Cafes & Tea Rooms

You are spoilt for choice when looking for a place to sit back and enjoy a drink with a wedge of delicious homemade cake, or light lunches, breakfast bites, and especially afternoon teas. Not only are our market towns peppered with delightful tearooms, but many of the attractions have their own excellence cafe to tempt you.

Oakham hides its best cafes in alleyways and side streets around the town, but they are worth seeking out. In summer, discover the secret garden of Castle Cottage Café, where you will feel like you’re on the set of a County Living photo shoot. Otters Fine Foods on Mill Street is not only a smokehouse and deli, but you can take a seat and enjoy their seasonal menu using the best ingredients.

If you’re looking for an outing where the food offering is more of an attraction in its own right than an afterthought, then you will not be disappointed with Burghley House, Gates Garden Centre, Barnsdale Gardens or Grimsthorpe Castle

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The Falcon

The Falcon Hotel is a stunning 16th Century coaching inn that is the pride of Uppingham’s historic Market Place. The charming hotel is situated just four miles from the shores of Rutland Water in the heart of the natural splendours of Rutland.

The Orchard Garden Cafe

Sit back, relax and unwind in our marvelous Orchard Cafe where you can enjoy great tasting coffee, flavoursome heritage beverages, a hearty breakfast, piece of cake, light lunch, sharing platter or a decadent afternoon tea

Kavanagh’s Tea Room

A beautiful family run Tea Room & Bistro nestled in the heart of Oakham, adjacent to the historic 17th Century Buttercross At the heart of Kavanagh’s is a traditional tea room serving homemade cakes, scones and light lunches, plus a weekend evening Bistro Menu.

Daphne’s Tea Room at Rutland Farm Park

Enjoy our home cooked food, cakes, tray-bakes and snacks in this brand new Tea room on the southern edge of Oakham. Our lovely Tea Room serves a variety of hot and cold food and drinks, snacks, ice creams and more. Food is served to sit in or take away and we do our best to cater for all dietary needs. We also offer Afternoon Tea, which includes a selection of sandwiches, cakes, scones and tea or coffee (booking required).

The Orangery Restaurant & Garden Cafe at Burghley House

Visit the Orangery Restaurant for morning coffee, light bites, afternoon tea, specialty party dinners, celebrations and wedding parties.

Grimsthorpe Castle Tea Room

The tea room at Grimsthorpe Castle offers mornign coffee, light lunches and afternoon refreshments. Enjoy home made food, cooked freshley to order using local ingredients wherever possible including vegetables, soft fruits adn salad from the Castle’s own kitchen garden.

Wellies Coffee Shop

Wellies Coffee Shop offers a warm welcome and excellent customer service. Here you can enjoy delicious breakfasts, light lunches, homemade cakes and scones baked freshly every morning.

The Dairy Barn Cafe

At the Dairy Barn Café, visitors can be sure of a warm welcome come rain or shine.

The Garden Restaurant at Gates

A cosy and stylish restaurant seating up to 360 people; with an outdoor verandah that’s perfect for summer and a lovely ‘snug’ area by the wood burner in winter. It’s a warm and relaxed environment that welcomes visitors of all ages.