Highly confusing menu.... and service equally confused, made for a disappointing experience overall.The queue was short when we arrived for a late lunch but still the wait for service seemed endless. I fear we made it even longer as the lack of labels or ingredients on anything made ordering complex and time consuming.I would suggest that menus, specials board and ingredients lists could be placed on the notice board on the way in... this might save some time at the counter.Also leaving some tap water and glasses for customers to help themselves would speed things up.A bit of a time and motion study all round would probably help too.However, the food was good ...even if the salad was a bit tired (it was towards the end of lunch service)
G Force
Popped into the Rainbows End Cafe for a late lunch. Fantastic garden out the back with covering to shield you from any rain. The curried lentil samosa was so tasty and the caramel shortbread hit my sweet tooth nicely. The carrot cake was also deliscious. Nice strong filter coffee with a choice of milk to go in it.Definitely worth a visit if you are in Glastonbury.Vegetarian options: Curry lentil samosa was so tastyDietary restrictions: Vegan, gluten free optionsParking: Parking at rearKid-friendliness: Garden out the backWheelchair accessibility: Easy access from the rear garden
516sarahtt
Absolutely beautiful place, beautiful food. Great friendly staff. Can't fault it. Will definitely be back.
Jen
First time visiting after a recommendation and I was not disappointed. The food was so good, I wanted to order another meal to take home with me. Instead I tried to recreate it at home. Super friendly, lovely atmosphere and fresh food ❤️ 1st photo of beautiful cafe food, 2nd photo my homemade recreation ? the homemade lemonade was delicious as was the Black Forest Gateau ?
BorlottiBeans
The good: The food is really decent with a wide range to choose from. It has a real 1980s wholefood café feel, with that stodgy, carb-heavy food that in my view is no bad thing. The cakes are always fantastic. The physical space (including the outside space) is very pleasant, if a little tight. The staff are always friendly and helpful. The not so good: The queuing system is awful. Hard to tell if there's something you want until you've waited for five minutes and can see the counter. Maybe at least photograph the menu each morning and post it on social media? It's a terrible experience for anyone with an anxiety-related condition as decisions about what to eat have to be made at the last minute under pressure. My autistic partner hates visiting. It's also difficult if you think you might want a piece of cake but want to see if you have space after lunch, because that would mean going back to the queue for another fifteen minute wait. The service time is really slow, and the food is generally luke warm at best by the time you sit down to eat it. So many times I've joined the queue only to see groups come in behind me and send someone to grab a table. Tables should only be available after serving. What am I meant to do with a tray of food when there's nowhere left to sit? Alternatively, let anyone reserve a table before joining the queue, which would be fair to everyone.
alison h
Nice food, but a staggeringly long wait for (very slow) counter service. Not much of a queue to be served - maybe six customers ahead of us - but over half an hour before it was our turn. No discernible reason for the delay - several staff there, but not many serving food. Our orders were tasty enough, but the length of time taken would put me off a return visit which is a shame.
MartaJourneys
Rainbows End is a lovely café serving delicious vegetarian and as far as I could see also some vegan food. It's rich in flavour and there's a good selection of both savoury and sweet. Oh and their lemonade is so good!
LindaBak
Such good value for money. And delicious healthy food. Very well catered for gluten free. The staff were helpful and patient. I liked the simplicity of the place and the atmosphere was relaxed and casual.
Nicole Allen
Had high expectations on this place as I’d seen it on social media & the reviews also looked good. I was disappointed at the bluntness of the waitress who was serving me over the counter. It felt like everything was hard work for her, even though my order was off the menu with no changes. She didn’t really make eye contact.Didn’t like the trays & cutlery, felt a little like a school canteen, and you had to take your food to the table.Lots of tables were not clearer outside, so even though there was space, there were things on top. Aside, the quiche & salad was AMAZING! Super tasty. I would have given a higher rating, but some things let them down.
Maria Krantz
BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS RESTAURANT.I bought food marked as vegan because I am allergic to eggs. However, from the first moment, I could smell the real egg in the meal. I thought they had just made it "artificially eggy" using nowadays inventions. Nevertheless, I wanted to be sure, so I asked a member of staff if it was vegan, and they said, "Yes, absolutely." I took two small bites and started to feel bad while finishing that lunch. Another person behind the counter, when was asked (again!), said that my meal contained egg among other ingredients! THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALLERGENS! Don't go there if you're allergic or vegan. That experience ended up giving me only a rash, but it could have been much worse! Just don't go there.
