Booths in Allerdale

We stopped in for lunch…. This place must just get by with tourists as I certainly wouldn’t be making a habit of going here as a local! On arrival there was plenty tables as it is a big space, however none of them were clean! It does seem to be self clear but no one bothers and the table we sat at had sugar crumbs all over it as well as a used tissue and an open sauce pack. Lucky I carry my handy wipes to be able to clean the table myself!! After waiting in the queue to be served which seemed like an eternity!! The couple in front were waiting on tea pots getting a run through the dishwater… this gave me time to look over the serving area… there was used jugs sat around, spilled coffee everywhere… but the food coming out did look nice. We ordered a cheese and ham toastie with fries and a baked potato with prawns and added cheese. The girl serving was in no hurry just going along at her own pace, as were the other two ladies serving. I was given a table number and went and sat down with my drink and cutlery. Sugar, salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar were available at the side with napkins, however no sauce in sight. The food arrived in reasonable time. Unfortunately the baked potato was COLD! Just what u need on a feeezing cold day. The prawns were a good amount on top of the potato and the sauce was nice. The cheese came in a cute wee flower pot and was also a good amount. Served on the side was “booths” coleslaw and a side salad consisting of lettuce and tomato… A shame the potato was so cold it was not edible but the fillings did taste lovely. The toastie on the other hand was good as were the fries! We quickly left and used the toilets on the way out which you walk through the gift shop to get to. They do have some nice gifts but I didn’t buy any. The hand drier in the bathroom is a waste of time, it comes on for 3 seconds… yes I counted… then off again and so on until you give up as the queue builds up behind you. Overall. Very commercialised, no nice service. Good ok and reasonable priced but would I go back… NO!

Attractive cafe but so untidy. Second time we have visited as the tea and snacks are good. Only disappointment is that they never seem to clear the tables - every vacant table covered in pots. Not the best welcome to the Lake District.

Watch out for car park , got fined £100 for going one minute over the 2 hours , ( was 6 by the time I actually left ) not very good instructions for the motorist especially the older generation with all this technology. Wouldn’t let me pay the £2 parking cost . Food was OK prices what you would expect to pay in a tourist area . Super market stock good food pity about the fine , put me off going there again 😂

The cafe food tastes good but what a strange complicated system when ordering, nothing is clear, the menu is not in eye line and there are no sandwiches or salads premade so everything takes ages to arrive, the soup used to be available instantly on the front counter but now needs to be brought from the kitchen with dry heavy bread and no butter provided. No clear instructions with lots of staff loitering near the till but not actually being proactive, coffees are decent but the whole queue is held up waiting for them to make a cuppa, the queue backs up incredibly fast causing frustration to customers, it's not the staff on the shop floor who are to blame but managers and owners who need to reevaluate the whole system as it is not working. We will not return until things are addressed.

Unable to access the car park, my wife hovered in the staff car park. Booths fined me £100! No clear signage warning about this. Customer service refused to budge. You've lost a customer.

Been going to booths for years and think it’s generally a very good supermarket. Cafe is nice though service is often very slow. However new parking system is a disaster. We stayed a few minutes over the hour, I was aware so went to machine to pay for the second hour. As apparently a few minutes grace are granted over the hour the machine told me no charge was due when I inputted our reg. I therefore left within a couple of minutes. I then received a £50 ticket which I challenged and was told that their machines retain no data (apparently 🤨) so they can’t check whether I am telling the truth about the message I got on the machine. I also challenged them on the basic fairness in that if the machines are programmed to allow up to 1hr 8minutes but will then issue a fine at 1hr 10 minutes, how is it fair to hand out tickets for not clearing the car park in 2 minutes, what about elderly, people parked at the other side, people with children. To claim no charge at 1hr 8 and £50 at 1hr 10 is basically robbery and booths brand will go down accordingly if they allow a third party to do this to loyal customers.

