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Ilam Park Tea Room

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Ilam Park Tea Room
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215 reviews
#1 of 1 Nightlife in Ilam
Coffee Shops
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09:00 - 19:00
Monday
09:00 - 19:00
Tuesday
09:00 - 19:00
Wednesday
09:00 - 19:00
Thursday
09:00 - 19:00
Friday
09:00 - 19:00
Saturday
09:00 - 19:00
Sunday
09:00 - 19:00
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The National Trust tea-room is open daily throughout the year serving homemade cakes, hot and cold lunches, drinks and ice creams. There is outdoor seating offering far reaching views towards Dovedale or you can warm up inside the tea-room. Money raised from this tea-room goes towards looking after the Peak District.
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  • pesue1
    Nuneaton, United Kingdom548 contributions
    Lovely spot
    Called in for lunch while in the park, the staff were very helpful and friendly, and the food delicious and reasonably priced. In warmer weather there are plenty of outside tables, but today it was foggy and cold. Well worth a visit
    Visited November 2022
    Travelled with friends
    Written 29 November 2022
  • andreyV
    4 contributions
    Very nice place to enjoy coffe
    I like this place. Good view around, nice country side Coffe and ice cream for a full family.. I've visited this place many times over a year and always happy to come back and relax in a quite place
    Visited July 2022
    Written 13 August 2022
  • Fi0na_H123
    Ashbourne, United Kingdom8 contributions
    Delicious food and an amazing view
    Visited the dog friendly grab and go for a coffee and a cheese scone - both delicious. Friendly, smiling staff and very quick service. Nice outdoor seating area where you can admire the stunning view across to Thorpe Cloud. Indoor seating available if the weather is a bit inclement. Can also recommend the rhubarb ice cream, very yummy!
    Visited July 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 22 July 2023
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Fi0na_H123
Ashbourne, UK8 contributions
Delicious food and an amazing view
Jul 2023 • Friends
Visited the dog friendly grab and go for a coffee and a cheese scone - both delicious. Friendly, smiling staff and very quick service. Nice outdoor seating area where you can admire the stunning view across to Thorpe Cloud. Indoor seating available if the weather is a bit inclement. Can also recommend the rhubarb ice cream, very yummy!
Written 22 July 2023
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Barrie P
Kingston-upon-Hull, UK136 contributions
Wouldn't return
Apr 2023 • Couples
In February 2022 my wife & I had an excellent lunch whilst visiting Ilam park & using the Tea Room. As we were holidaying in Derbyshire again we decided to visit the Tea Room for our lunch. Oh dear! Wish we hadn't bothered. We both ordered a bacon butty, a piece of cake & a coffee. The bacon butties were very poor. The bacon was hard & the breadcakes, which had obviously been frozen, were very cold. Not a pleasant taste. The cakes were ok but the coffee's were only just warm & bland. It seemed to us that the staff there had a lack of interest in their jobs. This is most unusual in our experience for an NT cafe, as the ones we have used have always been excellent. We would not return here for any eats or coffee.
Written 7 May 2023
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Sarah K
12 contributions
Great food!
Mar 2023
Super food and really friendly staff. Plenty of seating both indoors and out. Highly recommend this place for a pit-stop!
Written 8 March 2023
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pesue1
Nuneaton, UK548 contributions
Lovely spot
Nov 2022 • Friends
Called in for lunch while in the park, the staff were very helpful and friendly, and the food delicious and reasonably priced. In warmer weather there are plenty of outside tables, but today it was foggy and cold. Well worth a visit
Written 29 November 2022
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andreyV
4 contributions
Very nice place to enjoy coffe
Jul 2022
I like this place. Good view around, nice country side
Coffe and ice cream for a full family.. I've visited this place many times over a year and always happy to come back and relax in a quite place
Written 13 August 2022
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Tim J
Banbury, UK306 contributions
As should be expected
Mar 2022
Despite some of the poor reviews, we found our time at Ilam Park Tea Room to be very pleasant. With plenty of seating available, we found everything to be clean, hygenic and as it should be. The service staff had no issue with catering to our allergenic needs and supplied us with delicious coffee and cake!
Written 5 April 2022
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Bxtnreviewer
Buxton, UK9 contributions
Unhygienic counter service
Feb 2022
I ordered a latte in the tea room and the young man who served me was unprofessional as he picked up the full cup by the actual rim and proceeded to touch it again several times with his fingers while serving it. Unhygienic and very off-putting.
Written 25 February 2022
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RitaBee
Lincolnshire, UK21 contributions
Notices inviting you to ask about allergies, but prepare to have your head bitten off when you do!
Apr 2021 • Solo
Notices all over the cafe take out about catering for allergies, but when asking for anything lactose free there’s nothing I could have. I also got a very rude and firm lecture about them having to buy milk from the local farmer. I pointed out that if they can buy the odd carton of soya and oat milk, then they could buy the odd carton of lactose free ordinary milk. The girl got very argumentative and told me that soya milk or oat milk was good enough and “ what more do you want!”

Zero choice, appalling attitude.
Written 19 June 2021
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sarasouthgate
Leamington Spa, UK1 contribution
Very kind staff
Jun 2021 • Family
My daughter was returning from her Duke of Edinburgh expedition and wanted to buy two ice creams. It turned out she was out of funds. Her card was declined twice, and the lady behind the till bought them for her from her personal funds! What a kind-hearted lady. Thank you so much!
Written 14 June 2021
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Sky P
1 contribution
No care for customers.
Mar 2021
Just as the country is trying to creep back to some normality, on Monday lunchtime, two ladies who had done a 'long walk' and wanted a drink, declared loudly they 'had no masks' entered the takeaway holding a T shirt up over their mouths, dodged backwards and forwards past people to get cold drinks, again remarked on their 'long walk' and eventually paid and left. This isn't fair on your staff and most definately gives no thought for the safety of other customers. I most definately will bring my own food, drink in future. Avoid!! A sign saying 'masks must be worn' just doesn't cut it. Also, though understandable maybe, the price of food has rocketed.
Written 30 March 2021
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ILAM PARK TEA ROOM: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

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Ilam Park Tea Room is open:
  • Sun - Sat 09:00 - 19:00