The Magic Roundabout in South Lakeland

If you're looking for a coffee I'd absolutely swerve this place. If you want a cup of hot milk, fire on. Never tried the food so I can't say anything about that bar the cakes looked good. I did get a couple of flat whites, except I'm pretty sure they forgot to add the espresso. The smell of coffee was stronger than what was in it.

This is one of the finest gem in Bowness-on-Windermere. The food is excellent and the service was great. We had dinner and morning breakfast , food tasted very authentic. Will definitely visit again.

Very quirky which is right up my street. Food was absolutely amazing and great customer service. Great atmosphere

10/10 service. Went in 10 minutes before closing as couldn’t find anywhere else, staff were so accommodating and served up fab cocktails. Will definitely return!

Stopped here for a breakfast before a long cycle ride to start us off for the day. Menu looked appealing in what the breakfast included. Bother had large breakfast and it had plenty on it but all came out cold I mean cold apart from the hash browns, the eggs bacon and sausage toast was stone cold but it was so tasty which was a shame. I did mention this to the young waitress and she said oh sorry but I couldn't be bother to take any further. Other than being cold service and flavour and size was all good. Price for a breakfast a side of toast and 2 drinks was just short of £40 and for it being cold I thought over the top.

Slow service but nice place and good food.

Best breakfast ever , cooked to perfection and great portion size. Very clean and lovely atmosphere. Staff really friendly too , definitely worth a visit and will be visiting again

Perfect breakfast by the roundabout watching people go by. Really good poached eggs and coffee. Friendly and helpful staff. Funky decor in a lively atmosphere.

TERRIBLE!!!! We were shown quickly to our table given menus wasn't asked if we would like drinks just left for 20mins then our order was taken we then waited 40 mins for our food! My husband had steak & wanted it rare and it was well done !! both of our meals was cold didn't tell them at the time we were so hungry & couldn't wait longer for them to rectify it. The restaurant wasn't busy!! Overall the service & food was shocking would not recommend!!!!!!!

Disappointed. Very very slow service. When we eventually received our breakfast it was warm and not hot.

Hot drinks were cold. Not happy with the service.

Unfortunately the service here was absolutely terrible. We waited over 40mins for our breakfast (which was only some granola and a toasted teacake). We walked out in the end because we couldn't wait any longer. The one coffee we had was cold as well.

very cute place. i got a sandwich and my partner got fish and chips which he said is "the best fish"! service was amazing, nathan was so kind and very fun.

Quite busy but did a nice breakfast. We had pancakes, full English and eggs benedict and everyone was happy.

Food was delicious and the staff were lovely.

Loved it here, will visit again when back in the area. Quirky? Possibly. Enjoyed the bacon rolls and coffee here. Staff attentive and chatty.

Quirky and cool - great food and service!

Great little place, with a good atmosphere. The food was spot on and the staff had a great rapport with us all. Highly recommend. PS Isla is a star.

Brilliant meal for a friends 60th birthday, Isla and her colleagues went the extra mile to make it a very enjoyable night. The service was 1st class and the food was excellent. Will definitely return. Thank you

We were celebrating our friends 'special' birthday. All the staff were excellent, especially Isla. The food was very good. I did a video of the birthday cake arrival, which didn't work. Isla re-lit the candles and re-did the walk in. I would recommend this restaurant .

Only had a cuppa! No Earl grey or skimmed milk though.

We arrived and got sat straight away. We ordered drinks and 10 mins later ordered food. Our coffee’s arrived quickly however we waited an hour for food. We ordered 2x full english breakfast, 1x small full English and 1x magic butty. The bacon was anaemic , found a hair in one of the English breakfasts, hash browns did not arrive with the breakfasts so had to ask for them and the eggs were overdone. Service was better than the food and they did take the coffee’s off due to our complaints. We had to ask where our food was twice. All round we wouldn’t recommend.

Took almost 30 mins to get someone to take our order, asked at bar and told they would come to table, said short of staff,,,Food took a further 25 mins to arrive, as did drinks, I know they were busy but told only one member of staff in kitchen, and one staff serving. Food ( magic breakfast) looked nice, but unfortunately beans and mushrooms were clay cold and eggs sausages and bacon were just say warm, tried getting servers attention but no one about, so ate what was slightly warm and left the rest, mentioned it when paying bill and young girl apologised, again blaming short staff. Not sure if we caught them on a bad day, but judging by how popular it looks it must usually be better.

Good customer service, great food and especially a big thank you to Emma who was kind enough to give us some banana for our dog!

