Barleylands Tearooms in Basildon

The quilting group I go to went there for lunch. The staff are always very friendly, the food is always excellent.

Very busy and noisy - servers were working very hard to keep up & always remained polite and friendly! Good food selection & well prepared, a little slow but understandable due to the time of day, worth the wait.

Cheap poor quality ingredients with an extortionate price tag. "French" brie and bacan panini (£10!) was totally tasteless and cheap, alongside some stale chips and wilted salad. Cheesy chips were bland oven chips with some mild cheap cheddar on top. The only thing fancy is the silly glass jars the ketchup comes in.

The afternoon tea for two was lovely. If there is too much to eat you can get a little box to take home and try again later.

Tables are very small and it was very noisy

Only popped in for a coffee.must say it was a nice cuppa.i will go back in there for a lunch one day.

Had a great time with family coming over from America, the food and service was great and the hostess Demi (Doris😜) did a fine job in controlling us and making our lunch a fun experience with good Essex banter.

Went with a big group of friends to have cream teas and the food and the staff were absolutely delightful! So good we have got another group together to go this coming Sunday to do it all again,46 of us! So looking forward to it,the scones are the best.XxX🤗

Was apprehensive about the price but I needn’t have been. The food and service was excellent and brilliantly presented. Top marks. Can’t wait to return, once I have burned off the 20 billion calories from the lovely cakes!

Very expensive in the cafe. Food nothing special

Had lunch here with a friend and had a lovely meal. I had the sausage and cheese panini whilst she had the brie and cheese. The wait staff were amazing and made our lunch very enjoyable

A little pricy but a good treat

It was such a lovey afternoon tea. Great value. Tasty, wide choice, freshly baked scones which were yummy

Would not recommend. I paid over 15 pound for two bacon sandwiches. Extortionate. Bread was stale and ba on was hard. Poor food massively over priced

Really disappointing. If you’re renowned for cream teas, you need to do better. Firstly the signage is bizzarre, it’s split into two. Tea Room & Cafe (one space tables to left or right & separate counters) If you want cream tea you go to the cafe, for other menu options you go to the tea room… Then the cafe is partly self service, you get a tray line a mway service station. The rest is up to you. The way they sell the cream teas is just odd. One cream tea comes with 2 scones and a CUP of tea. But only one cream & jam which isn’t enough for 2 scones. And if this is what you do, it should be a POT of tea not a cup. It should be cream tea for one = one scone, one cream, one jam, one small pot of tea - cream tea for two = 2 scones, 2 creams, 2 jams & large pot of tea. Who wants 2 scones without enough condiment to cover them?! Really strange & really odd way to do the one thing you should be good at. Swarb

Really disappointing. If you’re renowned for cream teas, you need to do better. Firstly the signage is bizzarre, it’s split into two. Tea Room & Cafe (one space tables to left or right & separate counters) If you want cream tea you go to the cafe, for other menu options you go to the tea room… Then the cafe is partly self service, you get a tray line a mway service station. The rest is up to you. The way they sell the cream teas is just odd. One cream tea comes with 2 scones and a CUP of tea. But only one cream & jam which isn’t enough for 2 scones. And if this is what you do, it should be a POT of tea not a cup. It should be cream tea for one = one scone, one cream, one jam, one small pot of tea - cream tea for two = 2 scones, 2 creams, 2 jams & large pot of tea. Who wants 2 scones without enough condiment to cover them?! Really strange & really odd way to do the one thing you should be good at.

Lovely afternoon tea. Great service in the waitress service cafe. Freshly baked scones.

