Vegan-friendly
Lacto
Western
Take-out
Bakery

Cafe beside Wray Castle offering dishes like Tuscan bean stew, Thai broth, hot and cold drinks with plant milks as well as vegan cakes. Offers a small selection of vegan products for sale. Reported to serve cow's milk July 2023. Open Mon-Sun 10:00-16:00.


Venue map for Joey's Cafe
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48 Reviews

First Review by Veganolive1

EthanBakerTravels

Points +1145

Vegan
20 Oct 2025

Lots of options

Very nice to find in the national trust ground. Croissant was quite greasy kept it in its bad while we went for a walk

Socalapt

Points +198

Vegan
11 Jul 2025

Excellent

. A welcome break after walking part of the Windermere Trail.
Huge selection of vegan cakes. They also have sandwiches, sausage rolls etc. not all food is vegan but loads available.

naoms84

Points +421

Vegan
16 Nov 2024

So many options!

Fantastic cafe at Wray Castle, had a hot chocolate with almond milk and vegan cream and marshmallows on top. They had loads of pasties, ice cream and cakes plus a vegan northern bloc whippy machine! What a find!

richtaylor76

Points +155

Vegan
18 Oct 2024

Excellent cafe

Great pasties, nachos, daal. Great coffee and cakes. All vegan barring cow's milk and a few cheese sandwiches

Pros: Lovely food, Cool comfy cafe, Mr Whippy style ice-cream!

KristinaLR

Points +344

Vegan
06 Oct 2024

Love the soft serve ice cream

It thrills me that the National Trust has Joey's in 4 locations providing vegan food to the public who have likely not noticed the lack of meat.

My favourite is the soft serve ice cream machine, something you don't find in too many places. Sadly the second time I came the machine was being cleaned (happens once a month and takes all day) and I had made a long journey just for this. They offered me a free cone another day and it was worth driving al the way back.

Had a lovely ginger square and a cauliflower pie.

Pros: ice cream!, worth a journey, so many choices

Sophie_B

Points +760

Vegetarian
07 Sep 2024

Regular pitstop when I visit Windermere

Excellently located veggie café right next to Wray castle, and surrounding walks. Plenty to choose from, such as, sandwiches cookies and more. So far everything that I have tried from this café hasn’t disappointed. Cakes and flapjacks are a little soft/crumbly so be wary of that. Joey’s café is a regular that I come to every time I am in the Windermere area.

Pros: Creativity, Quality , Location

Cons: Cakes too crumbly

RolandReisner

Points +65

Vegan
03 Sep 2024

Nice vegan bite with a view

Good sandwiches and cakes and of course an unbeatable location.

Staff is nice and very helpful.

shonamaule

Points +468

Vegan
07 Aug 2024

Brilliant Vegan Food

The food here was so fresh - a highlight was the nachos and vegan Mr. Whippy!

vegankathleen

Points +212

Vegan
28 Jul 2024

What a find!

Yeah! Was so happy to find this lovely cafe when we went to Wray Castle for a hike! I had a delicious falafel salad, my family had plant based cheese sandwiches and we all enjoyed vegan mint chip ice cream! Also bought some oat cookies for later. Really nice atmosphere sitting outside next to the castle. Very friendly staff also. They had one item next to the deli sandwiches that was clearly marked that it had dairy - otherwise everything was plant based!

Updated from previous review on 2024-07-27

Pros: 99% plant based , Atmosphere , Nice staff

Cons: Weird that they serve dairy

Piranha_Mike

Points +348

Vegan
09 Jul 2024

Delicious food

Delicious food - I had a 'steak' pastie and dhal followed by some gingerbread and a cup of tea. Really nicely presented in a cute café. Very friendly robin outside mopped up my crumbs. Overhead some negative comments because they couldn't get their fix of meat. You'd think people could cope for one meal and may even be pleasantly surprised. They also have Northern Bloc vegan soft ice cream although that would have been a bit greedy.

