Osier cafe in Mid Suffolk

The home made quiche was delicious. Cold tap water available to help yourself to. A gem of a cafe.

A nice cafe in a lovely setting. I bought the small breakfast with a can of lemonade for £8.00, the breakfast contained toast, baked beans, one rasher of bacon, one sausage, one tomato (in exchange for not wanting mushrooms) and one fried egg. The food was all very nice apart from the beans which were only just about warm. The service was good and the general atmosphere of the cafe was very nice, especially with all the Christmas trees around the church If you found this review helpful please click on the heart icon, thanks.

I cannot rate the service, food and good vibes this place provides. You are always made to feel welcomed. Food is good quality and portion sizes above average for the price. Dining within the church adds to the atmosphere and they have a wonderful children's play area my son loves.

Very dog friendly (the dog was given a sausage!) and they were very welcoming to all of us. Accommodating to fussy teenagers! Wonderful breakfast 🙂

Used to use when it was simply a table with a volunteer serving tea, coffee or squash and biscuits. Whilst a lovely full blown cafe, now comes with high prices matching other outlets. Presumably staff are patrolled and some profits to church?

I've paid many visits to this café. I wish it was open on Mondays!

Lovely and gentle staff!!! Very tasty breakfast and Cake's 😋 On top their Charity-way absolute great!!!

Most amazing place great if u have kids they a toys and a comfy part x x

What a fantastic idea, cafe in the church. It can be chilly in the winter, but that's OK, the warm welcome and friendly staff make up for it. Excellent menu, gluten free and vegan options available. Dog friendly too. Lovely homemade cake selection. Lunchtime specials. Well worth a visit. I go regularly with family and friends, never disappointed.

Pleasant welcome in this town centre church. Good soup and chilli with rice the vast selection of cakes - too tempting. Support this busy heart of the community.

Incredible service and delicious food, great spot to grab some lunch I'd recommend to everyone

Furry friendly and a great selection of food

A really friendly and welcoming cafe that’s moved from the museum to Stowmarket church in recent years. There’s plenty of tables which is good as the Osier’s a popular spot for lunch. It’s a really unique cafe because of the church location. We all enjoyed our food. The rainbow salad with felafel was lovely and the quiche was really nice too and was served with a salad and baked potato. The portion sizes are generous and reasonably priced too. There’s an excellent selection of cakes on the slices of cake are large! I’d happily recommend the Osier cafe to others.

Just popped in for coffee and decorate xmas tree for festival

My son takes singing lessons in Stowmarket and we discovered this little gem of a café which is literally a 3 minute walk from his teacher's place 🥰 the food is hearty and delicious, the cakes are divine and coffee and teas great! The place is located within the church and has got a welcoming atmosphere, great place for families with young children as it's spacious and great if you have dogs too!! The staff are courteous and efficient. Will definitely back again very soon. 3 June 2023 And we've come back!! The veggie quiche with salad and jacket potato was yummy, the coffe walnut cake and bakewell tart delicious and of course, the all day English breakfast is amazing!! Needless to say the coffees are spot on 💛

Helen and the team are absolutely brilliant. Pop in for a wide-ranging menu and lots of mouth-watering cakes!

Myself and my wife had a nice time first time we had been there since it moved to St Peters St Mary's Church in Stowmarket could not fault it in any way.

Highly recommend paying a visit. I had the big breakfast and was very good plate of food for a 6ft 5 carpenter it filled me up for the day. Will be back again

Food was frssh, generous & tasty. Nice place. Noisy when it gets busy.

Excellent food and friendly staff. A lovely place to eat lunch.

This cafe moved from within a museums grounds and is now located within a church. I had visited several times before it moved and was keen to try it in its new location. It actually is a nice relaxing space within the church with a pleasant atmosphere. The staff are friendly and they still have a good selection of food and drinks at a reasonable cost. I had a generous portion of veggie quiche and salad - which was very tasty. Due to their new location they no longer can offer fried food but there is plenty of other options to choose from. Will certainly return when next in area.

Really friendly and makes an excellent breakfast.

I had thought it might be a bit grim sitting in the back of the church for a coffee - not at all. The Osier Cafe is a lovely, welcoming space which is bright, airy and warm. The serving staff were jolly and polite. Latte was good and victoria sponge just superb and the cakes on offer looked delicious - we had trouble choosing!