This was a great supermarket but parking is a joke now, popped in for some shopping came out put my details in machine and it said no charge took 15 mins to get out of car park as it was gridlock (Saturday afternoon) week later get a £100 fine for been 12 minutes over through no fault of mine been going here for 10 years Don’t fall for this scam like me park at pencil museum and go to the cooperative as I now intend to in the future

Terrible car park management system at Boothes in Keswick. I understand how the system works with the first hour being free, but a £2 charge for time over that. When I left the store I fully expected to pay as I had gone over the first hour by 11 minutes, so I entered my car details and the system showed me my car with the message No fee to pay. I thought this was odd but left as the system said No Fee. A week later their parking management company sent me a £100 fine reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days of the notice. Yes it took a week to be delivered. So my experience is that there is clearly a glitch in their system if you go over the time limit but check whether there is a fee payable. Take a photo of the screen every time. It is not to be trusted.

Coach parking.!!! I parking in coach bay, (in a coach) only one other coach parked here, apart from stagecoach. had lunch in store my passengers returned at 16.55 i went to pay on the app, put in my details, pressed 5 hours as it is on there app, paid £15.25. one week later i received a parking notice. I have. Appealed but told i had not adhered to parking regulation as stated on site, i am awaiting a second notice as i parked there the following week also. DO NOT USE COACH PARK.

Popped in to huy some alcohol. Needed our age verifed at self service check out. Older guy (? Australian) was very rude . Most unnecessary. He let your store down today badly.

We are frequent visitors to Keswick and always use this branch of Booths, it’s a well run store with a good range and friendly staff. I agree the car park was a problem, the current solution which sees people fined £100 if they go over 2 hours or over an hour (by just a few minutes) and don’t pay is awful. I note negative reviews where management point out it is a third party parking company. With respect it’s your brand and your reputation. There has to be a better way.

Popped in here for sandwiches for lunch. There was a nice choice from the ‘meal deal’ for £5. Which consisted of a sandwich/ wrap/ salad, two snacks and a drink.

Parking experience was a nightmare. New system has most people confused. Could not pay on exiting because system did not take my payment. Because of all the confusion there was a queue of 8 shoppers waiting to pay. Many walked away in disgust.

We are fairly regular visitors to Keswick and often “ self cater “ . It is always a pleasure to shop in Booths . The staff are always friendly , helpful and seem to actually enjoy working in the store . We also used the cafe for a takeaway breakfast and that too was up to Booths very high standards .Well done and thank you for all your efforts in these somewhat difficult times . We look forward to being able to visit Keswick ( & Booths ) as soon as when we are able to .

Lovely large store. It's a pleasure to wander around. Good facilities, toilets, etc. We always call in when we are in the area.

Así que mi esposa y yo fuimos a Lake District por unos días. Uno de los días que decidimos conducir por todo Lake District, en el camino necesitábamos tomar algunas bebidas, así que decidimos parar en Keswick Booths. Parece prudente, el lugar era bastante agradable, sin embargo, como gente morena lo encontramos muy incómodo. No vi a ninguna persona de color allí, así que supuse que tal vez estaban interesados en saber por qué estamos allí. Pero cuando decidimos entrar, el tipo de la puerta saludó a cada cliente con entusiasmo "Hola señor, déjeme limpiar ese carrito antes de usarlo / hola señora, carrito o canasta? ¿Cesta? Bueno, déjame limpiar eso por ti ”, apenas llegamos al frente, se podía ver como cambiaba su expresión facial, casi de disgusto, no recibimos el mismo trato que otros clientes, e incluso tuvo el descaro de decir "Gracias por venir" en un tono sarcástico después de que ya habíamos pasado junto a él. Mi esposa necesitaba usar el retrete, así que como esposo, la esperé, obteniendo extrañas vibraciones de ser mirado. Cuando mi esposa salió del baño, dijo: "Las mujeres del baño me miraban mal". Para las personas blancas, creo que es un lugar increíble para visitar, pero para las personas de color como yo y mi esposa definitivamente sentimos vibraciones extrañas y definitivamente no se sienten bienvenidos en absoluto. Definitivamente voy a evitar ese lugar la próxima vez.

Keswick Booths Cafe: buena comida, excelente precio y buen servicioVisitamos este café y desayunamos varias veces usando Keswick como nuestro punto focal.Teníamos desayunos estándar o huevos revueltos sobre tostadas con salchicha y tocino y una taza de té por menos de 15. 00; un gran precio. Prepáranos para el día.La comida estaba buena y caliente, hubo un poco de espera (y qué), el servicio cortés y la gestión de las reglas de distanciamiento social fue excelente, así que nos sentimos muy cómodos.He visto algunos de los comentarios negativos. Bueno, algunas personas son realmente difíciles de complacer y deberían verse a sí mismas y a sus expectativas. Es un café, destinado a brindar comida de calidad, un servicio simple, y se hará lo más rápido posible sujeto a limitaciones de capacidad, por lo que los gemidos deben ser proporcionados.Recomendar.

