Friends of Bromham Mill in Bedford - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

This place seems to be getting better each time I visit. The food choice is very good, it's tasty and hot. The staff are lovely and very helpful. Our lunch came quickly and the coffee was a good quality.

We visit this site every few months with our young granddaughter - Fairy Trail a favourite with her, and well worth a visit if you have young children. Also a good location for dog walkers. Usually call in at the cafe - which is pleasant but have often thought it was an under-developed resource. Recent visits suggest whoever runs this is now in agreement as the cafe seems to be developing. On this occasion we stopped for lunch and had a very pleasant meal. It is, I feel, a bit pricey - but the food was very tasty, well presented and served swiftly. Plenty of staff on duty and they were very pleasant and efficient. Would recommend.

Beautiful place, sadly not running at its full potential. I’ve dropped in four or five times with friends over the last two months. We’ve had coffee, cakes and sandwiches( toasties) cakes are dry, sandwiches are a soggy mess on overly dry toast. People are not the friendliest. So much more could be done with a little more effort.

A friend and I met for lunch at the Mill cafe and really enjoyed a sausage bap for our lunch. Reasonable value for money and a pleasant place ti catch up. Lots of plans in the pipeline which will enhance the whole site.

Visited the cafe, on local recommendations and we personally wouldn’t recommend it. Not very imaginative food choice and definitely overpriced! Lack of atmosphere, freezing cold, no menus on tables….. Plus side/ staff very efficient It may be nicer in the summer but we won’t be going back

My wife and I try to pay a visit as much as possible it is always a treat with great surroundings,lovely food all backed up with a wonderful, helpful and happy service Thank you and will see you soon Laurie and Kate Wallis

Great food in a super setting. Excellent coffee and tasty snacks next to the river. Interesting art and original mill workings make this a great local destination. Superb!

New owners who are doing a fantastic job. Good food and very friendly service. Lovely outside area and very dog friendly. Well done team Mill.

Could be a Great Place to visit - However why is the market not vibrant and full of traders ? Such a waste of a valuable resource - this should be packed with stalls It seems who ever manages this needs to be thinking broader - its been like this for years and years... Get some antique, vintage, traders more food stalls - Mix it Up You have ample space - use it - make it a place that's worth visiting There are plenty of places for people to park near the Mill - Get that Car Park Full up with a wide variety of stalls / and the large barn - at the moment its sadly not worth a visit. Who runs this place - its same old same old - such a shame this place could be a destination place bringing in lots of visitors The food in the Cafe is limited and unimaginative... and your paying a premium for this- putting a few nice sofas upstairs - does not cut it Please do something to make the market successful and re think the menu

Walked down to go to the artisan market and thought we’d also have a coffee. 15 minute queue to be then told it would be 15 minute wait for coffee! Ridiculous. You had around 4 staff on. It takes 30 seconds to make a coffee. Get them trained and get organised!

Bromham is such a lovely village and the Mill compliments it so well. A unique place to visit with nice walks and a fairy trail for the small children. Very pet friendly and good free car parking. The cafe is a treat. Go upstairs and you will find comfy leather chesterfields and some interesting history of the mill. The drinks are very good and the food fresh and very tasty. The staff are very friendly and welcoming . Highly recommended .

What a lovely setting! I can't believe we hadn't been here before. We will definitely go back. Lovely coffee. The carrot cake was way too sweet for both of us, though - the icing didn't seem to be made with cream cheese, which might explain that (maybe it was a vegan version?) The children's play area was quite busy, which was lovely to see. Next time we'll venture out on one of the walking trails.

An ideal visit for granny & 20 month old granddaughter. She delighted in opening the house doors to find the fairies and then placing them in a new home. We had an early morning visit with the whole trail to ourselves making the atmosphere particularly special. Next visit I think she will wear her fairy wings too! Well done.

Lovely little place for a spot of lunch and a nice walk. Dog friendly and nice and warm. We will visit again soon.

I have been visiting Bromham Mill for several years and have seen the improvements that have been made to make it visitor and child friendly. We usually stop off for a coffee and cake or lunch during our morning walk, on a sunny day you can sit outside on the banks of the river beside the mill. There is plenty of inside seating and there is a smalll gift shop. The volunteers make a superb effort with the outside space, the fairy walk, with the little fairy houses is charming and of course there are plenty of fairies hidden about! There are more fairies in the gift shop always looking for a Forever home! With Christmas coming up I am sure the fairies and volunteers will have something exciting planned.

