HAZELMERE CAFE & BAKERY in South Lakeland

Called for a cup of tea for two, nothing wrong with the tea other than the price.£7 for a drink of tea for two. I thought that was rather expensive .

Excellent cafe as you enter Grange from the station end of town. Service was quick and portions large. Wide range of teas & coffees available, no surprise as they have an excellent tea shop above the cafe.

My first time here, first time its not been full! Obviously well supported by locals and very busy. Service is excellent and the food does not disappoint. I had Cumberland sausage, two lovely sausages on riced mash potato lashings of gravy with al dente sugar snap, carrot and baby broccoli, just perfect. The sausages came from Cartmel Game Butchers, just lovely full of meat nice herbs very good. My partner had Chicken Schnitzel, nice and crisp, looked good. I had a side of Vegan Slaw (no diary), very good, fresh and crisp great flavour. Date and Walnut Tart, best pud I have had for a while, sweet and packed full of nuts and dates. This is a must have pud if you are popping in, I noticed the locals pop in for cake and coffee. It will probably be impossible to get in this cafe again until the autumn but we will come back. Ps coffee was fresh, hot and rich.

Been eating at the Hazelmere for getting on for 30 years and never been disappointed. We had the steak pie this time and it was excellent - so tasty, served hot and fresh, staff helpful although they were busy and we felt welcome and comfortable, along with our dog. Thank you, we will be back

Came here on the way home, (to Southern england) for breakfast. Excellent full English and vegetarian breakfast,vine tomatoes on toast and smoked salmon and scrambled egg. Also good blend of cafetiere coffee served by friendly staff. Also takeaway sandwiches brought for our journey were of excellent quality.

The Hazelmere is our go-to for coffee and cake in Grange. This visit, our choice was their vanilla slice - baked to a 70 year old recipe - and fruit & walnut scone - warmed and with melty butter. Perfect with coffee. Efficient, friendly service and nice decor.

Lovely breakfast. Eggs royale were top notch. Avocado on toast was slightly unseasoned. Very friendly staff 🥚🥐🥑

Staff were so friendly and helpful. The food is always so nice. We got buns and pies and was not disappointed.

A lovely cafe ,the first one you come to from the train station.i had a pot of tea and the waitresses were very friendly .this was very popular with people who wanted somewhere to come out of the rain and have a cuppa or something to eat.would definitely come again .

Went for a Blackcurrant pie and they didn't have any.

Gorgeous cheese & onion bread 👌 also asked if considered raffle prize donation to support local charity, which they did. Thank you, much appreciated.

Spot on. Dog friendly and lovely chips! Staff are just lovely and welcoming. Will be going back when next in the lakes. We only had a sandwich but it was delicious.

Lovely light lunch! We called in and had corn fed chicken sandwich: delicious food fab coffee+ lovely staff: what's not to like? Lovely experience.

We visited this cafe in the 1980’s and was happy to still see it there. It has gone a bit more upmarket since we last visited. I preferred how it was more traditional. We had to wait outside and then there is a seating area you sit to wait for a table, it’s a bit awkward as you are facing other customers eating whilst you sit and watch them. The food we had was tasty and the drinks were nice but it was £30 for soup and a sandwich with a drink so not cheap. What I didn’t like was whilst we sat by the door waiting for our table watching other customers eat, we and other waiting customers we were never acknowledged or said hello to, it’s only a little thing but to be made to feel welcome is so important. Would I visit again? No I think I’ll keep my happy memories from the 80’s 😂

Such a lovely place. The food is always lovely, well presented and tasty. The staff are always attentive and professional. You cannot book a table here and have to queue. It is pretty well organised and the waiting time is never very long. I have been numerous times and have always had a lovely experience.

Lovely lunch date with my dad. Nice ambience and dog friendly too. Smashed avocado was a visual delight besides a treat for the tastebuds!

Excellent cakes and coffee, great staff

Lovely & warm, friendly staff blumin gud grub 😋

Had a lovely lunch here. In fact I had the turkey Christmas dinner. It was absolutely gorgeous. Mind you it was the first proper thing I had eaten in 4 days following Norovirus so I particularly enjoyed it!!! Really lovely and fresh food. Lovely setting. Lovely staff. Wonderful bakery next door. Go and see for yourselves.

Exceptional food at this up-market cafe. High quality coffees. Gorgeous toasties with real homemade chips and an apple and blackcurrent crumble with proper custard to die for!

The sandwiches and chips were all good.

This place is amazing the food is 5 star and the tea shop upstairs is fantastic, I met Dorothy who is so friendly, she went out of her way to help and explain the teas. I will definitely go back

Great place to stop en route to the western Lakes. Quick friendly service. tasty food and good value and you can park nearby.

Amazing place, brilliant selection of teas and good food.

