bridge cottage cafe in Purbeck

Great broccoli soup and scone and hot chocolate ❤️ my husband had a hot sandwich he loved as well - highly recommend in the MC 500 Scotland

Lovely friendly café which welcomes locals and visitors. Unlike some others in the area, it will be staying open Thursday to Sunday throughout the winter. Great for arty gifts too!

Great little cafe on the NC500. Lovely coffee and a rhubarb/apple soda that was really good! Broccoli soup was very good. Tuna mayo was good but a lot of bread versus filling. Excellent side salad. First spinach we’d seen in a week.

Brilliant coffee and cake and very prompt & friendly service with a big smile. The art work & gallery is definitely worth seeing.

a very nice little cafe with excellent date crumbbie and cappuccino. Extremely friendly and super good. I even got an offer to work there. July 20, 2024

Have known this cafe for years under various owners. Current people very pleasant indeed, however very limited range. What we had was tasty enough (savoury pastry). Would have added a cake / bake, but these are sitting on the counter uncovered with a customer table right up against it, so put us off. All in all, a pleasant enough little place, and worth a visit.

Fantastic little cafe, staff is an absolute laugh and great company, food is spot on, environment is light and pleasant and artwork is beautiful 👏 10/10

Leuk ingericht en gezellig café : alles zelfgemaakt, heel lekker, vriendelijke bediening ! De art gallery met de eigen werken is ook tof ! Een aanrader !

Great selection of food and drinks, including vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options. Coupled with an art gallery that displays a collection of local artists work.

A friendly and warm welcome from the owners. Great tasty soup and bread lunch. Proper coffee too! Artwork displayed upstairs (all by the owners) is impressive.

Really good coffee and lovely cake, smashing bacon roll for a late breakfast. Not had lunch here yet but that looks good too! Friendly welcome and there is an art theme with work by the owners on display - we got some lovely greetings cards. A real asset to the area.

Lovely cafe run by a super friendly family. The food and drinks are fabulous. Best hot chocolate we’ve ever had. Nelly the dog loved her little treats. A must visit if you pass through Poolewe. 😊

We popped in the Bridge Cottage Art Café after a wintery but beautiful walk along River Ewe and we felt it was the right choice the moment we walked through the door. The cakes (date slice and carrot cake) were absolutely delicious and the lattes the best we had for a long time. The decoration was absolutely lovely (thanks to Ailsa for the mural) and the music very soothing. The fact that the café combines with an art gallery was an absolute treat. We definitely recommend venturing upstairs to browse the beautiful photos, paintings, textiles, mugs and notepads (all inspired by nature and the creation of the owners: Jennifer, Ailsa and Ian). And last but not least, thanks ever so much to Ailsa and Ian for giving us such a warm welcome. We wish you the very best in your new adventure in beautiful Wester Ross!

Had a Fantastic lunch today at the cozy Bridge Street cafe,Iains Lentil soup was amazing along with homemade sourdough bread,Also my husband had the local bacon and free-range egg roll what a brilliant atmosphere and lovely Home baking from Jennifer & Alisa a Brilliant wee spot in the lovely village of poolewe . The Art Gallery up the stairs in the cafe is a must full of stunning pieces.

Fantastic place. We struggled to find anywhere open on New Year's Eve whilst driving the NC500. What an amazing warm welcome this cafe offers. The food is just beautiful and the coffees amazing. Beautiful little art gallery upstairs and the toilets so clean. Best cafe we visited on our route NC500!!!!

Great cozy little place with locals and some visitors. They're expanding their menu a bit, but the coffees are delicious, and cakes and scones and other goods are wonderful, baked in house by the owners' daughter, a gorgeous Scottish redhead, the vivacious Ilsa (sp?) who makes everyone feel at home!

Great food, great coffee, lovely warm and friendly atmosphere. Come every Saturday for lunch. Cannot recommend it highly enough.

Delighted to report that the Bridge Cottage Art Cafe has re-opened under new management. Now run by Ailsa, Jennifer and Ian, we popped in on it's first day - excellent coffee, a date slice and GF Apple and Almond cake to die for. The cakes are home-baked by Ailsa, and all looked amazing, Ian's tatty soup smelt delicious too, although we were too early in the day to try it. We will be back!!

