The Mews Brewhouse in Swale

I was on a cycle ride from Whitstable to Rochester which took me via Iwade where decided to stop for lunch at the Mews Brewhouse. (Ideal for cyclists as bike rack is located right outside). The lunchtime menu included either Eggs Benedict or the Avocado Smash so I opted for the latter. It was delicious and surprisingly filling as well as reasonably priced. The young guy serving at the counter and waiting on tables was really polite and welcoming - he almost persuaded me to have a tempting slice of coffee and walnut cake but I had to resist because of needing to ride on afterwards! During a quieter moment, the chef and proprietress came out of the kitchen and chatted to customers and was likewise really friendly and helpful. There was a nice relaxed family atmosphere and a couple of young children enjoyed eating with mums and grandparents. All very clean and tidy, wouldn't hesitate to come here again! (Visited 17 October 2023)

Prices are out of proportion to food served. Even with the cost of living increases £8.20 for a small filled Ciabbatta is extortionate. Dolls house size tea and coffee cups are another issue.

Huge fry up brunch, really well cooked and presented. Delicious as always. Just had to go home with cake for later as there was such a great choice

I popped in for takeaway coffee & cake. The coffee & walnut cake was full of walnuts & really moist & tasty. Flat white was good & price was good for the quality.

Sadly we only came second, but that was the only down side! Great snacks and fun quiz with lovely people in a great fun venue

Usual great service. New menu reflects covid and has a slightly smaller choice but still delicious. Nice staff scrupulously clean but still human.

I was searching the area for a Dog friendly place to eat,found this little gem of a café, its clean and tidy, staff are friendly and attentive,excellent menu, food freshly cooked and delicious, and when you've finished your breakfast,just walk across the road and you'll find a little park where you can walk your dog. I give it a five star rating, and we will be back. Give it a go, you won't be disappointed.

Hot pot was delicious followed by toffee cake Yum. Lovely helpful staff that served us quickly and well. Usual welcoming reception.

We were in the area and stopped for a snack. Food was ok but service very slow. Tea served in an old fashioned teapot . The cafe was busy seem to just deal with one order at a time. A local minister offered to make his own coffee.

Excellent little cafe. Really great service, very good food and drink! Doggy friendly, as well Looking forward to returning

Went here with my family of young children and couldn’t have been more welcomed . A real nice little find and will be returning . Good staff with a good atmosphere

Was a bit early visiting friends, noticed the brew house and decided to stop off. Easy parking at rear, lovely little tea room, had a latte and mince pie, wife had a cream tea, consisted of 2 scones, butter, jam and clotted cream together with a pot of tea. Excellent value and service, friendly and polite staff, good menu selection as well. Recommended and would definitely return.

Popped in today for a quick coffee which i do quite often when out training. But so nice to see so many poppies to remember our fallen .As usual every thing was spot on including the welcome.

Stopped into The Mews Brewhouse while I was waiting in the area, had a coffee and a flapjack and both were excellent. Everyone was really friendly in there and the atmosphere was really good with families and couples popping in for a bite to eat or just a nice warming coffee. I'm looking forward to coming back when I have to wait in the area next. Definitely recommend.

As usual the welcome was cheerful and genuine. The staff are friendly and interested in you. Ordered a bacon sandwich as my real reason for visiting was the Lemon drizzle cake an all time favourite of mine, which was as great as expected! It’s important to know that the owner sees her cafe as part of the community and thus she arranges all sorts of “events” to include many different groups of people from toddlers to people who sew to older people and enthusiastic cyclists. Always worth checking her Facebook page to see if anything is going on! The venue is a hub and sometimes can be busy, so if visit remember she might have lust said bye to loads to happy toddlers! The cakes are really worth the pilgrimage, although my partner tells me the cheese scones (not my thing) are lovely! Well worth the trip!

Had high hopes and was looking forward to trying out the cafe but it was spoiled by a grumpy and unhelpful owner. No effort in customer service whatsoever. Happy to take our money though. Will not be returning. Shame, because it does not take much to make a customer feel welcome.

