Huffkins in Cotswold

Stow-on-the-Wold was our Cotswold base for several days so we became quite familiar with the town’s cafes and pubs. Popping into Huffkins for a toasted bun and a pot of tea became a favourite thing to do. Their specialties are cream teas and home-made cakes and buns but they also do more substantial breakfast and lunch meals. An interesting thing about Huffkins is that it is housed inside Stow’s oldest building, built around 1450. Heavy wooden beams still feature in the ceilings but the rest of the decor is modern and whilst its clean and neutral, it lacks any historical charm. For those interested in the history, there’s a blue plaque on the wall out the front which gives a brief history of the building.

Soup obviously out of a tin, a few pieces of veg one stage before mush, stock with preservatives. Served with weird scone tasting of bicarbonate. Avoid.

It’s a great shame how it’s gone downhill. It used to be a lovely bakers that also did teas, with a much wider variety of foods and strictly loose leaf tea. The service has always been flustered and grumpy but you forgave because the quality was so good. Not now and it is brazenly overpriced. And now to cap it all they no longer give discounts if you bring your own reusable cup. So much for environmental responsibility

The food is overpriced and the quality is average at best. We ordered soup, kids ham roll and open Brie toastie and we found with all dishes we could have easily done better at home. Very dissatisfied and won’t be returning again.

The food was excellent - I can’t fault that - or the service. However I did think the lady changing the displays should not have pushed past our table several times to reach a shelf to change the display while we were eating. She didn’t apologise in any way - after several ‘visits’ from her I really felt she was behaving quite rudely. My friend and I were out for a pleasant lunch, but she spoiled the atmosphere. She never even made eye contact even though she was touching our table. I’m sure this will be rectified, so don’t let it put you off as I’m sure she doesn’t do it every day

Touristy cafe in prime position in Stow's market square. It's fairly cramped inside, with tables very close together and lacking atmosphere. Coffee and cakes were fine but overpriced compared to other cafes that we visited in the Cotswolds.

Service was cheerful enough but £9.95 for one smallish scone, small container of supermarket clotted cream and jam, and a single cup of tea means we’ll never be going to another Huffkins again. The carrot cake was nice but it was a tiny portion. Sure, Stow is a tourist town but this is just price gouging. Suggest you try one of the local independents instead.

We are regular visitors to Huffkins and always enjoy great food and service there however today we were very disappointed. The pancakes were dry and did not come with anything, and the eggs with bacon and avocado had the smallest amount of avocado scraped across one piece of very dry toast, and another with nothing on it. The eggs were also very hard poached eggs. We spent £60 for four of us on a very disappointing brunch.

Not great, ordered some food in the takeaway section. Purchased some cakes, and a tuna sandwich, paid for it but was told it was in the bag. When I travelled home which was a long way from Stow on the wold , no tuna sandwich in bag. Not great when you have paid for it.

Lovely food. A bit slow because they were busy but staff were very helpful and kind.

I usually love Huffkins but today was a disappointment. My ‘warm’ lardy cake was only slightly warm around the edges but the centre was fridge cold. My tepid chai latte couldn’t even melt the chocolate sprinkled on the top.

An OK establishment. Food just above average but staff seemed so miserable. Felt like they all needed a bit of a motivational rocket up their rears!

Bought a coffee and a sandwich cost me £15 for two things the coffee was good but the sandwich was bland no seasoning or flavour everything tasted frozen the lettuce was rotten and the chicken was like biting into rubber nothing tasted remotely fresh. Way too overpriced for the quality. Not worth it in my opinion.

Lovely staff. However the food is below average and pricy. We had tuna and cheese melt, tuna mayo sandwich and biscoff cake. All were not tasty 💔 Americano coffee was ok. English breakfast tea also good.

Great service, friendly welcoming staff... food was amazing. We got there early, but that didn't change the experience.

Very nice place to have a cup of tea or coffee and something sweet. The service was quick and friendly too! I will come back again.

