Blueberry Cafe Castleton in High Peak

Great place for food and drinks

It was amazing with delicious food and clean tables + cutlery and very helpful, friendly staff! 100% recommend for everyone.

Visited a few times and the food is always lovely. Great coffee. Staff always welcome me with a smile. Will definitely be back soon

We arrived at Blueberry cafe today - a group of 21 rather wet walkers - but we were met by Narmanta and her colleague with a smile and great efficiency providing hot drinks and snacks Great job, thank you 😊

Disapointing and V let down by v poor food. We ordered the £8+ baguettes with tuna salad filling, and expected a crusty, freshly baked baguette, which we assumed explained the more expensive price tag compaired with other rolls on offer at under 5.99. What arrived was a v poor pale white soft roll, no explanation, an indigestable pasty looking thing, with a few crisps on the side, a v small colslaw, and the meanest and most inadequate of roll fillings. This 'bread' was the cheapest one can buy, a bulk item ideal for storing in plastic bags as back up, plenty of preservatives on board. It was not a baguette, as it was neither freshly cooked, nor wholesome, nor crusty, nor anything but a thin pale brown cold skin on its surface, utterly unappetising. So why not just call it a roll i ask, and why use the term Baguette? And why not explain if you don't have it, and reduce the price? Profit. Ive taken the time to write this, because this cafe is housed inside a museum that is geared towards respecting and understanding heritage, and our relationship with the land. The slogans on the cafe wall read 'field to table' , suggestive of something nourishing and good perhaps. I quote from your own cafe website: "we are very proud of the sites we now operate, with each of them being quite unique, but all following the simple eithos of providing delicious, fresh food sourced locally or where possible made ourselves" ​ So where has this cafe gone wrong. What we ate could have been sitting in a plastic bag, collecting microplastics, it was far from fresh, or delicious, this was not food. Actually 'Baguette' is a protected term in France, and the EU. In 2022 the traditional baguette achieved UNESCO world heritage status: and the law is v specific about what can be called a baguette legally, and cannot be mis-sold. The French are proud of their Baguette, while this cafe just thoughtlessly substitutes a rock bottom product, overcharges, and runs down the real thing. I don't know where this leaves this museum cafe, but it's quite clear that either the prices and descriptions need to reflect the substandard of what is sold, or the quality needs to be raised - i dont mind paying over £8 for a sandwhich if it is delicious. Making slogans on the wall a reality is hard work, and the values of such a museum reflect a respectfulness of other cultures eg French, not use them to mislable and hide the poorest of produce to charge more. It's such a pity, we won't be returning, probably like many locals who are looking for nice cafes to return over and over, to study, walk, improve our wellbeing and learn. This place lets the Castleton museum down. Just for the record, we are not looking for poor 1 hit wonders, i suspect given Castleton is a big tourism destination, this cafe relies on new customers, certainly reading the other reviews I don't see any attempt to address the situation. The offer and menu is misleading, and ultimatetly spoilt our trip out. Taking our money in this way, for such poor food, only gave me stomach ache and an unpleasant memory. Not all of us want to complain to the young staff on the counter who were friendly, and doing their best - this is not their fault. It's a management decision to prioritise penny pinching, and profit first before actually giving people the food they thought they had paid for.

Lovely little place, plus dog friendly.

Was a real relief to find this place before our 4 hours venture up the many hills surrounding Castleton. The latte and hot chocolate drinks we ordered were beautifully presented and the home made date cake was delicious; a real energy boost! About £11 which is reasonable for the area. Only criticism would be the lady who we placed our order with, seemed a little abrupt, no smile, my partner and I both felt she didn’t want to be there… otherwise a nice pit stop none the less.

Once again! Never fails! Tried the breakfast it was absolutely cracking! The staff are quick and efficient but massively friendly and make it such a nice environment

Stopped here for some lunch with my family. We had the tomato and sweet potato soup, which was tasty and fresh. The staff were absolutely lovely.

A lovely cafe in the centre of Castleton. Was able to sit inside with my two dogs, and enjoyed scampi and chips. Good amount of scampi (couldn’t finish it all), and a lovely side salad and homemade coleslaw. Really good quality food, comfortable seating, and friendly staff.

My dad loved the date cake. Won't shut up about it. He'll be back tomorrow

Good selection of food items and good service.

Really good meal and service, worth a visit.

The food here did the job. It was nice enough, but nothing too special.

