Small Batch Coffee Roasters Reviews 87

TrustScore 4 out of 5

3.9

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Have had a great experience with this company and customer service have been very quick and easy to deal with. Will continue to order my delicious beans from here.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant fresh roasted coffee beans every few weeks. I can change delivery on line should I need less or more easily. Notified when payment taken and when roasted and sent. Delicious flavours. Only p... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Appalling service, they do not respond to emails or phone calls. The coffee arrived in a damaged box and one of the 5kg bags was split open with the coffee beans everywhere, The other 5kg was stale co... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I ordered from their website over the weekend, but it’s now Thursday, and my order hasn’t arrived. Despite their policy of using Royal Mail Tracked 48, they didn’t use the tracked service. Customer se... See more

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  1. Coffee Roasters

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Small Batch Coffee were founded in Brighton in 2006 and have been roasting locally ever since. We have 6 locations across Brighton and Hove where customers come to chill out with friends, pets or their laptops to enjoy their local speciality coffee roaster and a bite to eat. You can buy our beans online or in our stores, and we also have a coffee club that introduces you to a new roast every single month.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Scam BEWARE

Scam BEWARE
They are sending me 1KG coffee a week and charging me although I didn’t sign up for a subscription, I bought 1KG and now have had 2 more delivered . Apparently I’m tied in for 6 months. I have more coffee than I can use.

19 September 2025
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Really pleasant experience

No queue - 13:15 visit, very smooth coffee served at the right temperature (not lukewarm like the big chains).
Unique atmosphere; the café is situated directly adjacent to the roastery.
Also had BLT (grilled), great flavours and taste.

13 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

15 days since I order and I am still waiting for my coffee.

Over 15 days and I am still waiting...
Terrible customer experience. I'm not ordering from the other side of the world. I leave 60 miles from where the coffee is beingroasted. Even back in 1999 e-commerce delivery faster.

10 January 2025
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Reply from Small Batch Coffee Roasters

Hi Chardy, we're truly sorry for the delay. We can see from your order that it was placed on the 27th when were shut over Christmas, and orders were then processed on January 2nd when we re-opened. We are very sorry that there has been a delay and we are currently investigating with Royal Mail as this is an issue on their end. We understand you're in contact with our CS team, and are happy to provide you a new coffee order free of charge plus discount to make up for this delay.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Slow Dispatch and Lack of Transparency”

I ordered coffee beans on 10 December, but it took three days to dispatch. I understood this, given the busy Christmas season. However, the Royal Mail tracking number provided didn’t work, even though it was meant to be a next-day tracked service.

On 17 December, I emailed to check on the order and was told it had been dispatched on 13 December, so I should expect it that day or the next. This didn’t make sense, as Royal Mail 24 typically means a Friday dispatch would be delivered on Saturday.

I finally received the coffee on 18 December, eight days after placing the order. To my surprise, the beans were roasted on 16 December — three days after they supposedly shipped!

This was my first time ordering from this roastery, and unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll order from them again. There are plenty of excellent roasteries out there with better service and transparency.

18 December 2024
Unprompted review
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Reply from Small Batch Coffee Roasters

Hi, we're sorry for the delay in your order. We aim to send all orders out within 48 hours, and apologise that this was not met. As it was Black Friday, we were dealing with a large backlog of orders and as a small team, we aimed to do this as quickly as possible but understand this time it was not enough.

We do hope you'll reconsider ordering from us again, and if so, please say you've come via Trustpilot and we can sort out a discount for you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great local roasters

Great to support ‘local’ and small roasters, great coffee blend for espresso coffee. Have had several return purchases, highly recommend

29 August 2024
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Reply from Small Batch Coffee Roasters

Thank you! We appreciate your custom and support!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I have always loved Small-Batch Coffee…

I have always loved Small-Batch Coffee and have had it on subscription for years.
I would say that their loyalty/point scheme sucks. The benefits are so small they are a bit laughable.

28 November 2024
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Reply from Small Batch Coffee Roasters

Thank you for being a subscriber, we're so glad you like the coffees! We'd love some more feedback on how the loyalty scheme could be improved - we're always open to ideas!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent coffee

Excellent coffee, particularly the Colombian Finca which is superb.
Delivery process efficient and transparent.

28 November 2024
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Reply from Small Batch Coffee Roasters

Thank you so much, we really appreciate your custom and support!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

As coffee should be

Great service, even better tasting coffee. The lungo is my favourite 🤩

29 October 2024
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Reply from Small Batch Coffee Roasters

We love a lungo too - thank you for your support!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Slow Delivery and Unreliable Service

I ordered from their website over the weekend, but it’s now Thursday, and my order hasn’t arrived. Despite their policy of using Royal Mail Tracked 48, they didn’t use the tracked service. Customer service told me to wait until next Monday—too long for a UK delivery! Disappointing service.

31 August 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

excellent coffee

excellent coffee, not easily found locally to where i live, and delivered promptly. good value too, especially when buying larger quantity beans.

2 April 2024

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