Bryson's Tea Room & Bakery in South Lakeland

A lovely little cafe. Had quiche of the day with salad and coleslaw, very tasty indeed. Will be back.

Do yourself a favour - just go to HOMEGROUND! It’s more or less the same price for an actual high end breakfast/brunch experience. . Two pre-cooked, takeaway, breakfast sandwiches, eggs done in microwave, £15. Ate it mainly because it cost that much and for fuel on the fells, but genuinely about a 2/10 breakfast sandwich. . The cakes are extortionate. A medium Christmas cake that would be £1-£2 in the shops, £12.20. There’s billing something as high end and there’s just greed and taking the ….! . Staff friendly.

Lots of choice of cakes and they are delicious too. Service a little bit slow

pastries were very delicious and the food was substantial. most of the servers were nice although a couple were a bit dodgy with their service.

This is a genuine review: Visited this branch recently, with family looking for good sandwiches, but unfortunately, it didn’t live up to our expectations. We ordered two jacket potatoes, which were OK, good quality ingredients. Ordered a roast turkey sandwich for my daughter but it was wrapped so poorly that it fell apart and ended up in the bin. The service experienced while choosing the ingredients was disappointing. When we were served, we were met with a surprisingly loud and unfriendly tone, which felt unprofessional and made us feel uncomfortable. Regrettably, our visit was not a pleasant one, it could have been better, if at least we were treated professionally.

Totally undercooked soggy apple pie, very disappointed also minimum filling and tasted of margarine

Great Tea room. Lovely scones, with their own separate little jam and clotted cream pots. Well priced, cakes looked tasty too. Various coffees by Farrer. Good value. Service was prompt and excellent 👌. Can get busy, so be warned there is only seating for about 30 people.

Great huge handmade sandwiches to sit by the Lake and eat!

Eating facilities upstairs, service was ok, food prices expensive for the portion you got. There are is not enough room people queueing up the stairs, so they can be really busy at times

One of the best places to eat in Bowness. If your going out for the day take their freshly made sandwiches and cakes. Made with top quality produce. Upstairs enjoy the lovely seating area with good service a lovely place for people to spend some time. When your holiday is coming to end don't forget to drop by and choose some tea, coffee, fruit preserves or family sized cakes to take home. Enjoys the taste of the area after your holiday.

Once again had three days of sandwiches amd cakes from this lovely place in Bowness. Staff are wonderfully friendly and happy to help and the food is delicious. DOGS ARE NOT ALLOWED that's a big plus for me!!!! Thank you we will be back!!

The staff member was not very pleasant to an elderly Chinese lady who was hard of hearing, shouting the cost across the shop. She wasn't very pleasant overall.

Me and my wife popped in for a coffee on our walk through Windermere, and thought this place would be nice. Should’ve thought twice!! Most members of staff were lovely. However, one member (older lady), was HORRIBLE to my wife! Spoke in a really sharp and harsh tone to her which really upset her! Had a face of thunder as she was walking around too which wasn't nice to see, felt targeted because we were a young couple. If you’re going to hire staff, get someone who can COPE with the busy environments of a tea room, and NOT someone who takes out their stress on the customers! Not happy at all

Delicous breakfast. I had Salmon scrambled egg with salad and mushrooms as an alternative as no gluten free bread. But it really didnt matter as it was lovely. Husband had Continetal breakfast which was nice but would have preferred fruit with it instead of Tomatoe. Staff was attentive. Nice relaxed atmosphere.

Great place to get a sandwich. Huge choice of fillings. Nice and fresh

Lovely quiet atmosphere, great service and beautiful food , just lovely.

Went for lunch today. Was told there was a 20min wait on food finally got it over 45mins later. For a kids sandwich meal, a very small cooked breakfast and 2 pie and chips with a drink each cost over £60!!! Not worth it. Food was very basic like something out of Iceland. Not happy

Was not impressed with our visit - Daughters lunch did not arrive with the rest of ours- then when they finally arrived with it it was a white sandwich and not a brown roll ! Just gave up and ate it as would have been waiting even longer.

£9.00 for 2 Cornish Pasties and 2 large sausage rolls! Amazing value and quality products! The pastie filling tasted great with chunky vegetables and tender pieces of meat in a thick gravy, wrapped in some delicious pastry, you could live off one a day of them! Lovely sausage rolls too. And served by pleasant staff.

