Cranstons Cumbrian Food Hall in Eden

We went to a cabin for the weekend as a group of 4 adults and on the last night we drank and awful lot and needed a cure the morning after. We went to the local garage to grab snacks and water and saw a Cranstons Cafe and thought we would go back pack up and return. It was a Sunday and we were greeted but found it odd that we were then told our table number and just pointed in the direction of said table and given menus. We had to get extra cutlery and salt/pepper despite being plenty of other tables being served. The food we thought was a little pricey however it did not disappoint! The miso mushrooms on toast were amazing and the hash browns were nothing like I’ve ever tasted just maybe a bit too crispy which I guess is personal preference. We were never checked on and there was no announcement of a 2 minute silence and had we not have read the sign on the way in we would never had known which we assumed most diners did not. The menu also says their is a free drink with the full English but when ordering we were never guided and when we went to checkout a flat white was not part of it but any juice/soft drink was but my sister still paid for hers. All in all food was great service was subpar.

Very clean place, lift for the café upstairs, plenty of choice in the shop but a bit overpriced and I'm afraid the Cumberland Sausage ain't what it used to be but that's progress init

High quality establishment and assumedly a 'must go to' for those serious foodies. Lots of fresh meat, fish, poultry, bread ,preserves, beers, wines and spirits and a large cafe upstairs (has a lift).

Cranston's is a remarkable food store with a wonderful selection of goods. Just right for that special touch. Caffe Oswald is very good as well with a good menu . I nearly always go for a sausage or bacon roll.

Visited whilst on holiday in the area and bought lots of nice things including the most beautiful lamb chops imaginable, the whole food hall is of very high quality and they have a fantastic product range.

Excellent quality food, way better than Supermarket - but it is Pricey - Get what you pay for I guess. Top quality meat and deli counter. Best meat selection in the area. Pork & black pudding sausages are very nice.

Fantastic staff and great quality food.

I specially go here for the miso mushrooms on sour dough toast. They are my absolute favourite.

Great local produce at a reasonable price. Good selection. Hot counter very good. Pork pies - the best. Warm and welcoming staff.

Wife has an allergy for fresh tomatoes to which I made the server aware of, she was then TOLD that she would not want the beans then by second server. For context we both ordered the full English. My wife advise these were fine and yes she did want beans, 2 mins later male server again challenged my wife said it was confusing! Wife quite rightly advised she had already clarified this prior and was only allergic to fresh tomatoes. Whilst food was excellent the lack of listening to my initial statement and subsequent challenges were not appreciated. Lesson for staff LISTEN TO YOUR CUSTOMERS hence my rating for service.

Great food (full English breakfast) as always. Disappointed to be challenged twice about my allergy to fresh tomato. Admit being somewhat spikey during second challenge about whether baked beans were acceptable. Please try to understand that the person with the allergy is better placed to und6what they can or cannot eat!!

Very high quality local food. Butchery and deli and fishmongers and much more. Great friendly staff. A feast for the eyes as well as the stomach! And dont forget Cafe Oswalds upstairs. That cooks all the said above to perfection. A delicious outing all round.

Delicious food and lovely staff!

This place is a hidden gem. Fantastic food great staff . What more could you ask for?

This is the best selection of high quality food that you’ll find in Penrith, it is expensive but you get what you pay for.

Cranstons offers an upmarket range of food products in a very pleasant purpose built building just of the A66 at Penrith. As well as the normal groceries found in the chain supermarkets it has a great deli and butchery counter (also a take away with ready to eat option) Fresh fish, dry goods, wine, and other drinks are also available. The store is well run and the staff are very pleasant and helpful. There is also a good restaurant/cafe upstairs offering a menu ranging from breakfast items through lunch to tea and cake choices. There is usually a daily special item available. The restaurant is not open late afternoon or evening. The location makes it a good choice for a break when travelling through the area (access time from the M6 is a few minutes depending on traffic)

Was shocked and incredibly saddened to learn that Cranston's chicken products are from a factory farm in Penrith, and their pork products are from indoor reared pigs, both of which are the cruelest way to produce meat/poultry. Never shopping there again.

