Hassop Station Cafe & Monsal Trail Cycle Hire in Derbyshire Dales

Called in here for coffee and cake whilst some members of our party hired bikes to ride the Monsal trail. Lovely cafe with very friendly staff. We ended up staying for lunch when the rest of the family returned from their bike ride. Lovely area selling gifts, books etc. A section of the car park is free for 2 hours if using the cafe or shop and pay and display elsewhere for bike hire etc. Would call again if in the area.

Ordered the soup of the day, Tomato soup, not very tasty and overpriced. Worst of all, are the toilets , I have never experienced such an awful smell in a public toilet ever. Very dirty and of putting. We are staying next door in the rooms that include breakfast in the price at the cafe. I will be leaving early and skipping breakfast.

Friendly, professional staff and good service. I noticed there were quite a few orders that were incorrect, as was my own but they were rectified promptly. Food ok, it went cold quickly. Hygiene is an area that needs addressing, general clean needed. Staff seen running fingers through hair ?restyling, looked like it had gel on and then straight back to making the toast. Lots of face touching and then handling food and cups etc. My main worry was 3 members of staff went to the toilet with their aprons on! Could be a really nice place to go with a few adjustments.

Visited yesterday on a rainy Sunday. Very quiet inside. Large tables in main area were sticky, and I mean STICKY!! Moved to side room, room decor tired but ok. Staff not friendly or smiley, aprons dirty & creased. coffee and cake averaged £8 per head. Tray bakes ok, cake slices ok-ish, scone served with tiny ‘jar’ of cream, would’ve expected fresh, better quality & slightly larger portion. Coffees tasted nice. Worst part was the bathrooms!!! 😮 stinky, dirty and worn out! Extractor fan in cubicle absolutely covered in dust and dirt. I nearly spoke to a Manager but had the feeling no-one would care. Our last visit 18 months ago was brilliant, what has happened to this place?? So disappointed.

Lovely cafe and shop. staff so rude, no carisma, walked around like robots. The woman who served us on 13th oct 2024 at 9 am. was really bad, shouldn't have been front of house. Though't she was above us. Clealy not i add

Expensive, but good quality and good service, you get what you pay for ..

Very good. You can't escape car parking unless you park nearby as the car park records VRN. Cafe is overpriced but the trail is spot on. Great for families.

Excellent food as usual, well done & look forward to our next visit..

Had to ask to have table cleaned and even then it was still sticky. White bread was not fresh

Position on Monsal Trail is ideal & good variety of food/drinks Takeaway available Sadly must repeat the prior review 'clean the tables' 1st we sat at was unpleasantly 'sticky' this is inexcusable esp when providing food table service

Absolutely fabulous food, you get what you pay for.

loved this cafe..Great bacon sandwich and great coffee and they welcome dogs

Disappointing visit this time to the cafe. Hope it improves as it's there for the people who visit the Monsal trail and not just to employ yourselves.

OK for a snack, a little expensive but the food is good. No cleaning of tables between customers just removing the dirty dishes. Handy for parking to use the Monsat trail. Second visit, service really slow and not even busy. The food prices have gone through the roof, maybe that's why it's not so busy.

Very busy at weekends and school holidays as it is adjacent to Monsal Trail. Popular with cyclists and walkers. P & D Car Park. Seperate seating outside for Cafe.

Fantastic cafe with a lot of choice. Perfect after parkrun

Extensive menu, good staff, good food big car park. Cafe tables were very sticky (not cleaned well enough) hence low score. BTW as far as I can tell it doesn’t seem to be a hotel.

The best place to visit the Monsal trail.

A 10/10 cafe for us, great menu, dog and horse friendly

My first time visiting and what a brilliant place it is.

Fabulous cheese scone, just what was needed after a fabulous walk

A bit brusque service as my partially sighted friend was apparently standing in the wrong place at a till she couldnt see and pot of tea for 2 was only half full. It was also very cold.

Great vegan breakfast. Super location and plenty of tables.

We parked for a bike ride on the Monsal Trail and had forgotten our helmets. Thankfully although a little pricey we were able to rent them here. We also had a lovely lunch, I recommend the choose your own deli lunch with salads, or anything from the massive cake selection! Friendly service all round - including for dogs.