Visitamos los puestos para comprar comida para llevar de los estantes de la tienda. Compramos cangrejo aderezado, salmón ahumado de roble, hojuelas de salmón de roble (me complace ver que no se agregó azúcar al salmón, a diferencia de las hojuelas de salmón M&S que tienen miel y azúcar agregadas), camarones marrones. También compré tres ensaladas de la sección de comida para llevar (falafel / tabouleh y algas y poke de soja). La comida era superior a M&S y Waitrose.

Very pleased to see that Booths takeaway cafe is passing on the Covid-19 VAT reduction (VAT reduced from 20% to 5% from 15 July 2020) to its customers.

We have just had a lovely week in Keswick for Christmas. Today we had to check out of our little cottage by 10am so decided to go to Booths for a nice breakfast before our 2 hour drive back home. Myself, husband and our 3 and 4 year old girls. I waited in a queue, fairly busy but manageable for the size of the cafe. I ordered 2x sausage on toast, an avocado and bacon on toast, a breakfast and a pot of tea with some cold drinks. Adter ahout 5 minutes the guy who took my order came to the table to say they had no avocado. No problem at all I was able to just swap for sausage and bacon on toast. So we waited....and waited... from 10:30 until 11:20. I then noticed a couple getting up to leave as theyd finished their breakfast - I commented to my husband they were behind me in the queue. We then saw a tray of food coming from the kitchen and thought that must be ours, but it went to another table of 4 who had been quite a few behind me in the queue. So I went back to the guy who took my order and said excuse me do you know when our order will be ready as we only have an hour on the car pay and display. He snottily told me there was a 20 min wait. I told him we'd waited much longer than that and people behind me in the queue had had their food and left. He went to the kitchen and said it will be 2 minutes. No apology mind! The food did come in 2 minutes; but the breakfast (advertised on the menu as having 2 bacon, 2 sausage, 2 tomato halves and other bits) had only 1 sausage. I pointed this out to the (same guy) who just said theres no sausages. I asked ok so what are you going to do? We are already late being served and now am item is missing, are you refunding money or giving another of something else? He completely ignored me and went back to serving. We then watched as other orders with sausages came out. So I went to the counter and spoke to another server who brought out an extra sausage. The point is the breakfast should be what is advertised on the menu and if it isnt there should be an explanation. I asked to make a complaint about the service we have received as we had still yet to receive any form of apology. I was told to go and find a customer feed back form. Which we couldnt find anywhere. Thanks Booths you made the end of our trip a hassle and a rush. I couldnt tell you what the food tastes like as I had to rush it down to get back to the car and my poor children had to est walking back to the car and finish off in the car.

It's very sad when a company that has a winning formula changes that formula for something that fails to live up to their success of many years! My wife and I often went to Booths in Keswick and it was always a real treat. Good grub at fair prices! Alas after the last floods that that town had to suffer they changed many things. My wife and I very much looked forward to the re-opening of that branch of Booths - sadly we were both massively disappointed. The lovely Sunday lunches that we had always really enjoyed were no more! Along with the re-opening of the store the old went crashing out and the new came limping in. What was on offer was sadly not at all in the same league as the old menu & pricing. Every time we were in Keswick on a week end we always made a bee line for Booths and a Sunday lunch - sadly not anymore and when we called in a few weeks back instead of a bustling restaurant we were "met with an almost empty area. OK it was a wet November Sunday but to say it was like a morgue was putting it mildly.Come Booths get your act together and “go back to the future”

We stocked up here before staying in our log cabin nearby. We had the grandchildren with us and enjoyed letting them choose what they wanted to eat whilst away. Be warned, it's quite expensive compared to most supermarkets but was goo for a few treats.

Best quality food and groceries at good prices. Fresh fish and meat is great too. We always find good variety of GF foods too. Try the Genius fibre fest

This is a supermarket that manages to make Waitrose look cheap. It is badly managed with staff standing around, either staring into the distance or chatting to each other, while the queues at the checkouts lengthen. It is reported in the press that the company has a problem with amount of debt it is carrying. The Booth family would be doing the citizens of Keswick a favour, if they sold up and handed over to a more competent operation.

