The Hive Cafe in Worcester

Delicious food and lovely staff, and working for a good cause.

Fantastic food - I ate a delicious tagine pastry which was FULL of flavour. Very friendly staff who managed us (we were a big group!). Great coffee too. Will come again :)

it is always a very delicious treat, choosing the have a meal at The Hive!

The Hive is awesome! They make everything fresh, and it’s all vegetarian with plenty of vegan options too. They even use ingredients from their own urban rooftop garden and micro-farm. You can really taste the difference with their super fresh and seasonal dishes. I tried the Masala Scotch Egg with homemade salads and pickles, and wow – it was so good! The egg was perfectly cooked with just the right amount of spice, and the salads were fresh, colorful, and full of flavour. The team put a lot of thought into every dish, and since they change the menu seasonally, there’s always something new to try. The staff are super warm and welcoming, and you can tell that they really enjoy what they do. If you’re into delicious, healthy food with a laid-back atmosphere, The Hive is the place to be. Definitely recommend checking it out!

Excellent service and delicious food. What more could you ask for! The spiced water was a lovely touch

Very strange place. Have had this place on my list for a long time so finally decided to stray away from the usual to try it out. Although the staff were very friendly, the vibe was non existent and felt very awkward and canteen like. It began as awkward quietness and then became packed with rowdy people. Food was mid although price was arguably decent Would come back to look at the art exhibit even though they’ve placed art right outside of the toilet???

Ian Andrews exhibition is amazing.

Delicious food and lovely staff 10/10!

The Hive is always a great place to come, I'm lucky it's just around the corner!

Only discovered the Hive today, and we'll definitely make it a regular lunch spot. Food was delicious - we had the African flatbread and the Korean sausage roll, and both were tasty and beautifully presented, with obvious pride. The place is light and airy and the staff are very friendly and helpful. Recommended!

Just discovered the Hive and found it an uplifting, nutritious and tasty expereince. I've no idea what was upsetting "Sal" so much, but I think we can see what kind of person she is from her nonsensical comments about the "older crowd" preferring "bland, overpriced food with butter"....... We've eaten food from all over the world for decades and we found the food at the Hive interesting and prepared with pride. We loved that the place has a mission and we felt that the students were serious about their work and succeeding in making a unique venue for people to try out their interpretations of world dishes. We will definitely be back and I would advise anyone else to give it a go, enjoy the food, and feel the love and positivity there. Ignore people like Sal - it's about as far from depressing as you can get.

This place is amazing. Not only because Argent College do such incredible work and it is great to support that. But also the food here is so so delicious. Dom is a creative genius in the kitchen, the plates are always beautifully presented and it is nice that so many of the ingredients are sourced from the rooftop garden above the building. The dishes are so colourful and full of flavour. I recommend the hash brown scotch egg and the Korean sausage roll (both veggie). I should have taken a photo but I’m afraid I devoured it too quickly! Lots to see here too, with exhibitions celebrating the jewellery quarter and the building itself shares jewellery making heritage. A wonderful place :)

Food was superb and the service was fantastic by the team!! They made us and our pooch Gerry feel incredibly welcome 🤗

Everything was delicious. And as usual staff were lovely and welcoming. Definitely recommend

Excellent food and service! Delicious spot for lunch in the city. The service was 5 star and the decor inside is lovely!

Yummy hash brown scotch egg with indian spiced mayo today. I think The Hive is excellent - good food, interesting displays, providing community space and also work experience & training for young people with Aspergers and other neurodivergent syndromes. Whats not to like?

Amazing place, delicious and healthy food.

Amazing food , friendly staff. Definitely recommended 👌

Get yourself to The Hive for a yummy bite to eat and a coffee. Fresh food, unique menu, beautifully presented, friendly staff and affordable prices. Highly recommended.

Incredible food! Worth the price and more. Not even crazy expensive.

Love it here. Great lunch choices. Loads of veggie choice. Fab breakfast granolas too. And a genuine community vibe.