What a superb place to enjoy breakfast/lunch. Everytime I visit I always think I will try something different but always have one of helens delicious quiche served with jacket and salad

Met with friends for coffee and chat. Cakes devine and large slice delicious.warm friendly service and bustling with young families. Super Christmas 🎄 display wonderful place to visit .

Really friendly and helpful people

I have been a visitor of the Osier Cafe many times now and can only say what a great Cafe it is, run by Helen and her team. Always ready to help the staff are wonderful and provide good old fashioned customer service. BUT if you really want to know that makes this cafe shine, it is their breakfast which if you like cooked, will transport to your traditional English Cooked Happy Place! A great way to stoke up for the day, the journey of simply because you like a traditional English Cooked Breakfast - and always served with a smile! Highly recommended.

New to Stowmarket and have spent each weekend over the last 3 months sampling the fried breakfast within 10 miles at a different establishment each time. I'll be back just for the breakfast alone but the great/friendly service, cleanliness and good cause (warm fuzzy feeling included even as an atheist) are the cherry on top. Both egg yolks were runny, toast buttered and bacon actually fried (side eye to you lime tree with the single hard egg no matter how many visits are made or wetherspoons with the microwaved pale pork and rock hard butter) I only wish that they had the sign on the main road so I had found it sooner My first review in these 3 months

Nice breakfast. Good play area for the kids too. Was able to accommodate my sons peanut allergy

the best fry up I’ve ever tasted and a first class service to go with it

Went to visit the cafe at 3 05pm as it says online that they close at 3.35pm wasn't a warm welcome ladies behind the counter where packing up and looked at each other when walked in and mumbled something then started putting the cake stands back on the counter I asked if they where still open for a ice cream nd drink and was told well we do close at 3.15 so information online isn't correct. We would have happily taken our purchase outside with us but git the impression they didn't want to serve anymore.

The atmosphere in the parish church was friendly and welcoming. The staff are always polite and they bent over backwards to help. The sandwiches were full to overflowing and the brownies were absolutely delicious. Always good value for money and we love the idea of buying an extra drink for someone in need which shows a café that is giving something back to the community. Well done ladies!

Me, my husband and daughter went for breakfast at the Osiers this morning, it was absolutely fantastic and delicious food, service was amazing too!! Will definitely recommend and go back!

Great for light meals, teas and cakes

I called in to The Osier Cafe Stowmarket. My wife and I had a nice, generous slice of cake each and they have decaffeinated tea and coffee of course.

Excellent food friendly service.

Basic menu, good food & drink. Plenty of tables outside. Pleasant

The prices are astronomical for thr quality,, the food is mediocre. The staff had absolutely no idea what they were doing , we had to wait for so long for our tea to arrive that we went and got it ourselves, but the staff are very friendly. The location is beautiful, as it always has been. It's a crying shame,,,when it first started many years ago, the bistro was once the best place to go,, but its changed hands a couple times and has never been the same since .

We cycled here from Sudbury with our club, very good food, served by friendly helpful staff. We will be going back 😀

Great food! Wonderful service! Very friendly and the the surrounding is lovely😊

Nice cafe, good quality food, and friendly staff. Recommended!

Nice place to meet up with friends or family indoors or outside, excellent choice of homemade cakes and scones. Great snack and light lunch menu.

Excellent service and ideal for a lunch time get together plus Ben who has 4 legs! Great menu choice

Great little cafe, with tables outside some under cover. Food really good.

This was my first time back at this cafe since before the lockdowns. There have certainly been some improvements and additions with the outside furniture. What remains the same is the friendly service, relaxed atmosphere and the tasty, good value home made cafe food. Will certainly return!

First class mail and first class service. Well worth a visit.

Super Food and wonderful service

I recently announced a boycott on wetherspoons after visiting a few weeks back for breakfast and being told that Arthur our boy was not welcome in Wetherspoons gardens (Company policy). Today we chose to walk the 2 minutes from home to have breakfast in the sunny garden at the Osier cafe. What a difference, not only was the breakfast great and good value for money, but they welcomed Arthur and treated him as a normal guest. My breakfast arrived with an extra something for Arthur. Thank you Osier team a great way to start my Saturday. We will certainly be back

Brilliant food great service ..

