Lighthorne Pavilion Cafe in Stratford-on-Avon

Have been regular visitor to venue and have always enjoyed the experience New owner but I must say that the quality of bacon and especially the sausages are not of best quality Having said that it is a nice experience staff great coffee excellent Just hope they get better bacon and sausage Will visit again very soon

We stopped for breakfast and found this cafe on trip advisor. It was ten minutes off the motorway, opened by 9am, and in a beautiful spot looking over a cricket green. Very friendly family run business. So much nicer than a service station, I am sure we will be back!

Great location overlooking the cricket pitch, been here several times before. Although I would say in today’s visit Starbucks prices at a village pavilion, would expect a bit more for the money. Slow service for a coffee and a cake.

CRM could be improved when you first enter, but food and drink were excellent. No signage on road and if you didn’t know it was there you’d miss it - we did a pre-visit driveby on google maps so knew the hidden turn.

Our family have visited Nel's on a few occasions recently and each time it has been just what we needed! With a toddler in tow, the 'Wee ones' breakfast is perfect because you can choose items to suit. Little plastic plates and mini cutlery is lovely - makes it really feel family-friendly. We enjoy a good breakfast, fresh coffee and there's a very tempting cake counter! The welcome is warm and the service has been nice and quick which is all appreciated.

Spent a wonderful sunny afternoon on the cricket outfield, enjoying a leisure lunch with friends. the staff were friendly and paninis, soft drinks and cake were just want we wanted. Our canine companions were also welcomed with open arms. Will be back.

I visited with my family and was pleased with the friendly staff and great breakfasts. I had a ‘traditional breakfast’ and it was delicious!

An incredibly unique environment that facilitated an even better experience.Welcoming staff couldn’t do enough to make your visit the best it could be. Delicious breakfast well presented and served. The craft area added to it too. Unreservedly looking forward to revisiting.

Been going here since it opened, gone downhill in the past few months, food is mediocre; cheap sausages and bread. Staff have been rude at times. Today’s visit saw someone hand the waitress a bag of dog poo, to which she took it inside to put in the kitchen bin where food is being cooked!

We visited this cafe with friends for breakfast. Lots of space outdoors (bench tables) and very popular with the cycling fraternity. Good breakfast selection and the staff very friendly and no-nonsence.

Just moved to locality so popped in to get acquainted- lovely spot, nice views over pavilion and fields. Peaceful and friendly, nice to see dogs welcome. Treated myself to a bacon bap which was delicious and filling and coffee was great. Couldn’t resist taking away with me a slice of lemon cake....yum! Will be back! Service with a friendly smile.

Great location, pleasant staff service, sadly the cakes weren't very fresh, did mention this but that fell on deaf ears. Left cake on side uneaten. coffee was lovely

What a fabulous find! Having picked son up from university I was looking for somewhere just off the M40 & found this place. Fabulous service & food with a great cup of coffee. Definitely worth a visit.

Open Wednesday to Sunday, from 9am, situated in the cricket pavillion, limited cake and sandwich menu but all the food we ate was of excellent quality, reasonable price, with cheerful staff and lovely view over the cricket pitch. I would recommend and will revisit

A lovely place to grab a coffee, set up perfect in this crazy world we live in. Very good coffee and great service

Held my daughter 5th birthday party at the Lighthorne Pavilion Cafe due to the space and beautiful interior of the cafe, the effort the staff and owner went to was overwhelming, the food for both the kids and the adults was superb and would rival most good restaurants I've been too. I cant recommend this venue enough, the staff where friendly and always on hand to assist with any requests. If you have a party or wish to visit for some lunch I would strongly recommend you stop by and pay them all a visit. Special thanks to Ben, Lucy and the other staff members for giving us all such a memorable day.

We are not from the local area and were looking for a cafe for breakfast before a day of sight seeing. We stopped here and were very impressed. The venue is very clean, pretty and well organised. Hand sanitizer is available on every table. Drinks and food were delivered quickly and were very fresh and hot. Fried eggs were hard and I prefer them runny but the breakfast was tasty. Toilets are well sign posted and are very clean. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Menu looks limited but you can tweak it to make it suit you. A pleasant breakfast enjoyed by all.

