Route 59 Cafe in Craven

Great Bikers cafe visited last week for first ever visit,went on my motorbike on the Tuesday night,there was a very good turnout of bikers,there's seating,a good toilet,plenty of good grub available and drinks and a warm welcome.

Great place roadside to call in when out riding on my motorbike for a brew, burger and/or cake. Good to meet other like minded people and friends.

Just rude and odd behaviour from the outset. Sausage sandwich was nice, but would never revisit as staff attitudes stunk.

MenuReviewsUpdatesPhotosAbout Main results Reviews from the web Facebook 4.9/5 430 votes Restaurant Guru 4.7/5 1,083 votes Sluurpy 94% 2,207 votes Google review summary 4.6 (649) Google reviews All biker 87 little 38 atmosphere 14 butty 13 +6 Sort by Most relevant Newest Highest Lowest J M J M 2 hours agoNEW Was looking forward to sampling the eggs Benedict today. However, when went into the cafe I accidentally knocked a picture frame off the wall on seating at the table. Despite trying to stop the frame from falling on the floor, the picture frame glass smashed on the floor. I started to pick up the broken glass when the owner came over with a dustpan & brush. She picked up the frame 1st & slammed it on the table saying nothing despite the fact that I said sorry & started to sweep up the glass. My husband looked at me when she slammed the frame down on the table & acknowledged for us to leave the cafe as we weren’t being subject to this rudeness. On exiting the tiny cafe a customer at another table commented that the pictures on the wall in this area weren’t in a very good position anyway. I commented to the owner that her manner wasn’t welcoming & her response was “are you on a period!” Certainly not the response I expected!. We had only gone in to enjoy the food we had been recommended & instead got a load of abuse from her. Sadly we left without having anything. Thank you for your welcome & hospitality!!!! Wouldn’t have even given a 1star rating for that treatment.

We here stopped here as one of children felt unwell and my wife decided to walk them to our destination at Bolton Abbey. We were informed that we were on private property and if we did not buy something we would receive a £100 fine! We were literally stopped for 2minutes! Beggars belief the behaviour of the person running the place, rude unhelpful and quite frankly horrible behaviour. DO NOT VISIT…

Stopped off at this cafe as we always do when in the area, never had a problem.with the place before. I'm not sure if the thick set blonde wearing glasses behind the counter owns the place but her attitude and rudeness toward paying customers will definitely deter people from visiting again! She was extremely sarcastic and rude to 3 members of our party and toward another couple who were in the queue behind us. Totally uncalled for and nothing less than the behaviour of a lowly bully! If you want return custom, this women needs to have a word with herself or the owner have a word with her. She is definitely not a credit to this cafe which is usually a good stop off.

I must have passed this cafe hundreds of times on a daily commute but never stopped. This morning My wife and I happened to be stopping nearby and decided to give it a try. We are so glad we did! We had a sausage & egg and bacon & egg sandwich with two teas to go. Food was very clean and tasty. The eggs were spot on, with just enough runny yoke but not too much that it spurted out everywhere. Sausages were meaty without being gristly. I’ll be stopping more often :)

Called in on the way home from Harrogate,excellent breakfast with perfect runny eggs, recommended 😊👍👍

Upon visiting the Steam railway we decided to pop in here for breakfast. I ordered a full English and my wife wanted a bacon, sausage and mushroom sandwich. The lady behind the counter was very abrupt "If you look at the menu we don't do mushrooms!!" when I apologised she replied "well just read the menu, we are busy enough as it is!!" Ah well, guess it's just a clicky bikers caf where outsiders are unwelcome. Certainly won't be returning

So says hubby who eats maybe three burgers a year. It was as big as it's very substantial bun with salad, bacon and real cheese melted to gooey perfection. For my part I had eggs Benedict with delicious pan cooked poached eggs, my only criticism being it would have been nicer for the bread to be toasted

Had a lovely breakfast here this morning. Nothing too much trouble. Breakfast was lovely. A good hearty meal which set us up for the day. Would recommend this cafe if passing.

Called for breakfast today, was really impressed. Good choices. It only small but offers a huge warm welcome. We choose the small breakfast which came with coffee or tea and a slice of toast, for £5.50 excellent value for money. Cooked to order.

A warm welcome is guaranteed with lashings of hot tea and sarcasm My kind of place I had a small breakfast - ideal as I was out later for a meal Not to be sniffed at

Lovely staff and a warm atmosphere along with hearty breakfasts! Great place to break a journey crossing the country.

Ive been a few times this year and always find a great standard of food (especially the bacon cheeseburgers) and very friendly staff. They also find time to take and post a picture of all bikes onto facebook page. Highly recommend.

Love this place on or off the bike, friendly service, fantastic cakes and the food is always great it’s nice to have a bit of banter too

A reasonably priced cafe with a good chioce of menu. The coffee and tea are good, a great place to sto and refuel on the way home after a day out

Second time I’ve been in here on days out on my motorbike and very good again. Always a few bikers in. Top notch bacon and sausage sarnie and good coffee. Good honest place for a lunch stop. Recommended.

