The Orangery Cafe in Cornwall

Very attractively situated with a few indoor tables and more on the small terrace outside. The gardens are lovely and it's a pleasant, tranquil spot in the summer sunshine. The snacks/drinks are very nice and of good quality. It's a lovely spot next to the Art Gallery and tennis courts. A v pretty part of Penzance.

Randomly found this whilst on a 2 day break in the area. Situated adjacent to the gallery in the park. Wanted a quick bite for lunch. Really good cup of coffee, great cake and a demon BLT. Nice staff. Yeah, pop in for a bite

Such a nice space outside to have a cuppa and something to eat ☺️

Nice food and setting, not the most cheerful staff, nor the most interested in maintaining customer care. Multiple hairs on plates apparently 'happens sometimes' and grubby plates 'they all go through a dishwasher' but no real interest. Thanks for the free coffee, but a smile, and a mention of addressing the problem would have been better.

Great menu, lovely freshly prepared food. Beautiful park setting.

Always gorgeous food! Gorgeous soups, full sandwiches and the deserts and cakes amazing. Lovely atmosphere especially eating on the terrace. Lovely staff. Best place to eat in Penzance....can't wait to go back there again..Thanks all involved!

They don't appear to like disabled people. My wife works with people with learning difficulties and recently visited the Orangery with one of the people she looks after as a treat. The person in question has severe learning disabilities along with multiple other conditions. She has to be supervised 100% of the time.Anyway, all this was made abundantly clear, and my wife was wearing ID. However, the person working there refused to allow my wife to accompany the person she was in charge of to order food claiming the Covid restrictions meant only one person at a time in the (empty and spacious) indoors area. She would make absolutely no exception. I just wonder if she would apply the same vigour to her "rules" if it was an elderly person being pushed in a wheelchair for example?The thing is though, the Orangery seem to have form on there unaccommodating policy towards those with learning disabilities. On a previous occasion my wife visited with some of her charges the owner was cashing up. My wife explained that it had take much longer to get down there that expected and only wanted to buy some drinks to take out, but again absolutely no exceptions would be made, much to the group's disappointment.I used to eat at the Orangery a fair bit. It's a nice spot and the food was always fairly good but over-priced. However, given their treatment of my wife and people she works with I don't think I will be returning in the near future.

Food is nice. Setting is nice but miserable staff who do not make you feel remotely welcome. They need to attend a customer service class and learn to smile!!

A bit frustrating as the lady cafe worker was ignoring me , too buisy talking to her friends that were customers.I queiried as to why every spare table had reserved for 11:50 written on them? (It was 11:25.The lady looked annoyed at me stopping her from talking to her friends.I only wanted a sit down and drink after looking around the beautiful art gallery but I got a strong impression of it being extremely clicky and didn't feel welcome.A great shame that this establishment could not promote more openess to its clientele outside of its staff's friendship groups.I left despite empty tables everywhere with reservations hand written on them.Very poor for a daytime cafe..

The Orangery. As usual, it's perfect. Good coffee and cheese scones to die for and big enough to share one between two. We sat on the shady side of the sunny terrace surrounded by spring growth and bird song. Heaven.