Tall Orders in Mid Suffolk

Love it there always get great friendly service and a delicious panini and the coleslaw is all home made and fresh on the day, chilli jackets lovely,as is the prawn one, best poached eggs on toast, & delicious choice of fresh scones.. always leave them a little thank u note, perfect for a lovely earl grey and a snack while watching the world go by or meeting with a friend.. couldn't wait for them to re open again after lockdown...

I often meet up here with friends for coffee and cake or lunch. Good selection of drinks and food. Spacious, modern, clean cafe. Staff are always friendly.

Having read so many good reviews we decided to go to Tall Orders for ordered a take away. I ordered a sausage baguette expecting a nice crusty baguette and good quality sausages. I could not have been more disappointed, the baguette was soggy and the sausages anemic looking and tasteless. Two other people with me ordered jacket potatoes and were very disappointed with the tiny amount of filling in them.

Visited here many times. Its always the same good standard and pleasant staff. Highly recommended, will continue to visit.

Hadn't eaten here for awhile and due to it being a Friday lunch time only just got a table. We ordered veggie panini's which were tasty and then a delicious lemon cheesecake. Cost was reasonable and the staff pleasant. Only downside is that when ordering at the counter you have to wait for drinks to be prepared which can slow down the service.

Their special unique very tasty jacket potatoes, with a nice coffee, or fresh baguettes in a bright and cheerful atmosphere. Lovely.

Although cafe not busy service was slow. Wife and I had wraps, which I could not recommend. Mine was supposed to be coronation chicken but it was mostly lettuce with some sauce amongst it. If it contained chicken it was hard to find, so sparse. Orders were very small for the price charged. Wife's coffee was okay but my milk shake was hopeless; not much flavour and warm, not at all chilled or cold. Overall, terrible value for money. We certainly won't go back.

I have visited this cafe many times and always found it a pleasant experience. Try smiling and saying hello - the servers seem shy but open to positive people! They have colourful art on the wall and the large windows provide great light with a view of the busy street. First, the toilets are always clean (unlike other nearby places). The staff are always friendly and helpful. They are especially kind to senior customers and I've seen them offer to carry their coffee/snacks to their table. If you ask, they are adaptable and can adjust dishes, if possible (like not adding mayonnaise to the tuna etc). The coffee is great and much cheaper than other nearby cafes. For those travelling by bus, the stop is just outside.

We have walked in many times and it has always been full. Fortunately when we visited on Friday afternoon there was a table available. We didn't really see what all the hype was about... The service was extremely slow, We was served a dried out jacket potato, the cakes were also dry and the milkshakes were extremely overpriced for what you got. We wont be going back again.

good food, nice staff :) best to stick to jacket potato this was great but not so much the breakfasts

Just visited for a Christmas Eve brunch. Awful service, no menus out, had to search the whole cafe for one. When are food came out my husbands was terrible! He ordered scrambled eggs with salmon on toast, looked like he’d been given the scraps, he was offered no sauces and again had to search the whole cafe to find some. Once he found it the waitress came and took it from him. Mine was as awful barely cooked jacket potato with Jared beetroot and average cottage cheese. Then to top it off a waitress comes up to our table holding bin bags asking wether we had asked for carrot cake...nope definitely not. LIVID. Won’t be back

have not been in here for some time and now i remember why ...only had drinks here but to be perfectly honest i wouldnt go back , the girl who served us could of smiled and been friendly , drinks were average but a bit pricey for what they were size wise, the hot chocolate is nothing special , no extras were offered so not sure if they add cream etc . there are better places in stowmarket

It takes a lot to make me write a poor review but several years of lacklustre service mean that the moment has come. Tall Orders - this is your just desserts. This place takes its clients for granted. Order a scone and find that you have to beg for jam or cream (actually don't bother they don't do cream). It's counter service here so the whole experience relies on staff (nearly always engaged in talking amongst themselves) making as little effort as possible. Who are the management/ owners? What's their story? You will never know as there is no information available. The decor is tired - think Athena posters meets Lyons Tea House but without any of the charm. Tall Order is rife with condensation and often very stuffy. When a queue forms the staff look so disgruntled - almost as if how dare you bother them. In short this business doesn't care about the customer experience. It offers no empathy and no customer love. I will carry on buying from there because there are not that many decent venues yet in Stowmarket. But if you are thinking of opening a new cafe - do it. The current competition is complacent and easily betable. I will be very keen to see if they get better.