Cranstons is a great place for dining, situated just off the M6 on the outskirts of Penrith. Plenty of parking available. We have been frequent visitors of the services at Tebay but as their popularity has grown, the services have been overcrowded and overpriced. Cranstons is a brilliant alternative to visit, just a few miles further north of Tebay. The food was good, and excellent waiter service (rather than the canteen style at Tebay). The coffee (flat white) was superb! There are also plenty of gf options available and lovely looking cakes. I can't rate the atmosphere as it was very quiet during our visit, but the cafe is well laid out with plenty of room between tables, very clean and soft music playing in the background. In addition a great farm food shop downstairs for purchases after eating. I can highly recommend.

Love this place when ever we are passing we always call in for something for are tea

Always first stop of the day before heading out on the road, great breakfast buns etc.. cafe is spot on.. and great food produce form the farm shop on site!! 😁

Good clean food hall, which offers takeaway hot food too , plus a cafe upstairs 😋

Excellent choice of locally produced food. Great quality and friendly service. Fairly hefty prices, but you wouldn't expect bargain prices with such high-quality merchandise.

Food from here is always amazing and great that I can now get it delivered to the south.

We chose to go here instead of the motorway services and it was a great decision. Food is great and a good menu selection. Large foodstore also with beautiful fresh and varied foods.

A Cumbria institution, whether dining in or buying quality produce for use at home. I have family that always ask for me to take them a couple of their family sized steak pies.. One thing I would like to ask the or maybe two is, could they bring back their wonderful Cumberland sausage that was flavoured with garlic, OMG that was so delicious and could they please bring back their Steak and Kidney pies. So delicious, so hard to get these days. Keep putting out the tasters and looking forward to seeing wjat the festive Pre order menu is going to bring this year. So good to support local business and producers guys. 👍

Excellent range of ingredients at a high quality and good price

Food here is delicious and comes in generous portion! The staff here were very friendly and patient in explaining to us what the dishes were!

Popped in to get a take away hot lunch and ended up with a topside cheese burger and got chocolate. Made my day, so nice!

Superb quality produce comes at a price.

It's the number one food hall. It was my first visit since the store was refurbished, although some things are a bit better I wasn't very impressed. The tills have been moved to the other end of the store I don't see the point why as you have to now walk through the store to get to the Caffe. There is a wonderful choice of chilled and frozen food and they have great pies. It's one of the best food stores in the UK.

Lovely food to buy and excellent for a quick meal.

This place was highly recommended by a local landlady and I cannot understand why. The food choice at lunch was limited to English breakfast options and expensive! In fairness the food was simple but good but nowhere to being worth the price.

Clean, well stocked with local goods, visit often.

I bought cheese coleslaw from the counter (use by date is 6/9/24) had it for brunch today and it’s fizzy - horrible! I used to love the cheese coleslaw but this is a huge disappointment. £3.89 wasted….

Called in for a breakfast, was not disappointed, excellent

Great place to shop for local produce. Bakery, butchers and deli with hot food to take away.

Always good service, hot counter is a must!

Quality ingredients for cooked breakfast, but cold and overpriced

Really nice place to visit. Unusual grocery items. Little bit more expensive than the norm but worth every penny. Great cafe with brilliant service.

Always delicious food with quality ingredients and really helpful friendly staff.

The store itself looks impressive with a high end range of Cumbrian originated foods on offer. I must admit we didn't visit for the foodhall, so I can't comment on the quality of the food itself. We went to Oswald's the cafe on site. When we arrived it had just closed, 4:30pm? With the store being open longer couldn't the cafe get some evening business? It was disappointing and annoying that it shuts so early.

Now I have discovered Cranstons Foodhall I stop off on my M6 journey in preference to Tebay Service Station. I stock up on food for my freezer.

Good quality food and quick, polite and efficient service.

convenient if you don't want to stop on motorway ar Tbay which is usually chaotic. Giod selection of products, but cafe quite dear though nice food.

Quite quiet when we went in as they had stopped serving food shortly after we arrived. Food was delicious and service was very good. However.... Went to the toilet before continuing on our journey and the first toilet had 7 empty toilet rolls on the floor and no actual roll for use, the second toilet was similar but had some roll left. It also had a sanitary towel lying on the floor. Disgusting conditions and I was shocked. Had I went there first I wouldn't have eaten there at all. They were about to clean the toilets but it was obvious this hadn't been done for a long time. Worst I have seen in any eating establishment ever. It's a shame because it spoiled an otherwise lovely visit.