Surprised to read some of the bad reviews here. We found this little gem on our NC 500 travels. Had the steak and ale pie and it was delicious. One of the best pies we’ve tasted. Wish we lived nearer so we could go regularly. The owner works so hard making all the pies and cakes herself. Definitely worth a stop by if you are in the area.

Delicious pies, fresh baked, and the most amazing cakes and tray bakes. Selection varies, but we enjoyed the Burns Pie (haggis, neeps and tarries) and the Hommity Pie. We had to have cakes, so enjoyed the peach Melba and a cinnamon knot. So good that we had to also have some fresh passion fruit custard cake before we left. Lovely lady to chat to. Free parking opposite. Note that it is a takeaway, but does have a few tables to sit in, and clean public toilets (maintained by the village) opposite.

What a lovely friendly stop, sat inside and had a bacon,Brie and chutney pieinnis, absolutely delicious. Highly recommend stopping here, don’t listen to other reviews… try for yourselves you won’t be disappointed

Unfortunately I have to agree with the last few reviews on here. Food was terrible and basically inedible. Maybe that's why it's take away so you are far enough away when you realise how awful it is! Pies burnt and tasteless unless you like the flavour of charcoal! Also quite expensive for what they were! I definitely would not return

Awful. We visited this cafe regularly when in the area but hadn’t been since it was in new ownership. Poor menu, pies were inedible and even the hot chocolate was foul. Steak and ale pie was burnt and dried up. Goats cheese and beetroot pie was disgusting, leaving a greasy film in my mouth and a horrible taste. All our food and drink went straight in the bin. I would never go there again!

We have thoroughly enjoyed visiting this cafe in the past but were disappointed on our recent visit. When we last came it was just opening up and selling pies but we hoped the menu would have expanded by now to include sandwiches (which the menu said may be available but they weren't), salads etc. We didn't enjoy the pies we had but to fair that may have been personal taste. A lot of the reviews on trip Adviser date from when this place was run by others and had very different menus. So, if you like small warm pies, this may be for you but we shall not be rushing back.

Visited here with family as have been in the past. It seems to be run by a lady now. When we arrived she was very rude and not welcoming at all. We ordered food and drinks. The pie we ordered was inedible! Burnt on the bottom and very bland filling. Such a shame as this was a lovely little cafe in the past. Hopefully we just caught her on a bad day and things are usually better.

This tiny cafe with home made everything gets my vote. The pies are fantastic, especially the steak and ale. The choice of sweat treats is small but enough, I recommend the cherry custard tart. The owner is lovely, really wants people to appreciate her cooking. Good things come in small bundles. This is one.

Lovely cafe with menu based on freshly handmade sourdough. The teacake that I had was absolutely beautiful, full of fruit (see photo) and served with cream and jam. We had a cappuccino and a hot chocolate, both excellent quality. We sat outside on the chairs provided and enjoyed the fresh air but the cafe inside was homely and the service friendly. Will definitely visit again for something more substantial from the lunch menu.

We have been here many times and seen changes over the years but always enjoy it and this time our visits were just as enjoyable. Lunch was superb - delicious sandwiches served with salad and chips. On another recent visit we had coffee and cakes in the morning and also tried the smashed avocado on toast which is the best version of this I have ever had. Well done to the great staff here. Look forward to returning!

Lovely place for lunch/ elevenses in the NC500 route We had delicious sourdough tea cakes and hot chocolate - yummy Would recommend

Sehr liebevolle Zubereitung und Bedienung der hervorragenden Speisen. Wir hatten das Pulled Pork Sandwich und Scones mit Tee (London Fog...

Tomato and basil soup with chunks of sour dough bread. We had visited the Artic Convoy Museum and stumbled on this little gem.

We arrived mid morning and found the owner very friendly and helpful. We ordered scrambled and poached eggs which tasted delicious. After our arrival it became much busier. And at one stage no tables were available inside. The young girl serving appeared quite stressed at...

Really nice little cafe with yummy homemade breads, soups, cakes and more. They have a big selection of teas and other drinks. They were only doing soup when we went due to staff shortages, but that's not thier fault and the staff shortages thing was...