Cute little bakery opposite where we were staying. They do coffee but it's just from a machine. But you're not going to a bakery for the coffee are you.

beware, take away cups are not suitable for tea or coffee thats has not had milk added. the heat affects the lid and makes it very lose and the boiling will spill as in a case this morning, a lady was badly burnt, very poor action from staff to help.

Went for breakfast as always the food was delicious and the staff were very friendly. Have eaten here before and would not hesitate to come back

When served with a flapjack in the restaurant it was served in a plastic bag.

Unfortunately, I ordered fries with cheddar and they were cold. I ordered an Afternoon Tea with cake, but the cake was not fresh and has been out for how many days. Also, the employees are psychologically bad.

So cheap for such delicious food! Great lunch or sweet treat spot.

Excellent place to have lunch upstairs in the cafe. The food is reasonably priced and the atmosphere is great. The friendly greeting and helpfulness of the staff is wonderful. Well worth a visit.

Scones were microwaved and hardened as they cooled not the best Lakeland experience

Fantastic tearoom upstairs from bakery which has extensive menu offering great food at affordable prices Service was friendly ,efficient & well organised. Would definitely recommend

4 pastries for £9. They tasted excellent but were also nuclear hot!!! I left my steak slice for 20 minutes and it was still too hot to eat. Would be good to buy, go do a mini hike, then eat it! Tasted lovely though and great value.

What a lovely cafe with not only quality food but lovely friendly welcoming and nice staff. It’s not a lot to ask for but not everywhere has it. You are in my opinion the best in the lakes for all of these qualities. Had my third visit and I’ll never go anywhere else now. Thanks for consistently going above and beyond and just being good people.

Visited with my family on Sunday 30th June to a packed town centre. Brysons was our first choice of sandwich bar but was appalled at the service which we did not even get. I ordered five sandwiches to be told that they were too busy to make five sandwiches ????? I thought this was a sandwich bar ??? The couple behind were told that they were too busy to deliver sandwiches to their table ????? Whilst I’m pleased that they were busy perhaps staff need more training or lessons in good customer service

AWFUL. Ordered Jacket Potato with Salad. Started eating and then noticed a little head poking up out of the salad, it was a large red worm! Called over the waitress (who to be fair did sort of say sorry) and she took it away. Brought another potato but I was so put off I couldn't have any more than a bite of it as I felt sick to my stomach. They charged us for the meal when we left, I felt so sick that I wasn't in the mood to argue. My face however I am sure showed how unimpressed I was. No apology or anything other than a slightly unbothered sorry from the waitress. The chef didn't obviously give one.... Absolutely appalled. NEVER had such a terrible service anywhere. Stay clear. If they can't even clean the salad ewww.

Great fresh food, wonderful staff and lovely environment. Portions consummate with price - will be back for sure the next time we are in the area.

First time we’ve visited this cafe, which, on reflection, is more an add on to the bakery. The coffee was average as were the cakes. Not sure we’d rush back

Extremely Friendly staff with absolutely amazing food!! I would post some photos but we ate it before we could take photos!! 10/10 recommend!!

Nice but expensive. They need to use larger plates for the sandwiches!

Nice cafe, good bakery. But £12. 99 for a baked potatoes and 1 filling is definitely overpriced!

We both had a lovely breakfast will definitely be back staff were lovely see you again soon

Visited for lunch very impressed homemade soup with toasted cheese scone perfect, staff very polite service impeccable

Great place. Friendly staff. Food was amazing.

A bit on the pricey side for pretty average food. Jacket potato with cheese and beans £14.95! Service ok.

Nice enough, very expensive for what you're getting though.

I didn't rate this place for breakfasts, although the cakes and pastries downstairs looked top notch. The buns seems slightly toasted but ended up feeling stale not toasted. The whole thing felt rushed like the main aim was to get you to leave as soon as possible. If you purchase food in the shop downstairs you can't take it upstairs to eat. I've no objection to that but it seems to be a common mistake with two sets of people falling foul of it while I was there, perhaps better signage is needed

Ridiculous place, still waiting for the staff to realise there's customers...

Never liked pies, but I have enjoyed the steak and kidney pie so much. It was delicious. It’s a great spot for people watching.

We called in here looking for some fresh baked goods to take on our journey home. The choices weren't great. The cheese and onion pasty was nice. The lemon dip cake was quite dry and had very little taste. Seems like mass produced bakery items that would get at a chain store disappointing much better food choices in the local area.

Fine for a quick pit stop, £18 for two coffees and two cakes + kids biscuits. They don't do kids hot drinks, only serving full size cups. Felt like an inconvenience to the lady running the upstairs.