We are working in Stowmarket for a few weeks, we had tall orders recommended to us and gave it a try. It’s brilliant, great staff very helpful. We usually have cheese scones served hot these are really large, then eggs Benedict, absolutely terrific, highly recommend.

good for coffee and sandwiches at lunch time wide variety of sandwiches, toasties, salads, hot food, pleasant staff.This is a good eating place to meet friends for a natter over a snack

I hadn't been in here for a while but went along today with my husband and son. I was pleased to see they've added some goodies to their menu, more slightly unusual things, plus they have a range of Gluten free bagels and other things. I had a delicious avocado and smoked salmon on toast.

A good little place if you're looking for a tea/coffee and Of course a cake or a snack, a well used cafe for shoppers and business people looking for breakfast and lunch.

He visitado este café concurrido unas cuantas veces y es genial para café, té y aperitivos. El personal es siempre amable e incluso en las horas punta el servicio es rápido. El menú tiene mucho para elegir, incluyendo patatas chaqueta rollos bocadillos y tartas preciosas. . Nunca estoy insatisfecho con. el servicio o la calidad de la comida.

Went with my grandson and ex-wrens. Wide range of sandwiches, baguettes, soups etc. Very friendly and cater for all ages.

Cuando me encuentro con un amigo en stowmarket, (no hay en ningún otro lugar. Corto de casas de café en stow). Así que normalmente ve a órdenes de alto. Buen café con leche hoy como almuerzo./ Muy rápido y sabroso. Estoy seguro de que volveré con una pal.

Esta es nuestra costumbre reunirse lugar para un buen café y muchos natter. Es más tranquilo y me arriba encontrar más cómodos. La comida es buena y a un

When we go to Stowmarket we usually stop of at Tall orders for a coffee. The light snack selection is good with a wide selection of coffees available, and of course tea, it is a great place for a break.

Pedidos encontramos alto estaba bastante concurrido, pero el servicio fue bastante rápido con mucho personal. Teníamos patata chaqueta con queso y ensalada de pollo y lado envoltura de la corona. Las raciones eran generosas y el precio justo.

Great for some light bites/lunch/breakfast at a very reasonable price. Staff very friendly. Also added bonus of the food being quick for those work lunches.

This is a nice coffee shop that also does light lunches. It is a good place to pop in for coffee and cake or a pannini at lunch time. In the winter the soups are good and I particularly like the chilli which is not too hot.

My first visit was put off by a heavy smell of cooking breakfasts. The second was much better & enjoyed a Fruit Scone with a Coffee.Happy to use again.

Great food, great prices, great atmosphere and helpful friendly staff. :)The menu is extensive and all needs are catered for. One of my particular favourites, the sausage and red onion baguette or panini. Cheese scones are pretty decent too! ;)One of the best places to eat in Stowmarket.

Good menu with some unusual dishes. I had a wrap with chicken, bacon, garlic, red onion, mushroom, tomato and mozzarella cheese. It sounded delicious and it was nice but it lacked something. Similarly, the cake selection was varied but not particularly appealing. I opted for a chocolate brownie which was average. Excellent range of soft drinks including milkshakes and fresh smoothies. I had a raspberry and blueberry smoothie which was a bit boring-just the fruit mixed with apple juice. Coffee also was average. Overall a pleasant lunch but not exceptional.

This is a nice little place to stop for lunch. It didn't blow me away. The milkshake wasn't that good. They should make it with Ice-scream. That'll get the people queuing. I had a sandwich but I could of made it better at home.

The food was very basic but decent. The staff seemed quite distant and unwelcoming... Also a very dark cafe.