Thanks - so lovely to visit the cafe today! Delicious food (great company) and everything felt very well thought out. We wish you every - well-deserved - success Ben!

Many trips there since it opened. All simply great. Just celebrated my birthday there and as it was so hot they were extremely accommodating in order to get us all outside but in shade.This place is special . Food is delicious. Friendly. They treat the dogs too.!!.Delicious meals and home made cakesThey make you feel very welcome. Can wander around the field or watch cricket in seasonCan sit by fire in winter and browse a large selection of crafts/gifts in the little shop.May be best to book at busy times esp breakfastGreat for meat eaters or vegetarian. The whole family or individuals all welcomeIts my bolt holeFriends family and I just love it. Mary P

Just had my first visit since Lockdown began! Ben has created a very safe relaxing place to enjoy a coffee, light lunch or snack. So happy you are open again.

So happy to see one of my favourite cafés open again. Really well organised, safe outdoor ordering & seating without loosing the lovely relaxed feeling it always had.Hand sanitiser on tables, disposable (sustainable) cutlery, crockery & cups. Pretty outdoor gazebos and bunting, gentle music playing, badminton & table tennis for the kids. Enjoyed a great coffee (choice of plant milks) & vegetarian breakfast with friends in the sunshine. Staff couldn't be more helpful.

Funny looking place from the outside but well worth going in.It was very busy on a Saturday morning but did manage to get a table.They have a small shop there , but would have thought better to extend cafe seating area.Small menu selection but did have a special boards and the cakes looked lovely.Drinks were reasonably priced and arrived quickly followed by a short wait for our breakfasts which were excellent.Food was all freshly cooked and good quality. Liked the idea of tomatoes being served in separate bowl whilst the mushrooms were the large variety and were delicious.Very good valueWould thoroughly recomend to visit

We often visit for breakfast or lunch fod and coffee very good very friendly staff and what isvery very important dog friendly our Labrador loves going there!

Thank you for making my sister’s 40th birthday celebration so very special! We had an evening family party; Ben and team did everything for us. The room looked delightful, felt cosy and was so welcoming. The food was delicious and they made a wonderful birthday cake on site. They were friendly, attentive and went the extra mile. It was my first visit and I’ll certainly be back to try the breakfast. It looks like a fabulous spot in the summer - I hear it’s a popular stop for cyclists and I can see why! BIG thank you!

Finally found the time to go for breakfast. Arrived just before 10 am with partner in tow. Total number of customers was 3 including us.5 staff behind the counter.. waited and waited and waited. Obviously not table service so I went to the counter and ordered and still no rush to take an order.Food ok.. not great.. breakfast sausage had every indication that it had been lurking in the oven since 8am and my eggs... scrambled I thought were fool proof.. sadly ,silky creamy wonders they were not.instead underwhipped overcooked.Thank you for the offer to remake ..I didn't accept and yes I did pay for the ones that had an identity crisis even though I didnt eat them.The biggest tip is improving services.We should have been offered drinks as soon as our bums hit the seat...very likely we would ( had we been served more efficiently) had 2 drinks each during our visit..drinks are very profitable so you are missing some real basics on easy profit.The eggs.... go back to school.

Having a number of family friends staying we decided to have breakfast at Lighthorne Cafe. As we were a party of eight I was slightly concerned that with a range of breakfast orders it was going to be difficult to get correct and to serve on time. Should never have been worried as the service was fast, accurate and so friendly. Food was hot and plentiful and very tasty. We had eight clean plates at the end and with two rounds of teas and coffees, what a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

We go here regularly. It’s a lovely little cafe set above Lighthorne in the cricket pavilion. Friendly, welcoming, good service and very popular. Good selection of reasonably priced food. Popular with the cycling fraternity.

