Windy Corner Stores & Cafe in Canterbury

Windy Corner Stores & Cafe is the entire reason we returned for a long weekend to Whitstable. Absolutely nowhere beats it within miles if you are looking for breakfast, brunch or lunch. We were in Whitstable and returned for 3 consecutive mornings for our breakfast/brunch - the food really is that good. A very wide selection offered on the menu, and all cooked, prepared and presented to absolute perfection. Lovely friendly, welcoming and helpful staff and the creamy mushrooms were outstanding, as well as scrambled egg to die for! We'll be back!

It’s a nice little café, with a decent menu, providing good choices. Unfortunately, for all five of us the food was cold or only slightly warm (except for the good creamed mushrooms). Perhaps we were just unlucky?

Four of us wandered in without a booking. We were seated immediately by the cheerful staff. The restaurant is utterly charming and decorated with unique vintage finds most of which are also for sale. I had the vegetarian Full English and it was gorgeous, especially the braised spinach with root veg and the creamy mushrooms. I'll return just for those! Friends had the Full English and wolfed it down. Another in our party had scrambled eggs on toast which was also delicious. Great coffee too. Oh, and you can order and pick up from the outside via a small window. Love this place!

Having been born and bred in Whitstable I do know all the best places to go and Windy Corner is the one place in Whitstable we make sure we go every time we are visiting family. Food always great. Sandwiches are brilliant. Staff are efficient and perfectly friendly. Looking forward to our next visit soon!

The manager went out of her way to be as unhelpful as possible when dealing with food intolerances. We used to go here all the time and recommend it to people we know, but not anymore.

After a long cold walk we were happy to see that the cafe was open. We arrived at 2.40pm wanting to sit down with a nice warming cup of tea inside and thought that would be fine as the closing time was 3.00pm but were abruptly told that it was too late to sit in and it was takeaway only. I thought it was maybe a tad too early to be turning away indoor customers who would not have lingered long.

Lovely food, friendly service, calm, arty atmosphere. Dog friendly and good for vegan and vegetarian.

We visited mid-morning on a weekday and found it nicely bustling with customers. We had a veggie breakfast and creamy mushrooms on toast. The veggie breakfast had really good roasted vegetables and spinach, and the mushrooms were really tasty. The staff were very welcoming, and the only negative for me was being unable to rip a reasonable amount as I had almost no cash. Well oriced, lovely food and feel to the place. Highly recommended.

Such a shame that this please has really nose-dived in recent years. The food is passable, but I suspect that they don’t pay much when sourcing products - they all look/taste a bit cheap, including the coffee. But the worse thing about this place is how abrupt the owner is. Unless you’re part of her favoured yummy mummy/in crowd, she’ll stick you in the disappointing back room as she doesn’t want you taking up table space in the front (we’re talking about when the cafe is pretty empty, not a heaving weekend). There’s just a funny uptight atmosphere and it’s lost its nice and cosy alternative vibe.

We stopped here for breakfast on our way to the beach, very busy place with a lovely atmosphere and friendly staff. We managed to get a table and had two coffees and two sausage sarnies. All cooked fresh and on thick uncut bread, very tasty and worth the wait! Dog freindly which was great as we had our two Bassets with us Worth a visit!

Great cafe - very friendly service. Stayed a couple of nights in flat above. Great location! Recommend the mushrooms on toast.

What a lovely place. Visited on a busy sunny winter Sunday . Even though it was busy, they found us a counter seat and a table as soon as one was available Lovely coffee and huge sandwiches were great value and well made Staff were super friendly. Will be back very soon.

Had the best Halloumi and avocado bagel . Service was great, warm and friendly. The coffee is also good too.

Went for breakfast. Was told in no uncertain terms had to sit on a two seater table. Fine but weren’t people queuing outside the door. Ordered coffee. Came after breakfast arrived. Bacon rock hard. Obviously put in microwave. Another couple came in and wanted to sit on table at front and told ‘no that’s our last 4 seater’ so you can go out the back or outside!!! The couple did as they were told! The staff then put a reserved sign on the table and I overheard the staff saying will stop couples asking !!! Terrible customer service. A man came in for a coffee and paid then told to wait outside and we’ll bring it out to you !!! Very bossy and bad atmosphere. Won’t go back. Treated like children by children !!!! Dry expensive for poor quality and service.

came here for breakfast, only one fry up available and at the cost of £9 you’d expect a decent amount of food, but alas we were served two small bits of bacon, one small sausage, one egg, cold beans and the worst breakfast mushrooms i’ve ever tried. my hot chocolate came cold and wait time was horrendous

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Had the windy eggs, delicious. Cafe was busy, but had plenty of tables. Dog friendly and staff were friendly and welcoming.

The food is very fresh and well prepared, the staff are extremely friendly and always happy to help. The prices are very fair and a very wide variety of food, drinks and cakes

The service in Windy Stores is excellent and it has a clean and friendly environment. The food is amazing.

Very very good. Great service with friendly staff ,the food was excellent and at a good price. Would recommend highly….

Very pleasant Sunday morning breakfast. Nice bread for the toast, delicious eggs and good coffee. No complaints at all.

My friend and I stopped off here for a coffee and a cake with my dog, after strolling down the harbour. We both ordered a slice of cakes and some drinks. I ordered a sausage for my dog. The cafe was nice and had plenty...

After a long walk stopped off for coffee and cake. Friendly staff nice atmosphere Covid friendly setting would recommend

First time we have felt comfortable to sit outside a cafe since Lockdown began. Good social distancing and amazing cake and coffee! Would recommend especially if you are vegan and or gluten free. They were very welcoming even with food intolerances.

We often drop into Windy Corner for breakfast or lunch when visiting Whitstable (a regular dog walking spot for us). This occasion was no different to any other. Friendly staff, ,great food and a cosy atmosphere. I love the sausage roll and salad they serve...

Visited Windys and the food didn’t disappoint and so much so I visited it again on the Sunday (for a takeaway - sausage sandwiches are delicious) but I also encountered a very unhappy member of staff who I also believe to be the owner, she...

Just had a lovely breakfast here . Can’t fault the food but as we arrived 15 minutes early the lady ( who I Think maybe the owner ) said to another member of staff “ they are early , they can wait “ . We...

Lovely little cafe, particularly for breakfast. Visitied here, not just the once but twice during a two morning visit to Whitstable and, to be fair, if I was there for another morning, would visit again. Perfectly adequate varied menu for most tastes. Mine was for...

A very sweet corner shop vibe, nice food and good veggie/vegan options. Service was a little brusque, it wasn’t overly busy but it seemed busy as half of the seating was unavailable due to covid restrictions. My brunch was lovely but my partner’s eggs were...

5 years ago there used to be a warm welcome, nice chilled music playing & excellent food. Having spent the summer here & eaten on four occasions each time the owner has been rude & very abrupt. If you work in hospitality be hospitable. The...