Flint Owl Bakery in Lewes

Lovely staff, really well made square mile coffee and amazing food.

Great Quiche, super coffee on a wet and rainy day. Fun atmosphere. Friday service.

Had a delicious broccoli, leek, and bacon soup with bread for lunch with my two kids (11 and 8). Service was lovely and a nice quick turnover of tables, no waiting around. Will be back to try the sausage roll and some of the breads.

Expensive but excellent. Extremely cool and beautiful staff. Delicious baked goods and lovely sandwiches. Great coffee. Nice place to sit. Main seating is up some stairs so no good with buggy and not accessible for all.

Great food and nice quiet pleasant coffee. It only has 8 nice little tables - so cozy and comfortable. ☕️

The best place in town to start of your day 👌🏻

The pastries are lovely and the coffee tastes great. But it takes ages to get your coffee even just with one person ahead of you. And the coffee was only warm even though I’d asked for it to be extra hot.

Bought a not particularly fresh loaf. Staff too busy to say hello.,

Worth a special trip, then a second to eat everything you ran out of space for the first time!

I mean just go to Lewes for the coffee here then you'll be pleased with your choices.

Although the food looks enticing, the staff at flint house bakery are so rude it's 'almost' funny. I won't be returning! At lunch today, my elderly mother asked for salt and a catering sized salt dispenser was quite literally slammed onto the table. Snooty, ill-mannered staff.

Lovely food - had a very tasty soup and a cuppa. All the bread and cakes looked very tasty and thoughtfully made.

Walked by and saw all the bread. Couldn’t resist trying a butter tart since I’m in England before Christmas. Had a beetroot latte. Not my jam but good to try new things! Have a baguette to take home. Should be great!

Lovely cosy vibe. Friendly staff and great cakes and pastries.

Great cakes and decent coffee. A popular spot which is usually very busy. Service friendly but can be a little slow. Their sourdough loaves looked wonderful.

Style over substance. Coffee is reasonable but slow. Almond croissant and egg muffin were stale.

Great cafe/bakery. Worth a visit. Especially seeing the dog looking out the window opposite on most days!

A lovely cafe, delicious sandwiches and cakes , small garden with seatings at the back . Friendly staff.

Lovely food and cafe but tepid coffee! It's taken me a while to give up on Flint Owl Bakery as the food and bread are great. However, every time I order a takeaway coffee or chai and ask for it to be really hot it always arrives tepid. I really don't mind paying £4.25 for a drink but I would like it to be hot! I guess I need to move on and find somewhere else...

Stopped for coffee & cake. Delicious on all levels. Came away with an enormous sourdough loaf of which half is in the freezer. A true artisan bakery/cafe. There is so much on offer in this relatively small place, I wish I had the capacity to try more varieties. However, I live fairly local so I will be back! 😋

On the face of it this looked to be a sound choice. The food was excellent and the indoor and courtyard spaces were lovely. However these positive attributes paled into insignificance due to the incompetent handling of a customer service issue . One member of staff was beyond reproach and no one appeared to be in-charge to resolve the problem satisfactorily. If you are seeking out quality, welcoming artisan cafes I would give this one a wide berth.

It is always a complete pleasure, to visit the Flint Owl Bakery during my lunch break. There is always a wide array of fresh, healthy food on display to suit any appetite or need. I always accompany my choice of lunch, with a double espresso which is always brewed to perfection and I feel the best in town. The first class food, is matched by the service. Always friendly, helpful and greeted by smiles. The staff will happily explain ingredients to customers and suggest lunch combinations, to new visitors. A must visit, whilst in town.

This is my local…love the cafe …Best coffee and service always from the all lovely girls every morning ,particularly when Bella and Pat are serving 🙏🏼it’s a busy cafe with limited seating in the winter , don’t loose patience wait it out it’s worth it , pastries and lunch time food is always delicious 🥗🍪🥟🥯Ange

No visit to lewes is complete without visiting flint owl. The cake display is instagramtastic. The coffee is good and the garden lovely

I love Flint Owl! The staff are always friendly and helpful, and the coffee is superb. They have a great selection of cakes and sandwiches, and everything is fresh and tasty. The atmosphere is cozy and inviting. This is my go-to place for a quick bite or a relaxing break. Thanks Bella, Karina and Yullia :)

Went for a takeaway and they had Lasagna I said, yes, please then they pulled out a soup cup to put it in. It was soup lasagna!

