There was a time when only a paksty from Croft House Bakery would do .... but.....that was when…read morethey made the pasties themselves. Now they buy them in from some unknown supplier and they are absolutely awful! The meat is tough gristle that has no taste and the pastry lardy and uncooked in places. They warm them up in a microwave so they become even soggier. When I voiced my disguised they replied...'all I can do is speak with my supplier' and 'we have never had a complaint before' . Well you have now! Don't bother trying out their range of savouries unless you want to chew on something dubious and end up with chronic indigestion.

Wonderful gingerbread sold from a charming cottage. It makes a great trail or plane snack…read more The line is long but moves quickly.

This used to beabsolutely the world's best gingerbread! We came here in 2015 and just visited 2…read moredays ago, and the (secret) recipe was amazing in 2015, but something has changed. It is still really good, but not the one of a kind, amazing gingerbread that I remember. Unfortunately, the rest of the world has discovered this since our previous visit, and there is a line to get in, which can be short or (more likely) long.

On our recent visit to Bownesss-On- Windermere we came across this little shop on lake road, it…read moresells wonderful occasion cakes and cake decorations and a few items of china, we bought a beautiful cup and saucer at a very reasonable price indeed. The lady that owned the shop was serving and was very pleasant indeed i would recommend this shop.

Nice family friendly cafe with nice hot food and sweets. Reasonable price in a tourist hot spot. No…read moreparking but hey this is tourist hot spot a nice cafe within a mile from the lake. Thumb up .

I was sad that I had already eaten because everything smelled amazing, but just seeing the words…read more"apple pie" made me want some, badly! I went for the spiced one with ice cream, and a passion fruit tea (all the teas are local by that brand, at least). I would normally go for custard, but the ice cream sounded lovely, and I do think that I made the right choice! The staff were just lovely, too.

WOW! Its been a while since I have bought bread this good before. We stumbled across this real…read morebakery when we were on the search for the cheese shop and it is right next door. We spoke to the baker and he told us it was all part of the same business, the bakers and the cheese shop and the bakery had outgrown the building and was soon to be moving a mile or two up the road. Anyhow, we walked through the front door and were amazed at the wonderful display of freshly baked breads available to buy. From super open textured, crunchy baguettes to heavy sourdough and super soft farmhouse loaves, stilton and walnut bread, oily foccaccia and on and on. There was also a small selection of sweets such as really nutty brownies, pain au chocolat and danish. Everything looked so good, it took us forever to narrow down our choices. We ended up buying four loaves of bread and two cakes. All were beautiful and very tasty which is a big lack in most of today's crappy supermarket breads which people have become accustomed. My favourite was the baguette, it really was out of this world. The breads were a little pricey but WELL worth it. And the place is definetly worth a visit!

This is a local chain of bakers who also have a shop in nearby Keswick…read more It's always busy here as they are locally known as a quality baker. The brown loaves are really tasty!! But they also excel is pastrys and pies, cakes and bakes. The smell is lovely, and you can't walk past without going in and buying something. The window displays always have pretty cakes on display. Proces are reasonable - definately worth it for the quality.

A new business in town & good luck to them! Have been in here twice, smells lovely from the street,…read moreshould be called The Smelly Baker! The homemade pasties & bread are delicious, but there isn't a wide choice, guess it takes time to make it all by hand. Give him a go! You won't be disappointed.

Wow! For the first time since I was 15 you can smell fresh bread all over Barnard Castle!…read more We went in on a saturday, and I thought the range was good. I reccoment their Guinness and Black Pudding sausage rolls! Being as everything is hand made, they DO have limited stock, but you can order anything you liek and they will put it aside for you. Excellent customer service!

My friend and I stopped by here for tea and a sweet pasty after our tour ended. We were cold on the…read morelake cruise, so we needed something warm. We had tea and shared an Apple Rhubarb pasty. The pastry was flakey and buttery and the filling was quite good. They of course had traditional and other savory pasties as well. They also have croissants. They have deals for larger orders like 10 scones for £10. Seating upstairs looks more comfortable than the one downstairs. The WC is also upstairs.

On our first night at the Lake District we needed to get some food, we hadn't realised how popular…read moreit was to eat at Grasmere, but were fortunate that Sara's Bistro could fit us in. If we had been much later, they would have struggled as it was obviously a popular place to eat. The staff were very good and knowledgeable and friendly. The decor is pleasant and the atmosphere is inviting. Run by a husband and wife, the foo was exquisite. I had a smoked salmon and mackeral pot on a bed of cucumber spaghetti for my starter and it was simply divine. My mine was a fillet of Seabass on pesto linguini and everything about it was lovely. To finish I had a lovely sticky toffee pudding, with vanilla icecream. It's certainly not the cheapest of places to eat, but in my mind you definitely get what you paid for. They have a good seletion of wine on offer at reasonable prices too. Highly recommended.

Lovely food excellent staff. However, when the owner decided to go to the toilet in the ladies (no…read moreone was in the gents) without locking the door and then did not even apologise for making me feel uncomfortable after I walked in on him, explaining to me, in an aggressive tone, that 'I own the place and can go to the toilet where I want'! He then expected me to follow him back into the toilet for some reason. I went back to my table. Then to hear that he apologised to the person paying for the bill - she advised him that she was not the person to apologise to. This was a silly unnecessary event which marred an otherwise enjoyable evening. To the owner all you needed to do was apologise nothing more, simples!!