Pros: Pastie , Dhal, Gingerbread cake

waldry

Points +212

Vegan
07 Apr 2024

Great vegan cafe

Everything was vegan except for cows milk for tea. It was cafe attached to a public attraction. The cakes were to die for. It was great to hear non vegan raving about the food.

Pros: The variety of food and cake, The atmosphere , Non vegans enjoying the food

Cons: Cows milk

katherineg

Points +252

Vegan
24 Mar 2024

Decent vegetarian cafe but limited options

Not vegan (serves dairy milk and cheese) :(
A small but nice cafe at the national trust castle property. Only hot food was soup or curry from the big cauldron vat things. Also a few pastries and cakes on offer.
Something to grab and go rather than a sit down meal.

Veganolive1

Points +5026

Vegan
13 Feb 2024

Excellent Vegan Cafe Serving Delicious Food

Joeys' have opened a cafe which is all but vegan bar serving dairy milk as of December 2021 and we have visited several times the first for a mid morning snack of a jammie dodger and flapjack, which were absolutely delicious with a good cup of coffee.

Revisited Joey's at lunchtime and ordered a potato, roast garlic & cheese pasty and curried cauliflower with crispy onions and sourdough.. Top notch dishes, the pasty was amazing..I could have eaten another it was so good.

Visited again 17th November 2023 and had golden beetroot and horseradish soup, chocolate caramel slice and carrot cake, everything was scrumptious.

Visited again with friends in February 2024 and had two vegetable stews, loaded nachos, saag aloo pasty and a coronation chickpea sandwich and it was all fantastic, good sized portions and absolutely delicious.

Everything is served in bio degradable packaging with wooden cutlery. This is one place I always visit when in the Lakes it would not be the same if I didn't. Highly recommended.

Updated from previous review on 2022-11-17

Pros: Vegan food, Vegan plant milks, Vegan cakes and biscuits

Cons: Serves dairy milk

MartinAllen

Points +15

Vegetarian
24 Nov 2023

😁

Great cake selection - all vegan!

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-24

JackyDeReviere

Points +5065

Vegan
14 Oct 2023

Delicious cakes

After the visit to the Beatrix Potter House in 2022, we enjoyed delicious cakes at the Joey's Café food truck

racheyroo2004

Points +43

Vegan
05 Oct 2023

Spoilt for choice

A plant based establishment (does serve dairy milk )
All cakes are delicious……. I’ve tried most of them.
Delicious coffee.
Can’t praise this place enough.
As s vegan I was totally blown away

Pros: The huge selection, Cakes!!!!!, Environment

NaomiMisoraBell

Points +22

Vegan
03 Oct 2023

Ticked all the boxes!

Stumbled upon this accidentally whilst on a bike ride and it warmed mine and my boyfriend's lil vegan hearts! He had the nachos which were gorgeous ~ guacamole, vegan cheese, chilli, lime goodness. I just had a cheese and tomato roll but it was glorious, the use of cream cheese as well as cheddar meant it wasn't too dry, as I sometimes find cheese rolls to be ~ and it was extra cheesy! We also pigged out on some gorgeous cakes, the caramel, chocolate biscuity slice and the summer fruits flapjack ~ again, both glorious! We also fed the robins and blue/great tits that were quite boldly approaching our table, which just made the whole experience that bit more wholesome!

Updated from previous review on 2023-10-03

Pros: Gorgeous food and drinks, Lovely location, Feeding the birds!

Cons: Don't think there was a toilet?

Katie2020

Points +302

Vegan
27 Sep 2023

Amazing!

Drove specifically to go to this castle. Parking is free if a National Trust member . Staff extremely friendly. Everything food wise is vegan, it’s just they offer cows milk as an option for drinks as well as all the others. I had a hazelnut praline croissant and coffee for breakfast, then a SALTED CARAMEL whippy ice cream after . I can’t explain how good the whippy was. Amazing! They also offer vanilla .