Flint Owl is by far the best cafe in Lewes. The food and drinks are always excellent and the service from the young girls behind the counter is always efficient and they are very pleasant. However I am leaving this review because I visited before Christmas and one particular staff member was SHOUTING in the middle of the shop about people paying for their bread!? It seems so unnecessary in such a small space. I swiftly left that day as just grabbing a quick bite to eat became stressful. I visited again last week to be faced with the same staff member yet again SHOUTING about orders at the top of her lungs. She really ruins the atmosphere. It’s such a shame because what was once a really chilled and inviting space, has now been totally tainted by her hollering like she’s flogging stolen goods at a boot sale. The town crier better watch his back!

Been in a few times recently. The staff are wonderfully helpful with assisting me with the bread and cakes, as well as making a great coffee. It has a very warm welcome, despite how busy it can get! The cafe is in a perfect location to explore the rest of Lewes! Will recommend it to friends and family.

Visiting Lewes for the weekend. Absolutely lovely town. Flint Owl Bakery one to avoid. The service is shocking. A group of surly young ladies behind the counter doing their best to avoid and ignore customers. Floor dirty. Tables uncleared. The one that had been cleared dirty. Tables packed in too close in a post covid world. Mediocre tepid coffee. Large open rack of bread by the door. Uncovered. Badly stacked. Watched people's clothes brush against it and move it. People queuing next to it. Not nice at all. There was also a customer with a wild smelly dog. Not their fault on that one. I love dogs, but this is not a dog friendly space as so cramped. Anyone with an allergy or a fear had no hope of keeping a distance today. A massive clean and a lot of staff training needed.

The friendly local coffee shop is filled with amazing cakes, pastries and light lunches and of course their famous bread! This does make it a busy venue at times, but it is well worth the wait and in Summer they have a lovely garden space. Staff are friendly and helpful and make great coffee

Since you enter in the coffee shop you have a warm reception by all the members of the staff, the manager from there she makes us feel so welcome in the place helping us when we where ordering with a really positive approach to all the customers.

Lovely place with great pastries spoilt by surly staff with zero customer service skills. Felt unwelcome.

I've eaten here a few times but was very disappointed when I visited for lunch recently. The pizza was overcooked so the crust was inedible and the celeriac salad bitter - it needed something (eh orange) to balance the natural bitterness; healthy salads are great but they need to taste good too!

Fabulous sour dough breads !! Was keen to come here to sample the breads- the 100% rye sourdough is amazing. The almond croissants delish as well. Haven’t tried the other breads…. yet ! Came in yesterday to get coffees etc - it was disappointingly Luke warm and my husband didn’t appreciate the tiny teacup he could barely even pick up with tiny handles. So we felt they could improve on the drink service. In future I’d probably just buy the bread.

We visited today and asked about vegan options, of which there are quite a few. Unfortunately I also don’t eat bananas as they don’t agree with me, but the staff could not confirm if all the vegan options were banana free. A couple were labelled, but for the matcha cake and choc chip cookie it was not clear. This is so disappointing as many places now have ingredient lists, even if food is made offsite or by another company. Please could you consider doing this in future? Thank you.

This place has really deteriorated over the past year or so. Our visit today for coffee and cake was shockingly disappointing. The four young ladies serving had no customer service skills and were preoccupied with chatting to each other at the expense of acknowledging customers...

Ate here a few times during a recent visit! Excellent snacks, cakes and lovely coffee! Found the service just fine. The bread selection is amazing!

Yeah, nice enough place. Attractiveish round the back. Okay lukewarm coffee, even if flavour-wise the tiramisu cake didn't even approach a coffee cake. Staff forgot a couple of orders (kind of apologised). No-one was horrible or anything. But seriously, none of this is important. Not...

Great location. The team of ladies are absolutely amazing at customer service make you feel so welcome. Clean great variety of food. would deafly recommend a visit.

We visited in the august heat but we needn’t have worried about the temperature because the chilly demeanour of the staff cooled our experience. The pastries and coffee were great as always, but I’m not sure that makes up for the lack of a warm...

Went on a weekday to the cafe, although the coffee and pastry were good the state of the toilet was awful. The toilet requires a thorough clean.

Lovely bakery, amazing bread! Abi and Elle were lovely 🌟

Popped in for some takeaway coffee, food & bread looks amazing although all out in the open at room temperature and open to flys etc..?! . waited 15mins for 2 coffees, really unorganised by the look of things several people walked out not knowing if...

Yummy pastries and very good coffee, garden is so lovely

Food looks and tastes delicious, lovely garden, tables dirty, service disappointing and somewhat frosty!