Lovely food, pleasant staff, very dog friendly, what more could you want

Lovely little Cafe, parking outside rather expensive which if your visiting the trail and Cafe can add up. Would be nice to see the money reinvested into repairs on lights in the tunnels which are now very poor in places

Great location at the start of the Monsal Trail. We hired cycles to bike up to the viaduct, enjoyed the fantastic view, and worked up an appetite. (But it's also a wonderful trail to walk). Then back to the station to return the bikes, and chilled for a while at the cafe. Treated ourselves to a bite to eat. Lovely food. Cheerful, friendly service from the staff. Good tea and coffee. A mixture of delicious cakes. And plenty for fans of 'savoury' too. We had a very tasty sausage and bacon bun (choice of white, granary or brioche!), and a sausage roll. Then washed it down with a pot of Yorkshire Tea, and a pot of Earl Grey. Lots of tables and seating (both inside and out). Everything clean and well kept. Toilets on site.

I’m a local, and I’ve been in hassop station a few times, but this is my first review. I just went in for coffee, no food (thankfully after I sat down and looked around) although what came out of the kitchen looked nice enough. Now, I understand that this is a place for walkers, with muddy boots and dogs, but it’s got to be said, this place is absolutely filthy! I’m not talking about a bit of mud on the floor from walkers boots, I’m talking about thick, black dust on the light fittings & cobwebs hanging from the ceilings, dirty, marked walls next to the tables you’re sat at kind of filthy. Months & months of neglect. The bottoms of table legs caked in dirt where the mop has swished past. The condiment table next to the counter is thick with dust and has cobwebs circling the legs! It was pretty busy when I went in, I counted 9 staff on the premises, all of which were friendly enough, but they all looked scruffy. The ‘uniform’ is jeans and t shirts, and all were wearing creased aprons. Such a shame, because it never used to be dirty. It feels like they know it doesn’t matter what it looks like, and charge a fortune because the tourists just keep coming. The whole place is in desperate need of a dam good clean, a lick of paint and an iron for the staff to use!

We rented bikes and the guys there were great.

Great bike ride over viaducts and through loads of tunnels. Finished off in bakewell....lovely town and great places for a pint and bite to eat.

Lively selection of different foods and snacks

Would have given more stars but one unisex toilet inside and one unisex shack outside is a disgrace for so many people and New kiosks etc. I advise people to go to parsley hay station

It is perfectly located, a little pricey but aren't they all these days.

Fabulous food. I love a Ploughman's and this was delicious 😋

Perfect place to stay for walking the Monsal trail, breakfast was exceptionally good

Good food - extensive menu. Great shop, with books, gifts etc. Very very popular as it's located on the Monsal Trail so always buzzing with cyclists, walkers and families. Inside and outside seating. Extra carpark in the grass over the road. Main car park pay and display - not sure about the overflow. Dogs allowed outside.

Good,reasonably priced car park nice walk, too many 'fast' bikers. The Monsal walk is for everyone but spoilt a bit by some irresponsible bikers at high speed. Lovely views, of area.

Lovely coffee and great facilities

Great place to eat with a lovely little gift shop. Price is very good. Ample parking and the trails are beautiful ❤️

Beautiful location that is overshadowed by poor service and bad coffee. 18 minutes to get served a take away black coffee when there was only 3 people ahead of me in the queue. Cup only half filled and I was overcharged. £4.26 instead of £2.75.

Really nice bacon sandwich, would have been 5 stars if our mugs of tea were full.

A great place to start from when walking or riding the Monsall Trail. Loads of parking, friendly and helpful staff, outdoor seating and good food. Dog friendly too.

Had lunch here after walk on the Monsal Trail. Very nice lunch and good service. Waitress very pleasant and helpful

It's an OK place. It seems a lot use it for a walk along the Monsal trail. Car park pricey with no concessions

Met friends had a late breakfast very nice

Went for a cycle ride and had a drink in the cafe after

Rip off!. The kiosk selling ice cream cones was closed as usual meaning kids had small tub of local ice cream at £3.25 a pop. Tea seemed reasonable at £2,25 for a paper cup until I asked for a splash of oat milk....that'll be an extra 50p then! Won't be going in there again.

Bikes were good. Trail was flat, senary was spectacular!

Enjoyed the food. Plenty of room to sit.

Large cafe with great food selection situated in the old station building on thr Monsal Trail.

Nice enough location but the food was very poor quality and very overpriced. For example: Cheddar Cheese and Cider Chutney sandwich with coleslaw and side salad - was the cheapest tasteless rubbery catering cheese with the faintest speck of chutney and miniscule salad and a couple of strands of coleslaw - not even 1 forkfull. All 4 lunches were similarly very poor.

This place has got everything that you need.

