The Village Cafe in South Oxfordshire

Lovely vegan hot chocolate but you might go hungry if you have an allergy: I asked if any of the cakes was dairy free and they said they didn't know and wouldn't be able to find out.

Fabulous cafe Very friendly staff and definitely recommended

We walked up from the boat and found this place, taking a table outside. We were not excepting it to be that good, but was great for what we had.

Fabulous breakfast, great staff

They do a very good breakfast. It's definitely worth a visit.

Second time here, 3 years apart. The food was great and service was as friendly as before. Would highly recommend for a coffee or meal

Just had a banging banana milkshake from here. Made with real bananas. Would highly recommend. Price was a little costly, £5.40 I think but was well worth it 👍🏻

Great for cyclists! Lovely food, served quickly. Fantastic vegetarian breakfast roll.

Nice coffee and walnut cake and apple crumble.

Amazing service, requested an item off the menu and was done amazingly! very nice food!

The best cafe in Goring. Absolutely love everything they do. ❤️

Lovely atmosphere, friendly people and delicious hot chocolate

Love it here, wonderful staff, amazing hot chocolate choices and tasty good value meals

Great coffee and chicken/bacon granary roll. Quick service and reasonably priced. 😎

Nice stop for coffee cake and more

Really nice, freshly cooked food, with very tasty salad. A great range of delicious and generous cakes. More types of hot chocolate than I knew existed

Stopped by to kill time before a wedding nearby and absolutely loved it, the staff are lovely and the coffee was very well made. Prices are reasonable with a variety of options available, both food and drinks were of the best quality.

What a fab cafe - been walking to Goring from Tilehurst on a regular basis on a weekend. What a great place to stop off and grab some brunch / lunch. The staff, who are on the whole in their teens are extremely polite and attentive. Had the homemade sweet potato soup with a hint of chilli today which was delightful. My wife had a fried egg bap which she thoroughly enjoyed. A fantastic eatery!! - oh and the milk shakes are a must also ! Highly recommend.

Went again with work colleagues, good service, best breakfast we've had in a while. Dog friendly and people friendly. Delicious hot chocolate, not the normal cafe type, luxurious Italian real hot chocolate.

Called in for a quiet cup of tea upstairs. After 15 minutes our quiet was shattered with kids playing in corner. Very loud and really not appropriate for a small cafe. Completely ruined it for us. Will go back but sit downstairs next time.

Lovely little cafe for cake and chips with the kids!

Had some ice creams here, and they were fantastic ! Two very big scoops of propper ice cream in a luxury cone for £3.25 each. Loads for flavours, and happy helpful staff !

Great location - pleasant friendly staff - table service and quality food set in the lovely magical village of Goring - on Thames .

Friendly staff and the best hot chocolate around!

Good food, friendly service. Very glad to have found this little gem on our visit to Goring. Would definitely recommend this lovely little café with a wide variety of options and warm, welcoming vibes.

Friendliest cafe in Goring by far. Good food and fairly priced. Highly recommended.

I was keen to support a local business on a visit to Artists in Goring so chose the Village Cafe for lunch with friends. There was a steady stream of customers served by young friendly staff so I was happy with the quoted 30 minutes wait for my cheese and ham panini. It did mean that some of my group had finished their lunch before others had received their orders or other people's orders or were informed that the cream tea they had ordered had been put through as a Coke. We never did find out who ended up with the scrambled eggs we were twice offered. My favourite moment was when the woman in the queue ahead of me asked for a strawberry milkshake, was told that isn't something they offered, so she turned round and pointed to the specials board that had only one thing written on it in large letters - 'Strawberry milkshake'. Tasty food, lovely people, relaxed atmosphere, nice setting, great fun

Stubbled across this cafe when walking through Goring and so glad we did. We had a freshly cooked breakfast and coffee which was delicious and excellent. The service was friendly and polite and the cafe has plenty of seating inside and out, with a very relaxed feel. Would definitely recommend, the cakes looked delicious although we didn't try them.

Wow! The All-Day breakfast was quality, served quickly and piping hot, proper cut tomato not tinned. Decent sausage and bacon, the toast was yummy. loads of butter available and genuine HP and Heinz ketchup. The coffee tasted top class and was served very hot and with heated milk in mini churns. The venue is comfortable and clean, pricing is low for what you get. The staff are very attentive. Free WiFi too. Well worth a visit, car park is just a street behind and first hour is free! The counter has plenty of other yummy treats such as cakes and shakes.