A bit miserable actually. The food and service was very average.

Friendly atmosphere; Lovely coffee!

Most beautiful tea shop in the world, highly recommend a visit for a sandwich or cream tea. Delightfully

Nice place, good pastries. Do prefer to choose my own table than told which one to sit at ! It was very quiet so surely people should be able to choose where they feel comfortable.

Reasonably priced, tasty food. Sandwich, toastie and a couple of pasties ordered. Visiting Cotswolds for the weekend and dropped in for lunch and were quickly seated. Ordered food and it was with us in good time.

Disappointing food that is really quite expensive for what it is. We had a tuna sandwich and the winter soup and cheese scone. The bread for the sandwich was not the freshest and the filling was very cold and also tasteless - perhaps not enough mayo and no seasoning. The soup was filled with vegetables and looked hearty but it was thin in flavour and texture and, again, lacked seasoning. The scone was tasty but small. The tea was very weak even after we requested an additional tea bag. And the coffee was tepid. Overall there are much better places to eat in Stow and I cannot recommend here at all. Finally anyone with mobility issues should be aware that the toilets are up a lot of stairs

Good dining atmosphere .... if only the service was better.

We popped into Huffkins for a tea and some pastries. Everything was really good. Service was friendly and efficient. It is order at the counter, which was fine. Food was all homemade, so really delicious. I would definitely recommend coming here for a bite to eat if you're visiting Stow-on-the-Wold. Can't wait to come back at some point in the future!

Beth E was a very friendly. The vibes at Huffkins? Immaculate. The Vanilla Milkshake? Straight up dreamy—smooth, creamy, and hit all the right notes. The Flat White? Absolute fire, like the kind of coffee that just fuels your soul. The Child’s Cheese Roll? Low-key a banger—soft, fresh, and made with love. 💯 Portion sizes? Generous, no cap. And the staff? So on point—super chill but mad attentive. This place just knows how to slay the café game. If you’re in Stow on the Wold and you’re not pulling up here, you’re doing it all wrong. Periodt. 🔥✨

Unfortunately we had a poor experience here this afternoon. Lovely cake, however there was poor customer service from the lady making the hot drinks. Would not return as it spoiled our experience here.

Great place , Great food excellent service

Good food..great almond croissants..quite expensive

I experienced very bad service here

Adorable, cozy & classic bakery/cafe in Stow! While staying in England, I was in the forever hunt of a true British scone (but vegan!) and Huffkins offered a vegan scone! Latte was creamy, strong & delicious with oat milk & the vegan scone was perfect! So delicious & was exciting to have a vegan coffee & scone experience in England!

A lovely visit again... it's becoming a bit of a habit! Great food, friendly and great service and all in a beautiful location. Thank you!

Lovely establishment very friendly staff will definitely call again thank you.

Returning after a too long gap; staff still smiling; food still great; service still excellent. Marvellous.

We always get a warm welcome at Huffkins. The food is always very nice and the staff are always friendly and efficient. Huffkins is a very nice and cosy tea room and I would recommend it to everyone.

We've stopped at Huffkins Stow several times in the past and all has been well. Having visited today however, it was a bit disappointing. I had a fish finger sandwich which was not very good. The roll was flakey and tough and appeared to have been defrosted. These things happen but when we were asked how the food was, we were truthful but polite. The waitress said she'd speak to the manager and come back to us but then didn't return. All in all, not great I'm afraid.

Delicious coffee and carrot cake

I tried the excellent distilled coffee, one of the best places that serves coffee and tea, and don’t forget to try their famous scones with cream and jam.

A cafe popular for its scones. The souvenirs are cute and recommended.

Lovely place in great location Tables inside and out a very dog friendly! Coffees and food was delicious and I would definitely recommend it and would visit again Right in the centre of Stow on the Wold and lovely little place to eat for lunch.