Fab food with friendly employees and it has amazing milkshakes and iced lattes! 😋😋

Absolutely fantastic coffee! Excellent service and staff are so helpful! Beyond happy to have found this little cafe! 10/10!

Really disappointed with our visit here. We wanted to order a sandwich and beans on toast for our toddler. We're told we could only have the breakfast menu (it was 11:40) - it wasn't clear on the menu that the non breakfast food was only served after 12. After instead choosing breakfast food we received our order and again we were disappointed. The scrambled egg on toast was exceptionally dry. The vegan sausage sandwich had a butter / spread on the bread, luckily we are veggie and we couldn't face querying it with staff. The sausages were very dry and required copious amounts of sauce. All in all a disappointing experience. Such a shame as the cafe has signs telling you where they locally source all the ingredients from! The cafe itself was also clean, great especially when it's dog friendly!

Really disappointed with our visit here. We wanted to order a sandwich and beans on toast for our toddler. We're told we could only have the breakfast menu (it was 11:40) - it wasn't clear on the menu that the non breakfast food was only served after 12. After instead choosing breakfast food we received our order and again we were disappointed. The scrambled egg on toast was exceptionally dry. The vegan sausage sandwich had a butter / spread on the bread, luckily we are veggie and we couldn't face querying it with staff. The sausages were very dry and required copious amounts of sauce. All in all a disappointing experience. Such a shame as the cafe has signs telling you where they locally source all the ingredients from! The cafe itself was also clean, great especially when it's dog friendly!

God awful service, took 15 min to get served to be told to busy for full cooked breakfast. Yet the person in front was okay to order x2. Then nothing much else was avaliable, so I walked out hungry not ordering anything.

Chosing fiew options from the menu, at the till they said they have just breakfast, closing a full breakfast after first 4 meals they said that they cannot do more full breakfast because the chef was on brake...

Chips are very dry and stingy on the cheese, at a reasonable price. Staff were friendly and delivery of food was quick.

Good food and coffee but very slow service.

Food and drinks were mixed up. Some were cold or tasted off. They were replaced without fuss and promptly. Didn't seem enough staff on. Long wait.

We enjoyed our freshly cooked sandwiches and chips as well as the tea. Delicious. Thank you

Lovely staff and very nice coffee.

Good service. The portions are pretty generous and the food is of a high standard.

I was with my daughter, who’d been to buy some Blue John earrings as a birthday gift, and we called in Blueberry Cafe for drinks. My daughter had tea and I had coffee. Although there was no soya milk, which is my preference in a latte, the oat milk alternative was very nice. There was a tempting selection of cakes but we managed to resist! Prices were very reasonable, especially for a tourist area when there can be a tendency towards inflated prices. This is a nice, modern clean-looking cafe which has an accessible toilet that was spotlessly clean. We couldn’t fault our visit.

Lovely food a little spoilt by the cheap sauce. No Soya milk. Other alternative ie oat milk. Cakes a beautiful.not much choice in dairy free.

I went here on a sunday after taking the bus here to get a drink, I had a very nice caramel latte, and the service was very good.👍

First time visit Excellent all round will spread the word. Keep up the good work 👏

The flapjack was just the right texture and great hot chocolate.

Mid hike lunch stop with my son. The food was really decent, the coffee was good too. And it’s in such a convenient place. Absolutely worth a stop for lunch, brekkie, coffee or cake!

Crisps and coke was out of date

Staff were a bit timid but drinks were okay. Couldn't try food as they'd stopped serving.

Very convenient cafe situated at both the visitor centre and car park.

Very friendly and helpful staff.

. . . clean, bright establishment. Warm welcome from young staff, including our dog; delicious selection of cakes but we fancied something savoury. I ordered the salad with tuna mayonnaise and cheese, and my husband ordered a sandwich with crisps and salad. Both meals came quickly and the portions were generous. Fresh and tasty, enjoyed with a coffee.

Not impressed. Food over priced with very little in return. Drinks near double price of castleton chippy so save money and go there if open as food was nicer too.

I have visited this café many times after I have completed a local walks Ideally situated next to the car park which is only £1 an hour to park. A good choice on the menu reasonably priced, quick service. Excellent coffee, doesn’t get overly busy during the week, recommended.

The beef sandwich was the best that I have had for years.

- A delicious place for icecream. - Good location as it is right next to the car park.