This place is so good, wonderful homemade food, great selection of food and yummy cakes. Really nice decor and games on every table, also dogs welcome

Booked The Mews Brewhouse for afternoon tea to celebrate my mother's 90th birthday with my family and friends.I cannot say anything negative about the afternoon, masses of lovely, tasty sandwiches and cakes with copious tea and good coffee. Mandy and her team were polite and very helpful and nothing was too much trouble for them.Thoroughly recommend, thank you.

Lovely place - visited several times now with an infant for the group. Would recommend anyone to go for breakfast, cakes or even just a drink! Amazing staff.

My Grandson and I arrived by bus in Iwade to search for geocaches.

This is such a fantastic little cafe that we regularly take a 40 minute round trip just to visit. The food is superb, the atmosphere is light and the service is second to none. Top of my list is the Eggs Benedict, which is perfection. If you are in the area, make sure you pay a visit - you won't be disappointed.

Lovely BLT and drinks, always a lovely experience in a place that values it customers. Important to know owner is pet friendly

So welcoming! The food is amazing! And the hazelnut lattes are my favourite. And the eggs benedict, oh my goodness! The best thing to happen to this village!

We have had 2 Cream Teas here now for special occasions, the food is lovely, the atmosphere is lovely the only thing that I wasn't so keen on is that they allow dogs in there which is slightly off putting when you are sitting eating & dogs are straining on leads to sniff around. However still lovely & I will use again.

Owner has a passion for her coffee shop, she does welcome pets, as she sees it as part of her community role.

I’m the type of person who knows what foods she likes as well as having a few dietary requirements... Mandy and her staff are so accommodating so I feel comfortable asking for nachos without jalapeños and guacamole or something that’s not even on the menu (smoked salmon on toast)!

A great place to meet for a nice cuppa. The fried breakfast was a little disappointing, plate was cold and toast was hardly brown. I will go back but just for tea and a nice cake. Nice surroundings, clean and tidy and friendly efficient staff.

This cafe is nothing like what I would have expected a coffee shop to be like. Numerous hairs over the floor,food overpriced and over cooked.When I visited this restaurant me and my friend shared a brownie for £5 A BROWNIE FOR £5 CHEAP but being honest it wasn’t the best brownie it was too sickly and hard not warm and stone cold when it’s being called HOT FUDGE BROWNIE so u do not believe this is up to the standards to what this is being called.

I have visited a few times now and every time the staff have always been very friendly. They have little games on the tables to keep children entertained aswell. Also visited a few times when they have there Rhyme times mornings. Would recommend

Took my family to try out a local cafe, but wasn't impressed. The floor was covered in lots of dog hair, and even the loos had dog hair around the sink. We were there on a Sunday afternoon, it wasn't busy and no dogs currently there, so perhaps if they allow dogs they should try and clean the floor now and again when they've got time, as the hair seems to easily move around with any movement being a hard floor.

Popped in for a break and sat under the AC so that helped

I have enjoyed the Homemade Warm Scotch egg on more than one occasion now and it never fails to impress!

Really friendly staff in a great tea room food is all tasty and fresh great value aswell been here twice in a week

Went there for lunch and was rudely told that they were closed for a private function and that there was a sign on the door, however, this sign was not very visible as the door was open and there were no others visible, plus there was no advanced warning of this closure. If you want to put prospective customers off then this is the way to do it!

I went for lunch today with a friend ( she suggested here ) and I have to say it was lovely. It was nice and bright and very clean. You have to go to the counter to order but that's not a problem. I had the triple toasted sandwich with bacon chicken avocado which was delicious and served with coleslaw crisps and a side salad my friend and the cheeses and tomato toasted sandwich again served with side salad and crisps . Unfortunately they were low on cakes but my friend had the Victoria sponge and said it was nice but I had icecream and it was divine...will certainly visit again.

