Bury Cafes and Coffee Shops: Where to Go

The Bury cafes people look for most are Lupo Caffè Italiano in Prestwich, the Good Food Guide’s North West winner for 2025; Grind & Tamp on Bridge Street in Ramsbottom for speciality coffee; Wax and Beans, the record shop and cafe on Market Street; and Kardoma in Whitefield. Every entry was checked against the cafe’s own website, or its own Instagram where it has no site, on 25 October 2026.

We have not visited these cafes for this guide, and none of this is a review. Each entry says what the cafe says about itself, what its menu and opening hours show, and its Food Standards Agency hygiene rating. Cafe hours change through the winter, so check before a special trip.

Bury town centre

Wax and Beans

An independent record shop and coffee shop at 16 Market Street. Record Store Day UK’s listing says Ben Soothill and Louise Jackson opened it on 29 June 2019. The shop’s own description on its Trustpilot profile says it sells new and second-hand vinyl and serves hot and cold drinks, food, snacks and cakes, with seating over two floors of a Grade II listed building. It also runs in-store gigs, some of which sell out within days. On Instagram on 23 October it said a limited Queens of the Stone Age edition goes on sale over the counter from 9am on 31 October, with a free hot drink for anyone who turns up in fancy dress. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 20 October 2026). 16 Market Street, BL9 0AB. Website.

Olive’s Kitchen at the Fusilier Museum

A cafe bar inside the Fusilier Museum on Moss Street, opposite Bury Art Museum. Olive’s Kitchen describes itself as “an award winning, independent caterer” open to the public six days a week for breakfast, lunch, “a refreshing brew or glass of vino”, and says it is fully accessible. You can book a table online between 9am and 3.30pm, or phone ahead on 0161 763 8987 to order a takeaway. The museum’s page says the kitchen favours slow cooking of locally sourced ingredients. On Instagram it advertises a Knit and Natter group on Mondays from 1pm to 3pm, 50p a week. Hygiene rating 4 (FSA, 14 July 2025). Moss Street, BL9 0DF.

The Green Community Café, Clarence Park

A community cafe in the middle of Clarence Park, beside the bowling green. Its website says it is run by Supportive Stem Community Growth CIC in partnership with Persona Care and Support, welcomes everyone, and runs inclusive activities on most days, with weekend and evening sessions in summer. Open Monday to Thursday 9.30am to 3pm and Friday 9.30am to 2pm. Call 0161 764 0308. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 8 March 2025). Clarence Park, Walmersley Road, BL9 5DH. Our listing.

Ramsbottom

Grind & Tamp

A speciality coffee shop on Bridge Street. Grind & Tamp calls itself “the home of speciality coffee North of Manchester”, with a changing list of guest roasters and a house roast from Harmony Coffee. The menu prices a flat white at £3.10, V60 and Aeropress filter at £3.90 and a 50cl Chemex at £6.30; brunch runs from eggs on toast at £6.25 to Turkish eggs with lamb sausages at £11.50, and pastéis de nata are three for £6. Open Monday to Thursday 8am to 2.30pm, Friday 8am to 3pm, Saturday 8.30am to 3pm and Sunday 9.30am to 2.30pm. Call 07359 396446. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 25 June 2025). 45 Bridge Street, BL0 9AD. Our listing.

Scotties Café and Tea Rooms

A tea room inside Clark Craft on Railway Street, near Ramsbottom station. Scotties says it opened in 2024 and does homemade food, “one of our famous sausage rolls”, cake and daily specials, and suggests it as a stop after a craft workshop. It holds a lunch with an hour of music and an hour of live entertainment on the third Monday of each month, and the shop runs weekly drop-in crafting sessions. Open seven days a week, 9am to 4.30pm. Call 01706 826479. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 22 May 2025). Clark Craft, Railway Street, BL0 9AS.

Prestwich

Lupo Caffè Italiano

A Roman-style cafe and trattoria in an industrial unit off Ardent Way. Lupo says it serves Roman-style pizza, traditional pasta, Italian pastries and coffee, and natural wines from independent Italian winemakers. The Good Food Guide named it the North West winner of its Best Local Restaurant awards in 2025, and Lupo’s own Instagram says the guide placed it 19th of 100 in the 2026 list. Its site quotes the Financial Times calling it “the gold standard for espresso and tiramisu in the city”. Starters on the menu run from £5 to £15.90. Open Wednesday and Thursday 10am to 9pm, Friday and Saturday 10am to 10pm, Sunday 10am to 8pm, with last orders 45 minutes before closing. It takes walk-ins but suggests booking. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 11 September 2025). Unit 65, Ardent Way, Mountheath Trading Estate, M25 9WE. Our listing.

