The Green Housekeeper Cafe in South Lakeland

Enjoyed a family meal, 4 people plus baby. Limited seats create intimate dining area. Friendly staff. Varied menu. Was able to cater for a GF meal. Also ordered to take away. Meal plus drinks for 4 cost about £50, very reasonable for area!

So good we visited 3 times in a week on a visit to the Lake District. Great food selection, high quality produce and amazing cakes!! Only a small place but worth the wait if it’s full!

We are a gang of 10 friends, and just looking for a bite and cuppa. Have to say not the most attractive from the outside but we ordered soups a Welsh rarebit and scones. Everything was stunning, the scones hot and loads of cream, bread with the soups plentiful and the pots of tea copious. Really nice staff too, happy to rearrange the tables to suit the 10 of us. Highly recommend.

Visited this cafe today on our way home from a weekend away nearby. Wasn’t sure where to eat in Coniston so got on google and this place came up and I am so glad we went! What a lovely homely place. We sat down and a lady came to clear the table for us from the previous people and wiped down. There is a standard menu and also specials board with a good amount to choose from. I opted for the broccoli and cheddar soup and a sandwich, partner had Welsh rarebit and the same soup. The food was good quality homemade food. Really good size portions and the prices were very reasonable. We were a tad full after our food or else we would have got one of the homemade cakes wow they looked amazing! The staff were lovely from the lady that served us to the guy that was also serving he had a great way with the customers. If you visit Coniston please visit this lovely place.

A wonderful friendly cafe. We went for coffee and cake. There was a wide range of great cakes. I had the cherry and bakewell sponge, it was delicious. The coffee was excellent and a full mugful. My husband was thrilled with his whole pot of tea and chocolate cake. It was very good value and the staff were delightful. The homemade soups looked delicious too

Food was average, they got the order wrong, and the coffee was not great, we can not see why they have such good reviews. Will not be back

Visited with friends today for breakfast. Super friendly staff, very clean cafe, so much choice. Food hot and served quickly. Then some cakes to take away. Omg amazing baking. Can't wait to visit again.

What a lovely cafe. Family of 7 all had an amazing breakfast. The vegetarian sausages were the best we've ever had, the meat breakfast was also super. The Jam with the teacake was a delight. Really friendly service. comepteitively priced. defintiely recommend. We had to pay by cash as the card machine wasn't working. Seriously worth the effort of going to the garage to get out cash, honestly you won't regret it. we also tried the beatiful cakes too; chocolate cake and lemon drizzle cheescake. Almost worth driving another 8 hours to visit this cafe again.

We were staying up the road in a place that didn`t do breakfast and the owner recommended the Green House Keeper to us. It`s a lovely little place, with really friendly staff and we had a mix of cooked breakfasts and breakfast buns. All of them were lovely and incredible value compared to some of the other places in Coniston. Without doubt, the Green House Keeper has to be the best place for breakfast in Consiton.

Absolutely excellent food (homemade soups & scones to die for!) Well done Sylvia. Very good prices. Lovely, friendly, helpful staff. Love all the signs up in the café too.

Dropped by for breakfast, friendly staff and nice setting. Went back again for cake and a scone few days later. Good selection of cakes and tasty. Would definitely recommend if looking somewhere for a bite to each in coniston.

Lovely cafe! We have been there every morning since arriving on our holiday and will continue to till we leave. The staff are very friendly and welcoming! The food is really good, giving you plenty of options to choose from and the drinks are always lovely too!

My husband and I visited for lunch. We both had different types of soup. They were obviously both home made and were so tasty! The servings were large and came with home made bread which we couldn’t even finish. Our coffee and tea , which came in pot with a knitted tea cosy , were hot and freshly brewed. The scones with jam and cream were absolutely delicious! All this came at a very reasonable price and with friendly service! I’d left my mobile phone on the table and the staff kept this safe for me until I returned to pick it up. I really appreciated this honesty. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this little gem to anyone!

Coniston is a great village to visit and the Green Housekeeper Cafe is a perfect place to have lunch. The friendly, pleasant staff, were welcoming and efficient. A great menu with excellent food and coffee at very reasonable prices. Highly recommended.