It's ok place with a lot of people

This place opens at 08:00 not 07:30. The staff understand Google maps is incorrect and I've tried to edit the opening times but am not allowed to. It's unfair to review the food/service as we were camped on their door from 07:45 onwards !

Visited for lunch with my wife and enjoyed a brilliant sandwich. Fully recommend to anyone.

The food is all lovely, the staff are pleasant. I'm docking service stars because a group beside me ordered some food and paid. Only after 3 of the group members had been brought the food and the 4th one was waiting were they told the 4th meal wasn't available. It should have been checked when the order was placed. I've been a few times and you're generally served quickly. It's important to note that the toilets are kept clean and the tables are cleared quickly. The Hive is very well presented.

Really welcoming place with a large selection of drinks, cakes and freshly baked bread. The art and history section is interesting and Jonathon was a really helpful and welcoming member of the team

Delicious healthy and freshly made food. Friendly cheerful service. Very pleasant atmosphere. Great value. And you can buy amazing bread to take home. The Hive is my new favourite cafe! And the organisation has a great ethos too.

We went to the Hive cafe today and we were delighted by the food and the ambience. The salad was absolutely delicious and we'll definitely be back to try out all the other delicacies. The service we had was cheerful and welcoming. Well done Hive cafe!

Great value food, inc veggie and vegan and gluten free. Sponsored charity run training kitchen. Innovative salads and small dishes. Busy and friendly atmosphere and can visit exhibitions relating to The Jewellery Quarter. Staff are always friendly and helpful and the food is very good value.

Great beetroot soup today. Love coming here . The food is seasonally based- it’s grown on the roof garden

Food is quirky and different from the everyday - if you like that, which I do, it is truly excellent and the coffee is great. Really friendly and a very good cause to support

Great food and service. Lovely atmosphere in the café.

Don't believe the buzz over the The Hive Cafe and Bakery! Food is almost inedible, prices are high for the amount and quality you receive, decor is depressing, and customer service is lacking. It's baffling why this place has so many positive reviews, and I hope sharing my negative experience here can spare another from it. Both my friend and I love supporting small businesses that promote house-made, organic, farm-to-table food, so yesterday my friend and I went for lunch at The Hive Cafe and Bakery. The items described on their menu sounded delectable, but they were out of nearly every option. As a vegan with a dairy allergy, my choices are already limited, so I was delighted to hear their "Vegan Salad Mix" was still available. However, the man taking my order told me they were out of vegan butter and asked if they could replace it with real dairy butter. After telling him no and that I would prefer no butter with my salad in that case, he told me he HAD to give me butter with my order. My friend and I were perplexed by this. Why was butter such an integral part of a vegan dish? We eventually agreed because there was no other options and went to sit down at a table while we waited a long time for our food to be brought out. The decor is rather sparse and void of color with stock images of farms and vegetables on the wall, along with dead plants and random trinkets clustered in corners. No music was playing and their wooden chairs were uncomfortable too, but we hoped the money they saved on creating an atmosphere was invested into quality ingredients. We were sorely disappointed by what the server set down in front of us. Turns out the butter is just a tiny side component for the bread served with the vegan salad mix. There was no excuse why it couldn't be excluded from my order! The salad itself was barely the size of my fist and made predominantly of dry arugula and olives with a little hummus on the side. My friend, who after being told they were out of sandwiches, went with the staff-recommended corn on the cob, but her salad was identical to mine and even smaller in size while the corn was old and flavorless. We weren't given forks or even told by the server where to get them. Each plate was £8 each! We were still so hungry afterwards that we went to another cafe. Maybe The Hive and Bakery Cafe is a popular place for the older crowd who don't mind pricey, bland food with butter on the side, but this place needs serious improvements to be worthy of the praise and ranking it has here. EDIT: Thank you to the owner for taking time to reply and give more details. We applaud you and your mission but perhaps signage up front such as "Proud to employ students" could better set customer expectations walking in. Hopefully the experience and impression I've shared can provide more perspective to help The Hive and Bakery Cafe find success and continue to improve.

