Rose Buds Hitchin

Excellent service great food I would recommend it to anyone and elisha makes a wonderful mint hot chocolate

Great little cafe with a small upstairs seating area. Wonderful gluten-free options including sausages and two kinds of cafe.

Despite having 4 staff behind the counter one other table with customers, we waited 25 mins for two drinks. When an embarrassed waitress returned from her break realised, she tried to negotiate a free drink from the owner, Terry, to be told no....

I am shocked to see the other reviews as we had a horrendous experience here. 1. Service Decent service. The lady serving us was nice, nothing of her fault. 9 out of 10 2. Waiting time because they had 6 people behind the counter and the place is small, we waited way too long for a simple breakfast. 3 out of 10 3. Food quality bad. Very bad food quality. Some items came out cold. I don’t enjoy saying this but most of the items seem to come from a cheap supermarket pack on sale. The tea is advertised as loose leaf tea, wherein in reality, they use teabags. The bacon and the sausages were not enjoyable whatsoever. The beans were cold and they taste like cheap canned beans. The only decent and enjoyable it seems to have been the halloumi. 2 out of 10 4. Ambiance we’ve been upstairs. There are 3 tables squeezed between 2 fridges and a loo dor. I get that they want to be eclectic or whatnot. But that place is not enjoyable, especially when people are in and out of the toilet right next to your table. There are so many things and stuff squeezed in there, both upstairs and downstairs, that is really a true fire hazard. 1 out of 10 5. Cleanliness dirty! All I can say is the place is not clean. The plate was dirty. The coffee mug was dirty. There’s nothing I can say. They need a good scrub. 2 out of 10 6. Price cheap. This place is truly a definition of “you get what you pay for”. Overall experience. This is not a personal review and I truly hope that the owners will learn from this. Is a shame that the place is run as it is because the location is great and it could be a nice quirky cafe.

Went to hitchin first visit and found this wonderful cafe very busy which is always a good sign. Good food and coffee very friendly staff and hats off to the cook. A must visit for everyone