Cowan Bridge Tea Room in Lancaster

What a gorgeous little tearoom, wonderful and accommodating staff, made us feel super welcome :), I love the traditional English cosy decor, super delicious homemade food! Stopped here back on the way to Yorkshire from the Lake District

Wow! What a delightful little gem this olde-worlde tea room is. A warm welcome, good service and lovely, freshly cooked, plentiful food. The meal was good value and the coffee excellent. Also of note, was the thoughtful and interesting display of giftware, ranging from home-made jams and cards to lovely pictures and cuddly toys. Well worth a visit.

Just had coffee and hot chocolate both very good

Stopped here for a coffee and cake last year. In the area again this year, made a detour for here this year on the way home, had to have a coffee and cake again!! Well worth the dtour!

Perfect breakfast, gorgeous little tea room, an old fashioned shop that is simply delightful. Will be back time and time again.

Beautiful little tea room, we had a lovely pot of English tea, a latte, and got some butter fudge. Cute place to stop over, stretch your legs and have a piece of cake. Parking outside.

Fantastic little cafe Great food lovely quiet atmosphere Will definitely visit again

Wonderful establishment , food was unreal old fashioned food , well presented,well cooked , and service was spot on friendly . What more could you ask?

Beautiful little tea room, we had a lovely pot of English tea, a latte, and got some butter fudge. Cute place to stop over, stretch your legs and have a piece of cake. Parking outside.

Like stepping back in time - in a beautiful way! We've passed this tea room several times after visiting Kirkby Stephen but today we decided to visit. It looks quite 'quirky' on the outside and we had no idea what we would find as we went in! As you enter the shop it reminds me of the village shops of the early 60s. No frills but rammed full of the stuff you need! The cafe is through the shop and that's where you step back into the 40/50s. Stone floor, dressers, mismatched floral crockery and the music!! (Before my time but very All Creatures Great and Small!) We only called for coffee and cake today although hot meals are available. The coffee was good as was the cake - and a proper sized portion. In fact my coffee cake was the best I've had in a long time! Beautifully moist and the right amount of cream! You could sell that recipe!!👍🏻 Locals were using it - always a good sign. The staff were lovely. (Well behaved) dogs were in. Small parking bay at the front but I think there was a small community carpark at the back. 5 star food hygiene (2024). Just under £16 for two coffees and two cakes (and some gorgeous mint crisps came with the bill!). What's not to love! Yes I would recommend it - providing you're not expecting The Ritz Yes I would visit again.

The weather was awful but had a lovely experience in this 😍 little tea room. Numerous cups of tea and delicious lemon cake, my husband had a ham and cheese toastie and he said this was devine, would definitely visit again, very nice owners also

The quaintest tea shop I've ever been too. Proper tea in fine china. Fancy full breakfast too. 5* just for the experience.

A lovely pot of tea and great cakes. Perfect.

Was let down at a tea room near Selside so chose this beautiful place. I had a full breakfast and my wife chose the shepherds pie. All home made with local produce. Lovely pot of tea for two also. A taste to everything on our plates. Wonderful atmosphere inside. See you again soon.

We were staying locally at New House Farm and decided to try Cowan Bridge Tearoom, and I'm glad that we did. We went through the shop into the tea room and was greeted straight away with a warm welcome and seated, we were attended to after a couple of minutes We ordered full English breakfast and tea for two. The staff were very friendly and attentive, the food was of a high quality and cooked to order and very tasty. The tearoom has a quirky vibe going on with the crockery. Very clean, very friendly and highly recommended

Used the shop - very will stocked for a small local shop and reasonably priced.

Loved everything about our visit to this little gem. The staff were super friendly, the venue was clean, quirky and nostalgic. I’ve saved the best for last, the food was fresh, really tasty and amazing value for money. I highly recommend a visit.

It is a local shop and a cafe with a good menu variety. The interior gives a cozy cottage feel and most of the items within are for sale including novel and locally produced

What a lovely find. Stopped for a quick bite and had a lovely coronation chicken sandwich and a pot of tea. The tea room is a "proper" tea room. Quaint and cosy. The people are very welcoming and you feel right at home. Places like this go the extra mile and deserve support. I'll be back when in the area, for sure.

Wow! Took my breath away, what an amazing place. Food, presentation and ambience was everything and more if that’s possible.

Stoped for a take out tea and a bacon roll it was big one good value very friendly establishment.

Absolutely amazing place. It was perfect for my retirement treat. Food service everything and more. Was brilliant would definitely recommend visiting.

