Café Hope

I randomly found this cafe whilst on holiday in the Lakes with my dog. We were greeted by friendly staff and Pedro was even offered a dog treat… that’s the dog, not me! Great food and we’ll be back here next time we’re near Keswick. Thank you 🙏

The staff were wonderful with a special thank-you to Emily for all her care in looking after us with a Special birthday tea. One of our party is Gluten Free and Cafe Hope proved to cater more than adequately for us on this very special day. Thank you.

Lovely place to be, warm and friendly service by all of the staff. I ordered the Brie & Bacon toastie which was amazing, so good! Nice view when sat outside looking over the fields. One not to miss!

Lovely cafe with plenty of colourful seating inside and a nice covered area outside for some fresh air and views. There is also a counter for ice creams and drinks if you prefer to get something on the go. All the staff are friendly and helpful, and there is a good selection of food and snacks

We come here several times a year when we visit the Lakes. It's located perfectly between Derwent water and Keswick town.

I usually have their homemade soup of the day with a roll and my husband a sandwich. We have never had to wait longer than 15 minutes for our food and it is always tasty and hot. The coffees are lovely and the service is quick and friendly. You can just stop by for a hot drink, they also sell beer and wine.

The view of Hope Park and the golf course is lovely and I would recommend sitting outside over inside the cafe, although it is nice inside but can sometimes be rather cramped with the seating arrangements.

Must visit. Decadent bakes, friendly staff, and a great seclusion to cool off after the day's activities

Couldn’t fault our visit to cafe hope. We arrived later in the day so there was no hot food but we were coming for tea and cake so it was all good. Service was excellent. The young chap that served us was very friendly, welcoming and confident. They have a wide variety of teas to choose from. My wife and ordered two different types of fruit teas (I can’t remember the name of them) which were very nice. Although, our 2nd cup was a little too strong as it brewed for too long. We also had a gold bar cookie pie and a white chocolate crispy slice. Both of which were tasty. The cafe is situated nicely. Close to the town centre but also next to the beautiful park where you have a pleasant walk. Excellent setting and well worth the visit.

Fantastic service, our waitress was so friendly, enthusiastic and polite. (The one with reindeer horns). Oh and the food was amazing too! Absolutely loved my cheese scone with brie melted and the toasted sandwich was huge! Easily enough for 2 with a portion of chips.

Had a fantastic hot chocolate here. Just what we needed when sheltering from the heavily downpour and cold. Food coming out to other tables looked fab. Will definately visit again.

Stopped in for a cup of tea, and decided to have a bacon sandwich as well.
Very glad, as the bacon sandwich was excellent.
Tea was excellent as well, and they also had a second pot of hot water for a top up 👍
Very well recommended 👍👍👍

Lovely stop after a long hike, the views over Hope park are an added bonus. Welcoming staff and a fairly good selection of treats (including doggie ones). We enjoyed mocha & cappuccino for hot drinks (plant based milks available and that was a thumbs up for us) and toasted tea cakes with jam as a sweet treat.

If you visit keswick be sure to take a walk past cafe hope and see the beautiful sights and scenery of the lake and it's huge colourful mountain scenery, especially when it's a glorious sunny day! Cafe hope does cater for all your needs such as a hot beverage or a cold drink if you desire in the heat of the sun.
And don't forget to grab a tasty ice cream from the cabin attached to the cafe and if you need to spend a penny (free wee actually) then the loos are located at the rear of the cafe with more tables and chairs their should you need to rest a little, and yes there is a disabled toilet with changing facilities inside the disabled loo.
The gardens are so colourful and beautiful to walk around with plenty of car parking from the lakeside car park that also have a few disabled parking.
A must trip out for all the family as there are boat rides at a reasonable price and then there are the rowing variety if you want a more personalised wander out on the lake.
Whatever you choose to do you will come back I can guarantee that.

Nice Cafe, especially as they have a dog menu. Ideal for lunch after a walk down by the lake. Staff very friendly to my and my dog. Food was great. What more can you ask for.

The food is beautiful and so are the staff, they are very friendly and nothing is too much trouble. You can also take your dog in with you as they are very dog friendly

Just had coffee and cake but the portion sizes were good, my suggestion is the offering to warm up the scone that I had would have made it perfect 👌

Visited for an afternoon tea as part of our Lake District honeymoon and weren’t disappointed. The Pods are a lovely setting, comfortable and such a treat.

The afternoon tea itself was tasty with a great cake selection, couldn’t fault the service which was friendly and attentive. The card congratulating us was a nice touch too and much appreciated.

Grandsons were very happy with their milkshakes. The Kinder one is a meal in itself.

The staff were friendly and helpful, the food was good and the portions generous. We were a party of 23 people, who arrived at lunchtime on a busy Sunday and we still got excellent attentive service.

Excellent staff and coffee. Superb location.
Totally recommend.

This is a bit of a hidden gem for me as a tea drinker because they serve loose leaf tea which is very nice 🙂