The Cowshed Coffee Shop and Deli in Mole Valley

Popped into the coffee shop to pick up a latte while waiting for my family to arrive. The coffee shop is the first building you find when walking from the car park with the toilets opposite. It has seating if you want to sit inside and drink/eat or a takeaway service. The lady in front of my placed a large varied order and I thought I may have to wait some time for my drink but the staff rattled through the order and my latte was with me in no time at all. Great little pit stop.

I met some friends at Polesden Lacey for a walk and a light lunch, we decided to try the Cowshed for the first time since before Covid. I enjoyed a Cornish Pasty,my friends chose large sausage rolls,reported to be delicious. There was a nice range of toasted sandwiches also available. Quieter than the Granary cafe, staff pleasant and friendly. Well worth a visit.

When walking with friends with dogs this is the perfect place to enjoy a quick coffee afterwards in the outside cafe area. The choices are more limited than in the Granary but even so, as always with NT catering, it hits the spot!

This is just fine to stop and recharge with a hot drink after a walk around the PL grounds. Not as extensive a range of cakes as the Courtyard / Granary restaurant but still tastefully laid out, with indoor and outdoor tables.

This is a lovely coffee shop, the cakes are a must. It's in the grounds of the National Trust house at Polesden Lacey, a lovely location. Good place to stop after a walk around the grounds.

Not a wide range of options on offer, but the sausage and mash with mixed vegetables was superb and very good value.

We arrived a little early for free flow walk around the house so had a coffee. Service was good. No wait. Coffee was fine. There is a covered are for people with dogs which seems like a good idea. We sat in the cafe which was quite pleasant.

Awful place, very dirty on a busy Sunday. They don’t offer proper plates, mugs or cutlery with their tea and cake, only plastic ones. It was difficult to get hold of a knife as everything on the self serve desk was cluttered in rubbish and all containers empty. I doubt I’ll ever go there again but if I do I’ll bring my own cutlery! The Granary restaurant is so much better and I’ll go there again in the future.

We arrived about 11.15 on a Monday and it was very quiet so served immediately with a mocha and cappuccino, coconut flapjack and chocolate brownie - very tasty and hot drinks delicious - very welcome on a cold morning. Cost was £10.70

After a glorious morning's dog walk around PL perimeter we stopped at the Cowshed for a hot drink. It's a charming, airy space, very informal but the quality of produce on sale is the usual NT high standards. It wasn't busy but, as is often the case, despite two baristas working there was a small queue as each complex coffee was painstakingly made. It wasn't exactly clear which side of the counter the small queue ended & I stood at the wrong side (later found out it was among those waiting for the coffees to be made were standing) so someone was served ahead of me even though I had arrived first. But my tea was (eventually) great & we decided to sit outside in the autumn sunshine where a few tables are thoughtfully scattered (most with happy dogs underneath them)

Good food for the right price: excellent sponge cake with coconut and pineapple. Good cup of coffee.

They have delicious cakes and cookies here to go with your tea or coffee. We selected the beautifully moist chocolate brownies, which was a good choice. To be fair the cakes looked very tempting. One little niggle on our visit was that the service was being done by some willing and pleasant but slow teenagers. A bit frustrating on a busy Easter weekend. I am sure that with a bit of practice they’ll be speedy.

Easy place to meet and have a coffee and catch up after a walk. It opens a little late for me, as I would like to get a coffee before walking the dog as well, if there was a window selling hot drinks it would be ideal.

A fair basis choice of fresh soup, salads, sandwiches, baked potatoes, cakes, NT scones etc & drinks. But sadly all served in or on paper & cardboard. Such a shame

This was a lovely cafe. Homemade soups and scones. Delicious cakes and good cappuccino. Lots of other tasty snacks available as well as small gifts such as popcorn, fudge or gingerbread cake.

My friend and I expected the restaurant to be busy as it was a lovely autumn day in half term but the proprietors obviously didn’t. Soup and scones ran out at about 12 and then the coffee machine broke down. It was suggested that we go to the Granary restaurant but having seen the queues there, it was out of the question. Too few staff, too little food and high prices. Picnic next time! National Trust catering is hit and miss at the best of times. This was not the best of times.

