Baldry's Grasmere

This is a great cafe!! Everything we had was amazing and the atmosphere was homey and relaxing. I highly recommend it if you are in the area.

This tearoom made my day. The food was so good. From soup, hot dishes to dessert are so good. A special experience for me:)

Lovely place for lunch. We thought it was perhaps tea only based on the sign, but had a nice selection for lunch including both cold and hot options like sandwiches, potatoes, soup - including multiple vegetarian options. Prices were decent, and there as a bit of indoor seating. The sweets and tea selection looked tasty though we didn't try them. Service was good, it's dog friendly inside, and clean toilets. Information on the table about who William Baldry was a nice touch.

Myself and my other half visited here twice now. We loved it both timea. Great customer service. Great food. Warm and cosy cafe x dogs welcome (always a bonus for us). With dog treats included in the service. We loved it so much the first time we travelled from keswick just for breakfast. And as frequent travellers in our camper. Im sure we will pass through here again so thank you team at Baldrys x

I walked in and was greeted by friendly staff who seated me straight away. Usually in different cafes as a solo visitor you get taken to the smallest table. They didn’t do this but gave me a better table, which was nice and impressed me right away. They have a really good selection of teas for all tastes. Mine is strong black tea and there were at least two options there that were perfect for me. I went with Assam tea, which was strong and very similar to an English breakfast tea. It’s nice to have loose leafs in a cafe, which these were. The breakfast was delicious. There was plenty on the plate for around £14. The sausages and bacon were especially of excellent quality. Around the area and in Ambleside I found that in the three places I had a breakfast that the sausage was a good quality Cumberland and the bacon was just as good with the taste and quality. This was true here and it elevated the breakfast to another level compared to what you usually would expect in a cafe. I’d recommend this place for friendly and patient staff that are helpful and good quality food and tea.

Best scone I've eaten, wow. Light and fluffy and delicious. Great tea selection too and it's well priced. We were very lucky to get a table at the end of the day after a short queue. Very glad to do so. Well worth the wait. Toilets are a sight to behold as well...

The jacket potatoes with Heinz beans and tasty bacon with side salad best ever. Goats cheese with cranberry delicious. Loose tea always a bonus. Even the free bottled tap water was good. Great to get our dog in

We had a nice breakfast here, both having the full English. The toast and scrambled eggs were delicious. Hash browns were quite greasy though. The hot chocolate looked fantastic but sadly the drink itself was just average.The Lake District Special tea was great. Baldrys was dog friendly.

Really charming and cute tea room in Grasmere! I enjoyed the atmosphere, decor, and learned about Baldry via printed cards at our table. Cool and interesting history. For lunch, the food we ordered was good but a bit small and not super satisfying. Corned Beef and Mustard sandwich was on the smaller end with a tiny slice of corned beef. It was mostly bread, but will say the fresh baked bread is good. Enjoyed the Quiche of the Day (cheese and leek), which came with a bit of salads. Supplemented with an extra sausage side. The savory cheese scone with chutney, butter, and cheese was yummy!

Abysmal experience at Baldry's yesterday. We live in Cumbria and have taken friends there in the past as the food and staff have been good. Yesterday, as is sometimes the case, there was a queue and people were waiting for seats to become available. A member of staff frequently appeared at the door but failed to communicate to anyone in the queue that the restaurant was closing early. After some 20 minutes of queuing she eventually spoke up, having wasted the time of my group plus people queuing ahead of us and behind us. This prompted an uncharacteristic exchange from me but without any acknowledgement from the staff member that through her thoughtlessness and utter incompetence, she had wasted what probably amounted to over an hour of people's time. To potential customers...be aware of the utter lack of respect and customer service you may encounter at this place. To the owners of this establishment...you are ultimately responsible for how your staff treat customers and if you place customer engagement anywhere near business profitability will ensure this is addressed to prevent future potential customers having their time wasted through the sheer incompetence of the staff you employ.

Stumbled in here for lunch. We had just arrived in town and it was near our hotel. It is a very pleasant place with an interesting menu. I may just have chosen the wrong thing (quiche of the day), but it is not something I would have again -- crust was more like a flatbread in texture than like a nice flaky crust. Hot spiced cider was very good. My wife liked her soup. Service is a little odd -- there is table service, but they expect you to line up in a crowded aisle at the back to pay. Our table was near the door, and something about this door seemed to invite people to leave it open despite a breezy day. My wife and i each closed it once, and a woman waiting for a table was nice enough to close it another time. Not a bad place but I would probably not go back, which makes it hard to go above 3 stars.

Baldry's is a lovely spot for afternoon tea in Grasmere, worth going as it's one of the prettiest and most picturesque locations in the lakes and is also dead central so accessible from north or south lakes. Baldrys does generous cream teas and all kinds of cakes, chocolate, lemon, bakewell, malteaser. It will be very difficult to choose!

Very welcoming and excellent food. Easily the best food we had on our visit to the Lake District this summer. Loved the homemade bread and the accompanying salads were delicious.