A great space with a good vibe and out of this world, excellent food. My thanks to everyone involved here 🙂

Fabulous lunch decent price and tried kimchi for the first time ever 😀 it was delicious 😋 I'm hooked 😋 x

This is quite easily the finest cafe in the quarter. Top notch food, prepared wholly on the premises and often from ingredients grown on their mini roof-farm. Lovely staff, too. An amazing social enterprise.

Like the coffee, food and ambient They need to extend their opening hours

What a lovely experience. Very friendly staff. Vegan cake to die for - chocolate brownie and cherries was sooo yummy. I had decaf coffee I really couldn’t tell the difference- was to die for with oat milk so creamy. Will definitely go Again and tell my friends. Just what I needed to recharge in a chilled atmosphere. Certainly took away the January blues 🩵 thank you for a blissful experience 🩵

I had high hopes for this bakery. The venue is beautiful and the atmosphere is lovely. However, my experience was marred by the fact that they had run out of vegan main dishes and the staff offered little assistance in suggesting alternative plant-based options. A simple solution, like jam and sourdough toast, would have sufficed. Having said that, we did buy some of the sourdough and it was disappointingly heavy, dense and excessively chewy. Such a shame!

Incredibly fresh, delicious food & very friendly service. 10/10! Loved it :)

Very friendly staff. Excellent country sourdough. Best in the JQ.

Preface: I got there just before closing (30 min) so the atmosphere can't really be an accurate score given they were getting ready to shut up shop. The hive is delightfully quaint in feeling, whilst being huge in space. A rustic and open plan cafe come-coffee shop run/worked by some truly sweet beings. The layout is accessible for mobility aids and is predominantly on one wide flat level with a large, low counter and an spacious seating area, a lift for aid users is available at the entrance. Situated in the side streets of the jewellery quarter, this little haven is a home from home style eatery, a place to take a load off and support a community effort. The hive hosts a multitude of workshops and social gatherings and their ethos seems to be firmly routed in the spreading, teaching and support of soulful skills, be that expression through the arts or sustainability through their grow/green projects and community involvement for self sustainability as a business. Upon entering you are met with artistic expressions painted on the walls, past projects displayed in the books and crannies and information snippets on the walls. The service was lovely, especially given they were in the process of packing down the kitchen when I arrived. Big smiles and joyful interactions were had. Myself and my friend ordered a late and some pastries and sat to dry off a bit from out Birmingham exploration and be didn't once feel like a burden for showing up late. We ate, drank and left 10 min before doors close so we weren't 'those customers' who hung around right till the doors closed. I would love to go back and enjoy some of the projects or speak easies THEY host and I feel like it would be a great place to visit when bustling with other like-minded folk. Clean, well priced, calm and chilled vibes. Lovely staff, accessible building with a fun and delightful atmosphere, even if we were the only ones there 🤣

Decent vibes on entry. Tasty food. I had white hot chocolate and chocolate pastry. Very nice and tasty. Staff were also polite and friendly too. I come from the countryside so am not used to city life all that much. This place was a nice stop for us tourists of Birmingham :).

What a place, soups out of this world, lovely. Indian scout egg would recommend.

Greatest place for lunch in Birmingham, Jewellery Quarter. Wonderfully flavoured, mostly vegetarian food...

Seasonal food was beautifully prepared and presented. Staff warm, friendly and knowledgeable about their produce. Great choice of dishes and drinks. We ordered 4 small plates to share between 2 and left nicely full :)

A lovely spacious café with a creative menu and delicious food. The coffee was great too, and at a very good price. Friendly staff and a calming atmosphere. I would recommend!

Friendly, good food and such a great ethos

Honestly, this place is amazing, every visit, the food is so creative and tastes incredible. A must visit when in the Jewellery Quarter

Nice place and relaxing place. Granola and porridge were made upon order and very tasty. Coffee is also good.

Excellent “bacon” sarnie in apple sourdough in a lovely loft Also excellent coffee and really friendly staff

Really great service and bread is amazing!!! Coffee is stunning as well, and really love the array of options.

Super veggie breakfast. Came back for more the next day.

