Wakelin And Son — Restaurant in North Hertfordshire

Favourite local coffee spot by far! Wonderful selection of beans from across the world, regular, unusual and tasty specialities. Love the ethics behind their ‘bring your own bag’ for coffee to take home with you... A discount offered if you cut out the unnecessary packaging. Also a brilliant ‘mug amnesty’ collection, to avoid those pesky single-use cups. Scrumptious homemade cakes, tea selection, quirky soft drinks and weekend pop-up street food. Friendly...

Finally found a day they were open, our 4th attempt, only to find out that they didn't have anything we wanted from the menu in stock, apparently awaiting a delivery that would be in this afternoon (not much use to us). Excuse being it was the schools first week back after the holidays. Won't be attempting to make another visit, there are plenty of well run, well stocked cafés in Hitchin to choose from that actually...

Superb coffee and just a really lovely place to hang out.

James' knowledge of coffee is second to none and he has a great selection of coffee. You can also buy ground coffee or beans here, which we do because it is much cheaper than anywhere else.

There is also a selection of board games to keep the little ones (and big ones!) entertained while you...