Ok so I’ve visited a few times and always felt that service was second place to everything else but reading other reviews I started to think that perhaps I was wrong or had hit a few bad days

My mum had afternoon tea with her works friends at this venue, this was her first visit but said it was very nice. The sandwich and cakes were lovely, she just didn’t like the taste of the tea but that could just be a preference choice.

Poorly managed sadly the owner is to interested in her click of customers to think of others. Shame as could be really nice. Not sure about some of the events having reptiles in and the cleanliness is not as good ad could be.

Even though the village suffered with the large amount of snow Mandy and her staff opened the Mews Brewhouse! Hot drinks, yummy food and cakes were very much needed by literally frozen customers!

Had a nice lunch here recently with my sister. Food very nice and presented well, staff friendly and helpful. Could do with some fresh fruit on sale for those a little more health conscious or diet specific. Cakes were to die for, looked amazing and the one I had was incredible. Moist and tasty, definitely a must have with a coffee. Seems to be quite family orientated with babies and older people mingling. Will definitely go again sometime, as nice change from the usual branded coffee shops that do the same thing week in, week out!

I past through Iwade several times a week while out training on my bike and have done for a few years. Found the Mews Brewhouse quite by accident as sometimes I used to stop at the supermarket for a snack or drink. And found the Brewhouse open .Unlike some coffee shops I wasn't greeted with weird looks as I was in my cycling kit. But a warm welcome and a chat and so it has been for over a year. A great welcome and great food and most importantly for a cyclist great coffee. Don't miss it if your passing.

Was great to return for a local band playing music and singing. Lovely cakes and great music together

This place is a real hidden gem. In a world of big brand coffee shops that all look and feel exactly the same wherever you happen to be it’s so refreshing to find one that has it’s own charm and identity. We have been visiting the Brewhouse since it opened and we have met so many lovely people who we no doubt would have just passed in the streets of the village without any sort of interaction otherwise. The staff here are always welcoming. I’ve seen the negative comments from others about being left standing around waiting but when you consider the queues at the well known High Street coffee shops that often extend out of the door the question I would ask is where would you rather be? Personally I’d prefer to pop in here and be greeted by people who know my name, have a chat with people who aren’t glued to their iPhones and wait slightly longer for my sandwich, which incidentally I know will be made fresh rather than having been sitting in a plastic wrapper all morning being picked up and prodded by god knows who. The cakes here are amazing, the coffee as good as the big brands if not better and the atmosphere never ceases to take the stresses away. Mandy has created something here that we as a community should be grateful for. I get the impression that a few impatient people have missed that point, but they’re probably the one’s sitting in Costa staring at their phones.

Came in today for a drink and cake, while having a bad day. Left with a smile on my face, thanks to Mandy, Emma and the lovely team.

Absolutely love the Mews Brewhouse. From the friendliest staff to the delicious food, it’s a relaxed place to visit. Mandy, Emma and the entire Brewhouse team are amazing - especially if you need a chat to go with your coffee. Always enjoy the wide range of cakes and wonderful coffee, but I’m partial to a smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich. Try the Farmhouse Tea for a savoury alternative to the Cream Tea - warm cheese scones, cream cheese and caramelised onion chutney. Yum!

I'm not sure how Swale Borough Council could have possibly given this establishment a 5 star rating! As an animal lover it is welcomed that we are able to nip in for a drink with our furry friends. However, I do believe there should be a segregated area and I certainly don't approve of Animal Awareness Days. How hygenic can it be having rats, guinea pigs, snakes, tortoise and blue tongued skinks being handled by staff who although may wash their hands after, do not change their clothes. What a pity that customers aren't treated with the same care. We had a young baby, a few weeks old, in a small buggy and were asked to move seats by the owner when we'd sat in an area we thought would keep baby safe from hot drinks spilling onto him. Not somewhere we will be visiting anytime soon.

Whether I come here for a quick breakfast, lunch or afternoon cuppa I am always met with a smile and comfortable surroundings. The food is fresh, tasty and reasonably priced too!

