Touchwood Cafe in County Durham

Service was excellent, lovely friendly team who smiled all the time. Scones were awesome, vanilla latte was one of the best and earl grey was delightful.

Excellent options for vegetarian. Service was friendly and prompt. Food was well presented and came out in a timely fashion.

We thoroughly enjoyed our morning tea at Touchwood Cafe- the coffee was strong and my dirty chai was full of flavour. All cakes except the chocolate cake are made on the premises by the chef and I can say the rhubarb/ apple cake is to die for!!!

Delicious breakfast! Very friendly staff. They were short staffed due to Christmas holidays and there was a bit of a wait for food and coffee but they communicated it excellently and made sure everyone was taken care of. Gorgeous views. Great coffee. Will be back.

Stopped off her for breakfast! Ordered eggs on sour dough with additional sausage and hash brown! 30 minute wait for food and when it came the sausage was raw in the middle! Place was busy.. lots of staff running around but not much food going out! Easier to pay than make a complaint…

We enjoyed a delicious lunch at this cafe. they were very busy and we got a spot by the window. A great place to go for lunch – a desert was amazing.

We went to Touchwood Cafe for afternoon tea on Friday afternoon. Scones were awesome. Service, ambience and food excellent. We were so impressed we went back on Saturday and Sunday for brunch. The best cafe I have been to. Extremely well run, great owner and staff. Highly recommend Touchwood Cafe. Thanks for a great experience.

Staff were very warm and welcoming. The soups and cakes that were eat were delicious. Great little spot right in the heart of town

Be sure to grab Breakfast from here, it was sensational.... Avo + Fetta on sourdough w poached eggs, bacon + beetroot hummus = Winner!! Cheers Chris + Greta...

Great little spot with charm, loved the herb waffle, food was on point, service was fabulous, enjoyed a lovely coffee and got to know the locals.

Desperate for something to eat but not wanting to sit down I plumped for a takeaway pie. I wish I hadn’t for the price. $12 for a small beef pie in a brown paper bag. Sure it was homemade and delicious but it was very small, lightweight and expensive for what it was. I also had to wait ten minutes for it, to be microwaved I think. I was expecting something a bit more substantial for the price, sorry.

This is the best place we have eaten on our week trip so far. From the pies to the nachos it is all fantastic. Great service don't miss it....

Great service , Great coffee - great egg bacon roll and freshest scones ever with jam and cream . Yummo delicious .

Dropped in for a coffee. Cafe is through gift shop which had some interesting items. Friendly service and seating with a nice open view. Coffee was good. Didn’t have time for anything to eat but the cakes looked particularly good. Will have to return to try a cake or some yummy looking scones

We called in to get out of the wind and get a coffee, my husband ordered his first scallop pie, and the pies were just coming out of the oven, better than fantastic he said, great start to our trip

Great friendly service and delicious food. We stopped in without a booking they accommodated us with minimal fuss. I had the smashed avo. Highly recommend.

Everything was wonderful. All the food was delicious. The big breakfast, the Turkish breakfast roll, the Persian love cake. The chai tea could have been stronger. But the coffees were great. The service was efficient and friendly. The setting inviting. The gift shop had lots...

This is a lovely little cafe offering great food and friendly service. Their chowder was great and the best I have had outside of Boston Massachusetts. Well worth a visit.

Visited the touchwood cafe for breakfast and weren't disappointed. Tried one of their famous scallop pies which were absolutely fantastic. Coffee was spot on and and had a good yarn with the owner.

We stumbled across the Touchwood Cafe while we were trying to find somewhere for a late lunch. Despite being close to closing time we were warmly welcomed inside and ordered their delicious home made scallop pies - superb! We had beautiful coffee too. Best of...

We had a stay of 2 days. It was a wet and windy day exploring the Main Street of church for a place to eat and have pre a lunch before climbing the nut we found set back down a little drive way Touchwood cafe....

We visited for breakfast with our 4 year old. They were very busy, staff clearly run off their feet which is unsurprising - there weren’t many places open in which to get breakfast! The food was delicious - we had eggs Benedict, and poached eggs...

Popped in hoping to get some takeout coffee. They were very busy but so accommodating. We waited for our order in the beautiful gallery at the front of the restaurant. Great coffee and divine cakes.

Staying at the Touchwood Studio and how nice to close the front door and wander across the path to the Cafe. So very friendly and lovely lunch of soup of the day and nachos. Delicious

We popped in to have a late lunch at the cafe when we arrived in Stanley. The staff were really friendly and efficient. The food was very tasty. I recommend a visit if you are in town.

We stayed just one night in the Touchwood Cottages which is a seperate post but this cosy cafe was fabulous. Great food and coffee but the owners, Chris and Greta make the whole Touchwood experience something special. We will certainly be back next year.