Brilliant, food was great, plenty of choice, small rooms but customers very friendly, service was excellent definitely recommend

Had a lovely time here, it was a surprise retirement afternoon tea. Thankyou to all staff here. Would Certainly recommend visiting.

Sometimes you stop for a brew and find a great little place you never knew existed. Warm welcome when we arrived, lovely service and a quirky little tea room. As a proud connoisseur of English tea, I can confidently give this place a 10/10. It feels like getting a proper brew in your Gran’s house. Served in a pot, with cosy, and china tea cups. Proper sugar cubes and milk in a jug. Quintessential in every way. Food is decent and came quickly. They also have plenty of shop items and gifts etc. Parking outside. This will definitely be a regular stop on my way to the Lakes.

I love these little rooms, here you go through a kiosk in the back room to two small rooms where you can eat tea and English pastries. I was happy to use this. Very fair prices, great atmosphere. Incredibly great, for me England starts with scones, of course

Nice little tea room playing some nostalgic music from the early years of the 30s 40s 50s . Lovely atmosphere & superb service. Didn't have any food, just a lovely pot of tea.

First time visit and a step back in time. Fabulous little quirky shop and cafe. Great friendly service and old fashioned hospitality.

Very friendly little shop great bacon butties

Fantastic quirky tea room. Lovely warm welcome. Very dog friendly. Nice lunch and delicious homemade cake. Easy parking in lay by. Well stocked shop too. Highly recommended.

Stopped on route for lunch as spotted the good reviews on here. We were disappointed. Bland soup, very small portions of chips and very over priced drinks (£2.95 a can and £2.50 for a glass of squash). Could be so much better if quality bread and other ingredients used.

Only called in the adjacent shop, so I am unable to give a full proper review. Friendly welcome

Fantastic tea rooms,lovely scones with jam and clotted cream and a large teapot of good quality tea.

Passed the tea rooms many times but gone in. We decided to go in and what a revelation. Fantastic little tea room, wonderful atmosphere, great staff and lovely cakes. Our go to stop in the future for cake!

Stopped on our journey as we were dying for a cup of tea. Young couple owners were friendly and welcoming. Cakes looked lovely but we weren't hungry.

First time visit, service, food and atmosphere First class, will definitely use again when in the area, would recommend a stop here.

We had the afternoon tea, food was amazing would definitely recommend

This business serves as a local shop and newsagent, a sandwich-and-a-drink outlet, and as a good value slap-up meal venue. This is all delivered with a cheery smile and the unwavering attention that a small, independent business brings to meeting your every need. Cuddly toy? No problem. We have some here. I have been back for take away and sit down meals.

Brilliant little shop with great selection. Does coffee etc.

Tasty lunch and friendly service.

Amazing place been going here for 20 years or more

First visit. Quaint place with lots of things to buy. Enjoyed our food and a good quick service. Will call again.

As much a quirky shop as a tea room.

Popped in for a full English breakfast. Really friendly welcome and great breakfast. Really quirky coffee shop playing old fashioned tunes serving food and drinks on bone China. Fantastic display of home made jams, chutneys etc. Highly recommend

Stopped at lunch time for sandwiches and cake. We were not disappointed. Made welcome and served by friendly owner. Treated to freshly made meals. That good an experience we called again on our return three days later. If you are looking for a cosy, quaint place to stop this is a good choice.

Quaint shop and old fashioned tea room , lovely cream tea and great service .

Excellent food really friendly staff will be stopping again

Great place to stop for a sandwich, been here several times always friendly service and great food.

We called in as we had passed it a couple of times before and said we must try there for a breakfast, wow what a great meal lovely place and awesome food run by some lovely people too

We just stopped at this lovely, quaint tearoom. Service excellent, ambience took me back to times gone by. We had a full English breakfast and it was tasty, cooked beautifully and very filling. A little gem! Thank you 😊

Best place to grab a tasty breakfast bun around!

Our favourite breakfast stop en route to Scotland. A little bit odd but just the spot for a full English and a pot of tea on the road before you hit the motorway.

Lovely little oldy world village tea room. We had a full English breakfast and it was beautiful. You could tell everything was fresh and locally sourced. We also bought a jar of passionfruit curd and a jar of orange curd to take home with us. Staff are really friendly too. I would definitely recommend this place. If we are ever travelling this way again we will definitely eat here again x

Popped in by chance as we were passing, a quaint little place with lovely friendly service, freshly made food and nice surroundings. I imagine it’s often full as it’s small, would visit again.

