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Eat and drink · Burford
Huffkins, Burford
Huffkins' café and tea room in Burford, the town where the bakery began in about 1890, in a listed sixteenth-century building on the High Street with a medieval courtyard, a bakery shop next door and dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly
In the town where Huffkins began, and the best of its cafés for setting: beams inside and a sun-trap medieval courtyard out the back. Open every day. Afternoon tea can be booked.
- Good: Open every day
- Good: Sun-trap medieval courtyard
- Good: Dogs welcome
- Good: Bakery shop next door for takeaway
- Worth knowing: Closes at 4pm on Sundays
About
Huffkins began in Burford in about 1890, when a Mr Titcomb baked in a small stone cottage and delivered by donkey and cart. The Taee family have owned the business since 1999, and it now has cafés in Stow-on-the-Wold, Moreton-in-Marsh and Witney. Its Burford café is on the High Street, where No. 98 is a Grade II listed sixteenth-century house with chamfered beams inside, on the same street as the Tolsey.
The tea room serves breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, with vegan, gluten-free and children's menus. Next door, the bakery shop sells bread, cakes, lardy cake and food gifts to take away. In the warmer months you can eat outside in a sun-trap medieval courtyard at the back.
The tea room opens from 9am to 4.30pm on weekdays, 9am to 5pm on Saturdays and 10am to 4pm on Sundays. The shop and courtyard keep shorter weekday hours, 10.30am to 2pm. Afternoon tea can be booked online, groups of up to 36 inside or 40 outside should book, and it takes private functions for up to 30. Dogs are welcome.
For a walk with your tea, Burford's lanes and fields is a gentle hour-long circuit from the riverside car park, on pavements and lanes for most of the way.
Opening hours and season
Closed, opens Tue 10, 09:00
| Mon | Opening | Shop |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 to 16:30 | 10:30 to 14:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 to 16:30 | 10:30 to 14:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 to 16:30 | 10:30 to 14:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 to 16:30 | 10:30 to 14:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 to 16:30 | 10:30 to 14:00 |
| Saturday | 09:00 to 17:00 | 09:00 to 17:00 |
| Sunday | 10:00 to 16:00 | 10:00 to 16:00 |
Shop: Bakery shop and courtyard.
The details
- Food
- Café food · Bakery · Tearoom
- Serving
- Breakfast · Lunch · Afternoon tea
- Dietary
- Vegan dishes · Gluten-free dishes · Children's menu
- Features
- Café · Shop · Garden or terrace · Wi-Fi · Dogs inside
- History
- Founded in Burford in about 1890
Photos
The tea room 
The front room 
Afternoon tea 
The tea room and bakery on the High Street
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Nearby walks, places and things to do
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