David's Bookshop Cafe in North Hertfordshire

David's Bookshop is so much more than a book shop. As well as books they also have a music shop where you can by new and second hand CD's and vinyl. They also have a coffee shop where you can get drinks and snacks. It's a really nice place to have a mooch about looking for books and music and then once you have completed your purchase then you can pay for it and get a drink to treat yourself for your new purchases. The prices of the drinks and snacks are very reasonable so it is the perfect place to visit.

An Aladdin's Cave of literature and music. An amazing array of books both new and old on a million different subjects. A children's area with lovely books and drawing materials. Then you discover a real record shop with lots of vinyl to chose from and more.... Visited with my family and had to work hard to get myself and them to leave as it was so interesting.

Good hot chocolate for the soul. Not too rich, and can be beautifully served with whipped cream and marshmallows. Family friendly, great for casual dates or coffee with friends. Will always come back here for the immaculate vibes this café has. Very well decorated, clean and with friendly staff

Use this coffee shop regularly! Friendly staff,great coffee and lots of lovely cakes.Toasted sandwiches are great !

Great little cafe and bookstore which allows pets also. Coffee is well made if a little slow to serve however the seating is comfortable and one can also browse books also. My only criticism is on the prices of the cakes which are too high for the sizes of the portions.

I had just bought an eclectic selection of very well priced books and fancied a coffee in their air conditioned cafe. The cappuccino was very good and my partner had a cold elderflower presse with ice and a good slice of Victoria sponge. The service was polite and prompt. It gave me an opportunity to peruse my purchases in comfy pleasant surroundings.. I visited on a Sunday so there were no parking restrictions. If you are looking for a good book or a decent snack and a drink I can happily recommend David's

I just have to say that the toasties here are excellent. Made with “real” bread, beautifully crisp on on the outside and my cheese and onion was wonderfully melted and cooked on the inside. Perfection as indeed is the coffee! Can’t post a picture cause I ate it all up 😊

I love David's bookshop cafe. Service is always friendly and the food delicious and healthy. If I ever were to leave Letchworth this would be among the places I would miss the most.

Excellent food, excellent service, Cakes and toastie are heavenly , Very relaxed atmosphere, Highly recommend to all !!

Nice cosy atmosphere, lovely homemade cakes (especially recommend the cheese scones), and great coffee. Often gets very busy and space is limited, so sometimes difficult to get a table.

Lovely friendly cafe. Delicious coffee and food. Please bring back the Cappucino Choc chip cake And the coffee and chocolate shortbread!!

I've recently started going to Letchworth for look round and grab a coffee ect, walked past David's on few occasions and have always been intrigued by the 3 shop fronts it occupies, well curiosity got the better and I wondered in, and oh my god!! This place is absolutely amazing, its huge and its packed to the brim with what ever book you can imagine, from new best authors to new authors yet to be fully appreciated, and not forgetting the 2nd hand books too, im sure amongst all this books you will find a lost gem, just as I did!! And now I'm the verry happy owner! But it doesn't stop there! I cant list it all because there is so much to see After 1 hour of browsing I stopped with my purchase at David's cafe adjoining the book shop and enjoyed another decent beverage My advice is get in there and enjoy David's as it the only one like it you wont be disappointed

Worth a visit for the fantastic cakes on offer. Nice drink selection. Welcoming friendly staff. The flapjack is the best I’ve ever eaten

Love this place for it's gorgeous homemade cakes and a quiet place to read with coffee! Excellent service too!

Their bookshop is a book lovers heaven. But the tea shop takes the prize, great staff, scrumptious pastries, nice relaxing atmosphere. It can get crowded as it’s very popular, we love the place

If you are into books this will be heaven for you! We had a lovely freshly ground and expertly made lattes with homemade coffee (as you do) ice cream Atmosphere is super laid back and you can purchase a book next door and soak into the story with your coffee - like I did! Highly recommended and you'll be supporting the local community, local shops

Very good coffee and selection of cakes Cheerful, friendly and helpful staff Independent bookstore great for browsing

Great place to browse with helpful and friendly staff. A real treat are the outdoor racks (weather permitting) with dozens of second hand books and CDs

David’s is by far the best coffee shop in Letchworth, offering delicious coffees and a wide selection of sandwiches and cakes. It is a little expensive, but we think it is worth the money as we spend a lot of time in there! The staff are friendly and the service is great. I would thoroughly recommend David’s cafe to anyone in Letchworth.

Pleasant relaxed atmosphere, friendly service and OK coffe: what's not to like?? Adjacent to the best bookshop in the area.