Spotted this place on the map and took a diversion off the M40 to avoid the service station breakfast (only a short detour using junctions 12/14 in either direction). Definitely worth the little bit of extra driving as the breakfast was lovely, friendly service and much better value too! Really nice quiet setting next to the cricket pitch as well. Will be back next time we're driving that way!!

Taken for Breakfast, very impressed by surroundings, food and staff. Nice craft shop also for the girls. Must revisit - don't miss out. Thanks All

My Husband and I had breakfast at the Lighthorne Pavillion Cafe yesterday morning. We were going to the British Motor Museum and as we were going to be early I had a look at Tripadvisor for somewhere to have breakfast and found this cafe, it is definitely worth going to. The breakfast was very very good, we had the Traditional English. The staff were all lovely too.

We called here on Monday to find it closed but felt fellow travellers should be aware that sat nav turns you left on the road which should be ignore a bit further on you will tint but signage not great

We visited to sample brunch. It was an excellent meal and the staff were very friendly and pleasant. We enjoyed the whole experience of sitting on the edge of the cricket field and, if we had wanted to, we could have sat and watched the game. We went here with family, so look forward to our next family visit so we can return.

We were driving around looking for a place for coffee and found this. Excellent cappuccino and home made cake. Good service and a nice and cozy place.

A little haven away from it all. Staff a joy, so welcoming, friendly and efficient. Cake to die for. Cannot wait to revisit and introduce to as many people as poss!

We booked Lighthorne Pavillion Cafe for our mum’s wake in May. All we can say is that Ben and his team did us proud. The food served was delicious and plenty to go round. Tea and coffee was served in vintage crockery which helped to make it all just perfect. The sun was shining so we were able to sit both inside and out. Thank you so much for making a very sad day a pleasant one.

This Cafe is a little hidden gem. If you didn't know it was there, you would be unlikely to stumble across it. That said, if you're looking for a bite to eat 'Far from the madding crowd' this is the place. Myself and a number of my colleagues have been using this venue for group breakfast meetings for quite a while and the staff are yet to fail to deliver. We turn up in a group numbering between 10 and 20 without prior notice and receive a prompt and quality service. The breakfasts are to die for and are fantastic value for money. My advice to anyone looking for a quiet breakfast in a lovely location is - Go for it. Whoever came up with the concept of turning a cricket pavilion into a restaurant is a genius!!

Great service, good food at sensible prices and nice atmosphere welcoming to all, plus a friendly host who went the extra mile to help with helping our disabled daughter be comfortable. Small business that deserves to do well.

Had afternoon tea for my special birthday. Fantastic variety of quality food and first class service. Amazing value for money. The service is absolutely outstanding. Gorgeous afternoon tea - the staff are all lovely. Highly recommend it.

It is a hidden gem that you can only find by chance or because someone knows the place. You also need to make sure that you book in advance, as it is likely to be packed, as it was the morning that we went. The Deluxe Breakfast, for those who dared, was amazing. You could see that the products were very fresh, probably taken straight from the farm. And the size of the portion was huge. Coffee was also good. We were 4 adults and a toddler, who also had a sausage roll, and the bill was 40 pounds. Really cheap! Very good!

We went to the cafe for a late lunch. It was after the main lunch rush, so the cafe was not too busy. But as we walk past the kitchen, the kitchen is open to outside, showing the disorganisation within the kitchen.

An unusual move away from our traditional pub, this was a ideal half way stop. The portions were generous - and that was before the cake slices afterwards.

Saw earlier reviews and needed somewhere for breakfast en route to Wembley Stadium. Absolutely wonderful breakfast, freshly cooked and no problems when we asked for changes to the menu. Staff very friendly and welcoming-wish I’d found this place before!

We had breakfast in that nice spot. Nice decoration...open fire good omelette and coffee. First impression from parking lot was so so but nice from inside.

Lovely home cooked food and really friendly attentive staff. This little gem has a great relaxed atmosphere. Many thanks to Ben and his team

This cafe offers a great range of food and drinks,with friendly service and a lovely spot.