Beautiful place to sit & eat. Amazing food & to die for cakes ? love it. I love Glastonbury & always visit Rainbows End ❤️
Anna Thomas
The food is normally very good, but - unfortunately - your individual server can make or mar the whole experience!My first meal there was excellent, served by a competent professional female server.I tried on subsequent days to return, but was put off by the excessively long waiting queues.When I eventually did get in, I ordered the exact same meal, and served by a v' young petite girl with short dark hair.She was hopeless, no ramekin dishes used, just a - questionable - table spoon, v'small portions, very sloppy, oily presentation, yuck!..As for the bread, rather than giving me a fresh granary baton, sliced, like the previous server, she just sliced the top piece of a well used loaf. It was dry, tasteless and imo unhygienic. The top slice needed discarding.Obviously undertrained, and unengaged.What a shame!What A great disappointment.
Silvio Foce
? Location: excellent ?? Price: reasonable ?? Food?: superb ??? Staff & Service: on time, kind, sometimes on a rushLocated in the heart of Glastonbury just some yards from High St, the Rainbow's End has become our favourite restaurant in town. The atmosphere is relaxed, cheerful, quiet, and you can also eat in a small garden with a fountain ⛲. Food is simply delicious, homemade and fresh (don't forget to try out one of their cakes, especially their carrot cake), and plenty of their options are already vegan.Recommended: falafel platter, aubergines, salad, olives, homemade lemonade, apple and ginger beverage, quiches.
clara frontela
Best vegan slice of pizza! A pity that they didn't have WiFi... Nice terraceVegetarian options: Buena cantidad de comida.
GooglyPaperclip
? Location: excellent ? ? Price: reasonable ? ? Food?: superb ?? ? Staff & Service: on time, kind, sometimes on a rush Located in the heart of Glastonbury just some yards from High St, the Rainbow's End has become our favourite restaurant in town. The atmosphere is relaxed, cheerful, quiet, and you can also eat in a small garden with a fountain ⛲. Food is simply delicious, homemade and fresh (don't forget to try out one of their cakes, especially their carrot cake), and plenty of their options are already vegan. Recommended: falafel platter, aubergines, salad, olives, homemade lemonade, apple and ginger beverage, quiches.
Highly confusing menu.... and service equally confused, made for a disappointing experience overall.The queue was short when we arrived for a late lunch but still the wait for service seemed endless. I fear we made it even longer as the lack of labels or ingredients on anything made ordering complex and time consuming.I would suggest that menus, specials board and ingredients lists could be placed on the notice board on the way in... this might save some time at the counter.Also leaving some tap water and glasses for customers to help themselves would speed things up.A bit of a time and motion study all round would probably help too.However, the food was good ...even if the salad was a bit tired (it was towards the end of lunch service)
Popped into the Rainbows End Cafe for a late lunch. Fantastic garden out the back with covering to shield you from any rain. The curried lentil samosa was so tasty and the caramel shortbread hit my sweet tooth nicely. The carrot cake was also deliscious. Nice strong filter coffee with a choice of milk to go in it.Definitely worth a visit if you are in Glastonbury.Vegetarian options: Curry lentil samosa was so tastyDietary restrictions: Vegan, gluten free optionsParking: Parking at rearKid-friendliness: Garden out the backWheelchair accessibility: Easy access from the rear garden
Absolutely beautiful place, beautiful food. Great friendly staff. Can't fault it. Will definitely be back.
First time visiting after a recommendation and I was not disappointed. The food was so good, I wanted to order another meal to take home with me. Instead I tried to recreate it at home. Super friendly, lovely atmosphere and fresh food ❤️ 1st photo of beautiful cafe food, 2nd photo my homemade recreation ? the homemade lemonade was delicious as was the Black Forest Gateau ?
The good: The food is really decent with a wide range to choose from. It has a real 1980s wholefood café feel, with that stodgy, carb-heavy food that in my view is no bad thing. The cakes are always fantastic. The physical space (including the outside space) is very pleasant, if a little tight. The staff are always friendly and helpful. The not so good: The queuing system is awful. Hard to tell if there's something you want until you've waited for five minutes and can see the counter. Maybe at least photograph the menu each morning and post it on social media? It's a terrible experience for anyone with an anxiety-related condition as decisions about what to eat have to be made at the last minute under pressure. My autistic partner hates visiting. It's also difficult if you think you might want a piece of cake but want to see if you have space after lunch, because that would mean going back to the queue for another fifteen minute wait. The service time is really slow, and the food is generally luke warm at best by the time you sit down to eat it. So many times I've joined the queue only to see groups come in behind me and send someone to grab a table. Tables should only be available after serving. What am I meant to do with a tray of food when there's nowhere left to sit? Alternatively, let anyone reserve a table before joining the queue, which would be fair to everyone.
