The Barns Cafe, Abingdon in Vale of White Horse

Great enviroment , lovely service . Even though only cakes and coffee still well enjoyable. Will return for more in near future

returned with friends for coffee - speedy service and hot coffee this time - you are forgiven! Plates of humous and pitta and great value.

My first visit to this cafe due to its proximity to Abingdon & Witney college and we met for a meeting over coffee and pastries. The customer service very good and the staff very friendly. The coffee tasted good as were the pastries and the place was warm and very clean. We will be back. ..

went with friends for coffee - despite there being 6 staff members behind the counter the drinks took over 25 minutes to come and when they did were not hot enough - and it was not busy

stopped here for lunch while visiting Abingdon.we shared chicken sandwiches with an apple and feta salad pot of tea.all made fresh and was delicious. friendly staff and helpful.building light and airy. if this way again wouldn't hesitate to pop in. many thanks

Have visited here a few times recently and just love it. Super atmosphere, great staff, always welcoming and of course all the food is scrummy, freshly made.

This was a fantastic little cafe run by volunteers the food is great and there is gluten free options nice place to meet and chat I would recommend itv

We stopped here on our way to Birmingham and had lunch. Such a good choice of meals on the menu and reasonably priced. The American lady behind the counter greeted us with a huge smile and was so friendly. We had a great lunch and it was reasonably priced- the Russian Caravan tea was superb as well. It’s run by a lot of church volunteers but you don’t need to be religious to enjoy this lovely cafe!

Lovely place. Helpful and friendly service. The coffee is lovely and there's a good selection of snacks.

I have been going to the Barns Cafe since it opened some years ago. The barn dates back to the Middle Ages and has been faithfully restored by the congregation and friends of Christ Church (which is next door) after many decades of neglect. It's a warm and friendly place which delivers consistently excellent coffee, teas, soups, sandwiches and panini (and more!). It's a place to meet friends or just chill out. You can't go wrong or find a nicer place in the locality.

Lovely people, honest and great coffee bar. Lots of families with children and dogs, very English. Really friendly staff. Not the greatest food, but good enough. Would be even more complete if the orange juice were fresh.

We stopped in here for a quick lunch of soup and sandwiches. Nice friendly staff and a lovely warm cafe. Would definitely go back if we were in the area.

This cafe is set in an ancient barn that was also a church and some buildings still are. It is run by volunteers and does a truly excellent flat white. The hot chocolate is also fantastic, get it with all the trimmings! They put malteasers on top! The setting is absolutely beautiful and the history and ethic of it is wonderful. The cakes are delicious. Especially the caramel and chocolate shortcake. Just give yourself lots of time as they can be busy here meaning it can be loud and they might take a bit of time to get you your delicious order. It has loads of board games and there are lots of clubs too such as knitting and natter, clubs for people with disabilities (I think) or who like oragami, board games and quilting. It is a great community cafe that welcomes anyone and doesn't judge. It is run by the church but nothing is imposed, you wouldn't necessarily know it apart from the wonderful feel of it and the prayer box you can pop prayer requests into.

Perfetto per la colazione, per un pranzo veloce o uno snack, c'è una grande scelta di "tasche" e "ciabatte" davvero ben condite, oltre ai classici sandwiches. Ricavato da un vecchio fienile, è un posto davvero carino, economico, adatto a grandi e bambini, in cui ci si puo' rilassare, studiare, lavorare o perdere tempo usando il wifi free.

It’s a brilliant little cafe to grab great locally roasted coffee, and lovely bits to eat. Definitely worth a visit!

This is a lovely cafe - very friendly staff who make you feel that nothing is too much trouble. Fast food it isn’t but great coffee it is!

A great local cafe with good food, Coffee & cakes. Great with kids, as they have games and colouring. Lovely local staff and a very friendly atmosphere.

