Prinknash Abbey Monastery Shop & Cafe in Stroud

Well the cafe has some marvellous cakes - the flapjack was absolutely delicious1 You can also take them away. Be aware that they close promptly by 4pm so dont leave ordering too late. There are some nice gifts in the shop - I bought incense for presents. If you want to see the monastery chapel be aware that it is nowhere near to the car park and cafe - if you like a walk that is fine, if your mobility is limited there is space to park up near the monastery itself. The walled garden looked rather sad!

A lovely cafe serving excellent cakes and coffee

Normally excellent; unfortunately today (13/9) they had no milk other than soya or coconut! The soya appeared to curdle in my coffee!

Lovely food and happy, helpful staff

a wonderfully quiet and peaceful place. The monastery garden is really worth seeing and the honey produced here is sold in the cafe. The food was great, we were here for breakfast and lunch. Everyone is very nice, the toilets are extremely clean. The shop has a selection of regional products and monastery items. we'd love to come back!

Beautiful place with good food as well as a great gift shop! Superb! The butterfly garden is amazing!

Peaceful atmosphere. Great activities for children. Shop was well stocked. Cakes looked delicious ( kids had cherry bakewell and coffee and walnut cake).

Delicious cake selection and ice creams. Always spotless! The staff are very pleasant and efficient with it. Lovely grounds for a stroll.

Very basic but I don't mean that in a bad way, needs updating, friendly staff and its ok for a coffee and cake , beautiful scenery.

Nice place to say your prayers in the chapel then have breakfast in the cafe.🙏🙏🙏🙏🌞🌞

Love this place. Great atmosphere, decent food and lovely surroundings. It's the place to be for a Catholic in need of a hot drink and a bite to eat. There are scripture reflections on each table, Gregorian chant playing in the background, a picture if the Pope on the wall and a great gift shop where you can purchase icons, books, music, rosaries and incense made at the abbey. Love it.

Always very welcoming and a nice range of cakes all competitively priced. WiFi today was a bit variable (1/6), usually perfect. Toilets are invariably spotless!

Always a pleasure to come back! Relaxing mode when you enter this coffee shop. Highly recommend this place.

Lovely peaceful place to have a break away. The staff are friendly but not obtrusive. The cafe serves lovely cakes, and simple tasty hot snacks. There is a nice selection of gifts and cards. Seating inside or outside always peasant.

Very lovely and nice things to look at. Will definitely go back soon.

Gem of a place in glorious grounds. Friendly staff and excellent bacon baps. Need to return for generous scrambled eggs on toast and tempting cakes.

Lovely place. Egg bap was overdone but other than that all good.

Fancied a nice tea room with a slice of cake and a pleasant walk. Type in tea room on Google maps and it came up with this little gem of a place. All the cakes look delicious and mine tasted delicious too. Great flat white. Staff were lovely and friendly. The place was very clean and tidy. Great walks to be had also.

Really nice little café, went in for a coffee a few weeks ago and was served by a lovely young man named Ethan! very happy with my experience :)

Went with disabled mum and dogs, only option was to sit in cold concrete entrance with the dogs. Not great. Update: From the response it seems that a lot is done for dogs and disabled, which is commendable. It doesn't change the fact that our only option was to sit in the reception area, supposedly the same temperature as the cafe according to this response, however there are doors into the cafe from this area asking you too keep them closed to keep the heat in the cafe. In summer I am sure the experience would be different. I appreciate the response and everything that is being done, it doesn't take away from our experience though.

Such a restful place to relax. You can also explore the walled garden which has been tended by the monks for many years.

Cake,coffee and service were all excellent! Will be back ☺️

Lovely cafe with a holly atmosphere.

Nice place to meet nice people and just have good chat.

Beautiful food, lovely coffee, and such kind, welcoming staff. A lovely, calm, relaxing place to eat.

Delicious choice of cakes / snacks. Service is always exemplary and the place spotless! Note this is quite a religious environment with piped religious music. Nice grounds to walk in and lots of parking!