Had Victoria sponge to take away 5 stars truly deserved great cake

I don't recommend it, really problematic staff.

Coffee and food ok environment not bad

Great coffee but a smile would have helped. Luckily we were taking away!!

Unfortunately we were 4 very disappointed Customers. Poor Reception with comment from Waiter who showed us to our reserved table saying everything was “all over the place”. We waited for 2 overpriced Cotswold Salads, one requesting the “hot chilli flakes” to be put “on the side” to find they were mixed into the salad…when the Waitress was asked about the carbs of the Huffkins Bun due to a Medical situation the response was that she didn’t know…when we offered to clear our plates off the table as we had finished lunch the next Waitress seemed put out that she had to take the plates away and when paying our bill Cash was refused…

Great lunch out! Super quick and friendly service and food was lovely.

They are misleading, they are writing dogs welcome but actually they are not, They didn't allow me to get in because of my dag

Great food and tea, but the environment was a bit hectic.

Delicious well presented afternoon tea. Friendly helpful staff. We used a Wowcher offer.

Great food and lovely friendly service

Can't believe no disabled toilet when most of the people are old and to get to the toilet up a very steep stairs. Should not be happing today

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at Huffkins! The staff were very accommodating with our group, not to mention our dog! We didn’t have anything to eat, but we won’t make that mistake again! It was our first visit to a Huffkins, but definitely will not be our last! Thank you.

Heavenly experience here Their fresh scones were divine and the strawberry jam came in cute little jars for us to spread. Eclairs and many more desserts were pleasant, satisfying the sweet tooth exceptionally well Service was very helpful and the staff helped us understood the menu as it was out first time ordering at these types of establishments The curry sandwich was a bit weird though, the rest were great. COME HERE AGAIN DEFINITELY

We were visiting Stow and as we had an early start, we were feeling a bit hungry and thirsty, so popped into Huffkins. The staff were really friendly and showed us to a table and explained that good was ordered at the counter. We went for an English breakfast roll and sausages in a roll with drinks and cakes. Food was really high quality and tasted great. If we visit Stow again, will definitely come back here for food.

Great service, decent coffee and the biscoff gateaux was ok but no real taste of biscoff. Very busy but the staff coped well, they forgot my cake but that was remedied.

It's not cheap but the products, baking, is superlative. However it's not a place where I would expect to have to queue up to order at the counter and remember your table number. Not right at all. And muzak to suit the young, certainly not for the age range in the place when we visited.

We came to Huffkins for a cup of tea and a nice cake. The selection of cakes were awful and not what we would have expected from this Bakery. The tea came to the table without the cakes, so we waited 10 minutes and then had to go back to the counter to ask where the cakes were. We both left part of our cakes as they were sickly and horrible. Won't come back until the standard of this Bakery/Cafe improves. We were not the only ones complaining on this day. Shame this used to be a lovely place.

Our bus tour stops for lunch in Stow-on-the-Wold. The driver warns us about “Stow Time” and that we want to let people know we have a bus to catch or we might wait a long time. My sweetie stops in Huffton’s Stow to buy a pasty and then explore the town. I’m too tired, I just want to sit and enjoy food. So I find an empty outdoor table. Turns out you can scan a QR code and order straight from the table. I order the Afternoon Tea because it will have a collection of sweets and sandwiches. I specify that I want the House blend tea rather than my usual latte because I want a real English high tea. Within ten minutes (no worries about Stow time) a three level tray arrives with the teac cream and sugar, 2 scones, clotted cream, strawberry jam, plus four kinds of cakes and the equivalent of four different sandwiches, cut into little triangles. The young man who brings it to me smiles when I say it’s three times as much food as I expected. “Shall I go ahead and just bring you a box now then?” It’s all such a treat that my beloved changes her mind and joins me for a sit down meal. Even so, I wind up getting three meals out of all the goodies!