Great little place for local produce.

Well worth the brief wait for a table. The cheese and onion scone was a thong of great beauty.

The Hazelmere is one of our favourite spots in The Lakes and it never fails to deliver. Wonderful, plentiful food that's packed with flavour without being fussy. Friendly staff, great service completes the package.

Shut the doors at 3:30 on a Saturday .. only wanted a coffee

Very disappointing. One tiny piece of bread with a few shrimps. One small cheese toastie. Both accompanied by a few leaves and half a tomato. Plus, tea for two. Guess how much? 29 quid!

Very nice place, staff really friendly and helpful, was a pleasure to visit

Absolutely delicious loose tea. So nice we bought some to take home. Heather, the young lady who served us, was a sweetheart and looked after us really well.

As always a delight to visit. Really good coffee and cake. The servers were spot on too. Thanks

Lovely staff nice to see staff that where still there doesn't change tea room atmosphere Food was good could not fault at all lovely fresh sandwiches home made soup lovely damp day warmer and tea in pot china cups

Lovely lunch, they let dogs inside cafe.Have a shop upstairs that sells loose tea, you can take your own caddy for them to fill if you want.

I had probably what i would describe as the best and nicest sausage rolll that i have ever had :) we ate in the cafe - the menu doesnt have pastry on the menu but the staff will grab a pie or sausage roll from the attached bakery and serve it :)

Absolutely delicious cream tea with warm scones and home made damson conserve and clotted cream, with a wide selection of loose leaf teas. Highly recommend.

Superb cafe in Grange. Extensive and interesting tea list, if tea not your thing a wide range of other drinks. We enjoyed an excellent lunch - the grilled peach, cheese and fruit salad was imaginative and delicious. Most of food home made, local suppliers. Tasty desserts - try the Cumberland rum nicky! Comfortable seating. Relaxed pleasant atmosphere. Staff friendly and efficient. A place to sit and enjoy. Teas are available from shop upstairs, baked goods from bakery next door.

It says select one. We can't we stayed in Grange for the week and came to Hazelmere either for Sunday lunch, breakfast, afternoon tea, weekday lunch. Whenever we went we were never disappointed. The staff were friendly and welcoming. The food is delicious(never had carrot pie before, it was lovely. I had it with gravy ), the cafe is lovely and has a great outlook over the park. Dorothy's upstairs is well worth a look and the bakery you won't leave empty handed or disappointed.

Fabulous breakfast and great service as well. Would highly recommend!

The food is delicious and good value for Grange. The teas are excellent. The staff were lovely and one girl went out of her way to help us with our order. I have it earmarked for our next visit to Grange over Sands.

A worthy winner of the UK Tea Council Top Afternoon Tea award 2006 - 17 years later it seems little has changed. I called shortly before closing time for a pot of Fell Walker tea - created and blended here on site & a home baked Eccles cake with a piece of Wensleydale cheese; both truly exceptional. The staff are great, the menu is extensive and the prices for what you get are very reasonable. Do not leave Grange without calling here❗️

A rather nice bakery and cafe on a decent terrace of shops down near the station at Grange-over-Sands. It's the end nearest the roundabout. I recall this business, or one very similar, being here for many years since we first came up to the South Lakes area. Then I particularly liked the bakery. Now both are good. We popped in to both on a first visit in a long while. First off, it was busy, which is always a good sign. We'd already eaten lunch, regretfully, otherwise I'd have enjoyed eating here, so just had tea, a cafetierre of Rift Valley coffee and a simple cake or pastry each. As there were no Yorkshire Curd Tarts in today, it had to be an Eccles Cake, for want of something else. Well, the best cup of coffee I've had in a good while. Good service. Good pastry.....though I prefer something savoury... All in all we both enjoyed what we had and I would use this cafe again any time. The bakery deserves regular use, as their products look excellent!! Try one or preferably both, you won't be disappointed!! A good four stars, definitely. I hovered over giving five but would have to eat lunch to see.

A lovely dog friendly cafe. Visited for lunch. The sandwiches were first class and there was a multitude of specialty teas to choose from. The cafe is spotlessly clean and tidy with very professional staff. Well worth a visit.

Wonderful Artisan bakery with a fantastic tea room/ restaurant in Grange over Sands.

We went into the Hazlemere for lunch, and were pleasantly surprised to find that they did a traditional Sunday roast. Four of us ordered the small roast beef, and it was delicious, and very good value. The beef was beautifully pink, and we got 3 generous slices each with a Yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings. An absolute must for us in future whenever we are in Grange.

Lovely breakfast could have been a bit more generous with the tasty coffee.

