Oswalds in Eden

I guess I’m going to have to recalibrate my expectations. £14 for a breakfast consisting of 2 halves of a tomato, a soggy mushroom, a cup of beans, two small bits of bacon, a rather solid hash brown and two thin sausages. Oh and a coffee thrown in. Sausages were tasty enough but the rest was average at best. To me the rather large pieces of tomato were plate fillers. I also got a roll rather than the sourdough on offer. But roll was too floury.

The best full English we've had, and we have many many full Englishes. Thick bacon, very tasty sausages, perfectly poached bright orange egg yolk, soft black pudding, Herby crispy hash brown and soft sourdough bread. Can't wait to come back.

Very clean with efficient staff. Tables not jammed together and plenty of light. The potato and leek soup seemed out of a tin and the pancakes were thin doughy and rubbery. Nothing like an American pancake. Chips were ok.

We suspect that, like many cafes and restaurants in the Lake District, there are problems recruiting staff. The cafe was reasonably busy and the staff were working extremely hard to but customers were having to wait for some considerable time to be seated. We only called for drinks which were OK although m6 Americano could have been hotter. Oswald’s is certainly popular and I have to say the full English breakfast looked delicious!

We arrived too late for anything hot but hoped coffee and cake would put us on for our onward journey. They only had pre-packed gluten-free tarts on offer for coeliacs. A homemade cake similar to the ‘normal’ cakes would have been lovely. They had a very poor/non-existent selection downstairs too. The coffee was excellent.

Came here for breakfast on a Sunday in April. My mate had the full English (with extra portion of haggis) which came with a free tea/coffee if ordered before 11am. I had the sausage and bacon bun with extra potato rosti. The quality of all the ingredients was very good (as you be expected from Cranstons) and was possible the best quality breakfast you’ll get in Penrith. Only trouble was my mate had to cancel his Sunday lunch he’d booked with his wife later that day as he was too stuffed after his breakfast. He ended up in the bad books but that’s not Cranston’s fault!

Lovely food with a lovely view. Came and the cafe was quite busy so I had a short wait, which was absolutely fine. Seated after about 5 mins. Order was quickly taken and it arrived at a good temperature in good time! I had the breakfast bap which is just enough to see me through. The latte came with some lovely coffee art on top! All in all a very professional outfit and I would recommend

Friendly service, food was interesting, served quickly and portions were very generous. All the staff were friendly. Decent value for money and nice to see local produce being used. Brunch choices looked nice but the proper meals were also very good.

Nos encanta este café (y compramos a continuación). Calidad en todo, desde los excelentes cafés (hasta los embutidos en la tienda). ¡Pero lo más destacado es el personal! Muy amables, todos ellos, y la mayoría parecía haber trabajado aquí durante mucho tiempo. Nos quitamos el sombrero por su buen carácter en este momento particularmente difícil. Si está tan satisfecho con el servicio y la comida del café que recibe, como siempre lo estamos, considere dejar algo en la taza de propinas antes de la caja. Parece que mucha gente ha dejado de dar propinas durante esta era de pagos sin contacto, mientras que las buenas personas en todas las áreas de la hospitalidad están trabajando el doble de duro en este momento.

Normalmente nos detenemos aquí para almorzar de camino a nuestras vacaciones en los lagos. A diferencia de algunas de las revisiones anteriores, los procedimientos seguros de covid me parecieron buenos y me sentí seguro mientras estaba en el café. Todo el personal llevaba una máscara o visera, se limpiaron las mesas, se instaló un sistema unidireccional para la entrada y el código de barras NHS Track and Trace estaba presente para acelerar la entrada.Todos disfrutamos de mi comida. Tuve la hamburguesa que estaba en el menú de especiales. La hamburguesa en sí y la mayor parte del relleno eran excelentes, sabrosos y abundantes. Solo se decepcionó un poco al estar cubierto con una gran cantidad de carne desmenuzada. Me sentí como si la carne fuera exagerada y me quitó el resto de la hamburguesa. Pero en general, otro almuerzo agradable.

Harto de la basura cara de los servicios M 6 en el norte (excepto Tebay), pruébalo.Excelente si va de oeste a este por la A 66.La comida es de buena calidad con mucha variedad en un ambiente agradable y luminoso.Definitivamente será una parada regular en cualquier cruce de la A 66.