Excellent place to come and grab s drink and excellent food which is matched by super service - thank you so much for enhancing my visit in the wonderful town.

Pop into tall orders for a late tea. Lovely surroundings the staff where really helpful one of my granddaughters is a bit fussy. They had no problem catering for her needs. Meal was lovely. Would recommend and go back.

LOvely food, highly recommended. Free papers to read if alone. friendly and efficient staff. A litlr pricier than other sandwich/lunch venues, but nice food.

A Large room with a high ceiling, wooden floors, modern wooden furniture gave a pleasant atmosphere, and the staff were very friendly.Had a perfectly acceptable lunch of potato skins filled with cheese, bacon, and red onion for the bargain price of £3.40, washed down with fresh made Americano for under £2. Good selection of light snacks food such as panini, wraps, jackets, soup at low prices.Nice to use an independent cafe, and didn't see anywhere else in the rather downbeat town centre to compete!

There are I'm sure many reasons to visit Stowmarket, there must be but I have no idea what they may be. However I arranged to meet a good friend today and he suggested Stowmarket so who was I to argue. Anyway we decided to have lunch in Tall Orders and overall it was good, not very good and above average so due to choices here I plumped for the average score.The service was quick. efficient and genuinely friendly and this is at best unusual nowadays, the café itself is large and roomy with wooden floors and is clean. The food is nothing special and nothing stood out for special mention, would I eat here again? Yes if I happened to find myself in Slowmarket, which is unlikely

Over priced cheap sandwich , clankey place, not very happy staff, smells like an old peoples home, awful chilli was watery and bland

I often go to Tall Orders for my lunch I don't work far away and you can also be sure to receive fresh quality food and polite friendly service.

Love this place.... Very friendly young ladies who work here can't do enough for you. Always very busy on Saturdays around 11 and 12. Excellent home made cakes and freshly made sandwiches etc. maybe a little pricey .... But personally I don't mind paying a little extra for quality service and clean pleasant surroundings.

Nice food and the staff were welcoming and polite. Good for a coffee stop or a light lunch for anyone.

Pleasant cafe in Town Centre, easy location to grab a coffee & cake or a spot of lunch. Staff always helpful.

Tucked away just off the market square what a delightful place to meet for lunch. Wholesome food vegetarian options very friendly and helpful staff nothing too much trouble. Don't mind paying when it's value for money. A credit to the owners and staff.

Reasonable food, worth a visit when visiting Stowmarket. Selection of vegetarian food. Nice lunches served, service very good.

A really lovely little café, excellent service and very tasty homemade food. I could definitely recommend the 'Dad's' jacket potato with salad and coleslaw. Very relaxing setting for light lunches or just a coffee and a chat!

Not bad for a coffee and a light lunch but to be honest with you a little pricy for what it is. Having said that it is popular and often full at lunch time. Nice staff!

Today we called into this cafe for lunch. We both chose jacket potato's, one with cheese and the other with cheese, beans bacon. Both were quite good and were served with a small side salad. The cafe was quite busy, well presented and clean. Although we didn't try them, the fruit smoothies looked delicious. I would go back.

First time we have eaten here and would not go again. The panninis we had, apart from being small must have been from a cheap value range, one rasher of fatty streaky bacon, a small amount of cheese and a few slices of mushrooms all for the sum of £4.45. each. The tea was in a large cup rather like a soup bowl and therefore got cold very quickly. All in all not a very nice experience.

This is a busy cafe, with a good selection of cakes & scones, as well as lunchtime meals. Unfortunately, when busy (on most days) the noise from customers and knocking out the old coffee powder is really considerable. I would also like to see all staff clean the tables after each customer visit. However, worth a visit.

Great place for lunch and the food choice seems to be expanding which is welcome. In terms of cost I feel it could be lower and then perhaps cater for more people on stricter budgets...The cafe is nice with wooden floors and big windows for people watching fans! Although they do get steamed up often.Nice place to meet for coffee etc but not yet on par with Winchester wine bar whose food is to a higher standard for about the same price

I reviewed this cafe in July and was not impressed. I visited it again this week and was pleasantly pleased. The service was great - the young lady who served us connected with my grandson and was very helpful. The coffee cake (homemade) was very good and the coffee good as well. I will go back.

