Butler's Tea Room & Bistro in Doncaster

Good food, good variety on the Menu. Staff are welcoming, professional and friendly. Love Butler's

Food was lovely along with the cakes. Warned us that food might be a little longer which was no problem at all. It actually came out earlier than we thought and was really nice. Good location and nice inside. The younger staff were lovely but I think the older owner of the cafe was there who seemed very miserable. A few people made comments, it was like people going there was an inconvenience for her. Seemed to put the younger staff on edge too which was a shame. But I'd deffos reccomend after having a walk around the grounds.

The owner is rude grunting at a old couple that can’t open the door that gets stuck why not get the door sorted won’t be calling again

Yet another visit this morning for an excellent Butler's full English breakfast for me, with extra sausages to share with our three doggies!. Food is unfailingly luscious and we love our walkies at this beautiful place...and afterwards the unofficial Saturday morning 'doggie club' on the field behind the house. Beautiful sunny morning too...an added bonus! Staff are unfailingly friendly, courteous and efficient, and the costs reasonable for such delicious and high quality nosh! My wife tried a sausage sarnie today...loved it!

Lovely Scones and cake and amazing coffee,the reception at first was a little cold but I think she then realised and became a bit more engaging,would definitely recommend

Served the worst ploughman's I have ever had. All the salad/veg was dry. Tiniest pork pie I have ever seen. Single slice of poor quality ham. Bread roll barely baked and looked like it was from a supermarket. Cheese was very mild with no flavour. Very disappointed and will not be coming back.

Love this place. Beautiful setting and wonderful food. The dog room is a brilliant idea. Ideally located next to Cusworth Hall.

Great cooked breakfast, cold coffee, snappy and miserable staff that served us , milk jug spilled by the person waiting on our table, no apology and he huffed and puffed like it was our fault, not good sitting with trousers milk soaked. Please note it was not the person who spilt the milk who was snappy and miserable it was the person from whom took our order inside the cafe.

Coffee is terrible, food is standard, but the setting is nice. Incompetent, argumentative staff and an owner that can't accept when something isn't quite right and can't understand simple requests. We had a laughable experience on our recent visit and I nearly didn't review, however seeing the other reviews I'm clearly not the only one who thinks they need a reality check.

This is a lovely little cafe with plenty of choice in teas which is always a plus point. Two choices for indoor seating and two choices for outdoor too depending on if you want sun or shade.

Went there today, had the best cheese and onion toastie ever, I go there often and have coffee and cake, but today went for lunch, will do so again

What a great place to eat and drink. Great baked potatoes and ploughman's and lovely coffees. Prompt efficient service.

We have been here many, many times over the past decade - usually late mornings on Saturdays - and it has always been a delightful experience. The staff are super-friendly and helpful and the food's superb...freshly cooked, excellent quality and tasty. It's also economical and dog-friendly with an indoor bit for thrm if it's raining or cold.

Very rude staff and very snobbish atmosphere not impressed at all, a local tea room I will be avoiding,

1 star more than id like to give!! Staff are rude and unhelpful. Asking people to move but clearly cannot use manners. Please wouldn't go a miss. Staff are much nicer in the courtyard where you get drinks/pizza.

We stopped off for lunch on route home to Scotland. Despite not being very busy, we were told it would be a 30 min wait for food, which we didn't mind. However, it took an hour to get our hot sandwhiches and kids meals!! The blt and panini were fine, but the kids sausage and mash included only 1 sausage, mustard mash (what kids like mustard?!) And they wouldn't add gravy. The kids beans on toast was 1 slice of bread and 2 spoons of beans - barely enough for a toddler, never for a 9 year old. My daughter asked for cheese on top and we were charged £2.75 for a small pot of cheese. Very, very over priced. The house, grounds and play park were great but the extremely slow service and over priced items would put me off returning.

Great place and dog friendly place great food and great service highly recommend this place but wish it doesn’t get really busy when I am visiting.

