A lovely little cafe in a great location. Plenty of indoor and outdoor seating but gets very busy and often is full. Bikes can be left in the outdoor seating area in view of the cafe. Indoors it is nice and cosy with a large fire in the centre. There is a great selection of drinks, cakes and other food, including plenty of gluten-free and vegan options. They also do loyalty cards for the drinks so you can claim a free drink after filling in 10 drinks.

IanDent

November 16, 2018

Cycling

Nice cafe that is welcoming to cyclists (and everyone else). The cafe consists of a nice inside area which is often full of friends and couples chatting and a patio area which is very nice in the summer.
Good range of breakfasts (before 11am), lunches and cakes. Coffee is very nice.
Can park bikes in the grassed area by the patio and can watch them from inside the cafe so secure.
Cafe is at the beginning of a multi-user trail leading to Risley

Matt

May 24, 2019

Road cycling

Great Coffee stop, serve good reasonably priced food too.

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Location: Dale Abbey, Erewash, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

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