visited this cafe last week (NOv 2010)when it was snowy and very cold. We were looking for a hearty bowl of hot soup and followed the sign. What a mistake! Door wide open letting the freezing cold in, one small heater doing nothing to heat the room, even though we sat right next to it. I had to close the wedged open door myself!
The owner claimed to have the best soup in Bowness! at £4 per person we hoped he was telling the truth. The wooden seats with no cushions were very cold so had to sit on our coats. He kept walking around rubbing his hands to get warm and saying burrrrrrr! only to make us feel so much colder than we already were. Radio blarring out awful dance/pop music! The soup was heating in the microwave! delightful!! We were served our soup by the owner holding them with a towel! wide bowls, so it went cold very quickly, small portions, and obviously the veg from the day before. We didn't get our bread until we had finished our soup, as there seemed to be only one micowave!. When it came it was a rock hard small baugette bertween 2, which didn't even taste like real bread!
When the owner asked if everything was ok, he seemed shocked and bewildered by our comments! Not woth the price and certainly will not be going back nor we would we recommend this place. Talked to a few people on holiday there too, and they had bad reviews too, one even walked out and left their breakfast it was so awful!
