Boswells Cafe in South Somerset

Had a Bad Experience with A Breakfast won't be Returning sadly.Eggs were Not cooked properly And Tasted Awfull.

We stopped in to break a long journey and got some breakfast. Service was quick, staff were pleasant and the food was very good. The only negative was that there is only one toilet and the door opens directly in the view of most of the customers sitting in the cafe.

Breakfast good as usual, I always enjoy if....

Considering how quiet the cafe was on our visit and the number of staff present (around 10-15) the service was appalling. I waited by the stations to place the panini order only to be ignored by all staff. I then followed another person straight to the checkout. It took a further ten minutes to even place an order. The wait for the coffees and then the panini was ridiculous. I even watched the panini come out of the oven and staff members then stand around chatting to each other instead of packing it and passing it to me. The coffee was mediocre but the panini was awful. Very very small, undercooked and far too much mayonnaise. In the end I was in the cafe for 30 minutes - 45 minutes to receive a black coffee, a mocha and a panini to takeaway! It cost around £14 for the privilege. I would not recommend visiting this cafe as this was my experience when they were empty, I dread to think how the service is when it is busy.

Great selection tasty choice of cakes.

This is where I sometimes grab a coffee and on the odd occasion maybe have food!

I always get absolutely brilliant service from the guys , always friendly and polite Alex always asks how I am , she so helpful makes my coffee to perfection , I always come away from there smiling and happy the service is great 👍

What a wonderful experience I had today! Fabulous food and fabulous service! I will definitely return :))

Great staff good food, no issues

Came in today with my parents and had a fantastic experience! The staff are wonderful and could not do more to help! I was blown away by the delicious food and the friendly atmosphere. Can’t wait to come back! :)))))

i had a fantastic experience when visiting the cafe today! i popped in for some lunch after doing some christmas shopping and am so glad i did! the staff are so kind, helpful and welcoming. i will definitely be visiting again!

It's really nice place, Ula and Cristina make this place amazing, little chat with them make my day 😀😀

Such a lovely cafe, the range of food is very good, the staff are all friendly and helpful. I was alone with my 2 year old and had my hands full and the girl at the coffee station very kindly helped me carry my drinks to the table. I would definitely recommend to all.

Yeovil's best breakfast/lunch place. It's very well priced for a family of 3 all having breakfast drinks and puds. Service from Emily, Sam and the whole team was friendly and prompt. Food is exactly what you want from a good fry up. But other options also look very good.

Lovely place for food, staff are very warming and welcoming. Definitely worth a visit

Love the chips recommend this restaurant!!

We had lunch there it was cold won't be going back

Great selection of cafe food, comfortable seating and friendly staff.

Had lunch out with my 8 year old granddaughter and she loved it. Good for coeliacs. Never had a problem here. Staff very helpful.

Good quality food at affordable prices central and quick service Very good lunch whilst working in town centre

Excellent service, plenty of attentive staff who will go out of their way to make you comfortable and with little children it is of great comfort. Excellent food choices all come out hot and fresh, highly recommend to anyone.

Clean inside, staff great and polite, food good and good menu would recommend

Wonderful cafe ❣️ I like coming here

My go-to coffee shop in Yeovil. Yes, there are many others to visit but I prefer here, it's not too busy generally, the staff are really nice and the coffee is very good and not silly expensive either. I've yet to try the food which is why I haven't rated it in this review but it smells wonderful, the odour of cooked bacon permeates the whole lower end of the Quedam!! So, a breakfast here is certainly on my 'to-do' list and probably sooner rather than later!! It's not a fancy, whistles & bells coffee shop, it's a café which happens to sell good coffee and I intend to keep coming back when a caffeine hit is required!!

Excellent range of food choices, typically English cuisine but some Mediterranean such as lasagne, chilli, French bread, Italian bread. Hot and cold food good drink choices. Suitable for families. Accessible entrance and toilet on ground floor. Outside seating area and upstairs seating. Food very fresh and delicious. Not overpriced for a decent meal. Serve all day breakfast and ice-cream too. Takeaway. Worth a visit. It was very busy but plenty of staff to get the orders prepared and served quickly.

I had a full English breakfast, it was fine, reasonably priced and convenient. There are better places in the area!

My wife and I visited Yeovil town centre yesterday for the first time and had a lovely lunch here. As we are coffee and toastie lovers, we have had them in so many different cafes around Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Boswells' toasties are one of the best (if not the best) we have ever tasted. Fresh, warm, crunchy, delicious, and all in all it's amazing. 100% recommended.

Friendly it's clean and the service is uery good the food is spot on

Great, very clean and classic cafe. Lovely staff.