I love to drop in whilst on motorbike. Great service and as a vegetarian I'm delighted that I can have a proper breakfast without eating meat. Will visit again.

We called in here on the off chance they did the ‘full english’. We were not disappointed. The only downside was no black pudding. Everything else however was freshly cooked and just what we needed. Great!

Good bikers cafe on the A59, the roads from Preston are ace, you may have to wait for food at the weekend and the sun is shining, there are free toilets and a warmish welcome fro the owner,

Good menu choice. Food and coffee excellent, staff very friendly. Ample parking could just do with a few more tables and chairs outside.

Cold plates and cold room. Food was fresh and tasty. Hash Browns very poor but sausage was delicious. Friendly staff and a warm welcome.

I called in en route from Harrogate to St Annes. Plenty of parking on the forecourt and easy to pull in from the A59. I received a lovely welcome from the owners. I had a really good quality tuna salad barmcake and an absolutely gorgeous salted caramel cake. I will definitely call in again when passing.

A quick pit stop and this is just wot u need Strong coffee and a toasted tea cake and use of toilet and on our way All reasonable priced breakfast looked good too

Visit for a quick family breakfast on our way up north. Ordered four breakfasts which all came at very different times - half of us had finished before some had even arrived. The cafe had run out of lots of key ingredients such as ham and the hot drinks we ordered came after we'd finished our breakfasts despite ordering at the same time - when they did arrive the tea tasted foisty from the water tank. It was also freezing inside and we all ate our breakfast with our coats on. Obviously the cafe is very popular with bikers as they were queuing out of the door... but the people eating inside, ordering meals and spending more money are sidelined to serve 10 cups of tea to bikers sat outside… overall a bit of a letdown, especially in an area with so much choice

Wonderful staff.. Awsome food brilliant stop off point.. Best breakfast around.. ..plenty of parking available...

very friendly, food was excellent, great place to stop, definatley visit again. You can sit outside and watch the steam train that runs behind

Este es un café, o más bien un ciclistas cafe para motoristas.

Mi amigo, mi hijo de 11 años y vine aquí después de nuestro paseo por el Embalse thruscross. Creo que pagamos £6. 25 por el gran desayuno que tenía dos huevos, dos salchichas, alubias, tomate tomate, dos tocino, patata y 1 2 rebanadas de pan con una variedad de té o café. Realmente delicioso todo, agradable café fuerte tal y como nos gustó y sin preguntar. No un montón de comida incluyendo spud chaqueta con varios ingredientes, que es lo que será alentador tener mi hijo la próxima vez. Verdadera joya de lugar. Sin duda visitar aquí mucho más, ya que son siempre y froing toing entre Skipton e Ilkley. Gente encantadora, amable y de lo que pude ver, parece que tienen unos cuantos clientes habituales que vienen. . Que no me sorprende en lo más mínimo. Mi hijo y yo pronto se asiduos en este establecimiento. Lo único que hubiera preferido era mi tostada en el plato, pero la próxima vez que se lo preguntes a hacer eso. . No hay problema!. ! !

Llegamos con ganas de un brunch delicioso después de un paseo largo y encantador. Pedí algo del menú para que nos dijeran "groseramente no tengo tiempo de setas "pedacito

Este es el mejor cafe de parada en si viene por la A59 hacia Bolton Abbey, o volver a Skipton. El desayuno es siempre de alto nivel con comida de buena calidad no la carne barata, etc. tienes más grasos. Lo mismo con los bocadillos....

As a biker calling to have a breakfast to set his days ride up, or just someone taking his elderly parents out for tea and cake, this lovely cafe always has the most wonderful welcome given by Audrey and Sean plus their amazing staff.Whether a biker or not you will be greeted with a friendly smile, served top notch food from a bacon sarni to eggs royale... the best tasting coffee... and I have to add ... the absolutely best tasting lemon drizzle cake anywhere.(I know... I'm a specialist sampler!).During spring and summer there is also a late night for bikers to meet up and enjoy each others company.How on earth anyone can give this establishment one star is beyond me... and really needs to have a serious word with themselves.Can I add I am not related in any way to the owners, I'm just a simple extremely happy customer who has a 110 mile round trip to visit route 59... and will continue to do so,enjoying the best cafe I know hopefully for a long time to come.

Llegamos a las 10:39:00 de la mañana del domingo en seco, como un grupo de motociclistas, diez de nosotros, pedir el desayuno, té, etc., butties Había otras dos personas allí cuando llegamos. Finalmente conseguí mi desayuno una hora más tarde. Buena comida pero ella no hacer con prisa! ! ! ! No era de lo más simpático.

Perfect location for me coming back from a good ride out, fantastic biker nights, fantastic food, run by an amazing family! This cafe will always be a place I will stop for a quick coffee or need some good food. I hope this cafe will run for many years.

