Bothy Tea Room in Pembrokeshire

The Bothy Tea Room were an unexpected but pleasant surprise. Situated at the Colby Woodland Gardens, what set the tearooms apart from typical cafés at National Trust grounds was the array of loose leaf teas on the menu. There were some delightful-sounding herbal brews, of which we only time to try one, in addition to their black tea house blend. All teas and cakes were served in bone china, which made the tea-drinking experience truly decadent. There was a good freshly-baked cake selection too, which perfectly complemented their teas. For a tea and cake-focussed room, they had some surprisingly inventive bread rolls and baguettes, too. Service was polite and helpful, and the staff managed well during the busy time we visited. Located at the Colby Woodland Gardens, the location was perfect for lunch during the middle or at the end of a walk. It does become very busy during the middle of the day, though. There is a little indoor seating, with many more benches outside. We were delighted to have lunch and tea here, and would fully recommend it!

A beautiful cafe with gorgeous gardens. The white chocolate and raspberrry Cake was delicious, and nothing like I have tried before. The only reason I cannot give 5 star is due to the expense. I paid £8 for a slice of cake and a very weak coffee.

The most amazing salad I've ever eaten!!! Local produce and just so tasty and good value for well made food. This place is a real hidden treasure. Cakes for days, a decent coffee and even dog ice cream. It's setting is beautiful and on a warm day just glorious to sit after your walk up through the leafy Glen. Great facilities and dog friendly. Don't forget to visit the amazing gallery upstairs too, so many amazing local artist and makers and the most beautifully made jewellery. Well worth the visit.

Absolutely first class generous crab sandwiches with a delicious lemony mayonnaise (homemade) and some superb salads, one of which was a small amount of a delightful green vegetable in a sesame dressing. I wish I'd asked what it was. Thank you, so lovely to find such inspired food and in a great setting. Cecilia

You may think it sounds mad to be absolutely blown away by a salad, but I have had so many lack-lustre salads presented to me over the years in other places!! The Bothy scores so highly on so many levels - smiley and very efficient staff, a varied menu and, as we were to find, truly delicious food. I had the Smoked Salmon and Pickled Courgette Salad Bowl (as mentioned above, but I say again IT BLEW ME AWAY! Delicious salmon, fresh and imaginative salad with edible flowers…) and my husband had a bacon and egg roll, generously filled. The attention to detail, quality of produce and presentation were all of such a high standard. Our thanks to the team, visiting Colby again for the first time in a few years was good but you made a good day memorable….

We loved this little cafe so much we visited 3 times during our weeks stay in Amroth. We were able to sit outside on each occasion and tried a variety of food. The couscous and salad sides that accompanied the well filled baguettes were so very tasty and the cakes were delicious. The food is quite pricy but the quality of the ingredients was excellent so we didn’t mind! The staff were incredibly polite, helpful and friendly and did a great job during very busy services. There is plenty of space to walk off your lunch in the large grounds afterwards! We are not dog lovers and it was disappointing that some owners didn’t get their animals to behave better around the cafe but certainly isn’t the cafe’s fault!

Great breakfast, brilliant staff, fantastic setting stunning walk though the woods to get there, throughly recommend - 5 star👍

I visited this wonderful Tearoom today for the first time, under new Family management, after enjoying a trail run with my friends. We were greeted with a very warm welcome and served with a friendly smile. The array of Homemade, professional cakes were incredible and tasted divine. The service was impeccable with hot drinks served in quality cups and vintage small plates /cake forks were just my cup of tea. I chatted happily to the new owners about their new venture and will spread the word about this wonderful tearoom in picturesque surroundings. Thank You

Called in after a lovely walk through the woods at Colby Woodland. I chose the Gardeners Salad and it was lovely and different. The salads were gorgeous. Then had to decide on the cake. Everything looked lovely but settled on the date and apple crumble. I don't often review on TripAdvisor but thought this place was definitely worth a 5 star. Thanks for a lovely snack.

In early September 2023, we stumbled upon this fantastic tearoom. The lunch bread rolls stood out, easily being some of thebest we've tasted, with a delicious homemade apple pickle on one of them. The selection of cakes was awe-inspiring. Both the Oreo blondie and summer fruits lemon cake tasted heavenly. It's remarkable to learn that there's a repertoire of about 40 different cakes on rotation in this family-run café. Its location is an added bonus, nestled amidst beautiful woodlands and gardens, with the serene Amroth beach nearby. We also enjoyed browsing through the gallery and the second-hand bookshop adjacent to the café.

Charming, family-run tea room situated in the heart of the woodland garden. Great cup of tea and Best cakes. Ever!

Possibly the best selection of cakes I've seen at a National Trust site and so delicious, I went back the day after our visit just to buy more cakes! A lovely tea rooms in a beautiful location.

Fantastic tea room in a wonderful setting. The coffee is great, the lunches fantastic, and the homemade cakes superb. Staying in nearby Summerhill for a week, we visited Colby and the tearoom a number times, and it was excellent on every occasion. The rustic rolls were tasty and filling. The fruity flapjack is the best I’ve ever tasted (the Polish cake and apple cake were also delicious). The staff were very friendly and ran a slick operation (even the Saturday Parkrun crowd didn’t phase them).