Nice Coffee and Cakes. Only negative is the staff, they look like they have just left teaching college Worth a visit just for that

Decided to have our lunch today in Letchworth. We were not going out but needed to visit the Wonderful Hospice shop Letchworth, it was while there we decided to cross road to David's Book shop café. We have been there many times for coffee and cake but a light lunch the first. Whilst their menu is not vast you can choose from the chilled counter. We both chose a different panini with salads. The only fault if it can be called a fault the coffee came before the meal. Not a problem covered the coffee with saucer. The meal was lovely could not fault, not a massive salad but pretty good and well toasted , it was just right for a light lunch. their coffee is the best in Letchworth. Very pleased with meal and cost. We will go back and would recommend , oh and having such a great charity shop opposite makes a visit worth while. Enjoy both.

Was on a day out with friends, when we popped into David's to look at the books, records, dvds etc. We are all mad about books, so this shop was a real find for us.

I can't rate this place highly enough. The staff are wonderful, friendly and efficient. The place is immaculate and a real pleasure to sit down in. Lots of things to look at whilst dining too - great selection of candles, teas and cards. The vegan chocolate cake is delicious - I plumped for this, but there was another equally delicious cake on offer too.. Also, a range of dairy free milks to choose from

The best coffee in letchworth with really friendly staff too. The cakes look really good if you're planning on staying.

The best place for Vinyl since the 70's for me, CD's and books as well :-)

Good food and friendly service in centre of Letchworth. Sometimes difficult to find a seat as very popular but quite cosy.

David's has been.a fixture of Letchworth for many years. Not only is it a super book shop but now covers music, gifts and a friendly cafe.

Great coffee shop, fresh food lovely surroundings. A great venue for a chat, a rest, a revitalise. Then you can visit the book shop!

I work for a well known coffee chain and know what I like and dislike about coffee shops.

Love this coffe. E shop. Food and coffee are excellent. But please lose the piano player! His singing was flat and quite appalling. And the songs were quite miserable sounding. Really spoiled my lunch.

We have been in the cafe for coffee on a number of occasions with our dog and feel most welcomed. The service is good and the staff are very friendly, very relaxed atmosphere

Staff very friendly and helpful. Food excellent standard. Atmosphere relaxing whilst watching book and card shoppers

Great lunch with a friend quiche and salad delicious. Great service and atmosphere and ambiance. Good for browsing the bookshop afterwards a real treat.

This shop has been in Letchworth for as many years as I can remember. Brilliant book and music shop and now a pretty good coffee shop as well. What is there not to like?

We decided to give the cafe a go. The coffee tasted really nice and the cake we had was really tasty. We will go again.

Excellent service, atmosphere- a perfect cafe to enhance this great independent bookshop. This place is the hub for all that goes on in Letchworth.

Nice staff and decent coffee, Bakewell Tarts bit expensive. Good to be able to walk through to the bookshop and record store

Helpful friendly staff who are more than happy to find books or films and order them in for you.

I visited this bookshop whilst on a visit from South Africa.My brother knows I love bookshops and thought I would enjoy browsing in David's bookshop.I absolutely loved it.There was so much to see and I enjoyed the way the shop is laid out,with lots of nooks and crannies,so you keep discovering new wonders.I liked that there were many books at different prices,so even if you were really hard up you could still find a great second hand book to read and a good selection.There were also new books and discounted new books,so I felt there was something for everyone.There was also a wonderful choice of cards,something for every occasion.

I am in there several times a month. Staff very nice and informed everythink fresh.greatest selection of books in the area.

Loved the welcoming and relaxed atmosphere of this independent coffee shop. Cheese scones were simply delicious and the coffee made with lots of consideration for personal preference. Of I lived in Letchworth, this would be my local.

Love the cafe shop. Very relaxed atmosphere and great cakes. Book shop a really pleasant experience - could spend half a day in there!!

This cafe Is a lovely place to be, it's relaxing and staff are excellent and courteous. After you've had your tea you can look around the bookshop and music shop, which sells vinyl albums. You can also get your old albums valued.

Excellent coffee, soya milk also provided. Vegan pastry very tasty and satisfying with sweet potato and courgette enclosed in a pastry. Look forward to a return visit to enjoy the bookshop and cafe.

Great little cafe with charms of a small town feel. Davids has history of being in the town in many different forms. Easy to park nearby and probably one of the better independant venues in town. Nice variety of option

Popping into David's two or three times a week gives us a chance to have a decent walk and to do some reading over a cup of good coffee or tea. All the staff are friendly and helpful and the ambiance is relaxed. The environment is clean and pleasant. One definitely gets the feeling that the café is well managed and that the staff enjoy working there. Of course, it is a bonus that the lovely bookshop and music shop are attached to the café!

good service, needed to meet in a town neither of us knew. this place was ideal, plenty of choice and excellent, friendly service. could have bought lots of books but resisted the temptation (but did go back later and bought just one)

Visited today for the first time. The staff were friendly, the raspberry and chocolate cake was fresh and tasted amazing and the cafe was clean and relaxed.....what’s not to like?