Always a good breakfast and friendly, polite staff.

Such a friendly welcoming atmosphere in the cafe. Good food too and great customer service, waitresses are lovely and friendly. Enjoyed our visit

Superb food and fantastic service in an amazing setting. Love going here!

Lovely food, good service andfriendly

Lovely staff, fresh sandwiches, cakes ... a welcome break from walking too

Nice service and good food served well.

Friendly cafe, good food and clean. Social distancing adhered to.

Friendly staff food so fresh and tasty..

Nice range of food cake good service out side seating fair prices

Very friendly service and food was great

Great cake and coffee. Brilliant atmosphere. Helen was very welcoming to the cafe

Lovely food best fry up i ever had

We called in for coffee & delicious lemon cake, it was a lovely day so sat outside, there is also plenty of tables inside for no so nice days.The organisation due to Covid was safe & staff although busy were very polite. We called in as we want to support local businesses & wish Helen & her team well

Excellent service an very yummy food

Well I was recommended this place for a good breakfast ( never tried the lunches) it was packed, that was a good sign, once we finished queuing up and found a table ( it's well worth waiting for) the breakfast choice was very good, unless you have a very good appetite don't order the large full breakfast it was huge but very tasty and good value but not good to waste food. The service is nothing but fast and very good. I'm sure that the lunches are equally as good. Give it a try.

My daughter and I visited the cafe today for lunch and it didn't disappoint. We often visit either for breakfast or lunch and love the food and atmosphere. Friendly staff and wide and varied menu options. We also decided to get a couple of cherry and coconut flapjacks to take away....well what can I say? Delicious and scrumptious.

Called in for lunch, not a great choice, premises were cold and we had to send our food back as it was inedible. It was only jacket potatoes and a filling but not very nice at all. Young lady serving was very helpful.

Very grateful for the delicious vegan food they served on request - veggie crumble and apple pie and a fab vegan full English breakfast. Many thanks!

Very nice breakfast. Well worth the trouble of finding it. Excellent.

Excellent food and service. They even do a healthy choice which is great for the slimmers amongst us

Lovely food and drink, very friendly service

Lovely cafe with good vegan options when I visited. Really friendly staff and atmosphere. Nice outside and inside areas.

Ate lunch here on a visit to the museum with a large group. Quick and friendly service and tasty food. The ice cream was very necessary as we went on one of the hottest days of the year. The open-air museum itself is an incredible area with a lot to explore and well worth the small entry fee.

Me and my sister visit here on a weekly basis. The scones and cakes are delicious and we absolutely love their mocha, the best we have ever tasted. The setting is very quiet and peaceful. This is a very child friendly location as well.

Went to beer festival and had lunch with other half and 3 year old. Good range, great quality - warm baguettes, hot bacon in BLT decent kids lunch, need I saw more. Heartily recommend, especially considering the limited options locally

I used to visit with my children and outside. The kidds could amuse themselves with the toys while we waited for our food, which never took long to arrive. Always had fantastic food with great value for money and this morning didn't disappoint. My kidds are now at school so I took my mum and we had a breakfast. It was delicious and so filling. My breakfast came with a pot of tea for one. I think for just £6.95 this was a bargain! And the quality of food was amazing! To be able to sit in the tranquil outside area in the sunshine was Really great too. love this cafe and will be back again next week 😊

Lovely cakes and friendly staff!

Good food they have a good range of food, including GF and healthy lite options, lovely staff

Inside the ground of the mueseum, great little place, just won an award. Lovely staff great food defo recommend.

A quaint little cafe within the bounds of the museum of east anglian life. Basic well cooked food. With an area set aside for children.

Very tasty food, very friendly staff and pleasant surroundings. Children's menu's available. you can have anything from a sandwich to a full cooked meal. All at great value.

Good jacket potato for lunch and for once there was no onion in the coleslaw, so a major thumbs up from me! Nice friendly people, good ambience and the coffee isn't bad either

Staff are always friendly, food is consistently good. Atmosphere is great and service with a smile. Lovely setting inside the Museum of East Anglian Life too - also well worth a visit!