Absolutely brilliant place! We stumble upon it by a chance, going to Holker Hall and what a find! Friendliest staff i've came across for a while, great food, really nice atmosphere, huge selection of tea (heaven for me), really really worth a visit :) And as for the price - It might be a bit dearer than somewhere else but worth every penny.

Service and food is slow, I was wanting to catch my train so asked for the bill, the girl said she was inputting orders first. If my train had not been late, I could well have missed it, and would have had to wait another hour. The Coffee is not excellent, just average, like one made by a tea shack, and it is not obvious where the Wi-fi access details are for you to check train times, for example... I would eat here again if my suggested improvements were implemented.

The shop is fantastic with a nice layout but no price labels which is very off putting. The worst thing is that you feel like in a Moroccan bazaar by getting constantly asked if you need any help , which in our case made us by only 1 loaf instead of the usual bag full of goodies because we couldn't get out quick enough

Great place for a special afternoon tea or just a bit of breakfast/lunch ect, especially the desserts

Visited on Sunday of bank holiday weekend. Ordered sandwiches as they had run out of white bread opted for egg and cress on brown. Bread felt hard and wasn't good at all.

Excellent food, great service, super portions

Lovely cafe/restaurant in Grange over sands. Food lovely and the service really good. Will visit again. Very much enjoyed our experience. The bread and cakes etc in the other part of the shop were brilliant as well. Thank you.

We stopped into this traditional tea room on a recommendation from a local who told us about Grange-over-sands last year, and they said you'll have the best fish and chips ever at Grange-over-sands, a tall order to top as I've had some amazing fish and chips in my time. When I say traditional tea room, I don't mean that tired, old fashioned post war England Tea Room, I mean, traditional in the sense they offer amazing teas, coffees, cakes and pastries and hot/cold food. What makes this restaurant special is their attention to the smallest of details, like, individually wrapped butter pats l, and the butter is at room temperature so it actually spreads. All the food is beautifully presented on quality earthenware, the staff are polite, engaging and friendly, they make you feel valued. So, the food. I had the small portion fish and chips.....wow, beautiful, white, flakey haddock wrapped in light and crispy batter, homemade, Chunky tartar sauce, homemade mushy peas and crispy/fluffy chips, gorgeous. My partner had the grilled peach and Feta salad, a huge bowl full of goodness. The decor and atmosphere of this tea room is modern yet somehow traditional, fresh and immaculately clean. Can you guess that I loved this place, I did. They did everything perfectly, very rare today. We actually made a special detour of 25 miles to go here, and we weren't disappointed, you won't be either, GO!!

A lovely, elegant place with friendly and efficient service. We had potted shrimp on toast - wonderful bread! - with a glass of white wine. It was delicious. Quite a few customers were enjoying fish and chips and they looked fantastic.

Just a small detour off main road for a nice snack lunch in pleasant surroundings.

Excellent service, cheerful staff and a good cup of tea. The fresh Strawberry tart and ice-cream totally brilliant.

Polite professional perfect servers. We were last customer in at 330 for a 4pm close. We were not rushed, not stood over, no irritation or muttering between them self’s. Excellent high standard food, had coffee and cake, Can’t speak highly enough of them

Oh my goodness!!! Just love everything about this place!!! Roast dinner great, mushroom tart delicious and fish and chips brilliant ☺️

Nice looking pork pie...only too find raw pastry ...meat inside lovely....but couldn't eat...staff in side really nice...

Stopped here for breakfast. Great choice, great service and food was excellent for a good price. Highly recommend.

Very charming, picturesque and romantic exterior and interior. Great service for disabled guests. The full English breakfast was absolutely delicious and the servers were delightfully kind and sympathetic. A wonderful experience!

Beautifully decorated, comfortable chairs and warm and cosy carpet. Table service by friendly and professional staff. We just had tea (very good quality) and cake. Spoilt for choice on cake menu. With hindsight we should have gone earlier to have something savoury (and to have a scone before they run out) . Note that this is a cafe so they stop serving hot food around 3pm (?) And close at 4pm. A little expensive so not an everyday place maybe but worth it.

We arrived about 1030, sat outside under a canopy. We were brought the menu by a very friendly lady who asked if our dog was allowed some biscuits. Our son loved the chocolate milkshake, devouring 2 of them! coffee was delicious, I had a fruit scone with damson jam which was fresh and scrumptious. Definitely worth a visit, I think it will be very busy in the holidays.

The Best fish, chips and mushy peas I have had for a while. Piping hot and delicious.

Having been recommended to the Hazelmere and Dorothy's tea emporium I am very sorry to say that my experience in the Hazelmere was far from pleasant. After visiting Dorothy's tea emporium I entered the cafe from the rear door. I was met straight away by...

Excellent array of freshly baked goods cakes & sandwiches

Pastries were very average and the ‘sourdough’ that was ‘buy one get one half price’ definitively wasn’t sourdough. It was cheap white bread that was a failed batch. When you press the centre of the bread it doesn’t bounce back into shape, quality bread goes...

