Cafés · Penrith
Tucked up an alley in a courtyard off the main street, this is the kind of little tea room families in Penrith have been coming back to for years. The welcome is genuinely warm — one family whose two-year-old had a full meltdown over breakfast found the staff and even the regulars kind about it, which tells you plenty. Portions are generous and prices fair: the bacon and egg bap gets singled out again and again, as does the baked potato with beans and cheese, and the homemade cakes — carrot cake, caramel shortbread, toasted teacakes. There's a kids' menu, high chairs, gluten-free options and a pay-it-forward board. Outdoor seating in the courtyard helps, because it's a small space that gets busy, and one or two people have grumbled that some kids' items are shop-bought.
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