The Courtyard - Wythenshawe Park in Manchester

A small courtyard area with picnic tables, a couple of small catering vans on site one sells food the other coffee, public toilets available and a watering place for dogs. It is a very popular place and can get very busy.

Great coffee, competitive price.

Very lovely atmosphere to be there.

Good prices and a smile 😃. Great stop for the bathroom break too.

Ordered drinks which we were given straight away. Half an hour later after having to ask twice I was given the bacon and sausage barm. It turned out to be two very cheap sausages so undercooked I thought twice about giving them my dog. The bacon was very over cooked and inedible. All served on two pieces of dry white bread they couldn’t even be bothered to cut in half. Avoid.

Absolute shambles 😫. No hot food except sausage barms / bacon barms. Chips. Apparently that's all the "chef" could cope with. Young staff so slow ! Was looking forward to it as not been for a while. Tons of ppl complaining 🙄...

Not Autism friendly. The staff were very rude and not understanding when a person we support went above his baseline. This cafe ban people with learning difficulties I would not recommend.

Whilst the staff were lovely, the food was truly terrible. I can't remember the last time I had to throw away food, but that was only option with the sausage sandwiches served. The coffee was terrible too. Ignore the photos of nice cakes, all that was available was Costco bought catering cakes. Such a shame, could be amazing.

Nice cup of Tea watching the world go by 🙂

Pleasant and helpful staff and good food.

Kid's box during the half term is empty, but it costs 5,95.

Took nearly 40 minutes to get my order of 2 portions of fries. My friends who ordered after me waited another 10 mins after me and then cancelled the order of another 2 chips. The younger girls working behind counter were a bit rude when we asked how long the chips would take… the response was however long the chipper takes to cook. Just plain rude especially when you’ve got young kids hungry and only waiting on chips and it’s frustrating waiting that long. If they had told me how long chips would take before ordering I wouldn’t have bothered. The place wasn’t busy either so don’t understand how it can take this long for chips to cook in a fryer . They were just french fried so nothing special. Lady on the table next to me waited 30 mins for her tuna sandwich to come out which was wrapped in clingfilm … so assuming this would of been pre made earlier that day so don’t understand why that took so long to sort. Was over priced for fried also and young staff didn’t seem to care that we had been waiting ages. Like it was a normal thing.

Avoid! Avoid! Avoid! Absolute shame of a place, rude miserable staff, disgusting kitchen and dirt everywhere! They don't do breakfast and have a very limited choice of food. Such a waste of a place that could be vastly improved!

Whoever told this woman she could cook must have said it on April Fool's Day! Dishes are just about palatable and only if you can forget the lack of hygiene of the place. Overpriced and disappointing fayre sums it up. Save your money and time and go somewhere that deserves custom.

Whoever told this woman she could cook must have said it on April Fool's Day! Dishes are just about palatable and only if you can forget the lack of hygiene of the place. Overpriced and disappointing fayre sums it up. Save your money and time and go somewhere that deserves custom.

Friendly staff. Outdoor benches with shelter from rain.., unless you have a dog. Quite ridiculous saying dog friendly when on a freezing day, you can't sit inside. Dog friendly does not mean shivering with the pooch on an outside seat.

Nice place, but the place counter with condiments could have been better positioned!

Could be so much better. Been to a few comparisons in Frodsham, Heaton Park and Walton Gardens - all far better. Such a shame as it could easily be a destination.

Very nice food at a reasonable price The selection of scones and cakes were amazing fully recovered you try. Menu for foods slightly limited but what was is on offer is good

Ordered two flat whites, and two hot chocolates and all drinks just tasted the same. Hot milk watered down. The lady serving had no customer service and just disinterested. Although beautiful venue and cakes were nice

Friendly staff. Prices a bit expensive.

Loved this place a big thank you to all the staff they were very helpful and kind lovely people our experience was a good one 👍

Staff were very friendly Coffee was lovely

This is a friendly venue with character. Their coffee is always a treat. It is comfortable inside and out, and the staff are happy, helpful and patient! Rightly, there is a policy which doesn't allow consumption of food which hasn't been bought at the café.

Food lovely staff very friendly and good service.

Hot food ran out by 12.45pm. Sandwiches were sad. Tuna sandwich had only tuna and nothing else inside.

The court yard has the most delightful choice of home made scones I have ever experienced the facilities are fabulous 👌 the staff are of various ages and all seem to create a very homely atmosphere its a wonderful place to visit to all ages ... Congratulations to all concerned *******. Best regards from Ian bev and our little frenchie Harry.

Don’t bother if you have small children. We were chastised for feeding our son food from outside the cafe. He’s 14 months old, he had purée. We’re not going to feed him scones and ice cream, are we? Both his parents had bought the overpriced rubbish on offer. Next time we’ll follow their advice and just eat in the park. It’s probably cleaner there, too.

