Arlington Tea Gardens in Wealden - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Lovely stop-off with chips and drink. Very friendly staff and sunshine to top it off. Well worth the trip out if you want something quick to eat

I only came to this place as friends suggested it. Huge portions for a very reasonable price. Was quiet and located in a peaceful area. Would recommend and will be going again.

Lovely place, fabulous food, great generous portions. Salad very fresh, nothing wrong with the coffee or the scones despite what some have said. Lovely atmosphere lovely staff. They have pet Guinea pigs too.

1st time to Arlington Tea Gardens. Took my Mum (she's 96) for a coffee, great atmosphere, lovely garden to sit in, helpful staff and a fantastic selection of cakes and scones. Will go again, perhaps for lunch. Thank you

A special little tearoom in the Sussex countryside - a hidden gem. Well worth a visit. Delicious food with a huge variety on the menus to cater for every appetite and dietary request - all very good value. Welcoming and friendly staff. Tearoom has indoor setting, outdoor undercover seating and lots of picnic tables with parasols - very English niknacs and bunting adding to the pleasant ambience. Several well-looked after guinea pigs are amusing to watch. Highlight of our visit was watching the garden birds, especially the friendly robin family. Visited twice this week after discovering this wonderful little tearoom.

I met a few friends to have lunch and to do a bit of sewing. They gave us a lovely big table by the window for lots of light while we did our sewing. Drinks and food order was taken at the table and there was no rush for us to finish or leave. The food quality and staff were second to non. Thank you, we will come again.

Love this unique place, staff are always attentive and happy, a wonderful selection of food especially cakes! So much effort goes into the decor too!

Great food, great ambiance, great staff. Really lovely place, delicious fresh homemade soup and scones that were thoroughly delicious, other food and cakes also looked great. Clean and tidy and a really nice atmosphere. A lovely little place in the beautiful Sussex countryside. Lovely atmosphere and reasonable prices. Will continue to return and would recommend.

Great food, delicious moist cakes and wonderful staff who were extremely helpful in catering for kids, dogs and adults for family get together to celebrate our mum's 90th. We will be back.

Have visited a few times, each time the food was faultless, service has always been exceptionally friendly and efficient. Lovely, peaceful settings. Great prices and accommodating to various dietary requirements! Would highly recommend

Friendly, smiley and polite staff. Beautiful gluten free cakes! We ordered the Rose & Pistachio and the Mixed Berry and they were soft, moist and full of flavour. Nice garden to sit in too. We enjoyed our impromptu visit.

Visited for my mums birthday. We had a great visit. The food was yummy and reasonably priced. Very pretty setting. Small car park at the rear. Easy to find. Friendly staff.

I really can't agree with all of the positive reviews for this Tea Roo. I ordered breakfast and Tea, which was brought to my table. The presentation and quality of the food was far from good as the sausage looked anemic, short stubby and white. The one slice of Bacon was small and shrivelled and the egg was overdone. Soory, but won't be going here again.

Went here the other day for lunch after a walk in Abbotts Wood with my dog. Ordered a sandwich which came with a generous amount of crisps and a small side salad. Together with a bottle of water it came to £7, which I thought was very reasonable. The staff was very friendly and the setting is wonderful. Will certainly return next time I go to the woods.

It is a really pretty setting and the cake and tea we had tasty and plentiful but I was extremely upset to see a cage of doves and quail with no access to fresh water. There was also little food. The water bowels were completely dry and covered in bird poo. Distressing. The doves were flying at the grill of the aviary and small children and dogs were not giving them a moments peace. A lady went into the cafe and asked them to give them some water as soon as possible. Upsetting. Won't return.

Always glorious here. Beautiful food and beautiful people. Relaxed atmosphere, good for groups or a quiet chit chat and catch up. Their menu is vast and they cater for people with allergies. Their cake selection is phenomenal- a difficult choice every time!

What a lovely hidden gem! Truly fabulous home made cream and savoury teas. Really good food and very friendly service. Will definitely be back. Thank you! Also good selection of plants for sale and very reasonable prices.

Our first time for years at this little gem of a place.A fabulous Sunday lunch!Generous portions of meat,lovely veg,stuffing and Yorkshires all cooked really well.. plus a dessert and a drink totalled £16.50.Lovely gardens and sheltered seating also have plants for sale.Dog friendly too!We will definitely be back

As always we enjoy our visits to see Mandy & Peter and their staff. Food optional ! Seriously this is a lovely friendly venue, but sometimes suffers from being too popular and often gets flooded with people who haven't booked. This I believe is the cause of any negative reviews regarding service. The food is just like Mum's, Mandy's cakes are exceptional and Peter still serves up much too veg ! This is a very dog friendly location - bowls and biscuits always available. Special mention for James who foolishly gave me his mobile when the landline played up !! See you again on Easter Sunday !!!