We stopped here after a long walk and the tea and cake was very welcome. High quality ingredients and great service.

Stopped in after a very wet/cold walk. Food & drinks were hot and just what was needed.

Very friendly and cute place. Didn't have the food but I'm sure it's lovely

Nice local cafe with good food, friendly staff, and reasonable prices.

Lovely spacious cafe with great kids corner upstairs for little ones to play. Hot choc was superb and all well priced - highly recommend

Great Cafe - food is fresh and tasty, staff lovely and the best hot chocolate I have every had!

It’s not often a full English breakfast makes an impression that draws one back for more. The best breakfast in England.

We came yesterday 4 adults and a toddler, first time in this beautiful village and this cafe, the service we recieved from Kali, Jo and Betsy was above and beyond, these guys are a prime definition of customer service they ll went the extra mile for us, fantastic big portions of food, good priced, tasty and great staff. Left here so happy and so glad we came to this cafe and we will def be returning to this cafe and i recommend other vistors to please visit.

I left this cafe about 20 minutes ago. 2 full breakfasts, 1 black coffee and a cappachino cost £22. The service and ingredients were good but the beans and mushroom were cold and I mean really cold.

Friendly cafe with good food and fast service

We have been going for many years after hiking. It used to be a very nice café with lovely food but the quality has gone down significantly. On our last visit it was left to three youngsters to manage it and to make things worse most of the food ran out at 2 pm. Not the kids fault, they did their best and were nice and polite but the owner needs to rethink what the are doing. It is unacceptable.

Called in yesterday and chose a full breakfast (at 11.30am). With a coffee and cake. Everything was tasty and the breakfast only cost £8.50 ... compared to other places where the price exceeds £15. If this was closer to home ... it would be my 'go to' cafe.

I dont live in goring but made so welcome here, really lovely full English , top ingredients and cooked perfectly and plenty of butter for toast! Great cafe

The cafe felt a little out dated. The breakfast wasn’t great. Most of it was border line burnt/well done ie the toast. Service was good.

Coffee is very good and worth waiting for.

Friendly staff, good coffee and a good assortment of pastries

Makes you appreciate the little things in life, like bread and butter. Only positive is could be used as a cheap modern solution to euthanasia.

A little expensive for a basic cafe, but coffee and cake were good.

This little cafe is in the entrance to a short Mall. Friendly staff served up ine cream double quick. Seating inside and out all on a level.

I stop here every year for lunch while walking the Ridgeway. Good food and friendly people

We visited this charming, quaint cafe in Goring whilst visiting my daughter. I very much enjoyed the lattes and carrot cake. The service was superb and the staff were very friendly and welcoming. I would highly recommend.

Being a person who seems to be always eating ....or if not.... well always thinking about eating which leads to it anyway so is the exact same thing for me .....I called into this cute little cafe here whilst on a walk. ... for a coffee. Oh ! OK then...not just a coffee... Yes ...I saw the scones and the clotted cream and the strawberry jam too ...I guess. Well why not though !!! I had the biggest cappuccino and the loveliest home baked scone with a pot of clotted cream and a ginormous dollop of strawberry jam . ........for The smallest price I think I've ever paid . It was absolutely gorgeous too .! 🤪

Absolutely would never go there again had a takeaway snack £6 for 2 sausage rolls, which ended up in the bin. How this place stays open I don’t know. Don’t mind paying for something that is edible this was not. The place needs a good clean.

Really polite staff, cafe had a homely feeling, brilliant home made cake selection, bit pricy but worth it, would come here again.

This is a lovely independent cafe, really nice friendly staff. Their cakes are homemade and all look fantastic, it was difficult to decide what to choose. The shortbread, pecan pie and millionaires shortbread all tasted absolutely delicious. Good value for money. Would definitely recommend.

This is a lovely independent cafe, really nice friendly staff. Their cakes are homemade and all look fantastic, it was difficult to decide what to choose. The shortbread, pecan pie and millionaires shortbread all tasted absolutely delicious. Good value for money in my opinion as the cakes are homemade and you get a good size piece. I would definitely recommend a visit here. We took our cakes away to eat by the river which is only a few minutes walk away.

The best hot chocolate in the village and very helpful staff

Lovely staff but full English breakfast had cold eggs and plates, undercooked halloumi for the Veggie breakfast, burnt toast (albeit replaced with better toast)and weak coffee.

