The Brown Bear Coffee Shop

This was quite disappointing as the coffee shop is lovely and the cakes looked amazing but the oldest lady serving was very snappy, short tempered and a little rude. If we asked questions she answered "look at the menu" or "it tells you there" rather than assisting us.
(The young girl serving was lovely)
When the food finally arrived it was decidedly average. I didn't get the chutney on my toastie (dare not ask grumpy lady) and my sons pancakes with maple syrup looked like 4 small shop brought pancakes with 1 rasher of fatty bacon chopped up and a shed load of syrup.
It certainly wasn't worth the money.
The coffee is great and the locally made items to buy there are lovely but I won't be eating there again.

Always great service, amazing drinks and delicious food. I thoroughly enjoyed my ploughman's lunch.

Great food and lovely cafe. It was decorated well and there was a shop inside the cafe as well. I had a cooked breakfast and mango smoothie. These were both very tasty and filling. The cost is on the higher side but I think it is good value for what you get.

Whilst the service is very slow both the coffee and food were lovely however upon a request for extra butter unbelievably I was charged £1.20 for 2 pre wrapped pats, shocking!!
I would go again but skip the toast!

I really love this place. Great fresh, home made cooked food and cakes which support local crafts which you can look and buy. Prices are reasonable and you do get your money's worth.

We've been 3 times recently for breakfast it's been excellent, the coffee was great too.

Lovely coffee shop, situated in the heart of Ripley, with its own little gift shop full of hand made decorations, chocolates, jewellery and other gifts. The staff are very friendly and they serve a very nice coffee, just to my taste! There is a tasty menu and fabulous range of cakes to choose from. Would highly recommend popping into this quaint coffee shop while you're in the town.

Lovely little coffee shop, the ambiance is homely, the food is lovely and the staff were very helpful. We had soup and a sandwich which was very tasty and fresh, then we shared the fruit and cake platter and there was plenty for 2. The food and coffee was delicious and we will be returning very soon. Covid safe too.