A social enterprise in association with the attached college, this is a great cafe & bakery. A small, changing lunch menu of vegetarian dishes, some vegan, which are always high quality. Some ingredients are grown on their rooftop garden & they also have an in-house bakery providing bread & cakes to have in or takeaway.

Took the kids today - staff were really helpful and friendly and the food was ace.

Fantastic food! I love coming here for coffee, recently I came for lunch and it was delicious. Come early if you want lunch as they often sell out fast! Love the lad on the counter, really nice and very welcoming!

Homemade syrup are heavenly. Tried both vanilla and saffron, really should look at selling these separately 😍

Basic but lovely. The coffee was good, the sourdough and brioche toasts were nice.

I'm not a vegetarian but I really enjoyed the food here. Good selection but not a huge menu, good coffee and great staff. Quiet Tuesday lunchtime. Would go again

Absolutely blown away by the quality of food and service we experienced last Friday. We chose the German tofu sausage roll with sauerkraut, mustard and ale soaked pickles. £5.75 for really generous portions. Gorgeous cakes too. Only open when students are in so morning and early afternoon weekday servings, Monday - Friday. Well worth it and you're benefitting the community too 👍🏼👍🏾👍

A little overpriced, but I guess that has to do with the location. Dish had was good, but friend had one option due to no vegan food, bar a kind of picky plate of hummus/couscous/leaves kind of thing. Woman serving seemed annoyed that we asked to be honest so I’m guessing they get asked a lot. Maybe don’t call yourselves a vegan/veggie restaurant then?

The shape of the eating place is appropriate

Lovely lunch and hot drinks. Unusual and interesting flavours in their sandwiches and tofu sausage rolls, unlike most cafes. Delicious and healthy, with good portion.

Love it here at The Hive Cafe, they farm their own vegetables at the rooftop, and bread are baked freshly every day. The spacious interior at the Cafe is very nice to spend a bit of time resting in the afternoon with family.

Lovely dog-friendly cafe in the jewellery quarter. Nice lunch options with vegan dishes on the menu. They make their own bread and cakes too.

Love its values and the coffee was great.

Coffee is great here. And they are dog friendly. I visited several times during my visit to Birmingham. It’s a really lovely bright space. The staff are very welcoming. I also had their brioche toast and butter - Basic but delicious.

Sandwich was delicious. Herbal tea and victoria sponge cake were ok. Really nice staff. Great venue with original features and history. Love that they have a a rooftop herb garden.

Nice place.. it's nice to be able to meet for a coffee in library 😊

Amazing place. I attended a poetry open mic. People were amazing. Staff are so kind .

Amazing, well worth a visit, a true hidden gem. I've been a few times now and love the Moca. The decore is great, very photogenic

Fab organic food...lovely staff

The Hive is a sustainable cafe and bakery serving food made from organic and biodynamic ingredients, including produce from their own rooftop garden. There is a wide variety of food served including breakfast and lunch. The focaccia sandwich with roasted red peppers, cheddar and couscous and salad on the side is absolutely delicious. They also sell homemade sourdough bread and different cakes and pastries. The staff is very friendly and helpful. A really nice concept for a local cafe and bakery. Definitely recommend!

I had the celeriac soup with bread, and a chai latte here. The food was amazing, the environment here was really chill and quiet. Very worth the price if you’re taking a pitstop from visiting all the museums around the Jewellery Quarters.

Our walk from the city centre paid off! It's well worth it for excellent, tasty food, the spacious interior and great service. A really lovely place for lunch. We'll definitely visit again!! Thanks for all the effort you put in to this.

Great cake and friendly service. And an art/craft gallery thrown in for free. Great cafe !!

One of my places l go for breakfast everytime l come to the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, l made a big mistake l let my friend's know and suddenly run out of my favourite Coconut Pancakes but the replacement Brioche toast was tasty although l would have preferred the pancakes, the staff are very friendly and helpful

What a wonderful place! My friend and I visited the cafe today for the first time, and we were impressed at how beautiful the place was. The cake was delicious, and the staff was very friendly. I wish you were open on Saturdays! I will definitely return to this cafe.

