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penny lane in holmefirth, yondermans opposite the three staggs head inn on the a623 near cressbrook, the old black smiths in monyash and the cafe in flagg.
EDIT forgot the Moorside cafe Cromford
hp_source - Member
Cafe Cali in Hebden Bridge... 8)
oh yes
and druidh and teej took me in one the other week, which was ace.
deadlydarcy - MemberBaristas, Bristol
Good call.
+1 for Holingworth Lake as I spent a lot of my yoof cycling around that area.
Mess Cafe in Hackney do superb burgers, but you better get there before all the hipsters 😉
Pelicis for your 'the Crays' ate here, type thing.
The Alibion in Shoreditch is very good - might not be a cafe but if it is it's a CAFÉ not a kaff
Baristas Bristol?
They used the word "[i]Collective[/i]" on their website.
[i]Shudders. [/i]
Oh shit, totally forgot to mention Tamper.
best coffee in Sheffield (and probs further afield in fact)
Not desperately good for biking to, but the coffee is sublime.
Also some crazy cakes etc. made by nice Mr and Mrs on premises.
Daisys Cafe in Ambleside is nice, all the other nice ones I know are referred to as "that one just past the field with the bulls in" or "the one along from the bit where we fly the kites on the hill" which arent much use...
Whats the name of that bakery/cafe at Stavely/Cumbria?
Always stock up on their sarnies and bread when I start a ride there to take home for the missus.
also went in a cafe in hutton le hole which served enormous slabs of cake and fried my eggs just right. Not sure the name but it was owned by a southern woman (not that that matters just saying like)
EDIT greenwood crafts
+ 1 for The Real Food Cafe in Tyndrum.
Visit there pretty much every Friday night in summer on my way up north.
Always feel a wee bit sad when I sit in the booth next to the door and read the owner's memorial to her husband 🙁
Ok, ok should I share this with you lot? Hmmm I guess you're all ok and would behave. I'm not too keen on you all going "en mass" because she'll not be able to cope with a mass bunch of STW's, but I guess us lot of locals and riders who use this wouldn't mind too much... It's not too far from the SDW trail as well and a most excellent place for a mid ride rest and cake..
Tazzina Cafe, West Meon.
"We are located just off the A32 on West Meon High Street, behind the village shop"
Also a most excellent place to stop is the Fisheries at East Meon.. Just over that Old Winchester Hill..
It's in the top 10 tea rooms in Britain. I love it.The Potting Shed in Inshriach. Best cake in the Highlands, and the viewing gallery by the bird feeders is something else.
Roman Lakes cafe - Marple.
Rosie's cafe - Hayfield.
Wilf's cafe - Staveley.
+1 to whoever menationed The Potting Shed in Inshriach. Best cake in the Highlands, and the viewing gallery by the bird feeders is something else.
One of the best cafes in the UK in my opinion. I'm not sure if the birds are being fed so that we can watch them while we eat - or we're being fed so that they can watch us.
Worth checking opening times before you head there though theres a day each week (weds maybe?) that its closed.
In that neck of the woods the Mountain Cafe in Aviemore comes a close second but they're never really on top of their service when its busy. They can have folk patiently queuing down the stairs waiting to be seated when in fact about a third of the tables are free
Other faves of mine:
The Green Tea Room in Moniaive - a good refuel stop after drumlanrig
Transeurope in Trongate, Glasgow
'Go Slow' in Govanhill, Glasgow - Rose does an astounding burger.
I always get a little taken aback by how excited people get about Tebay services - compared to other service stations its amazing, but its only as good as you could imagine a service station to be. I'm glad they as successful as they are though - I missed my exit passing there a while back and ended up in the next services down the road instead - I was the only customer and they'd only two staff (not exactly struggling) to run the whole place. Dismal - with the Tebay gang branching out to the M5 lets see if the other services start to up their game a bit
I always get a little taken aback by how excited people get about Tebay services
+1. It's got a nice farm shop and cafe but it's staggeringly expensive. To be honest I'd rather have a generic Starbucks. Services are where I'd like to spend the absolute minimum of time.
For those who've posted their fave caffs, consider doing a review for this website: [url= http://www.patisseriecyclisme.co.uk/ ]patisseriecyclisme.co.uk[/url].
I've no connection, but it's a neat little idea. Reviews of decent cafes for cyclists to go to.
anyone been to bruar north of pitlochry? its a pretty good cafe....ive had some really awesome meals theyre...also theyres a place near dingwall ont road north to golspie thats really good(cant remember the name)
Look Mum No Hands on Old Street in London is very nice. Expensive but generally good service, great food and coffee, nice laid back atmosphere, books and mags to read, big screen showing all the Tours. Often got art exhibitions, talks etc on there as well.
Lock your bike up outside though! The cafe supplies loan locks to customers.
The caff in Beeley is pretty good. Up the hill from Devonshire arms. Does cracking homemade cake and posh sarnies/coffees
Reviews of decent cafes for cyclists to go to.
Do the cafes know whats about to befall them? 🙂
Just thought of another - [url= http://sucasaayr.com/ ]Su Casa[/url] in Ayr - I was looking at reviews for eateries in Ayrshire on trip advisor. Unsurprisingly my local, the Sorn Inn, gets top ranking - the guy has cooked in Mayfair, catered for the Beckhams engagement party, that sort of thing. But Su Casa got second spot and thats a massive accolade for a tiny wee cafe that Lucas runs 7 days a week and he puts every ounce of himself into it, a proper host- asks for and remembers everyones name.
This: [url= http://www.rectory-tearooms.co.uk/tearooms.htm ]Rectory Tearooms Morwenstow[/url]
This: [url= http://www.applecrossgarden.co.uk/#!__page-0/the-cafe ]Applecross Walled Garden[/url]
Coldwell Activity Centre Cafe, top of the world just on the Burnley side of Widdop Moor. Good coffee - much better than the all milk no beans they dish up at Coffee Cali - good cakes, very reasonable prices and decent banter with the manageress 🙂 We were up there just before Christmas on the day after they closed for the holidays and she still let us in and gave us a (free) brew. Top service.
[url= http://www.barrowburn.com/tearoom.html ]Barrowburn[/url] Tea Room
+1 The Real Food Cafe at Tyndrum
Rotcher Cafe, Holmfirth
Beal Tea Room, Northumberland
Pen-y-Ghent café in Horton-in-Ribblesdale
Dog & Partridge @ Tosside/Gisburn
The pub in Long Preston just on the left as you emerge on to the a65 after a trip to Gisburn
The Lakeland peddler
Stump cross cavern
The tea van at Janet's Foss nr. Malham
There are many more, and yes this is a better thread.
The tea hut on Blackheath
Minutes silence for Stella's in Holford please
Alex222
Where's Moorside Cafe in Cromford ?
Don't think anybody has mentioned the Tor Cafe ? One of the favorite cafes for any roadie in the Peaks / Matlock area.
Cheerful chilli Otley chevin Jane leaves the cakes outside on the windowsill to cool it's really a ploy to get you to go have seconds.
+1 Cheerful Chilli.
Had a top lunch at the cafe on Mill/High Street in Snaith, West of Selby the other day. Posh little place, but really nice sarnie and good range of cake.
Pennard Stores on the Gower, above Three Cliffs Bay have never let us down.