It was my first visit here on Sunday as I met up with a group of friends and their children for brunch at the cafe. Atmosphere, staff, and food quality are all 5 star. It was honestly the best cooked breakfast I've ever had in my life. The hot chocolate was also amazing, again one of the best I've had. I'm so pleased I've discovered this wonderful cafe and will be back again next Sunday!

Very pleasant and welcoming staff very polite food and drinks very nice and goo value would visit again if in the area.

Lovely homely café with friendly staff, home cooked food and great ambience. We are regulars. It is very popular and very resaonably priced.

This is a lovely out of the way cafe. Great staff run by the wonderful Ben. Nothing is too much trouble and they allow dogs in. Try it out!

Heading north on the M40, we fancied a good cooked breakfast but didn’t fancy the normal motorway stops, so after a quick search we found the Lighthorne Pavilion Cafe. Just a 10 minute diversion from our route brought us to this warm and cosy cricket pavilion, which serves great food and is run by very friendly people. Their great value £7 large breakfast is exactly what it says, large, and they were able to make it gluten free for me by switching the bread and sausage. We’ll be back!

Recently recommended by numerous friends, a gem indeed. How innovative to turn a village cricket pavilion into a pretty café serving wonderful comfort food and great coffee. Lovely ambiance and an extremely friendly and attentive team who seemed genuinely happy to see and serve us. What could be more relaxing than watching cricket in 22 degrees while enjoying a perfectly baked jacket potato brimming with baked beans topped off with cheese and a side salad ! This will become our local café of choice.

We were staying at Ettington Chase and didn't fancy the £15 pp rip off breakfast with poor reviews so typed in Warwick Breakfast in Google, Trip advisor pulled out this little gem, drove the 10 mins to it and what a find. Run by genuinely nice people, great location on the side of the cricket pitch in the cabin, food amazing. If ever in Warwick again we will definitely be back. Thank you and Well Done!!!

After finding this cafe on TripAdvisor in Warwick our family decided to visit on a Saturday morning. Ben was very helpful in sorting out our visit. The food was delicious - had their big breakfast with a latte and a strawberry milkshake. Very reasonably prices, tasty food, perfectly situated on the cricket pitch and plenty of seating inside with a nice decor. No wonder it's so highly rated - will hope to be back again, highly recommended to anyone fancying a breakfast!

Popped in for breakfast and had a great feed, plenty of outside and inside seating overloking the cricket pitch.Friendly service and good grub.

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! Went there today for a family get together and it could not have been better! An amazing amount and good range of sandwiches, delicious scones and lovely cakes and no end to the tea! Superb service - nothing was too much trouble. Highly recommended. Thank you to the staff for a lovely tea - still full!!!

The kind of place that you drive past without realising- and you are really missing out! Breakfast on a Sunday including a gluten free breakfast with sausage, beans, toast, hash browns and eggs. Lovely seating area inside and a little shop for Knick-knacks.

Sunday morning, a long walk with the dogs and needing a good breakfast. A really first rate breakfast is served up at the Lightorne Pavilion Cafe. Good helpings of food with lots of coffee, set us up for the day. Great atmosphere. I really love this place.

Lovely setting excellent food. Friendly staff quick service. Will be back. Nice to see somewhere open before 10 on a sunday

This café is great for small breakfast or lunch meetings. I recommend English Breakfast and black coffee

Trip Advisor didn’t fail us on this one! A great place, just off the M40 and perfect for breakfast. Really good value compared to the prices in the south. Full English for £6! Good selection of coffee and the service was spot on. We’ll be back!

No parking issues here even on a day they were playing Cricket. Pleasant breakfast in relaxed surroundings. Gift shop at rear.

Sat outside and had a cup of tea in fact it was a good it full of tea, lovely settings and staff very friendly, would recommend for a stop gap food looked really good but did not eat here due to it being just a it stop. Also seems to be dog friendly

Had read about the Café in a magazine so thought I would pop along. I am so pleased I did. It is a hidden gem.

