Rest Cafe in Bethel Street in Norwich now run by Mind

REST Cafe in the Grade I-listed Churchman House will soon be transformed as part of a huge renovation that will take place before Christmas. 

Cafe manager Danielle Mason said: "I can't wait.

"It will be completely redone when the work is finished and will be a lot more functional.

"We are going to have a new menu and food will be cooked to order and made fresh on site.

"It is exciting to see the cafe go in this direction."

Churchman House is a Grade I-listed property in Bethel Street (Image: Denise Bradley) REST Cafe was previously run by the Feed, who opened the Churchman House cafe at the start of 2022.

Now it has been announced that the charity passed the reigns over to Norfolk and Waveney Mind at the start of October. 

The cafe is currently decorated for Halloween (Image: Denise Bradley) The Feed continues to run the Waterloo Park Cafe and staff and student-only bistros at Kettle Food and Norwich University of the Arts.

Kate Frost, Service Manager at REST Norwich, added: "This is an exciting opportunity for our charity to take on the running of our cafe.

The cafe is set for a major refurb before Christmas (Image: Chris Elliott) "We are looking forward to offering our visitors a great selection of affordable, healthy food in our convenient city-centre location.

"As the new-look café takes shape, we also intend to offer one-off events and new services from within the café space, connecting with local organisations and the wider Norwich community.

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“We are delighted that we will retain the excellent staffing team who have worked so hard to make the café a success under the Feed’s management.

The cafe has a large garden area for people to enjoy in warmer weather (Image: Denise Bradley) “We’d like to thank the Feed for all their hard work over the last few years and we look forward to working with them again in future."

REST Cafe will continue to open seven days a week from 9.30am to 3.30pm.