The Bumblebee Cafe in East Hampshire

Did not go in here, but friend who works in hairdressers says cakes are to die for

Not impressed with this place now. Apparently it's changed owners and the new ones aren't any good. I went along at 3.30pm and was told they were closing and could only do take away (which I didn't want) even though it says they close at 4pm!! When I queried/pointed that out, they said they needed time to clean up!! To which I replied surely you di that after you close? So I didn't stop. Very unfriendly!

Perfect location for us to visit when we cycle however we've always been disappointed by the Bumblebee and have preferred to go elsewhere. The coffee here is adequate but not up to the standard you would expect from a specialty coffee shop for example. The vegan options are lacking and I have only ever ordered an avocado sandwich, the staff have never been very accommodating in this regard and I have sometimes felt unwelcome as if I am making their job difficult. If you are not vegan and prefer tea over coffee I think you would still enjoy this café as the cakes do look excellent and the outside seating is great.

I can only describe our non visit to the Bumblebee cafe as bizarre. We were 7 cyclists riding the Shipwrights way and wanted to stop yesterday at the Bumblebee cafe for a coffee and cake. We sat down outside but felt cold under the canopy so moved to table in the sun. Cafe had one other person in it outside. We were the asked by middle aged grumpy cafe lady to move to the other side so that she could fill more tables. There was no one waiting to be allocated a terrace seat. Grumpy knickers did not like our explanation about the warmth of the sun and we really did not like the most “unwelcome welcome” she was giving so left. I guess she can’t be the owner because you would never run your own business like that but this lady really was unfriendly and unreasonable. Shame as we always liked this cafe in the past for stops.

Went here for mother's day and it was absolutely fabulisious. One of the BEST EVER cafes I have been to. The staff was amazing. The food was tasty, fresh and plenty and such a gorgeous place. Have been recommending it to all my friends.

Lovely little village cafe, with good cafe fare. Had the salad in a tortilla bowl, filling and yummy

Lovely friendly staff and delicious food. The fish finger sandwich was yummy.

I love this place. Went for the first time a matter of weeks ago and have already been back around four or five times! The food is great, there are comfy sofas you can sit on. I always have my children with me (baby and toddler) we are made to feel welcome, we usually sit on the comfy sofas, and Saturday just gone the nice lady said my toddler could play on Crackers the lovely traditional rocking horse. I took my husband there on the weekend as he was off work, he really enjoyed it, he had one of the specials, which I didn't expect the chef to make as it was only 10.30am but he happily obliged. The coffee is very good and the cake is heavenly! The ladies who make it are very clever! Needless to say, we will be back soon....

Delicious food and excellent service

Fantastic sausage rolls and cakes make this a great stop on a bike ride. My only gripe was that the staff weren't particularly welcoming. It does seem to get busy so I think they had their hands full. Overall, well worth a visit.

Wonderful place, friendly staff, great coffee, glorious food with the FEB to die for!!

Always a pleasure to go the Bumblebee Cafe. Owners and staff always very polite and friendly. Food, coffee and tea delicious. Cannot fault it and would highly recommend it.

Ordered 2 coffees and sandwiches. Sandwiches were really nice, the coffees were terrible. Both black coffees tasted off. I raised this with member of staff and then the manager, who advised the coffee beans are fresh. My friend and I left our coffees. On the way home I googled and learnt that the coffees were likely over extracted and:or water wrong temperature as the coffees were bitter and cloudy. We left having paid for coffees we didn’t drink, was made to feel uncomfortable for complaining, without even an offer to re-make. Poor customer service.

Had a great coffee after our afternoon dog walk, always great service, many thanks

Delicious coffee, hot chocolate and marmalade cake today. I thoroughly recommend The Bumblebee Cafe.

Good place to stop whether you're walking cycling or in a car. Good sausage sandwich too. Expect delays when they are busy and more friendly and smiley 😀🌞😀

Arrived at this cafe at 8.55 am this morning, the door was open to be met with a very rude chef who basically told us to go away as we are not open and to come back at 9am a mere five minutes!! Maybe you should try leaving the door bolted until you are open and also try being more polite to your customers who keep you in business. Wont be returning!!!

Lovely comfortable homely atmosphere good food and friendly staff.

Follow Mr & Mrs R on TikTok. Thank you bumblebee cafe of our delicious coffee and walnut cake. Hope to be back to enjoy a lunch with you. 👍🐝🍰

Really super afternoon tea! Lovely attentive staff and very fresh delicious sandwiches and so many cakes.