We shopped here for our self catering holdiay and then had lunch before going on to explore the town.

Entramos en la tienda de Kendal en nuestro camino a través del Distrito de los Lagos: no estábamos demasiado impresionados, no estábamos seguros de cuál era el problema. . . pero pasando por Keswick y picoteando, decidimos llamar a este. ¡Este parecía mucho más! Mucho más grande, muchos productos frescos deliciosos en exhibición, ¡olores increíbles! Compramos 2 baguettes recién hechas y algunas papas fritas del mostrador caliente, que eran para morirse! Servido por un caballero super amable. Me encantó la máquina de jugo de naranja! Definitivamente llamaremos nuevamente cuando pasemos! :)

My wife and I queued for 30 mins only to be told that our order would take another 20mins to cook and prepare. The food, when it arrived, was very good. The queue continued to grow until we left.Clearly the cafe is understaffed as this was not an isolated incident. Keswick has been busy all week and will only become busier in school half term.

Siempre nos dirigimos a Booth's en nuestro viaje anual a Keswick. Este es realmente un supermercado muy especial y único, y aunque caro, ¡creemos que vale la pena! Escuché que esta cadena está a la venta. . . Solo espero que quien compre mantenga los estándares y la originalidad de esta cadena tan especial.

Light and airy cafe with a good selection on the menu. Convenient and handy for the bus terminus. Car park charge £1 refundable against purchase.

We alighted from our bus outside here and saw the cafe and decided after an hour on the bus, a cuppa was in order. After selecting a large pot of tea for £3.00 and sitting outside to enjoy it. Good strong tea, we managed to get 4 cups out of it easily. Worth the money.

I always know I can get great choice of fresh produce at Booths. I even bought a Peter Rabbit book for my grand daughter this visit as the display was so attractive and reasonably priced. It's not the cheapest super market in Keswick but it has the best choice. The fresh fruit, veg and pastries always tempt me.

I emailed Booths in advance of our visit to Keswick, to find out if they stocked gluten free produce, unfortunately I never received a reply. As it transpires they do, but it would have been nice to know in advance. Some staff are great, but I again was expecting more, when I read their website. I asked a gentleman, who I assume was management level, if they sold buckets, and he replied no. There was no suggestions offered until I asked and he replied quite tetchy - you could try the Co-Op or some hardware shop, I turned into the next isle and low and behold - a bucket - perhaps not the friendly all singing dancing shop that it makes out to be

Everything about this supermarket is a class act, well laid out, lots of very fresh produce, huge range of cheeses and home cooked dishes.

We got off the bus in Keswick and the rain was torrential so we ran into this cafe, what a find extremely good tea and reasonably priced really friendly staff so even quite a wait in a queue to be served didn't matter.

Called at Booths after a long walk to pick up some saladines for dinner,lovely choice at reasonable prices.

We were a family of 6 - 3 of us had fish and chips, one salmon and the children had sausage and chips and macaroni cheese. Queue was long, service slow and the food took a while. Macaroni cheese and salmon were very good but the rest was awful. Oil obviously not hot enough for the chips and the portions of fish were small and over battered. We've had a great experience at Booths in Preston but definitely would not come here again!

Visited Saturday morning about 11:00 and found tables not cleared. Not good when people have to move pots from table to table. After about 20mins someone came out to clear them. Didn't even wipe the tables. Doesn't the management realise it gives a bad impression.

Right on the bus station. Fabulous shop with all sorts of delicious treats for your packed lunch before setting off on your travels.

As visitors to Cumbria from the south of England, we have in the past enjoyed shopping in Booths, regarding it as “the Waitrose of the North”. (That’s high praise by the way.) However, on our present visit, during which we have shopped at the Bowness-on-Windermere and Keswick stores, we have been somewhat disappointed.

Great supermarket wish they were more around the country The cafe was really good prices very reasonable and staff throughout the store and cafe very helpful a place not to miss on your visit to Keswick

Had the misfortune to shop at Booths in Keswick. What a pricey rip off store- everything over priced from a tin of beans to a joint of beef. Not a place for your weekly shop at these prices- plus issued with brown paper carrier bags that burst with ease- obviously not fit for purpose. If shopping here-take your credit card !!

