The Orangery, Lumby Hall - Selby

This is the 3rd time I have visited this lovely,safe place to have lunch and for the kids to play. It is a great place for kids up to 5 years of age with lots of toys and space to play. I strongly recommend The Orangery for a great place to have a chat and watch the kids play.

We visited for the first time for breakfast, and whilst the setting is quite beautiful in the grounds of Lumby hall (with lots of parking, which is a plus) the food was a disappointment. We all had the full breakfast but the quality of the food was nothing special, particularly the sausages which were lacking in meat content and tasted (and smelt) fried. If they are presumably trying to give an upmarket feel to the place they need to match that by using quality ingredients.

Wanted to take my in laws for a nice lunch this really didn’t happen here. 2 out of 4 menus were different. Dirty cutlery and cloudy water glasses. 2 items ordered were not available. We were seated at 1.30 first 2 orders arrived at 2.15 other 2 orders 15 minutes later. Vegetarian panini consisted of 2 slices of mozzarella, 4 leaves of spinach, 2 slices of raw tomato, 2 bits (not slices) of red pepper. Dishes not cleared, dessert not offered so we gave up and went down the road to the garden centre and had a delicious slices of cake and a coffee each.

Beautiful setting, great menu choice and a lunch, breakfast menu that runs all day. Lots of seating in and out. Plenty parking. Staff are amazing, very helpful and friendly. We went on bicycles and lots of room for them. Able to reserve a table ahead. The staff here deserve the cafe to be a success. I visit a lot of cafes on my travels with my bike but this is now my favourite. Spotlessly clean, lots of room, children friendly with a kids play area.

We are delighted with The Orangery and all staff involved for our boys Christening. The venue and surroundings are stunning ! As always the food was scrumptious ! The staff are amazing couldn’t do enough for us, our day was perfect and ran like clock work . Thank you all Sara Carl .