WELCOME TO ROOTS
A community café with bold flavours, good vibes, and space for everyone to belong.
Step inside for freshly brewed coffee, vibrant vegetarian dishes, and home-cooked food inspired by the cultures that shape Ipswich. It’s warm, welcoming, and full of heart. This winter, our pop-up café is open for festive bites, cosy catch-ups, and a taste of what’s coming in the new year.
Every plate supports local people. At Roots, young trainees learn barista, kitchen and hospitality skills. Our makers bring global heritage to the menu, from comforting dumplings to colourful world-food favourites. Good food doing real good.
TASTY FOOD, BIG IMPACT.
OPENING TIMES
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 9.30am-4.30pm
Wednesday: 9.30am-4.30pm
Thursday: 9.30am-8pm
Friday: 9.30am-4.30pm
Saturday: 9.30am-4.30pm
Sunday: Closed
LATE NIGHT SHOPPING
Every Thursday we are open until 8pm serving hearty, warming food, hot chocolate and festive treats.
LOCATION
Roots Café, Westgate House, 1 Museum Street, Ipswich, IP1 1HQ
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ROOTS Pop-Up03 Dec 2025, 09:30 – 24 Dec 2025, 16:30
Festive Raffle03 Dec 2025, 10:00 – 09 Dec 2025, 12:00
Every ThursdayLate Night Shopping11 Dec 2025, 16:30 – 20:00
Gingerbread Decorating03 Dec 2025, 14:00 – 16:00
WHAT'S ON AT ROOTS:
HELP ROOTS GROW
Roots Community Café is run by Ipswich Community Media, a local charity nurturing creativity, learning and community with refugee and migrant communities in Ipswich.
Our pop-up café is just the beginning. With your help, here's what the full launch in the new year will bring:
Young people will learn barista and hospitality skills, and grow confidence for life. Food and culture will thrive through supper clubs, recipe swaps, sustainability talks and seasonal feasts celebrating our community’s heritage. Arts, creativity and wellbeing will flourish through open mics, DJ sessions, craft workshops, exhibitions, mindfulness mornings, parent-and-toddler meetups, and language clubs.
There are so many ways to get involved, through funding, volunteering, or simply spreading the word. Every contribution helps us equip the café, train young people, and create opportunities.
If you would like to invest in ROOTS please get in touch at nikki@ipswichcm.org.uk
Here are some of the ways you can invest in ROOTS:
ROOT for Us
Giving is it's own reward — for the price of a coffee and a cake you're helping ROOTS to grow.
£5
A Brick in the Wall
Your name on our Supporters’ Board — part of the foundation that built ROOTS.
£20
Plant a Little Joy
Fund a café plant and be featured on our Garden of Supporters wall.
£50
Take a Seat
Buy a café chair with your name — giving others a place to belong.
£150
The ROOTS Blend
A specialty coffee blend named in your honour, served at Roots for a month.
£500
Founder’s Table
Invest in a communal founders’ table with your plaque of thanks.
£1000
Change a Life
Fund six months of paid training for a young person, giving them not just a job, but skills, confidence and opportunity.
£2500
Headline Partner
Your organisation featured on our menu board, website and materials, with 10% off, staff volunteering opportunities and recognition at our launch.
£5000+
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Donate and claim your rewards below, or contact nikki@ipswichcm.org.uk for a chat about how you can get involved.
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The launch of Roots Café was made possible thanks to generous funding from the ASDA Foundation.