A great supermarket . Visit the one in Media City in Manchester and this one still has an excellent cafe. Had very good coffeee and delicious cakes. The shop offers food of high standard and better variety than usual supermarkets. Friendly , helpful staff too.

If your staying near Keswick then this is the supermarket to use . Some lovely items in the bakery and fresh food department.

Decide to dine in after a long walk and picked our food for the evening meal,assorted meats ,quiches,cheeses ,saladines ,all kept for us in the cool fridge.Picked up and made our way to the cottage after having a couple of slurps in the Dog and Gun.

Delicious hot food quality products and always good choice. Used this store many times when in Keswick and always come out with tasty food for picnic or lunch Highly recommend and cafe is great too.

First time into a Booths store on Sunday at Keswick after being told the fresh kebabs were worth buying however none left so returned today Monday 25th.

I had never heard of this shop and presume it is only in this area. what a great place. Everything was immaculate. The service in every area was first class. The breakfast was excellent, both on quality and value for money

This restaurant in Booth super market has very fresh food, a good selection and an fantastic view at the bus station. Ideal for a rest or afternoon thea

Very basic food and little choice. Dreadful iced coffee. Salad fresh but basic, very little gluten free.

Visited at 1120 on o weekday for a breakfast. Queues were long and slow moving , after around 10 minutes 2 more members of staff appeared. I thought they were draughted in to help, but no - they should have been in the restaurant all the time , but dog had been left in a locked car in the car park and these 2 members of staff had been for a nosey. Once I placed my order I waited for the food to arrived, it arrived but without the toast I ordered. I had to go to the counter to chase up the missing toast.

After walking round looking for somewhere to have lunch we decided to eat here. Large clean well laid out cafe. I chose the Victorian sausage swirl with mashed potatoes broccoli carrots cauliflower and gravy. My husband had the steak and ale pie and the same vegetables. We had a large pot of tea, me a toffee crisp tray bake and my husband the lemon sponge cake. Total bill £17.82. The food was lovely and we enjoyed our lunch. Will definitely come here again.

Tuvimos un té de la tarde a un precio muy agradable en esta cafetería del supermercado. La cafetería es espaciosa, luminosa y tiene ventanas grandes, lo que significa que tiene algunas vistas del campo en la distancia. El aparcamiento es gratuito durante 2 horas. Le recomendaría que obtenga una tarjeta de Booths para bebidas con descuento.

High quality supermarket with great range of wine and beer, plus a cafe with a good range of options, pay parking until 6, plenty of prepared meals for those in self catering, excellent bakery, often offer local Jennings beer packs at very competitive prices.

Great for a coffee whilst waiting for a bus at the bus terminus - and as always with Booths good food available too, but can get very busy in season

This a large supermarket which has a large cafe attached. It is a great place to shop....on a par with waitrose....and sells all sorts of artisan products. I didnt find the prices too bad and buying food here is still a lot cheaper than eating out whilst on holiday.

Stopped for an afternoon tea break. The food was great, only downside was presumably due to time of year the sun was low in the sky so a bit too warm/bright where we were sitting (we needed to sit there as we were a big group). The baby change area was really well thought out and clean which was nice.

The shop is a tad on the expensive side with a few things but well worth a visit for that something special or different. The meats and bakery look mouthwateringly great. The wine section is expensive.

La mejor calidad y elección, no es la más barata, pero hace de Keswick un excelente lugar para las vacaciones de autoservicio, ya que se pueden comprar comidas preparadas de calidad junto con una gran selección de cervezas y vinos a un costo razonable. El cargo por estacionamiento es reembolsado, una tienda bien administrada. También una buena cafetería en el local.

Ojalá tuviéramos un stand cerca de nosotros, era mejor que Waitrose. Un poco caro pero vale la pena por la calidad. Las comidas preparadas eran de una clase propia, especialmente el pastel de bistec, de más de ocho libras, no es barato, pero ambos disfrutamos y regresamos a buscar uno para llevar a casa. Caf era agradable para encantadores pasteles y bollos.

Very poor and unprofessional service in Keswick this morning. I am a regular customer because I really like this place but today I was very disappointed for not receiving a little bit of hot milk with my coffee this was all I requested from the women who served me, her name is JO, she didn't even look at me pretending she can't hear or understand me the only thing she said was that I have cold milk by the window after coughing in my coffee. I work in customer service aswell and I expect at least a smile or a nice attitude when I am being served. She made my day and I don't understand why I did wrong because I am always very polite and friendly.