There are two choices where to eat the Tiptree cafe or the tearoom both have excellent food. I have been there several times with family and the staff are very welcoming prompt service a good menu and also a specials board. Thank you

Very nice here, went here for our wedding anniversary, after tea was lovely, only draw back you only get 1 sandwich each, but you do have a choice, scones & cakes were lovely, shame about sandwich situation. 🥪

Lovely afternoon tea and cakes. Or sandwiches and other options. Lovely staff

Shared a really nice father's day lunch with my son. Highly recommend going here. The food and staff were great thank you. 5* 😁

Great venue and amazing breakfast 😋

Lovely juice and cake. Went to get my Barleylands stamp on my Tiptree tea rooms passport. They have made it more tea roomy and less like a greasy cafe on the inside since I last went, theres some sofa and nice curtains etc now. Shame the table with the nice sofas wasnt cleared the whole half hour I was there. Theres a tea room and a canteen part, with tables available outside. Open till 5pm but the kitchen shuts at 3.30pm.

Quiet and damp Monday afternoon. Only 5 other people in. Just a cake and tea to warm us.

Wonderfully cream tea, with hot pot of tea. Reasonably priced with nice outdoor area.

Nice people but £10 for a jacket potato I'm sorry but no. That is a ridiculous price for a potato. And £10 for sandwich!!! If you're going to pay £20 for 2 sandwiches then you're better off getting the afternoon tea for £20 as it comes with two sandwiches and tea and scones.

£3.25 for a cappuccino out of a machine. Nothing special. Would expect proper barista coffee. Ridiculous. The avocado, tomato and mushrooms on toast was ok but price seemed a bit much. Was ok though. Left feeling disappointed and would rather have a Wetherspoons breakfast!

Extremely friendly staff. Really enjoyed our lunch there. Portions are very generous. We got jacket potato, beans and cheese. There’s also vegan options available.

A very nice facility for children

Great afternoon tea, friendly staff and the cakes are exceptional

Great little café to grab some food, staff are very friendly and helpful. Food is fresh and a variety of options.

V disappointing compared to previous visits, had booked a table, waited over an hour for food. Toasted sandwiched were at best warm, had to ask for refil drinks. Unlikely to return anytime soon!

I had a lovely coffee here and a teacake. It was busy and everyone was cheerful

Always a pleasure to visit the tea rooms, it's the wife's and my self's treat every now and again.

Lovley range of food. Prices not bad.

Gorgeous afternoon tea, plenty of sandwiches, lovely cakes

I booked 14 people for Mother’s Day, some with gluten and dairy allergies. Jo and the team were fantastic. Extremely accommodating, welcoming and professional. Really made Mother’s Day for our extended family. Food and service was excellent, highly recommended!

Thoroughly recommend this tea room. Great service and a delicious aray of sandwiches scones and cakes. So much so we had to take some home wuth us to enjoy again at home.

Long queues, packed with people

A friendly and helpful service.

Great food and wonderful service. The only thing is the excessive noise from children

Had afternoon tea here with a friend. Great service and food.

10am on Christmas Eve, and although Barleylands was almost deserted, the Tearoom was filling up. Took the precaution of pre-booking a table for 3, but I needn't have worried. Staff were friendly and efficient, and the Tiptree breakfast was good.

Having had our 'passport' stamped in all 10 Tiptree tea rooms we came to claim our free cream tea. As usual the service was superb and our cream tea delicious.

Very nice food and service waitress couldnt have been nicer. Spoilt by children there for afternoon tea chasing round. Why would you take children age around 3 to 10 to afternoon tea.

Enjoyed the food and the service was very good

Really lovely friendly staff and beautiful fresh food .

Gifted this to my mum and Nan for Christmas and so we went for afternoon tea with my family. We were running a little late but the staff were so lovely and accommodating, thank you Karen and Rachel. We really enjoyed our time :)

Really lovely experience, could not fault it on any level.

We haven't been to a Tiptree Tearoom for ages. Always enjoyed it. This was no different. As a bit of a fussy eater what I like most about the Tiptree version of afternoon tea is that you get a choice of one filling each which means when there are usually the three of us we get to choose three fillings we all like and then we mix and match that way, so much better than getting fillings I don't like. And boy are these sandwiches filled. No cheap ingredients here. And instead of putting mustard, relish etc in the sandwich it comes as a little pot on the side. This time there were six of us. The table was set ready for us. The staff were lovely, chatty when with us and so attentive, nothing seemed too much trouble. The food was delicious and the variety of cakes were good. The sign of a good scone is to able to break it open neatly without using a knife and these were good scones. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. The shop is a little on the small side but had a good selection. Was able to buy my favourite, old times marmalade.