Lovely lunch in a cosy cafe. We enjoyed sandwiches with home made chips and the soup, I can recommend the pulled pork sandwich. Coffee was also excellent. Service was friendly.

The new owners have turned this cafe back into a great stopping point with excellent, high quality baked goods and imaginative hot drinks. In addition to the home baked sourdough used in the menus, they also sell their bread, which is utterly heavenly and very...

We had a delicious lunch in this welcoming little cafe. Home baked bread for fresh and tasty sandwiches. Excellent coffee and a range of teas. The cakes looked amazing but we were too full to try any.

This is a tiny place, and was full when we arrived, but we were told a table would come free in five minutes, so we popped back outside and entertained ourselves by reading the information boards about the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War....

We stayed in Poolewe and finally timed our activities right to grab some food from the Bridge Cottage Cafe on our last day. We're so glad we did! A large party arrived just before us, so we opted for takeaway. We got two vegan sandwiches...

Those of you travelling the north coast will definitely want to stop by Poolewe. There is a terrific beach (Firemore beach) and also this fantastic cafe. We went in early March. And for those of you doing the n500, a lot is closed at this...

A great find on our travels in the area - excellent soup and scrambled egg on their home made sourdough bread. And the coffee and cakes were delicious too.

What a lovely wee find on a dreich day on the NC500! Owner welcoming to his quirky cafe filled to the brim with tasty delicacies. We had the sourdough toast with avocado and chilli flakes and a slice of the GF Cherry Twist with a...

Delighted to have found this excellent wee cafe on my trip around the North Coast 500. Was looking for a special place to take my touring clients for lunch on our travels. And I found it! Home made soup and sandwich (bread home made too)...

Wow! What a great wee place.  A huge bowl of home made tomato and basil soup  with home made sourdough and butter each, followed by enormous sourdough sandwiches and delicious coffee and all for £20!

We stopped here for lunch on our way round the NC500. Plenty of choice for drinks with Vegan choices. Also lovely sandwiches and Great cakes (especially the Lemon one) with vegetarian and Vegan choices.

Great coffee, great food, great staff. The downside is that it is very small, inside there are maybe 4 tables with two or three outside. The plus is the coffee cake and food. We were only going to have lunch (/excellent poached egg ), but...

Great little spot. Good amount of parking close by, even for a larger motorhome. Plenty of coffee and tea choices. The Russian Caravan tea is well worth a try. Plenty of great cakes. Fresh bread but when it's gone it's gone. Friendly staff. Not a...

Stopped here late in afternoon with friends and received a really warm welcome. Homemade soup was delicious with lovely bread. Really great little place

Wonderful cafe - the coffee was lovely and the cakes were realllyyy tasty. Could have had more…! Great find in a small village!

We hve been visiting Wester Ross for over 25 years and always make a trip to Inverewe Gardens. On occasion we have vistied the Bridge Cottage Cafe in Poolewe and always found it very pleasant. This year Inverewe was only partially open and the cafe...

Simple but very tasty food all home made— soups, sourdough baguettes and sandwiches and scrumptious cakes and biscuits. A great range of teas and coffees and really welcoming staff. Highly recommended.We loved it .

Happened across this lovely cafe driving back from Mellon Udrigle beach. Enjoyed delicious Moroccan tomato & chickpea soup, Devine raspberry ripple cake and tasty coffee. Just the ticket after a wet and windy walk. Very friendly service too. Thank you.

Stumbled upon this lovely little cafe, currently operating a takeaway service due to COVID restrictions. It was lunchtime, we were hungry and their display enticed us in. We weren't disappointed, delicious soup and sandwich followed by scrummy cake. If you anyway near I highly recommend...

Great little cafe currently operating as a takeaway due to the Covid restrictions. Genuinely friendly welcome,very tasty cake from a wide selection and excellent coffee. Lovely spot, great people, good cake

It was such a delight to receive such welcoming service - as a tourist in COVID times you do sometimes wonder if business owners want you there at all! The staff at Bridge cottage cafe have it just right , so welcoming and helpful with...