If there were only 1 place I could visit for food ever again, it'd be here 1000%. Can't fault at all. Friendly. Accepting. And will go the extra mile if you have special requirements (I rang ahead stating I was bringing vegan friends, Audrey went out to buy appropriate items for them). Even following the tragic and sudden death of their son (head chef), the family and friends continued to keep the cafe open and putting up with all us bikers. Route 59 cafe is like an extended family to anyone who visits.

Lovely place, lovely family who own it. Not my first visit and certainly won't be my last! I'm sure my partner is looking forward to next years bike nights already!

Call in every time I'm out on the bike, great selection of food, teas, and coffee. Everything is made fresh so it's worth waiting for. Can get busy but that show how well respected this place is. Stay awhile, eat drink and enjoy fellow bikers

I am sure the food would be good if you could get some! When I was there - about 10.00a.m. Sunday morning - there was only one lady staff member there who was clearly overwhelmed when about a dozen bikers arrived at more or less the same time most wanting food as well as a drink. Not her fault, she was doing her best I could see. I settled for a cup of coffee in the end.(ps: When 2 more staff arrived, neither were cooks, 1 bloke, generally 'assisting', one elderly lady, working the till but unable to make an americano.)

Perfect place with fantastic surrounding wonderful staff . Nice treat for the family we will back again.

On route to Lake District You expect truck stops/biker stops to be a standard greasey spoon This is something abit more special Awesome breakfast at a cafe that even a lakeside pub/bistro would be proud ofTidy clean cafe that's a little on the small side but well worth the squeezeHighly recommend a stop!

I personally don't like to give negative feedback but the service was slow last week 33 minutes waite for a breakfast when only one customer before me food was good slow service

My husband and I visited on our way to Bolton Abbey and have to say the coffee was good and atmosphere welcoming. Will defo stop by again.

We've stopped for food here many times on our motorbike travels around the Yorkshire Dales and beyond and always found the food and hospitality to be top notch. Our 'Big Breakfast' was freshly cooked with locally sourced ingredients and served up with a steaming mug of tea. A perfect break in our ride out.Will definitely be back to try the Eggs Benedict!

Went for a ride on my motorcycle and dipped at route 59 for a cup of tea and a bacon sandwich. Fast friendly service. Not hot cuppa. Really friendly people. Highly recommended.

Small café on the Skipton Road. Good menu and tasty food reasonably priced, a good car park and open 7 days a week. Worth a visit.

After reading a few good reviews we decided to visit for breakfast. Nice atmosphere and a good selection of food choices from toast, eggs benedict, soup and full English breakfast. We ordered 2 full English, 1 large @ £5.95 and 1 small @ £4.95 and waited about 20 minutes. Nice looking breakfast on the plate but it wasn't hot at all. Sent it back and it was blasted in the microwave. Although hotter no attention to detail in making the plate of food looking less like a splattered mess! Disappointed in staff and their approach and quality of breakfast.

Having had a run out on the old Triumph Bonneville, decided to stop off here for a brew and a bacon sandwich. Really nice little café with a warm welcome and good prices. They apparently have a bike night every Tuesday from 5pm until 8pm between April and October so think we will be popping over soon especially as it is fairly local to us.

Stopped today with Mum for a quick lunch and we were nicely surprised. We both ordered the same dish 'eggs benedict' - 1 muffin (cut into 2 with a rasher of bacon and a poached egg on both half and hollandaise sauce on top.) Cup of freshly grounded americano & tea. We both really enjoyed our meal. It was a simple meal that was freshly made. There's plenty of free off road parking.A varied menu.Outside tables.Very friendly staff.Clean.Whilst we ate there was a constant supply of customers - some regulars - some just stopping by.I would definitely use again.A great place to eat prior to visiting Skipton - Bolton Abby - Embsay Railway or Ilkley.

Stopped here en route to Harrogate. Presume old petrol station converted to a cafe. Just had a mug of tea and sausage sandwhich, sat on the side of a busy main road. Maybe just the place for us.

This is a lovely little cafe with very happy staff we just had a cuppa this time but the food is great here. The breakfast looked really good. There is outside seating and parking. Give it a go if your psssing by.

Proper cafe serving bikers and "normal" folk alike!! Really nice fresh cooked food. Friendly staff and will def be returning

Stopped here whilst visiting the Dales on a visit from Essex with two pre school kiddies and the Grandparents. The previous reviews were excellent so we thought we would stop for breakfast. We were so glad we did, the two chaps were most friendly and welcoming, the food was all cooked fresh and of a perfect standard. The price was great value. Good luck chaps I wish you the best of luck and will ensure we revisit when we next head north.

If your near to Bolton Abbey this is the place to get a friendly welcome, bite to eat and a decent cup of coffee.More and more people are discovering this little gem, with weekends, obviously. being very busy with all types of motorbikes, scooters, cycles and cars but you always get good service and a smile.

Called off mid way on a walk to Bolton Abbey. Just the job for a lovely cup of coffee - better than any of the high street brands! Didn't have anything to eat but all looked very nice and plentiful.

Blink and you might miss this little cafe! We can recommend a visit...especially for a breakfast...good quality food...delicious italian coffee and very friendly staff