Entry to Bromham Mill is free. There is a woodland Fairy Trail and nature reserve to walk around. The children also love the wooden play area, although it is a bit uneven so very little ones could easily stumble. Inside the Mill you can visit the Made in Bedford shop featuring handmade gift items. Upstairs there is a large space for children to do some colouring, and you can also see the old Mill wheels and workings too. Certain days they have it running I think, but even when its not running its great to see and a conversation starter with children, mine loved it. Downstairs is a nice cafe too, wasn't too impressed by the coffee but the selection of food is good. A great place to visit!

we had a truly fabulous breakfast that kept us going for the rest of the day. a fantastic part of the UK if you have the time to get of the beaten track and enjoy the beautiful village. we will return in summer and i'm sure it will be even better.

Situated by the river, Bromham Mill is in an idyllic location. There is ample free parking, a large outdoor area with rustic tables and a children's play area. Once inside the Mill, we were warmly greeted by the friendly staff. The menu features a good variety of freshly prepared food. We plumped for the paninis, I had the tuna and mayo with salad whilst my hubby had the bacon and brie with crisps and coleslaw. Both extremely delicious. The cost with a coffee and a soft drink was £15. We did not have room for the wonderful looking homemade cakes (shame).Plenty of seating inside and it was lovely, quaint and cool. A very enjoyable brunch. Upstairs there is a small gallery selling pictures and other niche items. The old mill works are fascinating .I would recommend that better signage is purchased so that more people can visit this asset to Bedfordshire .A very well managed establishment. Highly Recommended.

Lovely location by the river. Sweet craft/gift shop. The great mill breakfast was filling and tasty! We didn't have room for the homemade coconut cake so we took two slices home!

A huge group of cyclists had descended on them and although noisy they managed to feed them and manage when we came in later that day. The quiche salad was good and praise given to the tasty tuna and cheese It would have been nice if there had been a little more room and the salad was a little small but overall a friendly place with helpful efficient staff Thanks

Well we have finally given up with this place after our last two visits were a nhtmare and they asked us to give them another try we reluctantly tried it again today at 2-15, thought we wud get a light lunch, queued up for 18 mins with only two other people in front of us, its so disorganised and unprofessional, the person taking orders then proceeds to get the orders leaving people in the queue just waiting & waiting, then wen U get to the counter you are told sorry lunch food is finished,. Why no sign out in the car park,,?? why not just quickly mention it to people as they join the queue???Oh no thats too easySo left again hungry and frustrated at the total lack of customer service and care..☹️☹️☹️

The whole breakfast was microwaved, sausages, bacon, hash browns, over cooked eggs, the only thing they didn’t mess up were the beans, oh wait they were bad aswell. I wouldn’t feed them sausages to my dog. They were like eating a banana with the skin on. £10 for a microwave breakfast, you must be joking me!

Very friendly service, an array of homemade cakes and other prepared food available. Not the greatest coffee, machine coffee and not a barista, but both the pastry and bacon bap were lovely. Lots of outside seating available, situated next to the river or the play area if you have children. A great little cafe.

It's worth nothing that this café is no longer run by Friends of Bromham Mill, I believe instead it's run by the council?

This was a lovely setting to have a hot drink and a piece of cake. Good service clean and a good shop to view some art pieces.

I booked for a work gathering on a Friday afternoon for 15 people, with tea/coffee and cake. We were given a lovely laid up long table in the gallery up stairs and the service was brilliant....nothing was too much trouble. We will definitely return and everyone appreciated our surroundings.

A gem tucked away by the old bridge. He had a cream tea I had a warm cheese scone and a cinnamon topped cappuccino. Not badly priced and served by lovely ladies . It wasn't busy when we arrived so had a bench in courtyard and enjoyed the ambience. We had a walk around through the arch and it was so peaceful the trees are beautiful and I imagined stepping back into the history of bromham . You can take a walk through the old place look at the old Mill and how it all worked years ago. There's art and crafts for sale and they serve snacks and drinks at very reasonable prices. Lovely for children to explore and if you want to take a look at the river and weir it's over the old bridge lovely pics to be taken. A beautiful piece of old Bedfordshire history

A great asset to the village. There’s always something going on here.

Excelent service great food good atmosphere. There is an outdoor seating area as well as indoors. Staff very friendly would definitely go again.