A very upmarket super market always shop there when in the lakes with my friends donny Sheri harrod and daughter casey

This is the main shop in Keswick and is typical of any large supermarket. The self-service cafe food was of a good standard but it did take a lengthy time to be served.

Booths is the waitrose of the north. It sells lots of local produce in relation to cheese and meats. Its not the cheapest supermarket but quality and service are great

Clean, good food, excellent service. A good place to relax, catch up and people watch. We always have at least a hot drink here when passing. Easy to park and central to town and other useful shops.

We just love visiting branches of Booths which we first encountered on holidays to the Lake District many years ago. If only they had branches in Scotland where we live beacuse they are certainly a notch ot two above the big supermarket chains that you find wherever you go.

Going to Booths has now become a regular fixture of our Lakes holiday. We know it’s pricey, but for the range and quality, it’s worth paying a bit more. Staff are always really friendly. And the cafe’s nice too.

Lovely treat to shop here when on holiday in Keswick, but this year due to circumstances we also popped into the cafe a couple of times.

You'd expect a supermarket in a resort town to have a limited range of very expensive groceries. This supermarket is the opposite! It has a vast selection of items, and prices are comparable to those in any London supermarket. I was dazzled! This supermarket in and of itself makes it worth it to base your Lake District stay in Keswick. Besides stocking every conceivable grocery item (the only thing I wanted but could not find was Swedish flatbread), they considerately provide toilets. Employees go out of their way to be helpful and guide you to the not-run-of-the-mill item you're looking for. The place is very conveniently located. The Keswick bus station is just outside.

Booths is the first port of call when we arrive in Keswick. The triple cooked chips are excellent upstairs in the tea rooms. We usually try a different cake a day from the bakery downstairs as well. Although I'd love to live in Keswick it's a good job we don't, we'd be enormous!

...yes they have some in Yorkshire but this is a Lancashire institution and a better cut of supermarket. Regional, artisanal, locally sourced etc etc they've been doing this for years and way before it was fashionable. They are often called the Waitrose of the North but as they wittily respond "thanks, but we think we're a little bit better than that!"

Went to another shop a few days earlier and that was a bit expensive found booths by accident

The one stop shop for food and drinks when holidaying in Keswick. Bread to die for but get there early! Great Butcher, Fishmonger, Deli counters. Lovely local fruit and veg, cakes, beers, Gin! Good value cafe also, Large Full English breakfast only £4.50. Can park but have to pay and get a refund when you shop in the store (a voucher is issued with the car park ticket)

The Waitrose of Keswick, with good (but busy) parking, level access and plenty of choice at reasonable prices.

Best supermarket brand in the country. Really good deli and some amazing food to try. The devon split bread is worth bringing home!!

The restaurant in Booths Supermarket in Keswick is very attractive and we have on several occasions enjoyed morning coffee there.On this occasion we decided to take lunch which proved to be a mistake. This is a self service restaurant so we queued up and ordered in the normal way and were told that the food would be delivered to our table. Thirty minutes later we approached a lady at the serving counter and asked what had happened to our meal. The reply "you were told it would be 20 minutes" was expressed bluntly. We responded by explaining that we had not been told it would be 20 minutes and that our time stamped receipt which we showed to the lady clearly indicated that we had been waiting 32 minutes. She said "I'll find out" and walked off. A couple of minutes later she arrived with our food which she placed in front of us and walked off without any form of comment.

At the bottom end of mainstreet turn left and walk along to where you see the busses stopping and you'll find Booths. It is a privately owned supermarket and caters for everyone from walkers, to caravaners, to tourists to day trippers. They sell alcohol and food for BBQs There is a restaurant/coffee shop as well.

Didn't use the cafe but compelled to congratulate Booths on the supermarket. This is how a supermarket experience should be. Even Waitrose doesn't get near.

Choose to get a quick coffee at this site, very friendly staff and very helpful too. They do great flapjack to go with coffee.

Great food and produce, this is an upmarket supermarket with a delicious salad bar, hot food takeaway, fresh fruit and veg and even a sit in cafe. Sounds like your average supermarket but it is so much better.

