Random Cafe - Sustainable Watford

Our opening hours during the holiday season will be adjusted to allow our dedicated volunteers to take a well-deserved break. We kindly ask that you check our updated times before planning your visit.

Saturday is our last book club of 2023. We will be discussing the book "Oh Miriam" by Miriam Margolyes. The meeting time has been changed to 1pm, slightly earlier than usual.

We are excited to announce that we will be open tomorrow. Tomorrow will also be Crafternoon Tea, our weekly social where you can connect with fellow craft enthusiasts. Feel free to bring any projects you are currently working on and join in the conversation.

It's not too late to purchase your raffle tickets for our Christmas hamper! If you would like to donate any items for the hamper, please drop them off at the cafe. The raffle draw will take place on Saturday, December 16th. Good luck to everyone participating!

We still have some of our fabulous Christmas 🎄 trees available from our Christmas 🎄 craft shop!! Pop by Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday this week. Wooden trees and so much more 🎄 ❄️ 🎅 ⛄️

Pending payments, we are now fully booked!

There is still time to bring in donations for our fabuloushamper raffle. Any new, in date gifts, food and drinks. Pop them along to the café.
Tickets are available, £1 a ticket, from either the shop or cafe.

The raffle will be drawn on Saturday, 16th December. Good luck 🎄

Croissant 🥐 for breakfast this weekend?

Tomorrow (Saturday) there are all butter croissants, pain au chocolat and pain au raisin in the shop! As well as much more.

See you from 10am 😁

Welcome to the Christmas craft shop 🌲

Jenny has been working on turning the compost heap this morning. (unfortunately our composting volunteer hero, Tim has moved away from the area 😔)

The far left one is ready to be sieved and bagged so that it can sit for a bit before being added to the raised beds that need topping up.

If you think that you could help with this mammoth task please get in touch!

For those who were unable to attend our craft fair, now is your opportunity to acquire a beautiful handmade item. We are excited to announce that our portacabin will be transformed into a Christmas Craft Shop. Starting from Saturday, November 25th, the shop will be open from 10am to 2pm. Don't miss out miss wonderful chance to find unique, handcrafted treasures.

Please note that our opening times will be changing for a period of two weeks. After this time, our opening times will return to normal.

Have you had a tough week?

Would chocolate cake help kickstart your weekend in a positive way?

Then come and see us tomorrow morning between 10am and 2pm because we have plenty of chocolate cake for everyone!

Although if cake is not your cup of tea (or coffee 😉) then we also have jam donuts, mince pies and vegan cookies.

There will also be soup and toasties as usual.

We hope to see you soon 😊

This beautiful metal poppy has been renovated and given a new lease of life.

You'll find it outside the entrance to the café tomorrow.

We will remember them.

Congratulations to on winning guess the weight of the pumpkin 🎉

The Pumpkin weighed in at 26.950kg

Thank you to everyone who braved the weather today and joined us for our Craft Fair. An extra big thank you to the stall holders who brought a beautiful variety of gifts. The money raised today will help Random Cafe keep doing what it does best, bringing the local community together and saving food 💚

Thank you to for bringing Pumpkin to visit us at our craft fair 🥰

Autumnal soup made with grown Pumpkin 🎃, parsnip and carrots 🥕

Made by

Craft fair is open!

Come and see us at the Meriden Community centre 😁

We are very excited, after lots of hard work, today is our Craft Fair!

We have a lovely selection of stalls, with something for everyone. There will be hot drinks and homemade soup, made with vegetables grown at Random Cafe’s garden, and cakes.

Join us from 10am until 3pm.

Are you ready for tomorrow's craft fair?

We are! And we're looking forward to seeing you all there!

Big Max ( ) came in for his weigh-in ahead of the Craft Fair next weekend, having spent the summer growing in our compost heap, clearly boosted by all the goodness in there.

In case you can't tell from this photo Big Max is the 'not so little' happy pumpkin 🎃





[Disclaimer: The pumpkin may not be picked up due to health and safety to estimate its weight]

We’re really excited about our craft fair next week! There’s over 20 stalls to choose from. Whether you’re Christmas shopping or treating yourself, there’s something for everyone. We are moving the cafe down there for the day. There’ll be hot drinks, cake and homemade soup.

Spooky cakes and Halloween hot chocolates, come and grab yours today.

Here till 2pm 🎃 👻

Our boat trip has now reached maximum capacity and all available tickets have been sold. Thank you to everyone who secured their spots and we are excited to have you on board for this unforgettable journey. We apologize to those who were unable to purchase tickets and encourage you to check back for future opportunities to join us. Stay tuned for more exciting adventures on the water.

Things are getting spooky in the café. We have Halloween treat pots for sale and spooky sprinkles for our hot chocolate!

Also we need help doing our Vampire jigsaw, more tricky than treat!!

Just two weeks to go!

Congratulations to Garden Manager Jenny who was a finalist in recent competition with her Strawberry planter 🎉

She used all 3
That we currently have in use at the site and the wood is offcuts from our beautiful building by

I'm sure Jenny will have great fun spending the prize money so that she can make further recycled projects raising funds for the CIC

Thank you to for running the competition.

This, and more recycled pallet and saved wood items, will be for sale at our craft fair on 4th November held at the Meriden Community Centre.

It's that time of year again, and we are excited to announce that we are partnering with Waterways Experiences for a memorable trip down the beautiful Grand Union Canal. This is a popular event, so be sure to secure your spot quickly!
To make a booking, simply send an email to [email protected].

Vegetables harvested, ready to make soup for tomorrow's cafe!

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Not long to go before our fabulous craft fair. Free entry.
A chance to buy unique and handmade gifts and treats.

This Saturday is our monthly book club. We have been reading How to be human by Ruby Wax. Come along from 1.30pm to talk about this and other books.

Every Thursday we have our Crafternoon Tea. From 12 noon we have a chat and bring along our favourite makes. We have colouring pages and pens if you want to join in and don’t have a craft.

Date for your diaries!
Handmade beautiful things made by local crafters, and artists. There’s something for everyone!

4th November from 10am to 3pm at The Meriden Community Centre

Whilst we love seeing our volunteers progress and move onto new things, we will miss their help in the cafe ☕

We are urgently looking for volunteers to help regularly in the café, particularly on a Thursday.

The shifts start at 0930 setting up the café, ready for opening at 10am.

You will be given full training with all the equipment so no experience is necessary.

We are also still looking for volunteers to help in the shop and gardens.

Please contact us either by phone or email [email protected]

Some books you love some aren't your cup of tea! Our summer reads weren't to everyone's taste.

We have something a bit different for our next book. 'How to be human,the manual by Ruby Wax, with a neuroscientist and a monk'. New date for October's book club we will meet next month on 28th October.

It's our Macmillan Coffee Morning!

Just by having a cuppa and cake, you are not only supporting us, but also a great charity!

We also have some of Mr B's yummy apple crumble!

Join us today from 10am til 2pm 💚

Date for your diaries!

Random Cafe Craft Fair will be at the Meriden Community Centre on 4th November!
There with hot food, drinks, and cakes. A Random Tombola and lots of stalls to buy handcrafted goodies. From 10am until 3pm