Flint Owl Bakery

Beautiful bakery! The pork roll I got in here was delicious! As was the Brownie. I bought a lovely Focaccia bread which smells amazing!!! 😍 It is divine! Recommend paying this bakery a visit. Good food and drinks, excellent staff and not long waiting to be served either.

When you have seats in a cafe I expect coffee in a proper cup, not paper. Not even a plate for the croissant. Coffee overheated too, not the best! Table a bit sticky but it's open early.

In times of Lewes having so many places to eat, it’s nice to find a place with excellent staff and a vast choice of food. I’ve been using flint owl for the past year and have never felt more welcomed in a Lewes establishment. Always a lovely experience with a latte added for good measure 👍🏻

Brilliant bakery in Lewes. Great bread and sourdough looked good too (I run my own bakery in Edinburgh!). Really delicious panini and I had a nice pot of loose leaf tea. Cakes and salads also looked delicious. We bought some organic veg from their farm for dinner. Pretty courtyard at the back where we sat in the sun. Friendly and welcoming staff. Would definitely recommend.

The loveliest cafe in Lewes, amazing coffee and extremely tasty food. Staff are always very friendly and welcoming. Couldn’t reccomend enough, I always stop by here whenever I’m in town!

This place is just brilliant. If you own this place, PLEASE don’t change it! Your staff are outstanding, the food is consistently delicious, and the busy atmosphere is just great. Lee

Visited today for brunch. Food was delicious. So many delicious looking things to try it was hard to choose. Courtyard at the back looked quaint and appealing too. Service was very efficient, friendly and welcoming. Will return. Highly recommended.

Lovely. Spent half of the day there, with new friend’s (birds), amazing cakes and coffee.

I stopped off here for bread on the way down Lewes high street. The lady who served me was delightful and the aubergine salad next to her looked delicious. I mean as did everything, including the guy behind the counter, but really I wanted to buy everything. At home I was so impressed I had to post a 5 star review. Their bread tastes wonderful and is so flavourful. I already have a warm summer's day plan in mind revolving around buying a picnic worth of food from Flint Owl Bakery and sprawling over the race course. Perfect.

I first tried Flint Owl Bakery bread in Farm Cafe in Brighton. For me, it was the perfect bread, so when I found out that they had opened a shop in Lewes I couldn't wait to visit. Flint Owl Bakery is based in Glynde in East Sussex. Here, they produce all their bread by hand, using little or no yeast, no preservatives or additives of any kind, and using very traditional processes. They specialise in sourdoughs but also do bloomers, wholemeal and granary loafs, and seasonal loafs depending on the time of year. As well as bread, they do a number of cakes and buns, and actually have a coffee shop on site although I didn't try it on this occasion. The bread truly is the best I have ever eaten. Bread can nowadays come with a bad reputation, but if you eat good quality bread like this without all the hidden extras, I don't see how it can possibly do you harm. The only downside is that it tastes so good it's impossible to stop at a slice or two! I would recommend the fig and walnut and the sea salt and rosemary. I plan to work my way through the other varieties asap. Go, buy, stock up your freezer, and never buy supermarket bread ever again!

Coffee quality has dropped precipitously in the past year or so. The bakery is great and the cakes still good but the quality of the coffees is generally poor and very bland. The flat white and cappuccino are not recommended. Flint Owl used to be the best place for coffee in Lewes, now there are other much better places.

Terrible service. Rude staff. Stale food. Overpriced. Such a shame. A quality bakery is much needed in East Grinstead but unfortunately this one fails miserably. Tsk. Tsk.

Best tasting and smelling bakery I've ever been to. The staff were extremely polite and attentive despite the busy lunch rush. I wish I'd ordered more.

I almost hate to put this out there and spoil a good thing... Flint Owl Bakery is the lair of Vincent Talleu, youtube bread baking phenom. I'm guessing he's sleeping whenever you're awake, and vice versa, so you'll never see him, but check out his youtube vids on bread (and other subjects) and you will understand why you are eating the best bread of your life. Lucky lucky Lewes

Absolutely outstanding bakery. Slightly minimalist vibe - high quality breads, coffee, tea and cakes and that's about it - which is perfect for this bakery. They do these better than anyone else in Lewes, the staff are really friendly and always have some new cake to try. Brownies are especially good. Small area to sit in, but bright and very welcoming. Flint Owl has really raised the bar in Lewes (it's easily on a par with the best of the London bakery/cafes) and sells great teas and coffee to take away too. Highly recommended.