We had a delicious (vegetarian) takeaway lunch from Bridge Cottage Cafe! The sourdough brie and honey roasted veg baguette hit the spot and the people were really friendly. Thank you!!

Due to Covid it is only take way. None the less, great wee place to get lunch and coffee/tea. Thank you.

We had a great stop on the way to Inverewe Gardens. The cafe was fully compliant with Covid-19 precautions and the food was amazing! Vegan chocolate, blueberry and coffee cake. Friendly staff, great quality and reasonable price. Don't miss this

My wife and I both had the brie and roasted vegetables baguette which was phenomenal. We also both had a slice of cake each, which were delicious. The next time we are in the area we will definitely go back. Don't eat anywhere else!

We have been here many times in the past but this was our first visit in covid times and the first visit with the new owners. It is now take-away only with a limited menu of cakes and baguettes but all food looks absolutely delicious...

We stopped by for fresh baked bread & cookies and the bread is the best but then the cookies were superb too!

Stopped off had a sandwich and cookies. My husband said they was the best cookies he has tasted and I agree

Stopped by for a takeaway lunch - home cooked sourdough baguettes and cake with coffee - delicious. Excellent service. Thank you

Walked into Poolewe from the local campsite and stopped for a quick coffee. Excellent service and lovely chat with the Spanish couple that own the Cafe. We didn’t eat here as we had already had lunch but the menu looked delicious

Fabulous coffee shop in the centre of Poolewe. Homemade bread rolls for the filled rolls served with salad and chips. The chips are excellent. Great hot chocolate as well. Friendly staff.

Wonderful homemade soup, fritatta, and cake, all presented beautifully. Fast service with a smile. If they managed to put a table outside it would expand their numbers but maybe the council doesn't allow it, either that or the midges !

We only nipped in for a quick coffee but the cafe seemed very nice and the service was good. I had a piece of lemon drizzle cake which was light , moist and full flavoured. Really nice cake.

A small cafe run by a talented Spanish couple. Which meant the Tortilla was great, as were the scrambled eggs and smoked salmon. The home made bread was excellent so I’d guess the sandwiches would be good too. Superb home made cakes light and not...

Looking for somewhere for morning coffee and remembered recommendation in the cottage we were staying in. Very good cakes including flour free Spanish one for 2 of our group. All presented very nicely with cream and coulis. Coffee was good but hot chocolate was exceptional.

we visited the cafe on a recent holiday to durnamuck, we popped up to Poolewe and stumbled across this cafe. Wow I had what I can describe as being the best hot chocolate I have ever had the pleasure of drinking, also had the lemon...

Had the best ever strawberry sponge cream tea. Excellent light sponge filled with strawberry cream and strawberry slices, dressed with cream and raspberry coulis, finished with a separate drizzle of fruit coulis. Coffee and tea were both first class too.

Back here after a year and we were so happy to find the place up the same excellent standards of home cooking and service. The broccoli and almond soup was so different from the standard cafe soups you often find, and the home made tortilla...

home baked bread and cakes, locally sourced salad and meats, delicious, good value, good service. What's not to like?

Cosy and intimate. Fantastic coffee and cake. Delicious home baking, beautifully and tastefully presented.

After having devoured a most fantastic lunch we were seduced by the yummy-looking cakes. I think ordering that cake was a big mistake because from now on all I'll ever be dreaming about is another slice of that deliciousness! Lovely people that run the place,...

Bei unserem Aufenthalt in Poolewe sind wir auf dieses sehr nette Café gestoßen. Wir haben dort Tee und Scones und...

This is a great wee cafe. Lunch was so very tasty. Homemade rolls for your sandwiches. We had salmon and butter and my partner had the tuna and mayo. Both come with homemade chips and salad. The rolls are large so I didn’t finish my...

8 of us on route from Kyle to Dornoch on a motorcycle tour stopped off in Poolewe for lunch. Easy to park outside and the Spanish owner was great ... rearranged tables to seat us together and very welcoming. Soup all round which was delicious....

Don't miss this wonderful spot when visiting Loch Ewe! The place is very child friendly, and the cakes and coffee are amazing!

We had a fantastic meal. Everything was fresh. The cakes are something else. Would recommend to anyone.

