Balderson’s Welcome Cafe in Ryedale

Hate chains, so was passing this bakery and thought brill, fresh home baked individual cake and bakes and pastries, we bought varied savoury and sweet, all tasted like cheap chain food, most went into the trash can, shame.

After a long walk we called inhere for lunch. The signs were there, well they weren't actually, outside the shop are lots of signs but no menus, no prices. In we went anyway. Staff very pleasant. On checking the menu it was a little expensive so I opted for a ham toasties at £7.50, I would normally have cheese with it as it isn't really a toasties without is irmt but £2 extra to have cheese with it! Robbery. The Mrs had a toasties as well, but it was interesting to see that if you wanted your coffee white, then the milk was 20pence extra!!! What???? Milk should come with itasit does never other cafe I have ever visited. Rant over The food was good though but I felt robbed by those 2simple overpricings!

Been coming here for years and it’s always a pleasure. The staff are lovely and food is always on point. Sad to read the negative reviews that have been left. Don’t be put off coming here and enjoying this lovely place.

This place is an amazing find!! Set in the beautiful village of Thornton le Dale. My wife ordered a toasted tea cake and for me a scone with cream, delicious!!!! We bought some treats to take home, the caramel slices were out of this world!!! You have to try this place! 5⭐️

Very average with pleasant but not great service. Scones were poor, tea was good and the place was clean. Not on our list for a return visit!

We had breakfast here this morning (Feb 17th) and it was very good. One large breakfast, 2 small breakfasts with coffee. We all enjoyed the food, it was hot, well cooked and tasty. The mushrooms were particularly delicious! The toast was also very good. Very filling and kept us going til teatime! Pleasant service in a bright and modern cafe. We loved the photos of the business from many years ago. Highly recommended.

This review is based on two consecutive lunches. First was soup and sandwich and was very good in every way. Second I ordered steak and kidney pie with peas and chips. What I actually got was a steak and kidney stew with a piece of puff pastry. Definitely no pie!! This is in Yorkshire where we know what pies are!! All tasted ok but NO pie!!

Food was nice. The price for a small bottle of juice is overpriced. For what you're paying I think the customer is doing a lot of the work. The one way system to go in and out is ridiculous.

Bought a sausage roll in the bakery shop to take home. When I cut into it there was sausage meat in both ends but none in the centre 50% or so. What a rip off.

I was disappointed with the food, lumpy cold mash potato, pastry not cooked enough, 2 cold jacket potatoes , it seems like it's going down Hill, not sure if it's new owners or a different chef. On the plus side , the staff were very polite and friendly and the place was very clean and well presented.

I have visited this cafe/restaurant with a friend on several occasions during the last few years and can highly recommend it. It can get busy during the summer months but they can usually squeeze us in. The food is not fancy, but always good and reasonably priced.

Popped in today for lunch. A huge bowl of hot homemade soup with crusty bread was just the job for a cold day. Comfy seats, friendly staff . Highly recommend

The setting of the quaint village of Thornton le Dale, suits this cafe really well. Baldersons is very reminiscent of the cafés of the past, with a cosy feel and good food offerings. Could do with updating their menu to accommodate dietary restrictions.

Stayed in the village for a week, but only visited here once. Had a lovely lunch, but they would have had more of our business if it wasn't for a silly 'No Substitution' rule for breakfast. The Cedarbarn cafe (1 mile up the road) happily offered substitution so got all our breakfast trade.

Nothing special at all. Not what I expected or anticipated from the outside. More akin to the cafes in supermarkets or motorway services than in a village. Food and drinks okay, but nothing more. No character and little atmosphere. I didn't appreciate being forced through the gift shop in order to exit, either. Odd.

Stopped at the village on the way home for breakfast and decided on here for best option. Got a table easy and the breakfast came out quickly. There was a side dish of toast off the side of the picture of really good brown bread and soft butter, which everyone knows is how butter should be served. Found the breakfast tasty and good value 👍

Nice cafe in lovely location. Food was very good and reasonably priced but the welcome is not there. Staff a little prickly and you have to stand at a rope to be let into the cafe!

