Granny Dowbekins Tearooms Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The kids fish and chips was great, fresh cooked, and good size portions."
• "The carrot cake was huge, creamy and delicious."
• "The food is very good quality and sourced locally."
• "The food here is fantastic. They serve breakfast all day. The ingredients are all top quality and plenty of them."
• "The food was amazing, I ordered a ploughman's lunch and the quality of the cheese & ham was lush, loads of it too."
• "The food here is delicious and the ingredients are really fresh."
• "The food was beautiful and plentiful!"

Cons:

• "The food is a little pricey for slightly above average quality."
• "We might have ordered the wrong dishes but generally the food here was average (it looks better than it tastes!)."
• "Large fish was very small in size and all the batter came off, the sandwiches were bland."
• "Too many leafs, nasty avocado and no apple.... So rare to find a true ploughman's ... Disappointed."
• "The sandwich came with some soggy salad."
• "The food itself wasn't bad, it wasn't great and certainly overpriced."
• "The bacon was very dry and hurt my tooth."

Service

Pros:

• "The ladies who served us were fantastic and had superb customer service skills."
• "10/10 service for a table of 18 for breakfast."
• "Service really quick & staff very friendly & welcoming."
• "Service was prompt, friendly and attentive, without being 'in your face'."
• "The staff are really friendly and helpful and the service was really quick."
• "Service was cheerful and quick with plenty of staff on for a busy summer holiday lunchtime."
• "The service was quick and great staff."

Cons:

• "Difficult to rate any higher when the service so consistently poor."
• "We queued for 10 - 15 minutes when there were empty tables clearly visible."
• "The only negative was that I don't think it's reasonable to charge £2.75 for instant coffee."
• "The male staff member by the name of Mel suddenly descended upon us and said quite abruptly 'you cannot sit here, this table is too large for you'."
• "The man didn't speak and just dumped the plates and cutlery on the table."
• "Very poor and disorganised service."
• "We usually have good service here but today we decided to visit for a coffee. We went at around lunchtime and spent about half an hour in the queue as the staff were very slow."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely place by the river in Pooley Bridge."
• "Beautiful views, friendly staff."
• "You can sit outside to eat and drink, and the atmosphere is beautiful."
• "Beautiful views and place."
• "Great cafe with views of Pooley Bridge over the River Eamont."
• "Fabulous location overlooking the new Bridge."
• "A really lovely location, friendly and helpful staff and lovely food."

Cons:

• "Was disappointed to find main larger indoor area allowed dogs, who were jumping up etc."
• "If not a dog person this is v off-putting."
• "It was very busy, but we did find it rather cold even inside, so you may need to be well wrapped up."
• "Whilst there we would have liked a table over looking the river but there was no room."
• "The toilets are located around the outside of the tearoom and there was a very long wait because lots of non-customers were also queuing to use."
• "Bit noisy at the moment with the bridge works, but honestly, didn’t spoil our lovely lunch."
• "The toilets were outside."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Priced well and well worth the money."
• "Prices? Very reasonable. Approx £21 total."
• "The portion sizes are huge and well worth the money that you pay."
• "It was a good value of money, we ordered 3 scones, 2 cakes and five teas, which cost £20ish."
• "Reasonably priced as well as views, this place is very much worth a visit."
• "Amazing value for money, huge portions at a reasonable price."
• "You get good value for your money and the good tastes great."

Cons:

• "Since it was renovated the prices have rocketed and it's lost its character."
• "The prices though, were expensive, basics tourist trap."
• "The food was good but seriously overpriced. Basic tourist trap."
• "I paid £14 for a plough mans lunch which didn't even include a piece of crusty bread, and the portions of ham and cheese were not huge."
• "Food maybe slightly more expensive than elsewhere but goodness it's worth it excellent quality food."
• "Jacket potato was ok, tuna so so, beans and coleslaw were good, overpriced at £9."
• "First look at menu prices you might think a bit expensive till you see the portion size and the quality, worth every penny."