It's a shame TripAdvisor doesn't seem to have an entry to review the Mill itself rather than just the restaurant. Set in stunning Bromham countryside with a fast flowing river, the Mill is a fascinating historical relic from the past. The cafe serves food at a reasonable price and I had a wonderful cream tea there. The cakes are yummy homemade creations. I liked their carrot cake. Two different groups run the cafe during the week and at weekends. Please note breakfast is not served on Saturdays and Sundays. The art gallery upstairs is lovely, though if you wish to buy something created by the artists in the gift shop, it's cash payments only. I loved it so much that I went back there for a second time, and I shall go there on a regular basis from now on. Play area and parking available on site.

I live close to Bromham Mill and have visited loads of times to walk the dog, but have never been to the café or in the mill itself until recently where I visited with family and 2 dogs for lunch.

Entré y olía El precioso rojo y freír las cebollas decidimos que nos gustaría probar algunos. Los tres de nosotros pedimos nuestra comida. Salchichas en un rollo. Sábado durante una media hora y comenzó a preguntarse si se había olvidado de nosotros. No gusto de hacer un alboroto esperamos un poco más y luego uno de nosotros decidimos preguntar donde la comida nos. Que habían cometido un error y pensé que ya había comido. Entonces dijo que harían disfrutarla algunos rápidamente como sea posible. 15 minutos más tarde llegó la comida. No estaba mal pero no cebollas. el chef vino y pidió disculpas. A la salida, una vez más, disculpas y una oferta más de torta para llevar a casa. No nos importaba, como sucede con nosotros todo el tiempo y no eran de todos modos en una prisa. Moral. Siempre pido y compruebe si espera demasiado. Volvería de nuevo ya el personal es siempre amable y nos gusta el lugar. La gente a veces cometer errores, especialmente en las horas punta.

Me fui a mirar el molino en vez de ir al restaurante. Yo no estaba muy seguro de qué esperar, pero estoy interesado en la configuración histórica. Lo mejor de este lugar es el outlook. Hay paseos en y alrededor de esta ubicación con instalaciones para picnic. El Molino en sí es bastante pequeño con algunas viejas máquinas. Me pareció difícil imaginar cómo el molino habría operado en su hayday.

Un salto que después de un paseo para ver si había algo que podía comer y fueron muy serviciales y nos hicieron una comida estupenda. Por desgracia, la camarera me trajo un té con leche de vaca en lugar de soja para comenzar, pero vinieron y cambiado para mí.

Visitamos el molino en una tarde soleada y esperaba sólo el café abierto. Además de la cafetería era una gran comida de artesanía con todo lo de la miel para los cojines de venta y cada puesto era realmente buena que vende algunos productos y bienes hechos a mano. Para nuestro almuerzo optamos por algunos deliciosos pasteles taza y un perro caliente de la barbacoa. Fue encantador sentarse cerca del agua y todo estaba muy sabroso.

Este aspecto muy interesante y atractivo en internet, pero la realidad es que es una decepción. La galería de arte está bien con arte local, etc., para la venta, pero que se detiene allí. Solo queríamos té y pasteles, pero el simple de la máquina de café estaba increíblemente insípida artas y no saben qué sabores las tartas y bizcochos eran? ? ? Ni confianza ni contemplar impresionantes.

Después de un largo paseo que era tiempo para un café. El salón de té es bastante pequeño por dentro, pero tiene un montón de asientos al aire libre. El personal era extremadamente servicial y el servicio era excelente. Mi café se hizo justo como...

Lugar encantador. Gran zona de juegos exterior para niños y muy bien cuidado. El molino en sí está bien cuidado y muy interesantes. Fuimos durante media a largo plazo y estaban dando paquetes de actividades para niños con un concurso, burbujas, etc., y que era una idea muy dulce. Llegamos a ver el molino de agua en sí. La tienda es fantástica y vende todo tipo de artesanía local. El café es bueno y a un precio razonable. No es el mejor café que he probado, pero eso está bien. Personal amable, muy acogedor lugar local.

On the first Saturday of each month there is a local produce market at the mill. Nice variety of local products, including chess, oils, cider, chutney & crafts. Lots of free samples to try and enjoy. Nice cafe in mill, highly recommended chilli + friendly staff.

We spent an hour at the Mill last Saturday. Main reason for visit was we saw an advert for a Food Market which they appear to stage once a month. This was a bit of a let down with only a few stalls – most local farmers' markets have more to offer. We had a wander around the mill which is an old building with some of the original machinery and millstones on display. There is an audio tour, which you can pick up on your phone. There is a small shop selling mainly local crafts and there was an art exhibition upstairs. There was a small cafe, but that didn't look very inviting, there were people actually feeding their dogs off the cafe tables, so we decided to give that a miss. Outside you can see the old bridge with its many arches and there are paths to stroll along the river.

