Datchworth Coffee in East Hertfordshire

Came here as a cycling stop. It didn’t disappoint! Service is so friendly, nice coffees and selection of drinks. People have also failed to mention how amazing the sausage rolls are, with the perfect ratio of pastry to meat, which they also heat up for you. They were the best I’ve had

Best Lemon Drizzle Cake you could hope for. Excellent coffee and location.

Quirky building which was previously the village post office. Small selection for lunch, but delicious! We each had a mozzarella, pesto and tomato baguette, it was fresh and full! Lovely staff, excellent value, and gorgeous slices of home made cake to eat in or take away. Clean toilet, outside covered seating.

Good service, and a nice selection of cakes!

Alas will have to review another time as the coffee shop wasn't open today. Looks nice from the outside though.

Excellent village coffee and food. Friendly staff

Great place to go and enjoy some good coffee.

They advertise breakfast and other food but we were told this is no longer available. The cake was lovely but we had gone for breakfast!

Small cafe ,but friendly, clean and you can sit in courtyard

Lovely stop for a coffee break Great coffee and cake and the girl serving us was lovely

We arrived having not known the situation of what was on offer but have been meaning to try for some time. Current circumstances means the service has changed recently and breakfasts and more choice of lunches are no longer available and it is now a coffee shop. Having said that, there were two choices other than the cakes, a crusty baguette with bacon, brie and onion and tomato and lettuce which was very tasty and filling. There was another option that I cannot remember. We were informed the baguette fillings change. The food is home made and from what we tried very good. The coffees were made to customer liking and the service was friendly and good. I wish them luck. The menu on line has yet to be updated to take into account the new situation (as of lunch time 2nd Feb 2023) but will soon be done. The venue a small village shop (former post office) location that felt cosy, just by the main crossroads and opposite the local store. i was perfectly comfortable in the seat and we didn't rush to get away. I enjoyed the visit.

Lovely little café. Friendly service, great range of drinks and amazing brownies!

Great coffee ☕️, and flapjack 👍👍

Stopped for lunch with the kiddos, delicious fish finger sandwiches, BLT and fries. Coffee and traybakes were also delicious! Phenominal food, coffee and service. Thoroughly recommended!

Situated opposite the village store on the road passing through Datchworth this small cafe serves a range of fresh cakes and is a good stopover for a coffee break in an area where such venues are few and far between. Friendly service, with a quiet calm ambiance. Free Wifi. I understand more substantial meals and breakfast are avaiable.

Lovely quaint place, super friendly service and a good spot for a quiet coffee. We'll be back to try at lunch soon!

Love this place. Nice coffee, breakfast/lunch and friendly staff. Gotta support these great, small businesses!

Stopped for breakfast whilst out walking. Everything about it was lovely - the food was perfectly cooked, hot & super fresh. Staff were great and nothing was too much trouble. Will definitely return and highly recommend.

Great ingredients, cooked beautifully and service with a smile. Couldn’t ask for more. Excellent. Will make this a regular stop.

Absolutely fabulous. Great food lovely staff and a great atmosphere

Good food and coffee. Lovely village.

Absolutely loving having breakfast lunch or even a coffee at The Datchworth Coffee Shop

Lovely coffee and very sticky flapjack

Absolutely cracking breakfast during our weekend dog walk! Full Datchworth Coffee breakfast, the veggie version, and granola and trimmings. Every item excellent and local produce. Nice chat with the new owner, and his staff were friendly and accommodating. So happy to see this under new management and looking forward to some more visits. Highly recommended.

Nice coffee excellent food an friendly staff, what more could you want.

Great coffee and a warm welcome - delighted this lovely place has new owners that are friendly & accommodating we had stopped going as the previous owner was not exactly either of those ! Good luck Chris & the team

Excellent really lovely food and service

Change of ownership, coffee still good but not the great roast from before, however cakes are now rotated and VERY good, millionaires shortbread from last weekend was on steroids, such a great caramel layer. Hopefully, there won't be too much lycra filling this great coffee shop, at least when we are there 😁

I love the setting of this coffee shop and have used it for a few years arriving by bike, car and on foot! Food has always been lovely albeit the cake slices were minuscule under previous management I have to agree with that. Four of us had breakfast during the first week of Chris taking over the business and what a lovely man he is. The breakfast was excellent and a warm welcome with a bit of a spruce up. Look forward to my next visit soon. Good Luck to you and your team with your venture Chris.