Visitamos el Café Oswald's hoy para el brunch. Cuando llegamos, hicimos cola en las escaleras y esperamos a que nos sentaran. Como éramos un grupo de 6, el camarero dijo que podría tardar un poco más dado que éramos un grupo familiar más grande. También se me pidió que diera datos personales. Mientras esperábamos, notamos que varias personas se sentaron solas en mesas más grandes y, después de unos 10 minutos, otras personas pasaron junto a nosotros en la estrecha escalera y se unieron a ellos, pero no dieron detalles. Las personas también se pusieron de pie y charlaron entre sí en otras mesas para llenar el vacío que quedaba. El personal no dijo nada.Una vez que nos sentamos, la camarera vino y tomó nuestra orden de comida rápidamente. Poco después de que una señora se levantara de su asiento y se inclinara sobre uno de nuestro grupo para llamar a un amigo para que se uniera a ella desde la cola, también pasó junto a la camarera y se sentó. También dos hombres subieron en el ascensor y se sentaron inmediatamente otra vez saltando la cola y sin dar ningún dato de contacto. Dada la situación actual con covid, todos sentimos que las rutinas no eran sólidas y no nos hacían sentir confiados ni seguros.Una vez que llegó la comida, era de buena calidad y sabrosa. Es una verdadera lástima que las rutinas que el café había intentado implementar no se estuvieran aplicando o no se cumplieran demasiado y el sistema de colas parecía injusto con personas de varios hogares sentados todos juntos.No creo que volvamos a Cafe Oswald en este clima actual, ya que hemos visitado otros lugares en los lagos que han tenido mucho más éxito en el distanciamiento social y parecían tener sistemas de reserva eficaces. Es una pena cuando la comida es buena.

Ayer paramos para almorzar y opté por un estofado de desayuno de un menú bastante limitado y un poco de café.El saludo inicial fue muy agradable y me senté en una mesa con mucho espacio, desafortunadamente el menú que me dieron y devolvió volvió directamente a la pila con otros menús. .En el mejor de los casos, el estofado estaba tibio, los trozos crujientes descritos en referencia al tocino no eran evidentes, solo los trozos de tocino incoloro y las tostadas de masa fermentada eran en realidad tres trozos de pan en cuñas variadas, todo se sentía como una comida caliente y con un precio de 8. 75 menos EOTHO pensé que era menos que apetecible o con una buena relación calidad-precio.El servicio también fue lento para lo que se ordenó, pensé que el mostrador trasero / área de servicio que estaba mirando necesitaba un buen orden.No para mí.

Mi esposo y yo vinimos aquí hoy para almorzar, la joven que nos sentó y tomó nuestro pedido fue muy agradable. Pedimos estofado de desayuno y huevos royale (¡menú extraño a la hora del almuerzo!) También pedimos una cafetera que llegó a 1 calle, tomó un tiempo para nuestra comida, que estaba tibia. ¡Me di cuenta de que el personal limpiaba las mesas y ni una sola vez desinfectaron una mesa o sillas! ! Y debajo de casi todas las mesas había restos de comida debido a la situación actual, hubiera pensado que era primordial mantener todas las partes limpias y, al menos, una vez que un cliente se ha levantado de la mesa, debería limpiarse adecuadamente. No lo recomendaría.

Muy decepcionado con la comida que se ofrece teniendo en cuenta la cantidad de comida disponible en la planta baja en el comedor. !La comida se servía de 8 a. ? ? Vivo en la zona y llamé para almorzar, la primera vez desde que se levantó el bloqueo y no hay sándwiches, papas ni ningún otro plato de almuerzo disponible. Si te gustan las hamburguesas, puedes elegir entre dos en el menú de especialidades.La pareja tenía dos bollos de queso frente a nosotros y eso hubiera sido una mejor opción que la que teníamos.Muy, muy decepcionado y no se apresurará a regresar.