Had father's day family breakfast at Osier Café today, there were nine of us in all. Sat outside as it was lovely and warm where the littlest member could play on the ride on toys in the safe garden area. Lovely lady brought out tray of hot drinks soon after ordering and hot breakfasts followed soon after. We had a variety of breakfast meals which were all hot, well cook and nicely presented. The chef had even cooked a sausage for my daughters dog. Teenage daughter had eyes on the very polite young waiter! I can honestly say it was one of the most relaxed and pleasant meals a family could ever experience when out. Definitely recommended.

Visited with family including small children. Staff were friendly and helpful. However was disappointed when food arrived. 3 of us had chicken and it was cold when it arrived and had to be returned Adult meals had very small portions of chips.. Just 8!! And coleslaw missing off 2 salads. Not particularly cheap so expected better standard and larger portions.

Really nice little brunch with my daughter. Foal breakfast was well cooked and brought out quickly. We really like this lovely cafe next to the museum.

I've been here many times and it is Perfect!! It's also a very nice place to have it as most other cafes are in town or near road. It also has really nice food and drinks. You can enjoy walking around in the Museum Of East Anglian Life so you have a massive bit to walk around. I had my birthday here and the staff were really kind! I recommend this!!!

We went there at Christmas and couldn’t fault the warm welcome from all the staff. Great service and food etc, a hidden gem, give them a look.

Place was good when just opened now it’s sucks Unprofessional Rude staff .

Visited here today and what a lovely café; nice and busy which is always a good sign.

This cafe is tucked away in the museum of east Anglian Life although you can access it without going in to the museum. The setting is delightful; especially in the summer. The food is made in the kitchen is fresh and always delivered with a smile by the great staff.

Nice little gem of a place. Great place for a latte and cake. The staff were friendly and even offered to top up the Caramel flavouring in our coffee as they were not too experienced in the art. Great little spot

Lunch during visit to Museum of East Anglian Life, with son and daughter and three grandchildren. Adults had Scampi, and Ham, Egg and Chips and the suchlike - children had sausages and nuggets - there are healthier options. All seems freshly made, the tartare sauce with the scampi was just-right zingy. Quantities plentiful. Hand made chips. Salad, including homemade red cabbage slaw was excellent. Café is in characterful old building, tables and chairs fill most of the main space but there are settees at one end with free to read newspapers and, at the other end, a really good children's play area. The staff and friendly and helpful, service was quick but not hurried, and we fed four adults, two toddlers and a baby for £41 including drinks which we thought good value.

Nice service. Order at counter and delivered to your table, inside or out. Nice selection of home made cakes. Can recommend the bacon butty, the VERY fruity scone, the flapjack and the cherry and almond cake...... Eaten over 2 visits whilst here from 11.30 until close at 4.30. Jacket potatoes and children's meals looked good and were certainly been eaten without complaint by kids at the next table.

Buscando por el museo y pasear por las calles de esta pintoresca ciudad, encontramos esta a través de una recomendación de una señora que trabajaba en el supermercado Asda. Gran selección de sándwiches. El personal trae su comida y es agradable y simpático

Tienen una amplia selección de comida. Fácil acceso para visitar el Museo de la vida británica Anglian Este. Niños bienvenidos

If I have to choose a place to eat breakfast out. I would always choose Osier cafe. I have eaten breakfast at many places in the Stowmarket and Ipswich area and Osier is the best. The local produce they use is delicious. I'm not a...

He tenido varias "desayuno de tamaño medio ponche" en este café perfectamente situado. Llevé a mi compañero el sábado pasado, ya que estábamos en Stowmarket. Ella tenía el "Desayuno foal 'tamaño. Excelente precio. Recién preparada y limpia. Sólo tuvimos que esperar aproximadamente 12 - 15...

Se puede poner en este café sin tener que ir al museo principal. Una sección infantil encantadora en la parte trasera de la cafetería para los niños para desmelenarse. El personal era servicial

Situado en la parte de atrás del Museo de la vida británica Anglian Este. Desayuno parecía bueno aunque no comimos. Los baños, que son bastante básicas, están fuera de la cafetería.

Been a few times. Great area for children. Simple food done well.