Southwater Country Park Cafe - Horsham

This little cafe is a gem! With a great view of the lake and outside seating, essential these days! I visit regularly with my husband for a walk round the lake followed by a coffee and homemade cake or a hot sausage roll, lots of good things on the menu.... and ice creams for children of all ages! Open all year its a must for a visit, there are interesting activities to watch on the lake kayaking, model yachts etc. while you enjoy the sun on the terrace of the cafe with a bite to eat. There is a play area in the park for the youngsters too and a pushchair accessible path. It's one of our favourite spots for a stroll, and a place to meet up with friends.

There is a lot of good and bad things to say about Southwater country park and their cafe.The park its self its very beautiful and is a nice walk there is a few things that need updating but on a whole its very pleasant, the children's play area gets a bit over Crowded but that is the case in every park there is beautiful swans on the lake and I think it would be a very relaxing place to visit in the summer Went to the cafe for a coffee and a bite and ot was my first and last visit.It was very busy inside no social distancing and only one sanitizer station.They had very loud music playing that made it very difficult to hear the lady taking our order There was 4 staff in there one seemed to be in a tiz not really knowing what she should be doing.Anther one with a mass of messy blond hair lingering in the background.The girl making coffee was very calm and the coffee she made us was ok, I've had better but I've had worse.The lady on the till seemed to lake basic customer service skills and was very abrupt and shouted at us as she thought we was leaving at the entrance but I was grabbing my child who had attempted to run off.We had two lattes a egg mayo baguette sausage baguette and a kids lunch box this all came to £20.30The coffee was passable seemed to have no taste the kids lunch box was very reasonable but the ham sandwich was dry the sausage baguette was soggy and to top our bad experience off the egg mayo baguette had a long blonde hair in it.Because of how busy they was we decided not to make a scene and go somewhere else If I was to visit here again I will bring a pick nick next time

Been a couple of times this year. Last time last weekend. We’ve had coffees and ice cream. Staff were friendly. A little expensive but no more than you would expect at a park cafe type place. Toilets outside were clean

Had enjoyed a nice walk round the park and stopped off for a drink and a sweet bite to eat. Sadly the overall experience was one of substandard drinks and food. Could perhaps have slightly overlooked this given the current times but the cross and moody lady the younger lady was personable was very abrupt and came across as rude! Times are hard for everyone at the moment but after this experience I will not be returning anywhere soon much better places where to go where you are welcomed with a smile rather than a frown!

The two ladies in the cafe could not have been more helpful. The selection offered was limited but very delicious. I had a baked spud which was crusty on the outside and perfectly soft inside, I was given a very fresh crisp salad in my container which was a welcome surprise. My coffee was excellent. Children visiting were fighting for an ice cream from the extensive selection and parents were treating themselves to a price of cake which looked amazing. All the knives and forks were wood and containers recycled cardboard I felt very good about that. The views from the cafe were stunning. I would recommend the cafe at the country park to anyone wanting to have an affordable treat whilst soaking up the scenery.