The Canteen Southwold

The Canteen Southwold The Canteen Café – serving delicious, locally sourced food in the heart of Southwold. Enjoy seasonal dishes, specialty coffee, and a warm welcome.

Open Tues-Sun, 8.30am-3pm. Part of The Old Hospital, supporting our community with every bite!

Shades of Autumn 🍂Home-made and home-grown wherever possible! 🤎
09/10/2026

Shades of Autumn 🍂

Home-made and home-grown wherever possible! 🤎

Thank you to all who attended the Autumn edition of The Supper Club with Rosie Sykes! Delicious baked figs and hearty sl...
04/10/2026

Thank you to all who attended the Autumn edition of The Supper Club with Rosie Sykes! Delicious baked figs and hearty slow-cooked local beef with crown prince squash 😋 Email now to book for the Winter Supper Club on the 18th December (menu pending) ❄️

👋 We’re hiring at The Canteen!We have several part-time and full-time positions available across our kitchen and front-o...
22/09/2026

👋 We’re hiring at The Canteen!

We have several part-time and full-time positions available across our kitchen and front-of-house teams.

If you’re friendly, hardworking and would like to join our team at The Canteen, we’d love to hear from you.

📩 For more information, or to apply, please send your CV to [email protected]

Please feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested!

A fabulous donation for The Canteen! Black grapes grown in the heart of Southwold produced some gorgeous natural cordial...
25/08/2026

A fabulous donation for The Canteen! Black grapes grown in the heart of Southwold produced some gorgeous natural cordial 🍇 Get it while stocks last 😜

Here is the menu for our upcoming Autumn Supper Club on Saturday 26th September, with Rosie Sykes! 🍂Tickets are £49 per ...
22/08/2026

Here is the menu for our upcoming Autumn Supper Club on Saturday 26th September, with Rosie Sykes! 🍂

Tickets are £49 per person, inclusive of a welcome drink and three-course meal.

Limited spaces are available - email [email protected] to reserve your table! 🍄‍🟫

Here is the menu for our autumn Supper Club with Rosie Sykes 🍂 Email info@oldhospitalcanteen.co.uk to reserve your table...
22/08/2026

Here is the menu for our autumn Supper Club with Rosie Sykes 🍂 Email [email protected] to reserve your table! 26th September 🍄‍🟫

Are your imported tomatoes rather lacklustre this year? We’ve had Panzanella on the menu recently, using only the best h...
20/08/2026

Are your imported tomatoes rather lacklustre this year?

We’ve had Panzanella on the menu recently, using only the best home-grown tomatoes from our Southwold allotment. The basil: our best hype-man yet. You can’t get fresher ingredients than that 🍅

Wednesday is Southwold Butter Bun Day at The Canteen 🌟Butter Buns are a special part of Southwold’s history, and it’s be...
18/08/2026

Wednesday is Southwold Butter Bun Day at The Canteen 🌟

Butter Buns are a special part of Southwold’s history, and it’s been so lovely to see everyone’s love for them! We hope our house-made Butter Buns bring back fond memories and do this much-loved local tradition justice ☀️

Because of high demand, we’re making an extra-large batch tomorrow! They’ll be fresh on the counters from 11am, and will be first come, first served

Eat Cake, Help Venezuela! 🇻🇪On the counter tomorrow, we have a special cake made by milimendezcakesandcacao to help rais...
09/07/2026

Eat Cake, Help Venezuela! 🇻🇪

On the counter tomorrow, we have a special cake made by milimendezcakesandcacao to help raise money for charity!

This delicious Venezuelan single-origin coffee cake is full of local ingredients - all fully traceable and chosen with sustainability in mind.

100% of the proceeds will be donated to a charity helping those affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela. What better reason to come enjoy a slice! 🌟

We will be CLOSED on Tuesday 16th June. Apologies for any inconvenience. We will be open as usual from Wednesday 17th (w...
12/06/2026

We will be CLOSED on Tuesday 16th June. Apologies for any inconvenience.

We will be open as usual from Wednesday 17th (with a big batch of Southwold Butter Buns!) to Sunday 21st! See you then ⭐️

Address

The Old Hospital
Southwold
IP186LB

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 3pm
Thursday 8:30am - 3pm
Friday 8:30am - 3pm
Saturday 8:30am - 3pm
Sunday 8:30am - 3pm

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