Lakeside Kitchen & Bar in Peterborough

Accommodating staff, great food (especially the cake), and of course a brilliant location for an event.

Great food, friendly accommodating staff and amazing service. Perfect setting for our event and the attention to detail in supporting us to set it up was greatly appreciated. Highly recommend!

Very nice hot chocolate and the rocky road cake was good

Our experience with Lotte was absolutely fantastic from beginning to end. She was instrumental in helping us craft the perfect menu for our womens wellness event, clearly explaining the pricing and different options available. Throughout the event itself, Lotte was an invaluable presence – friendly, attentive, and always willing to go the extra mile to ensure our needs were met. Her exceptional service and dedication are a major reason why we'll be booking our next event at the Lakeside Kitchen and Bar without hesitation. Highly recommend!

It's a nice enough place for a stop when walking around Ferry Meadows. Trays and left over cups and food everywhere outside though, which considering it's in a country park with lots of wildlife, probably isn't a great idea. Prices are not so bad and it's nice sitting outside looking out over the water. Can't comment on the food as we had drinks only.

Served very cold coffee had to complain and get it replaced

A large meeting of our Trefoil Guild met here for a fun activity day, followed up with a cream tea. Room prepared for us, super service and really lovely tea

Nice place for a walk, restaurant good too!

Great place to do water sports or have some lunch over looking the lake

Love the atmosphere at Lakeside Kitchen! Always very friendly 🙂!

Pleasant surroundings but very expensive

Used first time, but enjoyable with the scenery

Popped in here after a walk and then was delighted to find great service with the most delicious selection of cakes. I had the best coffee and walnut cake and hubby was more than happy with his caramel drip cake. Great pots of tea too.

I sang songs there a had a fantastic time I had a cake 🎂 🥮 I would highly recommend it

Thank you Lotte for supporting us on our wedding day, the decorations were arranged exactly as I imagined and we and our guests had a great time. Such a beautiful venue for weddings! Thanks again to you and the team for making our day special. ❤️

Beer at £5.95 a pint no thanks.

Great place nice views but the prices are silly stupid it’s a nice cafe not a 5 star restaurant

Just what I need some fresh air and coffee

Nice place and view. Dogs are welcome 🙂

Busy and noisy but a great location. Lovely views.

It is very very expensive like everywhere that has a nice view. I had a smoothie £5 and a lemon drizzle cake £4.. I actually shared the cake to save money between us. A lovely setting on the lake though

Service is very slow, there are a lot of staff but are not properly organised. Could be so much better. Nice views over lakes

Lovely place to eat if you want a bite by the river. Staff are friendly. Ordered pork belly which came very underdone/ no crisp (but edible so didn't complain) and the onion rings were almost white and also underdone. Partners pizza came out looking very nice.

Good food and service, great home made cakes too! Coffee and milkshakes are also great!

Even though it was very busy, service and food quality was good….

Nice location. Very slow service and food ok.

Beautiful surroundings 4x breakfast 4x hot drink £65 I thought was expensive but if food is great then not a problem sausages for us to herby fried eggs had to be cooked more as white was runny staff pleasant helpful friendly probably wouldn't go back for the price and quality

Very helpful and polite people. Good choice of menu.

Food was average. Waiting time horrendous. Very nice location though. Just go when it's not busy ;)

So bad!!!! Worse experience I had in my entire life. How can sell a beer 330 ml with £5 ?? A burger 🍔 £16 ?? That's a rip off. Never go back!!! 🤮🤢🤢🤬😠😠😡

Lovely place for a drink and a snack, but expensive for a family.

Just got drinks didn't really get anything to eat however they had a good selection

Such a lovely place that has amazing scenery but my god, the organisation is absolutely shambolic. Spending most of my day here just standing in a queue for food and drink! The atmosphere would be far more happy and vibrant, if you weren't surrounded by others who are in the same circumstance as me, stood here, wasting my time to get food, drink and ice cream. Management, get a grip of it and also open the bar! You'd drastically improve your queue issues if you did. So, I better resume my place in the queue... Number 50 in the queue to be exact.......