We stopped here twice on our way to & from the Cumbrian coast. Both times we were seated quickly, did have to wait a fair amount of time to order our drinks. First stop was a Saturday afternoon ordered a peppermint tea and a brownie which was delicious. Second stop was a Saturday morning ordered a latte & hot chocolate they took ages to arrive, when they did my husbands hot chocolate was only lukewarm and the coffee wasn't that great. I useful stop but not somewhere I would go regularly.

We visited as a group of 10, which may have explained a bit of a wait for food, but when it was served it was really good. Between us we ordered various breakfast butties, couple of full English, eggs and a scone, so we sampled most of the menu! Service was friendly and helpful, with needing a bigger table, highchairs etc. Fantastic coffee too.Only downside was the toilets, which were grubby and not well maintained.

Meeting with colleague before visiting a client. Great place to catch a bap and a coffee.Friendly welcome and able to select a table. Order quickly taken, tea and coffee brought almost by return. However the baps took some time we were almost finished our drinks before they arrived. The cafe was not busy but the food took some time, not good if this is happening when quiet, what would it be like when busy.The baps when they arrived, were great, well presented and very tasty.When you are looking for a quick stop off, you don’t want to have to chase your food. They need to improve their act.

I have been here a number of times over the years. Today, I went for lunch. Not busy. Got seated quickly. Downhill from there i'm afraid. Service was very slow. My wife ordered soup, I ordered eggs on avocado. When it eventually arrived (25mins), both were cold!. Sent the soup back. I ate my eggs and finished then went looking for the soup!! After a much disgruntled waitress eventually turned back up again, the soup was delivered.Menu has shrunk in terms of selection! Price has rocketed. Come on, please sort this out

I stopped in for an early lunch on a weekend. It was pretty busy but, I was seated right away. The food was freshly prepared from good local ingredients. Everything tasted great. Service was fine. Overall, a decent place to stop for a meal not far from the motorway. The food shop downstairs is well-stocked with loads of choices too.

We did call at a busy lunch time ,after a wait of almost 20 minutes we finally got a seat.We both ordered the saltbeef .The ''bread'' was so hard we couldn't eat it ,the salt beef was so salty it spoiled it was inedible.Maybe because they were busy ,food not at it's best,very disappointed would not return.Would not recommend only because there are so many more good eating places in Penrith

Visited last week with a group of friends for breakfast. Service was friendly and very prompt. I had a sausage sandwich, and the sausages were excellent quality and extremely tasty. My friends had various other breakfast dishes, and they really enjoyed their food too. Would recommend and return.

Called in for lunch and had to wait over 30 minutes to be seated. Ordered our food which was served quickly but poor quality, baguettes were inedible they were like bricks. Very expensive, wouldn't recommend.

Visited for breakfast, not very busy when we arrived despite at least 4 staff being on ‘the shop floor’ our order was slow to be taken, after our order was taken we waited 20 minutes for our breakfasts to arrive, upon my food arriving I started to butter my toast and seen some plastic looking film on top of one of my fried eggs, upon further inspection this was actually plastic cling film wrap which for some odd reason was in top of the egg, with a rather large pool of grease around it!! Usually Cranston’s eggs are fried very cleanly and there is not an excess of fat swimming around. I informed a staff member about this and she took the food away, no offer of taking back my husbands food, I waited and waited probably another 10 minutes at which time my husband was nearly finished his breakfast when mine arrived back no apology about the plastic on the food no apologies for the wait nothing!! The only item to be replaced was the said egg with the plastic, I know this because the toast I had started to butter was still on the plate with the now melted butter and one of the slices of toast was Joe rather more burned in the edge.My breakfast was nothing other than ok as I have previously said a lot of fat in the plate which is not something that I would not expect, nobody came back to check if my food was ok and no body asked when my husband came to pay full price about the food. All in all not a very enjoyable experience in Cafe Oswald’s and I would probably say will hinder a return visit and I do visit often!!

This place is so handy if you are traveling up the M6 or A66 and need to refresh as it's just off the junction, and the food is fantastic.I had the sweet potato salad with fried halumi and it was very tasty and a good healthier option. Although I have had the breakfast and it's good.Great thing is the shop below with wonderful food to stock up on. I always have the smoked Salmon, prices but good.

As per usual the service and food in this cafe was amazing. All the staff are very friendly, especially both managers who are always working the shop floor which is not the case everywhere you go! Very impressive, will be back!

