The Yard Kitchen - Eden

Greatest coffee in Cumbria by a long shot. Food is amazing and the place strives and succeeds in eco-friendliness. They even have their own gardens.

It is worth consulting the specials board..There is a good range from soup to more substantial meals. For Christmas there were two unsual approaches to turkey on offer. My son enjoyed his turkey burger with pigs in blanket.. I had a lentil curry with roasted cauliflower and roast tomatoes.. I enjoy the ambiance of the place and in one room there is a warm stove The service is helpful and friendly.

This was my second visit and it was just as enjoyable as the first. The ambience is quirky shabby chic with furnishings from the antiques yard below. The welcome is warm and the cafe-style food from an ever-changing menu with a specials board caters for all tastes including vegans. This time my excellent New York deli sandwich came with a mug of the onion soup of the day. Coffee is excellent.

We go to Penrith once a month and always have a look in the Brunswick Yard which is full of items from days gone by. We had never wandered into the cafe alongside it and decided to give it a go. Heading up a tight stairway you are met by a wonderful old worlde cafe, a small dining area to the right and then a larger area to the left. There is also a ground floor area as well. Trish ordered the vegan Buddah Breakfast Roll which had field mushroom and vegeterian haggis in it and I ordered the Big breakfast Roll which had an egg, sausage pate, bacon and vegaterian haggis. Drinks were delivered within 5 minutes and the food around 15 minutes later, which was not a bad thing as it was all cooked fresh.The rolls they were contained in by the way were fabulous. Add a pot of tea and a latte and it all came in at just over £18.00, well under my reasonable threshold of £20.00 but the great thing was i would have paid £20.00 for it no problem. Everything was excellent including the staff and the service. Toilet test, there are two downstairs, one is a bit tight and a squeeze but there is a larger disabled persons toilet next to it which is of a better size. Both on this occasion were spotless.

Despite the sign that states ‘dog friendly’ on entry we were told we had to sit in a specific area as we had a dog. We were then approached by a member of staff asking us to put our dog on the floor as ‘not all customers like dogs’. I refused as my little chihuahua was sat on my lap, not on a chair and it felt an unreasonable and rude request. I won’t visit this place again and can’t recommend it to anyone with a dog.