Great place for a walk and a snack.

Really lovely for a cup of tea and cake after a long walk. Lunches are good value.

Great place chill out. Family friendly. Swan rides, canoeing, - great solo, group or family activities.

Nothing better than a cup off coffee N slice of lakesides finest cake sitting by the lake watching the world go by whatever the weather 10/10 in all respects. Keep it up will be back this year for another birthday.

Great place for family day out or just quick relaxing time! Definitely will come back!

Food was mediocre and seemed overpriced for what you get. However the staff, service and setting are nice and pleasant.

Nice cafe in a lovely setting but a bit pricy

Nice cafe and bar overlooking the lake with seats inside and out. Good selection of cakes including gluten free. CAMC members get 10% off if you show your card.

Called in after a 10 mile charity walk. Had the house burger which was delicious, it tasted like steak! Highly recommended

Lovely place to come for food. We've been coming for years and would recommend it to family and friends.

Lovely place to go food is good. The only thing I would say is that one lady came while we're eating and drinking tea. We are closed now, and can you leave. We took our tea with us. Should have come and said we will be closing in 15 minutes. Can everyone be aware and drink up. Even pubs give you 10 minutes drinking up time

We had breakfast with Santa here in Dec 2023. What an experience and amazing value for money. Thank you for making our Christmas celebrations special! Christmas bingo, cookie decorating, yummy breakfast with any drink. Plus elf, Rudolph and Santa (who spent time at each table talking to the children) Highly recommend to anyone and will be here next year!

We used to love this little cafe, it serves good coffees and used to offer decent food. However the last couple of visits were a disappointment. We stopped here for lunch and ordered baguettes and coffees. The baguettes were absolutely inedible - the bread was so stale, it tasted like it sat there for days. I don't understand how you can sell that for £6+ a pop with a straight face. Surely the staff should let customers know that it's not fresh. You would think it's hard to spoil a piece of bread with sandwich filler but they managed somehow. On the plus side, the location of the cafe is perfect and the staff are always smiley.

I just feel this place could do so much more. With the new car park I think there might be greater footfall in future and hopefully it's menu will expand. Right now fine for coffee and cake but not much else on offer except the lovely view and seperate inside area where dogs are welcome. Great for couples having a walk or a quick warm up drink after water sports but limited for families or if you're wanting a proper meal

Bit cold in the doggy area, but great food, pizza was huge! Quick, friendly service

Food was OK but our pulled pork was dry and lacking flavour. A busy restaurant and very busy staff. Downside was small dogs yapping and barking.

Very nice and friendly service. Great view.

I love the romantic and tranquil setting of this place. We gathered here for my husband birthday with some friends and booked swan pedalos, which are conveniently located right next door. I usually order the BLT and it’s decent. It’s hard to find my kids a snack but an order of chips always works too. They aren’t much about eating, they just want to toss rocks into the lake, which you can monitor from the terrace. We can honestly sit here for hours on a nice day with good company.

Lovely place to spend a few hours , excellent food and wonderful service

Nice food, decent view over the lake. All good.

Lovely friendly staff in very busy lakeside cafes, food is average, but they are catering for a lot of people who just want a quick snack, or something not too fancy

Really nice to sit outside next to the lake, food and drinks so so.

Lovely food, just got Thai fish cake and Salt and pepper squid. Both really lovely! Plenty of space and high chairs. Lovely view!

Very popular at this summer time of year, loads of things to occupy kids nearby. Toilets available inside the food area and outside, very clean. Parking, £1-00 per hour or part of, was very spacious, paying is a quiz at first but as you go in your number plate is recorded and as you leave, have your credit card ready to tap. There are machines around the car park, but remember to pay when you leave. My trip was just a scout around for a short time after eating. everywhere appears to be available to wheelchair users and there are long paths around and about a very large pond, with pedalos and canoes for rent. I noticed before we entered the pay section an old Train station which looks like a nice place to visit, may try next time.