First time visit ..we were really impressed by the food. Small menu but the quality was very impressive . Soup so tasty , home made soup & roll. All filled rolls served with fresh salad & lovely chips Home made cake delicious .. service very...

This little cafe is just around the corner from where we stay when we visit the area- however we've never tasted their cakes. We popped in to grab a coffee today and couldn't resist the cakes on the counter. I feel like most cakes in...

A lovely lunch in a nice clean , helpful cafe. Soup was delicious and the tortillas brilliant. Small seating area but if you can get in well worth it . Food well cooked & they do carry out.wish there was seating outside .

Lunch at Bridge Cottage was my first meal in Scotland and it was such a lovely experience. Manu and Ana were so warm and welcoming and the food they made was absolutely delicious, especially the chips! Hope to be back soon, thanks guys :)

We've been visiting Poolewe and Gairloch for many years and fell on this cafe by chance in 2009 - we now make it a must-do on every visit. The quality and standard of the food is exquisite, and the coffee is fab too. The hosts...

We had some lovely dishes and drinks here. A very nice music loving Spanish couple from Pontevedra (Galicie) are doing their utmost to give the thirsty and hungry travellers a warm welcome. With a big smile of course.

I had a sandwich meal with cheddar and caramelised red onion. It was fantastic, so I went back the next day and had the tortilla which was just as good. Fresh locally grown salad, really good chips, excellent home-made bread. The cakes they make look...

We stopped here for lunch and were really impressed. The food was top notch, homemade and locally sourced and really tasty - we had the sandwich-meal that comes with homemade bread, chips and salad and it was beautiful in every way and the chips (which...

Wonderful reviews but - almost unbelievably - closed on a Saturday in May, when we visited; a wasted 200 mile round trip, in the hope of lunch.

We didn’t enjoy the cafe at Inverewe gardens and decided not to have lunch there. We were delighted to find this lovely cafe after walking into Poolewe. It was really worth the effort of the walk.

We have been back to the cafe two days in a row to sample Anna’s delicious cakes. Really accommodating- providing soya cream and almond milk lattes. Lovely atmosphere and a friendly chat too. A must visit!

My wife and I called in here whilst visiting the West Coast. We both chose Coffee ☕️ & Cake 🍰, the delicious Tarta de Santiago de Compostela. We visit this café several time a year but this was the first time under the new Spanish...

Taken for lunch today, by a very dear friend who I was visiting in the area. There were several vegetarian choices, all of which I would have been happy to eat. I chose home made baps with brie, tomato and basil. They came with lovely...

The best coffee we found on our Scotland trip. Really good. Cakes and the meals excellent and great value. It's a rare thing for a cafe to do perfect Spanish cakes, great coffees, traditional local options and killer chips.. oh my goodness the chips.. We...

Can't recommend this place enough. The food is superb, all fresh cooked on the premises using local ingredients. We had a fantastic lunch here and recommend anyone who is in the area takes time out to visit. The owners are so friendly and helpful -...

My husband and I stopped at this cafe having read previous reviews and we were not disappointed. We ordered two lattes which were deliciously creamy, we then had beautiful cheddar cheese and ham toasted rolls which came with home made chips and salad. We then...

Absolutely lovely, cosy cafe with gorgeous, genuine, quality food. We went in for lunch twice and had sandwiches both times. Everything is homemade and so delicious! You get good filling portions. Manu and Anna,the couple who run it, are wonderful people too! We had car...

Nourriture simple mais efficace. De très bons sandwichs (pas eu le temps de faire une photo tellement ça nous donnait...

Great little cafe in beautiful Poolewe. Good choice of good for all dietary requirements (including vegan) all all made served by the lovely couple who run it. Lovely welcoming atmosphere. Reasonable prices.

This cafe is a wonderful find whilst driving around Poolewe. The owners are friendly and warm, the food is utterly delicious, the cauliflower soup is the best I have ever eaten and the place is very clean and warm on a cold wet day. Homemade...

Stopped off here on our way to Gairloch and had the most amazing coffee, pot of tea and CAKE!! The Spanish owners/chefs bake and cook fresh produce gathered locally - even down to picking salad leaves from local gardens! Good luck to them and we...