Darley Park Tea Rooms in Derby

Nice little cafe, only gripe is the no card policy. Many is the time I've been walking through the park and would've stopped for breakfast or a snack, but couldn't as don't carry cash. Never mind. Always been lovely though, when I've had a couple of £ in my pocket to buy a drink.

It's as beautiful today as it's always been.

The Park is lovely, nice walk on the paths and bu the river. Sadly, the Tea Room only takes cash.

This tea room has so much potential to make it a great place to stop. Unfortunately, the inside is very basic and not welcoming. Unfortunately the service was even less welcoming: they started to shut down 40min before the closure time, some coffee options were no longer available, not a single smile, barely looked at when handing over our drinks and change (we only asked for a takeaway tea and coffee).

This is a lovely location to enjoy a light, outdoor lunch or a scone and a cup of tea in the sunshine surrounded by beautiful parkland. It is a popular location for dogwalkers to take a break. The only criticism I have is about about the generosity of the staff. My fruit and cherry scone had more than half and inch of butter slathered over it (enough to give my cardiologist a heart attack). It was a lovely scone once the excess cholesterol had been scraped off.

Great place to get a bite to eat and drink

Popular stop especially for families - decent selection of icecream and acceptable tea and coffee. Handy public conveniences just round the corner.

Lovely place. Only issue was they didn't take card payments.

Lovely cafe, wonderful friendly staff however it needs more seating and tables.

Happy to accept bank transfer when it suits. Went in on a hot day 26 degrees with 2 children refused the kids 2 ice creams. Very miserable staff.

Our favourite park, and the cafe serves the best cheeseburgers in Derby, with proper cheese and caramelised fried onions... delicious 😁

Mostly outdoor seating, lovely on a sunny day. Bacon cobs, toasties, cake, ice cream, hot & cold drinks & courtyard tables makes this a great spot to head for on a walk or a visit to the play area.

Nice big sign that says tables and chairs are for customers only, so we did the right thing and bought a bottle of water and a capri sun at £3.30 and sat at one of the 6 empty tables. As we sat tucking into our home made sandwiches a lady came out and was about to tell us to move on when my wife pointed out we’d bought drinks. She gave us an “I’ll let you off this time” speech but told us she had a “standard to maintain”. This is a public park love, not the London Astoria. I suppose she was as polite as she was capable considering she was being a total jobsworth trying to move on new parents with their little one because apparently our £3.30 couldn’t possibly buy us 15 minutes in the shade with our 3 week old baby. There is no sign that says we should only consume food bought on the premises, and this is after all just a seating area by the path in a public park. The place as far as I can tell sells ice creams and coffees. If you want people to only buy your food put up a sign

Had a lovely morning stroll around darley park with the dogs 🐕 Let me tell you something pal, the grass could do with a mow it was waist high in places! As for the tea rooms, this place is a little gem 💎 I went for the bacon and sausage cob with tommy ketch and it was a beaut. Came in a massive soft white roll with the sausage and bacon cooked to perfection, a real greasy spoon of a breaky. Washed it down with a lovely cup of tea and the dogs behaved very well, well of course they did foods involved! Very busy place we just managed to grab the last table and the weather was overcast, so imagine in the summer this place is going to be rammed to the rafters. If your ever in the area my lovely, pop down to these tea rooms it's a lovely little place nestled in the shrubbery of the park........cash only though because cash is king 🤴

Very good cafe. Great coffee and tasty snack foods available. Relaxing atmosphere.

Amazing Day to go to the park, sun was out and so were lots of people. After our park trip we went to the cafe to get a little sweet for my nephew and this is where it all went wrong. Lady's on the tills need to have better manners and if they don't like dealing with customers, should maybe consider leaving. So it's a happier and more welcoming place. No Hello , Morning or welcome? I got the rudest eye roll because I had a £5 note for a 10p lolly ! When I apologised, I had no other change. She again gave me a rude look. If my nephew wasn't 3 and already had the lolly in his hand I would have told her to leave the lolly. Also don't know why the ice cream machine hadn't been turned on as it was the perfect day for it? Just losing money Pathetic behaviour a sale is a sale She could have just gave him the lolly if giving me £4.90 change was a problem ! ( the lolly was also stale) Apart from that Man that works in the back is lovely and always says hi when coming out and waves at the kids

Lovely place to visit friendly people

A great place to have a brew half way around the park.

