They told me my coffee was rubbish but it is a tearoom so I don’t care
^ Yes, I chuckled at that on the radio this morning.
Of the ones mentioned on here already, Dales Bike Centre is of course superb, and the tea room up the dale in Gunnerside is good too, and more mud-tolerant than I have any right to expect. Conwy Falls has always been pretty decent in my experience, although occasionally a bit too busy for the level of staffing (but always friendly and apologetic when that’s the case).
I can’t remember the name, and it’s not actually a café, but there’s a really nice deli in Church Stretton that does takeaway coffee and cake as well as lots of nice home made pork pies, cheese and sandwiches – definitely worth visiting if you’re in the Long Mynd.