The windmill bakery in Brighton and Hove

We popped into The Windmill bakery for breakfast while out on our morning walk this morning...lovely friendly staff & great service & the food was fresh & delicious (highly recommend the rarebit!). They have a great selection of food on the menu & also to take away & do takeaway boxes for breakfast, pasta, etc, which is excellent if you're on the go. They also have lots of local produce/gifts on sale supporting other local businesses. All in all a great experience.... we're lucky to be local..... please pop in if you're in Rottingdean 😊

Employees very rude apart from the young blonde girl who always smiles and is very polite. But the other older women are very rude and obnoxious and do not make you feel welcome, well didn’t make me feel welcome anyway, thats my personal Opinion. Other than that, coffee is alright but then coffee is coffee so 🤷🏼‍♂️. Bacon sandwiches are alright.

Amazing nice cafe if you want nice breakfast this is the best place to go nice staff nice good English breaky

Cornish pasty was 10/10 Stunning pastry with a rich peppery filling

Die Bedienungen hinter der Theke waren äusserst nett, auch das Ambiente und das Erscheinungsbild des Bäckers sind urig und authentisch. Die Tomaten-Quiche war würzig und echt lecker. Die Beef-Pasty war zwar knusprig hatte einen hohen Fleischanteil, war jedoch leider etwas konservativ gewürzt. Der Scone war ebenfalls gut. Im Vergleich zu anderen schmeckte er eher butterig und erinnerte mehr an einen Butterkeks was den Geschmack angeht (nicht wertend).

Only used the takeaway, each time no baguettes, no sausage rolls sold out and wasn’t even 11am. Staff very unhelpful. Eventually got a highly acclaimed sausage roll ( so they say) no different than a Greggs sausage roll but 3 times the price. Probably find the freezer is full of Greggs bake at home sausage rolls.

So fresh! We got a couple of still warm pasties to take away and they were gorgeous. Friendly and helpful staff too.

So fresh! We got a couple of still warm pasties to take away and they were gorgeous. Friendly and helpful staff too.

I went to this place and it was full of animals walking around inside the place. a mess. the owner then a man-eater. she was harassing me all the time

Lovely little spot. Aired and bright with a magical little garden. Staff lovely. Food perfect. Bottle of chilled tap water on arrival was immensely welcome!

Great little spot in Rottingdean. Excellent choice for breakfast - we had the full veggie & eggs bennie. Good size portions, perfectly poached eggs, creamy hollandaise & thick slices of ham on sourdough toast. Great coffee & staff were great. Would def recommend.

Great little spot in Rottingdean. Excellent choice for breakfast - we had the full veggie & eggs bennie. Good size portions, perfectly poached eggs, creamy hollandaise & thick slices of ham on sourdough toast. Great coffee & staff were great. Would def recommend.

Fantastic place, all the essential bread and cakes from Real Patisserie!

My partner and I chose the crispy chilli chicken and cheese option from the sandwich board and a Brie and cranberry toastie. My partners food arrived as just crispy chicken pieces with a salad, not a sandwich even though this chicken and salad option was no where to be seen on any of the menus so we were baffled why this came out not as a sandwich. My toastie came out as toasted bread with cold Brie and cranberry sauce added, the bread hadn’t been buttered before being toasted so it was very dry and I had to ask for it to be toasted again so the inside was warm and melted, isn’t that what a toastie is?! I used to visit this bakery before and always sung its praises to my family and friends, loving the fresh sandwiches and cakes but it’s gone down hill. I don’t know whether it’s under new management as I haven’t seen the blonde woman I previously thought was the owner for a while. Won’t be visiting again, I’m not a chef but I can cook much tastier food myself.

The best breakfast I’ve had in a very long time fabulous would highly recommend. Staff were very attentive lots of choice to choose from everything was cooked fresh you could tell this when the plate arrived.

A great little bakery where everything is always fresh. They do great coffee and bacon rolls as well. I have not used the cafe area, but it looks very inviting. Very happy to recommend this place.

Really excellent food and very friendly efficient staff, many thanks!

really embarrassing, the man dressed as an elf, the place was very dirty, I even saw a mouse walking on the bread. I don't recommend it

Such a peaceful walk with beautiful views.

Fabulous home made quiche and home made coleslaw! It's so hard to find a great home made quiche so we were delighted to find one here! They packed up our lunch in cardboard boxes and we had a take away up in the Kipling Gardens - bliss! RECOMMENDED!

Lovely staff and great food, can't get better than that

The Windmill is a wonderful wee bake/eatery that has a set menu filled with breakfast, brunch and linner favourites. Dogs and their owners are more than welcome there and it has a wonderful familial vibe. (Dogs get treats too)! It's the best place in town for your bread and rolls. The staff are great and the grub is good. Don't try to venture there for food after 15:00 though, as they wind up the kitchen for a four pm close.

Staff are superb! Delicious food, hot drinks. Yum.