It's a nice walk along the river and through the park. We enjoyed a drink and scones each. The scones are good, becoming my favourite I think.

Nice place for a sit down and enjoy a coffee while in the park.

Cannot comment on food or service as we never got as far as ordering after seeing “cash only’ sign on counter……well brassed off after tackling the walk from the car park with compromised mobility and using 2 walking sticks to find that notice of “cash only” was rather irritating and disappointing…..had to go find somewhere else that operates in the 21st century and operates using a card machine

We went on Saturday and I wasn't impressed. The menu was very limited with just a few standard sandwiches, toast and chips. We ordered at five past one and didn't receive our food for half an hour. Only seven orders came out in all that time, so they were hardly snowed under! My local park cafe would do that in under ten minutes easily.

Called in for a hot lunch whilst out for a long walk. It has a lovely friendly atmosphere with staff and customers clearly all friends. It is not fancy food but is freshly cooked and wholesome. They are cash only

Great place to enjoy a relaxing walk followed by hot chocolate and bacon butty 😋😋

Lovely location with so much potential but this is the cafe that doesn't like customers.

Great cafe in this lovely park. Excellent coffee and particularly loved the tuna sandwich.

Good food served quickly and efficiently, seats inside and out, ideally situated within the park close to toilets. Cash only which is unusual, all food served in disposable containers the only negative was the wooden cutlery but that’s a personal thing, I just don’t like to eat with them.

Would have stopped for lunch ( for five ) but cash only , disappointing for 2023 !!

Cash only. It’s just really annoying. Who carries cash these days. Luckily my friend had some money in her car and went back for it. Old fashioned place. Quite sweet. Nice courtyard but would look lovely if someone could actually tend the garden and let climbers grow around the woodwork. Had an ice cream. It was all the cash we had.

Beautiful place to meet friends & have a coffee & a snack. Great service & dog friendly. . There is even entertainment on some days. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👍💖

We find the cafe in Darley Park fine, I can't understand the poor reviews. Lots of older people prefer to deal in cash (I'm one of them!) and do not like the idea of a cashless society. And the prices being what they are you wouldn't need to be carrying tons of cash with you. The staff were friendly and efficient. We found the coffee fine and cheesy chips set us up for a good circular walk. The menu isn't extensive but adequate as I imagine drinks and ice creams are the biggest sellers. We'll be back.

Brilliant cafe in a great location... friendly staff and quick service... great to have a quick toasted sandwich and a drink while we were visiting the national hydrangea collection at Darley Park 😀. Cash only but that wasn't a problem

Nice tearoom in a lovely location. All food and drinks are served in biodegradable bags/cups

Lovely to sit outside after a walk in the lovely grounds

Some of the best cobs in Derby especially the bacon and sausage, have a good walk around the park then treat yourself to a cob and cuppa.

A beautiful park, very unfriendly staff, terrible coffee, cash only payment. I may revisit the park but will think twice before going to that cafe again.

Excellent tea room in Darley park. Food really good and very reasonably priced. Staff really helpful and friendly. Will call in again for a brew and a buttie,which hopegully will be soon. Been back a few times now and as good as even on a cold winters day, there is still a warm welcome there. Sausage and bacon buttie was awesome, just what was needed.

Amazing little cafe great breakfast sandwiches

A lovely sun trap so I may not advise it in summer with my coat. Lots of other dogs and there pets, so good for a sniff. Definitely a place to hang out with your human. The only downside was the lightweight plastic furniture. Easy for a sled lad like me to inadvertently knock over.

It has to be said that the cafe is very basic. Cup of tea in a disposable container - tea bag water and add your own milk (soya milk was available) for £2. No teaspoons but a wooden stick available. Did not eat but plenty of people ordering bacon cobs, etc. The seating outside was basic but in a nice spot. Why just average - would have been good if there were the opportunity to rate it in that way. But cannot put very good because cash only - not many people would expect that these days so some could be caught out.