I got a pasty & brownie to take away for later. All amazing. Staff extremely friendly. An absolute must if you’re in the Lake District

Pros: Amazing choice, Delicious, Friendly staff and nice surroundings

Cons: They offer cows milk for coffee

Mattyg

Points +160

Vegan
26 Sep 2023

Excellent Cafe

Delighted that the Wray's Castle had a fully vegan cafe and the food and ice cream did not disappoint. There was an excellent selection of pasties and pizza slices, with a tasty butternut squash pasty. The various cakes were were also very impressive- the biscoff brownie was a standout. The soft ice cream was also delicious, with vanilla and caramel options available. Would thoroughly recommend.
It is worth noting that there is only limited inside seating, although plentiful outside seating and options to takeaway the food and drinks.

Pros: Good range of food, Friendly staff, Tasty cakes

Cons: Limited inside seating

Blaspheimear

Points +1131

Vegan
25 Sep 2023

Soft serve ice cream!

Went on a Monday lunchtime after a dander around Wray castle. Had a carrot “salmon” & sheese bagel; partner had a chickpea & smoked almond wrap - both were tasty. There were a few other choices of sandwiches/wraps, salads, scones, tray bakes & soup. Fab selection of drinks - Karma cola range as well as plenty of different kombucha flavours. The star of the show was the salted caramel soft serve - make sure to save room for dessert!

Pros: Vegan soft serve , Good selection of food, Lots of kombucha flavours

Cons: Cows milk is an option for tea/coffee

Ricky123

Points +2252

Vegan
07 Sep 2023

great food, so many options

The salted caramel whippy was quite possibly the best ice cream I have ever tasted in my life. A wide variety of options, of which all were incredibly tasty. It is a bit on the pricey side but would defo reccomend.

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-05

Pros: Great tasting, Variety of Options, Friendly staff

Cons: Price

madveganfood

Points +1800

Vegan
15 Aug 2023

Honestly amazing

Didnt realise most of the food sold was vegan and became spoilt for choice. Got a chickpea/almond ceasar wrap which was craaaazy good, a nice cola and a biscoff brownie. Quite expensive but tbh it was worth it.

Pros: Lots of options, Lots of drinks, Plant based ice cream

rainonseven

Points +514

Vegan
14 Aug 2023

Lovely spot for a break!

I went to the cafe near Claife Viewing Station and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of pasties and cakes available! The coffee was delicious and this was a perfect spot for a break during my walk.

Updated from previous review on 2023-04-25

Mamafox

Points +34

Vegan
26 Jul 2023

Amazing little find

Relaxed and super friendly. Really nice quality food for all the family. We enjoy no steak pasties and pizza, washed down with gorgeous smoothies and great coffee. Situated on a National Trust site and prices compare with what you'd expect to pay at National Trust cafe. I felt it was great value, homemade with love, feel good food.

Updated from previous review on 2023-07-26

Pros: Lots of variety, Beautiful spot, Cheerful staff team

Cons: Be aware you need to pay for parking/Nat Trust

VeganSimone

Points +373

Vegan
14 Jul 2023

A vegan gem in Castle Wray

We were over the moon to find a fully vegan cafe when we walked to Castle Wray. We had the pizza, pasties and a brownie. All delicious.

Pros: Fully vegan, Yummy brownie, Savouries delicious

Cons: Squashed our pizzas so we lost the cheese!, Drinks were expensive , One of the servers was indifferent to customers

MattRooke

Points +521

Vegan
23 Jun 2023

Great cafe at National Trust venue

Visited the cafe at Wray Castle. It's not fully vegan since it serves cow milk with drinks. Very good cakes, pastries and sausage rolls though. Sit out looking at the lake.

Pros: Cake, Sausage roll, View

Cons: Cow milk

mariamc27

Points +2217

Vegan
19 Jun 2023

Proper treat!

Gorgeous coffee, pain au chocolat (haven’t had in years!) 😍 and even doggy ice cream for the 🐶




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