The Courtyard Cafe at Ashridge House

Such a beautiful place, stunning. The courtyard always has lots of wasps around....didnt spoil our time there as I can ignore them but you could see they were annoying lots of people.

The location itself makes this a magical cafe- certainly worth a visit. Coffee and cakes are above standard.

Went for coffee for the first time today. The staff were charming, the food lovely and in a spotless environment. I'll be back

So sweet! the grounds are amazing and the staff were so helpful, the warm sausage rolls were delicious. Amazing historic place!

Absolutely stunning for a walk! Cakes were delicious and staff were so friendly and helpful!

Beautiful surroundings, friendly staff and really enjoyed the food on offer would definitely recommend to family and friends

Excellent meeting place although a bit pricey.

Perfect location, amazing apple strudel 🙂

Had lunch there yesterday. Impressive from the car park, and indeed the courtyard. Inside is ok. Not many windows.
Food is expensive and of variable quality, which is a shame.
I had the Welshrarebit, which must have been "rare" because it was microscopically thin. It came with a dollop of cress and a small cup of dry old potatoes. ( i was told the patoes were an extra, implying their quality didnt count). All for a mere £8:50.
My suggestion is, if it comes at you very thin, send it back! Thickness varies! 20mm minimum please!!
My wife had a warm Salmon Salad that she enjoyed and we shared a Millionaires Shortbread, which was very nice.
Staff out front were lovely. So a mixed experience really. Which was a shame, because it was so easy to get it right.

A very nice courtyard with friendly service. We sat inside due to rain and interior decor did not match the outside. Very dog friendly.

It is a great place beautiful surroundings the café lovely but the menu needs to expand as to offer more variety we have been many times and we find the same limited options on the menu not even salads on offer or variety of fillings fot sandwiches a bit disappointed the place had so much to offer and with a rewiew of the Cafe menu and other essentials it will be a great success and venue for afternoon teas or lunches considering there are so many chefs things could be improved for the success

Single use plastics & polystyrene cups, but nice cakes

Nearly £5 for a small chocolate bar and a coffee. Sorry but to me that’s quite expensive. Saw me coming it seems.

Lovely setting. Horrendous service!!
Took parents for drink as Dunstable Downs cafe was closed. Wish I hadn't bothered.
Ordered four drinks to have in and four scones to takeaway. Was asked if wanted cream and jam which I opted for.
Drinks arrived after 20 mins all lukewarm and one completely wrong. Scones in bag butter no cream. When I questioned this was told "no takeaway cream" Why offer then!!!
Staff did not seem particularly interested at all in wrong drink or no cream..disappointing as cost of it all was £27. Don't mind paying but not when I don't get what I ordered.....

So... the good news is that the location is fabulous. However... we went for a mid morning "breakfast / pastry". Problems: Service was not friendly, more like surly; breakfast selection was limited, so we opted for "coffee and danish, £5 each". The coffee is just machine made and in a polystyrene cup - so definitely not a real cappucino; there was no choice of pastry - just a slightly stale standard pain au raisin in a bag - very much railway station quality fare. Worse was to come... half way through eating our stale and unexciting pastries, my wife noticed mould on mine .. and then on hers as well! These were obviously returned... and they said they couldn't process or offer a refund!!! So we took a couple of Eat Natural nut bars in recompense and left. Had been looking forward to the Courtyard Cafe ever since it opened (we are local) and couldn't have been more disappointed. Do yourself a favour... by all means look at the lovely courtyard and if all you want is a tea, I am sure that would be ok... but otherwise, go to the excellent National Trust cafe nearby where everything is very friendly and very fresh, with lots of great menu options!

Lovely location friendly staff but coffee was awful from a vending machine with upmarket coffee house prices