Brought friends from Yorkshire here on Bank holiday Monday and we had another great evening , the food was excellent again and Tom who served us was so polite and helpful . Couldn't have wished for a better end to great weekend with friends

Walked the dog and called in for a coffee and ended up with home made delicious proper mince pies (lots of mince and not too much pie) and to finish it off a glass of mulled cider. Good coffee too!

We called in for a coffee and ended up having some very nice scones with it. The old Mill is being restored and there is plenty to see inside the mill for no charge. I particularly like the QR codes that are near each part of the mill, which enable your smartphone to give you information and video clips about that item. A lovely place in a lovely location.

Visited Bromham Mill during Heritage Weekend (free visit). Had lunch prior to a guided tour and the lunch was very good. Limited menu, as you might expect, but tasty and good price. Inside (and outside) eating. Inside is very atmospheric and interesting as it is amongst the machinery. The machinery (we're assured) does work - when the river level is high enough, which it wasn't on the day that we visited. Now here's the thing ... we were talking to a couple, who are almost professional heritage volunteers, and they told us that the Mill would have received posters, banners etc, to advertise the open day. But there was NOTHING on display. So, they don't do marketing, which is a shame because they could have had so many more visitors who, if nothing else, would have boosted the takings for the cafe. The tour was great (thank you Edward) and informative - full of interesting anecdotes. All they need, it seems, is a Miller! So any experienced (volunteer) millers amongst you should offer their services to Bromham Mill. The other interesting thing about our visit, was the artists gallery. Some really nice and affordable pieces there.

It was our first visit to this cafe. Only had coffee and a snack this time but we will return now we know where it is. I had a large cheese scone with butter, the scone was still warm from the oven and very yummy, coffee was of good quality and hot served in white china cups. We sat outside for food, then went inside to marvel at the machinery of the old mill, finished off with a walk. A perfect Sunday morning

Bromham mill is one of the nicest places I've been to recently which is why I'm reluctant to post this! To many people might spoil it ! The mill has a cafe with indoor and outdoor seating. The food we had at lunchtime was first class with homemade tarts, salad and jacket potato, and very reasonable too. There are lots of places to sit and eat.Outside there is a children's play area and a field which is perfect for a picnic. This also gives access to a couple of walks beyond the mill.The staff were friendly and the whole feel of the place is genuine and uncommercialised.Absolutely delightful place and well worth a visit.T

Nice way to spend a morning or afternoon following a walk in Bromham Park, not to mention the play area for children, so all can enjoy the visit. Good home food and, just as important, dog friendly.

The café is situated inside Bromham Mill and many old features still remain.A good selection of food and drink is available, which includes cakes, sandwiches and wine! I chose a sandwich which was tasty and filling.Staff were friendly as well, even though they were short staffed at the time of arrival.Would pop by again

This place is full of character (historical, and people) it's charming, the staff are just so so friendly, the food is healthy and delicious, they have a license too so you can chill out on a sunday (or any day) with a glass of vino... whether you're coming for a meal, or going for tea and cake - it's so perfect AND you can have a look around the mill too. Don't miss it.

You wouldn't expect to experience the best Indian meal of your life at a little watermill in Bedfordshire, but I just did!About 25 years ago I put myself off eating in Indian restaurants by making my own food. Nothing ever came up to my standard or particular taste. Then my wife started cooking them and everything went up a level. It's always nicer eating food cooked by someone else. Today, that bar just got raised another notch thanks to London based chef Del Chakravati who happened to call by at the mill to cook.For just £6 a head my family of 8 were able to enjoy a chicken, sag, rice and naan combo between us. It was full of flavour, quite spicy and the chicken was cooked to perfection. It was a generous helping too!So now Del is hinting at a return visit which would be extremely welcome. If this happened to be on a Friday evening, at a similar price and with the option of purchasing a beer or two with the meal, I am certain he would be on to a winner. Keeping the menu to just a few dishes allows Del to concentrate on quality and his passion for cooking is tasted in each glorious spoonful of delight. Highly recommended!

Have just had the most delicious lunch at the revamped Cafe at the Mill. Wonderful location, great atmosphere, very friendly staff, yummy home cooked food at very reasonable prices. Can't wait to return!

The Mill is open in the summer months on Friday afternoons, Saturdays and Sundays plus bank holiday Monday. Serves light lunches and afternoon teas. Beautiful home cooking with local home made bread. Seating inside and out. Also the chance to explore the mill building with no entry fee. A free exhibition may be available above the café. Also park and picnic tables nearby.