I feel really bad for leaving a subpar review but I also want to spare my fellow humans their hard earned money. The breakfast sandwiches at least are not worth the value for money. £8.95 for a sausage and bacon sandwich - two pieces of bacon and two very small sausages, there was an actual gap on the middle of the sandwich with no filling. Very disappointing. Service was quick. Playlist was very dull.

Bryson’s on the Bowness High Street is always busy. This bakery with pastries and cakes also has a sit down dining room upstairs. There are a few tables outside facing a charming shopping alley at the back. If the weather permits… it’s a good spot to watch the world go by. The pastries are good but sadly, they ran out of clotted cream for their scones!!!

Popped in for tea and a scone. Very little choice of both scones and cake, and when the cherry and coconut scone came, it was raw in the middle. Not many other cake options and other customers left as they too were after scones. Waitress was helpful and very apologetic. She checked all the other scones and they were the same. Customers who bought some of the scones out of the shop will have had a shock when they too discovered they were raw. Won't be returning.

Awful place, turned away at least 30 people while we were there bying cake as the tea room was closing, at 3pm! Then refused to let us use the toilet and the person behind the counter actually went for us! If I could give a minus score I would. Awful awful people in here

Amazingly tasty food and quick service!

Visited here today. I came in with 3 friends, looked at the menu and realised there wasn’t anything I could eat as per a disease I have - meaning I have a very strict diet. Which was no problem, as my diet is awkward, and I tend not to eat out for this reason and cook for myself at home. However the group I was with loved the menu, and rightly so.. as if I could eat here, the food looked bloody delicious with tons of options (but just not for me). I told the group to order me a hot chocolate with oat milk, and that I’d go the chippy next door as I know they chips as per my dietary requirements (gluten free, yeast free, dairy free - 0 contamination policy) with the intent of eating my chips outside with my hot choccy whilst I waited for the others! Whilst I was next door ordering my chips, one of the group text and told me they couldn’t do the hot chocolate because their machine has traces of dairy.. to come back and order another drink. I come back, with my chips still in their wrapping, untouched.. uneaten neatly away. I was about to order a new drink, when the waitress comes over within 2 seconds of me having sat down and she says I can’t eat in there - she was kind and professional. I told her I wasn’t planning to eat, just order a drink.. I’m eating outside.. I can’t eat their food as it doesn’t suit my diet as per my disease. She then went away, and came back and told me I can eat in there and she’d get me a plate, I was thankful! My group got their food and me my drink, and they began dining. Moments later my chips arrived on a plate, along with a very rude and inconsiderate chef giving me a telling off about my chips. He stood over our table with one hand on his hip the other the back of my friends chair. He told me it was unacceptable I’d came in and just ate my own food, and then stated if I’d asked beforehand it would be ok but I hadn’t so that’s a problem. (Seemed like an ego ride for him) he made all our group extremely uncomfortable and ruined our day out. I then tried to explain to him, I hadn’t just ate my food, it was a waitress who suggested I could eat there etc etc - he didn’t want to listen spoke over me, made me feel very intimidated and made me even list all I’m allergic too / can’t eat as per my disease and proceeded to shrug his shoulders at me and say the menu they had is fine and I should’ve again “checked with him first as to what I could / couldn’t consume”. I shouldn’t have to check with a chef if I can consume their food if I’ve looked at a menu and realised I cannot eat anything, and rather than make a song and dance with a chef about what I can eat.. I decide to discreetly eat elsewhere, causing no harm or issues for anyone else. My friends ate here, loved their tea and cakes. I would have loved my drink, and loved my food outside soaking up the scenic views as I’d planned I’d it wasn’t for this whole avoidable uncomfortable situation. I haven’t eaten out in over 2 years because I feel like a pain due to my diet, and I hate making a fuss over it. The last time I ate out I was given cross contaminated food which led to the miscarry of my 5 month baby. Today was the first time I felt comfortable to go out, and explore the lakes with my group and I did so in the best way I could. The chef today ruined my day and also put me off eating out again, as this is exactly the type of situations I try so hard to avoid. Next time, before telling off a customer in front of an entire restaurant, causing a scene making them feel so uncomfortable and someone you know nothing about - only assumptions, please liaise with your OWN STAFF about the situation. As if you had, you’d of got confirmation that if A. Never intended to eat my outside food in your establishment, only order a drink. B. Was directly told by a waitress I can eat inside, it was her idea not my own. I have never in my life wrote a review before, however I do so in the hopes you see this and amend your attitude next time you come across a customer fighting a disease which means her diet is restricted and cannot consume your food.