I have never felt such an overwhelming desire to leave a negative review which I normally wouldn’t do. I visited with my elderly mum and 5 year old daughter. We ordered three meals and three drinks. My daughter drank her fresh orange very quickly and then had no drink. She has Cystic Fibrosis and has to take tablets with food, so I asked for a glass of tap water and explained that it was to take tablets she required. I was told that there was bottled water at £1.95 I could buy, I said she only needs a sip to take her tablets, but was directed towards the fridge to bottled water. Having been disgusted I went and sat down, having no alternative I went and bought a drink, of which my daughter drank hardly any, when buying I said I was disgusted as my daughter has CF and I required a drink for tablets. Again I was directed to the fridge to bottled water. Having gone in this cafe for years the sheer greed of the owners makes me certain I will never go in again. I hope customers read this and custom is lost. I work in a professional job and there is such a term as discretion, I would suggest you learn to apply it in future.

Some years ago this was my go to place for a really good sausage sandwich. I’ve had two there recently and they e both been disappointing. Tough, sliced leftovers… I won’t be going back.

Lovely breakfast & coffee xx ThanQoooooo

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Staff were friendly and competent but the food, a full English, was pretty average. The coffee was undrinkable machine made dishwater. My nespresso does better and that’s only 60p per cup. It’s a Witherspoons experience at twice the price. Thankfully the coffee was not on a free refill basis so you didn’t feel tempted.

Took my elderly parents for lunch, went to order 3 mains and asked for 3 glasses of tap water. Was told by cashier we had to buy bottled water, on questioning this the owner/manager intervened and I was informed the same, had to buy bottled water. I asked cashier how much my order came to....£35. I questioned manager, was she prepared to forsake my order of £35 (+ 3 sweets following main) for the sake of 3 glasses of tap water? ...to be told yes!! I can only describe our experience of a cafe I have visited many times before as awful and the owner/manager was obnoxious, arrogant, rude and lacked any sort of people management skills. I shall not frequent the cafe again and will not recommend......I hope in deepest, darkest winter when customers are harder to come by the cafe owner/manager realises £35 maybe worth more than her attitude!!!!

This is a lovely coffee shop. We sat outside in very pleasant surroundings. The coffee and cakes were delicious.

I wonder if this place has recently had a change in management or ownership as the service has gone down hill rapidly. We ordered two drinks and two cakes. The cakes of which were tasty and a good sized portion. With our order we wanted a couple of glasses of tap water and were informed we had to buy bottled. This is a very unusual choice for a business of this nature, although not illegal as they are not licensed so we were told. As well as ‘if you don’t like it, you don’t have to stay’ - this place is usually good, but we wont be returning any time soon.

Called in for two sausage rolls all flaky pastry and not much sausage meat very disappointed.

Nice lunch. Friendly, helpful staff

Rude staff, refused to provide a glass of tap water for my wife despite us making a purchase and being advised she needs it for medical reasons. Won't be back again.

Had a good cup of coffee and a lovely cake here. I use a rollater to help my mobility. Entering was fine but to exit we had to go through the cafe, outdoor seating area and gift shop involving several steps which would have been difficult to negotiate without the the help of a friend. A member of staff on the door turned us away from the entrance hall as several people were queueing. I wouldn't go again.

Sat out in the courtyard, nice sunny day to sit out for lunch. The lunch was disappointing. Very mediocre and when I asked for water for the table I was told we do not give free water it’s £1 a bottle (this is tap water just pre-bottled. They also have branded mineral water for a higher cost). We ordered tea but I like to have water with a meal too. We were also dining with toddler who didn’t have the option of the other drinks on the menu, so to refuse them water is pretty disgusting. Having spent £26.35, a glass of water should not be charged for. I was quoted they don’t have to give me free water because they are not a licensed premises. The young member of staff was embarrassed having to refuse and she did say sorry. This cafe is lucky in the fact it is in a village with a high footfall of tourists and maybe doesn’t have to try too hard as most of their business is from one off visits but for the people like myself who lives fairly locally to Thornton-le-Dale and would revisit in their quieter months, this type of service has ensured they will not be getting any repeat business from myself and my family.

Well think the staff needs some customer training Not very alert and the manager very rude Must say when the boss lady there the older lady things are different She always on the look out Sid

What a gem! A lovely locally run cafe. We had lunch there on a busy Sunday, but we were shown to a table quickly and the food arrived promptly. Lovely sandwiches and nice crispy chips. Great Coffee, too! You should pay this place a visit. Lovely adjoining gift shop, as a bonus on the way out.