Really enjoyed our visit to Coswhed (morning coffee) and Granary Cafe (afternoon tea pm 18/10) and (Hopscotch Roll am 19/10) comfortable surroundings - good selection of lunches in Granary

Needing a break and refreshment we ventured here and were rewarded with excellent cake and tea. Note that it is outside the NT entrance so you can call in here without paying or memebership though the car park is only free to NT members.

The cafe is right at the exit from the grounds of Polesden Lacey so a perfect place to rest after an hour or so of walking. The staff are friendly and the food is adequate. It was late afternoon when we called and the place was a little worse for wear. It is child friendly with high chairs and functional furniture. Coffee was good!

Totally over-priced and very basic food. Far too busy because it's National Trust. Although in my village, I won't be returning.

Just a sandwich and a coffee. The Prawn sandwich was very good and good value for money. Buy your ice-cream from the barrow outside

Esta cafetería es mejor que un montón de tiendas de National Trust, y nos sorprendió lo rápido que nos sirven. La calidad del café no estaba muy mal, a pesar de ser servido en vasos de papel.

No hemos sido durante unos años, así que este suplemento café era nuevo para nosotros.

Only had Freetrade coffee but food looked great and did smell good! Very busy Cafe which is a good sign not cheapest but on a par with somewhere like this.

We arrived at Polesdon Lacey at 1:00pm, and were ready for a light lunch.We certainly enjoyed the hot-pot and a coffee before visiting the house.The cafe can get crowded, but there is also outside seating for warmer days.........

queued for 15 minutes round 2pm last Saturday, it wasnt even busy and the 2 assistants were going ridiculously slow. Would be great to have smaller tables rather than big tables that take up a lot of room. Very disappointed.

A nice restored building at the main entrance. It wasn't particularly busy but with 2 couples ahead of me it took 15 minutes to be served and get my order. I think the staff must have been on a sponsored go slow. This is a coffee shop that serves drinks in a paper cups, not the Ritz!

Visited last Tuesday, good coffee, but limited choice of cakes etc.Had lunch in the Polesden restaurant.

We passed the cowshed and went to the granary restaurant on the way to the entrance. The lunch food was very good.

Very popular at weekends with visitors to Polesden Lacey House.Can be busy but on fine day plenty of tables outside.Reasonable selection of cakes and several varieties of coffee. Also small selection of cheese, ham sausages, etc.

Usually all NT cafes are very good sometimes excellent this was appalling - long queue at opening time and staff seemed unsure of how to cope people who just wanted a drink or snack were having to wait while peoples hot meals were prepared - not enough staff serving teas or coffee and those that were seemed unsure - Very poor Scones were obviously frozen overnight as you could have played tennis with them !!! they were hard and dry when cut Very poor and shoddy andnot cheap needed someone to clear tables and CLEAN them young lad doing that hadnt a clue

Stopped here for a quick bite to eat before visiting Polesden Lacey House, being Father's Day it was busy but the staff seemed perplexed as tables were not being cleaned or wiped. Ours was covered in sugar which made it sticky. Typical NT prices and quality. That being high price for poor quality, £5.25 for a baguette and £2.75 for a Sausage roll (home made) and £1.75 for a tea, or £2.15 for a coffee. Why these places have to charge high prices I don't understand as it will only result in less people using their services. I also didn't like the idea that the milk was in an open milk bottle for everyone to help themselves. This might be seen as something quaint for the tourists, but being by an open door flies and wasps were all over it.

We visited mid-afternoon and were pleasantly surprised at the sandwich choice and freshness on offer.I had a roast pork with stuffing and apple sauce one, the bread was tasty and the filling moist and flavorsome, would recommend.My father was disappointed that there was no buttercream in the victoria sandwich, but I was very pleased to find a proper brownie that was moist and gooey in the middle.All very nice.Only complaint was lack of direction/bad layout from till to seating area - we walked back through the food area to reach the outside seating area, which was fine as it wasn't busy, but would have been dire if it had been busy!

