I've been here twice - once about 3 years ago and just last week. The good news is that it was just as good as I remember and I'll hopefully be going back again sooner than the 3 year break I had. Basically it looks a lot cooler from outside with the indoor a bit 'average caf' like although the fact that you can see everything being cooked in front of you is a really novel and cool way to showcase that this place is all about good quality food. Although they do some tasty cafe items like burgers, sandwiches and snacks they're also a place where you can enjoy coffee and cake - and the cake selection is pretty epic! Our merry bunch of eaters all looked like the strangest, most eclectic 'orderers' ever with my wife and sister in law mainly enjoying cake and myself just going for a "light snack" of the ham hock terrine for £4.95. For this price I was expecting a little tiny bite, really not much to it but I was surprised to get a giant plate of ham hock, fresh bread, salads, pasta and loads more. It was so fresh and so tasty too - definitely something I'll go out of my way to have again if I'm up this way (I just won't have lunch plans afterwards too...) Friendly staff and seating for about 15 outdoors - with only 5 mins walk to Buxton train station. A really good spot and a place I'd recommend checking out. read more

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No idea why people are raving about this place. The service is painfully slow and the food no better than a road side cafe, but twice the price. To top it off, we were sat at the stable doors and it stunk of drains. Never again. read more

Approaching lunchtime at the midpoint of our journey, on a rain soaked, windy day, we were in need of some sustenance. The first choice of the Yelp recommendations for lunch was the Cafe at Green Pavilion: on this day, an oasis in a storm! Joining other rain bedraggled customers, we settled to the table adjacent the constantly busy kitchen, marvelling at the range of both sweet and savoury treats on offer: huge sausage rolls, fresh tempting salads and sticky pink cakes. A good choice of drinks, most in two sizes, both the Americano and Cappuccino were strong, but not bitter. A good variety on the menu from deluxe sandwiches to burgers, and a good range of daily specials, I was tempting by the homemade chilli, but conscious that we were dining in the evening, I plumped for the baguette with roasted vegetables, pesto and a dressed salad; a wonderfully tasting lunch, the pesto was full of flavour, and the sheer freshness and variety of the salad rounded off the dish perfectly. My wife had one of the soups of the day, a hearty vegetable soup, with carrots, cabbage, swede, celery, courgette and onion, with accompanying dark rye bread, a meal on it's own, perfect for a rainy day in April! Great service too, the staff were helpful and clearly passionate about their job, one of the best lunches I've had for some time. read more

Bright, colourful, modern, lively and cheery cafe-cum-bistro with excellent window bench seat and outside tables to watch the Buxton locals and visitors going about their business. Good strong Americano served with separate pot of hot milk - excellent. Cakes so deep, soft and luscious you could dive head first into them (and probably never want to resurface). Other bistro-style food prepared from locally sourced ingredients looked delicious. Apparently one of the owners was North West Regional Winner of Local Food Heroes 2006 on UKTV Food - can't be bad. Vegetarians well catered for. Friendly staff, the Cafe is obviously well regarded of locally. Highly recomended. read more

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The coffee had great flavour and the ciabatta roll/ sandwiches were very tasty. Great atmosphere and service at reasonable price.

Amazing customer service and delicious food catering to my ridiculous food intolerances. Even though they clearly had the busiest day imaginable the young lady who served us was super friendly and helpful, offering us a choice of soy milks for our tea. I also managed to find something to eat that was vegetarian, wheat free and sugar free. And it was delicious. Thank you so much! read more

Great food, great service. A big focus on vegetables and fresh food, our lunch was full of colour and flavour. Great veg lasagne- made in house, great salad plate, huge slice of lemon meringue. Well worth a visit. read more

Finding this place was a happy accident. I was with my family (parents and adult brother) in a packed, too small car leaving a family reunion. We get grumpy when we get hungry, and well, tempers were rising. So we stopped in Buxton, parked well away from businesses (parking is tight) and wandered in. This was literally the second place we walked by as we approached the district. After the briefest pause to look at the menu, we bustled in as Americans are wont to do. The food was uniformly excellent. I had the full breakfast, which was well cooked and well prepared. Everything appeared to be home made from scratch, which all too rare. The food claimed to be local, and I have no reason to doubt that. A point of complaint: the cappuccinos tasted a little burnt, but that is fairly common in the UK (and basically everywhere that isn't a 3rd wave shop) and I am a massive coffee snob. Well lit and great service. read more