Buttercross Tearooms Bungay in Waveney

This cafe is without doubt the BEST cafe I have ever been to and trust me I have been to a lot over the years. Service is fast and cheerful and everything is lovely and clean. Staff super friendly and they create a welcoming atmosphere . The food is consistently utterly FANTASTIC. Very highly recomemded. Well done the garden cafe team

Fantastic cafe ! Have been here a few times before and every visit is spot on. Kind staff and the food is always fresh with good quality ingredients. The price is also very fair with a large menu. To top it off they have plenty of indoor seating as well as a lovely garden area complete with koi pond. would very much recommend to anyone visiting the area.

Lovely breakfast, particularly good sausages! Service was quick and friendly. Nice garden area. Would definitely recommend.

Came here for lunch after a morning roofing down the road , Delicious breakfast baguette, lovely garden and friendly staff, would recommend

Was looking for a full English breakfast, and ws glad that they served all day, breakfast was perfect, no tomatoes which is exactly how I like it! Good value for money too. Nice quiet cafe in the centre of Bungay, will be returning soon!

Food was average, Brunch was luke warm, toilet (one toilet for all to share) had paper, soap and paper towel but was in desperate need of a clean, if we had used/seen toilet before we had eaten we would not have stayed.

Our annual trip to Bungay never disappoints and is always finished off with a visit to this wonderful cafe for breakfast. Superbly cooked and in a very quaint setting with very helpful staff.

Brilliant breakfast Great friendly welcome and fairly speedy delivery Would return next time I am in the area - good choice of breakfast goodies

What a fantastic find. We had the roast beef which is home cooked and the veg are fresh and cooked to perfection. I would highly recommend this. We went through and sat in the garden where we sat round the pond. Do not pass this by.

Only stopped for a quick lunch sausage bap and a coffee. Parking is a bit difficult but nice little cafe and dog friendly. Thumbs from me

Came to the cafe yesterday with my family for breakfast and we weren’t disappointed. From the moment we walked in we noticed how lovely and clean the cafe is, a real traditional homely feel. Always a good sign when almost all the tables were full of customers. We were greeted by very friendly and helpful staff who listened to our needs. We had 2 large breakfasts and 2 children’s meals, the sausages were possibly the best we’ve tasted and the children’s meals were very generous in size. This will definitely be a regular place for us eat from now on.

Popped in here whilst passing to have breakfast. The welcome from the girl behind the counter couldn't have been any worse. Not even a smile and just about got a grunt out of her. The place was filthy and could cut the tension with a knife so we vacated pretty sharply and WILL NOT be returning. Used to visit regularly many years ago and it used to be amazing but now I'm not sure how they survive by serving up that customer service.

I hadn't been in the cafe for quite some time, but always enjoyed the food in there in the past so strolled in today thinking it'd all be as good as ever. It's not, if wasn't! The service was by a young chap who I reckon would rather not be there. There was a young lady cooking in the kitchen who was coughing and hacking away. At the same time there was a little girl running in and out of the kitchen. The floor in the kitchen looked like used rubber garage mats (all of this is so unsanitary I can't believe food hygiene inspectors pass this). As for the food - inedible. I ordered a fry up, it was so greasy and tasted so vile that I couldn't even look at it after 5 minutes. Rubber yellow greasy eggs, bacon that seemed to have been sweated in grease, toast that had butter painted on with a roller etc. This place has really gone downhill and I'll definitely not be returning.

What a fantastic find while visiting Bungay. Absolutely delicious food at really reasonable prices. The staff, including the little girl helping behind the till were lovely. If we didn't live 250 miles away we'd eat here regularly!

Food was luke warm , run by 12 year olds and the tables were filthy, I use to love this place but its just got worse and worse

No toilet paper/ no soap & no hand drying towels! Food was mediocre at best! Coffee was disgusting and cheap beans! Service was terrible and I’ve not even started on the worst bits yet! This cafe is filthy I looked through the window of the kitchen and it’s manky floors, worktops, sink and staff all filthy! I didn’t see any cockroaches but it wouldn’t surprise me! I will be reporting this to Suffolk county council

My wife and I visited this cafe on 3.11.21. The staff were like the beans, Luke warm. The vegetarian breakfast was tasteless and the coffee was awful. Look around the corner to find better alternatives

Great find. Went in for mid morning snack, great bacon and egg sandwich and 3 fruit scones with 2 cappuccinos and. Tea. Home made scones were great. The Cappuccino I gad is in the top 5 I have had around the world. Highly recommend this place.