Nice clean breakfast says what it dose on the tin. No faults

We were on a day trip on the 29th August and decided to have some thing to eat at this restaurant and really pleased we did ,the coronation chicken was delicious,the best I've had ! Lovely little outside seating area too!

Very disappointing! Food was just ok, zero flexibility when it comes to ordering food and would not accommodate a food swap on a large breakfast! Would have liked to not have mushrooms and tomatoes but an extra slice of bread/toast. Was told flat out NO! But if I want some toast I would have to pay extra! but due to a mistake by the staff we did end up with an extra slice on the side. Customer service needs a lot of work

Vile place refused service to customers, food looked awful, would not bother, would rate zero if it was an option,, spend your hard earned cash elsewhere, their over priced food will probably make you ill

Not a great experience at this cafe unfortunately. They won’t give you tap water so my husband had to go back to the car to get out toddlers water bottle just so he could have a drink. Seems very tight. Veggie breakfast was average, didn’t really want everything on the plate but they are very inflexible with their menu so couldn’t just get what I actually wanted, which was fried egg on toast (even though they serve both on other dishes). Coffee wasn’t great. Wouldn’t go back I’m afraid.

I go here all the time, it’s an amazing place with amazing food. Staff are always so greeting and friendly! Love to go here with friends and family! Never had a bad meal! Lovely and charming little cafe ! Out side area as lovely as the inside area! 100% recommend here👍👍

Went to the bakery bought a huge picnic. 2 of the 4 sausage rolls Went into the bin. The cakes were awesome. We had 2 cut the rocky into 3 pieces.

Went in for a full English breakfast and wasn't disappointed. Service was excellent and friendly. Clean and tidy with loads of seating. Will come here again when in the area.

Lovely coffee and food And lovely and friendly staff.

Lovely bakery with friendly and welcoming staff. Delicious selection of breads, pastries and cakes. Window display is beautifully laid out and always tempts you in. Everything is nicely presented and clean, with prices well displayed. Wish I lived closer!

Disappointing breakfast. Expensive.

Visited here Wednesday 19th July 2023. We didnt visit the cafe but the bakery shop. Lots of choice of bread and pastries which we took back to our lodge to eat at teatime. The lady serving was very friendly, price wise ok, the cornish pasty was lovely

Worst place I've ever been. Sausage sandwich straight out of microwave. Disgusting, rude staff. Up their own orifice, NEVER, EVER, visit this place.

Little cafe in Thornton le Dale North Yorkshire.

Lovely brunch, staff very friendly and food very reasonably priced. Would highly recommend

We were refused glasses of water to accompany our mediocre coffee! Service did not come with a smile... We will not be returning.

Very nice scones. Plenty of seating but not very wheelchair friendly. And the exit is through a gift shop which is unusual.

We’ve been buying pork pies from the shop every time we pass for years! We’re always my favourite, but last week my husband stopped off to bring me one home to Scarborough and it was so highly seasoned it was impossible to eat the meat, pastry was still lovely

Always a delight to visit with lots of interesting items and good value snacks, adjoining shop full of great retail items.

Terrible customer service , asked for glass of drinking water and told the law says it only needs to be provided on licensed premises!!What happened to looking after customers ? Rules of varying instruction written all over the place , seems like you have to exit through their gift shop also!. The business will survive and thrive with tourism and being inundated with dogs but I would not recommend it. You will find friendlier staff elsewhere.

After reading some of the negative reviews we thought we would decide for ourselves on the quality of the food, service and setting. I ordered a ham sandwich on wholemeal bread with salad and coleslaw, my husband ordered steak pie, chips and peas. We sat outside in the lovely garden area, didn’t wait long for our food and we were served by a very friendly waitress. The food was delicious, my sandwich was crammed with ham and the bread was lovely and soft. My husband said his pie was very tasty. We will definitely go back and try more from the menu. So glad we weren’t put off by the few negative reviews.

The service was a bit like a Wetherspoons - at the till, a table no is required. The food was wasn't great. The quiche was luke warm and the side salad was dry and served without any dressing. Chips were ok. However, even after buying...

