点评:We stopped off at Partridge Lakes for morning coffee. It had been raining most of the morning and there was a break in the clouds as we got out of the car. We went as a family, me, my 91 year old mum, my adult daughter and my husband.
Me and my daughter went to do a recce as mum uses a rollator. There was plenty of parking and we located a disabled space near the cafe which we drove round to.
For anyone disabled I would recommend being driven up the slope by the cafe and dropped off. The servery is outside, in a cabin next to the indoor seating area. You order at the hatch and then take a beeper/pager which tells you when your food and drink is ready. The coffee was very good and we ordered cakes to go with it. Two of our party are vegans and the staff informed us that they only use vegan butter for the toasted teacakes plus they had plant milk as well as dairy for the drinks. We also noticed that they did a vegan breakfast and chicken based dishes too.
The layout and theme of the cafe area is designed to blend in with the landscape. The outdoor seating is covered by a low tented canopy, making it ideal for enjoying the ambience in all weathers. This area is right opposite the duck pond and as we passed we saw a mamma duck and six fluffy ducklings swim by.
There's a bar too which serves beer and cocktails presumably in evenings and at weekends.
The Ritz it ain't but beauty is in the eye of the beholder and if you love the outdoors and being amongst nature this might just be the slice of paradise you're craving.
翻译:我们早上在帕特里奇湖 (Partridge Lakes) 停下来喝咖啡。那天早上大部分时间都在下雨,我们下车时云层刚刚散开。我们一家人一起去的,包括我、我91岁的母亲、我成年的女儿和我的丈夫。
我和女儿先去踩点,因为我母亲需要用助行器。停车位很多,我们在咖啡馆附近找到了一个残疾人停车位,然后开车绕到那里。
对于行动不便的人,我建议最好有人开车送他们上咖啡馆旁边的斜坡,然后把他们送到咖啡馆。点餐处在室外,就在室内座位区旁边的一个小屋里。你在窗口点餐,然后拿一个呼叫器/寻呼机,它会告诉你食物和饮料什么时候准备好了。咖啡非常好喝,我们还点了蛋糕搭配着喝。我们一行人中有两位是素食主义者,店员告诉我们,他们烤茶饼只用纯素黄油,而且饮料有植物奶和牛奶两种选择。我们还注意到他们也提供素食早餐和鸡肉菜肴。
咖啡厅的布局和主题与周围景观完美融合。户外座位上方设有低矮的帐篷式遮阳篷,让您在任何天气下都能享受舒适的氛围。咖啡厅正对面就是鸭塘,我们路过时看到一只鸭妈妈带着六只毛茸茸的小鸭子游过。
这里还有一家酒吧,大概在晚上和周末供应啤酒和鸡尾酒。
这里虽然比不上丽思卡尔顿酒店,但美在于观者的眼中。如果您热爱户外活动,喜欢亲近自然,这里或许正是您梦寐以求的世外桃源。