£27 for teas and coffees for 7 of us!! Including 5 packets of 2 biscuits. So expensive won't be going back

The staff are always smiling and helpful

Lovely cafe for lunch. The food was delicious and the service excellent. I love that they serve you at your table. Also good value. We will defo go back.

No atmosphere. Understaffed. Unprofessional service. If you're expecting a special afternoon Tea experience. Forget it.

Lovely cream tea on our trip to barleylands. I would however book in the future, as whilst they were so kind to seat us, they were very busy!

Having enjoyed a round of crazy golf we arrived at about 3:30 for a cuppa and a cake to find that the tea room was shut and we had to go into the more utilitarian cafe. We all thought tea rooms were for afternoon tea as well as midday. Staff were not the most enthusiastic to see us or serve us - and the coffee in the cafe half was pretty bland.

Amazing, great food, especially the afternoon tea, lovely staff really accommodating. My daughter has nut and dairy allergies and they were so attentive and made her feel like she wasn't missing out on anything. They let us use a soya cream we brought and let us keep it in their fridge while we went into the farm.

Lovely lunch catching up with a friend

Arrived at 3pm for afternoon tea. Had a voucher as a gift. Was turned away and told they were not serving any more.

A little busy lunch times but food was excellent. We hadn't book but they found us a table. We had the ploughman's.

Love the selection of jams marmalades etc. Lovely friendly helpful staff. A clean well looked after venue, well worth a pop I. To try it.

Excellent service from really friendly staff, food was really fresh and tasty, great first experience thank you.

Poor service. Had to chase up twice. Got order wrong. Disorganised staff. Friend had cold food when supposed to be hot. Staff seemed not committed to job, chatting with each other. Will not be returning any time soon.

Review / minimum I have been having lunch with a group of friends on a weekly basis for several years. The staff always meet us in a friendly and welcoming manner, going above and beyond to meet our diet requirements. The food is of a consistently good standard. My visits to the Tearoom are a much looked forward to and enjoyable ending to a morning spent at Barleylands. Draft saved

I visit barleylands tea rooms on a weekly basis for lunch with my art friends . The staff are so friendly and the service is second to none ! The food is fresh and appetising and I can thoroughly recommend a visit ! L

Friendly and service with a smile every week. I only order coffee but it’s a nice experience. Thank you very much! See you next week

We visited with the plan of my best friend surprising his girlfriend to propose, the staff were amazing the staff were aware of the whole plan & never gave the game away, she had no idea what was happening till she saw my best friend down on one knee, they even helped in filming to make it a magical memory for them. The afternoon tea was fabulous with a choice of sandwiches & toasties. Thank you so much to the manager & all the staff working today. My best friend & his wife to be are over the moon. I don’t think we could have pulled it off without your help. I know I will definitely be returning for an afternoon tea with out the sneaky plans.

Tend to visit here most weekends. Friendly, welcoming staff and good food. Comprehensive breakfast menu. Bacon sandwiches highly recommend.

I visited this tearoom every Wednesday as part of a larger group of mums with new babies and find the food and service fantastic. The tea room is very baby friendly which is such a relief when you are a new mum and trying to eat out with your new baby which can be such a daunting experience. The staff are so welcoming and helpful. The food is fresh and tasty. Great selection of sandwiches, soups, salads, cakes etc. The blueberry scones are a particular favourite of mine and my now 11 month old adores their sandwiches. Lovely tearoom with great food and great service.

We meet here weekly as a large group and the staff are always very friendly and remember us. The food is great with a wide variety of choice, alway freshly cooked. Lots of cake options too. Would definitely recommend.

Absolutely superb afternoon tea in the tea room. Fantastic choice of sandwiches, best scones ever, freshly made and huge, cakes defeated us, brought 3 home. The staff were lovely, friendly and polite. Best afternoon tea ever and real value for money, can’t be beat.