Really tasty breakfast and coffee, only two minutes walk from the station. On a busy bank holiday with lots of customers the staff were doing an amazing job, really friendly and efficient. Definitely would go again

Lovely meals a bit slow and a little more veg or other would really have been better, lovely restaurant nice and bright although a little pricy Good position with 1 hour parking outside on street. My take is. 7/10

We were very lucky to get a table at this very busy and delightful Cafe. Very attentive and helpful staff to help you select your menu choice. We all had a varied selection of dishes which were well presented and more importantly a joy to...

An extremely nice place to go for a homemade cake etc or a lunch time snack. You need to have deep pockets here. My advice go for smaller portion option, but still expensive compared to some. Good price for cakes though. Vanilla slice beautiful.

We make a point of going to the bakery when we visit the lakes as it’s one of the best and the ladies are always lovely, we have eaten in the cafe a few times and as a family too and the service has always...

Came to the Hazlemere for breakfast. Excellent smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, full English and teacakes. Excellent choice of teas and coffees , served by young confident staff. Also have adeli takeaway next door.

Lovely cafe with tea shop above. Lots of different tea options and great amount of veggie choices on the breakfast menu

A quality place with excellent food and drinks

Please avoid. I can’t recommend enough that this place retrains its staff. We were a table of 5 that waited 45 minutes to be seated, when in all honesty a table could have been made up for us but they kept giving those tables away...

Lovely food and great service. The baked Camembert is superb, we each have to get our own because we are not sharing! An essential part of any visit to Grange

The best bakery in Grange over Sands, their pies and cakes are a must have for any lake weekend ! Also a few great vegan and veggie options:)

Drove over an hour to reach this location after a recommendation and certainly wasn’t worth the effort. I feel like I must’ve caught them on a bad day (Easter Sunday) reading other reviews, but this shouldn’t make a difference- the service was appalling and the food/drink wasn’t much better. Served by three different individuals and my god what faces they had on them along with attitude out of their mouths. Coffee was flavourless and not enough with the milk ratio in a latte. Food pretty standard and drowned in mustard. Drinks/Food served at the exact same time created a feeling of get it down you and out. We skipped desert and went to a place down the road.

Excellent menu and food. This restaurant is a gem. It is slightly pricy but worth every penny. Adjacent to the bakery for take away treats afterwards. Love it!

After seeing reviews and hearing good thing decided to come for lunch, yes it’s clean and looks nice and staff well dressed and smart but not a smile between them. None of them were rude and were polite when speaking but not one of them...

Were seated quickly Leisurely but not slow service. Friendly Great pies - great veggie options Plenty of tea Loved it ! My only regret is that I wished that had sampled the vanilla slice too Would definitely return

Great tea rooms and cake shop, they sell the best vanilla slices! Situated opposite Grange ponds and gardens

Excellent food, great service and dog friendly as well.

Delicious food and good service

Brilliant place. Food was excellent.

Delicious food, friendly service

Was in the area and used the cafe attached. Excellent service and lunch Can get busy but worth waiting. Parking can be a problem when the area is busy

We arrived in Grange over Sands on a slightly delayed 11.15am train from Manchester hoping to sneak in here for what looked like a very pleasant full English breakfast according to other reviewers' photos & descriptions. We were met just beyond the door by a...

Hadn't realised what time the lovely cafe was shutting- went in and they said they were only serving cakes and drinks - beautiful ambience and right on the main street and just what we needed - the service was quick and excellent- they were so...

Excellent food and service in comfortable surroundings.

Lovely sandwiches and we enjoyed the bread. Thank you 🙂

Met a friend for coffee. Lovely tea rooms serving a wide selection of teas, coffees, cakes and lunches, beautifully decorated with friendly staff who are always glad to help. Sit nearvrhe Windows or on a warm day outside to enjoy the views over the local duck pond and watch the world go by.

Lovely cake and bread shop sells nice cheeses and chutney too. Very pleasant staff

Lovely place to stop for coffee and cake 🎂

Been here some 6 years ago, the dining area has halved, now a bakery next door (same business) mam had small portion Scampi I opted for fish pie. Desserts as pictured. £60 with tea for 2.. Bone China tea cups are a bonus. Great service.

We come to the Hazelmere every time we visit the lakes, and usually twice. The food's always lovely - we had hot food this time on one visit and a cooked breakfast on the second. Both visits were excellent. Staff are always friendly. The tea...

We have been visiting for many years. Lovely food, good service and excellent tea selection! Dorothy's tea shop upstairs is a real treasure. Looking forward to visiting again next year.

What brilliant food selection...vegan and gluten-free options