Great cakes in cafe attached to book and music store. quirky independant worth a visit for the second hand music and book sections alone

Thank Letchworth for David's Bookshop Café - it is such a refreshing change from the regular 'chain-lead' coffee shops that you usually find in every town.

Clean, good food, good service and centrally located. Great place to stop for a coffee and meet friends.

Long may David’s reign! Excellent in so many ways! Can’t recommend enough for all your musically and literary needs.

So lovely to go to have a really good coffee in an original and different setting. The run of the mill branded coffee chains are so dull and this is the complete opposite.

Popped in with my mum. Really great ambiance to the cafe. The staff were so friendly and helpful. They had a fantastic array of cakes and had a vegan chocolate cake & a vegan cookie option. The cake really was fantastic, really generous portion too. What really made us happy was the fact you can get a great coffee in there too. Good quality beans & a decent strength. Well worth a visit and we will certainly be back

Very full, probably due to Simmons being closed. Annoying system of giving you a card to display on table then delivering order. Seemed to take a long time. Cakes, scones and small snacks available. Lots of people spending lots of time so no quick turnover- nice if there weren't so many in.

This was our second visit on a busy Saturday morning. There is only limited seating but we were able to find high stool seats. We were greeted warmly and service was quick. Nice coffee and son enjoyed shortbread- there was a good range of cakes and biscuits. We were given a loyalty card and were pleasantly surprised to find that when the card is complete you can use it in the cafe or receive £2 off any purchase in the book or record shop. A pleasant visit and we will be back.

Lovely atmosphere, chatty staff. Tasty cake and a good coffee menu. I managed to spend 3 hours here catching up with a friend and look forward to returning. Lovely new cafe with quirky decor.

I love this place, my kids and family all enjoying browsing for books and settling down for a coffee and cake once our purchases have been made.

Used to visit when it was a teeny attachment to David’s Book store and love it now it’s bigger. The coffee is tasty and the cakes are lovely, but they can be a little pricey compared to other independents in the area.

What is there to say about DAVID'S? A long established and legendary shop in Letchworth which is slowly but most assuredly organising itself inside with clearer and more accessible areas and has both quantities of new and secondhand books across all topics. It is also...

a small cafe with great home made scones and friendly service and relaxed atmosphere .Makes a change from the mass chain cafes

David's Bookshop is a jewel of independent culture and it's nice to be able to sit down in the cafe...

I have shopped here for years and the addition of a café is great. The cards on sale close by...

David's Bookshop Cafe is terrific. Enjoy a selection of home-made cakes, a wide variety of drinks in a most convivial...

We visit the bookshop a few times a year, and usually relax with a coffee after browsing the shelves and...

This coffee shop is rapidly becoming a favourite place. The coffee is delicious and the cakes, scones and quiche are absolutely delicious. No soggy bottoms as far as the quiche goes! and the scones and cakes are hard to resist.

Coffee and a piece of brownie were both very good. Like being surrounded by books and you can collect stamps for either a free coffee or money off in the music/book shop.

easy to get there, love books and café its fantastic, friendly people work at the David's Bookshop and café. I recommend to everyone is in the town come and have I nice coffee and enjoy the books, disc, news, magazine...

Great central meeting place for friends and family to enjoy delicious cakes, scones and light lunches with a varied list of drinks. Call in and browse the books, look for gifts and cards then enjoy time in the cafe.

This is a nice little cafe placed within Davids Book shop. The coffee is nice but expensive compared to other coffee shops. The service is friendly and there are a good atmosphere.

We ordered drinks and cakes. The slices were very generous and very good. The staff were very pleasant and friendly. Would recommend you going there.

well, as a self confessed book worm and cake lover, the two coming together in David's Bookshop Café is great. I don't get there as often as I'd like to, but every visit is a pleasure. the coffee and homemade cakes are delicious.

David's Bookshop, has been the social hub of Letchworth Garden City, since the 1970s. David's Bookshop Cafe, builds on that same community spirit, which all good Letchworthians value and aspire to. The baristas and staff at the establishment are kind, open and take time to chat. The espresso coffee is par excellence and the food is wholesome; the epitome of great nibbles. I can highly recommend the blind baked (twice-baked) shortcrust pastry quiche, prepared and baked in-house. David's Bookshop Cafe is an incredible place. Please, spend some time there and soak-up the atmosphere. You won't be disappointed.

Lovely vibe in this coffee shop and the cakes are scrumptious...so popular it can be tricky to get a table!

Davids bookshop cafe, serving good coffee and cake! Browse the bookshop or record store and have a coffee and some cake while you are there! What's not to like

Mum, me and a friend popped in for a drink and chat. Staff were lovely, friendly, service was quick, I love books so could read one and leave mum and mate to chat bliss! Obviously had to pop into shop and bought some cool second hand books, really nice staff too.