Stopped here for brunch. Good selection of food for fussy family with teens. We sat in garden, which was lovely, although inside looked very good too. Staff very polite. Excellent value for money.

Lovely little cafe. Really friendly staff and lovely food with lots of options. Very child friendly and service is very quick. Has recently had a redecor which makes the place look modern yet very homely. Really brings the community together. This is my favourite place to eat, would really recommend for a lovely breakfast, lunch or even Sunday roast. Lives up to the local name of Bungay cafe as it is The best in town.

Popped in today with elderly relative for lunch. Had beautifully cooked braised steak with 3 veg plus potato followed by ice cream. Great value. Excellent, sensitive service with great insight into needs of older people. Thanks to the team. It may take a village to bring up a child but a town with an attitude like Bungay makes it possible for those with dementia to remain part of the community. Priceless.

What a gorgeous place sevice is brilliant nothing is too much trouble with home baking Staff take time to talk to you and make you feel very welcome Menu is varied with scones, sandwiches, but can be a little more expensive than other cafes but you get what you pay for Would definitely go again

We popped in here for breakfast and ordered a couple of fry ups which were served very quickly and tasted great. Good prices too.

Visited this cafe this morning. Repair work going on so not at its best. Had a menu with cakes and sandwich’s but as building work going on inside and out we just opted for a cuppa and sat in their beautiful back garden with a koi pond. Very peaceful. Once work completed inside and out will be a nice little gem. They are making the side more accessible for disabled. Here’s a couple of photos of the garden.

I came here a few days ago with a few of my friends and their children for lunch, it was a warm day so we decided to sit out in the garden. We ordered our lunch and arrived ok, I ordered the jacket potato with cheese and beans with coleslaw which I left as I’m on the slimming world plan. It wasn’t busy when we were there but the staff did seem rushed off their feet but the girl serving was very pleasant. I don’t know why but it seemed to have lost the atmosphere and spark it used to have with the customers somehow. I do like it there as it’s very relaxing sitting in the garden, just wish there was a bit more on the menu and a bit better quality food.

Brought my youngest daughter here for breakfast over the Christmas holidays and the fry up was delicious. My daughter loved the small child's fry up that they did, very good to see that option on the menu as not many places do that. Food is very reasonably priced but the cafe looks a bit run down and in need of an update

I was looking forward to a good cooked breakfast this morning while in the area but when it came out the food wasn't hot and looked like it had been thrown on the plate! there was food bits left on table and floor was sticky... place looks generally run down with miserable staff. not recommended and wont be coming again.

O.M.Goodness, what ever has helped here. I have been coming here for years and have never been dissappointed untill today. Called in for a breakfast, ordered, looked for a clean table and chair, surprised at the dirty floor and tables, considering this was 2nd January and I was possibly the first person in since 31st December, the mess was possibly 2 days old. Anyway the coffee was good but when the breakfast arrived the beans were cold, the mushrooms were cold, the egg was cold, the bacon was cold, the plate was cold, but the sausage was hot. Probably because I asked for the sausage to be well done. I ate the sausage only and left the rest. I was offered another breakfast but decided to go elsewhere for a decent breakfast. I have all ways followed the advice of a restaurant critic which is, if things go wrong in the first 5 minutes, then everything else will go wrong, I have found this to be sound advice. It's the most expensive sausage and brown sauce I've ever had, but at least I will know where not to go for a breakfast ever again.

The food was bland,and the cafe was filthy,could have done with a good clean,the floors were disgusting.Didnt eat the food.