Can't understand why people are queuing outside 'Lavenders' across the road while there are empty table both inside and out here. Food is well cooked, plentiful and very reasonably priced. I found my cream scone very filling. I'm not sure about the exit, which is not very well signposted and means you have to walk through the crowded garden and gift shop to get out. This is very awkward for someone like me as I have mobility issues but at least they got another £40 out of me in the giftshop buying something I didn't really need

Brilliant food and good price. My partner and I had sandwiches each and a bowl of chips to share and a pot of tea. The sandwiches were fantastic. I had egg which was homemade filling not the mass produced type and my partner had beef which he said was to die for. You got a pot of tea and a water pot so you got SIX cups of tea for your money. Our advice is go hungry 😋

Having visited on a previous occasion and had been very happy with the service and food, we were very disappointed with our visit on this occasion. The waitress was rather abrupt and certainly not very welcoming. We were refused tap water (which is a recurring...

Having heard such good things I was looking forward to lunch here. Having to pay for water (no tap water allowed) was a bugbear. The sandwiches were dry and the crusts curling up as if they had been made hours before. Very disappointed.

Great location, wide food selection and attentive staff.

Tried a take out here beef baps with salad and mayo it was superb, we also had a individual coffee cake as well it was equally delicious I would definitely recommend and if I am in the area again I wouldn't hesitate to try something else .

The food tasty and quantity was fine. The speed and service was fine. There was a reasonable choice of vegetarian dishes too, we liked getting a pot of hot water with the pot of tea. Not so happy with the lack of tap water, just...

Four of us went for a quick Tea and hot chocolate. One flapjack. Friendly staff, nice place to sit in the garden or inside. Recommended

Ordered small breakfast, half way through eating noticed black hair ! Took back to waitress lifted black hair to show her, it was running through the tomato and egg !! Lifted tomato off plate when I pulled it so well embedded. Was offered another breakfast, but would you have another ! . No refund ! just looks till I finished my tea. Won't be going back. Handled very badly

A delightful cafe in a lovely village. Great selection of food and drinks. Lovely staff

The best hot teacake and bacon sandwich! Fresh home made food, absolutely delicious. Wonderful ice creams from the counter too. Warm welcome and friendly service. Not our first visit and hopefully won't be our last!

Nice traditional cafe: good food and good service. Would definitely eat here again. 👍

A little gem breakfat fab so clean and freindly jacket potaoes fab tuna sanwich fab nèeds a 10 star well worth the visit lovely

I popped in for a pot of tea while waiting to meet friends who live in the village. I cannot understand why it's so difficult to find 'Yorkshire Tea' in the country in which it's produced. Leaving aside the quality of the tea, I was...

Brilliant service food and seating area. And have to add as always on my reviews ITS DOG FRIENDLY. Can highly recommend this place in a beautiful part of the country

It was a lovely place to eat but quite chilly inside as the door was open to the back area .

Disappointed after visiting here for years to find out cyclists are basically now banned! Needs to be renamed Un-Welcome Cafe! Wouldn’t even fill a bottle at the front store with water! Sadly will now avoid. #unwelcomecafe

Lovely food, friendly and helpful staff.

I was very disappointed with my lunch today, both my husband and I had a disappointing lunch. My husband had three sausages, mash and gravy. The mash definitely not fluffy no onion in the gravy but we did find something like gravy skin, sausages you...

Smiles always round. Excellent food. How ever me and my wife have been going Forsinard 19

We called for our lunch after a nine mile walk so we were hungry. We both ordered a pot of tea which came with extra hot water, without having to ask for it. Perfect. We then both decided to have the homemade quiche, which came...

Best teacakes and apple pies I've ever eaten!!

Food was reasonable and waitresses friendly but the manager was extremely rude to us and accused me of drinking my own bottled water in her cafe which wasn't the case at all. All the food and drink we consumed was purchase from the Cafe. This woman really is not suited to the hospitality trade at all and needs to learn some manners and customer relation skills. My wife and I were very upset. Our meals and drinks are shown in the image.

Went today had a toasted sandwich very poor , bread really small ,for the price your paying , people on next table were complains about the portion sizes too won’t be returning . Lavenders over the road much better quality

Have been to the cafe numerous times and in the past have always had a nice scrumptious meal. Visited the other day and went for the steak pie. It came with mash n peas - looked a bit wanting from my previous visits. I politely...