This cafe is Ideally situated for those fortunate enough to secure a space in the car park, and walkers who have arrived by coach. Not an attractive establishment by any means it is unchanged for at least five decades. The service is what would be described today as entry level. I am not its target customer but the coffee is decent. I wouldn't be poaching any of the staff. However the service is acceptable. Times have changed here in Castleton and its no longer the genteel country village of my youth and now the space that this Café occupies in no longer adequate at certain times, with a huge number of overseas visitors, a huge contingent of dogs and a cacophony of noisy chatter echoes off the hard surfaces.

Very nice meal in the cafe, good coffee,soup, baked potato and cream tea. We did have some.order wrong but they apologized and just gave us the drink and cream tea as extra. Very nice food, relaxing atmosphere.

The worst jacket potato I've ever had in 65yrs not edible grrrrrrr

It's right next to the carpark , the food was nice and arrived extremely quickly , has the bonus of being attached to the tourist information shop.

Went for bacon cob and coffee. Reasonable but limited.

Expensive is the only word I can think of, £11 for a full English breakfast

Reasonably priced cafe considering its location with friendly staff. I eat plant based food so it can be challenging to find none processed vegan food. Decided to try the spicy bean burger. It seemed the best value for money option, It came with a side salad & chips. The white flour bread bun could be swopped for sourdough or multigrain/seed (I dont eat white bread as its nutrionally void) the bean burger was really tasty & not too spicy, The salad had a lovely fresh light dressing & had sweetcorn, baby toms, red onion and a mixture of leafy greens. The chips were a little over cooked but nice & chunky. Overall I would purchased this meal again (under £10). It would be nice to see more whole foods/ bean salads/ buritto / falafal style options in general across the catering industry in the future as I limit the consumption of fake meats.

Had a cream tea was a little expensive but worth it for the views

Great visitors centre, good little cafe with good food and lovely staff. When you're there, sign the petition so they don't close the visitor centre down.

Had some 🍵 tea and hot chocolate. Nice arrangements for the teapot. We got a whole pot so easy to share for 3 people at a time. But not a great fan of the taste to be honest. Hot chocolate was good and price was reasonable too. No tissue on the table!! Spilled tea while pouring and had a hard time wiping it out.

We had a lovely coffee and hot chocolate as we watched the snow.

Lovely coffee, delicious cakes and friendly, attentive staff. Stocked up with crisps and drinks for the hiking too!

Fabulous food lovely staff at been a few time love the coffee

Nice cafe to visit after a hike

Very spacious well lit cafe . Welcoming and helpful staff who were great with independent little ones ordering their food . All good and drinks great !!! Attached to shop and museum too Will be returning (Make sure you have change for the public car park as no card machine on meter and No signal for online pay )

Good value coffee shop with tasty snacks and coffees etc. Situated within the visitor centre next to the carpark. Toilets inside and walk through to the visitor centre

Walked away. They were serving drinks in paper cups and on paper plates for people eating in

Great to sit in for a warm in the winter month's.

A pretty basic cafe with an adequate service.........but lacking any character or a friendly smile - so OK, just

Every time I go out on the bike with my little boy we stop at the café to have a brew and a home made Brownie. The food is really nice and the staff are very helpful and friendly. Definitely worth a visit

Really nice place to have a coffee and and a slice of cake (or whatever your preference is) after a long hike. Nice staff too. They do breakfasts, lunches, sandwiches, cakes and plenty of other things. Sit in or out and its adjacent to the car park. There is wheelchair access too.

Always call in here for a cup of tea and a gluten free bacon sandwich when visiting Castleton on my motorcycle, my daughter had a hot chocolate and I'd recommend calling in if you're in the area .

Next to the visitor centre, reasonably priced, very good coffee, cakes were lovely. Staff very helpful and friendly too. We will definitely return.

Popped in here today, nice coffee and cakes. Not cheap, but nothing is these days (bloody Putin’s fault) but plenty of tables inside and out….

Not cheap, but good food and fair portions.

Situated at the main car park for Castleton (along with the Visitor Centre and toilets) the cafe is very convenient. The service was ... efficient. The food (we had a selection of cakes) was really lovely. Coffee and milkshakes also excellent.

Spacious, pleasant and clean cafe with very friendly staff. Linked to the Peak District Visitor Centre.

a very delightful cafe very freindly , prices not to bad food was delicious fresh & filling could not fault it decore was great tells u about the area .