Great little place, only small but always friendly and the cooked breakfast is honestly the best I've ever had. The menu is varied and the food is well cooked and presented

We ordered cheese (and onion) toasties and a pot of tea for 3. The toastie didn’t come with onion - we asked if this could be added. We were told this would be an extra charge! When they came - the toastie did not appear to have any cheese inside it at all ! It tasted only of the onion. The tea was very weak - it was a large pot for 3 - with only 2 tea bags in it! I had to ask for another one. It was over priced and not value for money at all! Keep driving by is my advice!

Brilliant hot cooked breakfast, everything was delicious and the place is entertaining. Shop sells all sorts of things.

Continues to be a place of wonder both to behold and experience Long May the owners reign I’m just adding bit because of the pointless rule about minimum number of character!

Quirky homely little cafe with good selection of cakes, and decent menu mainly centred around giant Yorkshire puddings with various fillings, great idea! Part of the village shop which sells everything!!! Had the scone jam & authentic clotted cream, with giant pot of tea. Worth a stop off, will try the Veggie filled Yorkshire pud next time.

Quaint and quirky tearoom. (shop). Amazing choice of menu...all homemade meals,snacks and cakes and lovely hospitality.So pleased we stopped here on route back south.Would highly recommend.

Lovely, friendly team room. We all loved it here. Very friendly welcome, delicious scones and freshly made sandwiches. Love the vintage crockery and general quirky feel to the place. Will definitely visit again when enroute to Scotland:)

After trying 3 places in Kirkby Lonsdale for a simple egg mayo sandwich which is apparently far too much to ask from a few places in Kirby Lonsdale on a lunchtime, I drove back out absolutely fed up and day ruined after driving for 2 hours. Saw this went in and saw the lovely lady had what I was after. She also said if she didn’t have it she would have made it and that says everything about her effort and how decent and kind she is. Due to certain conditions I don’t just eat anything and neither should anyone have to explain that anymore. She was the kindest, nicest and the food was unbelievably fresh, a decent size tea cake and a decent price with a proper filling. I will always go here now and I will not bother with anywhere in Kirby Lonsdale especially Lunesdale Loony Bakery where everything is far too much effort! Thank you so much for making my day a much better one.

I have travelled through Cowan Bridge numerous times in the past xxx(!) years on the A65, a major route to the Lake District from W Yorks etc, a road just not fir for purpose in the 21st C. That aside, I haven't actually stopped off in the Shop/PO/Tea Room at CB before, travelling (as I suspect most do) to Kirkby Lonsdale, a few miles further on and resplendent in it's accommodation for tourists. If you are reading this and intend to go directly to KL - stop here at the Cowan Bridge Tea Room instead for a special experience! Yes, the coffee and cakes will most likely be similar to other nearby establishments, but I doubt that many will have the same atmosphere. The Shop etc. is crammed packed with groceries, wines, knick-knacks, local interest publications, chutneys/pickles/jams/marmalades etc.etc. within a space best described as "Tardis-Sized!" I could write more, but just go there for the experience!

A fabulous old fashioned vintage tea room - just perfect. Had a sandwich and a cream tea. Served by friendliest owner. They also sell toys, sweets, jams, tea and coffee. A real find and somewhere to call in and don’t drive by on A65. Plenty of parking at the back. We will definitely be back. Thank you.

Had a cup of tea and a beautiful scone. A lovely friendly couple running the tearoom for the weekend. Tasty food and not expensive. A hidden gem if you like a good old fashioned tearoom.

We just nipped in on the off chance. The tea rooms are so charming. Tea was served with China tea sets and beautiful spoons. We only had jacket potatoes but when the gentleman said they were served with salad he meant salad (not shrivelled up...

Thought we would stop here on our way up to the Lakes due to all the good reviews. Big mistake! We had passed Country Harvest and looked forward to having lunch at Cowan Bridge. My wife is disabled and has difficulty in walking, we trudged...

After reading the reviews, my wife and I thought we stop here for afternoon tea and we are glad we did. We called about an hour before we we expecting to arrive to reserve a table and was so glad we did as ever table...

General store and cafe marvellous in every way Friendly, helpful staff in a shop that seems to sell everything Great food in the quirky cafe

Fabulous little code with all sorts of sweets & gifts, the owners are lovely & very helpful. Would highly recommend

Fantastic tea room, great service and yummy food. The English Breakfast (specially the mushrooms) and scones were to die for!! 100% recommended, we went to the Lake District for a long weekend and we had breakfast there every day.

We found this absolute gem whilst staying nearby. The owners are lovely and the food top notch. It's a tea room, general store and treasure trove of goodies to buy. If you are passing by... Definitely pay them a visit. The breakfasts are amazing... Thank...