Visited with friends on a Sunday morning. Tables were filthy outside, and there no effort to clean them. I asked for a cloth and spray and was told no but eventually given some paper towel with some spray on it. Covid is on the rise, but basic cleanliness is all that I wanted. Tables should be cleaned before the cafe opens, and at least throughout the day. Standards seem to have dropped here, and service takes a while.There was plenty of staff on but only one or two serving. Cakes are very nice here, but because of tables, I did not want to eat anything, so we didn't order anything. I bought a cheese and onion roll to take away, but it was a cheese mix with mayonnaise and spring onion - not the same as just cheese and sliced onion. It was not tasty and greasy with the mayo - a shame!

What a shame! Really nice little courtyard but spoilt by the low quality food (just sausage barms but really awful sausages and bread) also lots of signs up saying what not to do or you'll be asked to leave! OK for a coffee and ice cream, nothing more

It's fine but there are lots of bossy signs and too much single use cutlery and packaging for an eat in place.

The hippo cake is good with coffee.

A lovely relaxing cafe with nice food and quality service. Very relaxing a great for meet ups. The afternoon teas are highly recommended.

Cool cafe in the middle of Manchester's finest park

A lovely place to relax and refresh. Dog friendly.

I went into the cafe with my daughter and grandson, it is absolutely filthy from the chairs and tables to the floor, and if it is council owned they need a kick up the backside, it definitely needs a health and safety inspection, oh and the toilets weren't up to standard, I am local to the park won't be going in the cafe again

Very busy day and the staff were incredibly busy.

Busy cafe in the centre of wythenshawe Park pleasant staff don't go if your on a diet the cakes are lovely and hard to resist 😀

Very nice place to eat . Staff are very friendly and helpful, small manu but very nice food ,one of the staff told me a bit about the history on the place and was very interesting to learning gets a 5 star for me

Lovely staff and a great place to have a brew and a snack after exploring the park.

Love this place and it's so pretty inside . Huge portions of cake and reasonably priced my grandson loves it here and the staff are really friendly

I went with a group of people to visit Wythenshawe Park and when it was lunch time we went to the cafe. I ordered a cappuccino and a cheese and onion toastie. I waited for the cappuccino which was served in a takeaway cup, that was all they had and then went to sit at a table. The chair was filthy and when I took the lid off the coffee takeaway cup it just looked like a coffee with milk with chocolate sprinkles, it was not a cappuccino which should be frothy. When my toastie came it was served in a paper and plastic bag .The cutlery was also disposable. Why they don’t have pottery crockery and metal cutlery I really don’t know. Then to make matters worse I went to the toilet which was filthy the only good thing was there was toilet paper, hand wash and a hand dryer. I would be reluctant to go there again.

Very nice tea and cakes stop in an improving wythenshawe park. Good quality teas, very tasty home made cakes and friendly service. Courtyard is a cosy suntrap from noon onwards. MTB tracks in surrounding park much improved, great place to take the kids

Over priced on the items they have to offer but customer service is awesome

Decent café and like that they have some veggie options however you won't be able to get a full english and they only serve the drinks in takeaway cups

Chip Barm was horrible - oil on the chips tasted awful. Hot chocolate was cold. Victoria sponge cake looked great but was very dry - ended up throwing it away. If I hadn't got takeaway I would of returned for a refund. Not worth the money. Will not be returning.

Very limited afternoon menu with a heavy bias on chips. The courtyard outside is tired looking, but the inside tables look much nicer. Food quality is nice, the service is good and the prices are very reasonable.

Lovely place to grab a bite after park, has toilets and lovely atmosphere. Also great place to meet new mums

We love this place!! We always stop by for a coffee and cake at least and usually a little hot snack and ice cream too... the kids love it! Their cakes especially are amazing.We've also gotten freshly homemade birthday cake to order and it was amazing!

Generally the queues are shocking. The coffee is not good and the food seems rather overpriced. Its almost as bad as that pirate of an ice cream man. Why we have to pay a premium inside the park is something I will never understand. And the toilets, I'd say there's every chance of catching cholera or something equally as nasty.