Pretty busy on a nice day, food was good quality and a big choice including vegan options, plenty of parking in the field opposite the entrance that is a cheaper/free option than paying in the station car park.

Very pleasant. Had lunch in Cafe, very nice, huge portions

Very nice walks and waterfalls, kids loved it. Good bike ride route

Good place for both walkers and cyclists for access to Monsal Trail. Very good value meals with daily specials.

Great place to rent bicycle for the monstal trail. The trail takes around 1 hour of continous ride (with relative ease) per direction to complete. The tunnels on the way are super cool (the trail follows an old railway) pretty flat the entire way. They can provide bicycle with a child's seat at the back.

Cafe was good, coffee and cake. Main reason was to try out the Monsal Trail on the bike. Total of about 15 miles, very good gravel trail, slight incline in places but mainly flat. 2 coffee shops along the route. Also has tunnels and viaducts throughout the route, and the scenery is fabulous.

Good cup of coffee but little expensive.

Great food, great location on the Monsal Trail. Free parking is a big plus.

Visited car park & cafe on a Bakewell market day. Handy alternative car park when Bakewell is busy; you can walk the Monsal trail for a mile into Buxton to avoid the car park misery in Bakewell.

Did the Monsal Trail for the first time and had lunch in the cafe first. Amazing service. Gorgeous food. Couldn’t fault it. What a beautiful location. Definitely going back 🚲 Didn’t stay in a hotel.

Lovely place right on the side of the trail.Plenty of seating inside and out.Freshly made food and cakes and open late on Fridays and Saturdays with wood fired pizzas available.Free parking if you are visiting the shop.Would recommend

Review only for the Cafe. Cafe looked lovely but service and toilets not so great. Arrived about 10 ish and it wasn’t that busy. We ordered breakfast and coffee’s, the food came out but we were told coffee is a little behind. Coffee arrived after we had finished our food and it wasn’t that great either. I then went to the toilets out side only to find them in a bad state with wet floors etc and looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in a while.

Fantastic bike trail with amazing views in the peak district. The bike track is very easy going as an old railway line so no traffic and a cafe en route. A few slight hills bits but you can take at your own pace. Friendly staff at the bike hire too.

Waited over an hour for a pizza. Had to go up 4 times and ask what was happening. The most incompetent staff I've ever come across.

Perfect for when you're walking the trail

Hired 2 bikes and a dog trailer for a couple of hours to do the Monsal trail. They have certain trailers for dogs (not listed on the website as I phoned to ask). Staff were really friendly, helmets included in the bike hire. We returned the bikes then stopped at the cafe for food. Plenty parking spaces at the cafe. All in all a great day out.

Very disappointed with the whole experience. We opted for takeaway pizza to eat in - a Pepperoni, Peppers & Mushrooms and The Meaty. Far too oily - my guess is far too much cheese and not enough of the toppings. They both could have done with another five minutes in the oven as the middles were soggy and the bases not cooked through. The staff looked fed up - not a smile between them. The saving grace was a decent bottle of wine at £18.

A beautifully converted old station that is home to a fantastic cafe. The food is delicious, the setting is lovely and the staff are friendly and welcoming.

Lovely meal quick service however a very rude and snappy man on the counter didn't catch his name but tall shaved hair at the sides with I tiny bit of hair tied up we had no idea how things worked and wasn't helpful at all very intimidating I wasn't going to put a review but it was busy and overheard a couple more remarks about him he definitely shouldn't be on the counter

Great food, wonderful service, good price

Food was good and tasty plus cup of tea.

Although the place was packed when i first arrived, it became around one third full by the time my jacket potato arrived after waiting nearly 40 minutes for it! I had to ask three times for a fork as there were none and when i got one from a member of staff she was very sarcastic and scowling. Two other members of staff were also very grumpy as they went about their duties. The manager did apologise saying they had been busy over lunchtime but this is not the first time service has been poor. Not a good example for local customers and foreign visitors alike and the staff should remember that it is their job to be polite and provide an acceptable level of service. If the visitors didnt visit then the staff would have even less to smile about if the place closed. Food was acceptable when it finally arrived. Fingers crossed things will improve next time i decide to spend my hard earned money on acceptable food and a poor level of service.

Extensive menu for setting. We all chose breakfast buns before setting out to walk Monsal trail. We were not disappointed the buns were huge and well filled. Staff were busy and it was cash only due to card machine not working but staff behind counter were helpful and friendly.

Long queue at cafe plus toilet door lock not working was dissapointing but the food looked good.