Visited farm and cafe in farm was closed in hindsight we should have taken packed lunch but we went here because no other place nearby. Almost £9 for cheese toastiie - outrageous

Visited the cafe side of the establishment ( rather than the tea room) for lunch. Prices are more like top class restaurant than a cafe. The wrong soup was advertised and at £8.95 a bowl is horribly over priced (no discount offered for mix up...

I ordered a prawn cocktail jacket potato . The prawns had no taste, too watery. The salad wasjust a few bits of lettuce and one slice of tomato and about half a pint oflcoleslaw disappointed as i normally love Tiptree tea room food.. Service excellent

Delightful helpful lady offered us tasters of some of their drinks, sadl as we were both driving we couldn’t indulge.

We went there last week and I paid £12 for their quiche of the day and was shocked to find that they had given me a children’s meal size. I was presented with a small slice of quiche, 4 tiny new potatoes, a small spoon...

Demi and the team created an amazing setting for my Baby Shower which was a day full of love and laughter.From the moment I booked in with Demi, nothing I asked was too much trouble. Demi went above and beyond to ensure we had a...

Unfortunately I was very disappointed by my visit. After being seated we waited 20 minutes to have our order taken and then 30 minutes for a toasted sandwich, in which the bacon was just about cooked. The cream tea was nice enough but scones had...

Had a great freshly cooked breakfast at the cafe on a Sunday morning. Staff were really friendly and accommodating. 5 star !

Usually come if visiting the farm. Nice food and great coffee, tad overpriced but expected. Quick service 👍 small selection of food available but something for most people to choose from.

Excellent, lovely coffee and cake, very polite staff and reasonable prices

The food was excellent service excellent and very good value for the money . Would throughly recommend it There was 11 of us and we can’t wait to go a gain

Lovely atmosphere, afternoon tea & sandwiches/cakes are delicious. Service is good

No vegan options. Called in whilst looking around the shops at Barleylands. One member of family is following a plant based diet so we asked what vegan meals they had, as TripAdvisor states vegan options. Answer was 'our bread is vegan'. Plain bread or toast,...

Had a lovely afternoon tea for our Mums 67th birthday and we thoroughly enjoyed it. The food was delicious and the staff couldn’t do enough for us and made Mum’s birthday very special. Good value for money, you get loads we even took some cakes home. Will definitely be returning soon 😊

Lovely food, very friendly staff!. Would definitely recommend.

Really nice staff albeit a bit rushed because of people isolating. Drinks were nice and hot. My toasted tea cake was lovely. Will go back for breakfast or lunch next time.

Great sandwiches, big and filled, nice cakes too.

Friendly polite staff. Very clean. Toilets were well looked after. Lots going on. Roll on summer!

Very nice breakfast and great fast service. Fairly expensive but to be expected in these kind of locations

Booked afternoon tea for myself, 3 sisters and elderly parents in wheelchairs on the afternoon of our annual Christmas displays at the Garden centres outing and have to say we couldn't have booked better. There was ample room to manoever my parents in and out of their chairs, the staff were wonderful and couldn't do enough for us and the food was delicious and ample. What we didn't manage was boxed up for us to take home and the price was very reasonable. Very worth a visit and we will definitely be returning 😊

We popped in for a tea and scones; the staff were very accommodating and the food was delicious.

Tiptree at barley lands is very expensive for what you get. Service wasn't too bad a bit slow.

Very nice staff, keeping tables etc clean. Sandwiches and coffees were ideal, a good place to meet up with friends.

It was lovely the first time. I have been there the lady that served us was very friendly and made it a nice time

Very helpful clean service good lot of choice value for money,

Bacon dry and cold, bread slightly stale, cold as windows and doors open, not an enjoyable breakfast, definitely not worth £14

Great service, good food thank you and a lovely coffee with whipped cream

Really lovely place to both buy the Tiptree products and enjoy their excellent food and drinks ( it would be rude not to ! 😋)..well worth a visit. 👍

Lovely team, lovely coffee and cakes. ☕👌🏼