I’ve been coming to this cafe quite regular recently with my husband and son. We enjoy coming here throughout the week for our lunch and sometimes breakfast. The food it’s outstanding, it’s always how we want it! Hot, well done and we’re not waiting long at all! We came last Sunday for the lovely roast, we were expecting the service and food to be as good as the last we came in what was a weekday, but I’m sad to say today(Sunday)the 2 girls at the counter really have change our perspectives. We understand we came in at a quite busy time but we I really did not expect that kind of attitude toward us customers, whilst 1 of the girls took my order she seemed like she didn’t want to be there, angry kind off attitude which I didn’t seem to understand. I didn’t take it personal until when she asked which table I sat at, I pointed at my table and she sniggered and made some sort of face as it felt like were weren’t good enough for her to be in here. After waiting 5 minutes for me and my husbands coffee, I couldn’t believe what they had served me, my latte had more foam than the actual coffee and my Americano had to much in the cup, I politely ask if she wouldn’t mind tipping a little bit out so I wouldn’t spill it, she took the cup out of my hand ficiously and tipped more than half out. I was honestly shocked on how these girls were serving people, normally there are these other 2 girls,1 with black hair with shaved at the back, she super friendly and such a lovely person she really does try with everyone who walks through the door and then the other girl with the hair up in a pony tail or bun, as the young girl said depends on her mood! She is a real star, she makes the customers feel at home and she’s always laughing which really does change our moods and all the others, staff like these 2 girl really do give the cafe a boost. Maybe those girls need proper training and some real manners. This isn’t a bad reviews on the cafe! I will keep coming here, but sadly not on Sunday’s anymore, I do hope my problem get sorted as i would feel horrible if this was happening to other people and their family’s. Thank you. Susan Y.

Good honest food with no frills. Don’t go here expecting silver service, it does what it says on the tin and is in Bungay town center. Good for a cuppa and a catch up or a spot of lunch.

We had a long wait for our meal,though when it arrived it was good,but the place unfortunately needs a general good clean up.lovely pond outside,but generally untidy outside,it is not pleasant for the visitors to see implements left lying around + tissues/ cigarette butts.get those few things right & I'm sure people would be back.

Not all bad by any means. The young ladies working there were friendly and the garden was a lovely place to sit.

It was taken over about 3 years ago and has never been (food wise) the same and the serve is zilch. They have an outside garden with pond which is very pretty though.

We came here for tea this evening which was my hubby, my son and myself and placed our orders and got our food within minutes so we didn’t have to wait long which was good as I was hungry.

Called in just before closing nice young lady made us 2 excellent fresh sandwiches. Tea and coffee very good also .Sat in the garden nice .

Ordered 2x Cod and chips, 1x Fish fingers and chips, 1x Veggie burger and chips. The person behind the counter asked if the Fish fingers and chips was from the kids menu. Given the youngest in our group is 16 it should have been obvious but we confirmed that all meals were from the adults menu. Food arrived - 3x Fish fingers and chips, 1x Veggie burger and chips. One of the Fish fingers and chips had 5 fish fingers, the other two meals had 3. We pointed out the error. First front of house person could not apparently understand why we were unhappy. Second person who had just come in told us sequentially:

Lovely tea house, staff are really professional and patient. Their traditional breakfast is excellent.I liked it. The millieu is really good, the tables were not messy.

Lovely, pretty little cafe which we visited on a filthy wet Suffolk Sunday. It was warm and charming with very pleasant young staff serving a good Sunday Roast etc.at very fair prices. If you visit Bungay then drop into this place it's really nice.

Cooked breakfast and mug of tea good but service indifferent and table dirty and uncleared, even when our breakfasts delivered... will not return

Although our breakfasts looked nice and we appreciated the tasty food unfortunately the only things hot were the sausages and hash browns. A shame as they were good value. Hopefully if we visit again we will be luckier as I noticed someone had a lunch and that was steaming hot. Also my husband said the floor in the gents toilet was greasy and quite slippery.

Called here on our way home after a holiday. Food was ok, very slow service although it wasn't busy when we arrived. Shock when we went to the toilets as they were grubby. The door into the cafe from the bathroom was very dirty and greasy and I had to call in to wash my hands somewhere else

Qué gran Café clásico. Los que recuerdo ir a un niño, real menú inglés con una atmósfera relajada a juego. Los fritos aquí es legitimo, el uso de ingredientes locales frescos producidos realmente hace la diferencia. Gran jardín escondido para relajarse cuando el clima es bueno, con peces de oro gigante en el estanque - perfecto para los niños. Volveremos para mi guiso solucionar!

Inexpensive, helpful staff and great food. Pleasantly surprised comparing the food to other cafes I have visited. Good quality.

