Chapter 12 Coffee Rooms in Eden

Beautiful little cafe, very helpful staff. Lovely decor too, gentleman who served us asked if we wanted our cakes warmed which was a very nice touch to an already very delicious cake! Wish it was more local to me because I’d be in all the time.

Very helpful, friendly staff, and great coffee at reasonable prices.

Lush eggs and deeelish coffee. Utterly superb it was. Cakes and sweets all looked immense, but plan to return to try those

They make you welcome and are lovely with you

Quite wonderful food served promptly. Bob's Omelette is just great with Haggis and Black Pudding; and Stilton Mushrooms on sourdough is mushroom heaven.

Enjoyed my visit here; great scrambled eggs and black pudding, then tea in a proper pot and toffee apple cake 😋

Pleasant and spacious, first visit here and given a breakfast menu even though it was lunchtime 12 o'clock 😳 ended up with dessert instead. flat white did have lack of coffee taste but no one came to ask if everything was ok seemingly.

Greate service,food super and delicious homemade cakes 🎂 😋

Good choice of breakfasts, the eggs royale was great. Nice atmosphere and pleasant staff

OMG .. the toffee apple slab is just incredible!

One star as despite saying it was open on a Sunday from 11am, it wasn't. We drove specially here to try. Very disappointing

Cozy and nice, we loved it. You can get full English breakfast, omelette and fresh bakery.

Lovely place to eat and good service. Popped in for a coffee and ended up with soup and a sandwich. Beetroot and white bean soup, thick sourdough ham sandwich, delicious. Seemed to be very popular.

A Relaxing coffee and cake experience. Great choice of finely backed items. V-good coffee to go with. Other items on great menu. Pulled myself away with difficulty from eating cake to take attached image, gone now but not forgotten.

Stopped here for lunch and had a cheese scone and a fruit scone. Both were really fresh and delicious (and huge). My husband also had a slice of cake which was equally fresh and delicious (and huge). Lovely cafe,lovely staff. Absolutely worth a visit

In the last 2 weeks we have visited Chapter 12 four times at various times and have been served by a number of staff who have the same ethos, customer satisfaction! The food is all freshly cooked and home made, served quickly and efficiently. Portions are large, look appetising and are tasty. If in doubt have the cafe tasting menu, a wonderful treat. If we lived nearer this would be our local coffee house for sure. Thanks to everyone at Chapter 12.

Very tasty food and friendly staff

Very warm welcoming service. Scot gave an amazing service - Attentive, efficient and friendly. Most importantly want to thank him and the Management for paying for our meal in exchange for donating to our charity which my friend and I are cycling from Lands End to John O Groats for. It was for £36. Very kind. Even at the end whilst we were preparing to leave, Scot asked if we needed to fill our water bottles.

I absolutely loved it and while here I got, for the first time a haggis omlette (see pics). It was excellent and I plan to do it at home too. The atmosphere was nice but a bit dark for me taste - lights in the back side of the store were really dim. Also, it sits across a LOVELY bookstore where you could grab a book before heading here for coffee and a scone :)..

Lovely coffee and great tea cake. They prefer cash due to credit card charges just to be aware. Friendly service.

Tasty food and friendly staff. 😋

Great food and the staff are friendly

Lovely meal with friends and the food was lovely and cooked well . It was a spur of the moment visit and we’re glad we did . Will go again

Lovely cafe with good choice of cakes. We've all had the Greek grilled chicken with tzatziki and salad and we all liked it a lot. The cakes can be served as a mix of 4 smaller slices, so that you can try multiple ones. They were nice but some slightly too sweet for our liking. The coffee was decent taste, size and value. Dogs are allowed inside.

Can't recommend the toffee apple cake enough

Enjoyed a nice breakfast here, the homemade sourdough was the best I've had in a long time

Fantastic food. Tremendous service. A great place for breakfast/brunch on the way south down the M6. Highly recommend!!

Good menu, really good quality food. Don't think I'd walk past the place now.

Lovely people, quality food, generous portions and the best oat milk chai latte I have had a long while. We were dithering outside when the couple who were sat outside encouraged us in, saying how impressed they were. We were too! And we’ll definitely be back. Thank you to the whole team.

If your ever in Penrith you must visit this place. The cakes are too die for all hand made. The staff are friendly and offered us the chance to have a selection of cakes to sample. Loved the toffee apple cake. Will definitely return!!