Very friendly cafè with inside and outside seating. Excellent cooked breakfast and great thick brown toast. Very reasonably priced and quick service. Easy access for buggies and wheel chairs. Would definitely recommend as best value eats in Goring and Streatley. Highly recommend. Please like if this helped.

Best veggie breakfast, fast & friendly service. Chilled atmosphere & if I had time I would of had cake too…they looked epic.

Nice friendly staff, decent cuppa, nice panini.

A lovely cafe under new management and the owner was lovely. All the cakes are home made and fabulous selection of hot and cold drinks The hot chocolate menu is amazing and they were fabulous, even tweaked to personal preference. A little pricey but worth it for a treat. Toilets were a let down, not very clean and wet floors. Not a beautiful location as on the main road, edge of the arcade, but close tongue river. Worth a visit for the drinks and cakes.

Great cappucino, friendly staff ☺️

We happened to stumble on this little cafe whilst enjoying exploring the Goring area. The four of us just had hot drinks and a slice of cake, but we all delighted in our respective selected flavours of cake and my hot chocolate was utterly delicious. It was an intensely rich flavour and the excellent quality of it should have been promoted on the counter at the entrance. It transpired, when I looked at the menu detailing the origins of the cafe, that it's affiliated to another local cafe which is renowned for it's hot chocolate drinks. I really think more should be made of this fact!

Nice location and friendly staff however the Sausage roll was very average and automatically came with Salad (would be useful if staff could prompt/ask do you want salad etc) In a lovely place like Goring there must be a local producer of great sausage rolls

We revisited as we had not been for a while. We found a table upstairs and I came down to order. The sandwiches were basic and would look better with salad garnish and crisps. All the tables needed clearing inside and outside. Not as good as it use to be.

Relaxed and cosy venue with friendly staff

Nice Latte, great millionaire's shortbread.

Soup, sandwich and a much needed rest. Super friendly staff, and a comfortable place for a solid lunch.

Great cakes and coffee, lovely people.

The website about ‘The Chocolate Cafe’ made it sound very smart and very different and exciting. One of the ladies in charge was charming and pleasant, the other a little dour, but neither was wearing a mask, which, in a food shop in an area swarming with Covid (we were wearing ours out of courtesy to people in shops and elsewhere), was, we felt, unacceptable; the result was that our cakes were, inevitably, breathed on and we had my 96 year old mother with us. The drinks were good, but our ‘rocky road’ had been made with less than inspiring chocolate, so a little disappointing. We sat outside (under the Arcade it’s nice and sheltered) and the table had been cursorily wiped, but was crumby and looked grubby: we asked for a clean up, which was given willingly enough. The whole place, however looked a little shabby and could do with a face lift (see below!) The cakes looked wonderful and there is so much potential at this cafe for a really splendid experience - a little more attention to hygienic detail and some really smart decor would be reassuring.

I decided to get a takeaway lunch to eat down by the river. My sandwich was made freshly with good ingredients and bread. The coffee was enjoyable as well. My white chocolate rocky road however was too hard but tasted ok. I had to pay by card as they are not taking cash which will be be a disappointment for some.

Hospitality, friendly like home! Thank you! Love from Greece 🇬🇷!

Queued up for 5 minutes or so for a couple of ice creams. When it was my turn I walked over to the ice cream display to choose my flavours. Completely ignored by the serving woman who then set about dealing with the customer who had been behind me. I coughed politely to catch her attention, she and the young waitress just looked right through me and continued taking the next customer's order . Marvellous !

Wow this cafe is fabulous! The staff are so kind and helpful. We had filled rolls to take away in lovely containers with salad on the side. So delicious. Cakes were fab too. Definitely recommend. Thank you for such an excellent take away lunch

We visited the cafe in June on a nice sunny day. My wife wanted a banana split, but the lady said they did not have any bananas. Then my wife decided to have some ice cream, and I saw some raspberries near the freezer. I said could we have some of those, and the lady said no they were frozen. I ordered a panini and cappucino. The cappucino came quickly, but the panini took ages to come and I had to enquire where it was. By this time my wife had finished her ice cream. I could clearly see that only one lady was in the kitchen, because it is visible from the downstairs sitting area. Not to the high standard we receive from its sister restaurant in Henley, and the service could have been much better. Maybe more staff, and a complete refit of the cafe as it looks tired and worn out?

Really good food and friendly service

Riding the KAW cycle route great stop off

satisfactory stop off point for coffee & pastries in village atmosphete

Diamond of a place tucked away in Goring on Thames. Give it a whirl! Outside seating only at present.