Fairly small but incredibly popular cafe. Large outdoor seating area, although it's not covered; however, there's also indoor seating should it be raining. Sells hot and cold drinks, breakfast style cobs, burgers, chips and cold cobs alongside cakes and really nice ice cream. Ice cream is excellent and really creamy, the sausage and egg cob was far bigger than expected and for £3.80 pretty good value for money. Eat in or takeaway. Unfortunately it's cash only.

Very pleasant sitting in the bright sunshine with a coffee.

Lovely tea room when taking a break from walking. Lovely to sit in the sunshine on the outdoor seating area. Had a coffee and a wonderful bacon cob.

The worst coffee in world. Grumpy staff. Rubbish interiors. No care about a service to customer. Lack of card suggest stinginess. They charge enough. Can still taste the foul coffee in my mouth three weeks on.

Walk my dogs through Darley every week day - often drop in for a coffee - sometimes I have to miss because I've no money on me other than card, phone, or watch all of which are programmed for cashless payments. The cost of a small cashless 'reader' would be covered in the first days takings, word would get around and your work would get easier - fewer trips to the bank to pay cash in for starters. I like being able to 'drop in' and would eat lunch there if I had the cash on me to pay for this. But I rarely carry cash these days. I hope you respond to this - I use SQUARE - £14 ?? for the reader and you're set to go - its made a major difference to my sales (I'm not in catering) and I would thoroughly recommend it.

Great for a basic and tasty bite. Nice sausage and egg cob. Friendly service. Good value. Cash only, but not a problem if you know in advance

After a walk around the Park stopped off for a drink only then added a breakfast cob, they have an ordering system and it works.

Still hands down the best bacon and egg cob in Derby.

Lovely little cafe, lovely views and lovely staff. We enjoy walking here with the dog for a breakfast cob. 👍👍👍

Your basic snack shop in a park. No frills food and service, is cash only. Tables and chairs very worn. Still nice to have a place to stop on a sunny day.

The park and gardens are popular so the cafe is quite busy, so I assumed it would be good, wrong. The tea and coffee are from a machine, nothing fresh, hot food is very limited, frozen chips etc. Nothing for vegans except chips and herbal tea. It's mediocre when it should be great.

This place is so beautiful. Full of greenery and full of very mature bushes and a wide variety of trees. Lovely place for a walk. The tea rooms are lovely too.

Cash only, next level grumpy, like really sort of dour and seething but with a hint of Kubrick sureal horror. Food is in fairness cooked and left on a sacrificial green altar outside.

Superb cheese burger £3.50 and a decent coffee. Lovely cafe and park

Loved it. Beautiful gardens bee and butterfly heaven. So quiet and quaint

Only had a coffee, still not open for sitting inside though. I like that this hasn't changed much over the years, but, on the other hand, Darley Park is crying out for something a little better, even if it's just better coffee. Great location though

Very lovely place. There is a mini store where I got this small ice cream. And it's very nice

Best Sunday morning stop off,for quality breakfast baps 🍔🍔 called again in the afternoon had delicious scones and carrot cake,

The tea rooms looked lovely on a warm spring day, lots of outside seating, great location...but unfortunately as it's CASH ONLY we weren't able to feed our young daughters or quench their thirst after a long walk. Obviously we had something in the bag for them, but in these post(during) covid/mobile signal days who doesn't accept card payments! Please update your online details to specify this! Or even better get a card reader, then we would love to revisit as the park is lovely, especially for kids bike rides

“Hi does the ice cream have any coconut fat/oil in it”I ask “Don’t know!” “Can I have a look at the tub” I then ask “We don’t have tubs” “How do you get it here” I ask “We buy it in!!” “Can I have a look at whatever it miraculously comes in!!” I ask Finally the lady decides to move and brings me a carton showing coconut oil, which my daughter is highly allergic! The woman is a disgrace, the cafe is a disgrace

Really nice large cheese cob, good value. Tea was nice too.

Have had things from here before, purchased via family and what not, however after walking down today I realised it's cash only. Unfortunately I haven't carried cash in years! The coffee is nice from what I remember, and often the atmosphere is good due to...