We shared a lovely afternoon tea here. The tea and pastries were amazing, and the waitstaff were so friendly and helpful. There was also outdoor seating for the Covid-cautious.

We were greeted at the door (which is always a good thing) and shown to a table. We chose from the menu and ordered our food at the counter. Our meals came very quickly and we enjoyed them immensely. It's a very clean establishment, the staff are all polite and smiling. Highly recommended.

Great lardy buns but the coffee is not good and is super expensive (even more expensive than London!)

Ordered 2 teas and almond croissants. Took a long time for tea to arrive and even longer for the croissant one of which was burnt. Couldn't send it back for replacement as time running out at carpark

Friendly, polite and helpful staff.

Ottima Tearoom. Appena scesi dal bus che ci accompagnava nelle Cotswolds ce la siamo trovata avanti e che fai? Non ti fermi? Superba colazione con capuccino, io con un ottimo cornetto accompagnato da burro e marmellata, mia figlia degli Scones, mio marito dei Lardy Cakes. Tutto veramente buonissimo, servizio perfetto, la ragazza che si è dedicata a noi gentilissima e dolcissima. Abbiamo acquistato anche qualche prodotto dallo shop compresa una borsina in juta col loro marchio. Consiglio.

A superb eatery in the heart of the Cotswolds.

Terrible service the moment we arrived.. Slow service, literally threw down cutlery all over the table knives and forks spread all over the table…. Order breakfast for 4 and only three meals arrived, waitress absolutely clueless and asked if we had missed anything…. Even though she already knew when I asked where my breakfast was… and immediately said it was sent to wrong table… Asked how long it was going to take she had no idea, had to ask for manager for refund…. No apology to the situation As for the food that did arrived it was mediocre at best - tomato ketchup was horrific, tastes like watered down sweet chili sauce… Staff are highly undertrained…. Made a mistake to try this place over our usual in stow in the wold…. EDIT: I can confirm full refund has been received.

Driving through Stow on a short break, decided to stop here for afternoon tea as it looked lovely from outside. Shown to a table by one of the many waiting staff but then told we had to order at the counter or use the QR code at the table. Couldn't get the QR code to load the site so went to the counter, where I waited. And waited. And waited. One person taking orders from the queue, all the other staff seemed to be just standing about, a waitress could have taken our order in less than a minute. Eventually left and went elsewhere.

All was good amazing and lovely

No all day breakfast !! In fact no breakfast at all. Place is grubby.

Came here for a quick bite to eat on my way home, service was excellent and food and drink good as well especially the milkshake. A big shoutout to Aimee and Beth as it did get particularly busy at one point but their customer service didn’t faulted . I will definitely be popping in here again in the future.

Lovely Tearoom! We visited on day very busy day for lunch. The staff are to be commended for being friendly and efficient - especially Layla who was serving customers on the day.

A lovely afternoon tea, staff helpful and friendly

Awful!! Portion sizes were small - when I complained about the lack of Brie on my lunch I was told that was the portion size unless I wanted to pay more (£13 for a roll!!) service was poor, my friend had to ask twice for the dressing that accompanied her meal and had nearly finished when it eventually arrived. I have been going to Mrs Huffkins for over 30 years and was so disappointed to see that it had changed so much - won’t go again

After going to this cafe for almost 30 years I was disappointed to go back after a good few years to find everything was awful!! The portion sizes are pathetic (I ordered the Brie, bacon and chilli jam open melt) I actually asked for more Brie (as there was hardly any on it) and was told that that was the portion size unless I wanted to pay extra (it was £13!!!). Had to ask twice for the dressing for my friends pasty which she had nearly finished by the time it eventually arrived. So sad that such a wonderful place is no longer wonderful. Plenty of other cafes to enjoy in the area, avoid this one at all costs

Great location in the center of town. They seated us right away and had such helpful staff. Scones were great, however the tuna sandwich was a bit sad. If it was a bit better my rating would’ve been a 5/5.