Baldersons operate a row of shops on Thorton le dale including a bakery, coffee shop, gift shop and ice cream parlour. The business has been here years and I always stop off while visiting Yorkshire. My wife and I stopped off for a drink and sat in the patio area at the rear of the shop. You now have to wait to be seated which is fine and as we had two dogs with us we had to sit outside anyway. The outdoor decking is a lovely quiet area which is also sheltered in case it rains. Outside next to the seating area are a few bits for sale such as wood carvings which are very nice. There is no table service so you must go up and order your drinks etc and take it back to your table. On this visit my wife had a latte and I had a tea which were both fine. We also got a couple of cakes to take away which we ate later that day and were extremely tasty. The rocky road was a little hard, but still good and we were given a large slice of it. Only thing I disliked on my visit was the exit is no longer the way you enter the cafe. Customers without dogs can go through the gift shop which is fine, however we had dogs and so had to exit through a back gate. On our visit it started raining just as we were leaving and so had a bit of a walk to get back to our car. I really think Baldersons need to rethink this policy they have put in place.

Just visited the bakery for pasties and coffee to take out. I've been here several times passing through - good food always available 👍😊

Amazing cream tea. Great sandwiches, Victoria sponge was so light. Portions very generous and staff very lovely

Very good breakfast and Service

One of the best places in the area to go for a Full English 🍳🤙🏼

average canteen food. nice setting. disappointingly expensive for what it is. they thrive on the location and the lack of any other decent cafe thats open in the village. the better place is shut on a Sunday! wow.

Lovely sandwiches and friendly helpful staff. The ingredients used are great quality too, which isn't reflected as much as you'd expect with prices. With most things being good value. One of my favourite local places to go when passing by.

Called in on a very busy day. Staff pleasant and helpful. Bit of a wait for Jacket spud,with Tuna mayo and salad. Was worth it though, very good. Shop was heaving, would have liked to get some stuff to take home. Didn't have time to wait. Will be back soon.!!

Dropped in for a morning cup of tea and a cheese scone - deliciously cheesy… Friendly staff who even gave us a 50p refund when we swapped one fruit scone for a cheese scone. Toilet facilities clean and lots of outdoor seating if that’s to...

Stopped off for a late breakfast. Very clean, smart and comfortable cafe with a nice garden area too. Lovely breakfast. Nice bakery next door (attached) provides the bread. Very nice location in pretty village.

Awesome, awesome and then some more. This place is off no use of your watching the calories or on a Keto diet, the produce is beautiful.

Shame about the dry scones.....awful !

Disappointing . Wouldn’t give us a drink of tap water. Sandwiches at £6.50 poor ..white sliced bread no crust …cheap processed beef sliced beef … very small and poorly presented. Tea for two had 1 teabag in the pot …my friend had to ask for...

Was today refused a glass of tap water for my 92 year father who needed to take tablets with his lunch - was told ‘it’s company policy not to give out tap water but you can purchase a bottle of water’! Never in my life have I ever been refused tap water! I’m am utterly disgusted!!!

Friendly staff, fast service and good food

Still using outdated covid restrictions and looks like a bank with the big protective screen. I wanted a bacon and egg sandwich that I was told I couldn't have because the kitchen was too busy. Why advertise it on the blackboard then? Since the bakery...

Beautiful little cafe right in the middle of Thornton Le Dale Very friendly staff, the food is all freshly cooked, and great portions at great prices. Lots to choose from, and the cakes and pastries are awesome!!!! You can buy them In the shop at...

No tap water available even after we spent £40 on food and drink!!! The panini's were yummy with a generous helping of filling and salad so can recommend on that front. What we found strange was we were not allowed tap water or to fill out water bottles and were told to buy a water bottle...which we didn't. There wasn't too much of a welcoming or friendly atmosphere from the staff there, however food came quickly and was nice. The garden was cute and if you can eat there we would recommend. We just felt that for £40 being told we weren't allowed tap water (only asked for 2 glasses) was really disappointing.

Excellent lunch reasonable priced could not fault it.

Baldersons welcome cafe is in Thornton le dale. We called in on Sunday lunchtime for a cup of tea. Cafe was very busy but managed to find a seat. We had hot cross buns and a pot of tea. Good quality tea and plenty of it, the buns were home made and very buttery, toasted nicely and were absolutely delicious! There were plenty of pleasant staff who were very well organised. A lot of the customers were eating meals from the extensive menu. Will return!

Beautiful seating area outside but very average food. Not good value. I had a ham and cheese toasted sandwich which came with frozen chips. My husband had a sausage bun and the sausage was made out of cheap meat. Yes, the cafe looks nice and...