Fantastic atmosphere, staff were very friendly and helpful. The food was amazing ,massive portions and reasonably priced.

Nice that it was open rather late

I booked a table for 9:15pm earlier on in the day, I got there at the selected time and the door was locked. We were waiting around for 5 minutes knocking on and finally someone came out the side door and said that they didn’t have enough bookings so they sent the chefs home. I didn’t get a call or anything to tell me my booking had been cancelled or that it was going to be closed, despite having our contact number and email. Would not recommend due to unreliability and poor customer service.

We didn't have a great experience here. We pre-booked and were shown to our table promptly but service afterwards was quite slow, the staff seemed to be far too few for the number of people in the rather cramped dining room upstairs. My better half started with crispy chicken pieces, while I had the calamari. The chicken pieces was a very generous portion, but lacked flavour, while my calamari was a little tough and not very tasty at all. It was supposed to come with lemon aioli, but it had plain mayo instead. For mains I had the mushroom pasta while Ruth had the chicken burger. My pasta was rich and very tasty, but the chicken burger was missing three major ingredients, bacon, pickle and onion rings. We complained about this and they duly arrived 10 minutes later on a separate plate. They obviously had the ingredients there, so why not put them in the burger as indicated on the menu? We were not the only ones to have this issue either. Suffice to say, we won't be coming back.

Can’t tell you how bad our experience here was. It was like the staff had gone to the faulty towers school of customer service. Inattentive is putting it mildly. There were literal children working in there who, although polite, were woefully untrained. For example - Bringing over half full cups of tea without teaspoons or milk, dropping entire plants into the food bin and having paddies on show in front of customers. We went for breakfast and the food was terrible too. Can’t believe we paid actual money for this experience, you’d have to pay me to go back.

We had breakfast here. The welcome was warm and the waitresses were friendly but honestly the service was a mess, we kept having to ask for water (which we never received), cutlery…. No smoothies or pancakes (told after we ordered). Creamy scrambled eggs were not creamy - rather dry, waffles were not fresh. We asked if the orange juice was fresh (which it wasn’t) and the waitress told us she didn’t know because she didn’t drink orange juice.

Great little place for food, very knowledgeable about allergens

We arrived here whilst on holiday in the area. On arrival we were given a table and then waited 20 mins before we had to find someone to take our drink and food order. Then when my pot of tea came I was given a dirty coffee cup with it, we found it to be under staffed and not great service.

Great place, only went for a brew, had a great view from upstairs.

The Magic Roundabout Breakfast was excellent, and I couldn't fault the food. However, service and staff need improvement. Staff were very polite and helpful, just incompetent. We ordered 2 flat whites with our food, but unfortunately, the waiter only heard 1 coffee. After establishing only 1 coffee had been ordered, I then ordered 2 more as I had nearly finished the coffee. After a reasonable wait, only 1 coffee arrived. After speaking with the waiter, he told me that he had ensured 2 coffees were ordered and the other would eventually turn up. After I had finished my breakfast, my coffee turned up. Very disappointed with the service. There are too many tables for the staff and the facilities to service. Please focus on quality, not quality, with maximum profit.

I recently dined at the magic roundabout , and unfortunately, my experience was quite alarming. I ordered a mixed grill which included chicken kebabs and was shocked to discover that the chicken was served raw. This is not only unappetizing but also a serious health hazard. I immediately brought it to the attention of the staff, who were apologetic, but upon looking at other reviews I have now gathered that this isn't a first time incident for this restaurant. Serving raw chicken is an extremely dangerous recurring issue to have!

Food was pretty good, burger meat wasn’t the best little bit tough compared to chicken burger. Apparently new cocktail menu of about 10 cocktails, however the bar man couldn’t do half of them as he didn’t know how. He was sat behind bar doing nothing so probably could have used his time a bit better and learnt them. If a cocktail menu can’t be made by a cocktail maker I probably wouldn’t have one. Red wine it was. Waiter was professional and polite.

Excellent tradesman repairing window

Had breakfast here. Food was ok, service was good.

Great starters, 3 for £22 were great value portions where large mains were pretty standard quality, decided to go there as they had some vegetarian option.

Food was ok after waiting a good 15-20 minutes to take our order. Quite miserable staff but worst of all were the toilets! I have NEVER seen such a dirty toilet in a restaurant. The staff were using it too and one member used it before me & left it in that state! Absolutely disgusting, would never go back

Very disappointed use to be a nice place food cold sent Back again was cold order was incorrect also poor service staff just taking not taking any notice it's like they were not bothered

Good food, lovely quirky atmosphere and decor and a central location. What more could you ask for?