Popped in for a coffee and the display of cakes was very enticing. Inside they had a further selection so we were spoilt for choice. The scones were fresh out of the oven and were delicious. Coffee could be a little warmer for me given I'd asked for hot milk.

Superb breakfast and excellent service. As you can see from the photo even Alan Partridge wouldn't find fault. Clean toilets. Dog friendly. Free WiFi. Superb coffee.

Arrived at lunchtime. The place was almost empty; only four other customers After politely interruptinging the conversation taking place between the two memebers of staff at the counter we were asked to take a table and a menu would be brought to us. The place was so cold that we had to keep our coats on. The lighting was very poor and the place was drab and run down. After waiting for twenty minutes, getting colder by the minute, and still no menu we decided to leave and find a more welcoming place to eat. As we passed the counter the two staff members were still heavily engaged in conversation. In fact I don't even think they noticed we were leaving. Clearly customers are an inconvenience to them

Fabulous lunch. This was our 2nd visit and wont be our last.

Always fresh food, frequently busy and pleasant service.

Great cafe with nice staff and absolutely delicious coffee and brunch!

Absolutely beautiful find this cafe was! Plenty of fresh cakes and juices, great range of hot & cold drinks, plenty of food options available. The staff are extremely welcoming, a home away from home kind of vibe. Great prices and the food we had was fantastic!

Warm cosy and very friendly cafe. We were on our way home on a Sunday and we needed a hot drink and a bite to eat, shining like a beacon we found this little gem off the main street. Although we were late on a Sunday we were made super welcome. Their freshly made sandwiches were so tasty and had really generous fillings. Whenever we are back in Penrith we will always stop by here, definitely recommend you do too! 🫶

Absolutely great!! Coffee was superb. Fab food, friendly staff, relaxed atmosphere.

always good service and great food. Nice coffee , friendly staff. worth a visit

Great find in Penrith. Excellent service and fab food. Definitely on the go-back-to list

Great breakfast,quality ingredients,

My favourite place for a coffee and a bite to eat in Penrith.

Bitterly disappointed with a visit here. I ordered an omelette with black pudding added, an experience I was looking forward too. I also ordered a coffee for myself and my son which we practically finished by the time my food arrived,my son had decided to sit this one out, on reflection,he was fortunate. The omelette eventually arrived with a small pool of uncooked egg on top,garnished with a piece of egg shell,lovely. I returned the meal and cancelled the meal altogether. What would I have done in this situation? Well apologies certainly,from a junior staff member? No.its a management issue. I would have also as a goodwill gesture,offered the drinks on the house. No I'm no freeloader, I was in business a long time and unhappy patrons very rarely return or recommend to others.

Best cakes ever & so many to choose from lovely staff xxx👍👍👍👍

Great coffee, super scones with excellent service.

Staff were friendly and service was excellent. Decent WiFi, which is needed when you visit Penrith. Ordered a full English breakfast and it was the best I have had in a while, everything cooked to perfection, good portion size and the black pudding was the best I have ever had. Always like it when there is plenty of butter for the toast - no need to ask for extra butter here. Nice pot of tea as well. Great food, great service and will definitely visit again.

Lovely cafe, nice relaxed atmosphere and wonderful food. I had haggis and poached egg on sourdough toast and it was delicious. Fast service too considering the quality of the food. Will definitely come back. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I do like to come to this place. When in Penrith, There arent many places to go, so this would be one of the best spots for coffee or food. My fav meal is BBQ pulled pork & cheese. Only upsetting thing is that the waiting staff is quite slow, anytime we come we have to wait really long time to order.

Lovely eaterie delicious cake and coffee.

Absolutely amazing place with fantastic coffees, very friendly staff and really good food and music. We had soup with massive and delicious sandwiches and the Haggis on sourdough toast with poached eggs. Everything was perfect and very good value!

Didnt stop as they didnt have anything left at 12:30!!!

Unique café with amazing scones and cakes.

Great spot for coffee and cake. Table service and helpful staff. They can cater for gluten free, However, we cancelled our GF order as we had some concerns about cross contamination. That being said the non GF cake was delicious.

Called in here on way home from weekend break. Staff were lovely, very friendly. Food was really good, had a bit of a wait, but acceptable as it's freshly made and comes to table piping hot, on hot plates, just the way I love it. Tea was served in a teapot with a beautiful china cup and saucer. We also brought home their lovely scones. Wish we stayed closer, we'd never be away from place.

