Crates Local - Horsham

Ajay P.

Wide spread menu. They have doggy menu too.

Great coffee (flat white.) if you don’t care for the art.
okayish croissants( with additional jam) good almond croissant.
Warm service and great ambience.

Molly B.

Came with friends for coffee and toasties- lovely cafe, we sat outside as it was quite busy but a really nice atmosphere! Would recommend the tuna and cheese toastie with marmite- very delicious and a great latte too 🙂

Mr A.

Fantastic food and service, from the barista café (great flat whites) to the snug shop with delicious local food products and speciality wines and gins..

Lynn S.

Delightful sunny spot in the Carfax. Warm & friendly welcome. Yummy menu, great coffee and delicious, healthy brekkies and lunches

Victoria

Popped in whilst in Horsham and enjoyed the food (sausage and egg muffin), the service was pleasant and efficient. Also prefer the layout since the swap (the shop swapped places with the cafe, which is now positioned as a bistro). It’s very dog friendly and has a doggy menu.
However was surprised to be told sauce is charged separately (40p each time)… I was left tingling with excitement whether this would be a standard sachet on the plate, or a condiment bottle would arrive with the food? Sadly neither and a small amount of sauce had already been applied in the kitchen. It’s the only place (outside of some McDonalds) where I’ve been charged for table sauces. (I fully understand being charged for chef sauces eg to accompany steak).
We also had tea, which was served in a cup (rather than a pot) - this seems to be more common these days but not a fashion I enjoy. It feels miserly (at just under £4 a cup) and there is nowhere, except the saucer, to put the used bag.

nikki M.

Beautiful place with an excellent menu. The shop sells all manner of interesting wares. Unfortunately the food didn’t live up to promise with the coffee being awful and the cores left in the apple for the sandwich.

E

The cafe and shop is fantastic - always welcoming and friendly. We get our coffee beans from here and it is delicious. They also have an awesome range of local gins.

Jack D.

Bad coffee like this in 2022 is just inexcusable. It’s never been easier to get freshly roasted beans and/or basic barista training.

This glass mug is way too big for a flat whites, meaning the coffee is completely over diluted by the milk. no latte art is fine, but the milk is completely the wrong texture for a flat white.

I’d rather buy coffee from independent places than from the big chains, but if you can’t make a flat white, don’t offer them.

Added to this, they do not accept Amex, there’s plenty of good independent coffee houses that can make great coffee that do accept Amex.

I’d really like to come back one day and find that this cafe has upped their game with their coffee as the staff were very polite and the cafe was otherwise warm and cosy.