Great place for coffee and lunch followed by a walk.

We haven't been for about 4 weeks. Food is great, lovely coffee. We will pop in again.

What an amazing find, this shop and cafe, with a large car park, situated in beautiful surroundings, near to the Pranknash monastery/Abbey. Staff were so kind and accommodating! We were on retreat in the café rooms, decorated with the most beautiful paintings, the food was scrummy, they also provided gluten and dairy free cakes for myself, so fresh and delicious. I highly recommend you visit!!! Beautiful things on all sale in the café area.

Lovely little secret place. I liked the books of Table Contemplations around the tea shop. Lovely grounds. Half wild walled garden.

a truly spiritual coffee and bacon bap experience, a lovely place to go, we didn’t take the dog with us as we were not sure we could but now we know that the bit of the building you first go into has dog bowls and treats ready for you if you do bring your furry friend. Will definitely go again.

Loved this little find, we were travelling around the area in our campervan,

Served by the best barista in the UK!!! Ethan Crew, what a legend!!!

Great place for a rest after a nice walk around the grounds. Nice coffee

Straightforward fare .. Soup good .. sandwiches good .. toasties basic .. but lovely staff and atmosphere .. bright, clean and with a sense of calm and peace

A lovely and simple cafe, very reasonably priced.

It's a nice little cafe which serves the basics. The staff are pleasant and quick. Decent coffee as well!

It's a shame as the day we visit there is no Internet! Till not working, no card reader working, so cash only, managed to find enough cash for drinks, but no food 😢

Such a huge waste since closing down the animal park, everything has just been left abandoned and all over grown. We popped in on a Saturday and it was dead. It used to bring in so many people to the area when the animal park was open. The prices in the new cafe are very expensive too!

Always an excellent visit! The range of cakes on offer is superb. Service is always excellent. Immaculately clean toilet facilities. Lovely grounds to walk around.

A lovely place to stop for tea and cake the gardens are also well worth a look around and very close to the café & shop

Beautiful location, great food and drink, lovely staff and a nice shop to look round. It ticks a lot of boxes. Best bacon rolls I’ve had in many a year and great tasting coffee followed by delicious cake will set you up for a nice walk or a wander round the walled garden. We love this place. Sitting inside or outside in the sunshine it’s always worth a visit.

I visited here with a friend who was just passing through on a journey going South and I was looking for somewhere me and my dog could go to meet them. It was a lovely day and there were quite a few people about but despite the cafe being quite busy it was running to perfection. There wasn't a long wait and everyone looked happy to be there. There were water bowls for dogs and even a jar with dog treats in. My friend loved it and it will be my go to meet up place. Big car park, lots of seating which covers all bases. Some shade, some in the sun, some on grass. Will definitely visit again

Stumbled across this place, tired and in need of coffee after a long hike and overnight camp. What a beautiful find, lovely, welcoming atmosphere, and dogs catered for with water bowls dotted around the outside seating and doggy treats available to buy inside the cafe. The staff were very friendly and approachable. The food is nice and coffee is good. The gardens made for a really nice stroll afterwards and a great place to relax in the sun, very peaceful.

Lovely little cafe for a relaxed stop with a lovely view.

Visited for the first time in over 30 years since we have so many happy memories of visiting with grandparents. Unfortunately they lake and animals are not longer there. Even the big shop has been reduced. Used to love buying the pottery produced on site. The gardens were beautiful but felt that it's only receiving love after years of neglect. The cakes in the cafe looked delicious. Would be nice if more local gifts were available to buy not much available compared to the past. Do they sell plants? Since it looked like a stall used to be outside the Walled garden entrance? If you want a tranquil stress free place this is definitely a good place to visit. Hearing the running water from the streams, maybe making the pond/ lake Safe would be beneficial for future projects.