Probé este nuevo propietario, como después marido le gustó el llevar baguettes. Así que decidimos probar este alrededor de las 9 de la mañana para un desayuno inglés, sí, el precio era bueno, sin embargo no se acercan a la limpieza, la comida, el servicio. Placas en las mesas desde el día antes, las mesas estaban sucios, cubiertos y condimentos, limpieza necesaria antes de usar. El servicio estaba bien, nada especial, la comida era horrible. Sabía como acababan arrojaban todo en un profundo y poner en grasa fryer a una placa en aceite, judías probado antiguo y recalentado varias veces lo único bueno era la morcilla. Este lugar necesita un serio cambio en la cocina, la limpieza y el servicio. No volvería aunque nos recomendaron, fue una experiencia horrible.

If you want a good English breakfast this is the place to go, and good value too. They also do a variety of smaller cooked breakfasts if you cannot manage a full English.

Pasaremos un largo camino para buena huevos escalfados y nunca te decepcionará en Bungay! Mucho más en el menú si estás buscando más de huevos escalfados, un desayuno inglés completo son populares y cenas asado en un poco más de 5 Libras son increíbles.

popped in for lunch,as always good service,good food and a lot of it! good choice on offer,good prices.

As a family we go here a lot...children friendly and lots on the menu to choose from..if I ask my children where they want to go out tea they always say bungay cafe.!! All the staff are lovely and I can't say a bad word about them..we love it. And of cause we have to see the fish before we go.

Went for breakfast great value for money and all cooked to order and tasted great just what a cafe should be well done

If I were on a desert island and had to choose a luxury, it would be egg and chips, with maybe a few mushrooms on the side, and if I could choose the exact specifications it would be egg and chips prepared exactly as the Buttercross does. My favourite meal cooked to perfection! Been coming here for years, love it.

Dropped in for breakfast with my wife & daughter on our way to the air museum at Flixton.Sizable place, young guy at the counter took our order & did the coffees. Had to wait a while before food arrived but as it appeared to be freshly cooked this is not a problem.Quality was excellent, decent sausages, bacon & even black pudding, which was cooked to perfection!Will be going back when we get the chance.

I have been here twice this month already with my friends Nicky and Chris, I am so pleased they introduced me to this place. The small meals are a decent size portion and I don't think I could ever get through a large, small meals are £4.75 which is a brilliant price and all the food is homemade. Nothing is frozen and is tastes lovely, all the staff our chatty and friendly too. The garden is beautiful with a gorgeous pond with koi carp in, it is so relaxing. I would highly recommend this place and as I said in my title it is a real credit to Bungay, I wish I had discovered this place sooner. They also do a loyalty card too so after so many trips you can get free drinks and things. I cannot wait to go back and take my hubby and son xxx

We called in for breakfast this morning for the first time after reading a good review by The Fry-Up Inspector. Nice all-day breakfast with extra sausages because there were no mushrooms. My wife had the vegan breakfast. Good service, good atmosphere and good, honest grub. No frills, no nonsense, no problems. Thank you.

Excellent food wide menu very good for families. Dogs are welcome too.The staff are friendly and helpful.

Great fry up and great dinners too!!!Fantastic staff and service.Lovely garden to eat in with pond.

I was in Bungay for a short visit and happened upon the butter cross tea room. Was in need of coffee and a snack. Had a delicious bacon roll and latte. The locals tell me that the buttercross serves fantastic dinners and I observed a number of these in progress during my visit. First impressions, very nice indeed and acreturn visit for something a little more substantial to eat is on my to do list!

Love the food, have great customer service and always serving with a smile. Chatty staff members who welcome you in, they always check up on you and ask how the meal is.

Me and my partner went here today after visiting the area stopped here for bite to eat so glad we did and wish we lived closer the food was lovely I love how you can do your own milk etc for hot drink instead of someone making it like dish water staff were very friendly. Hopefully our return will be soon.

Been here lots of time and always been good however after our last visit I won't be rushing back.Had a bacon roll with hash brown . The bread was quite greasy and the bacon was really salty not the usual quality we have come to expect .

Honest old style cafe, large portions of great value comfort food on offer. Tables a bit sticky but otherwise exactly as it should be.

Popped into Bungay, lunchtime popped in for brunch, had the mega breakfast not too bad, but did not get the sausages that we were suppose to get with it, so not really a mega breakfast at all so over priced.clean and tidy.

Another Cafe which cooks up good locally sourced food at a sensible price. Always full of people eating or collecting food ranging from sarnies, cups of tea, breakfasts, and midday meals.