We called in here on our way to Centre Parcs, and so impressed we were we called there on the way home for breakfast as well ! The moment we stepped through the doors the smell of good food was tempting enough to stay around and make a purchase, absolutely gorgeous

Nos detuvimos para tomar un café en un largo viaje hacia el norte para un descanso y muy contentos de haberlo hecho, encantadora cafetería / restaurante con excelentes opciones.

Stopped for breakfast following a 2 day mountain marathon. Fantastic full English with good toast, not a hint of grease and a perfect fried egg. Oswald's never disappoints!

Aquí nunca es una mala visita, a veces el servicio es más lento, pero esto se debe a que está muy ocupado. Tal como hoy. No me importó aunque, como sabes al final, vas a conseguir algo bueno.

Visiting here seems to have become a bit of a tradition while on the way to the Lakes. Once again had a rarebit with some chips and once again enjoyed it very much

We ran a google search to find somewhere off the M6 to avoid the usual service stations. 3 veggie lunches bought. Quite satisfied with service , food and environment. Lovely large food hall downstairs too. I would return 👍

Stopped here for lunch as we were working around Cumbria for the day. I felt the menu is a little lacking with regards vegetarian/vegan options. I had the sweet potato salad which was pretty poor and tasteless. My husband had the smashed avocado with smoked salmon and fried egg which was cold. All in all very expensive for the standard of food. However coffee was quite nice.

I was told about this place before i left Glasgow and i definitely thought it was worth a visit on the way back south. I wasn't disappointed either.

Called for a bite to eat , wish we hadn’t!!! Waited 45 mins , wife’s order wrong . Peas not cooked meat not hot carrots hard . Jacket potato hard . Would my recommend this place at all !!!!!!!!!!! Total wast of money .

Visited here with my mother who walks with a stick and can't stand for long periods. We arrived up in the lift, there was several empty tables but as approaching one we were told all tables were taken and was a queue as we turned around could see people standing at opposite side of the lift exit down the stairs. We went and stood by the queue but unable to join end of queue as down stairs so had an awkward wait at top of stairs. We then got showed to a table that was quite big with seats opposite sides this proved awkward for my mother as we couldn't have a conversation as she's hard of hearing. Nothing was explained so didn't know if table service or to order at till. Food was nice but I feel slightly overpriced. Trying to pay the bill was awkward and we waited some time by the till next to the lift, could of actually easily got in the lift and probably left without paying had we not been honest people. Some small improvements could easily solve these issues to make a better experience for older, disabled customers.

I think a couple of people visiting in Jul 19 have been a bit picky. To put this in context - Oswald's is in the first floor of the Cranston's food hall on the south side of Penrith. It is convenient for the motorway (better food, better prices) so gets quite a bit of passing trade, but is popular with locals, too. I have been in several times and have never been disappointed. Attentive staff, good food and a good atmosphere. This week I needed to do some work in there on a computer, and the staff directed me to a table near to a socket - good stuff. Nothing too much trouble. Will definitely go again.

It was a hot day so the prepacked tray bakes were understandably soft but what spoilt the experience for me was that before we got to the bottom of the stairs (when we were leaving) the smell of food going off was very strong.

Nice surroundings and friendly service. The portion size is very modest and prices high for what you receive. Disappointing.

We stop here on our way to and from Scotland instead of going to the motorway services. Is just off the Penrith junction. The cafe us above Cranston's food shop so pick up food while we there. All local produce. The cafe changes its menu from time to time. Staff friendly and some have worked there for years which is a good sign.

Had a delicious gluten free roll served with mashed avocado and two lightly fried eggs.

Exactly as title says , not only is the cafe amazing, with a superb breakfast, the food hall is amazing too with a massive variety of meats, etc

A tad disappointed in our lunch here, the menu has been pared down and is rather pricey.... one of those menus you read and try to find something you do want to order. I had the smashed avocado on sourdough toast with a fried egg. It was bland and greasy, service and ambience still lovely.

Had a really nice rarebit here. Much improved over my last visit. Prices are fairly steep but this is fine if the quality is good.

As soon as I arrived I got seated and offered a drink. The coffee was very good.