Victoria sponge and lemon dizzle cake were banging 😮‍💨

The guy called ben was pretty pleasant

Lovely cafe to stop and escape the rain. Had the soup and the toastie and both were really nice. Would go again next time we visit Windermere

Staff at Bryson’s were very good unfortunately the rest of our experience was not. The ‘large’ cappuccino I had was average at best and the scones looked and tasted like they came from the Tesco 8 til late just across the road. Also very pricey and very disappointing from a so called ‘craft bakery’

Made space for us especially as a table of 5 by putting two tables together. Lovely food and coffee. Very friendly service. Recommend!

Steak slices and sausage rolls were very nice. Served by the young orange haired lad very friendly and polite

Wonderful cakes and attentive service, didn’t me doing some painting while i was here

Very rude staff. We were stood waiting to be served when a local walked in, clearly known by the lady behind the counter who called him "Roy". Roy didn't care that he had pushed in, neither did the lady serving him as he demanded his blueberry muffin. Either she was blinded by his high vis and didn't see us, or more likely saw us as tourists and not worth her time. If I didn't have a 4 year old with his heart set on one of the cakes, I would have walked off. Never encountered such blatantly rude attitude towards customers.

Yummy local food. The staff were superb with our children and the kids cleared their plates. I very much enjoyed the rarebit special. Food was served promptly and good portion sizes. Will return

Signs said open on doors but not actually open despite being able to walk in still.

Lovely sandwiches with lots of options. Staff were very friendly and stood chatting with us.

Lovely hot chocolate and mocha today. Lovely staff and atmosphere. Would highly recommend.

Proper food; properly cooked; properly served. You will not be disappointed.

Great tearoom. There was plenty to choose from on the menu. If we hadn't already eaten I'm sure we'd have been tempted. Great milkshakes

We popped in as a party of three adults and four children for some lunch. Just after the main group had arrived, an extra grownup arrived. The man responsible for seating us appeared visibly frustrated by this, and when he came over to take the additional order a few minutes later he took out his frustrations by misgendering the additional person. This was upsetting and needlessly aggressive. Clearly for this reason we will not be back again. The atmosphere itself was nice and child-friendly, with a good amount of tolerance for the multiple small children from multiple tables who were running about. It was far more expensive that this would suggest, but in the context of this being a tourist town the value was perfectly fine. The food was perfectly fine: a little less nice than what you’d find in a supermarket cafe.

Loved this place, perfect for a snack or meal. Great staff and good food.

Great bakery and cafe. The cafe is situated upstairs and offers a good choice of drinks and freshly made food. The staff are very welcoming and friendly and the service was very quick . Would highly recommend!

I don't recommend sourdough bread.Its disgusting and they selling it old.Soup and sandwich in restaurant ok.

Nice bakery/cafe in Bowness with a great selection of cakes and meals. The seating area is on the first floor along with toilets. The service is also good and the food comes out quite quickly.

Absolutely lovely little place. Thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon tea.

Came across this lovely place while visiting Windermere with my partner. I had the Tomoto and Basil soup with was delicious then had a tuna and mayo toasted sandwich with a small bowl of salad. My partner just had a pot of tea with a plain scone with Raspberry jam clotted cream. Was very busy we were lucky to get a seat. Lots of friendly staff didn't have to wait long for food.

Excellent service, clean and the scones were delicious! Fresh and high quality food!! Definitely worth a visit!

Absolutely fantastic place. Food was delicious. Friendly staff & fast service. Highly recommended.

Very nice place, wonderful food!

Classic Lake District tearoom with a great selection of cakes and pastries to go with morning coffee or afternoon tea. Visited early in the morning and the service was efficient, returned for lunch later in the day and it was much busier, but managed to find outdoor seating with the dog. There's a good range of lunch options, and you can make up your own sandwich, choosing from a range of fillings. Prices aren't cheap but not bad for a popular tourist area. The bakery also stocks cakes and bread to take home.

We sat upstairs and ordered bacon bun and cheese scone with pot of tea. The staff were friendly, the place was clean and busy, but at the price.....over £17, we found it a bit of a rip off.