Excellent Sunday morning breakfast. Quite busy so waiting times wete longer than you would like, however the did warn us beforehand. Very pleasant place to sit outside and enjoy the sun.

Loved it ,will definitely go back and definitely recommend 👌

Lovely place in Rowlands Castle

I was treated to an afternoon birthday cream tea at Bumblebee Cafe by my daughter & granddaughter and what a treat it was too. Highly recommend and 100% will be back for other visits. A right little gem in Rowlands Castle

Dropped in for lunch, all freshly made and really good, will definitely be going again

What a lovely little Gem 💎 of a place to eat 😊 and chat Great service, homemade cakes and food, with a lovely place to sit chat in the Sunshine with spotlessly clean toilets which are always a good sign This place is now far better than M&S to visit for cake and a chat The only downside is the local parking 🅿️ is poor but this is the same as everywhere now XXXXX The person who makes the cakes 🎂 needs a Six Star's review they are all lovely XXXXX

If you like maps you will love this place, if you don't you will still love it.

Lovely small quirky cafe in a beautiful village serving delicious brunch. The servings are generous with interesting choices on the menu. Would recommend booking, although they were able to seat 9 of us on different tables without a booking and seems to be popular on a sunday when we visited.

Visited on 10th September which was a hot day however, the cafe was like an oven! Breakfast was served on a very small plate which made eating difficult. The butter portions provided for the toast were actually liquid!!! Maybe I'll come back on an icy cold day.

My dad and I visited today for the deluxe afternoon tea. Wow, what can I say! Not only was everything sublimely tasty (made by Kate from the National Bakery School) but oh my goodness the attention to detail! The proper china, the palette cleanser, the kirsch cream with the scones, the lemon slices for the tea! Even the toilets were lovely!! Plus the staff are so friendly and welcoming, they let us take our time enjoying the experience but checked in throughout, kept our water chilled and our tea topped up. Couldn't recommend it more and I will definitely be back!

Great place for a coffee & cake

After being regular customers for a while, my Husband popped in to grab 2 coffees at around 3:45pm today, while I waited outside with our dogs. We didn’t realise they closed at 4. My Husband was met with what felt with contempt and disdain that we turned up so late, 15 mins before they closed, for a coffee, nothing else.The owner (we assume) was quite rude. We won’t be back unfortunately.

Lovely find, great food and service.

Nice bacon roll and cup of tea. Reasonably priced. Pleasant & Polite staff. Warm and homely surroundings.

Group of 8 of us visited after our walk. We all had coffee or tea and cake. Our friend that must have gluten free food and normally only has a choice of brownie or nothing was very happy with the choice of banana cake that looked like a scrumptious cake (rather than a boring loaf) or lemon drizzle. Two others of our group also had it and said it was delicious. My rhubarb and ginger crumble cake was also great and very gingery. The afternoon tea looked very tempting and so did the specials.

Fabulous afternoon tea, just amazing scrumptious food and wonderful service.

Fantastic food and friendly and efficient service. Today we had the sausage sandwich each followed by a slice of homemade cake. Everything we had was delicious.

Very clean and very friendly. Such a cute place

Lovely little find, excellent customer service from Stuart.

Simply the best sausage and egg sandwich in the entire world … according to me and my dog!

Lovely food & cakes! Very nice welcoming staff & dog friendly too!

A very good place to relax! Thanks!

Had a snack lunch after a 2.5hr walk. Enjoyed my salmon and cream cheese sandwich.

Disappointed with the amount of time you have to wait for food. Even though we ordered before other people it seems they cooked the full breakfasts for those people before our items , egg on toast and a sausage bap! It surely should be in the order you come in! Won't be returning in a hurry or recommending it, unless you are prepared for a long wait 😩 In respose to your reply, it does not explain while people who came in behind me got served 1st . My review was asked for and i answered it honestly. 9.15 am is when we came in and waited more than half hour for food , i did question had we been forgotten!

Very pretty places to go to , food was ok sat in doors but a little Awkward as staff were standing there watching, looks like it gets very busy.

A great place to stop for coffee, cake or a meal at the end of middle of a bike ride. Geared up for cyclists and sometimes they have the bike rack outside.

Great food, coffee ☕️ and staff

My friend and I stopped here for lunch whilst cycling to Chichester. Luckily, the weather was dry but a little chilly. We were able to sit outside, which was nice. I ordered a sausage sandwich, and within a very short time, the food arrived. The sandwich was huge and delicious, and full of quality sausage supplied by a local butcher. Unfortunately, the calories worked off during the journey to Rowlands Castle were lost. I recommend the sausage sandwich, especially if you like decent sausages.