I had the leek and potato broth with an egg mayonnaise sandwich. The service was a little slow given that the cafe was not too busy. Apart from that the soup was lovely and warming on a cold day and the sandwich was delicious.I would go again.

Excellent coffee and snacks in Booths Cafe Staff very friendly and helpful Coffee made just as I like it

We use Booths for the majority of our shopping when staying in Keswick (Self catering) The store is well laid out and easy to navigate. The fresh meat and grocery produce is second to non and the beer and wines available would cover every taste.

Cafes within supermarkets are often pretty mediochre but this was a pleasant place to stop. Obviously looking at other reviews some people had a different experience but our visit was fine and we would be happy to come here again.

I've only used the cafe here at Booths for hot chocolate and tea [free for Booths Card holders] and eaten a snack to go with the drinks. The extremely generously fruited tea cakes which one can have toasted are definitely to die for!! I'd be addicted to them if they were available every time I used the cafe [when waiting for bus connections], but have had to settle for an fairly good, if somewhat dry scone and a delightful oaty biscuit 'sandwich'.

Booths is great. The choice of produce is really good and everything is fresh and well displayed. Lots of local produce at reasonable prices.

Its seems that Booths are unaware that half term will be busy! We went to this supermarket three times during our week long break each time we found it understocked with empty shelves in the fresh produce section and badly understaffed with only 2 tills on and in the morning no self service option at all due to lack of staff. Asked for assistance and a woman ( who was apparently a supervisor!) was so busy chatting to another member of staff she didn't notice we were waiting to speak to her Very disappointing indeed.

Had seen Booths on my visit to the Lake District so decided to try them out. Hugely disappointed.

Stopped off in Keswick whilst on coach tour of this part of the Lake District and had an excellent mid-day meal. The supermarket is also first class

Me and my little girl went for breakfast this morning and it was perfect and a great price! I had the sausage sandwich and my little girl had pancakes with bacon and syrup .... we normally go somewhere else but will definitely be coming here more often.

It's a supermarket café, albeit one that thinks of itself as more of a Waitrose than an Aldi! It's a supermarket café that does a reasonably priced breakfast served by a smiley staff member and on the table in ten minutes....no time wasted means more time on the hill....handy for grabbing a packed lunch afterwards too. Not spectacular but certainly better than decent!

Typical supermarket cafe. Decent value, reasonable choice and clean. Friendly staff. Plenty of selection in the shop.

Customer service in the cafe was awful, was about to get up and order food and we got kicked out for not ordering anything. Very disappointing.

Called into Booths at Keswick for lunch. Fish and chips, simply fantastic. No soggy batter, proper chip. Had to wait about 20 mins as fish cooked to order. Best fish and chips for years and only £7.50.

And I am not about to start. Amazing local produce. Exceptional quality. Food and drink you cannot get anywhere else and a lovely clean store full of welcoming staff. Did I mention the outstanding cafe with fresh local food, yummy cakes and high quality teas and coffees.

Stay in Keswick very often and used to call at the Mace store (used to be Londis) in the Main Street in Town Centre but the staff are completely ignorant so it’s a pleasure to get all of our shopping at Booths, great locally sourced food & service with a smile

Booths supermarket in Keswick is fantastic, great choice of food, wine and ready meals. Would say Waitrose of the North but I thinks it is better than the for mentioned

This is conveniently located at the bus terminus in Keswick, so it’s a good place to call in for groceries before getting the bus back to wherever we might be staying nearby – usually either in Grasmere or Ambleside, if not in Keswick itself.

Service was extremely slow and haphazard. The coffee was good as was the Pumpkin soup, but the brown bed role was dry and unappetizing. The tables had not been cleared of previous customers. The staff when they got round to clearing the tables wiped the crumbs onto the floor but did not sweep up the mess that they made nor that was already on the floor. Such a shame as the Store has a good reputation.

Called in for a quick cup of tea at the end of a long walk. Pleasant staff and average prices. Spoilt somewhat by the untidy tables around us. Would recommend as a pleasant little cafe in Keswick.

As long as Waitrose refuse to go north then Booths and similar will fill the gap nicely. We bought some snacks and ready meals and it's a great place to graze if you're looking for a picnic or a hotel room supper. I was surprised when I stumbled across it but I've made a note of it now and I'll certainly be back next time I'm in Keswick.