Friendly staff and good service. Good choice of snacks and light meals. Light, airy and clean and central to town

Just stopped for a coffee while passing through. Staff were reall helpful and friendly. Made us feel very welcome. Coffees were superb as well. There is not enough good customer service in the uk, but here it's tops!!

I have been to Tall Orders several times and each time I have been very pleased with the food I ordered and the staff very friendly and helpful.

What a disappointment! We had scrambled egg and bacon with coffee. The cafe was empty but I still waited some minutes at the counter to be seen. The bacon was extremely cheap thin-cut, economy and fairly tasteless. It was dry and hard. The scrambled egg was very firm and equally tasteless, served with thin-cut white supermarket economy bread. The coffee had coffee grinds around the rim of the cup and was bland. When I ordered I asked for the coffee to be served with the meal and was told that this might not be possible if they had a queue of people waiting to be served - there was nobody else in the cafe at the time!! The prices were not as cheap as the food deserved - I'd say over-priced.

The best coffee house by far in Stowmarket very clean and spacious very friendly and helpful staff and very good value

I have been going to Tall Orders for a few years, and have always found the food first class, their jacket potatoes are always good with a good side salad. Whenever I am in Stowmarket we alwayslunch here and have always found it good, the staff are always happy and helpful and will change anything on the menu to your own requirements.

very spacious, can sit and have a good natter and feel like the conversation is private. Good selection of meals and desserts, very reasonably priced. Service was a little slow but very friendly staff so I forgive them.

I visited here a few years ago and it's still good. The staff have always been smiley and polite and I really don't think that for fresh, made to order homemade food their prices are high. Coffee is good, hot chocolate to die for and the whole place has a relaxed feeling.Some of the reviews are quite harsh I think......its a good coffee shop that sells decent food-I don't think they are trying to be Michelin star

Have not had a meal here but the staff are very helpful and the coffee is great. It seems to be the place to meet up with friends for chats because there was no pressure on you to drink up and move on. Very nice cafe.

Plenty of tables. Handy position near the car park. Clean and bright. Have only had coffee which is very good.

Used to love/hate going in here - loved the food, hated the surly service - but things much better here now and smiles are no longer banished. I don't find it that pricy and disagree with other reviewers on this. The quality speaks for itself and now that the staff have changed and are brighter it's just a positive experience!

I have eaten in Tall Orders a number of times ...but try and avoid it now as I think the service has gone down hill, the price is much too high for what you get, and the choice of menu does not change. This is a lovely venue with great potential but there is not much thought going in to what is being offered. Please change the cake menu!

Food wasn't too bad, there's a lot worse in town. But the pricing was ridiculous for what is your run of the mill stuff, fortunately I wasn't paying.

Someone should point out that it is not nice to wipe the steam pipe on the coffee machine with the same cloth that they wipe the counter etc with!

Have eaten here a number of times at lunchtime. Food always tasty and good value. Can get busy and high ceilings can make it noisy but good to escape the office from time to time

a delightful coffe shop/cafe with lovely staff and delightful food to match, it just hurts my waistline

A good varied and imaginative menu with fair pricing too. The coffee is a little on the harsh side but at least it is fresh and of good quality. The atmosphere jolly, and it is always busy. My only complaint is that in all the times I have been in here the staff are miserable and at worst a bit rude in their inability to communicate. I still go thoughas the food is tasty and fresh.

The staff in Tall Orders are helpful, polite and courteous. It is always clean and tidy.The food selection is varied from cheese scones to light meals (filled baked potatoes etc)One nice touch is that they remember your drink choice on the next visit.Newspapers are always available to read. It tends to get busy over lunchtime and sometimes can be very noisy. No Wi-Fi link. The nearest Pay Car parking is Bury Street which is a 5 minute walk, there are also disabled car spaces near to the restaurant.Overall a nice place to visit close to the centre of the town.