We visited this morning for breakfast what a rude and arrogant person the owner is with no hospitality skills and all because of a pot of tea. Yes 1 Teabag there was a miscommunication as to when we wanted the tea and her attitude was terrible. Would never visit again and definitely not reccomend . She does not deserve any custom

Tried to book an afternoon tea for family from Spain and can’t accommodate 10. Omg turning down £200. Not the best business brain

Placed an order today 17th July 2024 and the order was placed on a tray and I paid for it without any problems. Once outside I realised there was a can of fanta missing so I went in to rectify the problem. The owner was quite obnoxious about the fact she misheard my request for the can of pop and wouldn't accept any responsibility for the order being wrong. To confound the problem she kept repeating I didn't order said item so it was a really kind and a wonderful gesture when the lady behind me offered to pay for the fanta at a cost of £1.90 because I refused to buy it because as I'd already purchased my order the owner wanted me to pay the excess for using my card as my order was under £5. The lady who offered to buy my fanta came over to our table when we got outside and reiterated that indeed I had clearly asked for fanta and the owner was indeed wrong. The fact the fanta was missed was not an issue but the attitude and behavior from the owner was quite appalling and to be honest I for one will not darken her door again.

Never disappointed .beautiful food and coffees lovelyxx

When I asked for another butter please, a woman dumped on the table in front on me, margarine. I picked up her offering and took it back to the counter and asked her if I could now have another butter please. This time I got butter, but what bad customer service that she behaved in such a manner. I won't be back.

Love the 'dog house' where you can sit inside with your dog!!

Very dog friendly. In the "dog house" you can have something to eat and drink with your dog.

Lovely cosy tea rooms. Outside seating for warm summer days. Excellent food.

Always a must to visit Butlers! It’s been our family’s favourite for years, such a great historical cafe - love it, great food, lovely staff.

Nice place to visit 😊 nice castle, looks a lovely place to get married,and it as outside seating. Children can eat there too.

An absolute gem of a little cafe run by a very grumpy lady who serves on her own (not the one in the other reviews pictures). Come on Cusworth employ someone else to help her so her customer service can improve.

Pleasant cafe. I had a lovely scone and a latte. Sat outside, plenty of outdoor seating.

Lovely food and cakes. Dog friendly area. Lovely family run business

Lovely food in a lovely building

Went to Butlers Tea Room after a dog walk around Cutsworth Gardens, we sat in the dog area, waited 20 minutes to be served one person serving, making the hot drinks (even though he had to put a cup under a machine and press a button) and taking the money 💰 whilst young girls stood there waiting for something to do.

The three of us had the ham toastie which we had to wait 20 minutes and it didn't seem like a busy time. By the time it came our hot drinks were cold. The meat was wafer thin processed ham and it was burnt around the edges. The salad was just a mush of lettuce, a very small tomato and a piece of cucumber. Very disappointed.

Enjoy every visit here, fantastic care helping me with my food intolerances. Good coffee and food. Since we got our dog, we've taken advange of the 'dog house' an inside dog friendly space

If you visit Cusworth Hall you must go to the cafe for refreshment, it would be irresponsible not to. Lovely food and very pleasant staff.

We took our dogs for a walk at Cusworth and called for a coffee n scone.lovely scone with jam and clotted cream but thought £14:10 was a tad steep for an afternoon treat .

We had a nice brew in the dog area of the cafe, a lovely little place. Their cake selection is gorgeous.

Nice to sit and relax in a beautiful scenic house

Quirky cafe with rustic furniture . Good range of food , and great looking cakes. Reco.mend the pulled pork. Despite it being a very wet daytime cafe was very busy.

We ve been here several times over last few years - sometimes for lunch, sometimes just coffee and cake- this time we had Welsh Rarebit and a drink. It was really delicious - could really taste the beer, mustard and Worcestershire sauce. It was a very busy afternoon and the place isn’t enormous but managed to get seated after a short wait. Another review mentioned it was cold - yes i noticed it was when people left the door open but a young male staff member was keeping an eye out and quickly closed it whenever that happened. All in all a lovely visit and we ll definately he back again.

Very nice cafe in Cusworth Park. We often have coffee and cake there.

Very good nice meal good service

A wonderful place to finish off a nice walk around the grounds.

Great food good location value for money

Always pop in when we go to cusworth, full of character, in keeping with the surroundings, great hot chocolate with a dissarrano in it and really nice browney, what more can I say 😋

Cold! The food is fresh & nice… however when all the customers are sat in coats.. does it not suggest that people are cold! Please make it cosy! Also I think the one toilet needs a lot of TLC.. cold, old & grubby… no hot water.. especially when try to stop germs spreading..

Awful- Rude-Unprofessional Arrived with a large party incl. 2 elderly (in their 80s) and a small cavapoo. After we have settled down at their biggest table when a male staff approached us and asked us to leave as they only allow dogs next door. We politely got our things together and tried to move to next door when realised there is no space. Having made a long journey we waited in the cold for a bit more than 10min when two family move to one table to give us space seeing the elderlies are being cold. After settled in the other room, gone back to make pur drink and food order when we noticed 3 families sitting in the same place with dogs where we were preciously asked to leave. I didn’t want to make a scene so just went closer to the guy whom asked us to leave and asked him to explain his action towards us. He rudely said he cant make people sit outside if the next door room is full… i mentioned that it was also full when he asked us to leave when the owner lady started shouting at me in the most disrespectful way… i couldn’t believe to my ears… if i would have been alone i would have just left immediately but we 100% never will return.

