Our famous festive sandwich
Roast turkey, Brie, crispy bacon, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mustard mayo and leaves in extra-thick tiger bread.
Merry Christmas from all at Roosters
Christmas, made in Bedford.
Candlelit festive suppers, Christmas buffets for your do, and the café to yourselves for the night. All cooked in our kitchen on St Cuthbert’s Street.
Monday to Saturday
In the café this Christmas
On the counter Monday to Saturday, right up to Christmas Eve.
Pigs in blankets sausage roll
Bedford Banger sausage meat (coarsely ground pork shoulder with sage and black pepper) wrapped in smoked bacon and all-butter puff pastry.
Handmade Scotch eggs
Made in our kitchen, with every ingredient sourced locally.
Freshly baked mince pies
All-butter pastry, baked fresh.
Mulled wine
Warm, spiced and poured in the café.
Winter-spiced blackberry Bakewell tart
Our Bakewell, dressed for Christmas.
Christmas at Roosters
Three ways to do Christmas with us.
Roosters @ Night
Festive Supper Clubs
Three candlelit courses. Fri 27 & Sat 28 Nov, then Fri 4, Fri 11 & Fri 18 Dec · from 7.15pm.
£48.50three courses Pick your night → Festive Fayre ’26Christmas catering
Festive sandwiches, pigs in blankets sausage rolls, Scotch eggs, glazed ham and mince pies, for your do.
£16.50per person See the festive menu → Private hireYour own Christmas do
Private hire available throughout December. Your menu, your crowd.
22seated · 30 standing Ask about dates →Over Christmas
Christmas opening hours.
We’re taking a proper break after a busy December. Merry Christmas from all of us, and see you in the new year.
- Christmas Eve · Thu 24 Dec
- Open till 2pm
- Fri 25 Dec – Wed 6 Jan
- Closed
- Back open · Thu 7 Jan
- Normal hours
One small kitchen,
three good reasons
to come.
What we do
For 28 years we’ve been serving Bedford from the same little corner. Award-winning breakfasts every morning. Candlelit suppers once a month. And catering you can take to the office, a wedding, or a wake.
The Café · Mon–Sat · 8.30 til 3
Breakfast that’s won awards.
Bedfordshire banger sausages from just down the road, James Murdoch's free-range eggs, bread baked overnight in Hitchin & GCH smoked salmon.
See the menu →
Roosters @ Night · Supper Club
Candlelit suppers, once a month.
The café flips after dark. Three courses, set menu, hand-picked wines. Last Friday and Saturday of every month.
See what’s on →
Catering · From £9.95pp
Buffets, canapés, scotch eggs.
Office lunches, weddings, wakes. Three buffet tiers, a canapé menu, and Bedfordshire banger scotch eggs.
Plan an event →From the counter this week
Our Regulars' favourites.
01
The Breakfast of Champions
Eggs as you like them, smoked back bacon, Bedford Banger sausage, black pudding, grilled mushroom, slow-roast tomato, baked beans & Tiger toast. Perfect with our Spiced Virgin Mary.
02
I ♥ Bedford Bap
Bedford Banger sausage, grilled bacon, mushroom & smoked cheese in a brioche bap. Great with a sunny side up egg +£1.50.
The people who feed us
We name our suppliers because we’re proud of their produce.
Lingers High Class Butchers. Bedfordshire bangers and meats — from a butcher who knows the names of their farmers
James Murdoch Eggs, Cardington. Free-range eggs from down the road
GCH Fishmongers. Smoked salmon — freshness and provenance, locally respected
The Fruit & Veg Man, Bedford. Market-fresh fruit and vegetables, picked the same morning we plate them
Hitchin Baker. Tiger bread baked overnight for the next morning’s toasties
Tasting menu
A look at the kitchen.
