Called in here for Sunday breakfast, the "full Yorkshire breakfast" was superb !!…read more There is also a farm shop to browse around.

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.

Stopped for breakfast before heading home to Scotland, lovely full breakfast and free coffee…read morerefills. Great cafe with a good selection of cakes, bakes and sweet treats, and a cracking breakfast menu. Nice outdoor play park for the kids and excellent farm shop for picking up good quality local produce.

Very nice place for coffee and food. The coffee is very…read moregood, plenty of cakes, other things that are bad for you and (of course) breakfasts. It's not just the full English either, there's a variety of other nice dishes too. Highly recommended and certainly better than most hotel buffet breakfasts. Would return.

As Coffee and Tea go John Watt & Son is the roast!…read more From childhood I thought the smell of roasting coffee being pumped into the street was a sign that coffee was not to be messed with. Since I have become a trifle addicted to a good blend my attitude has changed dramatically. I now know the plumes of rich roast that fragrance the streets of Carlisle are a smoke signal to coffee lovers. The service weather 9 o'clock in the morning, or 20 minutes before your train leaves is to be challenged by none. I have been several times since the start of the year and every time I've been seated and served a cafetiere, mains and starters with no fuss. The shop is steeped in local history about Carrs and the tins that were produced and uses this to create a very traditional environment with a twist. It seems without trying they have created a very cosmopolitan and trendy feel to good coffee. Not to be compared to any chains Watts' is a tradition that has weathered and will not be going anywhere near instant mass produced shops. The coffee is well treated and doesn't carry any of the flavours of the day befores grind.

So nearly excellent! Really nice place to sit and chill, great food but inattentive front of house…read morewill leave you without drinks/desserts etc.

I went here with two friends one Saturday afternoon and was really impressed. It is tucked away…read moredown an arcade just a couple of minutes stroll from the railway station so if you didn't know it was there you would probably never stumble across it. The menu was fantastic and reasonably priced - lots to choose from and it was really good to see that a lot of thought had gone in to offering something other than the typical sandwiches etc you usually find on a menu. Good for vegetarians too with lots to choose from from their point of view too. They serve alcohol as well as hot and cold soft drinks and they do waitress service. There are different art works by local artists displayed in the place so it was nice to look at them too while having our meal. I think you can buy them too. The bill came to £30 for three people. We had a main course each and soft drink plus tea/coffee so very reasonable considering what you got. We sat for a couple of hours chatting and eating and the atmosphere was great. We didn't feel rushed even though it was a Saturday afternoon. I will definitely be going back here.

Wonderful tea house/cafe located on the perimeter of the Carlisle Cemetery…read more Highlights: * Lots of parking options & availability * Plentiful options on the menu, which includes all of the things you'd look for in a coffee/tea shop for a snack or meal * Delicious food quality * Friendly owner and staff who love what they do and provide top-quality service, ask for their menu suggestions / favorite snacks and try them! * Good location for a thoughtful walk through the graveyard and catching some fresh air before/after visiting the cafe * Competitive prices

Coffee is really well done, ambiance is adorable-- and they filled our water bottles before we set…read moreout for Hadrian's wall. A friendly and upbeat place-- nice to avoid the chains and have quality coffee in a nice cup.

Arrrrggghhhh. I really want to give this place another star maybe 2 but they have been let down in…read moremy eyes by their food quality and the price attached too it. First of all the positives. The place looks amazing and has a fabulous underlying Alice in wonderland theme that could be easily missed if you weren't looking for it. The staff seemed lovely although for such a small place they were seriously overstaffed. The place was clean and very welcoming. The coffee and hot chocolates were lovely served in miss matched mugs which just added to the homeliness. Now the downside and to me it is 2 big ones. I have a chicken, chorizo and cheddar cheese panini which just lacked and moisture and quantity. The chicken was very dry, chorizo was as finely sliced as I have ever seen and so little cheese it barely made an impact on the sandwich. Served with a small side salad and slaw that didn't look particularly appealing. Combined with the high £6 odd price tag they have priced themselves out of the market with the quality they are offering. If they were to improve the quality of the food and slightly reduce the price I would defiantly be back. At this point I would think twice however.

Although very small the staff are always friendly. I wouldn't reccommend visiting if you have a…read morebuggy with you as it is difficult to find somewhere to sit as it is frequently busy. I often go for a breakfast and the prices are good. The food is nice and the premisies are clean.

Great food but very slow service…read more We were on the last day of a very boozy weekend in the lakes and needed a good breakfast to help us along. We hid from the rain this little cafe and ordered some excellent fry ups. Two of us had the standard English breakfast while Dan went for the large version which contained a serious amount of meat. I really enjoyed mine. The line up was scrambled egg (you get to choose you egg type), sausage, bacon, black pud, beans, tomato, mushrooms, hash brown and toast. My toast could have been more toasted (it was still pretty much bread) but everyone else's looked good so I think it was a blip. I had a latte too which was good. It's waitress service to order but they were not in any rush to come over so if you are hungry I'd suggest heading up to the counter.

We came across this place during our last Lake District trip by seeing people walk around with…read moreboxes of scones and looking very happy ... So we asked, where did you get them? ... They pointed us to this lovely establishment :) The scones are to die for, made according to an old family recipe an they are truest delicious, I'm normally not a scone person but took a large box!!! :)