I just popped in to grab a chai latte and sit for a minute. Thanks Chris for making one of the best chai lattes I've ever had! I loved browsing the shop at the front with many items from local Tassie creatives.

Beautiful hygge spot inside perched on the hill. Great food, good coffee and passionate staff. Would recommend for a breakfast or lunch stop off before the nut.

Had lunch here, my partner had the open chicken burger, i had the mushroom prosciutto - very nice! Highly recommended. The view and cafe is much nicer than the photos show. Very nice atmoshere and staff were amazing.

We found this little gem for afternoon tea and returned for breakfast. The afternoon tea and breakfasts served were the equivalent to a 5 star hotel. Beautiful presentation, caring service and quick. The cafe also has a gallery come gift shop attached plus quaint accomodation...

Visited the gallery and decided to have lunch in the café. Cauliflower & cheese soup with toast for wife, crumbed calamari, chips, salad and coffee for me. Delicious and we both raved. Friendly efficient service.

This was a wonderful “find” in Stanley. Twice we had excellent coffee and cake and the kitchen also, on request, made us some lovely take away food for easy self catering: fresh garden salad; delicious mornay scallop pies; salmon pate; homemade soups. Nothing was too...

This was a surprising find as we hadn't done any research. We ordered the avo, toast and eggs which was fresh and well presented. Friendly service and reasonably priced too.

We called in here to sample the scones that many reviewers raved about... but they'd sold out. [PS if you'd like scones get there before 11.30am.] But that meant we had to choose something else from the dessert menu. Pumpkin & Ginger cake & Rhubarb...

We took family here while they were visiting and couldn't fault it. The service was great, the food was fabulous and the setting was perfect. We could not have asked for anything more. It was just what we were looking for. Highly recommend coming here...

This cafe had the biggest range of home made desserts. We opted for the lemon cheesecake & scones with jam and cream, the jam was home made raspberry jam made from a little old lady who grows her own raspberries, so tasty. And the cheesecake...

Be careful, this cafe is seriously dangerous! Divine bakery, superb coffee, lovely little gallery, great service. You could be trapped here all day. Perfect!

We had been told we could get a morney scallop pie in Stanley but could only get a curry one at the place we were told about. Stumbled across this cafe who did have one. It was delicious and the view while we ate was...

Beautiful food and service. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff . Rooms were very homely and accommodating. Owners very friendly and helpful. Would recommend to you to stay and eat here, beautiful surroundings everything at your fingertips. Home away from home. Thank you...

We enjoyed lunch and the service from the female staff. However, the only male staff member should not be allowed to service your customers. It looks like other reviews already noted tbe same problem. The best we can suggest is to let him work bebind...

The food was lovely, but the man that you had to pay, was extremely rude, disrespectful and argumentative to the tourists in front of us.. Maybe the menu should state what is in the "Touchwood Beef Burger". They are tourists in our state, with different...

We ordered the touchwood BEEF burger. Our order arrived dripping with bacon. We politely said that was not our order as we ordered a beef burger and nowhere on the menu does it say it has bacon. The lady who served us was very understanding...

We really enjoyed our Seafood Chowder and Scallop Morning Pie at Touchwood - we read on TA that this cafe was excellent, and we were not disappointed.

Highly recommend for breakfast and lunch. Great service, excellent coffee and gangster views! I'll be back, hope it stays the same.

The heading says it all, really. Haven’t had scones as light as these for years, decades even. And the coffee was simply great, nice and strong and hot. Would have loved to have tried some of the dishes on the lunch menu, seafood chowder and...

Stopped for lunch on a Saturday. Very busy but only 15min wait for a table, not bad. Nice atmosphere and view. We ordered the beef burgers, very good burgers with a caramelised onion flavour. Chips on the side weren’t very crispy but tasted fine. Burger was worth it. Although watching other tables eating cakes and scones looked pretty good. Will have to come back for afternoon tea someday.

To quote Sally (Meg Ryan) in the movie, 'When Harry Met Sally'...Oh oooo Ohhhh ooh god oooo ooo oh god o ahhh aahhh oh god oh yeah right there... Yes YES Yes YES YES YES ooooh Oh God ooh Well you get the picture - The coffee is that damn good here. I stopped in on the morning of the 7th February for a coffee. This may have been the best coffee I have EVER had. Seriously their barista knows his stuff. The lady serving me as I left told me he is an ex-police officer who wanted to learn how to make a good coffee. What that man has learned is how to make a mind-blowing coffee. YES- it really is that good.

Highly recommend place to stay. Friendly host who couldn’t do enough for you. Would definitely stay there again.

We ate a couple of times here (morning tea, lunch). Lovely home cooked food and great views across to the bay. Art shop at the front also has a range of high quality pieces. One of the gems of this picturesque town.