We visited with friends and found the staff to be incredibly kind and helpful. The cakes and coffee were lovely too. Our child became sick during our afternoon visit but the staff were so helpful and accommodating. I’d highly recommend!

Datchworth Coffee is the best place for coffee and food in the area. I really enjoy sitting in the pretty courtyard, catching up with friends. Chris (the new owner) is very welcoming and makes the most delicious cakes! Highly recommend!

Wow what a find, great food as well as great staff...would recommend to all. As well as an amazing building with lovely features.

Fantastic family lunch. I would highly recommended the charcuterie. Relaxing friendly atmosphere..excellent attentive staff..

We hadn’t been for a while because of lockdown, but decided to have a cheeky brunch to check out the new management this month. Lovely brunch, great coffee and delicious cakes to take home. I can’t wait to see what the new management have in store as it’s looking good so far :-)

I just love this cafe. The food is yummy, the owners/staff are sooo friendly and it is, quite simply, my goto place for coffee with friends, family or even, sometimes, on my own for a sneaky slice of cake 🍰 .

Just had my second breakfast at Datchworth Coffee under the new ownership. The coffee is absolutely lovely and the bacon rolls are stunning. Nice to hear that the bacon is from my favourite local butchers and the rolls are locally sourced too! Well worth a visit either passing through for a take away or sitting in!

Very friendly owners, will be sadly missed 😢 all the best for the future

Nice coffee, excellent service and with a smile too. Would highly recommend 👌

Three of us arrived soaking wet on bikes. The owner kindly put us in the covered courtyard, with a heater and we had good freshly cooked food and great coffee

Great coffe and very friendly welcoming staff

We stopped for coffee and cake. The coffee was good. The cakes were ok but small slices and overpriced. We were a family of six people and spent a lot of money there. The person who served us was not particularly friendly. She gave us one more coffee than we asked for and stated that that was what we ordered which was not. She said that we had to have it and very reluctant to give back a refund. Not ever going there. She did not give us a receipt and possibly overcharged us. Would not recommend this cafe.

There were no other customers at Datchworth Coffee, so you would think when our family of six arrived the waitress (owner?) would be pleased to see us. We did after all spend a whopping £28 on just six soft drinks and three small slices of cake but we were served rudely from the beginning. The woman running the cafe added an extra drink to our bill which we flat out did not order. Normally I am the kind of person who would say ‘never mind we’ll take the extra drink’ but she was so rude about it from the outset, snapping ‘Well you’ll have to drink it’. I was utterly stunned. AND THEN SHE ACTUALLY TOLD US ‘THIS IS WHY WE DON’T LIKE LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN HERE’. (I’ll remind you, there were no other customers). Such a shame. The building is beautiful. The village is lovely with great walks. The cakes are delicious. I’d love for Datchworth Coffee to succeed. But with that kind of service I can’t say my family will be rushing back.

Absolutely lovely little coffee shop, friendly happy staff, nice coffee and delicious food

Delicious take away bacon and sausage buttie!. Free WiFi available.

Friendly service. Delicious carrot cake and good coffee too

Me and my friend had trouble to found somewhere to have lunch due to most of the pub being shut on Monday/Tuesday because of the covid.But been lucky to get into Datchworth Coffee shop and managed to get very warming and delicious butternut squash soup served with warm bread.Not mentioning the warm welcome from the owner.And as it is coffee shop of course we had coffee and cake too. Which also was top quality. Will be back when is open again.

Good coffee, and especially enjoyed the sausage butties.

Only one person allowed in at a time, masks on too. Nice coffee and brownie to keep me going on my ride! Nice roads in the area for cycling too.

Just love this place if im heading south on a bike route ill try to make sure its on my return leg of the ride . Great coffee even better cakes and the best power balls for that little energy boost .and the service is excellent.

This is such a lovely place. Not only is the food and the coffee and tea of the highest quality but you will always receive a very warm welcome.

This has gone from being a very welcoming place to one that should be avoided. I’ve been twice lately. I don’t think I shall go again. The first incident was asking if the door could be shut as it was so cold. The sweet waitress closed it. The owner came up and opened it , with the comment, can you leave the door open. Why would anyone want to sit in the cold and have a coffee. There was no reasoning behind it. I got the feeling it was bloody mindlessness. The second occasion was the general rudeness as though you were being an inconvenience. What’s happened? Why spoil a lovely little enterprise. I’m know others that feel the same. Such a shame

Datchworth coffee is open until 4pm but after 3pm there is only takeaway but you can sit outside with your takeaway. Eco friendly compostable cups and lids. Delicious carrot cake.

