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Cumbria & the Lakes

Café restaurants in Cumbria & The Lakes

  1. A

    The Lighthouse

    A buzzy continental café-restaurant split over three floors. It covers practically all bases, from breakfasts of cappuccino and cinnamon waffles through to sophisticated suppers of fell-bred lamb and sirloin steak.

    reviewed

  2. Green Room & Vats Bar

    The café-bar at the Brewery Arts Centre serves drinks, wraps and sandwiches during the day, and a more upmarket evening menu featuring crispy pizzas and hearty mains such as Grizedale venison and vegetable tian.

    reviewed

  3. Buttercups

    There are plenty of tearooms and cafés in Hawkshead. Try Buttercups, on the first floor of the old Hawkshead Institute, which does a daily 'special sandwich' and a great value tea & cake combo.

    reviewed

  4. B

    Prior's Kitchen Restaurant

    Housed in the former Fratry (monks' dining room) beside the cathedral, this reliable little tearoom is a good spot for cheap sandwiches, jacket spuds and afternoon tea.

    reviewed

  5. The Rowan Tree

    This peach-coloured riverside café does a mean cream tea by day, with a more extensive menu of pizzas, fish and veggie-friendly mains by night.

    reviewed