Went there for lunch February 13 when they were operating their Valentine’s Day menu. Had a very good meal which was excellent value. They had decorated the area with Valentine’s Day decorations very well. The staff were friendly and efficient, a pleasure to talk to. A really pleasant experience I will be going back there.

Always the absolute best the staff are friendly the food top not here always a nice variety of cakes and goodies to choose from the baked potatoes are out of this world

Lovely outside garden with an amazing array of cakes to choose from at very affordable prices.. Highly recommended when the weather is nice.

A warm reception, friendly staff, fresh food and wonderful cake selection, very dog friendly. A perfect stopping point on any journey, thank you!!

Lovely tea gardens serving great tea in beautiful gardens! 17 of us from our retirement estate booked afternoon tea. We were seated in a charming private area under a veranda. The sandwiches and cakes were fresh, wholesome and tasty. The staff are super friendly and...

Lovely friendly service with a smile and very helpful service, the cakes are gorgeous bought back memories of my mums fruit cake. Lovely best cake ever Thanks.

Have been here on several previous occasions for lunch & cream teas. This weekend we visited for breakfast. The full English was just about the right size & reasonably priced. Lovely peaceful setting in the early morning! Friendly staff. No complaints. Thanks

Everything you could want from a tea garden. Located down a quiet road in beautiful Sussex countryside. They have a large selection of delicious home made cakes and a varied menu with daily specials. The birds in their aviary make an entertaining distraction whilst there

What a gem of a find for us after a walk round the nearby bluebell woods , had an enormous coronation chicken baguette that came with salad and chips (1 would of done the both of us in reality ) we sat outside with our...

I love going to Arlington Tea Gardens. It was lunch time and we enjoyed a spicy chicken wrap - with chips and salad. The wrap was full of tender and tasty chicken and lots of mango chutney - yummy. We enjoyed sitting in the garden...

Arlington Tea Gardens is open for business in Feb this year. Friends joined us for afternoon tea. We were able to sit outside in the sun before it began to sink n the West. A range of sweet and savour scones with matching accompaniments. A...

Visited here several times over the last few months and haven’t been disappointed at all. Lunches, breakfasts, cream teas are all lovely. Served in their pretty garden or under cover if you want. Loads to choose from on the menu and all at reasonable prices.

This Tea Rooms is in a lovely setting and the ploughmans lunch we had was well worth the £8.50, plenty of cheese, salad, crisps and a lovely warm baguette. The service was friendly and efficient. However, the cappuccinos we had were very expensive at £5.95...

Lovely garden to sit in. Wonderful and wide ranging selection of cakes and scones. Good strong coffee and friendly staff.

Brilliant country tea Garden ,we felt Covid secure ,lovely friendly & efficient staff Excellent range of cakes & scones ,with a good selection of foods on the menu , Well worth a visit.

I took my parents here for cream tea as a birthday treat for Mum. They were very impressed with the food, drink and friendly service - as was I. There are lots of picnic tables and benches to dine at, plus some covered tables for...

Went for a cream tea today with my partner when scones turned up they where advertised as large scones but were far from large also were nothing like scones but more of a cake mixture and taste less when my partner complained she got lots...

I am absolutely outraged at the quality of food and the attitude of the owner when I complained. The so called scenes were dry and chewy and resembled cake mix, I strongly advise anyone considering a visit to think again.

Visited here as I won a voucher, can't believe I have never been before! Great little place. I enjoyed a lovely breakfast whilst watching the birds in the garden avery, bought a few plants and battled the urge to buy all of the scrumpy looking...

My husband and I visited friends yesterday at their new home in Eastbourne, and the husband took us to Arlington Tea Gardens along with his wife and young son.They had already discovered it as a favourite place: the son loves seeing the birds and chickens, and the father likes buying plants for their garden.It was softly raining and we had a sheltered table outside. Absolutely magic. The woman (owner?) who took our orders is a delight. When I asked if the jams were made there she said with a smile ‘98% of everything here is made here.’So far, I have only tried the lemon and blueberry cake. It is exquisite. My husband hasn’t stopped talking about it. He feels they should string up fairy lights and keep it open for dinner.We can’t wait to return. I am looking forward to trying every other cake and scone. The drive here is pretty amazing, too. Fairytale English countryside. Come and walk around, make a day of it.