Breakfast cobs and hot drinks are very good. Only outside seating at the moment. It gets very busy and there isn't always enough tables outside to sit down and eat.

Dog walkers paradise. Great food in an amazing spot.

Great if you just want chips without a smile and like a bit of rudeness and laziness thrown in!! (And make sure you have cash as cards not accepted!! Covid measures!!!!!!!) Used to be a lovely stop off whilst having a stroll but will be...

Lovely bacon butty and a cuppa on a cold Sunday morning.

Greatest bacon sandwich around.

The tearoom is fine and very efficient, but the problem is owners who continuly let there dogs bark non stop

Great Cafe ,lovely outdoor cup of Tea ,on a Winter afternoon !!

Hot and Delicious meals. A great excuse to take a walk at the Darley abbey park.

Great place to visit after a good walk. Friendly staff and good beverages.

Nice cup of tea, but watch out as it is cash only.

We'd walked from the city along the river and enjoyed walking through the park. Sitting down with a coffee and cake in this cafe was a, real treat.

A lovely spot to spend an hour on a nice day. The rest of the park is smashing. Although perhaps a little hilly for the less able.

Visited today and great as always. The ice cream cornet was delicious and the hot chocolate too. Been coming here for years and it's always nice. Loved it when they had

Very disappointed Ordered sandwiches on brown bread came on white Asked for sugar with drink didnt get any.No cleaning of tables after guests left.

After a walk around the Park a stop for a bite to eat/drink was needed. Quick and easy ordering system at the hatch then wait for your takeaway to be brought out to the table, it works like clockwork.

If you're going to unexpectedly close at lunchtime might I suggest that, in order to avoid misunderstandings, you actually close your cafe instead of leaving the door wide open and then have three members of your staff scream at the customer at once. A simple, "Sorry, we're closed," in a normal tone of voice would suffice in a civilised establishment. I'd slso suggest that you don't yap at the customer's back, "You're not allowed in anyway," especially when the ban on sitting in cafes has been lifted. You might not be open, but everyone else is. Wake up. You may think that, and behave like, the World's ending. Others simply wish for a hot drink on a rainy day, even if that means they still have to sit outdoors. Would it really hurt you to put up a sign to say that you're closed? Ian Varley.

Proper cafe food, really good food and good value for money.

Had a brilliant day at Darley Abbey Park, topped off with a lovely cappuccino served by a lovely pleasant young man. Well done!!

Lovely coffee nice cake and beautiful views

Excellent food and service thank you so much.

Queue was long but well ordered on first hot day of the year after lockdown. Foods and coffee excellent, be better when the chairs and tables are allowed back.

Very friendly and very well organized.

The take away food is cracking and lovely coffee , Bacon and egg cob plenty of filling and nice cobs spot on 👍😋

Always open friendly staff. Don't forget your cash. it is good to have a place to use Cash these days

The food was nice but somewhat overpriced but with it being only place selling food you are a captive audience so to speak

Delicious bacon butties and hot chocolate drink. Our favourite break on our regular walk

Lovely bacon roll and coffee while on our walk, good selection of food and drink

Nice take away service. Still doing some food and drinks

Located within. Currently take away only. Hot drinks and snacks. Seating nearby to be found. Enjoy a cuppa in the park.

Very pleasant and friendly staff. Coffee was excellent.

Great little cafe in Darley Park. Seems to be very popular with visitors to the park. Busy today on my visit with my son and grand daughter. Good coffee and nice seating area to enjoy a break .Beautiful views. Ladies who serve at the cafe seem very pleasant and friendly. Worth a visit

Nice little cafe currently outside service through window but still very pleasant with hot and cold food and drinks

Lovely breakfast cob and hot drinks 👍

Great friendly tea rooms with good home cooked grub 👍😋👍❤️

I been here when I was young and they were fantastic

Lovely gentle walk through the park, stopped for a good cup of tea, Covid measures have limited the seating arrangements even though it is all outdoors. Toilet facilities need attention but overall not a bad experience, I will come back again.

Time they moved into the 21st century and accept card payment. Particularly in light of COVID.

Huge Baps! Friendly service. Great spot to walk around and picnic.