Nice food, but a staggeringly long wait for (very slow) counter service. Not much of a queue to be served - maybe six customers ahead of us - but over half an hour before it was our turn. No discernible reason for the delay - several staff there, but not many serving food. Our orders were tasty enough, but the length of time taken would put me off a return visit which is a shame.
Rainbows End is a lovely café serving delicious vegetarian and as far as I could see also some vegan food. It's rich in flavour and there's a good selection of both savoury and sweet. Oh and their lemonade is so good!
Such good value for money. And delicious healthy food. Very well catered for gluten free. The staff were helpful and patient. I liked the simplicity of the place and the atmosphere was relaxed and casual.
Had high expectations on this place as I’d seen it on social media & the reviews also looked good. I was disappointed at the bluntness of the waitress who was serving me over the counter. It felt like everything was hard work for her, even though my order was off the menu with no changes. She didn’t really make eye contact.Didn’t like the trays & cutlery, felt a little like a school canteen, and you had to take your food to the table.Lots of tables were not clearer outside, so even though there was space, there were things on top. Aside, the quiche & salad was AMAZING! Super tasty. I would have given a higher rating, but some things let them down.
BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS RESTAURANT.I bought food marked as vegan because I am allergic to eggs. However, from the first moment, I could smell the real egg in the meal. I thought they had just made it "artificially eggy" using nowadays inventions. Nevertheless, I wanted to be sure, so I asked a member of staff if it was vegan, and they said, "Yes, absolutely." I took two small bites and started to feel bad while finishing that lunch. Another person behind the counter, when was asked (again!), said that my meal contained egg among other ingredients! THESE PEOPLE HAVE NO BASIC KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ALLERGENS! Don't go there if you're allergic or vegan. That experience ended up giving me only a rash, but it could have been much worse! Just don't go there.
Restaurantji Recommends
Beautiful place to sit & eat. Amazing food & to die for cakes ? love it. I love Glastonbury & always visit Rainbows End ❤️
The food is normally very good, but - unfortunately - your individual server can make or mar the whole experience!My first meal there was excellent, served by a competent professional female server.I tried on subsequent days to return, but was put off by the excessively long waiting queues.When I eventually did get in, I ordered the exact same meal, and served by a v' young petite girl with short dark hair.She was hopeless, no ramekin dishes used, just a - questionable - table spoon, v'small portions, very sloppy, oily presentation, yuck!..As for the bread, rather than giving me a fresh granary baton, sliced, like the previous server, she just sliced the top piece of a well used loaf. It was dry, tasteless and imo unhygienic. The top slice needed discarding.Obviously undertrained, and unengaged.What a shame!What A great disappointment.
? Location: excellent ?? Price: reasonable ?? Food?: superb ??? Staff & Service: on time, kind, sometimes on a rushLocated in the heart of Glastonbury just some yards from High St, the Rainbow's End has become our favourite restaurant in town. The atmosphere is relaxed, cheerful, quiet, and you can also eat in a small garden with a fountain ⛲. Food is simply delicious, homemade and fresh (don't forget to try out one of their cakes, especially their carrot cake), and plenty of their options are already vegan.Recommended: falafel platter, aubergines, salad, olives, homemade lemonade, apple and ginger beverage, quiches.
Best vegan slice of pizza! A pity that they didn't have WiFi... Nice terraceVegetarian options: Buena cantidad de comida.
? Location: excellent ? ? Price: reasonable ? ? Food?: superb ?? ? Staff & Service: on time, kind, sometimes on a rush Located in the heart of Glastonbury just some yards from High St, the Rainbow's End has become our favourite restaurant in town. The atmosphere is relaxed, cheerful, quiet, and you can also eat in a small garden with a fountain ⛲. Food is simply delicious, homemade and fresh (don't forget to try out one of their cakes, especially their carrot cake), and plenty of their options are already vegan. Recommended: falafel platter, aubergines, salad, olives, homemade lemonade, apple and ginger beverage, quiches.