Firstly I have tried to visit this coffee house several times recently but they have very strange opening hours. Not open at 0830 during the week and on a Saturday they weren’t open at 9am. One day I turned up at 14:30 on a weekday and they were closed

We visit here regularly on our own and with our grand daughter The food is lovely The staff are really friendly It is also dog friendly A great part of our lovely village

Great staff....good homemade sandwiches and cakes.....atmosphere is pleasant....dropping the children off now becomes a pleasure......

Lovely little place for a cake and a natter! They also do little events such as crochet lessons ect!! Nice as it's on the doorstep too!!

Just had breakfast very good as usual, we enjoy coming here on a regular basis for the good service and friendly atmosphere.

Had a lovely visit here, the staff are so friendly and welcoming! Spent longer than originally anticipated due to the rain, but even so, they were more than welcoming for us to sit and play dominoes whilst waiting for the rain to settle.

First time visit. Lovely lunch asked for something not on the menu which was delicious. Tea served in proper tea pots lovely.

I have just got back from The Mews Brewhouse had a nice coffee and met friends, they have various clubs on different days of the week today is Craft Club so it a very sociable place to have refreshments.

In the 9 months or so that this has been open, we have been here nearly every week (sometimes twice). The proprietor, Mandy & her staff are friendly & welcoming, it's obvious they appreciate the custom & their wish is that you enjoy your visit.

I have been at the Mews Brewhouse few times now and always look forward to going again. If I have friends and family visiting Kent I'll take them there for lunch or afternoon tea. Not only for the nice food and gorgeous cakes but for the friendly service and the atmosphere of the place. You can tell it's run with lots of love and passion. There is a lot of variety and different cakes at different times. I highly recommend the orange chocolate cake. Do try this place if you're near Iwade. Or even if you're further because it's worth travelling to.

I love a drink and cake so had been really looking forward to the opening, I understand there was going to be a few teething problems at the start, but over a year on and it's just getting worse!

My partner became locked out the other day and the staff here were absolutely fab whilst he hung around with a slice of tea & cake. my partner couldn't compliment them or the people making cards enough when I became home. They didn't rush him despite them becoming busier and were most welcoming. Thanks mews boreholes for making me not have a grumpy bloke when I got home from being locked out!

Just popped in here for a coffee, needs abit of a clean but other than that the coffee was great and everyone was friendly.

Huge portions of well prepared food that looked delightful on being served.

I visited The Mews on 2 occasions, The first time I visited with my son and his partner. We all had a cream tea. The service was friendly and efficient. The scones were warm and we were provided with individual pots of Jam and cartons of clotted cream with a large pot of tea, enough for 2 cups each. We all enjoyed our cream tea.

Lovely little cafe, had a very nice time with my fiends and our three children. Nice decor. My only complain is the staff didn't seem to be well organised at times, I ordered two slices of cake to take away after we had had our breakfast and the lady had forgotten all about it, she didn't remember I had already paid for the cake and neither the other two ladies. Had to get my card receipt out to prove my payment. Otherwise ok cafe.

Who would have thought a cafe offering such good quality food would be hidden away in Iwade?

Went with my partner plus a friend and her parents, from Bulgaria. When their food arrive it made their eyes light up with joy, the presentation means that when you see the food it stimulates the appetite.

We finally have a cafe in Iwade! Great to see it being used every day and now they have free wifi and outdoor seating it's a lovely place to meet friends. We are now regulars! Their coffee is lovely and the cakes will definitely draw all types of clientele with their healthy options like zucchini and lime, chocolate orange and earl grey and lemon drizzle!!

Very friendly offering a fantastic service with attention to detail the food is excellent would definitely recommend 😃

Lovely service good food very clean good prices breakfast wraps yummy will go soon for afternoon tea as it sounds fantastic good luck mews brews 😀

The owner recently started this lovely local tea shop with cakes and ice cream.