I am shocked and disgusted by the way myself and my class of 9 children with additional SEN needs were treated today in the Courtyard by your ‘manager’ – who wasn’t willing to provide a name (funnily enough). We entered the outdoor area of the café and sat on 2 benches in the very back of the café, no where near anyone else, and there was maybe 2/3 other tables at the time, so very empty in comparison to the amount of tables. I went inside and ordered 3 meals and drinks for the adults – totalling around £16, a fair trade I thought for being able to sit in the outdoor area with the children as it was a lot safer than the park with it being enclosed. We unpacked all the children lunches – they have very specific dietary requirements (ones that your café could not cater for, even though you manager seemed to think so) I came out from ordering and was followed by a very rude lady who demanded that we packed up the children’s food and left immediately – a member of my team tried to calmly explain the situation and that the children had dietary requirements and for safeguarding reasons could we please stay here as we had ordered food. “no you can’t this is a business and you can’t bring your own food, we can provide for dietary requirements (you couldn’t) and that we could stay and eat our purchased food if we put away the children's". I am unsure how much you are aware of children with special needs but to change their routine can cause massive dysregulation and they had already started eating. We asked if they could continue whilst we waited for our food and was rudely told no and that we had to put their food away immediately. We asked how we could get our ordered food if we moved to the park and were told “well one of you can stay and the rest of you can leave with THEM” – a disgusting way to address children. We explained this was not possible as would cause massive safeguarding issues leaving our ratios down. When we left the outdoor area there wasn’t a single person left in there, so surely on this occasion with could’ve been allowed to stay to avoid upsetting all the children – I would understand if we were taking tables away from paying customers, but unsurprisingly you had none – probably due to the way your staff treat them!! I would also like to add that when my colleague went to the toilet later on she heard the same lady having a shouting match with another table for the same situation, they wanted ONE member of their group (again with additional needs) to be able to eat their own sandwich due to dietary requirements and she refused and told them they couldn’t eat it so would have to sit and not eat when everyone else was? They had purchased 11 other meals?! Extremely unprofessional behaviour and you have now lost any returning custom in us and also any recommendations to anyone else. The other customers who were in the outdoor area at the time also expressed their disgust to us regarding our treatment as well, so I am imagining this lady has cost you quite a few customers. All over 2 benches and a few packed lunches? Hardly seems worth it. This woman needs some training in customer service skills and just general human kindness and decency – to refuse a seat to children and adults with additional needs is disgusting and morally wrong and I do not know how this woman lives with herself.

Staff never seem to smile, but the cakes are amazing

Pictures of menu showing, full breakfasts and in the pictures for this place, but the menu now is more limited, purposefully drove here to be disappointed. Left to find a better stocked cafe :)

No cake when we went down on Monday apart from some vegan brownie and 2 dried out scones! High chairs were filthy, tuna toastie was soggy and queue was moving at a snails place. This cafe used to be amazing but it seems to be going downhill

Nestled in Wythenshawe Park, a lovely little cafe serving hot and cold sandwiches and drinks.

Lovely revamp has the place looking like a dairy tale. Very pretty and has a good buzz and atmosphere. The sad thing is the food does not match these days. It is frankly, very overpriced for what it is. The cakes and home made treats are lovely!! However I would advise steering clear of anything warm or prepped as it isn't always the nicest and has a tendency to leave you a bit deflated over what you get after paying so much.

Basic cafe in the park, has public toilet insitu , dog friendly too.

I’ve never been to a cafe before when, having ordered three meals for adults and a child, a member of staff tells you you’re not allowed to feed a weening baby with baby food you brought. When asked if they sell baby food she said ‘no’, which I’d already ascertained. But when we asked what the baby is supposed to eat as they don’t sell baby food she just said ‘it’s a cafe, we sell food, you can’t feed the baby her own’. Certainly a first for us - quite unexpected at a community park cafe. Made it quite an upsetting experience.

First visit lovely cafe in the park. Would recommend a visit if you are in the vicinity the cream tea was great fun.

A warm and friendly Café in a very pleasant setting . A hidden gem of a place.

Very disappointed. Booked afternoon tea for 10. Drinks had to be got by ourselves, water from a geezer, plastic cups. Sandwiches average and cakes looked nothing like advertised on website. Place was absolutely freezing. We paid 200 pounds! Poor service.

It's a Pastry Perfection place! Location is amazing, vibe are very positive. Love the food and the people working here.

Massive cake selection and lovely friendly staff. Covered area outside great to sit with the dog for a quick brew if it's raining.

Very strange system here they say it closes at 4pm but we arrived at 3.15 couldn't get in but was allowed to sit outside in freezing cold the so called reason for this was they were cleaning for finishing time of of 4 pathetic if you want to sit inside maybe go at 2ish

Lovely little cafe with great selection of cakes. Strange system though of locking the doors at 3.15 on a Sunday afternoon when it doesn't close till 4. Had to sit outside in the cold with my 84 year old dad. Does let it down slightly

Brilliant friendly cafe with outdoor eating space,flowers,toasties, what's not to like. .

Very cute and chill place to rest and have something to drink or eat :)

Lovely cafe and loads of outdoor seating.

Enjoyed a really nice Hot Chocolate with Chocolate Cake here (hadn't tried the food, can't comment) absolutely hit the stop after a lovely long walk around the Wythenshawe Park 😁 Friendly and helpful staff at the café! Has a lovely area for a private parties that looked really special 👌Restrooms available. Recommended!