Great bakery and lovely garden to sit in as well

Went in this morning for 2 coffees which sadly tasted awful. So bad infact we couldn't drink them & asked for a refund which we got and the lady was nice & explained that there was a problem with the coffee machine..... Why still sell coffee then, especially when it's £2.50 a cup! Personally i think charging extra for milk is strange, never seen this in any other cofffee shop. When i asked for soya milk for one of them i got told i had to pay extra for diary free milk.... even though i had already paid extra for milk and i was only having an Americano. Baffling & very very annoying! Won't be going back.

Popped in for a croissant and tea but very tempted by the cinnamon buns too. Lovely food, proper tea and friendly service. Seating inside or in nice courtyard out the back.

Amazing cakes and hot fresh tea, fab

We called in yesterday for coffee and cake. We also bought some bread. You wait a long time for the order and it isn’t service with a smile here! Nevertheless the cakes (carrot and a vegan nut and fig slice) were delicious.

Situated in Lewes High Street the Flint Owl Bakery is a bakery and cafe which makes homemade organic bread. It also makes and sells cakes, bread, cheeses, salads and artisan breads as well as other foods. It is very clean, the food is well presented...

The best coffee shop in Lewes hands down! Great coffee, really good food and the staff are always so friendly and helpful!

My favourite bakery/cafe in Lewes! The food is always delicious and they have some great vegan options too, I recommend getting in early as the treats go quick!

Nice food, if pricey, but each time we visit the staff look as if they’d rather be somewhere else. The service is consistently sub-standard. Today, the table was left with the previous occupants’ used crockery; we had to ask for it to be cleared, and then again for it to be wiped down. This happened the last time we visited. Sullen, bored and brisk staff don’t help the ambience. But there’s so little competition in Lewes I wonder if the owner actually cares.

Great staff, everyones so friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend!

Amazing service, good food, lovely staff!!

Vegan food as well as non. Nice experience for the taste buds. I think it's a Sussex based no corporateness to it...thankfully. Good looking food Queues out the door quite often but not long wait. Just to note I asked that a slice rather than tongs be used to avoid squashing my cake and the staff seemed to take this as an insult. Also went in the shop another time at 3.30pm and wondered if closing as staff just stood there waiting for me to chose when I'd only just got in the shop.there was a definite air of impatience. If Flint Owl staff continue their customer service this way, I will be sad but will stop buying there.

Lovely cakes and pastries. Can't fault any of the food or service! However, it can get very busy and noisy when eating in. The tables are all a bit close and I felt that people were on top of us. Also, the bathroom is very revealing as the window is very clear looking out on to the seating outside. So you may very well catch eye contact with someone having a coffee outside. Would recommend for takeaway.

The bakery had a good range catering for differing diet requirements. We sat and had some really nice coffee and pastries. We will return.

Size isn't everything and they pack a lot of cakes into a small space...

Came across this lovely bakery /café for the first time. Super fresh food! Great service! The bread looks beautiful 💞 Definitely be good to visit again.

Very nice, got a good impression as soon as I walked through the door. Purchased some bread and a slice of cheesecake. The cheesecake was very nice, the bread was very tasty.

Quality bakery, with prices commensurate..

We had a vegetarian pasty and the potato bake - both were exceptional. The green tea was lovely also. I would highly recommend this place.

Really nice food and drinks but a bit expensive in my opinion.

The food in this bakery is lovely, but the hygiene leaves a lot to be desired! On a visit this morning there were customers without masks, a lady who handled a loaf and then put it back on the shelf and a dog who sniffed...

One of my favourite places in Lewes. Excellent bread of various kinds, and a mouthwatering selection of other foods.

Great food. Good service, friendly staff, as always. Many thanks.

Went in for a coffee and a snack. We had amazing large onion bhajis, raita and chutney. It all tasted delicious. So nice to sit in the courtyard amongst the herbs and enjoy the food.

Great bakery (such good focaccia), BUT it was all a little hectic and noisy inside. Staff were lovely, but they need a better system, and make the place feel more cosy

Good food and atmosphere. Coffee could be better but would happily have it again 😆 Dog friendly.

First visit to this cafe and I absolutely loved it! The cakes and coffee were excellent. Staff were friendly and music was very relaxing!! Will have to try the savoury food next time

The best bakery on any of four continents I've been to, and there are many great ones. What always turns me on to food is fresh and real ingredients. Here they have a good variety of breads and pastries. Great value because the portions are large, great flavours as the pastries etc. are perfectly sweetened, and there are "free from" options. A main street - easy to find - some street parking close by, staff are adhering to Covid restrictions, busy location but service is very quick, and some seating inside. Fresh, tasty and I would move to Lewes just for this place alone.

