Carnegie - Allerdale

We ordered in an afternoon tea from the Carnegie Cafe for work and for all £20 might sound expensive, the tea was generally nice and came in separate savoury and sweet boxes. I didn't care much for the quiche, which was rather hard, and the sandwiches were so so, but this was balanced out by the chicken gujon, a chunky sausage roll, and spring rolls on the savoury side. However, top marks to the sweet box from the Carnegie. The scone and clotted cream was beautiful, the cakes were really well made( the sponge especially), and the two chocolate mints were a nice touch. I think most of us needed a nap after this and we will consider ordering in afternoon tea from here next year.

Came for a bite to eat with my family. Paninis, sandwiches and baguettes which were so soft. Massive latte which meant I was happy. Very nice

My wife and I ordered our food at 11:45 and at 12:00 we asked a waitress when our food would be ready. She said they were busy but it was being made. At 12:10 we asked another waitress when could we expect our order, she said they were just waiting for chips. At 12:20 we were just about to cancel our order when the waitress arrived with our order. I told her we had been waiting 35 minutes and people had been served with food (including chips) who had only been waiting five minutes. As I was telling her this she actually turned around and walked away from us. Total bad manners towards a paying customer. When I started to eat my food I found the pie was dry and crispy, the chips white and yet red hot and the peas were dried out. Perhaps we'd been forgotten, I don't know. We left most of the food and didn't bother to complain on the way out because of the staff attitude we didn't think it would be worth it. What I do know is the staff were rude and didn't seem unduly bothered by their poor performance, the food was cooked to a very poor standard and I definitely will not be visiting here again.

Lovely friendly staff, great food at fantastic prices. I had the festive baguette which was delicious. My partner had the potato and leek soup and a toastie which again was delicious. Such a handy place to visit when in town, very accessible for prams and wheelchairs too. Definitely worth a visit.

On a very overcast Friday I found myself rather bored so I decided to visit cafe carniege. I was only planning on getting a coffee but the low food prices caught my attention so I decided to order scrambled eggs on toast. The toast was good it the eggs were clearly microwaved and under seasoned but nothing a sachet of brown sauce or two couldn't sort out. The coffee was ok as was the service Overall 5/10. Would I return? Yes, if my eggs were to be cooked properly.