Great place for coffee and cake

Lovely coffee really exceptionally good but the rudeness of the owner that seems obsessed with who is allowed to drink in even when the place is deserted really spoils the experience

Lovely coffee and socially distancing well

What can I say! For years I have been told that this is a nice place to visit. Perhaps it was until it was taken over 2 years ago. The first visit was ok but declined from thereon-in. 2nd visit was on the rude side. Big confusion about what one can order and it all depends on takeaway or eat in. The eat in you must order a meal. You can’t just have a drink and cake otherwise you’re given prompt marching orders and relegated outside (like a dog I guess). The third visit, I was served by the owner who I observed on all visits as abrupt and stoney faced. She of course was rude and used her most favourite words ‘don’t come back again’ - i note by recent reviews, she has used this to customers as her fall back. I told her that it would be highly unlikely of my return as well as my friends who i have since informed that live locally. I think the owner is under some form of illusion that her business is forever secure but I imagine slowly, customers will be less forthcoming due to her self destructive behaviour coupled with the fact of the Covid 19 situation. I would not recommend this place! Unless you like your food slammed or shoved in front of you (takeaway service btw)! Go somewhere else if you want some peace. There are loads out there that will be far better service and less discriminative. There is a coffee shop just around the corner at the art barn - the owner is lovely and she never makes you feel bad for getting a takeaway.

Thank you for a wonderful welcome and lunch, bacon melt, chips, salad nicoise plus coffees etc all excellent and just what we needed on our 60k cycle tide!

Bike rack out front, lovely coffee and a fabulous chocolate brownie. Life is good.

I went for lunch today to this coffee house and was appalled by the rudeness of the owner. I have never met such a rude person working in a customer service role. We asked for sandwiches off the take away menu but we were eating in. We were told this wasn't possible which was fine. We then ordered two coffee to drink and said said we would take the sandwiches when we left to eat at home. No problem. The lovely waitress then came and said it was now ok and we could eat in. Again great no problem. However when the owner brought them to us with a face like thunder she put the plates down and said in future we won't do this you have to take away. The manner in which she said this was so aggressive. I couldn't believe she was so rude. We'd already said we'd take them away so I could see what the problem was. As I left the lovely waitress asked if we'd like a loyalty card and I said no as the owner was sooo rude. She overheard and said don't come back. I mean really!!! How is this woman running a customer service business. The place was empty and it's hardly surprising. Completely awful. I just wished I'd left when she put the plates down. Shame I gave her a penny of my money.

I can honestly say I have never experienced such rudeness in my life. The owner is just awful. We asked if could order a sandwich from the takeaway menu to eat. We were told it wasn't possible by the lovely waitress after checking with the owner. We were fine with that and said we'd have two coffee's to have in and would take the sandwiches home when we were leaving. She then said the owner now said it was ok. Again fine. However when the owner came with our sandwiches her face was like thunder and we were told that in future we had to take the sandwiches away. It was just so aggressive and unnecessary. The place was empty ( unsurprisingly). We ate our food and when we paid the waitress asked if we would like a loyalty card. I said no as the owner was so rude. She overheard and said don't come back. As if we would!!!!! My only regret is not walking out straight away. Over priced sandwiches and the rudest owner I have ever met. Maybe she should invest in a customer service course to help work on her aggression and manner.

This is a really lovely café with just the right amounts of ‘at-home’ cozy vibes, whilst also proffering that effortless thrill of eating out and appreciating what’s around you. The interior is pleasing to the eye; it’s hard to feel anything other than comfortable, especially with the friendly smiles of the staff and other customers all contributing to the welcoming, ‘feel-part-of-the-community’ atmosphere. The food is delicious and the service is quick. On my visit, the tables, chairs, cutlery and crockery were clean. My tea was piping hot, how I like it. The brownie was rich, indulgent and not too big. In other words, all the little things were in perfection and looking at the bigger picture, the experience was pleasant and enjoyable.Will definitely return.