I really love this place, cosy and friendly with a decent range of food and drinks given the limited kitchen space. The coffee is good and the food reasonable. One of the major attractions is that there isn’t much else in this part of Abingdon and it’s a real community hub. Loads of free parking, near the bus stop, served by kindly volunteers in a welcoming atmosphere. I do regret that they don’t seem able to cater for coeliacs at the moment, but hopefully they’ll find a way round this soon

This is a delightful venue with comfy sofas and a nice atmosphere. I ordered a BLT and ginger beer. It took a while, but was well worth waiting for. Fresh bread, crispy bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise. Delicious! Recommended.

I've visited several times with the family, enjoying the excitement of sitting on the balcony and playing board games. The food and drink are delicious, the staff are friendly and the atmosphere is great.

Great place to meet friends and lots of appetising choices for a light lunch or an indulgent coffee & cake treat. Nice atmosphere in a high quality barn conversion.

Great restaurant, helpful staff and yummy cakes! Very handy location and great parking on site. Will definitely be back again

Excellent for cafe style food and drink with many activities ti keep little hands busy and older people engaged, such as knit and natter. Can be a bit over busy at times,

Este es un gran lugar para reunirse con amigos, aunque puede estar atestado a veces. El café está bien, el té de menta es genial - no he probado el té normal.

Enjoyed snack lunch with family. Freshly prepared foods, good service. Good coffee too. Returned later same day for Tea & home made cake. Popular so can get busy sometimes.

Qué gran lugar! La ubicación es fantástica - aparcamiento - pero ten cuidado - popular así Venga y quédese un rato! El servicio era excepcional; café excelente. - han hecho muy bien. Si viviese aquí - este sería mi local!

Been to this Cafe a few times and have always enjoyed it.Very comfortable and relaxing.Staff could not be better.Coffee is very good indeed and the sandwiches are always freshly made and tasty.Will certainly return.

Really pleased to see gluten free bread available for the sandwich and panini selection - pretty sure they served the Genius brand of bread which I love. They checked there was no dairy for me in the coronation chicken and I had a lovely lunch. Also pleased to see fairtrade beverages and good soy milk was provided.

The cafe is clean and friendly with great character, restored beams and mezzanine seating areas. A great selection of teas and coffee awaits plus lovely home cooked light bites, with plenty of gluten free options on the menu.There are also groups that meet here regularly, an origami workshop, Scrabble and Crossword sessions and Knit and Natter to mention just a few.A real find.

It took several attempts to find this place open as it closes Mondays etc.Its attached to A Church Compound/Car Park which on one wall has the most amazing piece of grafffittiproclaiming "Jesus is Lord"A Spray Paint Mural some 50'long.Visible if car park is not full.The entrance has wonderful real bamboo waxy canes growing in a big pot.So far so good.Inside it is small even with the upstairs balcony of this converted old barn.Its not particularly churchy more general low income community.Filled with mothers at high noon chattering loudly non stop two to the dozen.Females outnumbered males by about 15 : 1.The paultry offerings on display are just a few tins of common fizzy drink that one could buy in any supermarket probably cheaper.The cakes,unsold were just bought in looking pretty horrible affairs like greasy looking carrot cakes,oily and heavy in plastic cake covers obviously supplied to many other places whoiesale.This was very unimaginative and dissappointing though the clientele didnt seem too aware of the low standard in my opinion.Most people seemed to be there for the sitting around blethering more than anything.Quite unimpressed I returned to work.

Knew this place was here, but had never visited until this week. Met with someone for coffee & didn't want to battle the traffic into the town centre, this is conveniently located in North Abingdon with a good sized car park. Only had a coffee which was priced at £2, so a very good price. It was very busy, but no wait. This will become a regular meeting place

Super place run by local church but do not let that put you off. Very well run, very clean and. Coffee and food very good. Excellent if you want a quick snack.A fantastic place to meet with three areas on two different levels.Seems to have active social scene too, with a very studious sowing club in there when I visited.Big improvement on the Costas of this world.