Decorated for Christmas - even the “Dog House” adjacent to the main tea room!

Popped in for coffee and perfect scrambled eggs 😀, hubby had Butler's breakfast

Sat outside with dog nice coffee & scone

Will never use this place again even though I live on the door step . The owner is rude arrogant and less than helpful. Have had two episodes with her , have given her chance after chance . Done now .

What a wonderful experience. The building is historical with original flooring. So very English and quirky. The menu choices are fab with plenty of cakes and refreshments. The Staff are amazing, so very attentive.

Always like to pop in to Butlers when visiting Cusworth Hall, lovely fresh food and always a smiling welcome. Would be rude not to have a cup of tea and a slice of cake.

Stopped for breakfast after visiting parkrun on Saturday. Bit of a queue as it was busy, but after a little wait we managed to get a table outside. Breakfast arrived quickly, was warm and tasty.

Called for a latte when it finally got to me it was atrocious it was so strong I could not drink it I asked the male waiter for some fresh water for my dog he was very abrupt with me and he walked away he was not interested in getting any water for my dog ant it was 24 degrees I will not go there again

Refreshingly pleasant atmosphere 👌

Wonderful little cafe in the grounds of Cusworth Hall. Seating under a gazebo, within the cafe itself or in an off-shot room called “The Dog House”. ( Dog friendly) Delicious coffee and lovely Friendly service , would highly recommend a visit .

Fantastic atmosphere, unfortunately we went when it was really busy so was a 30mins wait for hot food.

absolutely gorgeous food and lovely staff, would 100% go again and would recommend for everyone. i think the prices are good for the quality and amount of food you get!!

Excellent place to eat! All the staff are very friendly and welcoming!

Lovely, friendly staff. Cosy, historic tearooms. Good range of hot and cold drinks, licensed too. Gingerbread green tea was rather nice. Reasonable menu with vegan, vegetarian and gluten free options available. Would revisit.

Provided the very,very best Birthday experience. Afternoon tea was fantastic plentiful ,dainty food,thoughtfully arranged on a tiered stand,tea served in a china pot with matching cups and saucers. An all-round excellent service in wonderful suroundings. On an extremely rainy day ,the sun shone inside Butler's Tea Room.

Enjoyed eating in the dog freindly marquee attached to the Butlers. Lovely food and service. Toilets in annex nearby. Walks about house.

Easy access to outside covered seating and part of the paladian mini mansion which is Cusworth Hall.Nearby easy parking.

First time here on a recommendation. Early Sunday afternoon. Lovely place, nice outdoor seating, but didn't eat. Big queue for food, and never moved for ages. Hope it's a one off glitch.

Very nice food. Friendly staff. Reasonable prices.

, Nice place. Good food. Not very accommodating. Their breakfast deadline is 11.45am that is when you get to the counter. Not when you join the que. So when you get to the counter after queuing for twenty minutes don't expect to get to order off the breakfast menu. Only grilled food so you will still get a sausage or bacon sandwich but forget eggs etc. If you want your water bottle filling they will ask you to come back when they are not busy. So good luck with that. Too busy on a Sunday to have good customer service. Disabled toilet does not have a functional lock on the door. There are other toilets across the courtyard. There is a kiosk selling hot drinks and pitza round the corner as an alternative Venue.

We as a cycling club visit many Cafe's around Yorkshire, this is another little gem. We'll worth a visit in my opinion.

Beautiful place, food was alright but the staff was rude and not very helpful at all.

Good portions, fresh tasty food. Slightly expensive, as are most restaurants these days.

Chocolate fudge cake & lemon meringue to die for..service a bit slow but it was bank holiday so that's probs why..highly recommended.

Really top quality food. Not cheep though, but worth it.

Been here a few times and sat in the dog house! Lovely food and the cakes are to die for. Not cheap but quality .

First time riding with my cycling club, stopped for some light refreshments at Butlers Tea Room. Lovely Staff, a really nice selection of cakes food was great, definantly be going again.