One of the best places to chill out

We visited as it was on route and we wanted somewhere to stop for and hour or so for a short walk and a drink. It is free to park and to enter. Much of the grounds are open to walk around as is the walled garden and the chapel - the abbey itself is private. After a very pleasant half hour wander we went into the cafe - the cakes looked very nice but we weren't hungry so just had a tea and coffee and then bought some honey (made at the abbey) and some cider (made at another abbey!) Definitely worth a visit if in the area.

This is a delightful cafe within lovely grounds. Perfect for a lovely spring walk! The monastery gardens are unspoilt and the chapel is a delight. The staff in the cafe are superb as are the cakes they serve!

A very pleasant spot for a light meal or a coffee and cake. Uninspiring modern building set in parkland. Free parking.

Great food in private party for 30 people ,everyone thought the same.

A second visit in two days says it all! Delicious cakes, limited lunch menu but everything they serve is delicious. Needless to say, quite a religious environment with background ecclesiastical music. Spotless toilets, very pleasant staff!

Lovely peaceful place with great cakes and nice coffee. Their cheese scones are to die for! Staff come and go occasionally, but still always lovely.

Popped in lunchtime and had a toasted sandwich. Lovely cakes on offer as well.

Visited on a wet, dark, dismal day, to be greeted with a warm, light, peaceful cafe. Friendly staff and service. Good choice of food at reasonable prices. Will definitely return again soon.

Lovely place to visit. Cafe sells excellent food and a good selection of gifts and books. Nice to stroll up to the chapel

Good stop for a coffee and a cake after a lovely walk.

Great food, great service and a great location. Good starting point for Cotswolds walks.

Need more resources ie crosses scapulars and books

We walk regularly in the grounds of Prinknash Abbey and occasionally call into the Abbey Cafe. On every occasion the pleasant senvironment and sociable atmospher ensure that each visit is enjoyable. Dennis & Margaret

Not visited for several years, really good service and plain basic food, very enjoyable

Lovely coffee and milkshake and cakes friendly staff

Friendly service. Spacious and peaceful surroundings.

Fantastic place to have a coffee and cake. Staff are welcoming and very pleasant. Lovely place to visit.

Went with some friends yesterday and found different areas Id never been to.and the teashop is always amazing . fantastic cakes

Clean and tidy. Great cakes. Peaceful feel. A friend and I stopped in for drinks and cake on a warm Friday afternoon. The inside felt bright and airy with plenty of well spaced seating. Outside was a limited amount of traditional tables and chairs with some pub type bench tables. There was a peaceful air of calm about the whole place, inside and out. Staff were welcoming and efficient. Our order was taken quickly and delivered to us when ready. Latte coffee was sweet and not too strong. The tea came in a two cup pot with just enough milk. The cakes are made locally and, according to a friendly chatty server there, some are made by employees. The coffee and walnut cake melted in the mouth, ditto the Victoria sponge. All very traditional fare and indeed the clientele were towards the “more mature” end of the age range. We arrived at about 2.45 and the place filled up quickly soon after. Prices weren’t too bad given the quality: £15 for two hot drinks, two cake portions and a couple of unusual soft drinks from an almost local company (Bristol). There’s ample free parking a short walk from the café. The location means that the ground slopes a lot. There are ramps, some with handrails, down to the café but care is still needed especially in wet or icy weather. The turning into the site is on a twisting A road. Easy for locals but visitors from farther afield might want to plan ahead and check the route on a map, preferably using Streetview.

The cafe is clean and well stocked with a wide range of items to choose from. The food is well cooked and always tasty and good value for money, the staff are friendly and helpful making the experience an around winner well worth a visit ( many visits )

Staff were very friendly, good quality food if not slightly pricey

The food is okay but in general the staff are very arrogant... it takes no time to be acknowledged that you are waiting to be served at the till and/but the staff are busy. I have no problem waiting but to be ignored/not acknowledged is rude... I have been here many times and it doesn't change. I'm not bothering to go there again as I was trying to give the benefit of doubt. I have infact advised one of the monks of this and to be honest he wasn't interested..... The atmosphere is one of stuck up Catholicism in cafe by the staff and patrons ... Being brought up in Catholicism myself I'm glad I gave it up along time ago as these are very false persons....