Worst mocha ever. Tasted like worm with no coffee or Chocolate flavour what so ever. Don’t waste your time and money here.

Was really looking forward to visit this place but got very disappointed. Pastries and cakes are exposed, with flies and kids touching them. I saw a kid grabbing a cake and then put it back on the shelf. There were too many flies in the shop and I even found one cooked one on my granola bar. I politely complained and return it, but wasn't offered a refund. They briefly apologised but didn't seem to care.

Stale bread, sandwiches drenched in mayo. Not cheap either. Mistake going here

Great choices - so many different breads, sandwiches, croissant and cookies, cakes..... I had the vegan beetroot, apple & hummus sandwich on brown bread and it was delicious! Thank you! Will have to come back as didn't have time to try any of their hot drinks.

Great coffee Disgusting food , so disappointing , garden was a mess. Bad attitude from the staff. Food looked very nice, but certainly didn’t deliver. Will definitely not be going back

Perfect little stop for tea and cake. Huge range of snacks and cakes.

Outstanding bread, lunch options and great coffee. Possibly the best place in Lewes (charming little garden too)

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Nice place for coffee and lunch ☕🍵🌞👍😎

Can’t comment on the food or coffee as we left due to seeing a lot of pastries and cakes weren’t covered where the customers were queuing.

Quality baked goodies with a good selection of cakes 🍰 So many amazingly presented choices it’s hard to pick just a few, but was happy with what I did go for The peanut crunch does exactly as it says, without being overly peanutty or stodgy The bake well was perfectly cooked, soft yet crumbly with a decent blend of flavours Salted chocolate brownie, moist, unctuous, sweetness alongside salt, rich chocolately flavours Yum 😋

If you are in the Lewes area I definitely recommend you visit Flint Owl, the cakes are pastries are really delicious, and the cake portion sizes are especially generous for this kind of modern cafe. Coffee also excellent.

Lots of amazing veggie and pescatarian options. Sweet, savoury, hot & cold drinks + artisan bread 👌🏼 Highly recommend. Pretty busy

well it is bread but at these prices it needs to be super bread !!

Yummy, sandwichs are tiny, but nice.

Really nice coffee , food good , very nice cakes . Nice courtyard area to relax in at back. Staff friendly.

Although generally in the pst good quality coffee and eateries. Our overall experience was very bad. We visited for lunch and sat in the garden. The staff forgot about our order and appeared annoyed and unfriendly. When the food finally arrived we sat amongst pigeons...

Lovely to sit outside and enjoy tea, coffee and cake with friends

Possibly the best cake I've ever eaten, blueberry and lemon cake with a hot chocolate, and it was reasonably priced.

Superb coffee, salads and staff.

Concerned that the cakes and pastries were all being touched by children and flies. Perhaps keep them under glass, away from coughs and splutters.

We’ve been fierce followers of Flint Owl Bakery since it first opened. It used to have a wonderful independent coffee shop feel with a heart. It still feels independent but it’s pretty heartless nowadays. We’ve had several hot drinks spanning a few months now that...

Lovely bakery. Coffee, Cinnamon Roll and Brownie were all excellent. Very friendly and efficient staff

Don't get the salads! Feel like I've been robbed. Came here at 2pm on a weekday, they were out of most of the sandwiches so got a quiche and some salads. Quiche was nice, but the salads were the worst I have ever had. £6 for a tiny plate, the 'supergreen' salad had no dressing I could taste, it was literally straight from the bag. The black beans in the other one weren't cooked - they were hard as if they had come out of a tin. Also no dressing or flavour on that one. I can't believe that the person who made them actually tasted them before sending them out. If I hadn't already paid at the counter I would have refused (never done that before). I felt personally insulted that they would serve that without blinking. If Lewes ever comes up in conversation I will make a point of warning people away from this place. People of Lewes: you deserve better!

Amazing bakery, amazing independent business. Lots of local restaurants serve their baked goods.

What a beautiful cafe! Loved the decor and relaxing music (felt like I was in a spa!). The fresh bread and sheer selection of produce was incredible. The croissants tasted fresh and flaky. The raspberry and white chocolate cake (pictured) was amazing too! (Only minus one star for being overpriced - even for lewes! - unfortunately.) I will certainly be back to visit the garden though.

A show stopper re cakes and coffee