Stumbled over this delightful place and have now become a regular, travelling for 50 minutes for one of their delicious all day breakfasts.I always have the veggie option and think it is fab - always hot and fresh with a nice pot of tea.The cakes and scones are lovely and the staff are friendly and helpful as are the owners.Another bonus are the beautiful hanging baskets and bedding plants that are available to purchase.5 stars well deserved!

We came across Arlington Tea Rooms by chance and what a delightful tea room it was. The food was fresh and tasty, the cakes were yummy and the service very friendly and helpful. it was a beautiful, sunny day and most tables had an umbrella you could put up if you didn't want to sit in the sun.The garden was well kept and tables spread out to conform to COVID regs.

We called by for lunch on Sunday 9th May 2021. It was extremely busy and we were glad to have reserved a table. Bit of a wait for our main meals but understandable considering the large number of persons present. Everything was served up in single use containers, a wise choice with COVID still around. The staff were helpful despite being under pressure. Toilets consisted of two Portaloos which were clean and stocked well with the essentials. Sadly we had recently purchased our plants elsewhere as there was a good selection of healthy looking bedding plants etc outside the main building for sale at a reasonable price. Bit off the beaten track but a nice place none the less. Will drop in again for a cuppa in the not too distant future.

Most helpful and obliging staff. Great lunch, well worth a visit. Plant sales here too, good place to visit for all ages. (noisy cockerel showing himself off too)

We stopped off here with my mother, the table next door had just left and after a while a young girl came out and casually sprayed the table covering maybe 20% of it and limply wiped one wipe covering maybe 10% of it, the plastic chairs were not touched...this really is not acceptable in these times. I went to the loo and I understand has to be a portaloo but it was pretty poor cleanliness wise inside I won’t go into detail.My fruit cake all the fruit had sunk ! The coffee was 2nd rate, surely in this day and age you can expect decent coffee and the general appearance of the setting is pretty run down (plastic sheet windows, dead grass, dying plants in pots and the whole garden is pretty poorly maintained). Its like a 1960’s time warp, cakes under old plastic covers etc things have moved on and this place needs to catch up.

A great little cafe with outdoor and sheltered tables, reservations possible - recommended on weekends. Service is friendly, the ambience is nice, with birds in aviaries to either side and the food is great! They cater for those with food allergies without demur. The cakes are amazing, totally delicious even for those who can't have gluten, soya or dairy. Wholeheartedly recommended.

Beautiful little building with an equally beautiful and serene seating area. Great food and absolutely amazing home made cakes. Staff are also incredibly polite and helpful. The lovely girl behind the counter helpfully pointed out that the little cute fat dodo looking birds I was cooing over are in-fact quails and now I need two for myself. 10/10 would mocha on the premises again. 10/10 I’m in love with quails.

During July the open days are Thursday - Sunday inc. Going to normal days in August. Not so long to wait for being able to pop in on the spur of the moment instead of waiting until the second half of the week.

My husband and I visited Arlington Tea Room last Friday. We enjoyed our visit and its a nice place to go. I can only mark as average as although my husband thought his lemon and ginger scone was excellent,my toasted teacake was one of the worst I've eaten. It was as flat as a pancake, hardly any fruit and just one butter. there was complimentary jam but I'm not supposed to eat it as I'm diabetic ( but I don't like jam with teacakes anyway) The cup of tea was good, such a shame as I like teacakes and haven't eaten one for ages. Will try a scone next time!

We Did our favourite walk today . But not the same without stopping by for tea scones, cream and cake . Loki wants to meet youIf you are looking for somewhere to sell some plants try Scotts Victoria drive. Or Greens Albert Parade, Green St

I visited here for the first time on Saturday. What a lovely find. Extremely friendly staff and lovely, really reasonably priced food. Very relaxed atmosphere in the garden and lovely to see the aviary. Portaloos instead of an actual loo, but they were scrupulously clean and smelled really fresh. Would definitely recommend, it’s really great

We stopped here today for lunch and what a lovely surprise. Sat out in the sunshine and ate, it really was a lovely spot. The staff are Fabulous, nothing is too much trouble. The food is very reasonably priced, plentiful and more importantly homemade.. Delicious.Cakes came be purchased and taken home to eat if required and well worth doing. So to the owner and all your staff, I would like to say a BIG THANK you For a lovely experience and keeping doing what your doing without changing a thing...we will be back.

