The Courtyard Café

A nice, cozy little nook, tucked away behind an antiques shop, this spot has a nice, relaxed atmosphere. This is especially true if you dine in their patio. The food is fresh, and there's always some lovely, fresh pastry available.

Used to be brilliant! But a bad experience today. We waited ages to be served. Took 2.5 hours for two of us to have lunch there!! And they were half empty. Also the mushroom gnocci had about 4 pieces of actual gnocci in it. Staff seemed distracted and were inattentive - walking past us constantly and ignoring the fact we had finished the food and we’re waiting to order drinks. Disappointing given how brilliant this place used to be. As our usual meet up place this is sad. Hope they can rectify things.

Really bad experience. It was recommended by a friend and we were very disappointed. The pork tenderloin panko schnitzel tasted off and I had to leave it after a few bites. The ridiculous chargrill lemon didn't add anything especial to the dish and the pork schnitzel was on top of the chips which made it difficult to cut and there was not much room on the plate. My husband had the venison burger which he didn't like either.
We didn't dare to have anything else and the waitress at the end didn't ask how the food was when we were paying. I think she knew already.
We'll never go there again!!

We had a lovely Brunch for my wifes 60th birthday at the Courtyard Cafe in Hartley Whitney, 10 adults and 4 young children. Laura and her staff made us feel very welcome and ensured we had sufficient space to enjoy ourselves, Laura allocated one of the rooms to us. The food was excellent as was the service. One of our party is Gluten free, this was no problem at all. It was an absolute pleasure with everyone commenting on how nice it was.
We would not hesitate in recommending this Cafe.

Thank you Laura and your staff for a wonderful brunch yesterday in one of your cosy rooms . The food was delicious and we couldn’t fault the service and how friendly everyone was. The children had a little toy table to keep them amused. Parking is very close by and free for up to 2hours. We would definitely recommend this lovely place 😁

Delicious lunch, friendly and quick service. Lovely setting to sit and have a relaxed meal.
Pork schnitzel was amazing.

I recently visited the cafe and unfortunately had a terrible experience with the owner, Laura Roberts. The food was absolutely amazing, but her rude and disgusting attitude really left a sour taste in my mouth. As the owner of the cafe, she should know better and provide better customer service. Despite the delicious food, I would not recommend this cafe due to the poor service.

Absolutely blown away.

Arrived even though it took some time to find (recommended by several friends).

Seated quickly and orders taken.
We order a cup of coffee and a tea.
Both came pretty quickly.
Then had some lovely Carrot cake and the Bakewell slice.

My word, the carrot cake was so moist and really delicious.
The Bakewell on the other hand, brought back memories of my childhood with my grandmothers cake.

Absolutely amazing!

Can’t wait to come back and try it out.
Thank you to the chefs who made our day brilliant!