Delicious English Breakfast, very generous portions, must try the scones (the cheese one is amazing)

Stopped for coffee and cake whilst visiting Penrith. Lovely coffee shop with a large selection of cakes, portion size is massive. Lovely surrounding and attentive staff. Definitely worth a visit.

Cafe in Penrith.... best breakfast ever. Chunky bacon, tasty sausages, black pudding...all amazing...we will be back

Fantastic find. Lovely friendly staff. Great offerings on food and beverages. Will be back next time we're in the area

Great food and pleasant staff and atmosphere

Have to admit it was a large window display of fruit scones that attracted us to try the coffee and of course a fruit scone. It was a pleasant change from one of the coffee shop chains. Friendly table service, fresh scones and a generous helping of butter and jam. Other customers tucked in to a cooked breakfast with obvious pleasure. Only problem for chapter 12 is it's location in one of Penriths many lanes off the High Street - worth a search though - you won't be disappointed.

Fantastic breakfast great staff ☺️👍

Excellent meal at a very reasonable price. However my wife phoned several times on our way down from Glasgow to book a table and the phone wasn't answered. When we got to the cafe (to check if it was open as we had arranged to meet friends) at about 12.30 pm we were told that they do not answer the phone (?????) and that meals stopped at 1pm due to shortage of staff. Lovely place but could answer the phone, uninstall it or update the website.

Nice place with good freshly served food, friendly staff well worth a visit👍😉

Excellent food and service. Nice vegetarian options.

Delicious homemade cheese scones and cakes, with smiles and great service. 5 min walk from InstaVolt charging station, welcoming, comfortable and warm stop in our journey. Thank you.

Worst place ever, someone took me to this place to eat, I didn't want to eat, they forced me to eat and I felt sick after, I tried to make excuses to leave, but the person I was with, wouldn't let me, came for a day visit, I will never visit Penrith again, horrible place. This place gives me nightmares.

Lovely food as always. I had poached eggs, salmon and hollandaise sauce on sourdough toast & a hot chocolate.

Amazing cake. Really good coffee

Had superb lunch today . highly recommend a visit.Homemade cakes and scones very moreish

First time back in a local cafe for a breakfast and can honestly say it was the best in town. Top quality ingredients properly cooked and for the price, excellent value as the full English was a good feed.Couple this up with great friendly service and you have the lot. We did wait a while for the food to arrive but we were told how long it would be and you could tell it was freshly cooked.

Visiting Penrith for the 1st time today we stumbled upon Chapter 12 Cafe and were blown away by the reception. As a party of 6 we needed a big table and even at 11:30 the cafe was very busy. A couple who had a table for 4 very kindly, seeing us waiting, offered to move to a smaller table to accommodate us. This act of kindness set the tone of the cafe from the start. We had a Pram and needed a high chair so not an indiscreet group by any means but nothing was too much trouble. The staff set about moving furniture to fit us in and make us comfortable. The service was friendly and nothing was too much trouble. The menu was extensive, too much enticing options to choose but once ordered we couldn’t have been happier when our meals arrived. All fresh and delicious. At that point our terrible 2 year old started to create! The lady who seemed to be the owner/manager was quick to reassure us that he was not bothering anyone else and everyone was welcome. She ensured we had everything we needed to keep him happy. The children didn’t finish their sandwiches but she was quick to wrap them up for us to take home. Finally we came to pay the bill which was more than reasonable for the quality and quantity of food and service we received. We are only in the area for a week but are hoping to revisit again during our stay. Thank you for such a friendly welcome x

Great service, great food and pleasant staff. The only downside is prepared food is only available until 15:00 hrs. I go as often as I can.

My husband and I popped by Chapter 12 Coffee Rooms and had an amazing breakfast. We ordered the eggs royale, full english and cherry scone - all delicious. They were all super friendly and gave some suggestions on some hikes which was lovely :) Definitely recommend.

Delicious food & friendly staff. Great veggie & vegan options too. We had the soup of the day and the lemon & blueberry cake - both delicious.

Had breakfast with a friend. Only time we’ve ever had pudding as part of a breakfast, but we couldn’t resist the cakes! All the food was terrific. The scones we took away looked better than they tasted, but to be fair they did look outstanding so they had a lot to live up to. We were there on a bank holiday for a good couple of hours and never for a minute felt hurried or rushed. We’d certainly visit again if we found ourselves breakfasting in Penrith!

