Borrowdale Yew Tree Farm Tea Rooms in Allerdale

Great friendly service. Delicious food. Stopped for ice cream ended up with a lamb pasty as well , delicious ! So glad call in we will be back!

Great food, friendly service and fantastic views across Borrowdale from the veranda bit of the garden. My little boy had a lovely ham sandwich and my husband and I shared a Welsh rarebit and a tuna melt panini.

Great cafe with lovely green well kept garden to rest in right on the Cumbria Way. Tea and ginger beer very nice and they filled our water bottles for us!

We’ve stayed close to this lovely tearoom on quite a few occasions over the last 30 years! We had the pleasure of more regular visits on a recent stay both to the shop (essentials, delicious cakes, teas, coffees, hot food, ice cream, Cumbrian gifts, cards and importantly take away menu) and to the tearoom where we enjoyed toasties and delicious hot chocolate. Being able to take homemade lamb pasties and lots of other goodies is so helpful when self catering and fancy a night off while supporting an established local business. Well placed if staying in the Borrowdale Valley or if you are walking the Cumbrian Way make a plan to stop. Currently open 10-5 daily Above all, you can expect a lovely warm welcome from all the team 😁

On my arrival there was a sign to show that they were closed with it being the end of the season. I should have checked their website before so wanted to highlight on here for others, they are open early February to November: open 6 days – 10am – 5pm. I will return next year :)

Stopped in here for tea and cake during a walk last week. Delicious cake, lovely garden so we sat outside. (They do have indoor seating as well). Bought some tea bread to take away and that was delicious too. They also sell Herdwick meat too, which I would have bought if I had my cool bag with me.

We stopped here for coffee after our hike, what a little gem of a place. Wish I had seen the pasties and stew everyone else is raving about, but I just saw the cake and that was that. It was the most amazing and biggest slab of carrot cake I have ever had!! OK the lady serving wasn't the friendliest person in the world, but she's probably sick of people like us tramping around on their property! We'll worth a visit.

This little gem is in a beautiful setting. We stopped for a coffee but was tempted by the home cooking. The homemade lamb pasty was fantastic, the best I've had. Made with light pastry and their own delicious lamb. Can't rate it highly enough

Really wanted to review this place, although all we had was an ice cream! After a lovely walk up Castle Crag it was just what we needed! The thunder and lightning ice cream was absolutely amazing, as were the chocolate and mint choc chip. Lovely little shop and really friendly staff.

The tea rooms are great for a short stop off. We had a lovely sausage sandwich and a nice mug of tea. The views are amazing especially as the weather was great. Great short bus journey from the centre of Keswick. I think the staff must have been having an off day as we were not even greeted with a hello, smile or offered a menu. Nice terrace outside to eat and very friendly local Robin.

Lovely spot for lunch. We had the delicious Herdwick pasties, looking out over the valley - thankfully undercover as the rain came down again! Coffee and cakes were great too. Well worth the stop.

If I could give this place 6 stars I would. The staff were extremely friendly and lovely and it is by far the best slice of cake I think I’ve ever had! Also the cheapest scoop of ice cream I’ve had in the Lake District so far which was a bonus. Coupled with the gorgeous views over the valley from the covered outdoor terrace and it’s perfect location along the Cumbria way, this really isn’t one to miss!

We called here twice for ice cream when staying in the village. A good choice of flavours and a lovely garden to sit in with picturesque views. It is a well stocked little shop.

Great coffee and flapjacks, the view was amazing (even in the rain) and outstanding service. Look forward to returning.

What a find! Kind staff who volunteered to fill water bottles before we'd even ordered and directed us to a wonderful shady spot in the garden with gorgeous views. Scrummy Lake District ice cream (Blackcurrant and cream particularly good,) and an excellent light lunch of lamb pasties and soup. Definitely worth a visit 😊

Always a friendly welcome at this no frills tea room. Visited in the past with a friend but wanted to bring my husband to try the herdwick stew, with cheese scone and mint sauce, delicious again. Great view sat in the garden and amazing ice cream for desert.

Really nice tearoom in the borrowdale valley in the village of rosthwaite Visited after a nice walk in the borrowdale valley Only coffee and a cake as had eat but it was nice and in the past had the herd wick pasties and herdwick stew which are great It’s as fresh as it gets as they use their own flock of sheep and you can buy fresh meat to take with you

Stopped by for some lunch after reading good reviews, and we weren't disappointed. Great homemade soup and a fantastic cheese scone at a very fair price. It was delicious, definitely recommended! Such lovely friendly welcome too.

Stopped off for lunch today (our second visit) once again gorgeous home cooked food, excellent value, friendly staff and fabulous views - one of the best lunch stops in Cumbria definitely recommend planing a walk around this pit stop. The homemade pasties and cakes great,...

Visited the tearoom for scone, cake and coffee. Food homemade and very tasty. It was lovely. Sat outside in the undercover area - perfect views. Staff were lovely

My friend and I stopped in during a rainy afternoon, lured in by the aroma of the soup and pasties being made. We enjoyed tea out on the back terrace and bought lamb pasties for supper. The items for sale, especially those in the chiller,...

Visited this tea room after a 2 hour stroll with the dog. We had one of the home made Herdwick pasty’s - beautiful. Best pasty I’ve ever had. A good strong northern tea and fantastic views. What more could you ask for?

Stopped off with stepson for a coffee & cake... We sat on the covered terrace at the back... perfect views of glorious Borrowdale! So peaceful. The coffee & walnut cake was delicious! Good cup of coffee too. The locally raised & butchered lamb joints offered...

Gorgeous setting and lovely food. I had the Herdwick pastie delicious. Toasted crumpets for tiny tots and a massive sandwich for my wife .

Called in for a pre-walk breakfast bap - Cumberland sausage. Excellent mug of tea. Just what we needed on a grey, windy day. Very welcoming. We sat outside under the covered terrace, with a view north towards Derwent water, while watching Herwick sheep and lambs...

What a delightful place. Stopped for coffee and a tea cake. Staff were very friendly and helpful the food and coffee great and the vista amazing. It was a beautiful day but the outside tables are very well placed and almost private. It was also...

Had a delightful stop for tea and cake in this idyllic corner of the Lake District. The sun was shining and we sat and watched the sheep! The staff were friendly and helpful. The portions were generous and the cakes were tasty. Thank you! We...

Can't say much about the food as we "only" had gorgeous home made ice cream but we will certainly be back one day to sample more of the menu.

We visited the Flock in Cafe after my wife fell and bashed her head on a slippery rock. They provided us with huge mugs of tea, some excellent cake, ice for the black eye (from a neighbour) advice about buses to the car park and...

Had read reviews about their lamb pasties so after a walk we went there at 2pm to be told no pasties left , only frozen ones which they never offered to cook. Bit disappointing as it was only 2pm. We had the homemade soup which...

Visited after reading reviews about this tearoom. What a disappointment as our experience was nothing like people had described in reviews or in photos. The scones were dry, but they are generating SO much waste as everything was being was served as takeaway; tea in...

If you’re in the area you must call in here. The food is WONDERFUL. Dave (the chef) makes fabulous food and he could set up a scone baking company. I’ve never tasted cheese scones like them. We were here for a week and I think...

We were very distressed to see a duck in the field next to the garden attacking a smaller weaker duck. Very vicious and prolonged aggression. I went into cafe to advise what was happening but female behind counter who owned the ducks was not interested....