The Copper Kettle Reeth Ltd — Restaurant in England

We chanced upon The Copper Kettle Kitchen in Reeth, having been disappointed in Hawes, where it seemed most of the cafes were closed. That may be due to it being Wednesday. We tackled the Buttertubs and landed in Swaledale. The very first signposted cafe, 50yds away, was also closed. As a result we decided to chance Reeth, rather than hit the A66 and Barnard Castle. Reeth was extremely busy, but open for business. We managed to park near The Copper Kettle Kitchen. The tables on the front were taken. We always take this as a positive sign. Looking through the front door of the (CKK) the Tardis like space beckoned us in. We were soon seated and welcomed by attentive staff. Like most places we have visited recently, the menu was varied. The choice of hot drinks was exceptional and certainly not what we were expecting. We were soon drinking tea, awaiting our ordered meal. The homely atmosphere compliments the decor, which we felt had a country kitchen feel. If you enjoy cakes, (CKK) will satisfy your passion. There are so many different types of cakes available. Our meals were very tasty and the service was superb. Again, despite (CKK) being busy, we never felt rushed. The meal cost about the same as other cafes in the area. The value was in the service, which was welcoming and an aim to please was clearly evident. Looking forward to a...

Visited this cafe twice on the same day during a recent visit to Reeth. First visit we had a couple of drinks (sat outside) - then went on the river walk and decided to return for lunch. Asked for the menus which we were handed and advised by the gentleman that he would be out shortly to take our order. Upon taking the order - we were advised that 'as we were sat outside could we please go inside to pay'. We advised that we 'weren't going to do a runner' - to which the gentleman's response was 'that's what they all say'. This made us feel slightly awkward - but we do appreciate that there are some people who would take advantage. Perhaps a better way of handling the situation would be for menus to be provided, but then customers asked to come inside to place their order and pay at the same time.

Having said all the above - the staff were extremely polite and pleasant and we thoroughly enjoyed our food.

Just thought we would provide a little feedback on the sitting outside...

The Copper Kettle is nicely decorated, clean, and well-presented.

The food was well cooked, although we only had beans on toast. The drinks were fine.

We felt that the prices were higher than they should have been for the breakfasts and breakfast sandwiches. And the drinks were overpriced compared to plenty of other venues we have frequented.

We also felt that the menus were unnecessarily over complicated with various different start and end times for different meals; for example, the breakfasts were available until 12pm (fair enough), then the sandwiches were available from 12pm until 2.30pm and something else was available until 4.30pm (don't take these times as literal, they are here for purposes of illustration only). While the business need might be perfectly logical, from a customer perspective, it serves only to confuse and complicate...