I had recently booked afternoon tea for 6 family members and reserved a room. Due to the COVID restrictions in the North West we were unable to attend but I forgot to cancel. Cowan Bridge Tea Rooms were thoroughly decent about it and refused to...

Called at this lovely tea room on 24 Aug 2020. What an absolute delight! We both had the breakfast which was delicious. The owners were a lovely couple, the place adhered to the covid restrictions avidly which was reassuring. This is now our go to...

My friend and I visited on 29th July (apologies it’s taken me a while to review!) I am making a point of the date as this was just when lockdown had started to ease. So this was the first time I had ventured out to...

We both had a wonderful fresh salad, one Roast ham, one fresh prawn mayo. They were served beautifully and the serving staff were very polite, friendly and attentive. Top this with a hot cup of tea served with my own teapot and Bone China teacup...

Super venue, highly recommended. Very accommodating proprietors, great scones and huge selection of sweets of every variety.

Went for tea and cake with eldest sons girlfriend and we both thought they were out of this world. Staff were very attentive. Cakes were so fresh and tea served in gorgeous proper tea cups. Have the BEST supply of food in the village shop...

When you walk into the shop at Cowan Bridge a little bell above the door announces your arrival, and takes you back to.your childhood. The shop is well stocked from floor to ceiling, and every nook and cranny is bursting with traditional fare and goodies....

This is a delightful tea room. A nice big pot of tea with a lovely teacosy on it (handmade and available to buy in the shop) and china tea cups and saucers. First time had toasted teacake which was hot and the butter not cold...

Beautiful tea rooms! Only small but it's cute and cosy. The service was amazing, the 2 men who served us were lovely. 4 of us had afternoon tea, I had a scone and a cuppa and my friend had a Cornish pasty chips and gravy which she enjoyed. I definitely recommend this lush little tea rooms.

First time and it was lovely nice hidden treasure .. we will be back

Lovely tearoom, friendly staff and delicious cake!

What a lovely find, fantastic food in a quaint little house

Lovely cakes and friendly staff x

Quick friendly service. Delicious food. Lovely quaint place to stop.

We have never been to such a charming and twee tea room before. The attention to the tiniest detail from the lacey table cloths to the bone china tea service added to its charm. The cream tea was delicious and served promptly, however it was the displays of jams and cakes combined with the enchanting décor that made this visit so memorable.

A real gem of a tea room - only small but great service and very reasonable prices. The meals I saw being served looked very tasty and good sized portions - nothing left when fellow visitors finished. Tea was excellent and a very good sized teapot for 2. I had toast which was nicely brown on both sides - something of a rarety nowadays. Highly recommend.

Very friendly service with a wide range of jams, bottles or beer and hand knitted items to buy at very reasonable prices

Lovely little tea rooms excellent service. They had stopped the hot food menu when we arrived, but then decided they would cook some chips for us. Couldn't ask for a better service and an attitude to please the customer.

The café is very quaint and small. However it is very well appointed in its layout. The staff are very friendly, polite and professional. The food is excellent and very tasty. It is certainly well worth a visit.

A quaint village shop and tea room. Excellent service. I enjoyed tea and a hot waffle on a drizzly afternoon.

Called in here to try the breakfast on a cold Saturday morning. We have been before and tried the scones and butter which were lovely. Anyway the breakfast was divine all ingredients cooked to perfection. Plates hot and everything tasted delicious. The couple who run this tea room are really lovely. The man who serves is always polite and very friendly and very smartly dressed. The food which I presume is cooked by the lady well I can’t say more than I have the food was delicious and very well cooked. Looking forward to better weather then we can call in during a walk for more delicious food and drink.

We were en route from Scotland to Manchester, and stopped at this charming tea room for lunch. The decor and crockery were 1940s, as was the background music. We had broccoli and Stilton soup, and a turkey & Brie sandwich, which were delicious. A welcome change from motorway services fodder. Would definitely recommend!

Delicious cakes, cute little tea room and helpful and friendly staff - lovely x

Very nice and welcoming food was very good

Such a cute little tea room hidden away through the village shop. Lovely menu we had scones with jam and cream and a pot of tea all served in real China teacups and a teapot with a tea cosy. Really cute place .

Stopped off here on the way though to Skipton, and I have to say we will be stopping more often. Friendly staff and the most amazing cakes. A must have is the carrot cake

this really is an odd unique place call in and see for yourself and make your own mind up.. Now the speed limit has been dropped to 30 mph it will be a lot quieter.

Called here for lunch whilst walking in the area and were so very pleased that we did!