Another Delicious serving! Just can’t get enough of the food. Highly recommended. Parking is tricky but that’s because it’s a busy area and there is no parking at the cage

Lovely food, good service and excellent value.

Lovely friendly little cafe ,good coffee ,reasonably priced

Visited today for lunch and sat outside with the club sandwich and a orange juice. Very nice indeed. Fantastic breakfasts definitely the best around.

Had a great breakfast in here, was tasty but the highlight is definitely the delicious fresh cakes they serve.

Came here with a rather large cycling group, managed to find a seating area, small cafe, service was medioke but needs to be a bit more attentive, customer service makes a huge difference even if there is allot of us.

Just the right place to go out for a drink,,walk and see the country on a Sunday

I had breakfast about 3-4 months ago Eggs Royal or bennedicts Swimming in grilled Hollandaise sauce too hot to eat

My first visit and I loved it. Will be back.

Lovely cafe. Excellent food and service

A very friendly and good quality tea room. Very pleasant

My jacket potato was not cooked ,they did give me my money back

Really friendly staff and food tasty and well presented. Always enjoy my visit.

Wonderful atmosphere lovely egg bap

Just love this cafe especially in the summer when it's lovely to sit outside. Dogs are welcome inside cafe and out.

Lovely place, great food, great service!

Good coffee and food. Bike parking for cyclists available

Great little cafe. Very nice cottage pie, and the cakes were delicious.

Great selection of cakes which is a good start ! Everything is good , not the cheapest place around but the quality is second to none .

Excellent coffee and cake, happy friendly efficient service.

Lovely breakfast and great service.

A nice, friendly café, but gets crowded out by sweaty Lycra louts and their bikes at weekends.

Love it here, food is lovely and the cakes are amazing

BEST LATTE COFFEE AROUND. REALLY FRIENDLY STAFF TOO

Exceptionally busy. If you want quiet and intimate at the weekend, this is not the place for you.

Looking for a little tea room for cake and coffee found the Bublebee on line, small cafe pleasant seating outside to watch the world go by, wouldnt say the staff was over friendly though parking was difficult had to park up in a narrow road overall it was pleasant

Excellent food, friendly staff.

Awesome place, nice food and so relaxed.

Good service. Good quality breakfast. 👌

Lovely place. Food portions are very generous, great value for the amount you get. All food and drinks were served quickly and all tasted amazing. Lovely visit, will 100% come back we we are next down south

Lovely setting. Very popular cafe. Great place to relax and have good food and good coffee

Only stopped for tea, but will be back.

Lovely stop off whilst on a 100k bike ride,this was half way on first leg of our ride. Very welcome hot cup of coffer,staff Lovely offered to take our photo outside sign. Recommended

Lovely location, lovely staff, good menu. I ordered a ham and cheese sandwich. The bread was perfect. The ham replete with piggy goodness. The cheese ... oh dear. Disappointed that it appeared to be a pre-grated processed cheese. If it had been a cheese equal in quality to the bread and the ham it would have been a heavenly meal.

Lovely place for a stop, freshly prepared and generous proportions.

Lovely sitting outside. Good coffee.

Great coffee, amazing breakfast, what is no to like. Thought about sticking around for Cake but the garden show was waiting

Great food well priced thank you

Very friendly welcoming staff, excellent tea, coffee and cakes, hope to visit again very soon!

Nice breakie took little longer than usual but it was busy. Sausages little over done but everything else spot on

Wow. Great place. Good food and coffee. Provided towels when we all arrived soaked through on a wet day.

Really clean and lovely place with great food and staff.

Lovely food, good price and excellent service

Great coffee located in a nice area

Just amazing food and service prompt, efficient and friendly. We visited on Sunday, 10 April, we have enjoyed it very very much. Food tasted very good , my door step avocado and humuous sandwich was fabulous..

Great little cafe with friendly staff. Its nice that they have seats outside on the pavement and covered. Only real criticism from me is the doorstep sandwiches. I personally would prefer much thinner bread!!!! Dogs welcome.

Lovely cafe. Food was great. Location lovely. Sat outside. Friendly staff.

Lovely little cafe. Can be a bit cramped when it's full, but food it lovely.

Doorstep sandwiches to die for.

Stopped for coffee and couldn't resist a cheeky sausage roll. Lovely friendly staff and yummy sausage rolls 😋 will definitely go back

Tea and cake. Always a pleasure. Very friendly staff

Lovely food in a nice setting. Though we did find the constant "entrance bell" ringing rather loud/we will definitely be returning. 😋