Lovely spot tucked away in the trees. We sat outside watching the chickens in their pen and there was plenty of seating with umbrellas all around the garden some completely under cover. I had an excellent lasagne which was reasonably priced as were the drinks and cakes. The staff were friendly and helpful.

Lovely little tea room in a secluded area... have been here before and liked it... all the food is home cooked and always tastes lovely... highly recommended...

Nice cup of tea but the cakes didn't taste very nice. (Didn't think they are made on site) The location is in a lovely spot.

My husband and I visited here today for a breakfast. Absolutely delighted to see gluten free and dairy free options. We both opted for Full English and boy we weren't disappointed. Beautifully cooked eggs,bacon, sausages mushrooms and beans accompanied with toast (gluten free) and tea. Couldn't fault the food,the service,the staff or waiting times. The cakes on display looked so scrummy that we bought some to take away for tea later !Those pieces of cake have now been consumed... absolutely gorgeous and so generous too. Well done,keep on doing what you're doing

This was our first visit to the tea room, what a lovely experience. It was our daughters birthday & knowing how much she loves her cream tea, we researched lots of locations & decided to try the Arlington Tea Room as they were dog friendly,what a find!!. We decided on the Sussex cream tea which came with a choice of different scone's & jams & was served with clotted cream & fresh strawberries,which was delicious. Our grandson is a vegan & we were delighted to find that they had vegan options. He opted for a falafel burger with new potatoes. which he really enjoyed.. We found the staff were very friendly & the service was good. We would certainly recommend the Arlington Tea Gardens & look forward to our next visit.

What could be more pleasant than spending an hour or so in a beautiful garden, the chirping from the aviary, the gentle brooding of hens, and the floral splendour of the flowers seasonally waving in the breeze. Add to this a plate, filled with two delicious scones, pots of sympathetically fruity jam and cream and a bowl of chopped strawberries. Perfection and time to chill and natter with family. A real find, and one can only hope a return visit can come along soon to try the sandwiches and filled batons. Lovely visit.

First visit yesterday afternoon. I had a sussex cream tea . Disappointing for £6 . Very small tea pot . Scones very small and microwaved making them moist and dense . Portions of jam quite small. Scones were however tasty and my husband enjoyed his baguette.

We enjoyed very good decaf tea and delicious flapjack and coffee & walnut cake. The cafe was very busy but the staff were polite and friendly. It is a quirky place with plants for sale and an aviary in the garden. The prices are reasonable and the hot meals looked good value. The toilet facilities are the type of portable loos you get at festivals but they were clean.

On a chilly April Saturday we chose to eat indoors,selecting the homemade fishcake special with dessert & coffee for under 12.00. We left the homemade cakes, assorted scones & savoury scone tea for another day.

Love this place, what a gem! Always a winner. Friendly, easy to park, fresh food, lovely garden, peaceful what more can I say. See you soon folks!!!

Can't wait to go again. Always wonderful and friendly service and the cakes are something special.Plus there is always the bird for entertainment.

emmenés par des amis nous avons trouvé cet endroit magnifique. Les tables reparties sous des paillotes dans une jardin fleuri, c'est très sympathique. Très bon endroit pour un tea room . Pâtisseries à l'anglaise excellentes. Service très aimable. très très bons moments.

Beautiful gardens with lovely trees surrounding the lawns with tables and benches. There are some wooden garden rooms if it rains. Strange system of going to the counter to get a menu but not being allowed to order. We had to sit and then a waitress came and took our order. Lovely cakes and tea, served in a tea pot!

We stumbled across this delight after our intended lunchtime venue had stopped serving food! Their loss as I shall be going back here every time I am in the area. I was like a kiddie in a sweet shop! I wanted everything! I settled for some pumpkin, tomato and carrot soup with pumpkin and carrot bread. I then bought a loaf of the same bread, two pumpkin jams, pumpkin chutney, two scones and a slice of pumpkin and apple cake all to take home. None of which I could buy in a shop and all good wholesome homemade produce. The owner was very chatty and friendly and so was Lucky the parrot. An absolute delight.

We went here as where we’d planned to go was closed. I’m so glad it was closed. The two ladies were so friendly. The cost of 4 lunches plus 2 drinks each and a slab of wonderful cake each was very reasonable. The food was well cooked and was delicious! We will be going here again. Even the parrot Lucky said hello!