I had a delicious gluten free chicken club sandwich. My mum enjoyed her rarebit with bacon. Thank you for 2 lovely meals. It is always good to know I will have a choice of tasty gluten free meals

Travelling from Berwick to Cheshire made a stop here. Just off the M6. Warm comfortable and welcoming. Breakfast baps for both of us. Very good too. Good coffee for me and hot chocolate for my wife. All very reasonably priced. So much better than a motorway stop. Highly recommended. And there's a great food shop too.

My wife and I went for Sunday lunch today , we both work for Cranston's but have never been to Oswald's for a meal . We were very impressed , very good food , Beef really good (as I would expect) decent sized portion and very hot , service was great and good value , will definitely be back

Piensa que 2 rebanadas de masa fermentada con queso y chutney y una pequeña cantidad de hojas eran mucho más caras que 8. Piensa que una rebanada de masa fermentada con una pequeña porción de jamón y menos hojas estaba en 8 de nuevo robo. El menú ha cambiado de deliciosa comida a precios razonables a bocadillos. . a precios inflados. Ustedes han perdido clientes aquí.

Mi primera visita aquí esta mañana. . .

Llamé aquí para almorzar para romper un largo viaje a Glasgow, y quedamos impresionados. La comida era buena, el servicio rápido y el ambiente agradable y relajado.

We visited here on the way to the Lakes as we had such a good experience the previous time. Although my meatball sub was very nice, it didn't quite hit the heights of my previous experience.

Viajaba solo de Escocia a Leeds y esperaba encontrar algo más que servicios de autopista y estoy muy contento de haber parado aquí. Con una dieta restringida, rara vez me dan opciones y normalmente termino con Jacket potato y frijoles, pero el camarero tenía mucho conocimiento e identificó varias opciones que podría tener. Tuve papa con jamón tirado, y algunos lados que estaban deliciosos! Definitivamente, esta será mi primera elección en la calle en mis viajes de ida y vuelta a Escocia en los próximos meses. Con ganas de probar muchas más delicias!

I called in for tea and a scone. My tea was delivered quickly but after 10 minutes I had to ask again for the scone so I wasn’t hugely impressed by the service. Also, if I’d noticed that the scones are lying uncovered (unhygienic!) on a large display table at the entrance to the kitchen, I probably wouldn’t have ordered one. I’ll come back here again though as it’s a handy stop off the M6 and it’s a nice airy restaurant.

We live in the midlands but travel to Scotland a lot, always make for cafe Oswald's in Penrith having passed a lot of motorway services, it's only 2min of the motorway, the breakfast is very good & staff very pleasant. Always stock up on meat etc fro the farm shop. Well worth a visit.

Visited a few days ago with family - 1st time I had visited. Food excellent and service brilliant as well. Good value as well I thought.

We visited today and felt that compared to previous visits the food is not as good! I had a latte which had no flavour of coffee at all and my husbands cappuccino was a inch of chocolate sprinkles before he hit the coffee. We had the grilled goats cheese. The bread was burnt and the cheese was the thinnest sliver on a bed of lettuce and a small dish of marmalade relish / chutney! For £7 we felt it was totally over priced for the quality and quantity! Having said that we usually stock up on meat from the shop too but wow who thought your prices up?.. would rather go to our local butchers! Sorry but won’t be back again! BUT I would like to say your staff in the cafe were very polite and chatty so well done to them!!!

Always a lovely experience and superb food! Full English Breakfast tastes amazing and is presented very well - love the mushrooms. Everyone is seated by a waiter or the manager as all staff are extremely friendly. Love the art exhibitions as well.

We often visit the cafe above the outstanding Cranstons Food Hall. Top tip, eat first before you go food shopping, you may buy less!

We make an effort to visit every few months because the food is fantastic!! It is meat heaven and the quality is amazing. I tend to have the burger which is juicy and great. Would highly recommend.

So, we visited lovely Penrith and found this cafe- they closed already but when we arrived they welcomed us and sat us down. We had special meal requirement which they arrange for without a question. Food was delicious and service superb 🙂

Bit upmarket for me but very nicely set out food is excellent, staff friendly and place is very clean.

We had excellent bacon rolls for our breakfast here, they were delicious. My husband added mushrooms that were also very good but expensive for the number in the portion. The café is attractive and clean and the service was friendly and efficient.