It's a very nice park, for families have a great day out with kids, a couple of playgrounds ,plenty green spots, for walking dogs, peaceful places !! About the lakeside kitchen and bar ,a really nice place but the service it's to slow, the staff are friendly but inexperienced. The food is like a pub food nothing especially ! But deserve a visit. Car park 3£ for 2 hours, 4.5£ for 3 hours.

Lovely little spot for drinks, cakes, snacks and meals. Gorgeous views over the lake. A nice place to visit before/after walking around Ferry Meadows. Plenty of choices for food and the staff are always kind

We hosted my Mum’s 60th party here. Louise was great - she listened to all of our requests and needs and I didn’t have to do anything on the day. I dropped the flowers and cakes off and they set up the room beautifully. Everyone enjoyed the BBQ and there was plenty of food! A great venue and setting with even lovelier staff. Thank you!

I have now been here twice with my family (visiting from abroad). Both times the variety and amount of food always seems very limited. We came here for a light lunch and scones/tea but were told the Clotted cream was currently still frozen at 2pm...we were very disappointed having chosen to come here over another cafe. The baguettes only had one flavour available too. Having had a not so good experience twice, I will be reluctant to come here again especially with family. I think the restaurant needs to increase the food and service, at least during the holidays.

Lovely setting, reasonable prices. Treat yourself to a slice of their coffee cake and a cappuccino.

Nice place for a beverage with a selection of cakes. It's lovely to sit on the balcony on a summers day with a view of the lake!

I checked the opening times on Google and it stated it was open until 5pm weekdays. I arrived at 3pm to have lunch with my family, to be told they had closed the kitchen. There were no signs notifying us of this. I asked if they could simply heat up a panini and they said no. We left very disappointed. I then had to pay for parking even though we had not been there very long

Long wait for food so just had coffee I was nice though

Love the view but always have to wait in the queue for too long.

Really lovely spot overlooking the water! Decking area with seating and indoor area too.

I have to say we were hugely disappointed. The service was incredibly slow. We ordered 4 mains. Waited too long. The food was ok but it’s a very very confused offering. Style over substance. It seems to be trying too hard to be premium in totally the wrong way. Get the basics right. What this place needs and its customers are big hearty plates of uncomplicated food. The forks were dirty. The table sticky. The floor a mess. The windows marked and dirty. It feels like the restaurant is trying to maximise profit at the expense of the basics. I have eaten in greasy spoons where I can get a big hearty home made pie, veggies and a drink and it’s been spotless. I’m sorry but the basic cleanliness in this Lakeside was utterly appalling.

Lovely situated café near the lake.... Highly recommended for all the family ❤️

Excellent food, lovely service and a stunning setting by the lake

Always delicious food, not cheap but fairly reasonable pricing, considering the quality. We come here fairly often and will continue to do so! Lots of parking and great place to grab lunch or a snack before a walk around the lakes. Would recommend.

Breakfast this morning was terrible. My husband got the wrong order and my poached eggs were like bullets - very hard! Last Saturday, breakfast was brilliant, correct order and eggs were perfect! Inconsistent. Well, we went again this morning - I decided just to have a coffee but my husband ordered a sausage and bacon sandwich BUT was given a sausage and egg sandwich. He couldn’t be bothered to complain for the second week running!

Great little café in a stunning location overlooking the lake. Good food served by pleasant and very efficient staff.

Food ok and reasonable priced. Staff friendly. Outdoor seating avaliable overlooking the lake. Nice place to sit and enjoy the scenery

Good place for a morning coffee

Good coffee and prices were decent

Nice place for relaxing with lunch, overlooking the lake. Food was very good. Dog friendly

Was very cold inside couldn't set for long and enjoy our food

The food is on the expensive side and not to the best quality or standards. The doors to outside seating area were locked with no signs indicating no access and staff just watched people try open the doors without saying anything which I consider to be poor customer service

Updated with details as requested by the restaurant: The food is a bit disappointing, very basic and not really worth ordering items that sound fancy, we ordered rigatoni and we got penne pasta instead and the Birdy Burger was basically 2 chicken fingers like you'd find in any supermarket. Atmosphere is great, very family friendly, and staff is great. Is a good option when visiting Nene but wouldn't go out of the way just for the food.