A really lovely place to spend an hour or two! We come here regularly for great coffee and cake, breakfast pastries and fruit toast, soups, salads and sandwiches. My children love playing the board games. All the staff are so friendly and welcoming. Great additional events too - origami, book club, knitting/crochet. Beautiful barn setting.

Visited this café several times since March this year. In the Winter months they serve home made soup which is delicious and highly recommended. In the Summer months salads are on offer as well as the usual assortment of home made scones and cakes. Very reasonably priced and more comfy chairs are upstairs. I believe it is run by volunteers who are friendly and helpful.

This was my first visit. The cafe is stunning, the staff are very welcoming and the tea was a lovely leaf tea. The food was quite delayed and very over cooked.

This cafe is quite local to us so we like to walk there with our grandchildren. There isn't a lot of space for a pushchair but we have always managed to find a seat. The coffee is really nice and they do 'kiddie mocha chino' in small cups for children. The facilities are good and have everything you need. There are extra seats upstairs and outside when the weather is warmer there is a nice sun trap. The cakes on sale look delicious but as I am on a diet have resisted the temptation. The staff work very hard and the wait for the coffee to arrive can be a bit lengthy as they get very busy at certain times.

I like going to this café with my daughter. The food (cake!) and drink is very good and we enjoy going upstairs and playing the games they have, The staff are very nice and always give you a warm welcome. It's a lovely building that has been fitted out to be light and airy. There is also free Wi-Fi.

The food is always top notch, made with fresh looking ingredients. It's always busy when we walk in, often finding it hard to find a seat. The customer service can sometimes vary from disorganised and disinterested to absolutely engaged and helpful. I believe this is probably a product of the volunteer workforce rather than anything more profound. Overall though, a great place to take kids for a spot of lunch.

I love The Barns. It's really welcoming and the small but perfectly formed snack menu never disappoints. The staff are always brilliant and accommodating, nothing is too much trouble. The fruit and nut toast is my regular, with pot of tea from the comprehensive loose leaf range. If you want to dodge the busiest times head in after mid morning, there is a strong crowd of little ones and can get hectic

Nice little cafe run by volunteers, it is very popular and often difficult to find a table. Small class for example origami and knitting are held on some mornings. You can get a lovely mid day snack but make sure you arrive early!

This is a nice friendly place to meet up with friends, the staff are very pleasant and helpful, they also have a nice outside area.

I often visit the Barns cafe on my own, always made welcome. On Friday I took my two daughters and four grandchildren, they range from 12 - 3 years old. The two younger ones opted for the kids platter which they enjoyed (they are fussy eaters and enjoyed the mixture of cheese, grapes, hummus and pitta). The rest of us settled for sandwiches- freshly made to order. We were enjoying ourselves so much we stayed on for cream tea and cakes. There were plenty of interesting board games and books which of cause Grandma had the joy of reading out loud!

This is a cafe committed to building a community and providing really good quality food and drink. It's lovely and fresh yet at the same time housed in an ancient barn. The range of coffees and teas are particularly good, as are the home-made cakes.

A modern conversion building staffed and organised by a group of committed ladies. Clean and modern with good seating facilities . I dd not order a meal here but would happily call again with friends for morning coffee. Everything semed to be reasonably priced.

Tasty food, smart cafe, friendly service. Love the wall chart which compares your height to famous people etc. Only criticism is that it got very hot when the sun shone, even in the winter.

At the Barns you really feel the local atmosphere, it is 100% original and it has a strong personality. The espresso coffee is really really good and the personnel is extremely kind!

I first discovered this cosy cafe on my way home from collecting my daughter from nursery. It was raining, windy and we were just plain fed up. This Mummy required coffee. Stat.I was welcomed warmly, my daughter was greeted cheerfully and shown a stack of games and books and after I ordered my coffee, I was told to take a seat and they would bring my drink over. I noticed that there were not many free tables, most people were eating and I noticed my neighbouring table tucking into soup that smelled divine.This is a lovely little cafe that my daughter now begs me to go into any time we pass. Very child friendly, in fact jut altogether friendly!