Mum and I visited here after another Mummy posted on Facebook about how lovely it was! We were not disappointed at all, a lovely panini for lunch and scrumptious coffee cake for dessert, friendly staff and so peaceful. Can't wait to return with my little boy so he can run around in the open field to his hearts content, thank you very much!

Was taken for afternoon tea as surprise birthday treat. Unbelievable value for money. Fantastic service and tea. Sandwiches and tea replenished. Lovely countryside setting and gorgeous interior. Highly recommend and will be back soon.

Love this little cafe. Out in the sticks but always busy which tells you all you need to know. The breakfast choice is excellent and the choice of cakes is way too good to be healthy .

...in its first two years of service to the general publlc, this cafe has risen from being just a ''building in a field' to a very engaging place where the service is based on making people feel welcome, serving good wholesome home cooked food, pet friendly atmosphere, and dealing with a ''what the customer wants'' syndrome...... the food cooked there IS good,...the staff ARE very friendly and in the summer months there is no nicer setting than the view from the decking....get yourselves down there and see for what I mean.....and I don't think you'll be disappointed...

We love visiting Lighthorne Pavilion for coffee and cake. We have spent an evening here with our neighbours from Temple End and had a wonderful evening and tasty food. Great place to cycle to or to walk the dogs from.

If you're looking for great food, super friendly relaxed staff and a lovely location, you'll love this place.

Enjoyed tea and very yummy cake after our 5 mile trek around local countryside. Relaxed a warm atmosphere , log burner , comfy sofas and friendly staff. Will definitely visit again.

Just left the pavilion and had the best breakfast in my entire life I could not fault it. It had a very chilled out kind of vibe and it makes you feel very at home

First class breakfast.. I chose the deluxe, with great coffee. Lovely comfy and relaxed environment. Nice decor, big sofa, cosy wood burner. Wish I had room to try the delicious looking cakes, will just have to come back!

Fantastic cafe in the most unusual setting, yet it works perfectly. Seamlessly linking the sports tradition of the cricket pavilion and wider with a fantastic menu of food and drink.

We were searching for somewhere for lunch and happened to find this nearby, nice little setting, friendly staff and I must say a top cooked breakfast. Enjoyed by all.

Such a wonderful find today. Well worth searching it out. Fantastic interior with log burner. Lots of reclaimed and up cycled wood. Extremely cosy.

fantastic cafe retreat tucked away down a country lane. fab interior and food we will definatley come here again

We called in for a snack and coffee after being recommended to this little gem of a cafe. It was simply a fantastic experience - food was delicious, reasonably priced and beautifully presented. We will DEFINITELY return here on a regular basis. Well done to the owners and staff for creating such a successful place

Went here for the first time with my wife, we both had the £6 Full English (2x Bacon 2x Small Sausages, Large Mushroom, Fried Egg, Baked Beans, Plum Tomato’s, Toast, Black pudding) Drinks extra.

We stop off here mopst weekends for a coffee and cake as a break from cycling. The coffee is superb and the fresh cakes are delicious. Love this place!

We took a friend to this fantastic cafe for afternoon tea. The attention to detail cannot be faulted. The food is fresh and home made. It just keeps coming! Cakes that melt on your tongue and homemade scones with clotted cream. A very special afternoon tea experience which is very reasonably priced. Book now.

Three of us always meet up for breafast every couple of weeks, weve been here srveral times and wow best breakfast around great choice beautiful fresh ingredients and tastes fab .

We recently held 'a bit of a do' at this cafe which was just lovely. The team worked hard to make the place even lovelier than it is normally and provided charming and efficient service, they also served a fabulous freshly cooked breakfast to over 40 of our guests not to mention the extras we had agreed. Everyone enjoyed the 'do' enormously - I cannot recommend this lovely little cafe highly enough.

What a great little cafe for breakfast. Several different options for sizes of breakfast; full English; sandwiches; vegetarian etc.

Visited the Cafe twice now for lunch over the past two months.Excellent food and service. Made even better by the decor, books available, craft type shop and decking to sit out on when the weather is good.