My wife and I while travelling down to Manchester we stopped of at Oswald's restaurant for lunch as we had been there before. Found the place excellent and had a full breakfast which was very satisfying and a reasonable price. The place focused in locally sourced produce and had wide range of food in the shop. The place is well worth coming of the motorway. The staff very nice and helpfull

Parking was a problem in town on the day we wanted a late lunch during a shopping trip so we headed out to Cranston’s and the upstairs Oswald’s cafe. Easy parking of course.

Nice food but pricey. In particular I added Hash Browns to my brekkie. Or should I say hash brown, ONE hash brown for a quid is a rip off.

The strength about this place is that it is simple, uncomplicated and focusses on non pretentious food cooked and served very well. They have a premium asset in that most of the ingredients are prepared and sold downstairs in their Food-Hall and they source farm to fork with fully traceable meat supply chain. the Breakfast Special will set you up for the day, very tasty, plenty of it and well served. they have Breakfast Baps for all tastes. You will not leave the table still hungry. Staff are well motivated and trained and all this makes for a pleasant visit. One negative is the card machine took three attempts tp process the transaction, something to do with direct sunlight.

We popped in for a lunchtime/brunch i had the stew quite nice but needed a kick the breakfast/brunch went down very well!!!

Para una cafetería ubicada sobre un mini supermercado, debo decir que me impresionó la comida de Cafe Oswald. Tuve rarebit que era enorme y sabía increíble y papas fritas que estaban bien, pero podría haber sido un poco más crujiente. Sin duda volveremos.

Popped in for a quick bite to eat and a coffee. Very clean and welcoming. Staff were really nice and friendly. Great coffee in a relaxed atmosphere.

Visited today for lunch, after having a lovely lunch there last Friday. Excellent food, brilliant choices on the specials board. The cafe was busy, but still served quickly. Will be going again when next in the area.

En mis viajes regulares al Distrito de los Lagos, me gusta detenerme en Cranstons para hacer mis compras y luego almorzar en el Café Oswalds. Un gran lugar para degustar la comida local que está bien presentada. El personal es amable y acogedor a menudo ofreciendo recomendaciones. Se recomiendan ensaladas y hamburguesas.

Wow big Cumbria breakfast for £8 each with local produce which is sold downstairs in the farm shop. We ate there as staying in hotel across the road which charged double for their breakfasts! Wonderful warm friendly staff what's not to like!!

I must admit if I’d had read the previous poor reviews I probably would not have visited. However our lunch was delicious, I had the mashed advocado with two eggs on sour bread with a sprinkling of chilli, really scrumpy. My husband just had a cheese jacket potato, which came with a few dressed leaves and coleslaw, he did say it could have come with more cheese though which is why they only have 4 stars Their Coffee was the best we have had up here in Cumbria and because we were not sure how strong it was going to be they brought our shot of coffee separately in a little jug so we could pour it in our selves! I thought that was a nice touch , the young girl who served us was lovely and very helpful. The prices I thought were good value and I would definitely come back again and recommend this place to friends

I can't think of a single good thing to say. In addition only a single cubicle was working in the ladies toilet (which is inadequate for a large café just off the motorway) and that wasn't particularly pleasant. I won't return.

After coming here regularly since it opened, I will not coming back, I got shoved a Cold and hard jacket potato in front me, I then asked for it to be changed, to something different. Which wasn’t much better in all honesty! Save your pennies folks it’s over priced for what you get. I’ll end it more positive the staff was ok.

Lovely shop and cafe. Friendly and clean. We got our food very quickly. We both had scrambled eggs which were nice but slightly over cooked for our taste and felt they needed a bit more seasoning.

We stopped here for breakfast on our way on holiday. I decided to have the rare bit and my husband had the full breakfast. The food was very good but I thought the rarebit was on the expensive side. The full breakfast was excellent value however. The restaurant was clean, light and airy and the service was good.

We stopped here with a group of friends for some breakfast - which was absolutely delicious. The full English was a great combination of really tasty ingredients, and service was very friendly too. Not inexpensive but definitely worth it.

