Jaspers Coffee House of Braithwaite in Allerdale

Stopped by chance during a circular walk. Good service and made to feel very welcome. The tea and coffee was appreciated as were the spotless WC! Will call again.

The festive lunch was ordered by all. Firstly the food for the most part was enjoyed by all 4 pax. However service was lacking both in care and in speed. A set 3 course lunch took 2.5 hours to complete. Dishes were delivered to table without suitable cutlery, serving tray left on the table, 3 pax finished their desserts before the 4th pax received theirs. Waiting staff had to be called for as they passed by, as all, except one, just ignored checking the table meal progress. It appears there is a shortage of staff, but in that case restrict the number of reservations to a level which can be coped with. That said the Brasserie was only a quarter occupied.

only one serving at lunch time, queuing out the door. Over 30 minutes to get a slice of pizza that was cold and was charged 3.80 for pizza and drink when sign said 3.35. Very bad, never again

Food was nice but unfortunately there were too many diners for the number of staff so service wasn't good. We were kept waiting a few minutes after our main courses had arrived for cutlery; the waiter did nothing to make us feel welcome and visibly dropped his shoulders when we asked for coffees to finish our meal. He returned a couple of minutes later to say we couldn't have one because they had no cups left. That's a first!

It's a family run, simple café on the main street into Keswick. They have a good selection of traditional lunch items and cakes. They also do a variety of crêpes including savoury buckwheat crêpes. I had a lovely crêpe with mozzarella and pesto. The staff were friendly and helpful and accommodated the tweaks requested by the kids.