daughter rates the the fully lisddd milkshakes they do look amazing. Cakes always yummy

Super place, great coffee, lovely tasty food, highly recommended

Great coffee and customer service!

Good coffee, nice food just a shame about the limited space inside. Not very suitable for wheelchair users or people with pushchairs

Fantastic hospitality, great quality food/drinks and very very good value for money

Very friendly and lovely service. It’s affordable and cozy. I consider myself a regular and he always remembers my orders (which is a nice touch). Soya lattes are available and a lot of syrup options too!

Always friendly and awesome coffee and food

We love it! Coffee the best at very reasonable prices, friendly helpful staff, local clientele and a great atmosphere. Recommended!!

Excellent place to eat .. Excellent service and very polite ... I recommend

We visit Bearded Baristas fairly regularly as the staff are always polite and the food always tastes good. And we like to support local businesses.However the service still needs some work. Every time we visit one person always gets their food 5 or 10 minutes before the other person. The same for drinks. Sometimes the drinks don’t come out until you are half way through your meal. It’s a nice place so I really hope to see this improve.

Family outing the day before my wedding. It's cheap, no denying. The food is predominantly very simple. Jacket potatoes, paninis, pizza breads, brownies and cookies and not much else. Despite the simple food, it is still very cheap amd is very nice. However, the cost of the food comes at a price. The service is pretty poor. 3 different waiters coming and going, taking part of the order of our table of 6 and then in the middle of taking our order went AWOL for 20mins, going to serve other tables. Very close to walking out. Also it was only after we had eaten them we were informed the desserts were vegan. Wish we were told so we could at least make a choice as opposed to just been given it. Wouldn't dream of giving something non-vegan to someone who was vegan so it shouldn't be any different the other way round.

Great food and amazing coffee, wonderful service, a must go place, also great with kids. Silky smooth flat whit and huge and very tasty cajun chicken club sandwich, I will definitely be going again.

A friendly coffee shop in the heart of town. Quality food and drink served by staff who are always welcoming.

I am a regular visitor to Bearded Baristas. Richard and his team and pretty fantastic. The atmosphere is always relaxed. The staff always have the time to chat with you and make you feel welcome. The food is always lovely and fresh. The drinks are a great price. The quality is fantastic. I would recommend here for all age groups, families, friends, couples or just pop in on your own. You will have a lovely experience and be welcomed.

I took my mum for lunch which she really enjoyed. The food and coffee was lovely presented well and reasonably priced. We would definitely go again.

What a lively afternoon lunch with friends thanks to the friendly relaxing atmosphere of this place. Fantastic friendly service- which was excellent. Food was very well presented and very tasty as well as fresh. Highly recommend

Recommended, lovely coffee, cake to dream of, very clean, unique and funky only issue was waited a long time for service

Great food, great atmosphere. Perfect for a nice lunch out with really reasonable prices. Upstairs and downstairs seating available. The staff are fab. Really friendly, very familiar atmosphere.

I only found this place a few weeks ago. The guys are super nice and will go the extra mile, they even brought my order to the car as my daughter was in the car. The bacon sandwiches are so nice and the coffee is lovely. Definetely my new fave for breakfast

Thought I would pop down for a nice bit of hot chocolate, I was welcomed to a very nice and friendly face, I believe his name was Richard. Lovely bloke, has some great banter and I must say the environment in his place is filled with love. Could not complain about the hospitality I received from the staff, I would recommend this over costa and starbucks due to the service I received.

I went there and the coffee was fab! I had a piece of lovely chocolate cake with my coffee and it rounded off the "afternoon tea" perfectly.

Fab staff, great food and drink and comfy sofas!

First visit today and we were very impressed. Lovely cosy place with great food and staff! 😊

Fantastic service and hospitality. Food is amazing. Highly recommended

Great coffee shop, good choice of snacks and light lunches.

Me and my little boy went today for the first time for lunch! The service was great, our food was delicious and it was so reasonably priced! I had Nutella and strawberry pancakes for pudding, they were to die for! My little boy is already asking when he can have another fully loaded milkshake!

Fantastic food reasonably priced.

Excellent coffee and the usual good staff service. Well worth visiting.

Simply the best coffee shop in Rochdale, Heywood and Middleton

Amazing coffee, great food and service

Best place in heywood for coffee

Fabulous food, great service. Reasonably priced, varied menu, good for snacks or a filling lunch. Child friendly.

Funny and welcoming staff , good food however our orders do occasionally get mixed up , always busy

Lovely , cosy relaxing coffee shop in in the centre of Heywood . Serving a small but highly recommended menu of snacks,and light bites .

Friendly warm atmosphere. Coffee is brilliant and food even better.

Great coffee and good food. Excellent place to share a drink and a bite to eat.

Fantastic coffee, milkshakes and food. Run by local people.

Good place for a cake and a coffee or a snack.

The Bearded Baristas serves the best coffee for miles. Sometimes the service is slow but it's worth waiting for.

Lovely comfy surroundings, and chic decor, delicious coffees n cakes. Friendly staff and manager. Easy access.

Relaxing place to go for lunch and a drink. Great coffee and gorgeous smoothies. The food is good and I would recommend the Tuna Crunch. The cakes and scones are really nice too.

Went here with my other half when visiting my brother the morning after his 40th Birthday party. Just what we needed to cure our hangovers. Lovely coffee, delicious bacon and perfectly cooked scrambled eggs. Great staff with great banter. If we lived locally we'd be there all the time! Good job guys!!

We have been going here for a while now and I have to say they serve the best coffee in Heywood. It's not as plush as your coffee shop chains but it's nice and homely/cosy and pleasant staff.