The Pump House Winchester

What a lovely place to have a good coffee, cake and just chill in the garden

Couple of weeks ago we passed by and were invited to sit inside and made extremely welcome by a lovely girl who worked there. She mentioned that the business could do with more members as it is not in the town centre and invited us to come again and suggested that we could take out a day membership. We came back today as we enjoyed our interaction with her as well as coffee and cakes so much that we decided to go back and support the place. The actual owner opened the door and treated us like absolute trash right from the start. He was rude, arrogant and unfriendly. No manners, no communication skills and no appreciation that someone who doesn’t live in town actually came back all the way because of the place. The case when an employee is actually more human and people friendly than the owner who acted like an entitled misogynist. The man was so disrespectful and demeaning as soon as he opened the door and during our short interaction. He didn’t want to hear or know why we were there and what we wanted. He actually physically pushed me out and shut the door in my face. I haven’t seen this level of uncultured and abusive bigotry in the third world countries but to encounter it in Winchester in a place where we were asked to come back to was exceptionally unpleasant and left a very bad taste. This is no way to treat human beings even if they are not members of your delusionally exclusive members only work space sharing club.

Walked all the way for a coffee, to find out its members only". Please advertise it appropriately

Difficult to identify the target market of this repurposed pumping station, now coffee shop / cafe, particularly at weekends and seemingly run by 'one' overworked female server.However, despite the confusion over its signage and aims, the experience was pleasant and relaxing. Would probably benefit from more staff and clearer / more accurate signposting.

Nice location and good coffee, service was slow but there was a group of 8 of us

The little outside coffee van and garden is great. Really good coffee and pastries, with a nice little garden and plenty of shelter. The inside is open for all on the weekend I think, during the week it’s a shared workspace.

Stopped by on a walk this morning (Sunday), had a decaff americano from the van outside and a scone to take away - the scone was the best scone I've had in a long time!!Service was really pleasant and all the treats looks delicious.Edit: Picked up a scone again this morning but it was very dry & stale:-(I couldn't finish it and had to throw it away

Some sort of weird 'beg through the window' setup if you're not a member. Shame autumn house closed, but less so after this experience

Lovely friendly place for coffee and cake, outside on a nice day or inside when damp and cold.