Best sausages in England, have to stock up when visiting the area 😍

Great farm shop, with a terrific fast food bar. Cafe was busy too.

We visited our favourite butchers today (sunday 28th July 24) to pick up some meat for a BBQ. The meat is delicious, especially the salt and pepper duck skewers! The staff are friendly and helpful too, particularly Ali, who provided us with some free ice coolers for our onward journey to keep our meat fresh. Hidden gem 👌

The breakfasts here are AMAZING! Quality produce, well cooked, big portions.

Great food produce with a price tag but you pay for quality. Store wasn't too busy and the service was in point.

Very comfortable and clean dining area. Staff friendly, food very nice

Amazing American pankes and bacon

Very expensive for the food. Over priced.

The restaurant had limited choice, I opted for Eggs Benedict. The sourdough toast was only slightly toasted, but that did not matter as the overcooked poached eggs had been put on the bread as had a deal of the cooking water had been leaving the "toast" soggy. The Hollandaise sauce was placed on the side of the plate, not on the hard eggs, and there was not enough Hollandaise to be a factor in the taste. The bacon was fine.

Beautiful pies has always and friendly staff

Excellent fresh food store, specialises in meats and deli, but good selection of other foods and veg. Cafe upstairs is very nice, service also excellent, very clean - will return again.

Great food. Super fast service.

Really good food, but air conditioning is on really cold.

Expensive but great quality meats and freshly prepared ready meals. Ideal if you are staying in the local area. Cafe is wonderful.

Lovely food cakes are amazing staff lovely

So first I want to start with saying that the staff on our visit were all lovely and very friendly/attentive. I also should mention that the scone and coffee I had were both lovely. The reason I am only giving three stars is down to the menu. It’s so boring I decided just to get a scone and find lunch elsewhere. Both of the days specials were a slightly different take on something already on the menu. Even without adding any more ingredients to the menu it could be diversified a lot. More choices of fillings for the sandwiches for example - you already do black pudding so why not offer a black pudding roll. Pricing I thought was also a bit over the top on certain items. The full English in terms of what is on the plate would probably be the the small breakfast options in most places (the one old ladies would order). The breakfast rolls seemed reasonable and honestly would be more filling than the full English for half the price. Rarebit at £14 was also a bit of a chuckle- bit pricy for cheese on toast with some red onion chutney. Nice atmosphere but wouldn’t return without checking the menu first.

Amazing Cumbrian breakfast! Everything was delicious. Good choice of options. Only thing I would change would be to have a small option, two sausages, rashers of bacon and slices of toast was too much, and I hate food waste.

We purchased some tasty looking food.

Stopped on way home from trip down South . Bought cold Pasty from deli to takeaway £3.10

Enjoyed the breakfast, which I thought was a little expensive but I was feeling peckish.

We love having brunch here the food is very good quality and priced reasonably. Also scrumptious cakes and a lift to the restaurant.

Cranstons Food Hall is a place I always visit when in the area. The choice of provisions in the food hall is always excellent…from the meat, to the deli, the baker, there is plenty of choice. The sandwiches/ salad pots are really nice and of quality and are a favourite for ‘lunch on the go’ If you’re a proper foodie…then this place is definitely worth a visit if you’re in the area.

I called in today for lunch. Very nice food, toilets are clean. Excellent value for money. A place to come instead of Tebay. I totally enjoyed my lunch.

Called here for a quick Pitstop on our way up to scotland. Ordered coffees and a bacon sandwich. Having looked at the menu I found everything to be really overpriced. We'd finished our coffees and realised that the bacon sandwich still hadn't arrived. We waited a while longer then decided to cancel the order as we really needed to push on. The venue wasn't really busy so can't fathom why it was taking so long.

Great food and service staff were great as well. The food hall is superb . Update 04 june 24 Spent a lot in the food hall superb food. The caramelised onion sausage rolls must be the best in the country.