Called in out of the blue Saturday lunch time, 5th September. Chose the braised steak, a large portion with heaps of veg and mash, left me too full to try the spotted dick! So a return visit is a must, really was just like mum used to make. Can't fault it, an excellent meal...

I have used the Buttercross Tearooms on lots of occasions. The food is home made and very good. It is worth waiting for.

This is a typical English cafe with home cooked meals and fab pies. So much food for very reasonable prices and very good quality as well. Really enjoyed my steak pie and can recommend this place for no frills, natural cafe experience

The place is a bit of what I would call a greasy spoon cafe, the décor is not up to much, but the food is really good.Seems to have a lot of regulars here and so that tells you how good the food is.

A nice little greasy-spoon cafe in the middle of Bungay. Truly a hidden gem.Some eateries in the town are a bit pricey but the Buttercross Tearooms offers excellent value for money.Plenty of seating indoors and there's also seating in the garden by the Koi Carp pond.I only had the mushrooms on toast followed by pudding but they were the best I've ever had. There must be some secret ingredient (lard maybe?) to make the mushrooms taste so nice.Great choice, great value, great service and great atmosphere!

If you're passing through Bungay and you want somewhere cheap to eat with hearty portions and traditional cafe fayre then a visit to the Buttercross Tearooms (or Bungay Cafe as we've always called it) is a MUST! You'll really feel like you're stepping back in time, to somewhere in the mid 1980s with the woodchip wallpaper, painted wooden cladding, lino floor and school canteen-style container where you pick up your knives and forks - but look beyond this and check out the menu. Pretty much every breakfast combination you could ever wish for is on there. On the blackboard you'll see pie and chips, roast dinners and proper puddings like apple pie in custard, spotted dick and suchlike. There's no faffing around with teapots either - you get a mug of builder's tea with full fat milk in it and if you want sugar, the pot is on the counter.I absolutely LOVE this cafe and have nursed a good few hangovers here over breakfast (the sausages are proper bangers) as well as having lunch here during Saturday shopping. If you like contemporary country surroundings then go somewhere else, but if you want guaranteed good food like your grannie used to make, in a bustling atmosphere filled with gossip and news, then definitely come here.

While on holiday in the area we found this great tearoom. The main meals/ specials are excellent ,Shepherds pie 2 kinds of potatoes, 5 or more vegetables all served piping hot. The chips were nice and dry with the fried food Locals were coming in which is always a good sign.

One of the most acceptable. , stout & decent tea rooms in the holy city of Bungay, perfect for a light snack after touring the might Butter Cross , the holy temple of JAH .

This is a great place in the town centre of Bungay,the food is good quality and great value,and the staff are great.Eat in the garden if the weathers good or just enjoy your mug of tea, Great Place

My friend & I visited Bungay today for a wander round the town. We stumbled across the tea rooms & decided to have a breakfast style baguette there. It was lovely, 2 'proper' sausages & an egg in a lovely fresh baguette. Very tasty & very good value! Would definatly visit again!!

My friend and i have eaten here regularly for many years. The main meals/ specials are excellent such as roast, 2 kinds of potatoes, 5 or more vegetables all served piping hot. The homemade quiche is very tasty and can also be taken home. Fried food also available and popular. Many daily regulars and friendly efficient staff. Only complaint is families who don't keep children in check or clear up the chips etc they leave all over floor and table. Why are we always expected to smile when overindulged children are badly behaved. We avoid school Holidays!

My husband and I recently visited Bungay and by chance stumbled upon the Buttercross Tea Rooms in Cross Street. The tea rooms/cafe offered a wide range of delicious home cooked food rarely found in cafe's these days which we thoroughly enjoyed. The Gardens at the rear and the large Koi fish pond were the icing on the cake and we will certainly visit there again with our friends and would not hesitate to recommend this cafe. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful.

I visited The Buttercross Tearooms today with friends for lunch. The service we received was fantastic considering how busy they were, We didn't have to wait long for our meals either. The friendly staff and value for money made our lunch very pleasant. We would all highly recommend eating here for delicious homemade food.

I have been visiting here since I was very little and every visit has been delicious! Unfortunately my most recent meal was on a busy Saturday morning and it was disappointing but I will give benefit of the doubt and assume it was all down to the busy income of customers. Will return at some point for a fry up :)