Asked for 2 Bacon & Egg Buttys a Coffe and a Tea . The little woman in there told me I would have to bare with her and was clearly flustered. I was 1 of 2 people in there , so not a good start. I knew I'd made a mistake when she opened the microwave to warm the Bacon up and God only knows how she cooked the perfectly round , dry yoked Egg as there was definitely no Frying ? After paying over £17 I was left to struggle with the door while juggling the said items as we were sat outside . The Sandwiches were rubbish and when 2 thirds down the Tea, my wife discovered the sunken tea bag which she assumed had been taken out because there was no String. Staff clearly need training in all areas including politeness. Avoid !!!

We stopped in for a quick bite to eat, had the ham, mozzarella and pesto toasties which was lovely. Full of flavour and a good portion. Staff mostly friendly to us although quite abrupt, verging on rude to other customers.

Lovely cream tea, good value, Arrived at a busy time, although would have been nice to be acknowledged while waiting to be seated. Lovely scones and fruitcake.

Website states open till 5pm here at 4:30, it's closed and obviously has been for a while!

I rang to see if they where still doing breakfasts and had they got those fantastic Viennese whirls, it just rang. To my surprise later that day my phone rang and it was Steve from Bryson's who told me that they still did breakfasts, but hadn't any Viennese whirls at that moment, he was waiting for them. Well the following morning I received a text saying there would be no breakfast as chef was ill and he didn't want my to turn up and be disappointed, how nice was that. Well if you think that's good, try their cakes. Thank you. See you in November

I have been to two branches one in Bowness and the one in Keswick. We had coffee and desserts. Coffee and walnut cake was not to our liking but the rest of the things we tried were good. It's worth a visit.

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Absolutely lovely the food was great lovely choice and the staff were great very helpful please try this cafe you will love it. ❤️

Had lunch with the family. Staff friendly and welcoming. Food okay

Small bakery ,nice atmosphere,food fresh and delicious 😋 . We had the most amazing sandwich from this lovely little bakery,Grill breakfast and amazing Moroccan spice soup. Cappuccino was so delicious 🤤 with fresh ground coffee. 5/5 .

Best cream tea ever here. Loverly tea room upstairs, staff were pleasant and well turned out. Food was amazing

Considering the prime location I think they are not selling their store as well as it could, the menu is a mess full of items, half of them they don't have and the other items which you can see downstairs are not on the menu. Could do with a digital menu which reflects what they actually have in stock.

Could be so much more. As you enter you think you're going to experience a proper tea service but unfortunately as soon as you head upstairs it's more like Faulty Towers. Sitting 5 people was nearly too much for them to contemplate, I wasn't allowed another look at the menu when my choice of cake turned out to be a pie which they still insisted was a cake, they don't appear to know the the difference between a cake, a pie and a flan and the hot chocolate my daughter ordered was just brown water, no flavour at all, clearly needed more adding. The younger staff were absolutely fine, the others could perhaps do with retraining on how to speak with customers and meet their needs. I'm still shocked at being told I couldn't take another look at the menu. It's a shame, as it has the potential to be a Betty's of Harrogate equivalent.

Was stood in the shop for a good 15 mins before I had to ask to be served. People came in and out before me, the staff didn’t even acknowledge I was in the shop as if I was just browsing when I was clearly stood waiting to be served. Normally go in here for our lunch while at work don’t think I’ll be going again. Not very nice customer service.

My wife and I both had a lunchtime sandwich one was mozzarella ham and pesto on brown cob bun which was toasted. Other sandwich was chicken with black pepper and a hint of lemon in mayonnaise on brown cob bun. Both came with a side salad and slaw. Friendly inviting atmosphere with very fast professional service.

We've made Bryson's a regular stop for lunch in Windemere after receiving consistently good service and great food. The prices are reasonable and everything is fresh and delicious. I usually get the soup and salad combo so can recommend that one! Even if you need a nice place to rest while having a brew and a muffin, this is a beautiful place with a lovely atmosphere (5 stars on the atmosphere!). We'll keep coming back!

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Very poor experience in Bryson’s. I have a nut allergy and whilst ordering it felt like it was an inconvenience to the waitress. She came across as rude and abrupt. The food itself was disappointing. The bread was rock solid and the portions tiny. Altogether the poor food quality, miserable staff and sticky tables was not a good start to the day. On the plus side downstairs were very friendly and helpful.

Lovely cafe and great friendly service

States that you close at 5pm Got there at 4.30 stopped serving and had plants blocking the doors

Lovely little cafe and the scone with clotted cream was delicious as was the pot of tea. Lady that greeted us was slightly scary barking at us that there was a 20 minute wait for food! Overall good experience.