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Wycke Hill · Maldon · Essex

Breakfast with the bikes.

CAFE1989 is the café inside the Ducati showroom on Wycke Hill Business Park — cooked breakfasts, lunches, homemade cakes and Lavazza coffee, with the motorcycles a few steps away.

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09:00

Ignition, Tuesday to Saturday

4.8

On Google, from 72 reviews

5

Food hygiene rating, February 2025

Looking down from the café's raised seating area into the Ducati showroom, red bikes on the floor below

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  1. N

    Coffee

    Lavazza, poured all day.

  2. 1

    Breakfast

    Hearty cooked breakfasts — and a Baby Biker’s Breakfast for the smallest riders.

  3. 2

    Lunch

    Paninis, baguettes and jacket potatoes.

  4. 3

    Cake

    Homemade cakes and scones.

Visit

Address
Unit 9, Wycke Hill Business Park
Maldon CM9 6UZInside the Ducati showroom.
Hours
Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 3.30pm
Saturday, 9am – 4pm
Sunday & Monday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Section A–A · Unit 9

One floor up from the Ducatis.

Take a table on the raised terrace and the whole showroom is laid out below you. Groups have been given the terrace to themselves.

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Looking down from the café's raised seating area into the Ducati showroom, red bikes on the floor below
Fig. 1 — The view from the terrace rail.

Schedule of rooms

Counter
Lavazza coffee, cooked breakfasts, paninis, baguettes, jacket potatoes, homemade cakes and scones.
Walls
Ducati memorabilia, noted by visitor after visitor.
Seating
Indoors and out, with takeaway too.
The café counter: white cups and plates stacked on the coffee machine, timber-clad wall behind
Fig. 2 — The counter, cups stacked on the machine.

Visit

Address
Unit 9, Wycke Hill Business Park
Maldon CM9 6UZInside the Ducati showroom.
Hours
Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 3.30pm
Saturday, 9am – 4pm
Sunday & Monday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Pit stop, Maldon.

A café in a Ducati showroom. Pull in for a full English, a Lavazza and a slice of homemade cake, then back out on the road.

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Espresso pouring from the machine into a white cup

Pit board

TUE–FRI09:00–15:30

SAT09:00–16:00

SUN–MONBOX

Lap chart

L1

Cooked breakfast. The little ones get the Baby Biker’s Breakfast.

L2

Lunch: paninis, baguettes, jacket potatoes.

L3

Homemade cakes and scones, with a Lavazza.

Looking down from the café's raised seating area into the Ducati showroom, red bikes on the floor below

Visit

Address
Unit 9, Wycke Hill Business Park
Maldon CM9 6UZInside the Ducati showroom.
Hours
Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 3.30pm
Saturday, 9am – 4pm
Sunday & Monday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Model: CAFE1989 · Maldon

Technical data

Everything you need to know about the café inside the Ducati showroom, set out the way a bike’s specifications would be.

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LocationUnit 9, Wycke Hill Business Park, Maldon
HousingDucati showroom, raised terrace overlooking the floor
FuelLavazza coffee
Output, morningCooked breakfasts; Baby Biker’s Breakfast for children
Output, middayPaninis, baguettes, jacket potatoes
AccessoriesHomemade cakes and scones
SeatingIndoor and outdoor; takeaway available
Rating4.8 on Google (72 reviews) · Food hygiene 5
The café counter: white cups and plates stacked on the coffee machine, timber-clad wall behind
Fig. A — Counter assembly.
Espresso pouring from the machine into a white cup
Fig. B — Fuel delivery.

Visit

Address
Unit 9, Wycke Hill Business Park
Maldon CM9 6UZInside the Ducati showroom.
Hours
Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 3.30pm
Saturday, 9am – 4pm
Sunday & Monday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
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Owner’s manual & service record

Regular servicing recommended.

Riders and non-riders alike: the café in the Ducati showroom at Wycke Hill keeps you topped up with breakfasts, lunches, cake and coffee.

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Service record

06.02.2025

Food hygiene inspection. Rating: 5 — very good.

Passed

Google

4.8 stars from 72 reviews.

Passed

Interval

Tuesday to Friday 9 till 3.30, Saturday 9 till 4.

Passed
Espresso pouring from the machine into a white cup
Top-up: Lavazza.

Parts list

  • Cooked breakfasts
  • Baby Biker’s Breakfast (junior size)
  • Paninis & baguettes
  • Jacket potatoes
  • Homemade cakes & scones
The café counter: white cups and plates stacked on the coffee machine, timber-clad wall behind
Workshop bench: the counter.

Visit

Address
Unit 9, Wycke Hill Business Park
Maldon CM9 6UZInside the Ducati showroom.
Hours
Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 3.30pm
Saturday, 9am – 4pm
Sunday & Monday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
Facebook
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Bar · Caffè

Un caffè, among the Ducatis.

Lavazza at the counter all day, in a café that shares its home with the Ducati showroom in Maldon.

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Espresso pouring from the machine into a white cup

Al banco

CoffeeLavazza, poured all day.

BreakfastHearty cooked breakfasts — and a Baby Biker’s Breakfast for the smallest riders.

LunchPaninis, baguettes and jacket potatoes.

CakeHomemade cakes and scones.

Visitors keep mentioning the same three things: the food, the friendly staff, and the Ducati memorabilia around the room.

The café counter: white cups and plates stacked on the coffee machine, timber-clad wall behind

Visit

Address
Unit 9, Wycke Hill Business Park
Maldon CM9 6UZInside the Ducati showroom.
Hours
Tuesday – Friday, 9am – 3.30pm
Saturday, 9am – 4pm
Sunday & Monday, closedAs listed on Google. Worth checking Facebook before a special trip.
Facebook
Cafe 1989The café’s own Facebook page
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