The Coffee Pot - South Lakeland

Good views across the bay, especially if you sit by the window. A good cafe, with a Philippine flavour.

I frequently visit this cafe. The staff always greets me with a friendly smile and provides excellent service. It is wonderful to be able to sit outside on the balcony and people-watch.

We visited here with our dog as it said it was dog friendly.They did let us in but when asked if we could have some water for the dog, we were told there was a bowl of water outside at the front of the cafe on the road, and they weren’t allowed to bring it in.A very kind lady on another table gave us a small jug of water off her table and said that a previous dog owner had used a saucer to give her dog a drink.Not very welcoming and definitely no treats for the dog offered! I had the feeling that dogs were tolerated rather than welcomed.The floor is laminate I think , not carpeted. We sat inside as I don’t like sitting on a high stool with no back.Coffee, scone and tea cake were fine.Unfortunately, no cheese scone though which is my favourite.The view is lovely across the bay to Arnside.

We usually like visiting this place. It's child and dog friendly, the food is okay and it's in a nice convenient location in Grange. This Saturday, however, we won't be going again after a very disappointing experience. My wife had already got a table with child and newborn baby. I came in a few minutes later with my dog who was slightly damp from running in long grass but clean and we got told that wet dogs weren't allowed in. I tried to reason with them but was told I couldn't even go through to help my wife and children leave so they delivered the message and effectively kicked us out into the rain. I would understand if my dog was filthy. Im a very respectful dog owner so i wouldn't have come in if that was the case, but you either allow dogs or you don't. The cafe was quiet, it has an outside balcony area, but we weren't even allowed to bring the dog the 3m through the cafe to the outside area. My dog wasn't even leaving wet footprints. It was such the wrong decision to make and I'm sorry but you at least review the circumstances and you don't kick a whole family out with newborn baby. We planned a walk and stop there with the dog because we knew they accepted dogs and our newborn baby needed a feed. We won't be returning to this cafe in Grange as the customer service has let it down. There are other nice cafes in Grange.

First off the positives. Although it was late in the day the staff were very welcoming and helpful. We only wanted takeaway coffee but while waiting we were able to look around a little and it seemed a pleasant enough and clean place. We had already seen from the promenade that they had a nice seating area outside overlooking the bay although we didn't use it ourselves. The not so great was that the coffee we got wasn't what we ordered despite the lady who took our order being quite specific and writing it all down. We weren't sure which coffee was which but one tasted very weak and watery. The other was OK but nothing to write home about and was made with milk despite having been specified and written down to be black coffee ie no milk. Maybe it was just an exhausted end of day coffee a bit like a Friday car and not what most would normally experience but I can only review from our own perspective and experience which wasn't great.