Mill Yard At Cromford Mill

Awful place!! Miserable staff, No ambience, no gluten free cake or sandwiches, poor menu, expensive too

Have visited on many occasions as we live locally and we gave always had great food, often just a sandwich or baguette but always excellent with lots of filling and side salad. Today was a very different story. The cafe appears to have changed hands and with it the menu and food has changed. The 'panini ' that we had was essentially a warmed up large bread roll with absolutely no dressing. Very disappointing. Friendly staff and good service but a big shame that the food has changed.

I live locally and have used this excellent cafe quite a few times. The food has always been good, likewise the service. The staff are friendly and efficient. I particularly like their cakes and scones. Seating indoors is fairly basic, but OK. There's good seating outside if the weather is suitable. It's also very handy for the mill, canal and other attractions. There's a well stocked cheese shop nearby too. There's a car park adjacent, but being local I've never needed to use it so can't comment on the prices.

I ordered three cups of coffee and after waiting for almost half an hour they got the order wrong. I was given cups that I was told I couldn’t take outside to my waiting family as we had our dog with us the coffees would have to be in cardboard cups the coffees wet given to someone else and I waited again for another twenty minutes. When my coffees finally arrived the woman serving me rudely implied that I had already had the coffee’s. She finally gave me my three coffees reluctantly. The place was very busy but the young people serving had absolutely no idea what they were doing and the woman in charge was extremely rude and completely unprofessional and frankly incompetent.

To celebrate Pat's birthday, we visited Cromford Mills and decided to grab a coffee at Arkwright's café. The café was cozy and welcoming on a chilly morning. The coffee was excellent and served with a smile. Although the food looked appetizing, it was still too early for us to eat.