Incredible breakfast, outstanding service and the ‘most delicious’ scones in Tasmania! The owners and staff provide an outstanding service, no waiting for coffee and meals, everything was cooked to perfection. We had the Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon on freshly baked Sourdough bread, it was ‘superb!’ Followed this up with their ‘signature’ scones with jam and cream, all made on site, and straight out of the oven, the scones were warm and incredibly fluffy, and the jam was homemade with freshly whipped ‘vanilla cream.’ It’s an essential part of eating out in Stanley...thank you so much, we all loved it!

This lovely little cafe was appealing in Stanley and so we stopped by. Lovely views from our window seat. The service was excellent. My husband had the curried scallop pie and I had the quiche which was one of the tastiest ever, served with salad. The only disappointment was that the filo pastry was not crisp (maybe microwaved?) but the taste was superb. I would definitely go back. PS the scones others ordered looked wonderful.

Beautiful eggs Benny and a great coffee. Thank you for your fantastic hospitality. Really enjoyed it and the gallery

we went here for coffee and cake because its tucked away at the back of the gallery with beautiful views. it didnt disappoint .we had scones for 2 and coffee and a hot chocolate.the scones were divine and the coffee delish and my fussy hot chocolate drinkibg husband gave his a 10/10go there... its awesome and lovely friendly service too

We had a lovely morning tea here! Best morning tea so far on our tassie trip! Scones were fresh and still warm. Beautiful homemade Jam, and a delicious ginger and pumpkin cake! Beautiful view and lovely service! Very accommodating for our 2 small children. Would definitely recommend to annoying wanting a delicious morning tea!

Fantastic in many ways, staff very friendly and accommodating, I had the burger and chips wow best burger ever which is a big call I know 😀. Lovely surroundings and view. I would highly recommend.

we took advantage of this great cafe and gallery during our stay in Stanley. Owners are friendly and the service, food and coffee is first class. We all recommend accessing their gallery and gift shop. Great local products at good prices and keeping the local economy thriving.

So glad this cafe had only just reopened after Covid as our breakfast on a very windy and cold day was superb. I had the eggs Benedict with bacon and everything was cooked to perfection including the toast which I could actually cut! Lots of bacon cooked to my crisp order, eggs perfect as well as the sauce. The service was also extremely professional and friendly. Just loved our breakfast and highly recommend.

Lovely raspberry and hazelnut cake, good coffee with friendly service. Gorgeous setting too. Options to eat outside in lovely courtyard.

No kids menu and the prices were a bit expensive, the food tasted okay and was delivered in due time. The staff were friendly and helpful, the toilet is accessed by a key and is down the lane a bit.

Welcoming staff, light airy restaurant with superb views topped off by excellent food and service - what more could you wish for? The smoked salmon pate was outstanding and beautifully presented.

Breakfast was why I here, and I'm so glad I did. From the genuine, friendly greetings on arrival through to the perfectly cooked Eggs Benedict with salmon, it was faultless. How many places warm the cups with a pot of tea? Spotlessly clean with fabulous views, this is a must for everyone for breakfast, morning tea or lunch. Excellent.

One of the few Stanley businesses who bothered to open. Lovely breakfast & lunch. One of the few Stanley businesses that bothered to re open on the June long weekend after COVID 19 openings. We came for our regular visit to Stanley for 3 nights to find this was one of the only eateries open. Lucky the food was great and the service lovely. We ate out here and the pub for all meals for 3 days. A small town that thrives on tourism and being able to trade after so long with restrictions we thought we’d visit this town, out of the many we could have as it’s a favourite and new they would need our business.Thanks Touchwood for opening, you obviously “get it” more than the other businesses. We will return and support you again and again. Highly recommend the Eggs Benedict and the Pannini which had a relish that made it. Thanks and all the best!

Ordered takeaway vegetarian lasagne and it tasted sublime! Very fresh and service was friendly, gorgeous café dog named Teddie and a lovely experience!

Very friendly restaurant for a light lunch. Sat outside under an umbrella enjoying the warmth. Salmon pate lovely & beef pie appreciated by my other half! Staff helpful & chatty & a great place for a bet to eat

The views out over the bay are calming & picturesque. From the moment you walk in your a greeted well & the breakfast menu had a bit of everything. The big breakfast is ample & tasty. Recommend a stop here for a great start to a weekend.It is an intimate area & tables when we were there ranged from 2 -4 people setting. If after bigger table ask as they potentially are able push tables together, however when we attended it was pretty popular however it become quieter closer towards the last hour of service.

Delicious and reasonably priced lunch. $39 for two meals and a coffee. Friendly efficient staff. Window seat overlooking the bay.

If there were a global challenge, the scones baked freshly here several times a day would probably take first place.

The food was nice, the staff were pleasant and the location was good. Perfect for what we needed it for.

Good food, reasonable price, nice atmosphere. Nothing groundbreaking, but what do you want?