This is one of the better NT cafes that we have visited and it's a nice place to stop while visiting Polesden Lacey. The cream tea was excellent and the scones were freshly baked and warm. The deli inside has a range of interesting products from local farms. As usual for NT it was pretty busy and service was a bit slow. More seating outside would also be helpful, but overall it was pretty good.

Reliable place to get a coffee/tea/light meal. Rather noisy inside at busy times but there are seats outside which are pleasant.

This was a nice cafe at the front of the site for a hot drink. Everything is served in disposable cups which was fine but might bother some people.

Admittedly we went on a busy Bank Holiday (despite the overcast weather) but this coffee shop was so popular, it could have easily have been three times the size to fit everyone in - it was quite a struggle to get a table, even outside under the open-sided marquee. Although not in their control (and they did have several traps up) the constant bombardment by hoards of wasps was very annoying.

Average quality, captive audiance. Go elsewhere for better value for money, I suggest Dengeighs in Dorking

Great for snacks. However teas, coffee etc. served in paper mugs which we don't like. However proper cups are used in the main restaurant.

Stopped here on a visit to the house at Polesden Lacey. We just had coffee and scones so I cannot comment on the other food but they did seem to have some nice sausage rolls, baguettes etc. The staff are nice, 'service with a smile' as the old saying goes, and the café looks clean and bright. The coffee was good and the scone was nice too. However I do have a gripe. The coffee is served in a disposable cup like your get for a take-away coffee at one of the big coffee chains. The scone is served on a disposable plastic plate and the knife is a disposable thin wooden lollipop-stick-like thing which I did not like at all! I guess using all these disposal items saves on washing up but it must generate a lot of waste that required disposing, and that's not what I expect on a National Trust property. Change that and you'll get 4 stars!

A really good selection of food and drink. Reasonably priced and very helpful and friendly staff. Could not fault it.

We stopped here for a coffee, there are plenty of wooden benches to use. You have views of the nearby house and grounds

The delicious sandwiches were really fresh and they serve the best sausage rolls I've ever had. I didn't really look at what else was on offer. Good selection of soft drinks.

We visited with some friends for lunch, food was excellent. Between us we tried pasties, which were hot and very tasty; jumbo sausage roll, my favourite and the best I have ever eaten; hot sausage baguette, also very tasty, all most reasonably priced. Obviously only snacks are available, but a good choice and we felt very full. Coffee and tea also fine, cold drinks are available. We did not mind the disposable plates etc, although wooden knives were not very effective! Staff helpful and friendly. I believe this is closed for refurbishment now until early February - hopefully the food will remain the same.

Good choice of cakes, rolls, tea, coffee etc and plenty of space. Clean and the staff friendly too. Added bonus is that you can buy local produce here such as locally milled flour, cakes, preserves etc.

Fresh and lively, but there is no steel cutlery or china crockery.Everything is disposable. The soup was good but served in Costa style cups. You need to go to the granary for more upmarket style service.

The Cowshed Coffee Shop is one of two places to eat at the National Trust property at Polesden Lacey. Both of them are available to visitors outside the property (but still within the grounds) and so do not require visitors to pay for entry before using these facilities. Both of them are expensive and both of them in my experience produce food which varies tremendously in quality. The Cowshed Coffee Shop is on the entrance to the property and offers hot and cold drinks and simple snack meals such as bacon baguettes, beef pasties and filled sandwiches. The quality is tremendously variable, todays food was atrocious. The bacon in the baguette had obviously been cooked several hours previously and kept hot to put into the bread when required, it was hard and tough. The sausage rolls were burnt on the outside and had been kept hot for several hours, the pastry was actually tough. At nearly £5 per item this was not value for money in my view. I have had a reasonable snack here in the past but my last few visits have been very disappointing, the quality of the food may begin it's life as good but unfortunately the staff in this particular venue have a way of ruining it and making it almost inedible. One to avoid unless you are prepared to complain in order to try and improve their offering.

We visited only on the way home from another national trust site. As a sufferer of a wheat allergy we went to the restaurant for a cuppa and cake. I had to ask a member of staff where there was any products. She said that there is a basket on the counter over there. The selection of products was woe full three items but limited stock!!!!! I then saw a sign stating they couldn't state if food was gluten free because of new EU law.