Love love love David's book shop but whilst the cafe is great, service was good and liking the overall refurb, I ate there recently for a light lunch and it was the most expensive side salad I've ever ordered (had it with a toasted panini). In future I'll stick to drinks and occasional sweet treat and give the food a miss as it was not got value.

Excellent friendly service service and the home made scones were delicious. The bookshop is first rate. I find books in here I cannot find anywhere else.I discovered the second hand music section last week and bought six books; the hardback biography of Anton Webern is worth more than all the money I spent!

I love the new refurbished bookshop cafe....lots more seating...but most of all I like how they have retained the style of the original bookshop and the colours I associate with LGC in the tiling. The staff still appeared to be in training but they were friendly and efficient. Nice coffee. Average prices. Wifi. Toilet facilities...and a bookshop next door! Love the seating by the window to watch the world go by.

We came here with my daughters and grandchildren. The coffee and cakes were lovely but the service was a little slow. My grandchildren loved being able to walk into the bookshop and we bought each of them a book.

This cafe is fairly new it has a nice vibeCoffee and cake are very good !Good service friendly staff

A sign of high street trends is the recent opening of a coffee shop adjunct to David's Book and Music shops next door. The coffee is fine, the home-made cakes excellent - it will be interesting if it gradually evolves into a 'place to go' or like many other coffee emporia just an occasional indulgence.

Our grandson came all the way home from France,skiing resort where he works to see his granddad who was in hospital . We visited my husband Bob , then went into town for a coffee . I had never been here before as it was new to me and my grandson treated me to a coffee,which was very nicely made and delivered to our table.I only had coffee, my grandson had flapjack and coffee,the coffee was excellent,the flapjack also was good according to my grandson Joe.There was a few people in and it was a very quiet and relaxing atmosphere, this is in a book shop so you could browse the books after.

If you like tea, coffee and cake, this is the place to come. Recently extended, so the photo needs updating. Great selection of different and interesting teas and coffees and a varied selection of home made cake. Try the lime and zucchini cake, absolutely yummy!

Dropped into David's Bookshop (to get a book!) and treated ourselves to a naughty but nice cake and coffee. New setting is really good, books on the tables to read if you get bored, friendly staff and the best coffee anywhere. I had a blueberry and lemon cake which was delicious.

Really relaxed atmosphere. Lovely cake, great coffee and really friendly staff. Wonderful for book lovers.

Brilliant little cafe with friendly staff. The cakes and biscuits were excellent. Clean, airy and open. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

The new cafe is better than the old one as in there is lots more room to sit and a customer toilet, always great when you have children. Lots of books and things on the wall to look at.The coffee was good and reasonable priced, the cakes are a good size and price too however the biscuits are very overpriced for their size.The service was friendly but very slow considering the cafe was only half full.Overall a mixed experience will try again though.

Small cafe in traditional book and music shop. Run by enthusiastic owners in the traditional style. Good cake.

Helpful, knowledgeable staff, good range, beautiful surroundings. Also, this shop has a real atmosphere for thinking!Terrific coffee and cake.

Hadn't managed to get into town for a couple of weeks so was pleasantly surprised to find the new, larger, David's Bookshop café. A lovely welcome from the very friendly staff and enjoyable coffee and cake. Definitely worth a visit.

I meet an ex work colleague at this Café every few months and always enjoy an excellent coffee and occasional cake, which are delicious. Café space is a bit small and therefore cramped but a lovely environment amongst all the books.

This cafe is an absolute delight!Friendly service and a good selection of great cakes etc, including a couple of gluten free options.You can also have a browse at the same time, highly recommended

This small cafe is nestled between the main book shop and record shop and at busy times can be quite crowded as it's a popular place to meet for people of all ages.Service is always good, don't expect the ultra-fast chain coffee-shop service where people are in and out, this is an all together better experience for people that want to sit and talk rather than rush through the day.

Coffee very good, table space a bit limited as people tend to "make a meal of their visit". Service at times can be really slow. On one visit 2 people were turned away as they were too busy. Bearing in mind they only serve cold food, I find that very poor.Location is good in the town centre and the rest of David's is a great and unique book shop.

Had speciality teas with some yummy cakes for an afternoon meeting. Very nice as an alternative venue other than the boring office. Quite nice to be surrounded by books and records.

Nice home-run style cafe, cute and quirky.Access to book shop and record shop - lovely to support locally run businesses.

Wonderful bookshop with a vast range of new and second hand books/music , and an excellent coffee shop as well.

I love this shop. I haven't used the cafe part yet- although it is only a matter of time. The range of second hand and new books means that I never run out of things to spend my money on. My parents visited me and had to be dragged out by their hair. My dad in particular bought several CDs and would have bought many more if my mum had not pulled him away!