As it was raining and we had just visited the Ruskin Museum, we needed a break. What a delight this place was. Not one soup of the day but 5, such choice! 2 of us had tomato and pepper soup, and the other two of us had the Matt's Special, all good portions and freshly cooked. Then we had cake, yummy! Teas and coffees were great as was the service. Thanks again

Small cafe which was empty when we went but within 10 minutes it was full. The staff are really friendly and there is a great choice of freshly cooked food on offer so you need to be patient during busy times. My sister recommeded this cafe to us & I wouldn’t hesitate to revisit when in the area.

A lovely little cafe, great freshly prepared food. Hadn't had a Welsh rarebit for years. Thought I'd reminisce and wasn't let down, really tasty. Good value and well presented.

Fabulous cafe, stopped in for a cuppa and was tempted by the cheese scone! Decent prices, busy cafe. Service was quick and staff were lovely and efficient. I have to say though, the cheese scone was Amazing! Served warm with butter, cheese and chutney. Omg! I was a happy bunny 😁 Lots of choice of soups, meals and cakes. Covers all option. Non dairy milk available and green tea.

What a great find in Coniston after a lakeside walk. Small cozy cafe full of locals & regulars, says a lot about it. Good menu with 5 soups to choose along with specials and the printed menu. Coffee was hot & strong, perfect for a winter's day. We had Matt's Special (chicken, bacon, cheese & BBQ sauce layered on top of thick toast) and toast with beans & egg, both were very tasty & filling. If it's busy, it's worth waiting for.

A nicely situated, little cafe. Friendly, welcoming staff. Delicious food! I recommend the broccoli and cheddar soup 😋

Really sweet little cafe. We popped in after a very cold hike and it was great. I got a vegan carrot and pistachio slice and it was one of the best cakes I’ve had.

Reasonably priced, friendly service, tasty food. What more could you ask for? Huge variety of options, and super flexible with swaps etc. all Sandwiches, jacket spuds etc can be any combination of toppings, even if they’re not listed on the menu

This is a very small cafe in Coniston. The decor has seen better days but then they didn't mind us dripping all over the floor. The service was very friendly and the soup delicious on a wet day.

Absolutely amazing spot. We dropped in after a walk around Tarn Hows looking for a light lunch, and ended up here ordering 3 soup/sandwich combos and 3 teas. There was a plan for cake afterwards, but portions are huge, especially considering the prices, so cake is on hold until another visit. Everything was piping hot, staff were lovely and friendly, service quick and the whole place both clean and welcoming.

The absolutely best cafe I have ever been to! Wonderful food, wonderful service, wonderful environment, wonderful staff. Five stars aren’t enough!

What a friendly place! Also has a great menu, five different soups (only four left after our visit 😊). I had soup plus a toastie for the very reasonable price of £9.90. The toastie was huge and the bread was home made. All items were delicious and really hit the spot after a rainy day on the fells.

Had the most amazing tasty soup and fabulous ham & cheese toastie delicious!! Lovely staff very warm welcome

Lovely cafe in the heart of Coniston. We had read the excellent reviews and decided to stop by after a trip on the Steam Gondola which is a 10 minute walk away. We were greeted politely and offered menus quickly. There was a great choice of food offered throughout the day. Our drinks arrived quickly and our food followed promptly. The soup and toasty combination was delicious and filling. We all enjoyed the options we chose and the hot drinks were great too. Thank you so much for a lovely lunch!

Our first visit to Coniston and by chance we spotted The Green Housekeeper Cafe. The cafe was very clean with a good selection of snacks and light meals. We had a coffee and cream scone which were the best we have ever had and as we are both retired we have had many . However this was the very best , delicious freshly made scones with great coffee. The scones were that good we bought another 5 to take back to our holiday stay. The service was excellent. Would highly recommend a visit

We popped in twice for breakfast during our recent stay in Coniston. Both times, the Full English breakfast was exceptionally good and excellent value for money:- 2 x sausage, 2 x bacon, black pudding, 2 x hash browns, baked beans, tomato, mushrooms, egg and 2...