Our first visit today for brunch. Although it was mid-morning and therefore quite busy, the staff were very helpful and polite. The food and drinks were really good and served quickly. The only downside was the noise level, not only from the background music (not really necessary), but from the patrons. Whilst this particular cafe is quite modern it has a high ceiling and all the background sound appears amplified in the 'cavernous' surroundings. That said, the staff were excellent.

Gluten free sandwiches are awful. The bread is nasty, the chicken had the old bottom of the freezer taste, very bland. Cakes, the usual boring tasteless packt stuff. There was gluten free brownies, which ten to get boring when that's what most coffee shops offer. Opted for the dime bar cake which you can find frozen at Tesco, nothing special. Good coffee, but over all disappointed and won't bother again. Recommend they chage there GF bread to PROMISE range or at least to something that doesn't taste like cardboard.

They actually serve lukewarm coffee, so you don't stay too long! Service isn't very good either.

A great place for food and a quick coffee or tea. The food is good and has a large range and it's in a good location.

Best bacon and egg roll I've had. Place was spotless and had a lovely friendly atmosphere.

I visited for the first time yesterday. The restaurant was very clean and staff service friendly and organised. The person behind the counter seem to notice I looked unsure and explained drinks and payment at the end in a friendly manner. I had jacket potato and prawns. I did find the potato skin and prawns chewy and not that enjoyable but the potato and salad were nice. There were lots of other options available that looked delicious I think I would visit again but avoid jacket or have a different topping. The music was too loud I had to have my headphones on max. you could not take a meeting in here, or listen to an audiobook but is a good atmosphere for lunch with friends.

Smashing but I thought it was a little pricey.

Ham and cheese for me that was ok, what l could see from other people's Foods looked good, Yes l would go back

alright for a coffee and a cake little pricey for what it is but still nice

My favourite treat here is the gluten free breakfast. Great affordable food , good service, clean and friendly.

One of yeovil's few remaining independent cafes, and an oasis of quality, choice and friendly service in a town lacking in community enterprises.

Lovely food and very helpful staff.

T'was Nice and Convenient. Loved the Salad and Cofee

Great range of food served up at reasonable prices. Had a great tasting late and a yummy apple and raspberry flapjack. Sat upstairs with views out and relaxed using their free open wifi.

Very busy but still got seen and breakfast arrived without hassle. Recommended

Great place, very nice and helpful staff.

I’m not normally the type to leave reviews on places but I was really not impressed with my experience today. The food was a completely disappointment. Had ham egg and chips..the chips were either pouring with grease or rock solid, the egg was like rubber and was just weirdly cooked and the ham was rubbery too. Obviously not expecting the most pristine presentation and top quality food but when your paying for it and something so simple is that appalling it’s a joke to be honest.

Had lovely roll n cuppa, friendly staff, quick service.

Good usually for quick lunch, slightly put off by the standard of some staff, messy and look grubby,sent lunch back due to bread being stale,sandwiche brought back changed but still not fresh

Very helpful staff and good food will go there

Excellent, highly recommend. Straightforward food that is consistently high quality.

This morning I ordered a bacon baguette. It took 20 minutes to arrive. The bacon was burnt to a cinder and cold. The baguette was dry and without butter. It was disgusting. Never again.

Very busy well used coffee shop. Good selection of food and drinks.

Disappointing. The prices aren't the process either!! Make sure you read the small print.

Great place for snack and coffee. Excellent all day breakfast!

Friendly staff, fast paced but great food and good price

they were super busy on my visit and they still managed to get everything done, they obviously work really well as a team.

Excellent lunchtime stop. Great choices, sensibly priced, busy, but well run, timely service. Thoroughly enjoyed our choices.

We popped in here on Saturday for a quick lunch in between shopping. We ordered 2 Breakfast baps which were lovely. Quite a wait but worth it. Lovely staff too. Very busy which is always a good sign. Will definitely return.

Coffee is overpriced cold and tastes bad. Never returning.

What to do on a rainy day in Yeovil? Pop out for tea and cake that's what. Simple question, do you do a cream tea? Well we have scones and jam. Do you have cream ? No. So no cream tea then. Qué the part where she loses interest and does something else then comes back . What would you like ? Scone, cake and two teams please. Loses interest again and leaves us hanging. Comes back , was that two teams? You get the picture.....

Our regular breakfast spot! Always amazing, which is why we keep coming back!

Very good tasty food at a reasonable price and very good service. No wonder its very popular.

It's a lovely place to catch up over a cup of tea, or if you're feeling peckish, the food is fab. Great location, and the staff are friendly too.

Nice place for family and friends to get some good food.The chef was very kind and the employees are so good and helping.

I was in the middle of a case in the County Court. Boswell’s is a bright and airy venue for a no frills lunch, in my case a steak and kidney pie and chips followed by a generous fruit salad. Both the indoor dining room and the outside terrace were heaving so they must have been doing something right. Quite a wait though for my order.

