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Blue Door Cafe offers a wonderful range of delicious food and drink, mostly sourced from wonderful local suppliers. Barista coffee, tea and luxury hot chocolate lead the charge of hot drinks, with lots of refreshing soft drinks available, and for those wanting something a little stronger we are licensed premises.

Relax with a coffee and cake, or lunch

Typically our menu always includes some lovely breakfast options, a range of pastries from our artisan baker which are delivered daily, freshly made sandwiches and paninis, a daily quiche and savoury tart, a selection of daily salads, ever-changing sharing boards, a daily soup, homemade sausage rolls, homemade traybakes, wonderful cakes, cheese, plain and fruit scones plus lots of nice snacks.

View The Blue Door Cafe menu

Enjoy a Sunday Lunch

We are inviting a guest chef to Blue Door Cafe once a month for the Autumn to offer delicious roast dinners at the cafe.

Please check the website for dates and to book your space

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Visit the Vintage Shop

If you like the style of Blue Door Cafe, then you’ll be thrilled to know that we also have a vintage homeware shop within the cafe carefully curated by owner and designer Emma Basden.

Visit Blue Door Cafe Shop

Unwind with Kids Corner

We want you to come to our cafe and be able to relax, enjoy something yummy whilst your kids are well entertained. And we have also thought about refueling your young ones with lovely pack lunches – choose a sandwich, a Pip organic juice, pop in a baby bel, something crunchy and a homemade biscuit!

View Kids Corner at Blue Door Cafe

Support Local Suppliers

At Blue Door Cafe, we are committed to working with Sussex suppliers wherever possible as believe that small independent businesses need to support one another.

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Bring your 4 legged friend

Bryony and Emma, the Blue Door Cafe, are HUGE dog lovers and so welcome you to bring your furry friends to visit too. There are some stunning walks in the area and seven acres of private gardens at Michelham Priory, so enjoy a stroll and then come visit us to refuel.

Free doggy treats

The perfect venue for private hire

We can cater for a range of private events including birthdays, engagements, christenings, anniversaries and more. Get in touch if you’d like to book our beautiful space and we will help you create the perfect event.

Enquire about private hire

INTRODUCING BLUE DOOR CAFE

Blue Door Barns has a beautiful cafe called Blue Door Cafe just 15 minutes down the road and guess what? All our Blue Door Barns guests who visit the cafe receive a 10% discount. It’s a stylish place set amidst the beautiful grounds of Michelham Priory serving breakfast, brunch, lunch and everything in between.

We pride ourselves on our fantastic barista coffee which is roasted for us by Craft House Coffee in nearby Plumpton. We also work with some fantastic local suppliers, are dog friendly, have a lovely kids corner and a lovely shop. For BLue Door Barns visiting Blue Door Cafe, please let staff know who you are and use the special code BDB10.

Blue Door Cafe, Open Wed-Sun 10-4pm, Michelham Priory Road, Upper Dicker, BN27 3QS,

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Closed between 21st December 2025 and early February 2026

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