Rievaulx Abbey Cafe

Handy and sizeable cafe. Accessible without paying for the main site, and you can browse the shop too. Lovely staff, good coffee. 10% off for EH members

I used the café while in Yorkshire on a charity bike ride throughout the Dales. The food and organization was 2nd to none, we were a very large group and they coped superbly. Highly recommended.

We stopped for a snack only. Cheese scone was lovely, I'm reliably informed the ice cream was also delicious. A nice coffee to round it off. Plenty of seating on the day we came, we sat outside. Very clean.

We stopped into the cafe for a scone and jam to begin our visit. We were pleased that we were able to buy scones and jam with clotted cream and tea and coffee. We were still on residual covid processes paper cups and wooden cutlery...

A pleasant enough place in a good location in the Abbey grounds and to be honest the food was nice but there needs to be more attention to detail in my opinion. Tables were small, chairs uncomfortable, cutlery poor and the prices were absolutely eye-watering

Having never visited before decided to relax with a small snack after a few hours round the abbey, drinks were great but the cakes were fabulous, good selection of other foods so not limited, pies looked very nice but had to stop at some point, well worth the visit.

We had an amazing takeaway Monk's Pottage to round off a wet but nonetheless wonderful December visit to Rievaulx Abbey. As ever the service was friendly and the food very wholesome and substantial, the pottage, developed to replicate a monastic diet, was very tasty and...

Easily the best cafe of any English Heritage site. Visiting the abbey has become an excuse for going to the cafe. Always a lovely selection of handmade, traditional cakes and really nice tea. It's in such a nice building too. I had fruit cake with a chunk of Wensleydale, a pot of tea and it was perfect.

We have visited this cafe before but just for a drink inside the modern cafe area. This time the extended family (8) decided on food as well. Sitting outside in a shaded area everyone enjoyed their food choices, with the Monk's Pottage being a bit of a highlight! If you are visiting the Abbey, be sure to stop and refresh in the cafe.