Great value Breakfast at this little cafe. Unpretentious and had everything that you could want in a full English with black pudding, mushroom, tomatoes etc as standard, toast like door stops and a great pot of tea.

Amazing value and amazing food at this little gem of a cafe. We visited twice during our few days in the Lakes. The first time was for a quick lunch - the homemade broccoli and cheddar soup with freshly made bread was delicious and satisfying....

Went as read reviews on here, get what you pay for, nice to the point food that isn’t overpriced (a rare find in the lakes!!) and the staff were all welcoming 😊

Popped in late afternoon for tea and cake. Lovely cosy cafe, and we were served by a very pleasant lady. Big teapot for 2 came with extra water, which gave nearly 4 big mugs of tea. (Would have done 4 mugs if anyone likes more...

Outstanding! Unassuming little cafe with great value and brilliant service, small but absolutely the place to get a great breakfast, lunch

4 of us had tea and very tasty food today. The cheese scone tea is fabulous. The staff are also fabulous and so friendly and efficient. A wonderful place for a stop.

I landed in this cafe by pure chance. I was asleep when my Dad parked the car outside it, and we just wanted a light lunch so we went in the nearest cafe. We hit the jackpot! I’ve never seen a “cheese scone tea” on...

Found the Green Housekeeper while sitting in a pub garden looking at their overpriced menu. A short walk and ordered soup with homemade bread and a cheese and ham toasties. Along with tea for two, it was fantastic! Fresh ingredients and really tasty, so good...

Fantastic food, generous portions ideal for hikers, great VFM, friendly service. Highly recommended.

As promised we had to return to coniston just to visit the greengarden cafe, the best food, the service was fantastic as always , you are treated like family every visit , even though its extremely popular due to amazing food and fantastic service you...

Visited as a group of four. We were warmly greeted and seated quickly. My friend and I opted for homemade pasty and our wives chose bacon and lentil soup with homemade bread and the other coffee cake. The pasties came with salad, coleslaw and potato...

tiny cafe but just have a bit of patience as it’s all made on site. The food was amazing; rarebit, homemade soup, Jane’s special and sausage sandwich.

We called in for coffee at the Green housekeeper cafe. I also had a toasted tea cake and my sister had a fruit scone with jam. They were the biggest and tastiest tea cake and scone that we have ever had. Also the home made...

This is a gem of a cafe! True to their word, the lovely staff could not have been more attentive to every request. Very competitive prices (genuinely so) and the best quality of food and experience. Don't settle for the town you are in and...

Lovely tea room, friendly , pleasant staff, reasonably priced, relaxed atmosphere even though they were busy. Proper doorstop slices of toast. Can't rate this cafe highly enough.

We initially popped in hoping to have one of their excellent “Cheese scone teas” only to find that they had sold out 😟! I was informed that a fresh batch of cheese scones were being made but it may be half an hour to wait....

Delicious toasted sandwiches, but be warned, they are huge!!! The cafe, although small, was clean and the staff were friendly and chatty. Happily reccomend and would return

An excellent find. The food was good and a sensible price. The staff were very helpful with our order. We would be happy to go there again.

Came across this little gem after a quick search on the internet, whilst out touring around the Lakes some weeks ago. What a find!!! The quality of homemade food, particularly the variety of locally produced breads, was excellent. As indeed were the service, atmosphere and...

Lovely little place it looks and feels very cosy, nice staff, the tea and soup was yummy thank you very much

All the soups are home-made, gluten free, and excellent, with GF bread. There was also a nice GF lime and courgette cake and a large potful of tea with a refill offered and accepted! Fist class attentive friendly service and superb value for money.

A café further up the road was recommended by a local shop assistant but when we saw the extortionate price of a pot of tea, we went to this little gem instead. Freshly baked scones ( literally just out of the oven) and a pot...

AHH, I snuck away from my family for lunch at The Green Housekeeper. The cafe is so nicely decorated and was so cozy! I ordered tea and a Jacket Potato with tuna and a salad. Everything was so tasty! Beyond the food, I was so...