Very pleasantly surprised, I have called here along time ago and it wasn't particularly memorable. Called today and what a difference! A very extensive menu written in a way that wetted the appetite. My family made some quite unusual choices but the lady behind the counter managed to sort us out! Food was good value and served surprisingly quickly.

Came here after we had visited Bakewell . Really nice spot which has lots of seating inside and out. They have 3 spaces you can order from, the main building you can order food from a vast menu, snack bar and freshly made pizza are outside. There is a walking and bike trail that is outside which I assume was the old train route. Would definitely go again. Portions are a reasonable size.

I hired an off road bike tomorrow from the cycle shop and was impressed at the staff and their customer service skills. They were both knowledgeable, friendly and efficient. They looked after me and gave me spare inner tubes, Allen keys and a pump in case they were needed. I was also impressed with the bike and had a wonderful 6 hrs out on it, most of it off road or on quiet lanes. Thanks chaps for making today a fantastic day for me.

Great stopping off point when walking or cycling the Monsal trail into Bakewell

Great food after a lovely walk!

Great cafe to stop at. In particular, the cakes and biscuits are epic. Lots of parking and outside areas. Nice inside too

A great family treat enjoying fantastic pizza from 'Pizza Pedlar'. Very tasty and generous, great quality toppings and dough. The efficient ordering system meant that we could relax and enjoy our beautiful surroundings whilst waiting for our food to be freshly cooked. Fab!

Tasty food but quite pricey. Lovely surroundings and had a woodfired pizza stall outside which I wish we had seen first however the food was delicious and super quick service!

Grabbed a coffee from the little van outside which was probably the worst coffee I’ve ever tasted. Then went to use the outside’s toilet which was the most disgusting smelling filthy toilet I’ve seen in a long time. I went to use the inside toilet which was only marginally better!!!

Great place for food and drinks and of course bike hire. Can be busy at popular times.

Great place on the Monsal Trail for a bite to eat. Good food with lots of choice.

This is our regular 'drink and toilet' stop on the Monsal Trail walk. We used to really like it back in pre-covid days but it seems to have gone downhill in terms of quality of food and hygiene. So... The coffee is nice but the service is often VERY slow. The toilets are usually dirty and often out of loo rolls. The food is on the lower side of average yet the prices are not. On our most recent visit we had 'buttermilk pancakes with maple syrup' (3 very small very flat and very dry and rubbery pancakes each slightly bigger than the tiny bowl the maple syrup was served in) and a toasted teacake (ok, but also petite).

Steady stroll from Bakewell, coffee, and tempted to try egg bacon sausage cob… perfect mid morning snack. 10/10. Cheers

Bakewell slice to die for…..especially the blondie Bakewell if you like white chocolate! All the food looks beautifully presented. Lots of seating inside and out, with various counters to buy from. Free parking if you’re a customer just outside the cafe, the rest of the car park is pay and display.

The toilets were awful. Needed a good clean

Nice food, friendly staff. A bit pricy but good portions. Enjoyed the experience of being on a powered bike.

Food great, lots of choice for meat eaters, veggie & vegan. Speedy service. Comfortable & perfect setting. Toilets are horrible. They are smelly even in winter. Today one of the 3 women's didn't flush & had flooded. One of 2 external toilets closed.

Having had a good walk from Bakewell to Miller's Dale and back, we decided to stop off for a coffee at the station. We had our drinks from the kiosk outside and sat at a table overlooking the Monsall Trail. It was a nice drink and other options were available for those not wanting hot drinks. Very little waiting time considering the nice weather and amount of people on the trail. Would definitely consider stopping here again after a walk on the trail as it is just around a mile from Bakewell Station

Brilliant menu and food, friendly staff, yummy cakes, lovely gift shop with a great choice of cards and gifts. Perfect spot for walking down the Manifold track.

Great location to stop for lunch on a cycle from Buxton to Bakewell.

Paying to park. Then a visit to an old toilet, that needs fixing up and cleaning. Went outside to order a pizza, they looked amazing! But although it was 4.46 they did not take any orders. Because they close at 5. They said it was on the website. But we checked later and it was only mentioned they close at 5. So paid parking for nothing! Very disappointing! Café also closed at 5. So went to a local pub instaid.

Ideal coffee spot. Great food inside or grab a wood fired pizza from the van outside.

Excellent safe and shop. Hood food selection but not cheap

Great place to park for the Monsal trail. You can also pick up the peak district sightseeing open top bus from here too. Parking all day £5.50 cash or card payments taken