Came here for lunch last week and was very impressed. The layout of the restaurant is very spacious, even though it was quite busy (Saturday lunchtime with heatwave) with lots of sunlight through the big open windows at the top.

Fantastic place. The foodhall downstairs is amazing and the cafe is so much better than the usual motorway stop off.

Love this place, the food is so fresh and tasty, good choice too. I would highly recommend and will def come back10/10!!

Yesterday we had a very delightful breakfast at this (upstairs) cafe. The staff was attentive and helpful and the food was of high quality. We particularly loved the sourdough bread.

Lovely café, great food and excellent, friendly service. Worth a short detour if heading up/down M6. Fresh food, great coffee and an excellent shop. Glad I found this and will definitely visit again.

Visited here before and have not always been impressed. Today we had jacket potatoes with salad leaves and various toppings, potatoes not exactly piping hot and the salad garnish was fit for the rabbit hutch. £7.95 was too much would've got a better lunch for less money in a cafe in the town.

My wife has come to this cafe a number of times with her "Pudding Club" with the girls from work and wanted me to try it! Today was that day. I had pulled pork, my wife had pulled ham and my daughter had cheese on toast, the best I've ever eaten. The staff are friendly, the food is lovely, the coffee is excellent. My daughter was happy, she was handed colouring pencils and something to colour. I will definitely come again.

Visited with family for lunch, have visited many times before and has always been good.

First visit and very happy, great service lovely staff and a great feed with their “Full English” pot of fresh brewed coffee and a crumpet and jam to finish.

Very busy lunch time but servers very helpful and food great. All day breakfast for hubbie and jacket potato, ham and beans for me.

We called in here on our way to Keswick on a recommendation from family. My wife is gluten free but when we checked out their website for GF lunch options we were amazed. Everything I could eat was also done GF. When we arrived (last Sunday) it was pretty quite so we got a table straight away. Staff were friendly, prices reasonable and I can recommend the eggs with avocado on sourdough bread.....wonderful!! Well done café Oswald for being so GF friendly.

I have been here many times and you are always guaranteed a scrumptious breakfast.

Excellent family breakfast, quality food, great atmosphere and the service was spot on! The manager Joe took our order and we were impressed with the kids choice being able to choose what they liked. We left a very happy and satisfied family.

Situated above Cranston’s Food Hall on the outskirts of Penrith, Cafe Oswald’s is a very smart & comfortable cafe. Friendly staff, table service & very nice food at reasonable prices. After 3pm there is a coffee & cake offer at only £3 which is superb.

We stopped here instead of Gretna outlet. Good range on menu but only one type of soup on offer which none of us liked, a pity. Friendly staff, food was good enough maybe overpriced for what it was.

Lovely cafe we both had the special of the day. I had the Chicken breast with haggis wrapped in bacon served with mash and seasonal veg plus a lovely sauce. My husband had the steak burger which was very good as well served with skinny chips and slaw.

We always enjoy a visit when we are in the area, always very friendly staff, make you welcome and cater for your every need. Food is always excellent and worth what you pay for it too

We popped in here 15 minutes before they stopped serving food. The waitress was super friendly. I apologised for us coming in just before closing but it wasn't a problem . We both had the all day breakfast. The quality of all the ingredients was wonderful. All fresh too. No sitting under heat lamps for ages. Will certainly be back. Thanks so much.

Tried to have breakfast here on a wintry Saturday morning. Oh dear. The so called sourdough toast was not toasty – just bread with a bit of a singe to the crust. The accompanying bowl of baked beans struggled to reach any known classification of tepid or lukewarm.

Visited this wee gem based on Trip Advisor reviews. 2 full English breakfasts including toasted sourdough bread, butter and big pot of tea was £16. Cumberland Sausages and bacon were top quality and eggs were done to perfection. Accompanied by mushrooms, tomatoes and beans. All hot and tasty. Not a scrap left on either of our plates. Service was quick and with a smile. This will be our pit stop on future visits south of the border. They have a fab farm shop on ground floor. Could have spent hours there!

Visited on a Friday lunch time. The cafe was busy but the staff were attentive and very helpful. I had the gluten free ham sandwich which was served on a lovely soft bun. The other lunch was a pulled pork sandwich on toasted bread. Very good value.