I enjoyed a Cornish pasty with coleslaw, potato salad and a side salad. My mother was able to purchase a gluten-free lunch here too. There is a varied menu, it is quaint inside the cafe and cosy, with on street parking, and an outside area...

Myself and partner always visit this cafe.its simply the best..breakfast is huge with door stopper toast..wouldnt go anywhere else.staff are just lovely and welcoming.we went back in the afternoon for fresh made scones with butter jam and cream...HUGE scones 😍if your in coniston you must...

Small friendly local cafe with great home baking. Scones ae enormous! Wide choice of different courses.

Amazing home made food....super healthy and generous portions with good-value prices will have you coming back for more. Lovely staff provide super efficient service. The perfect cafe!!

My wife and I visit the Lakes often in our van, and one destination that is always on our list is Coniston. With one of the big reasons aside from the great walks, cycling and ale, is the Green Housekeepers cafe. We have been coming...

This is our third time visiting, each time we’ve travelled the two hour journey to your cafe. The first 2 times with full English breakfasts and soups, and our third time today for cream tea x2. You have such an amazing little business here and...

Excellent food, the soups are gorgeous, as is the rarebit, its so good, great tea and cakes. Friendly staff, very highly recommended

Nice and welcoming little cafe. Food was good at a reasonable price. My partner loved the sourdough toast. My only complaint would be that I asked for my bacon to be extra crispy (simply personal preference) and heard a scoff coming from the kitchen about...

Just browsing and noticed a link to the Trip Advisor top cafes in Cumbria. The Green House Keeper in Coniston was top of the list. If you decide to go I’d always recommend the bacon and lentil soup. It’s far superior to pea and ham...

Had a beautiful lunch here. Meal was made with high quality ingredients, served promptly, with very friendly staff. Highly recommended.

This is the best cafe in Coniston. I received a very friendly welcome from Lauren and Sylvia. The menu is exciting, very good value for money. The cheese scone tea was exceptional. Nice decor and ambiance. I will be back!

Great cafe, plenty of choices,good quality food, vegans vegetarians and carnivores catered for, nice friendly staff, thanks to Lauren and Sylvia .

Breakfast made with love, visited Coniston today and see this cute little place, omg the breakfast is the best me and hubby ever had!, lovely service, amazing food and definitely vault for money, even asked where products from that delish,only place we will be stopping...

This is a small and casual English Cafe that serves the most awesome Full Cooked Breakfast. It really was a fabulous breakfast, so much so that we went here two mornings during our stay near Coniston. You can substitute things from your breakfast that you...

Very tasty lunch, beautifully presented and such good value for money. A small cafe but what they do, they do very well. We had the rarebit and salad and soup.

Popped in here after walking up the Old Man of Coniston. Lovely cuppa and delicious coffee and walnut cake. Hopefully will be back!

Popped in for breakfast, staff so friendly, very clean and made very welcome. Breakfast was hot and so tasty. Will be back on my next trip. Well worth popping in. 🙂

We stopped in after a walk and had cream tea for lunch. Large scone with butter, jam and cream. A pot of tea. All for £5. Excellent service.

Very generous portions of everything on the menu. And so much flavour! Friendly atmosphere and excellent service. This is so much better than "a cafe". You MUST try the cheese scone - outstanding.

Called in for breakfast , (1st in ) no dogs allowed ( no problem just nip back with the dogs girls while we order) Ordered two Sylvia Specials , theses were a meal on there own (proper set you up for the day) , highly...

A sunny September day in Coniston, suiting in the sunshine at the GreenHouse keeper cafe. A great ambience even though busy with lots of cyclists enjoying great scones. Staff are brilliant, friendly and efficient despite slaving in a hot kitchen in the September sunshine.

Amazing cafe with lovely homemade cakes and food. We had the cream tea, homemade scones, cream and jam all made by Sylvia. Best ever!

While touring the lakes on our bikes four of us stopped for breakfast. Freshly cooked to order, the sausages where local and amazing as was the rest of the breakfast. Will definitely be stopping there again on our next visit.