Just a fantastic bunch of people running a marvellous outlet

The attractive design and situation of this bakery delicatessen cafe on the High Street one of Sussex’s most interesting villages: a place where Rudyard Kipling wrote his “Just So” stories, belies the real deal, in my experience anyway. After spending considerable money on lunch, tea and cake, I was unfortunately yelled at without warning in front of everyone in the cafe for charging up my mobile using a socket near the window. Granted,it would have been better if I had asked first, before plugging in, but the lady of the shop took me down in front of everyone for charging up my mobile using “their” electricity, as she said they have a £2,500 per year bill for running the place. I said sorry and that I had not been charging up for very long, but she said she didn’t care and very sharply told me to unplug my phone immediately. She acted as if I was stealing from her shop, which wasnt the case. The scariest part of it is that she treated me as a paying customer like this. If you don’t want people charging their mobiles in your cafe, put a notice up saying so rather than calling them out in front of everyone when they didn’t know. If someone came to my home I would let them charge up. The other cafes in the High Street let customers charge up. Not at the Windmill Bakery though. I had also come in to buy a fruit cake, for Twelfth Night celebrations, costing £20. I still bought it, spending a total of £36, but there wasn’t a word of apology out of her for the way she had treated me. I found her behaviour humiliating of myself and on consideration have decided not to use this cafe bakery again after coming here throughout the last two years. It is near to where I live and is convenient, but although the other staff were nice and friendly. this person or business does not deserve my patronage. Their main trade apart from eat-in customers in the cafe comes from the builders and manual workers who come in for their English breakfasts, and takeaway rolls and pasties for lunch, and frankly the worthy workers of our locality are welcome to them. I’m going elsewhere.

Friendly and excellent quality. Recommended.

The most delicious sausage rolls. Highly recommend and can’t wait to go back to try the restaurant menu ❤️

What a fabulous experience here today. Super doggie friendly, wonderful friendly, interested staff. Very generous, delicious fillings to the jacket potatoes and excellent coffee. Garden was delightful. I will be recommending you to my daughter who lives in Brighton.

Good food reasonably priced but get there early as the good bread runs out fast

Fantastic breakfast place, beautifully decorated inside and great service. Food portions were lovely as well, there is even some outside space for a nice sunny day!

We had a really great breakfast and coffees here - would recommend!

Thank you for such kindness today. I came in with my mum for lunch and both the food and the service were incredible. My mum started to feel unwell prior to our food coming and so lost her appetite which she felt awful about once her food arrived, but the staff were kind enough to take it back free of charge, even though it had been made and was sitting at our table for a few minutes. They were extremely lovely about the situation and we really appreciated this touch of kindness. Highly recommend if you are looking for a cafe that feels like it cares (and for amazing food and tea!)

The best full English I've ever had! And a big shout out to the incredible staff. So friendly, so helpful. Highly recommended!

cappuccino in here is a large cup of milky long coffee served superhot temperature.

Good place, good food, good staff.

Fab food, friendly staff and clean cost surroundings. A pleasure to sit and chat with friends.

Excellent Christmas pie today. A real treat. I also like their Eccles cake and sausage roll. The bread is not really my cup of tea, but their sourdough baguette seems to be OK. I will try it.

The girl s are lovely food is top class

Bacon rolls are amazing. Kids wanted another on the next day. I find the layout a bit confusing. Is the stuff on the side self service or do you ask. A sign would help. :)

Visited June 2021. The pork pies and pasties were extraordinarily delicious. Look forward to visiting again. Highly recommended.

The quality of their home cooked/baked goods is FIRST CLASS. Great taste Great produce Great value Will always recommend and always go back for more. Nick Rottingdean

Lunchtime takeaway sandwiches yesterday. Lovely , fresh, good quality ingredients. Freshly made. Didn’t have time to try but the pastries and cakes looked delicious too, especially the bread and butter pudding. Looking forward to next visit, when hopefully can sit at a table, post lockdown.

Have kept us supplied throughout pandemic with Top class fare. Chewy brown loaves are delightful as are the apple Danishes which are huge but you'll be sorry when they are finished. No photos as they are gone.

Lovely coffee and warm freshly baked pasties for takeaway - friendly service, socially distanced service

Dismayed by the queues for Molly's (on the beach) we strolled into Rottingdean in search of lunch. Beyond the independent grocer (lovely fruit and veg displayed outside) we stumbled on the Windmill. What a treat. Excellent quiche (with salad garnish) and tasty vegetarian filled pastry roll (pumpkin, sweet potato and goat's cheese) all washed down with mugs of proper tea. Set us up for the 10k walk back!

Friendly atmosphere, lovely breakfast, great bread and rolls

Really lovely food all made by them and good prices! Very friendly! :)

Fantastic food and great staff! They're so friendly. Definitely coming back! Love it!

Came here last month for breakfast for the first time, was so impressed. I had a full English which was delicious and my husband had a sausage & bacon sandwich and got to choose which type of bread he had it on from their vast selection. Staff were lovely and it was really reasonably priced. Will be visiting again soon.

Stumbled on this little gem while walking with family lovely friendly staff served great coffee many homemade products also picked up some lovely French patisserie bread a lovely cosy window table felt like we were in a country kitchen and was also offered s doggy treat for our our furry friend a bonus for us well done guys we will be back

Had delicious full English breakfast this morning ...superb, great value for money, staff helpful and very friendly...and great atmosphere...also on leaving I picked up a couple of home made pies and a slice of Victoria sponge.. yum yum, will be back next, as it seems to be the best place for home made all things delicious !!

Perhaps it’s a little misleading to call it a bakery, as bread is not baked on the premises. However, it’s excellent range of delicious baked products are from the Real Patisserie in Brighton. They are quite expensive, but it would be difficult to find better bread anywhere nearby. Although not they’re not alone in Rottingdean, they also sell coffee to take away.

The meal was simple " a bacon roll and coffee " for £2.50 great value with a beautiful fresh bread roll ,ample bacon done to my specific choice ,super friendly staff, only one table within but for the twenty minutes we were there a healthy number of customers were buying the comprehensive array of produce .