The lentil cottage pie is something else!!! Plenty of gluten free options and allergens well marked. It's very busy, don't want to be in a rush, atmosphere could be a little better if the staff would smile and be a bit more pleasant but they do look rushed off their feet and the food speaks for itself. Spent 30 pounds on Lunch, the ploughmans was very well presented. I like it, especially the tea cups and saucers. 30 pounds a lot??? It was a lovely treat and there are lots of little snacks, well worth it as it was a delightful little trip out.

Always amazing food & service. Our favourite place xx

3:50pm so ten minutes before closing time the miserable women (manager?) decided it was early closing time and refused to serve us a cup of tea. On Mother’s Day as well what an old grump. Arguing with my wife for calling her “love” in front of the entire tea restaurant just because she wanted to get home early - my feedback “the customer is always right - if you want to stay in businesses and we didn’t appreciate the miserable attitude”

Nice selection of hot and cold food Would be nice if they did a option of chips on menu . Food lovely and lovely atmosphere i

Friendly tea room dog friendly as well Bobby loves is sausage on a Sunday morning

Waited nearly 15 minutes just to be served drinks, really disappointing. The tea rooms themselves looked dirty with loads of cobwebs evident. Not nearly as clean and well presented as the previous owners 😒

All very nice but a little cold inside.

Good food and coffee. Our friends dogs are always welcome

Very dog friendly to the point got a sausage roll for him Food very good and reasonable and good selection and still serving food till the end Lovely walks all dog friendly with lots of seats to sit and rest and various walks Lovely views with lakes Plenty of car parking spaces

If you have visited Cusworth hall and gardens you must visit Butlers tea rooms for refreshments , lunch or you can book one of their afternoon teas which are lovely.Good selection of hot and cold food in beautiful surroundings .Staff friendly well worth a visit.

Absolute massive shout out to these guys . Stumbled upon this place today during a Christmas day morning walk . Didn't realise they were having a family gathering amd tried to buy coffee. Although they were closed we were given hot coffee and warm mince pies. Thankyou really nice touch on a Christmas morning . Enjoy your Christmas guys Roger Moore

I was with my family and we went for a walk around Cusworth Park. We had worked up a thirst so decided to visit Butlers Tea Room for some refreshments. We got our drinks OK and were pleased to see so many dog walkers relaxing with their pets at the restaurant. Some of the animals were quite loud when anyone came near but it was nice to enjoy all creatures great and small enjoying the facilities. The restaurant is clean and tidy and the staff were all friendly and polite.

Called in with family after a walk for a coffee and a cake. One of our party opted for the Ploughmans which was poor quality in terms of the amount on offer and taste. We had to buy a 2nd roll to bulk it out. Other food which included a toastie and scone were OK. Milkshakes were the sort you would get out of a carton and just poured into a glass @ £2.50 ea. Overall wasn't the best experience which is a shame. May stick to tea and a scone next time.

15 minutes wait to be served. Long wait for food.

Had a Mexican breakfast it was beautiful. Not something I'd pick all the time honestly great food

Superb lunch menue. Four of us had different things lasagna, veg curry, kiech and Yorkshire pud. Two desserts all finished with clean plates. Six hot drinks total price under £60 total. Will definitely go back. The house is well worth a visit, excellent front of house gentleman who gave us a great deal of information. Be aware car park is pay and display and traffic wardens do visit, saw them today.

Lovely cafe in beautiful surroundings. Seating inside and outside. Very good selection including vegetarian options. Good quality and good value. Ticks all the boxes!

This place has excellent gluten free choices. Many of the menu items were GF as standard but there was so many GF+ options too. The blueberry coconut cake was divine! Highly recommend.

Very nice previous visit was during lockdown. The food was really top class and very tasty. We shared a nice pot of tea, proper china, obviously a pre-warmed pot. Brewed just right. Friendly helpful staff good mobility toilet. Very clean.

Just stopped by for tea and cake. Although the do have quite an extensive menu. Inside and outside seating with dog area. Staff polite and friendly and tea room clean and tidy. Cake and tea excellent.

Very nice place and surrounding , it was very busy following parkrun. The breakfast was nice but the black pudding was maybe a little too gamie for my taste, it all got scoffed though. Pot of T for me whilst the good lady had coffee. Good service hot food

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service was a bit slow but they were young 🤣

Delicious food and drink. Definitely recommend however toilets need cleaning and supplies

Always fresh good food and lovely staff

Lovely setting within country park and stately home at Cusworth. Had 2 milkshakes a cookie and a slice of brownie at £10+. Cakes clearly shop brought then £3 for a milkshake that came from Aldi! Definitely not value for money!