This was our fourth visit to these Tea Gardens and it certainly will not be the last. A bowl of their vegetable soup was delicious-I'm not a lover of vegetables normally.We then treated ourselves to take away a slice of cake each for tea. Definitely home made and just a lika mama made.Not only were they moist and full of the flavour intended but large so we could not eat anything else. You could not ask for better. As I wouldn't even give the Ritz (not that I'm likely to go there) 5 stars,I give 4 as my appreciation.

We have visited a few times, most recently in June 2018.

We made our annual pilgrimage to Arlington Tea Gardens this afternoon. We visit Eastbourne for a week or so each summer, and stumbled upon this little gem about five years ago. We love it and don't feel our holiday is complete without our Arlington cream tea. We've always had excellent service from friendly staff. We enjoy renewing our acquaintance with Lucky the parrot - such a charismatic character, and with an astounding range of vocals! The scones are light, moist and delicious, We've also had lovely lunches. The garden is peaceful and beautiful with birds who are obviously happy and well cared for. We would highly recommend it, but don't want it to become so popular that we can't get in!

The first of the recent rainy days was our choice to visit this village.The tea room could posssibly be described as without frills but you come here to eat,and that is the big strong point of this place. My wife had the lentil soup which she thoroughly enjoyed,and I the breakfast. As my wife said it looked like it had been cooked at home - the bacon nicely crisp and the egg not looking at you,but the yoke still soft.The ladies were all very friendly and welcoming. My only reason for giving only 4 stars is due to my never saying somewhere is perfect.

Great little tea room off the beaten track well worth a visit for a cream tea Dog friendly and good staff

Bit of a wait, but a nice garden area to await a delicious, traditional roast lunch. Excellent value. Friendly girls serving who didn't pause for breath!

The weather was perfect for such an outdoor activity. Nice pot of tea and homemade cakes. Friendly helpful staff.

Just the most perfect setting, fantastic breakfast, charming staff..what more could you wish for. I had been recommended this place and will most certainly be returning cannot praise enough

The woman burnt my leg and foot with boiling hot coffee by not watching what she was doing yet I was still charged full Price for the food I bought And although it didn’t show a mark there then , I now have what is looking like it’s marking as a scar , the scary thing is my 1 and a half year old daughter was sat in a highchair right next to me and god forbid if that went on her yet the women didn’t take much responsibility for her actions but instead giggled and apologised and blamed it on the fact the stainless steel coffee pot is always clumsy er no you need to be more aware of what your doing or just don’t work at all . I’m fuming because I’m now going to have a scar all I wanted was to enjoy and afternoon with my little girl with cake and coffee but instead I’m walking out hurt , I’m not going back in case it happens again and worse it went on my little girl . Putting that aside , food and drink wasn’t that great I can get a better cup of coffee from McDonald’s. But the scone how ever was delicious

Staff very welcoming and helpful. It was a beautiful sunny Sunday afternoon and a lovely selection of scones etc. They even put a candle on my scone and bought out a candle that lights and sings " happy birthday ". It was a lovely setting with Red Billed Weavers and Zebra Finches in an avairy and chickens and a cockerel. Well worth visiting and thank you for making my birthday cream tea very pleasant.

My lovely friend took me to Arlington Tea Gardens today for a little treat following an operation. It was quite a pretty setting and lots of seating outside.

I have visited the tea rooms many times. However, after today`s visit - no more. We arrived shortly after 12,30 and tried to order two of the 4 main meals advertised to be told that they were not available. We ordered the cream tea - what a mistake. The tea was so weak and tasteless, Leaky milk jug and teapot as for the scone is was awful so heavy. It did not taste home made. We will not be visiting again.Sadly standards have slipped.

We have visited on many occasions. This is close to the entrance of Abbots Wood so excellent after a walk. Cakes are all home made and delicious. You can sit inside or out and the staff are very attentive and friendly. Plenty of food and drink to choose from. Lovely sitting outside here in summer.

Our first visit here and we will certainly be visiting again. An extremely nice setting unfortunately we were unable to sit outside but only because it was jolly chilly today. But inside was very cozy and warm. Staff extremely friendly. Food very tasty, we had cake and that was yummy and homemade. All very reasonably priced to.

Good wholesome home cooked food in a tranquil rustic setting plus twitter of birdsong Meal , teas , coffee and cake. My only request is for some 'small plates' - this is growing in popularity in the UK.

