Musette Cafe - Dacorum

This place used to be good, when Mai's Vietnamese kitchen operated there, but now it's reopened as Church Farm Cafe, it's gone down the pan! Pretentious decoration with unfriendly in fact downright rude staff serving overpriced food that appears to have come straight from Tesco. Never again!

After a long ride and tough climb and no place to have a sit with some espresso, brownie, cookie .. whatever ‘SUGAR’. I dropped off my bike intuitively and went in. Cool environment with ‘bike-like’ atmosphere. Energy bars, apparel .. not to forget an solid espresso machine and (as it looked) homemade sweeties. Not so cool was the atmosphere behind the bar. Stress. And the remark “I cannot pick any orders, since we are busy … ohhh you can wait for 30 minutes ..” What about being welcome ? A group of ±8 cyclists had landed .. and a couple of more like me … The man with the hammer in me needed instantly something to drink and eat … And I was sure (looking in the eyes) I wasn’t gonna get a thing here, even I would die instantly. So : No go for me in the future.. how pretty it looks .. it is all about constant quality …

I have been a regular visitor here the last years and Musette never fails to offer a refreshing break. I come at the end of bike rides or with the family after Sunday morning rugby and the welcome, the coffee and the cakes are always perfect. Long may it continue!

Stumbled across this place whilst visiting Tring and Berkhamsted. The weather was typical of this year and I have to confess to being most envious of all the cyclist (both road bikes and mountain Bikes) Musette Cafe is at the start or end of the Ridgeway. Anyway after looking at a some of the lovely bikes I had coffee and a small breakfast then treated myself to a slice of carrot cake all of which was delicious and served by a courteous and polite young lady. The Cafe has a cycling theme which made it interesting all set in lovely old buildings. I would for sure go again I love all these independent places popping up good for them.

Musette truly is an amazing cafe in a beautiful spot in Aldbury. We are regulars and it is an absolute god send in the school holidays and at weekends when you have children. Comfortable seating inside and out with space for the kids to play and a field next door for them to run around in. The coffee is the best, the cakes are delicious and the food is fab we love the breakfasts ! Top tip check out the walk up to Ashridge (hour round trip) and back again through the field. Have a coffee before and then refuel with lunch or a cake when you’re back!