去左間離繁華鬧市有小小距離既Cafe，人唔太多，價錢都平啲，個人幾鍾意呢到既氣氛。今次試左杯Mocha同牛角包。呢到既牛角包唔係脆嗰款，但味道都不錯。見到佢午餐有scotch egg’s，下次有機會再試( ´▽` )ﾉ

I used to come to the library on a regular basis to join Whacky Wednesdays and get a couple of books but then Covid happened. A few weeks ago we rediscovered the Hive and we now visit every 1-2 weeks. We always have coffee and cake at the café while our kid can have have a look around and choose a couple of books. We absolutely love the café! Tasty cakes, good coffee and very fair prices!

Spacious cafe with lots of options to eat and drink. Enjoyed our time here!

Lovely café with lots of space, serving the most delicious food, all made on site which is a rarity these days! Definitely pay a visit if you're in the area.

Lovely coffee and absolutely amazing cakes, best in the JQ for sure. One of if not my favourite go to place in the JQ.

Great place for a veggie lunch. Love the seasonal soup and empanadas!

Very good lunch. Nice Ans spacious place. Very quick service and lovely staff. Food tastes great and it looks like the entire menu is vegetarian with vegan options for a good amount. Good value for money as well. Well worth checking out.

Coffee needs to be hotter,food superb

Perfect. Great food, good chefs and perfect customer care.

Amazing food! So much effort goes into their menu and food preparation. Very friendly staff and nice venue with plenty of history. 5 stars!

Absolutely beautiful venue shall definitely be re visiting again soon

I love this place! Came in on a rainy day and was instantly welcoming into a warm & friendly environment. I choose the breakfast granola & come back many times for it since! I wish I could have this everyday, it is incredible. The students at Argent college grow seeds, herbs & crops on the rooftop garden which then goes into the food made at Hive. The students themselves are involved in the running of the cafe and bakery. The cafe also takes sustainability very seriously, composting all food and green waste. I would recommend stopping by for coffee & cake or breakfast or lunch, you will not be disappointed.

I was in Worcester for a few hours so thought I’d do some work at the hive and noticed the cafe. Really friendly staff. I overheard you get a discount if you are a student (I’m a mature student). Didn’t think to ask. Be aware at the mo the Wi-fi or mobile data is very problematic at the hive.

One of my top places for a spot of lunch in the Jewellery Quarter, in fact make that the city. The food here is consistently superb and great value, the menu changes regularly and it’s always a difficult decision on what to choose. Thoroughly recommended.

Really tasty, fresh food and great value. The bakery products are what brings me here mostly:) Coffee is really good too and again at a great price.

Great location for a spot of lunch. Having been for the first time last week I've been been back again already! It's not the cheapest but it's clear the ingredients are very fresh (some of which I believe are grown on the roof), good quality and tastes great! Now I'm not in the office as much I'm more than happy to spend that bit extra which is much nicer, better quality than any high street £3 meal deal and is supporting a local independent too. A must try if in the Jewellery Quarter.

Wonderful cafe with delicious food. A real gem in the JQ.

I can see The Hive Cafe and Bakery has huge potential. It has a huge open kitchen area with the means to bake the best. The exciting menu reflects a contemporary take on bread good. It is popular, so please be prepared to wait. Thanks mate.

popped in for a takeaway coffee. friendly staff and a delicious mocha. they’ve got alternative milks too! i got oat. will definitely be coming back. bread looked amazing too so will have to try it!

What a lovely place to enjoy breakfast and lunch or just a coffee! The food is excellent and fresh! Thank you!

Nice place, I was too late in the day for breakfast at 10.40am so a coffee and a flapjack (very nice). Located in the commercial area of the jewellery quarter.

Huge windows allow anyone visiting The Hive's cafe a great view on the world outside. This unhurried modern cafe is a favourite haunt of students, tutors, the general public, art enthusiasts and business people, a great mix in the middle of Worcester's city centre. The really great thing about The Hive's cafe is that it opens late, making it a safe and well lit venue to meet friends when the regular cafes have all finished for the day.