Had the all day breakfast which was excellent. Bit of a queue, but partly because it is clearly very popular.

I love Bozzies Yeovil so much! The amazing staff literally know mine and and my friend’s orders off by heart because we are in nearly every weekend!!! Thank you so much everyone!! <3

Grumpy person at till Doing repare work on ceiling inside around people sitting there.Wasnt a nice experience

Very nice food not bad with the prices

Despite the business of the summer holidays! The service was excellent! I had ordered a caramel frappe and it was one of the best ones i have ever had! Abbie was so lovely and polite! She made my drink so well and was efficient and polite! Would definitely recommend a visit!! will return shortly.

Yeah it’s alright to be fair. I give the toilets a 8/10 tho

Great place to visit for a meal, can recommend the all day breakfast. Very friendly and efficient staff and service.

Visited the cafe today was busy as usual , seemed a little understaffed. Ordered a Frappe had a girl called Abbie serve me at 13.28pm , she was making my drink then another girl took over she finished making my drink put it on the counter for me no Thank you etc I noticed it didn't have any cream so I said it should have cream as I paid for it , she sprayed it with such little care and again just put it down on the counter, I had no straw by this time , the other girl came back and just looked at me as if to say what do you want , I asked for a straw and that was dumped on the counter , very poor service no manners , I appreciate it was busy but please /thank you don't cost nothing

Very expensive, nothing special either, not good value for money and wouldn't return. Staff friendly however and appeared clean

Quality food comfortable seating friendly service magic coffee. That’s it, keep it simple. Always say please and thank you.

What an amazing establishment, very friendly staff, well laid out brite and airy. We had breakfast, a perfect start to our day.

A nice selection of food hot and cold sat outside as has plenty of seating for all

Very overpriced for what we had , drinks was ok but food no where near worth the money , chips really dry and over cooked , cake was stale and dry even my cake lover 4 year old didn’t have more then two bites , a shame as we had food before and was nice

I love that they will pretty much cook you whatever you want using the ingredients they have on the board, nothing is ever too much trouble. I don't really like self serve, I much prefer table service but I don't mind in Boswells, they are very quick and efficient, I am a regular customer

Very good service and tasty sausage sandwiches, back again for more tasty food 😊

Very busy wet day and lunchtime as well Staff all working flat out polite and worked as fast as possible . Coffee and cakes we ordered ,brought to the table ,which, by the way, were promptly cleared . Could not fault .

Amazing customer service, Friendly staff. Drinks amazing, Oreo milkshake would definitely be recommended! Took only like 5m for the food to come!

The food here is really nice, I just find the set up a bit confusing if you're not familiar with it. It was tricky figuring out how and where to order. But the staff were amazing and the falafel and hummus wrap is so so good!

Was blown away by the utter chaos going on as I was in the que, there was a lot of staff bit not a lot of productivity, I stood watching a fly munch on a tiffin, he was loving life. I requested a coffee to be told they couldnt do that and so i ordered 2 cups of black americano and i paid, coffee came and one of the cups looked like they had drank half. Well I had queued enough and was lossing the will to live so i took my half coffee and left.

a little slow but food was edible. bacon a little over done but other than that fine.

Always a good place to go for something to eat and drink.

Excellent place in this beautiful city (Yeovil)

Good staff , helpful and friendly

Several times we have had dirty cups or cutlery, this needs to be addressed, one of the problems also is cups are having coffee etc dropped on them as the trays of clean cups are put directly below the coffee machine, where they are vulnerable to spillages.They will insist on putting the milk jug inside the cup you are about to drink from. It was mentioned to a member of managment and ignored.

Great choice of food and lovely seating areas especially upstairs. Staff were a little hit and miss we found the lady behind the counter quite rude although we didn't think it was intentional. Great food and nice coffee

Popped in for quick bite to eat. Service quick, friendly polite staff. 🙂

Love it here, i take my mum here and she is always well looked after. My family and i also go to Boswells, it is friendly and the food is always fresh.

Great high chairs for little ones

Enjoyed a lunchtime meal for two at Cafe on Saturday 10th June. Had toasted sandwich offerings of coronation chicken and roasted vegetable in flatbread (with salad). One slice of carrot cake. Plus hot drinks. It's a popular place with seating upstairs, downstairs and outside. Good service all round and great food

A great place to meet friends for coffee, although the standard of food has gone downhill. I had a sausage and egg sandwich but the bread was stale.

Lovely breakfast, best we've had in a long time

Stopped here with my young son and the place was packed, and I can see why, lovely friendly and good food

Popped in with friends for a morning coffee and sat outside in the sunshine

Thete is no Sugar and napkin station upstairs

Very friendly staff and atmosphere. Nice price and tastiest food. Highly recommended