The Magic Breakfast was absolutely superb! The cappuccino was lovely and creamy, in fact it was so good I had another! Only one minor fault, and it's certainly not something that should put you off, we visited on a rainy Saturday and found it extremely hot inside.

We loved the quirky vibe that this offered for brunch...2 breakfasts and coffees. Loved the helpful servers too.

Great cafe/ coffee shop, looked like great breakfasts. Had a solid Bacon Roll with lovely coffee. As you woukd expect with street side seating in a tourism area, quite a bit of traffic on very front seating. It did not spoil our visit.

Good prices for food and big and tasty burger....🙂 and tasty fish and chips...

Tourist rubbish. Had lunch there with friends. Food was basic and the soup was cold. Service was slow and they forgot parts of the order (a table next to us had been waiting 45mins for coffee). Ambience is nonexistent as you are next to an incredibly busy road. The decor is tatty and dark. I would never recommend it and I struggle to understand why this place has such good reviews.

We had brunch here on a Sunday morning. The food was great, hot and freshly cooked, quite a lot of it was fried so keep this in mind if you order a full English. The coffee was ok, it’s not a coffee shop so don’t expect a proper flat white. The service was average, our order wasn’t taken for a while so I had to get someone to take our order eventually although others seated after us had their orders taken. The food was good though.

Last minute stop off and very accomadating as we had our little furry kid. Great service and food

Stopped for a quick refrestment, nice watching the world go by

Had lunch the food was lovely and also hot went served. The staff were great and very friendly Food we ordered Tuna melt and fries coleslaw and salad BLT with grilled chicken fries,coleslaw and salad BLT fries, coleslaw, salad Drinks Tea, coke, larger

The second floor is more comfortable, and the first floor has a better atmosphere.

Food was cold and service was terrible. Came in right behind one couple who ate 3 courses and left before we even had our food. After we did get ours, after a group who came in after us, the food was cold and bacon tasted off. Still ate it all though because was starving after the hour wait.

I ordered a full english breakfast and my husband the waffle stacker. My husband got about 3 small waffles, and for the price, it wasn't a great portion. My sausage, eggs, and mushroom were stone cold. My bacon was extremely chewy. Whilst there, we actually saw another person complain about something. Staff were slow, and it wasn't even busy. It took us 25 minutes to get our drinks. In fact, my husband ordered an extra portion of toast alongside his waffles because the portion was that little, but the toast never came. We decided to pay and leave. It's a shame because the lunch and dinner menu look great, but unfortunately, I won't be returning for either.

Great tasty food. A lot of GF options. Great music. We were very happy all around 😊👌❤️

Very poor customer service. After sitting for over 15 minutes we had to get up and ask someone take our order. We were told that someone will be over in a minute, however the waiter then proceeded to take another Family’s order who came in after us. After waiting over 25 minutes and still not had our drinks order taken we decided to walk out.

We ordered pork ribs and Hake. Pork Ribs tasted a bit Indian style...that was fine. It's still nice. Maybe I was too used to American kind of ribs. Portion was huge. That was a plus. But the food preparation time was way too slow.

Good location. Decent size breakfast, choice of 3 sizes. Prices okay for the location and portion sizes. Fast friendly severs.

Lovely little gem of a restaurant. Friendly staff, delicious food and great chilled atmosphere. Would definitely recommend

Been coming here for 10 years and it now looks like it has been taken over. Got the magic butty which was half the size it used to be and bread cut ridiculously thin as well as no garnish. Looks like they are now cost cutting so if they do I won't be going back.

Perfect place to eat. Food delicious and home cooked. Really enjoyed our 2 visits during our stay in bowness. Perfect place to relax and people watch. Staff friendly and attentive

Terrilbe service ever, ask for a water and the waiter said you dont want a water. The RACIST waiter even charge me for a 20% tip only because we are not local. Worst experience in Windermere.

Comfortable and cozy place for a nice breakfast to start the day. Friendly staff and good pricing. I had the poached eggs with hollandaise, which was creamy and satisfying. I’d come here again. Thank you!

A lovely little place, we had breakfast, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Very generous sized portions, delicious food, lovely staff and quick service. Would definitely recommend 😊

The chicken burger came raw but they apologized and quickly changed it for a new one.

Good food and atmosphere. Would recommend.

The beef sandwich was delicious

Very nice food and good place. The Linguine is fantastic!

Great spot. Really good food, big portions!!