Coffee Sack

A breakfast and brunch cafe on Scholes Lane. Manchester’s Finest says Kate and Johanna, who met working at Pizza Express, opened it in 2017, that all the bread is made in-house, and that it won Best Cafe and Customer Service in Manchester at the England’s Business Awards 2022. The cafe’s Instagram announced an autumn and winter menu from 20 October, with a new toast topper of spiced roasted squash, hummus, dates and dukkah. Manchester’s Finest lists it open 8.30am to 4pm on weekdays and 9.30am to 4pm at weekends. We could not find a website of its own. Call 0161 773 2000. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 9 December 2024). 3 Scholes Lane, M25 0PD.

Whitefield

Kardoma

A coffee shop on Bury Old Road, opposite the Welcome Inn. Kardoma says its house espresso is a single-estate Santa Rosa Yellow Bourbon that has won two Great Taste awards, and that its cakes, cinnamon buns and traybakes come from local suppliers including HIVE Bakery. The drinks menu prices a flat white at £3.50 and a medium latte at £3.80, with matcha, turmeric, spirulina and Filipino ube lattes at £4. Open Monday to Saturday 8am to 5pm and Sunday 8am to 4pm. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 10 December 2025). 40 Bury Old Road, M45 6TL.

Moonbeam Coffee House

A brunch and coffee house further along Bury Old Road. Manchester’s Finest says it opened in late 2023, uses beans from Abe & Co, a roaster just up the road, and has since added upstairs seating and outdoor space. On its Instagram Moonbeam says it is open every day from 9am to 3pm with the kitchen closing at 2.30pm, takes walk-ins but recommends booking at busy times, and lists a vegan Chickpea Smash on sourdough among its lunch dishes. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 9 July 2026). 82 Bury Old Road, M45 6TQ.

Two Birds & One Stone

A cafe and restaurant on Radcliffe New Road. Two Birds says it serves freshly made breakfast, brunch, lunch and Sunday roasts from locally sourced ingredients, and its menus say it caters for vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free diners. Eggs your way start at £7 and the full Two Birds Brekkie is £13; brunch runs until 2pm, and there is a children’s breakfast menu until 11am. Open Monday to Thursday 9am to 3pm, and Friday to Sunday from 9am until late. Book on 0161 796 3255. Hygiene rating 5 (FSA, 5 December 2024). 14 Radcliffe New Road, M45 7GY. Our listing.

Not in this guide

The Chocolate Café at 2 Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, has closed; it was reported that it shut after 15 years and that Cocoa Tree, a chocolatier, was taking the site. The Cultured Bean and Drinc on Bridge Street in Ramsbottom are long-standing names, but we could not find a website or recent post of their own to confirm current hours, so they are not listed yet.

How we chose

These are the cafes that come up most when people search for cafes in Bury, picked on the record rather than on taste: national guides such as the Good Food Guide, awards the cafes have won, how long they have traded, and their food hygiene ratings. Every cafe here holds a rating of 4 or 5. We checked each cafe’s own website or social media for its hours and for any closure notice, and say so where a fact comes from somewhere else. Run a cafe that should be here, or spot something that has changed? Email newsdesk@theburypost.co.uk.

For more, see things to do in Bury, what’s on this month, our guide to Bury pubs and the Bury business directory.

Frequently asked questions

Which Bury cafe is in the Good Food Guide?

Lupo Caffè Italiano, on the Mountheath estate in Prestwich. The Good Food Guide named it the North West winner of its Best Local Restaurant awards in 2025, and Lupo says the guide placed it 19th in its 100 Best Local Restaurants list for 2026.

Which Bury cafes are open on a Sunday?

On their own published hours: Grind & Tamp in Ramsbottom 9.30am to 2.30pm, Scotties Tea Rooms in Ramsbottom 9am to 4.30pm, Lupo in Prestwich 10am to 8pm, and in Whitefield Kardoma 8am to 4pm, Moonbeam 9am to 3pm and Two Birds & One Stone from 9am. Coffee Sack in Prestwich is listed open 9.30am to 4pm at weekends.

Is there an accessible cafe in Bury town centre?

Olive’s Kitchen, inside the Fusilier Museum on Moss Street opposite Bury Art Museum, describes itself as fully accessible and open to the public, and it is a short walk from Bury Interchange.