Warm friendly staff, good food friendly atmosphere'. If you are in the area well worth a visitread more

Perfect location for a walk around the lake, nice little cafe to take refreshments if required. I…read morewould certainly drop in again in passing. Water sports and fishing available on or around the lake. Plenty of wildlife about also.

Lovely, pink working watermill which produces organic flours and has an organic, vegetarian cafe…read moreattached. Goats in the field, hens roaming free, and two water wheels - one working to mill the flour. The cafe has a very limited menu, but what they do they do extremely well. I had fabulous quiche with crispy spelt four crust and exquisitely good salad selection. The soups are delicious and the breads are to die for. Served on ceramics made by local potters. There's a selection of organic foods and gifts to take home, as well as baked goods. Try the onion bread! More expensive than average, but well worth it. And once you rejoin the main road turn left to continue over Hartside - a stunning drive.

Worth a detour. Delicious home made light meals, cakes and soup, in a lovely converted barn…read more Outside there's a play area, more interesting than the usual. This place is attached to the Hay Close Maize Maze, open every summer, which you have to pay to go into.

May 2024, stayed in the area 4 weeks, came here four times, - it would of been nicer if they were a…read morebit more customer centric. First time 10:30 am ....they say too late for a English breakfast, but sandwiches were good, Second time 10am trying for english bkfast, but food hadn't been delivered to them, so again - sandwiches were good. Third time, 10am .... Closed, short staffed. Fourth time hoping for a meal, at 2:30 today (they close at 3:30, so should of been OK) ...but they said they were only doing cakes and drinks.... they sent us up the road to the Brown Cow....( lol, we know they dont do food untill 5pm.) Nice friendly people, but....

Perfect stop on our way out of the Lake District! Great food, fresh ingredients, friendly…read moreservice..... So fortunate to find this place!!

Wonderful little shop. The Best of Cumbria lunch special was amazing and the staff is friendly…read moreand helpful.

We arrived just past breakfast time, drat, but we didn't suffer for it of course. Just means we…read morehave to head back another morning! We have a cottage very close by so this is a regular stop for us each trip. Wonderful, carefully curated sandwiches, salads, and baked goods and the shop next door is fresh and new every visit and the perfect place to find a special gift.

Chester's has adapted to deal with staff shortages since our visit last year, but in my opinion…read morethey've retained the good stuff. ALL of the baked goods are divine and the coffee is strong just how I like it. I could eat everything here. Especially the aloo gobi pasty! Visit here. You won't be disappointed.

What a totally outstanding café! With the Irish Sea at the end of the road and the walks in the…read morevicinity are easily on a par with the Lake District, the setting could hardly be more beautiful. The Wolfhouse café is part of small 'Wolfhouse' complex of converted outbuildings and wooden cabins also comprising a gift shop, a gallery, and a quirky garden with children's play area. The gallery was shut on our January visit, but everything that was open was in the best possible taste and oozing a relaxed charm. Although only going on one visit, the culinary firepower here seems to be beyond outstanding! Ignore the fact that their website lacks contact details or even an address - this is probably just them being arty! Instead, click through under 'Goods' to 'Savouries' http://wolfhousekitchen.co.uk/goods/savouries/ and 'Pâtisserie' http://wolfhousekitchen.co.uk/goods/patisserie-menu/patisserie-menu-2/ and feast your eyes. Both myself and my friend had different and interesting Pukka herbal tea blends, and a chalkboard advertised that their coffee beans were roasted by a local Lancaster business, with Valrhona hot chocolate, so I think they have the drinks covered. I had goat's cheese, pistachio and prune cake which I think may be this recipe http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/cheese_pistachio_and_85849 from The Little Paris Kitchen series on BBC2. My friend had a salted caramel slice, which I also tried and it was good. But my cake worked for me on a whole lot of levels - the colours, sweet-savoury flavours, the textures - see photo. The cake display was very impressive, with other options spread along the sweet-savoury spectrum. I note that the pâtisserie list on The Wolfhouse website just goes on and on and on, with 20-30 items on the list advertised as being available each day. This quote from their 'Savouries' webpage sums up the cheerfully inventive spirit, "When we run out of one thing, we find something else to cook. Simple! It's just so much more fun that way!" With so much inventive spirit, plus everything so well-sourced and made from scratch, I think we can safely say that this 30-seater café is a better option for the serious foodie than a lot of fine dining places. Plus, it is totally relaxed with great staff, and priced at not much above your average country tearoom. Highly recommended.

This is a brilliant, quaint little place that's serves fantastic food, cakes and drinks - all home…read moremade using fresh produce. Staff are generally welcoming of almost anyone, whether a small family, large family, group of hikers, dog walkers, children. Everyone. The sign at the entrance even reads "muddy boots welcome" It's absolutely the best on a bright sunny day, table seating inside makes it an all year place to go if you're in the area.

They have llamas, (and bunnies, guineas, ferrets and lovely marmosets), and a cafe, I'm not sure…read morehow much karma they have though. Really bright and colourful, little playpark out of the back for kids, and you can sit outside or in the conservatory too. Great, fun decor, and a lovely gift shop. The food; cakes, sandwiches, tiffins, soups, quiches, and drinks; coffees, teas, pops, milkshakes, juices, are all pretty standard, but they're reasonably priced, and better quality than something out of a packet at a motorway services or such. I can imagine this being a good break on a long drive with whiny or restless children in the back of the car, but it's good for restless adults too!

Very, very quirky, but a GREAT place to call in to for a coffee and food. This is a café, gift…read moreshop, B&B and a nature reserve all in one place! Highly recommended stop if travelling on the A66 (especially Eastbound, as there's really not a lot on this road until you get to Mainsgill Farm Shop, 30-odd miles further towards the A1). Well worth a look at also for unusual gifts, as there's not much like this place in Penrith. Very friendly staff, and very cute Llamas!

I was heading to Birmingham on a job, and without having anything to eat before setting of in the…read moremorning I made a mental note to stop somewhere for something to eat, without having to head to a local Tesco store. On our way past we stopped for fuel, and that's when we spotted this truck stop cafe. On the outside it looks real run down, with the inside looks like a Sodexo staff canteen, green furniture & that funny smell, disinfectant & fishy bacon, yum. Simple breakfast menu consisting of Small / large breakfast Small / large vegetarian breakfast. The food here is cheap &'cheerfully but good value. Definitely recommend under cheap eats