Have had lunch here twice and wiill return . Good freshly cooked food (and home-made cake) served by friendly staff, good value for money. Inside tables good and can sit outside and look over cricket pitch. Dogs welcome outside.

A bit like eating in a village hall with that sort of odd damp smell, also the service seems a bit unorganised

We were looking for somewhere different to have breakfast!

We have always tried to find different places to go locally and stumbled across this place. From the outside it looks like any other cricket pavilion, until you go in where your met by a lovely decorated and nicely kept place. The staff are welcoming and the menus are varied.

Lovely tucked away little gem of a cafe,staff are so friendly,food is fab,cosy log fire and little shop with local crafts,huge field for children to run free !! NICE HOMELY FEEL,WELL WORTH A VISIT

It's one thing having very slow service and some parties not having their breakfasts served in the right order, i.e. fist come first served, but other issues were more serious, like dirty cutlery- both sets of knives and forks had food on from some previous meal, wrong coffee served for first cup we drank, but it was ok. Toast was only half toasted and made with stale bread, and second cup of coffee was well stewed.

What a delightful cafe this is . I have been past many times and today decided to try the Coffee , I'm glad I did. The food smelt fabulous too but that's for another day. Ben's Dad aka Martin is a smashing chap and makes you very welcome.

Visited with a friend and her baby and sat out on the deck looking out at the cricket pitch in the sunshine. Lovely atmosphere and really lovely, chatty staff. A small but nice choice on the menu. We went for the sausage sandwiches. It was advertised to come with vegetable crisps and chutney and was £5. Sadly the chutney and crisps didn't appear on the plate so it wasn't quite the value for money that it appeared. The sandwich was delicious though. We also had hot chocolate, coffee and tea, cake and scone - all very nice indeed. Enjoyed our visit and will go again even though it's out of our way.

What a find, admittedly the weather was lovely but it would not matter, inside is an eclectic mixture of Cricket Pavilion style, lovely little craft shop at the back, fantastic cafe, a full English breakfast to die for. Service warm, friendly, prompt. Could have had breakfast inside or out.

Visited this afternoon for afternoon tea with the family. Couldn't fault anything. Food delicious and kept on being replenished everything homemade and beautifully presented. Service was excellent, nothing was too much trouble. A lovely afternoon, thank you very much we will definitely be back!

Popped in for a coffee and teacake. Coffee very good and teacake scrummy. Cafe has a lovely atmosphere and owners are very welcoming. Prices are very reasonable and lunchtime menu looks very tempting. Definitely do that nother time. A real gem! The additional shop is good to look round and has local produce and gifts, all well priced.

What a great find. I was travelling up from Heathrow early morning and fancied a nice breakfast. I turned to trip advisor and found this absolute gem. A quick look at the map shows as only 5 mins off the motorway at the Gaydon junction.

We called in to this cafe on a Saturday afternoon when the local cricket team were playing a match. Although the cafe was busy, it was not overcrowded and we easily found a table. Ben, a very handsome and helpful guy who appears to be in charge of the cafe, explain the range of specials and other sandwiches and meals on offer, and we place an order quickly at the counter. Unfortunately however, that was the only quick thing about our visit to this otherwise excellent cafe. Ben explained that it would probably take around half an hour for the food to arrive, but in fact it took nearly twice that. There appeared to be a simple explanation for this, a shortage of staff.

Kept seeing this pop up on Facebook and finally decided to pay a visit. I was not disappointed - cosy decor, friendly staff and great food. I will be back!

Had lunch there having been told about it by a friend. Not a huge menu but enough choice for everyone to find something. Food was freshly cooked and nicely presented. Quirky decor and nice little shop area. Really good service and good value. It was very busy the day we were there so word is obviously spreading. Will be good in the better weather as there is some outside seating on the deck.

Popped in for a full english breakfast. Lovely staff, tasty breakfast with black pudding and hash brown- set me up for the day. Very reasonably priced.