March 2023: £6.50 for eggs on toast 🥲 it's so expensive here, but I live locally so it's the closest place for a nice walk and a bit to eat. December 2022: Visited again, there is a new menu that is much smaller than before. £4 for a tiny pot of chips... and the children's pasta was undercooked with very dry cheese - I think it had been sat around for a while.

Lovely little cafe overlooking the lake.

It's a lovely place. Fantastic that there's an area to sit with dogs. But sandwiches were made on Wednesday. Said on packaging. To take off first thing Saturday morning. Considering it was afternoon and asked staff. Was told its fine. It just says that????

Huge thanks to Lakeside Kitchen & Bar for allowing our family to have our Uncle’s wake there today. From start to finish it has been an easy process to arrange with the help of Louise, the function manager. The buffet food we had was superb. Plenty off it and all our guests said how fresh and tasty it all was. Thank you to all the staff involved, especially Kayleigh. From Lynn & Suzanne

It's ok there's a room for dog owners to sit which is good, don't get the smell of wet dogs while you eat

Visited quite late for a late lunch/early dinner in the day, so it was pretty quiet, but it was good food (not cheap, but done nicely; it only just made it into the next cost bracket per person).

We had country vegetable soup with was lovely... and we also ordered a cheese and ham toastie , which is very over priced at £8.50 for what we got,two slices of bread cheese and ham, surely don't justify 8.50 we thought it came with chips turns out they was a bag of crisps put into a container complete rip off.

They took on my mums birthday afternoon tea on late notice , excellent food and great service with a beautiful view ! All was happy

Nice coffee and Scones. Dog friendly indoor area.

Fab soup of the day. Very pleasant as usual.

Very good food and excellent price/quality ratio!

Lovely place to stop for a coffee and cake after walking round the meadows. Very welcoming for dogs, which is nice to see

Sat in the enclosed covered area where dogs are welcomed. It was a very windy, cold day and the wood burner hadn't been lit, instead a very small fan heater was on which didn't warm us up, that was a shame. A Nice lunch though, of brie and bacon panin, with chips and coleslaw. Staff were helpful holding open doors for the wheelchair. Very good wheelchair access! ♿

Lovely view out across the lake on the outdoor seating, though large panoramic windows is you’re feeling like sitting indoors. Great cup of coffee.

Nice cup of coffee and flapjack. Inside seating area for dogs and owners overlooking the lake was very welcome.

Sat at table waiting for breakfast for half an hour, watching other people who came in after get theirs. Turns out they hadn't even got our order. When it finally did come, after 40 minutes, it was OK. Was offered a free drink, but instead, opted for a discount on the drinks we had already had. Fried egg was a little underdone for my liking, with some uncooked white near the yolk, maybe because they were in a hurry to get it out to me.

Very nice venue overlooking a lake set in the the country park of Nene Park. Have visited this place many times and has good facilities, clean, attractive building. Food menu is good, but a bit pricey which is normal nowadays. The veranda over looking the sailing lake is very relaxing. Recommended!

Nice place for Sunday breakfast 🍳

I would just like to thank one of the staff at the lakeside cafe for been honest and trust worthy for finding my phone at the payment parking metre after I had done a good deed to a young lady giving her my last pound coins and change as the machine wouldn't accept her 2pound coins. As I was looking for change I put my phone on top of the meter machine. Then left Ferry meadows leaving my phone behind not know I had left it and drove to 2020 buffet in the Peterborough when we arrived i realised i dint have my phone and had to drive back to Ferry Meadows. The cafe was closed but found the staff room and inquired if anyone had handed my phone in? They said yes a member of staff found it and handed it in. In this day and age there are still decent truely honest people out there so thank you lakeside cafe your staff are truely what makes a great place worthwhile revisiting.👏😊📲

Went on a Sunday when it is very busy. 30 minutes wait for a bottle of water. Staff were very busy but lacking in any oomph.