Wonderful breakfast, service was great would highly recommend 👌

A very special place where the food is delicious, the portions are huge and the team is very friendly and professional, and always affectionate with our furry friends. Definitely coming back soon

Lovely, cosy and quirky restaurant in the heart of Bowness. Meals were scrumptious and copious. Waitress Elenna was especially pleasant and professional.

Very friendly service and staff. Food came through really quickly. Cute and cozy decor. Food was lovely. Had a vegetarian all day breakfast and soup of the day. I felt there could maybe be more vegetarian options, for mains.

Very atmospheric place. I was impressed with the gigantic portion of salad with my steak. So definitely a big plus for that, a so few places add a decent portion of greens with the main. The ribeye was absolutely amazing as well, so definitely recommend. The team are quick and efficient. Would go back again and again

A really unique little restaurant, perfect for a date night! They have delicious food, and when we asked for a custom order they were more than happy to oblige! I would definitely recommend this place.

Excellent food! Soothing and pleasant atmosphere! We were greeted by Sebastian, his service was 10! Very kind and nice staff! Fast service! We will come back with love!

Walked into Bowness to eat, due to the advertisement of gluten free food. Once we went to order they told us that no gluten free food was available due to only one chef being available. If you advertise you have gluten free food, please ensure that there is at least always one gluten free option.

Outstanding food and customer service, we had the tapas deal which was great value. The baby squid literally melted in your mouth. The signature cocktail was a combination of flavours I've never had anywhere else. A fabulous evening

So I always like to give a fair review. First of all, the staff are warm and welcoming and we’re really nice. The breakfast menu is much better than the lunch. For example they do scones for breakfast but not lunch (which I find odd). For lunch they had a meaty full English but not a veggie full English breakfast, but they made us a veggie one anyway which was really nice of them. It didn’t come with toast though, only the breakfast one came with toast, I'm not sure why. We asked for some and they kindly brought it out. The meal was fine. The scrambled eggs were buttery and rich which wasn’t for me but may be for you. Everything was just ‘fine.’ It came to £30 for two veggie full English breakfasts and we thought they were very overpriced and not worth the money I kind of wanted a cake but they were in a fridge and there weren’t any labels from the inside so I didn’t know what they were. The staff were lovely. We wouldn’t go back.

Beautiful food and coffee, friendly staff.

Only popped in for a Latte, my 2nd visit while on a break,nice vibe and great for people watching.

Fantastic food. We were sat upstairs by ourselves with great views of the street for people watching.

The food here is outstanding. We had two sandwiches for lunch: steak and fish fingers. Both came with fresh salad and home made coleslaw. The steak was cooked perfectly (pink in the middle) and the fish was home made and flakey fresh. Highly recommended.

Lovely pub with well priced drinks and really enjoyed the halloumi and pepper kebab!

Nothing magical at all. Served hot cross buns as scones and the worst poached eggs I’ve ever had. It would’ve been fine if they just told us honestly that they ran out of scones, we would have just gotten something else. But no they had the cheek to serve us tiny hot cross buns and tell us that they are scones. Why lie tho? Extremely disappointed. But the lady with blue hair was very nice and tried her best. Appreciate her.

Excellent service and the food was amazing 👏 5 star's

Very good breakfast and smooth coffee, good value for money. Staff very friendly.

Staff very welcoming, helpful and accommodating, allowing me to have the special tea (2 deliciously fresh and warm scones, ample clotted cream and 2 choices of jam), well before the time it should have been available. On a hot and busy day it was a haven of cool and tranquility, with quirky decor. Thanks to everyone there for great service, food, etc.

Absolutely amazing breakfast! Worth the visit just for the Magic Roundabout Breakfast

Amazing breakfast and great value for money

Lovely place to visit. Enjoyed a scone and omelette. Wondered were zebedi was. Ha ha

Nice place to have a drink but don't waste your money on the food. Our bill was £91! On poor food that I could make better myself at home.

Lovely and great service. Will definitely be back!

Great little cafe with helpful, friendly staff. They were busy so had to wait a while but it was worth it.

Staff not bothered about taking an order, delivering an order or even taking payment. The espresso martini was good though

Excellent breakfast, full of flavour, friendly staff

Looked at a few places but we went ahead with this one and to be fair we was not dissapointed. The food was very good, service was very good also. Nice choice of food and drinks to suit all needs. The restaurant was small but was nice and cosy. Its dog friendly also which most places we found are which is good to see. Would 100% try again when next in the area.

Lovely staff and incredible food!

Great coffee, and a nice setting

We sat upstairs, and loved the quietness, the lit candles on the tables, and the view of the rainy street. The food was so generous, and delicious. Our server did a wonderful job.