Amazing place, food is great, the staff are lovely. 100% recommend There is a food hall and a cafe upstairs

I try and go out my way to find and support local places to stop at to avoid using chains and motorway services. I was really pleased to find this coffee shop cafe but they wouldnt allow me to takeaway, only from an automatic machine instead of the barista espresso machine! I’ve never been to a coffee shop that’s never allowed takeaways! Ridiculous! It’s a shame as I drive past here often. They’ve just lost on a load of my business today and in the future. Never mind! Shame

Overpriced and very bland good Paid £11 for avocado on toast Picture on menu looks different and you get nothing like that. What a waste, very disappointed…

A little on the expensive side but you get what you pay for, always good quality food and mostly pleasant staff

This place is great the food is excellent Best burgers we ever had from the farm shop below

Clean good product friendly staff

Brilliant restaurant, fabulous food hall. Top place for food & drink.

In the cafe, the food is very overpriced for the portion size. I ordered avocado toast and received a single slice with a few chickpeas and 4 or 5 rocket leaves on top, the price was £9.95. My partner got a bowl of soup for £7. The shop downstairs has good quality local ingredients. Shame about the high prices in the cafe though.

Every item of food here is exceptional! I know this because there is a free sample of almost everything! I was full before I'd even made my purchases. The staff are so friendly, and that extends to their other branches. The reason we stopped here is because we had been advised by an employee at their Brampton branch, and I would like to thank her directly. The only slight drawback is that there aren't as many great options for the veggies and vegans so maybe not so suitable for them, but we will definitely be visiting again!

Nice produce and well laid out store but a bit expensive. Enjoyed the Ulswater Pie and had some pork spare rib steaks that were very nice on the bbq.

Good place to stop for breakfast in the cafe on first floor.

Lovely selection of foods, friendly helpful staff

I drive out of my way to get Cranstons food, always the best pies and butchers.

Lovely bright ,smart shop with a great choice. Such pleasant, friendly staff. Always pop in when we're passing. Food upstairs is lovely

I had lunch from the deli counter and it was delicious and generously portioned. Great selection of food and drink with fantastic friendly service. Well worth the visit.

A great place & a one stop shop for all your food needs with a fully loaded shop with superb varieties of local Cumbrian food & drinks especially from local breweries. They have a restaurant on the first floor, serving freshly made food.

Nice, clean food shop with plenty of local choice

Loved thos place, the shop is expensive but fabulous produce and the cafe we both just had sausage and bacon bread roll, it was delishious, worth every penny and loads of filling. We were stuffed after it on our journey back to Scotland

The food I bought from the shop was ok but nothing special , definitely not worth the price , lamb shoulders had a day in them before they needed binning . Plus the staff I found very snobby and they was watching me like a hawk thinking I was on the rob or whatever they were thinking about me , never felt that in a shop before ever

Lovely food served with a smile. Very pleasantly surprised following a minor complaint outwith Cranston's control that we were not charged for our coffees. A very much appreciated touch, thank you Cranstons.

Nice menu, attentive staff but quite expensive for what we had at breakfast time! 4 adults and I toddler, 3 poached eggs and toast, 1 kids breakfast, 1 full breakfast 2 teas, 2 coffee and 2 orange juice almost £70!

Stopped here to stock up on produce on route to Scotland and was pleasantly surprised. An amazing selection of high quality produce. Great bread, butter, jams, Cheeses. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Only thing I wasn't impressed with was one slice of pie from the Deli which seemed very stale.

Great farm shop with a good range of local produce. Excellent butchers. Frozen and fresh food available. Didn't try the cafe. But brought some Cumberland sausages back to Dartmoor.

Cannot fault the produce here, however after spending £70 on meat and produce, and spotted some Ullswater pie reduced so thought I would grab a bargain, only to realise it was actually use by 23rd Feb, baring in mind I bought it on the 24th!! Phoned the shop and they took my details and so far I haven’t had a call back yet.

We had a short wait to get in. Small menu but good enough. Nice food served hot . Served reasonably rapidly.

Seriously good shop. Quality of the food, especially the meat and pies, are out of this world. Always busy, always well stocked and always a joy to visit.

Good cafe, fresh food and excellent marmalade.

Great butchers with a large selection of cuts of different meats along with many different vegetables. For those that say it's expensive, ask yourself how much you last spent on fast food for 1 meal for 1 person.

A breakfast box and my boy picked his own stuff as he doesn't like black pudding or bacon. Really tasty and filling.

Nice stop on the way to Glasgow. Very good food.