Popped into the cafe today as we were in Wythenshawe Park to look round the newly re-opened Wythenshawe Hall. The cafe was busy but the Team were working hard. I shared a toastie and loaded nachos with my daughter both of which were delicious. We bought some amazing looking cake to take home. Will definitely return

Looks fab, great building but sadly service let it down. Sitting inside proper coffee cups would be nice. Scone and jam and cream. Scone just cooked, my friends was uncooked in the middle - half baked lump of dough in the middle. Very slow service

Had a brew so I could sit down then home x

Yet more terrible service! Saturday 12.30 went for lunch with my daughter and family. We queued for 20 mins only to be told they were not serving food because too busy. I wouldn’t have minded if someone had shouted out - no more food. Would have saved me waiting in vain. For goodness sake why is this cafe allowed to continue? My advice is to use the pop up cafe in the riding school. So friendly.

Very nice good food lovely place friendly staff. Great park.

Lovely cafe with great prices and food.

Good value,nice food, friendly staff !Happy and smiling even though it was mad busy and stifling inside

Nice drinks. Lovely surroundings. Had a scone with jam and cream, it was rather hard and served in a paper bag that made it rather difficult to prepare and eat! Came with a tiny pot of unidentified jam. Also had a chocolate Brownie that was quite packet mix. We left most of it.

Ordered a flat white, it was a terrible attempt at it and I’d just say I got a coffee with milk. Not what I’d expect for the price and puzzling why they can’t produce a flat white as they have coffee machines and milk steamers. Had such a long wait for the drink (queued got approx 20mins and additional 10mins wait once ordered) that I didn’t even bother returning to the counter. Will definitely avoid in future. Such a shame as it’s a great park and the cafe is cute. The cakes looked good but sadly wouldn’t return to try.

Good but expected slimming world breakfasts as I'd heard they do but each time I've gone not been on menu

Nice cafe and nice big seating area, we got sandwiches and crisp and slushes. There are toilets available.

Pleasant cafe with inside and outside tables.

The cafe has a welcoming atmosphere and staff is friendly. Unfortunately last two times they stopped serving hot food about 1pm which left a long queue of people disappointed at lunchtime. The scones are very tasty. Cleaning of the tables could be better.

Slow queue, dirty tables and little care given to eating area.

£10.50 for 3 drinks and they would NOT give us a glass of free tap water as they sell bottled water. I spent money in the cafe but even if I'd not there's no excuse for this. 1 adult 2 children, she didn't even ask who it was for. The law says "lisenced" establishments have to legally provide free tap water, but c'mon, its common decency to provide a glass of water, especially to paying customers.

Very rustic interior but good variety

Nice. Real shame the fish finger sandwich is inexplicably unavailable at weekends

Veľmi pekné miesto. Káva latte bohužiaľ úplne bez chuti , bez peny. Koláč by bol dobrý keby nebol presladeny. Milá obsluha

It's a shame when you take your dog for a walk you can't even catch a little lunch. The area where you can wait for a dog Walker is not monitored so you wait and wait and nothing happens. You go inside, loads of staff but no organisation. Service shocking service, needs management.

Lovely place! Gorgeous cakes and the best cheese and onion toatie ever!

Nice friendly staff and lovely food 😊

Limited availability on food due to staff shortages. Great place, and cakes delicious.

Nice little cafe in the original courtyard. No dogs inside but has an outdoor ordering point for dog walkers which was much appreciated.

amazing, had the fish and chips , beautifully presented seven with curry sauce, gravy and mushy peas. everything was lovely. gorgeous scones with jam and cream plus mini cakes. I'm bursting 😂

Courtyard Cafe was excellent, great, friendly staff and lovely food. Dog friendly too. Had a really nice time

Went here for my Grandsons birthday party what an amazing time he and his friends had each child made a pizza painted a money box iced and decorated a cup cake and had food. The staff did everything and interacted with the children no tears just happy smiling faces. Would highly recommend. On any other day the food & cakes are really lovely. 👏👏❤

Lovely little place. The food is of a good quality and decent portion sizes too. I take my 3 year old son here a lot and he loves the beans on toast 🤗

Not bad, bit pricy but I suppose places like that are.

Absolutely horrible management and staff. Came on a trip today with my school. We are a SEN school. Was told we couldn’t feed the children their own food in the cafe seating outside because they hadn’t bought anything- even though we explained that we needed access to the accessibility toilets. They wouldn’t heat up one of the students food even though I explained that she had dietary requirements. You should be ashamed of yourselves

Brilliant choice service and surrounding

Great cafe after walking around the park. Excellent homemade cakes 😋