We had friends over from Malta and they loved it. Not many places like this in their country , A1👍😔😔

First class service and food 👏🏽👏🏽 great service and food was hot and filling. Lovely surroundings, the bird aviary is fascinating to watch and listen too. Ran by a lovely couple who are very helpful too xxxx

Havent been here for a few years and remember it being fab for pumpkins so stopped in for a drink and some cake and to pick up a pumpkin or 2. Definately not disappointed. Friendly staff, lovely generous portions of cake but be quick as not many pumpkins left!

We recently relocated to the Hailsham area and came across “The Tea Gardens” by chance whilst walking our dog in Abbott’s Wood.

We stopped here for lunch with friends and on first glance the 'special' menu looked good with reasonably priced food;...

Me llevaron aquí mi familia un regalo de cumpleaños. Lugar encantador! La comida era bastante buena y a un precio muy razonable. El personal era muy amable y servicial. Nada era demasiado para ellos. Nos pasamos más de 3 horas y no me hicieron sentir...

Nos encanta el encanto rústico de esta joya. Sin pretensiones, amplia, caseras. Nos visita para el almuerzo - amplia variedad de tipos, además de unos cuantos caseras especiales o aperitivos. Y para el té. Varios tipos de bollos, montones de tarta y té, café y...

Un lugar encantador con un excelente comida casera. Pollo coronación era fabuloso. La casa limón helado llovizna (usando local, crema orgánica nos enteramos) era tan buena que tuve que pedir que si podíamos comprar un recipiente para llevar. Al parecer hay planes para vender. Una...

Brillaba el sol y la comida. Excelente ubicación para un buen descanso. Abierto la mayor parte del tiempo. Mucha variedad para comer y bebidas.

Sólo fuimos para el helado, así que no puedo opinar sobre la calidad de la comida, pero el helado era deliciosa y a un precio muy razonable. Miré el menú y volveremos a probar el almuerzo un día. Este no es un lugar, pero haría una parada después de caminar por cerca de madera abbots. Todo era muy razonable y el servicio parecía eficiente y organizado. Hay un avery en el jardín, el cual es una distracción encantador. Aparcamiento en la parte trasera. Parece como si no los desayunos cocinados durante todo el día. Buena selección de tartas demasiado

Paramos en nuestro camino de vuelta (en coche) de Michelham Priory. Jardín encantador y muy amplia en el exterior. Aparcamiento disponible. Una buena selección de pasteles, etc. y especialmente agradable té Sussex todo servido rápidamente por una camarera joven muy eficiente. Justo para una parada...

Visited here for a meeting on a sunny day and sat in the garden which was lovely. I have given 3 stars because I was disappointed with the scone that I ordered. Small, lacking flavour and cheap butter in a plastic foil. The setting is glorious but I would have preferred less choice of scone flavours and a better quality scone and condiments.The service was fine and I will visit again and try something different to eat.

Although the inside is a bit small the gardens are a large size with several aviaries with different birds. The food here is fantastic never had a bad meal there at all and we have been there to many times to count. They do hot food and salads. Recommend the scones, the owner makes various ones depending on the time of year with their own special jams. A very friendly well run tea room. Grandkids love it here.

Service was very prompt despite being busy and you could tell the birds were all well looked after. The scones tasted wonderful but there was a large menu of other items I have yet to try. Also love the gluten free and vegan range

Local tea garden with very nice selections on the menu. Opted for a bacon baguette this time. Will be calling in again. Good for family's.

Great food and great for all the family, dogs are welcome.. had an amazing salad and hubby had a full English

We were looking forward to trying this place out. Ideal location after a walk in Abbots wood. Positives Service was excellent, prices are very fair, menu is varied, extensive choice of cakes/scones, pretty gardens, dog friendly NegativesThree of us were all disappointed with our cakes, scone very crumbly and flat, Victoria sponge dry and coffee/walnut had no flavour at all. Wish I could score higher but we went for cake, so can only score average, despite the positives.

This is a delightful tea garden, with an aviary outside and a friendly parrot that loves attention inside. There were several varieties of scones - usual plain and fruit, but also orange, apricot and sultana, cheese. I tried the orange, which was lovely, the other varieties being similarly well received. Unfortunately, my cake was very dry / stale, which was a let down on an otherwise good experience. Also, the tea pots were frustratingly small, making just 1 and a half cups.

Cheap prices but cheap is what you get. Coffee is undrinkable - asked for an Americano, got a watery filter coffee. Bread in sandwich was cheap and pappy. Service reasonable, but if you only do filter coffee, why not say so when ordered?