I find an extortion having to pay £4 for a takeaway regular tea. 😣

Such a friendly warm service. Lovely food. Lovely people.

Great service on a very busy Summer day

It's not a scone that you would normally eat in Japan, but something fluffy and bread-like. Coffee from another table came out by mistake. The charming store clerk desperately tried to explain things to me even though I didn't speak English (lol)

Staff very friendly Scones very delicious A cafe with a nice atmosphere A restaurant that made me not regret getting off in Stowe, where there was nothing to see.

Lovely Full English Breakfast, including a great vegetarian version with vegetarian sausages. Great, calm, atmosphere with calm music. Central location. 10/10.

Lovely friendly helpful staff and great coffee

Thanks for warm hospitality from your staffs

Seated shortly by a polite female waiter, food and drinks ordered by QR code. Took ages to arrive, the "traditional" lemonade was canned sanpellegrino which is not what "traditional" lemonade is especially in England. Politely asked the male waiter about this, he was rude and indifferent giving no customer service experience and just said they only serve one type of lemonade and shook his head when I explained what a traditional lemonade is. Cakes small and average

Pretentious and cashless. One to avoid next time.

Lovely little cafe, the pasty I had was lovely, the pastry was lovely and "Flakey" - highly recommend, and lovely friendly staff.

Perfect for a small meal, great service

Friendly and pleasant staff. Great coffee and cake stop. Many thanks.👍

We were there for cream tea. I'm much more used to a bakery with service. What really disappointed me was packaged clotted cream and jam. Far too expensive for that. But I know it completely differently from Great Britain. A pity.

Lovely little place, great food, fab service will definitely be coming again

Disappointing visit today - we were left waiting to be taken to a seat for quite some time, despite multiple free tables within site, and despite telling staff that my mother was feeling unwell and needed to sit down quickly. We then saw multiple people being sent away who arrived after us, despite multiple free tables. We only ordered drinks, which were ok - but the bizarre events before we got a seat put us off the experience.

Popped in for tea and cakes mid morning. Ordered via the app which was fine, if a bit long winded. No confirmation of the table number in the order and the confirmation looked like a take out order so a tweaking of the confirmation could be in order. That said, it all arrived as ordered, staff were very friendly and we enjoyed our visit very much.

Fabulous afternoon tea as always.

Quick afternoon pit stop at Stow cafe. What a delight, staff were fully engaged and even introduced us to the new loyalty scheme including a complimentary cuppa😀.

Beautiful little cafe . Definitely worth a visit. Recommend the chocolate eclair

Came here with my parents for breakfast. (Group of 3) The place was empty and we asked to sit by the window for breakfast so would move a table to make a table for 4. We asked but was told this wouldn’t be possible as they would have to make room if others wanted to come in (in fairness the place did start to fill towards the end of our meal. We didn’t mind this. When it came to the food, for what it is, my God it’s overpriced. We got a couple of the breakfast baps. My poached egg had burst before arriving to the table, and the quality of the ingredients was sub par. The hash brown had clearly been microwaved, not crispy, instead soft. As well as this, the sausage was of poor quality. Bacon was fine, relatively crispy and bun fine - no issues there Overall the food was edible, nothing particularly wrong other than what’s been mentioned but just simply not worth the money.

Was a okay experience, my children liked the food they served us as it was fresh and flavourful. Staff were lovely

Positioned right alongside the Market Square, Huffkins is very accessible and easy to find. A nice interior design and tasty food awaits. Prices are a little expensive but service is good and friendly. Relaxing atmosphere. We enjoyed a break from walking around and didn't feel rushed.

Busy but pleasant. Friendly staff.

We popped in for lunch. Restaurant was very busy, but staff treated us with the very highest respect. They were very welcomimg the food was superb. Our lovely waitress was very polite and friendly. I wouldn't hesitate to sing their highest praise and will certainly visit again.

The staff and food were excellent!