We saw the good reviews and walked by this cafe a few times and noticed it was busy which is a good sign. Today we were in Hawkshead but decided to come back to Coniston for a late lunch and went to the cafe, overall...

Stumbled upon this lovely cafe by chance while looking for a quick bite to eat. Much more reasonably priced than others we looked at in Coniston and better range of food on the menu. We had delicious broccoli and cheese soup with cheese toastie, really...

Fab little find. Eating out costs a fortune while your away but this Cafe is reasonably priced which is hard to find in the Lakes. We had the most gorgeous scones, a pot of tea too big to finish. The kids loved their crumpets they...

Loved my jacket potato which I piled with beans, cheese, and butter. Husband got an English breakfast -- Cumberland sausages are the best. Would've liked ice for my diet Coke, but that's bc I'm American. Nice ladies accommodating a constantly full house!

Many cheery ladies seem to run this cafe and create a lovely homely atmosphere. Many homemade cakes on offer too.

We enjoyed an excellent breakfast at this little cafe before spending time on the lake. Being able to sit in the sun on the outside tables in the small rear garden was a bonus. The menu provided good options and the full breakfasts and bacon...

Staff very kind and helpful. Good breakfast and lunch. Cozy. Excellently atmosphere. Cakes are fresh.. full of funny signs

We went here recently there was four of us and we all enjoyed our meal the waiter was very kind and chatty in a good way I would recommend the chicken and cheese toastie overall very pleasant visit would recommend and come back again

We arrived at 10am, as soon as it opened - and a steady stream of customers followed! Obviously a popular place! We ordered a full English breakfast and a full veggie breakfast. Both were delicious and there was plenty of food! The doorstop toast that...

The cutest place. So glad we stumbled across this little cafe. We enjoyed it so much that we went back on the second day of our break aswel & we will certainly be returning every time we visit Coniston in the future. The staff are...

My wife is vegan and the owner made her a lovely custom made toastie of mushroom, tomato and hash browns. Really friendly, excellent service and great value.

Title says it all. Epic doorstops of homemade toast. Great quality ingredients throughout. Happy to swap out one item for extra of another. Can't fault it.

What a gem of a find. We were served a delicious and large English breakfast. The food was amazing and all staff were so friendly and welcoming. Definitely one to return to several times.

After a dip in Lake Coniston, we happened to stumble across this amazing cafe. We were so indecisive on the menu as there were so many options that looked delicious (quiches, wraps, toasties, rolls, soup, jacket potatoes and breakfast dishes). The owner was lovely to all customers and said she could make something special for people if they'd like! I also loved the cute little knitted tea cosies. We sat outside in the sun in a lovely garden out back (with a great view of the mountains!). I don't ever leave trip advisor reviews, but genuinly this one hit the spot. Enjoy xox

Stopped for a quick lunch after a wet walk on the hill. Lovely Granary roll with chicken and a very hot Latte. Quick service and nice staff.

Excellent customer service. Excellent food and drinks. Kids and parents fully satisfied. These people know how to run a cafe.

Best cooked breakfast I’ve had in a long time. Lovely thick slices of toast, generous portions, lovely bacon and sausage, and lovely friendly staff. I will definitely come back here!

Great, hearty food. Filling and tasty. And a cracking pot of tea! Great place for a post walk or mid-ride stop off. Outside seating available.

Great lunch time on Sunday afternoon. Ham and salad bap with lovely crips. Great service, with lovely friendly staff. Hidden Gem . Well done guys.

Lovely ham roll served with salad & crisps & lovely latte. Service was great as always. The food is always good here, as is the service. The outside seating area is great in the warm weather. Will definitely return.

The food and service was second to none. Nothing too much trouble. Give them a try you won’t be disappointed

We had the most delicious full English breakfast, tasty not greasy, with very helpful service. Thoroughly recommend!

Popped in on a beautiful sunny day to find a warm welcome and great service/food. Cannot rate highly enough. Really tasty meals and snacks. We shared a welsh rarebit which was delicious. Will go back in the autumn without doubt.

The food and staff were amazing to us and very good service. I would recommend coming here if your ever In the lakes