Very nice calming atmosphere. Food was great.

Came in for a respite from the rain and enjoyed a lovely coffee and scrambled egg on toast. Staff were very friendly and welcoming, food was delicious. Definitely coming here again. Interesting selection of religious items for sale.

A lovely little cafe. Service was good will be going back again.

We spent 30 minutes in the cafe while enjoying hot drinks, ice cream and cakes. No complaint about the food or drinks but service was a little slow. There were a few souvenirs for sale as well as some religious books.

A relaxing place to meet up with friends. Coffee & Cake great.

A peaceful place with home cooked meals We ate Easter biscuits with Flat White.Grand daughter more than satisfied with 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream in a tub

Nice cafe with seating inside and outside.

Nice place to have tea & snack Walk through the garden etc

A lovely visit although it was a shame the animal park is no longer open. Everything apart apart from the animals was still there and they should have the area open just for people to walk in. The cafe was nice and the service was good.

Bacon sandwich was delicious and lots of bacon

Excellent coffee and cake. Clean and tidy. Friendly service.

Lovely ambience, excellent food and pleasant service.

Very pleasant cafe in monastery grounds. Good selection of FT tea/ coffee and hot/ cold good

Beautiful reasonable prices excellent cakes child friendly

Tranquil Coffee stop with religious memorabilia. Stop for a quiet Coffee

Lovely views, good tea & homemade cakes. Few places open on Sundays so a good place to go after lunch and a pleasant drive. Hope they'll extend opening hours to 5pm in future, as before.

Love the cafe. Lots of home-made cakes too. Love the cafe shop. Great gifts and bookshop. Then off for a lovely walk in the Monastery Gardens.

Love this coffee shop/cafe. Cosy. Food excellent all home made. Incline from carpark to cafe but wheelchair friendly. Some outside seating.

Nice food .. found coffee a little bitter .Nice soothing monastic music playing in back ground .

Lovely little cafe with great cakes and specials. Very friendly staff and kind ethos behind the whole business.

Good cake and coffee . Inside and outside seating .

Lovely people, well cooked food, especially the very jummy sticky toffee pudding.

Very peaceful setting with both outside and inside seating. Friendly helpful staff and delicious homemade soup and cheese scones.

Coffee and bacon Bap was amazing. Staff very friendly and my sister said the cake she had was best she had ever tasted

After a 2 mile walk it was lovely to sit outside here and enjoy the quiet. Our tea and cheese scones were nicely presented - with a proper teapot and cups+saucers. Cheese scone was slightly warm, so the butter melted into it..... What's not to like? 10/10 for COVID-safe. And then it was a 2 mile walk back home.... We'll be back! Update 3Sep21: We keep going back and enjoying the wonderful cakes they keep putting in front of us. It's becoming a bit of a habit... But the coffee and walnut cake was absolutely delicious.

Good selection of product and lovely woodland walks, great place to stop and have a drink and lovely cakes

A wonderful, relaxing experience with tasty cake and treats too. I was a little worried seeing a couple of poor reviews as we hadn’t visited for a while, but yes, it was as chilled and relaxing as I anticipated. Although you can’t enter the Abbey (for obvious reasons), the building and surrounding area is lovely and tranquil.

Good cake, pleasant service, and a good range of Catholic items should that be what you're after. I recommend the honey from the Abbey Gardens.

Lovely food here lots of choice. Reasonable prices. Friendly staff.

What cakes do you have? Xxx Ok I ll have that one. And repeat.... I was expecting nice views from. There are none. Toilets were good. Cake was nice. Just the whole experience was tedious. They have it. No they don't. They have that one. No they don't. Do you have to wait? No we ll bring it out. Oh there you are we don't do table service.... No one seems to know what any one else is doing. But all in it isn't unpleasant. It took ages to get served. I dread to think what it would be like when it was busy.

Good service. Beautiful monastery grounds. Nice little religious bookstore and shop.