Nice vibes, would recommend the Italian Panini and an Espresso

This wonderful coffee shop is owned by friends of mine from parkrun (parkrunners get a discount on Saturday!). I love coming here for tea/coffee and cake, or sometimes for brunch after parkrun. The owners and staff are so friendly and welcoming. The premises are quite small, and so the shop's popularity means that it soon fills up - might be worth ringing ahead if you want to guarantee a seat. There is a small courtyard out the back for nicer weather, and for customers with dogs. Whilst I miss sitting in at the moment (lockdown prevails), the takeaway service is very well managed. I highly recommend Datchworth Coffee.

Fantastic cake and coffee and doing take away during lockdown. First visit today. We will be back.

Stopped off during our Saturday bike ride. Great little coffee shop. Lovely cakes nice coffee. Friendly chatty service.

Wow! Seriously good coffee. Haven't found proper coffee outside big cities before now. Brownie was pretty good too. We'll be back to try breakfast a.s.a.p.

This place is such a lovely little gem. Owners are so lovely and friendly and the food was excellent. It has a lovely warm feel and feel so lucky to have this right on my doorstep. Very well done 🥰

Lovely old world charm cakes delicious

What a lovely cafe! The food, coffee and friendly owners make for an enjoyable visit. We were cycling and stopped here for brunch. Delicious pancakes. Hope to return soon, and also check out their monthly supper club.

I love this little gem. Nestled in Datchworth village in what used to be the old post office. Coffee is amazing as are the staff, who not only were friendly with us but also our dog Sunshine. Great after a country walk or instead of one! Either way, if you like good coffee this is a must. The power balls are also worth a try.

I had the most tasty bacon bap I've had for years. Friendly staff

Excellent friendly service and great food

Sadly this is not a positive review. We stopped in for a coffee. We had 2 cups each within an hour. We would've stayed longer except when we were asked to order food and declined the owner asked us to leave! We were to say the very least extremely shocked as we had been there many times before. We were both loyal and returning customers. For this reason we will not be going there again and I would not recommend this place if you are looking for a place to relax over a cuppa - which kind of contradicts the name of the company. It is disappointing to write this review - specially when the other staff were as shocked as we were and couldn't apologise enough. That said, however, we felt very humiliated and upset by what happened and stand by our views. So we will no longer support this establishment.

After coming here multiple times in the past with our 2 dogs after a walk for a coffee, cake and sometimes lunch, we visited the coffee shop today for a coffee and after around an hour we were promptly and out of the blue asked (rudely) to leave by the owner as she was ‘turning away customers due to them not wanting to sit outside with our dogs’ - however we overheard the customers in question passing comment on the outdoor seating available, that the tables were small and cramped, not near the heaters and not totally protected from the rain and wind. I can understand one of our dogs had a grumble at a visiting cyclist but he put a hand out to touch the nervous dog of the group without asking, our dogs were on lead, between us and closely under our control - I believe this was an excuse for us to leave as we had only ordered 4 coffees and no food. The owner has a right to ask anybody to leave for any reason however a caution to visiting dog walkers and people that only order coffee, this place is dog friendly until they get busy and they get short on seating, then you’re not welcome as they’ll prioritise food orders over other paying custom.

Good coffee, great friendly service

Thanks for a lovely lunch, we really enjoyed it.

A lovely afternoon spent there for lunch. Staff very friendly .recommend to anyone.

Popped into this tea shoppe/coffee house. Was greeted by a young man that was soon to be away to Nottingham Uni. Very friendly asked me to be seated & he would be with me in a moment as he was finishing off a previous order. Very soon he came to the table & I ordered just a coffee. Very quickly he had made it & brought it to the tableSorry I forgot his name but it was refreshing to be served & greeted by someone that has a mature head on young shoulders.In so many places you can be served by a member of staff that does not really want to be there & having bad attitude. This venue is a very nice stop off on a route I sometimes tread so I will be going in again.My compliments were passed to the lady in charge on the day who in turn let the young man know of my pleasure in the service. May I wish this venue continued success & my best wishes for the soon to be student & his studies.

Popped in here for a coffee. Was served by a very polite & organised young man. Sorry l forgot his name but if l had this type of business l would want him working for me. This is a very nice drop in cafe/tea room with a nice varied menu. You will see me again soon Thank you

I was so disheartened by this new take over ownership... The old tea room style service and decor has all been ripped out and replaced with new modern upto date look. It's a little chain store style. However. Let's be fair... the staff are very friendly and helpful and do welcome you. It is also a nice touch that they have a card loyalty scheme. If you do Parkrun you get a free cuppa! (Which is s fantastic idea!) Just show your barcode. The food is good, but a little over fussy with presentation. A cosy venue, I'll probably be back at some point!