Lovely cakes and service. Would recommend.

I wrote a review of this cafe about 10-11 months ago & it was fantastic unfortunately, I'm not sure what's happened since then but, it's really changed & not for the better!! staff are unhelpful, leaving you waiting, I had to ask repeatedly for menu's & cutlery, coffee is awful, waited half an hour today just for toast.... I was hoping this would be sorted out by now...but the staff are still bumbling about! this is the 4th time I've been in & have had bad service & a bad experience so I won't be returning, very disappointed!!

Fantastic cafe and coffee shop in Penrith. Great service, lovely staff and amazing food. If your in Penrith and looking for breakfast or lunch this would be an excellent choice. ///pretty.needed.chill

Always good food & drinks. Relaxed atmosphere

Delicious coffee, refreshing tea and sandwiches that will leave you feeling more than full. Prices are very reasonable and the outdoor setting is a prime people watching spot. Strongly recommended.

Dropped in for morning coffee on way home from Lakes. Service and food very good in pleasant safe atmosphere....

We stopped here for lunch especially as we've been before and really enjoyed it, and the same goes again, they have a really good menu, lots of choice, really amazing looking cakes, which we didn't get to sample (maybe next time) the food was so tasty, lovely milkshake too.

Awesome breki, food was hot fresh and tasty, good quality food, so much better than city food in comparison. Friendly staff, and you must try there cakes.

Fantastic great food lovely staff amazing cakes and scones top marks will be back!!!

Great place to have lunch, amazing hot beef ciabatta, produced by someone who knows how to slow cook beef correctly. Most flavoursome meal I ate in 10 days stay in the area. Nice to see staff wearing masks too-a gem

Delicious fresh food, cosy atmosphere and great value for money. Lovely service too :)

They had a limited menu on, but still put together veggie sausage, beans, tomatoes and local fresh bread as a vegan breakfast with no complaint. The coffee was lovely and staff were exceptionally friendly and welcoming. The cakes looked AMAZING, the home-made scones were enormous, and all the cakes looked delicious. I sat outside in the lane, amongst the hanging baskets in the sunshine. Wouldn't hesitate to go back.

Me and my husband are from London and have been in the Lake District for the past week. On our last day in the area we decided to go for a walk around the town of Penrith and bumped into this lovely cafe. The place is very cozy and has many special touches in decor which I loved. Staff was very kind and friendly and gave us lovely suggestions. Our highlight was the homemade carrot cake! Simply delicious! Definitely recommend! :)

Excellent place the black pudding is to die for.

Last breakfast with my family from South Wales - They all loved the full breakfast with homemade sourdough toast, hearty Cumberland sausages and Spiced black pudding. We have been here twice and always impressed with attentive service and quality of food - Thank-you!

Lovely coffee shop with a good cake offering. Don't be fooled by the scones in the window, they're just for show. Unfortunately by 3pm they only had one cheese scone left. The coffee and hot chocolate is really good. I recommend the tornado slice.

Very good service and humorous waitress. Cappuccino was very good and the orange scones both large and very tasty. Thank you.

Visited solo whilst I waited for an appointment, and asked if there were vegan options available. Whilst not on the menu, the lady was accommodating and explained how meals could be made vegan.I had an oat latte and a small breakfast and it was absolutely delicious, as well as very affordable. I could tell many of the people were regulars which suggests to the success of this place. Would give 5 stars if vegan options were distinct on the menu.

Cheaper 12 is outstanding with wonderful staff and fabulous food. It’s our first choice for breakfast, lunch or just coffee and cake., but especially Saturday morning breakfast! There’s nowhere better in Penrith.

Food was lovely. Service was good, although we did have to wait a while, it was worth it. I highly recommend visiting this cafe. I would definitely go back.

Absolutely exceptional in every way. A huge and varied menu, polite and courteous staff, peak cleanliness, absolutely couldn’t fault. Only trouble is we were so full after our mains that we couldn’t sample the delicious looking cakes. Maybe tomorrow ;)

We stopped here while passing through Penrith and it was wonderful. Great service, fantastic food (and generous portions) and those little extras that make you realise it's a cut above (lovely salad dressing, perfectly cooked poached eggs etc.). Would thoroughly recommend.

Beautiful coffee shop lovely lunch also

Food was brilliant, haggis and poached egg on sourdough bread was amazing. Perfect spot for lunch, will definitely recommend to friends and family.