Shed24H tearooms at Hellifield Station — Restaurant in England

I'm annoyed that the system insist that I have to give it 1 star, which is far too generous. We called here on a very wet Saturday in early October. They were not providing the required table service under the covid rules, people were wandering up and down without masks, and nobody seemed to care. I ordered a steak and kidney pie with mushy peas, and my wife ordered a jacket potato. When it arrived, the pie looked as though it had been injection-moulded in a plastics factory, filled with some kind of brown gloop, and the mushy peas were similar to some of the green slime i periodically pull out of my fish pond. My wife's potato was almost completely uncooked and inedible. She accordingly returned it with a request that they provide her with a cooked one. This in itself appeared to cause some ill-feeling, as though nobody should dare to complain. Grudgingly, the counter staff took it back, and returned to our table no more than 5 minutes later, with a replacement potato of about one-third the size of the original, pointing out that they had deliberately done a smaller one to ensure that it was cooked. Of course, it was not, and duly was abandoned by my wife once again. Having spent many years running a catering business, I have never discovered any cooking method by which a jacket potato can be cooked in as little as 5 minutes. Perhaps they have a nuclear-powered microwave. I accept other reviewers comments that the menu appears to offer good value for money, but that only holds true if the food...

EDIT 12-06-21 Fully reopened after enforced closure because of Covid regulations. Now with a secure one way system in place, ample supplies of sanitizer and the same warm friendly welcome.

A quirky unique experience, worth a special visit, and excellent if you’re waiting for a daytime train on the otherwise desolate station. (Closed Mondays). Equally ideal if you’re into spotting the many heritage trains that come through the junction. Don’t be put off by the dire approach up the station ramp under the platform. The cafe has an excellent selection of basic but very warming foods and it’s served quickly and with a smile. It’s accessible to people of limited agility (including wheelchair accessible) and the toilets are also accessible and on the same level. In warmer weather there is the opportunity to eat at tables on the railway platform. Adjacent to the cafe is a series of rooms with railway memorabilia and books, and a little playroom for children. Definitely somewhere I...

Me and my girlfriend were driving to the Lake District from Sheffield for a weekend away and happened to be driving past (and desperate for the toilet). We only popped in to use the toilet and buy the token tea and coffee to be able to go to the loo.

But after sitting on the platform under a victorian glass canopy, we decided to get a bit to eat and it was pretty great. Servers were lovely, brought everything to our tables, and the prices were very reasonable. I had the "signalmans lunch" (pretty much a ploughman's) for £9.50 and the gf got soup of the day for £6.50 with bread, and the soup was homemade.

Good prices, good atmosphere, and a genuinely small, independently owned business. The owners are clearly rail enthusiasts, with lots of rail paraphernalia around and a room of collectibles. The seats you sit on seem to be out of an old locomotive too. Cool vibes.

Would definitely recommend if you happen to...