This is a wonderful café, with very friendly staff and excellent produce. They pride themselves on the quality of the coffee, so it is very good indeed. Service always comes with a smile, which is quite remarkable considering the staff are mostly volunteers! It's set in a beautifully converted barn, and is a great place to relax.

Slightly on the outskirts of Abingdon town centre, this local favourite is a great place to grab a light lunch or coffee with friends. The staff are really friendly and the set up of the place means that on the balconies you can find some more personal space, perhaps for more private conversations with friends or a work meeting. The food and drink aren't overpriced either and the place is always buzzing with people from all walks of life. It definitely feels like the heart of the community.

had a really nice experience at the barn cafe. the restaurant is a very nicely presented barn conversion. the seating is a bit crowded (tables small and close together), but everything looks very nice. there are two upper areas on each side with loungey couches and low tables. lots of family, older patrons, and children/babies, its a very welcoming environment. there are board games and childrens books on both floors; various activities for almost every day are advertised on the blackboard; this is a very social place.the food is small bites, sandwiches are very large and the bread is awesome. in the summer they have salads, and in the winters its soup. overall its nothing too special, better than say costa, but its fairly priced and clean food.service is great, you order at the counter and they bring your food to you. everyone is very nice. its volunteer run, so it can be a bit slow to get your coffee or sandwich, but this isnt really the place that you go for a quick meal, its a place to relax and chat. we will definitely be back =)

The Barns Cafe has become my go-to place for coffee and socialising in Abingdon. The people are friendly and welcoming, the food is delicious and the coffee is amazing!The manager clearly cares deeply about the customer experience and is always on hand to help out. Highly recommend this place for the atmosphere and the food!

The Barns always has a really welcoming atmosphere - I have been here quite a few times, and it really is delicious coffee. The volunteers are all really friendly too. Highly recommended!

Such a lovely cafe with scrummy food and friendly service. Good knowledge of dietary details and child friendly. Good parking too. Highly recommended!

Drinks were lovely and staff friendly. The chocolate cake is amazing. Only comment was it took ages for two hot chocolates to be made and served to us otherwise very nice

After using the churches lovely childrens playgroup myself and another grandma along with our 2 grandsons of 2 year old went across to the barns café for lunch . We were made to feel welcome and the children were offered various things to keep them amused . after looking at the menu we decided on the childrens platter for our little ones . This was amazing , full of goodness , pitta bread , carrot sticks ,cheese chunks grapes and humous for the little ones to dip into. grandmas decided on sandwiches !! freshly made and scrummy !! staff were all happy and made sure we we were happy too . we will certainly be back . thank you all

I popped in here again last week and felt I had to report back again. The Barns really is a gem of a place. I met a friend for coffee. This time we sat upstairs in one of the two charming galleries where there is very comfortable seating. So comfortable that we sat there for 90 minutes with our tea / coffee. I had tea and you get an entire pot to yourself - two very generous cups worth!The service is truly excellent. Nothing is too much bother.In the photograph you can see the regular knitters group that meets there every other Wednesday morning!

Visited here for the first time last week. The cafe is run by a full time manager but otherwise staffed by willing volunteers. You would never know this as the service is very professional. I have a restricted starch-free diet and normally opt for salad at lunchtime. There were no main course salads on offer so I opted for the gluten free mushroom soup. It was gorgeous! As I can't eat bread of any type, I accompanied it with a small, very reasonably priced £1.00 side salad. It was a lunchtime work related meeting so the free wifi was an added bonus. The medieval barns have been beautifully restored. The downstairs was busy , mostly with young mothers and toddlers but it was neither noisy nor overcrowded. On my next visit, I'm going to try out the galleries which look to be fitted out with comfy chairs.

Great, friendly service. Lovely surroundings, enjoyed playing board games from the big selection upstairs. Tasty cakes and crunchy gingerbreadman!