Went to The Village cafe with friends to get some paninis for lunch for a walk. Absolutely appalled by what was handed over - a clearly microwaved rubbery, anaemia ham & cheese, pathetic excuse for a panini. It hadn’t been anywhere near a grill! This inedible mass cost £6.50 but your supposed to feel like this is reasonably priced because it includes a bag of crisps with it! A panini is supposed to be GRILLED NOT MICROWAVED - customers are made to wait outside (I was the only customer inside so no excuse to send me out due to fear of Covid) so that staff can use microwave without you seeing this. Feel absolutely cheated will NEVER come to this rip off joint again! DISGRACEFUL.

I have been going to this cafe since it opened, I live in village over the river - Streatley. They are wonderfully hospitable and lovely people, and the food is fantastic and very reasonable. I look forward to the day I can sit inside again! Very spacious plenty of tables. I don’t know many cafes with such superb customer service.

Got to Goring 20 mins before closing time. Really friendly and accommodating when the card machine went down. Thanks for fueling us up to cycle home. Would highly recommend as coffee and cakes high quality and full of flavour. We will be back 🙂

We wanted a sit down breakfast somewhere different to our usual place but having driven to Newbury and then around the area and 20 miles from home in Didcot , we decided to try Goring. My partner has worked in the village several times and suggested this cafe , what a find !!!! Decided to takeaway .The staff were excellent efficient and very friendly service , 2 teas and a breakfast roll and a bacon and sausage roll , one with a side of salad and one with crisps , absolutely delicious the best we’ve had in ages , plenty of fillings , lovely soft rolls , can’t fault anything at all , we will definitely be back and highly recommend the Village Cafe , thank you

Nice people but very expensive considering the quality!!! I’m sorry.

Expect a warm welcome and fresh ingredients. This place has to be the best kept secret of Streatley- Goring !

Decent little place with good coffee 👍

Flat white and tiffin were elite! My partner found her hot chocolate too rich but I thought it was spot on... grumble grumble! Thank you!

Very polite staff, real good prices, love the place😊❤

Used to be a good place to stop. Served luke warm hot chocolate, bacon roll with very little bacon in it and a barely warm chicken pesto toastie which had so much mayo in it that it was too wet! Sadly won't be returning.

Walked from Pangbourne along a lovely footpath and found this little gem for a rewarding lunch. Great sausage bap takeaway and spoilt for choice for a sweet treat! Can recommend the strawberry flapjack 😋👍😋

Excellent cakes and appropriate social distancing & sanitising

Great cakes, scones and hot drinks. Plus friendly staff.

Ordered a tuna jacket potato for lunch, it was ok at best so sadly I wouldn't return. The positives, it was a good sized portion and the side salad was decent. The potato itself was not the best I've had, wasn't hot enough and skin a little soggy, although it was a take away so perhaps that might have affected it (but I ate it within a minute of taking away so...). The tuna with mayo was stone cold which wasn't enjoyable, a few seconds in the microwave would have made a world of difference. It needed more mayo as well as it was quite dry. No melted cheese either, there was cheese, but didn't even slightly melt as everything else was cold. It cost about £7 so I expected more. It was edible but I couldn't recommend overall as I won't be returning, sorry.

We stayed in Streatley for a couple of days in the week & found the “Chocolate Cafe Goring” via a Google search. Visited here on both days we were in the area (first day for breakfast & the second for lunch). On both occasions the food was excellent, good size portions & value for money. All the staff we dealt with were friendly & extremely helpful, going the extra mile to ensure everything we wanted was catered for. Clean, Easy to find & with good social distancing measures in place, hope this place can ride out the storm to prosper & flourish in the future, highly recommended.

Wow what a find, out cycling needed a coffee and cake and it did the job....big portion and excellent baking 👍👍👍

Beautiful baguettes and I absolutely recommend the milkshakes!

Good breakfasts especially the vegetarian one, and yummy ice cream and cakes are pretty good too. Quick and friendly service. Better and cheaper option than the other cafe down the street.

Dropped in for a chilli jacket potato and orange juice, very friendly staff and good food. Quiet, but to be expected given the present situation.

Very friendly cafe. Delicious food - try the apple crumble cake - and excellent coffee. Lots of room upstairs as well as some seating outside. (Picture of apple crumble cake attached).

Lovely place to stop whilst going a quite a wet circular walk through the hills and Thames path. They welcomed us despite our wet/muddy boots. Even had a gluten free brownie! Thank you