We’ve been to this cafe a couple of times now, always tying it in with a visit to the ‘visitor centre’ which essentially is a glorified gift shop. The cafe is nice, spacious (not toilets - these are in the outside public toilet block which I don’t like!). It does have baby changing facilities though. Note the opening hours are 09:30-16:00 which, when you arrive at 15:30 makes getting an order in & eating a tight turnaround! We had cake and also had ordered a bowl of chips - these took a long time and very much tasted like frozen chips just deep fried. Not very tasty. Cake and coffee were lovely though. Service was ok. No free wifi.

Stopped off here on a walk from Hope along the great ridge. Friendly welcome, good atmosphere and some nice displays of local interest and history. We had some excellent coffee and nice homemade cake, and were served by a very professional young server. The main meal offer also looked good and very reasonably priced. Would recommend as a stop off for refreshments.

Stopped off here for lunch after visiting Peak Cavern. Food was reasonably priced and came really quickly, atmosphere was nice and welcoming and the information on the walls was an interesting read while we waited for food. The kids selection was great and as a bonus they even offer free drinks and ice cream with every kids meal (at time of writing during summer holidays), which went down a treat! Would definitely stop by again when in the area.

Clean, comfortable with good food and coffee at sensible prices and very nice staff. Sit inside, outside or takeaway. Also has very clean, accessible toilet provision. It adjoins the Visitor Centre which is pleasant and welcoming, also worth a look.

Only had a coffee. it was lovely. And good service

Stopped for a hot chocolate and sausage bap after a trail run. Very nice facilities and the refreshments were lovely.

Lovely atmosphere, very helpful staff, beautiful, tasty food. Very clean. Lovely decor.

Beautiful, tasty food, lovely atmosphere, very clean, attentive staff.

Lush food and lovely staff. Nice clean cafe. No complaints at all

Breakfast was awful would not recommend to anyone will not be going back to this place

It's a shame that Castleton Visitor Centre have reduced, what was a very good small museum, to little more than a couple of display cases. However, the coffee shop which has filled much of the space where the museum used to be, is at least a good one, with enough space to accomodate a good number of people. The lady who served me was pleasant and friendly, and had I not recently had breakfast, I would have had something to eat with my coffee. As well as the large interior, there is also outdoor seating. A nice place to have a coffee while you admire the agricultural instruments, which were previously housed in the former museum.

Friendly staff, dogs allowed so ideal

Terrible and unfriendly staff. Rude manager.

This place as gone very expensive and hardly any parking for motorcycles any more

Good food the chips in a tray are nice. The staff are friendly and helpful. Only issue is on the summer days it can get busy so longer wait time but most places are like that in the summer months.

called on when mountain biking covered in mud let us in no prob ,nice coffee too

Friendly staff, good selection of drinks & snacks just what you need after a bit of a ramble.

After lovely walk on Thursday, went to Blueberry cafe good friendly sevice, good food

This is good cafe fare, much improved from my last reviewed visit. The meals are good quality and good value , especially for this area. As always, the staff were lovely and we really enjoyed our meal. Thank you.

Excellent. Friendly helpful staff, really nice coffee and cakes. Good value for money

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Excellent service, couldn't do enough and food was very nice

My Mum and I are local and came for lunch here again today. The food is excellent quality and delicious, the menu has a great selection and a good choice fir gluten free. I wanted to mention in particular Megan and Max as being an absolute asset to your cafe. Megan went above and beyond to help us when the cafe started to get busy as my Mum is very vulnerable to covid. Thank you again to Megan. All your staff are wonderful. See you in the New Year!!

Called in,before visit to Speedwell cavern, on a quiet Monday, drinks ok and sausage cob good, but no sauces offered at ordering or at delivery of cob. Scone not fresh , nor warmed up, no serviettes on table or with order.

Excellent value and friendly staff. They do a good salad with a choice of toppings which hit the spot perfectly (we didn't want a heavy pub lunch). Very impressed

Milkshakes are terrible. Worst I've ever had. Coffee is good.

Berry nice cafe , indoor & outdoor seating , good menu with decent prices and cracking coffee. Staff were nice and outdoor area pretty clean & tidy. Well worth calling if you're parking in the adjacent public carpark.

Great choice of veggie and vegan food.

Spotlessly clean. Excellent food at competitive prices served by friendly staff. Co-Vid rules followed to the letter. Toilet facilities first class and very clean. Well done !!

Tasty and large portions, charming helpful staff, quick efficient service. Good value for a quick lunch.

Called here yesterday after a long walk. Nice friendly staff and even better coffee and cake.