Throwing Buns

Great. Good coffee, great cakes (of course) and fantastic décor. The couple running it Phil and Kate are nice and pleasant, which made up for slightly slow service.
Prices are reasonable, and even though we had 3 kids in tow (inc. pushchair), we found space without upsetting the other customers.

Abingdon is filling up with coffee shops and you have a huge number to choose from (especially considering the size of the town). Throwing buns is now one of our favourites.
Nice coffee and a very decent selection of sandwiches & wraps. They are now (it’s winter) also selling a daily soup special and baked spuds (only a small oven, so you have to grab them early).
The interior is lovely but it can get a wee-​bit warm in there (low ceilings). Comfortable seating & a variety of table sizes for groups or couples. There is a loo hidden downstairs.
The staff are very friendly and always welcoming.
I would give them 5 stars if it wasn’t for the fact that service at the till can sometimes be a little chaotic but that has a lot to do with the small working space they have and the number of bodies moving around.
Not dog friendly but there are a handful of tables outside.
Google «Throwing Buns» to find out why the shop is named so.

Throwing Buns is a new café & sandwicherie based in the centre of Abingdon. With free wifi and a classy, retro-​themed interior, it’s an intriguing and rather bold addition to Abingdon’s café scene catering to a range of different markets: workers looking to buy lunches, tourists in search of a refreshing coffee and cake, or internet surfers looking for a quiet spot to while away a few hours. To this end, it’s well-​located in the shade of the 19^th century Abingdon Museum (from whose bun throwing, as Abingdonians will know, the café gets its name), enjoying views of the town’s marketplace.
I stumbled across Throwing Buns on a hot afternoon looking for a drink, but after one look at the resistance-​crumbling array of cakes, soon found myself contentedly gazing over the marketplace with a slice of lemon drizzle cake and some excellent Fentimanns ginger ale. The prices were reasonable and the service from the owners was friendly and attentive.
Overall, this is a welcome addition to Abingdon’s generally uninspiring cafés: if you like your atmosphere relaxed, your style retro, your cake yummy and your coffee fresh, this place comes highly recommended.