Laings of Harker

Frequently mentioned in reviews: Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. Like the new layout, always good food & friendly staff. Has a vegi that set me up for the day. Should try the cakes next time they looked amazing 😍 Great (again). Steak and eggs on toasted sourdough. Cooked to perfection. Really should try the cakes, but always too full! Next time maybe. After reading some of the feedback on here I'm amazed!!! it's obviously not up to your expectations and high standards ,I suggest you try the RITZ and you probably will still be hungry and a lot lighter in your wallet!!!This place is a credit to the owners, not only is it a garden centre and gift shop that is to the brim with beautiful gifts that are reasonable price every thing from a birthday card to a handbag. The coffee shop is out standing quality from home made cakes to a English and I'm a big eater but this is not for the faint hearted. All I can say this is a jewel in the crown and is a defenatly go to place if your in carlisle.well done to the owners and staff for making a warm and welcoming go to place. I had an amazing served by friendly staff. Reasonably priced aswell. Good menu and I will definitely return. Lovely farm shop with lots of choice. Our experience was spoilt by what should have been a nice family gathering for breakfast. As my son did not like several items for the ‘full English breakfast’ he asked if he could make up a from the ‘extras’ on the menu which you pay per item such as bacon sausage etc. This request was met with a sour look and negative response stating the chef wasn’t keen to do this especially at busy times. We didn’t understand this.For example… If my son had ordered a English and ordered 3 sausages, eggs, bacon, hash browns on the extras menu it would have been ok?? As it was she stated she would oblige this time but when the order arrived it was wrong and had forgotten the bacon. I ordered brown toast which looked as if it hadn’t been toasted so asked if it could be toasted well… she wasn’t happy and returned it practically the same 15 minutes later…I rejected the order and asked for it to be omitted off the bill as it was obvious by her attitude that she was not going to provide good customer service. Such a shame in an otherwise nice looking venue and which two breakfasts received were of good quality and presented well. Good communication with a friendly approach and helpful with our requests would have made a much more positive experience. Such a shame. Dissapointing, 11 of us were there today. Three English ordered no black pudding or toast, when we asked they said oh sorry we ran out, we still paid price and had no alternative substitute offered. Poor service, the waitress finished our sentences and it was in all a poor experience to usual 🤔 We visited today and was really shocked at the staff members. First of all my husband got looked up and down and from then on would only address me, "how is your food" etc. As soon as we were seated the came over and asked what we would like, only been sat down for two minutes and this was before the drinks order! They took my drink order but not my husband's and the coffee was bitter. I sent it back and the lady said the coffee is quite bitter today. But the second one was absolutely fine. The food was lovely, the chefs clearly know what they're doing just such a shame they're let down by the front of house staff. We stopped for light lunch as we had at 7am. It was just after 11 so they said breakfasts only. Lunch starts at 11.30. As hubby is diabetic he had a and we decided to wait till 11.30. Chloe who served us never came back although she knew we were waiting. I went up to counter and lady there very helpful. We eventually got our order taken, tuna sandwich and egg mayo sanny. Chloe appeared back and said kitchen were being awkward and wouldn't make an egg mayo sandwich although sliced egg was on menu. I opted for cheese and tomato toasties and when it arrived looked like it had been sitting ready a while. Not good. Hubby said was good. Staff not helpful, chef rubbish. We ate here lots of times and never had such a bad experience as we had today. One to avoid in future. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.