Visited for brunch. Good selection and perfect coffee. Food quality and service excellent. Comfy inside & nice ambiance. Well run little cafe. Look forward to returning.

Very nice cafe in Datchworth village opposite the post office and Tilbury pub. Popular with cyclists. Nice tuna melt. Coffee is very good.

I went for lunch with five girlfriends and we all had a delicious freshly made lunch accompanied by a very nice bottle of prosecco. The cake and coffee was great and it was good to be able to have oat milk as a dairy alternative as it's my favourite. The owner was very accommodating and friendly and I look forward to going back.

Regular stop off point on Sunday bike rides. Great food, coffee and friendly staff 🙂

Always a good stopping point for a thirsty cyclist, walkers and runners. Discounts for parkrunners (no barcode, no discount). Best coffee for miles and I am told the cakes are top notch too! Dog friendly too.

Such great people and service, even bought a washaway #washawaypaint

Lovely food and friendly staff will definitely be visiting again

This place is a real gem. Good quality, fresh, home-cooked food. Great coffee. Fantastic, friendly service. They make an amazing breakfast / brunch, gorgeous salads and other lunchtime snacks and the monthly supper club is worth keeping the date in your diary for. Everything is made with fresh ingredients, locally sourced as much as possible. The cakes are just gorgeous, too. Never had anything I didn't enjoy and I've been several times. They also welcome well-behaved dogs (indoors and on the patio), which is worth knowing.

Friendly owner. Really smart little place. Perfect for brunch and coffee on a weekend.

Super kind people and good choice of cakes and coffees

Love this place! The staff are so friendly. The food and coffee are made with high quality local produce and are freshly made. I've sampled breakfast, lunch and cake...all are delicious!

As a local and regular visitor I can't recommend Datchworth Coffee enough. Completely renovated this year in to a comfortable, smart, clean space, it's transformed my 'working from home' days, with a consistently soft poached egg on my avocado, bacon & sourdough at breakfast time, and extremely good coffee in the afternoon... and maybe the odd slice of their awesome carrot cake.

Stumbled upon this little gem when outvsnd about on a super sunny Sunday!! The hosts were incredibly friendly, the coffee was devine, the ambience very tasteful, shame we could not indulge in the delicious looking cakes, as we were heading for lunch!! But what a great excuse to return to this great coffee shop. We shall be back :)

Friendly staff and delicious cake

Pleased to see a coffee shop back here, as it's on one of our favourite walking routes. Mostly very nice. Owner/staff very friendly. My husband had a good breakfast of bacon, avocado on sour dough plus poached eggs. I just had coffee, which was good coffee, but a little disappointed that they don't offer full fat milk, which to me makes all the difference. Can I suggest having a 50p pint of milk available (they sell it right over the road)? It will last a few days and there will be some customers who would like it. In fact, flat white is on the menu and that needs to be made with full fat milk to get the right consistency.

Chanced upon this place whilst out for a long walk on a glorious sunny September Sunday. Had a lovely fresh lunch in their sunny patio area. Recommended

Fantastic local gem with a real personal touch. Enjoyed a great lunch with the family here with some decent coffee. The local beer is really good. Noticed it's a local meeting point for cyclists and locals alike. Highly recommended for both the nice food/drink as well as hospitality.

Great place for afternoon tea with a friend. Delicious home made cakes and tea. Casual place with very friendly staff. Will come again. They do breakfast and lunch too as well as supper clubs. Will try them all soon !

Very unhappy with my visit. Ordered american style pancakes, expected for over £8 a decent size breakfast. I was disappointed when I was given two tiny pancakes with two plain pieces of supermarket bacon, and 6 soft Raspberry's around the edge of the plate, 3 of which were moldy. I should have made a complaint but was too eager to leave.

V. nice place. Great barista coffee and excellent service. Scrumptious breakfast and lunches, that should belong in a restaurant, not a coffee shop! Casual, warm and cosy, and the interior is beautiful. Outside there’s a covered courtyard which is really nice and modern, decorated with all sorts of planting. There’s veg and I believe vegan, and some gluten free choices as well. Perfect 👌