After walking around this wonderful place(there is gret walking around here) We were feeling a little parched. We had noticed this tearoom on our way at the start of our walk. The coffee was good and my wife said the cake was good too.

After walking round the woodland garden for an hour, we opted for lunch at the Bothy Tea Room. My wife and I both chose the Chicken and Bacon Caesar Salad. We picked a table and our meal was brought to us within a few minutes. To say that it was superb is an understatement- all the varied salad ingredients were lovely and fresh and the chicken and bacon elements were plentiful. I have a good appetite but struggled to finish it, owing to the generous helping of food. (But I persevered!). I would have loved to try the cakes, of which there was a varied and mouth watering selection, but I had no room left. Must go back. Staff were lovely and friendly.

The tearooms are set in the midst of this lovely National Trust gardens, but no need to pay for parking if your car owner is a NT member. Food was absolutely fine, with a fairly wide choice including veggie and vegan options. We were a bit confused by the whole queueing/ordering/seating system, where one of you has to wait inside for any prepared food (including sandwiches), while the others occupy a table. I can see it gives better value than table service, but it is confusing, and a solo traveller might find themselves having to ask around for a spare chair. Food was a little pricey, though few places in this area are cheap

Lovely lunches. Can recommend the mackerel pate and vegan roll. The cakes looked amazing. Lovely location and you can enjoy a strenuous stroll to build up an appetite or burn off some calories! Highly recommended.

Had lunch here choosing two Caesar Salad and cold drinks. Found to contain so much Chicken in it making it very tasty to eat. John & Sue Eastbourne UK National Trust Members

A difficult choice from a Super selection of cakes. The staff were friendly and the cakes we chose we delicious

We visited while going around the Woodland Gardens and were hoping for some lunch. The boards outside suggested that lunch was served until 1430hrs and so we didn't expect any trouble ordering at 1410hrs. However, after asking for some lunch rolls we were informed that we couldn't order as the kitchen was too busy with some five orders in front of us. This meant we had to settle for cakes and coffee. That would be ridiculous in itself but as we sat outside we noted that customers that were behind us in the queue had been happily served with their lunch. Maybe it was our English accents or the fact that we were not wearing masks (although of course it is not the law) but it was obvious we were being discriminated against. To round this all off, the cakes were dry and tasteless. I would imagine they were not particularly fresh.

The woodland gardens are great, with a lovely tea room. Only seating outside this week still, but nice coffee and lovely cakes. Really good selection and we can definitely recommend the passion fruit and coffee and walnut cakes. They were both delicious, very fresh and light. A must visit place when we are in the area.

We had our first visit to Wales since September 2019 and one of our first trips was to Colby Woods and the Bothy Tea Room. We've visited many times and we were delighted that the tea room is as good as ever. Delicious rolls, salads, quiches and cakes. All wonderful. I'm not a fan of a lettuce / tomato salad - however I always order the salad bowls as they are amazing. So many wonderful flavours and items in the salad, you feel you've eaten a bowl of goodness. A lovely choice of food for vegetarians and vegans, plus ice cream for my dog! The tables are mainly outside in normal circumstances, however more umbrellas have been added over the tables, there is a clearly marked area to queue, one person in the cafe at a time with a 1 way system, and the tables are disinfected after each use. Very clean and safe. My favourite tea room in a Nat Trust property.

When I say freshly baked I mean fresh just came out of the oven,and absolutely delicious, on a plate, with a little jar of jam, and a little tub of clotted cream!!! To say I enjoyed this little gem washed down with my tea, is an understatement! It was pure food heaven!!! Well worth a visit, fully recommend 100%.

The best lunch we had during our two week stay in Pembrokeshire. The food is delicious and the staff are lovely

The rain came down on our way to the gardens but a visit to the tea rooms certainly made things better, excellent coffee and cakes especially the courgette cake.Things looked up even more after our walk around the damp gardens and woodland when we had lunch, the sandwiches are big on size and big on flavor. The rolls and bread must be from a local bakery never had anything like them from other National Trust tearooms

My favourite is the big pig on a granary roll, my wife enjoys the budda bowl, the coffee is good. There is a good range of other items on the menu, a very good range of homemade cakes

We were staying by and I wanted to go somewhere for coffee so looked what was near and the reviews for here were great so we visited. We became members of the national trust so we could look around the woods and then had coffee and cake.The cakes were as good as they looked, so many times a Victoria sponge looks nice but ends up dry but I was not disappointed at all. I don’t live too far away so will definitely take the kids again to go exploring and stop off for cake.

I went here today and I had apple, brie & cranberry ciabatta. It was the tastiest ciabatta I have ever had. I can not recommend this place highly enough. The fantastic choice of cakes was amazing. The staff are very helpful and friendly. The tea room is very cosy with beautiful Pembrokeshire photos on the walls.

Visited yesterday, friendly and helpful staff. Beautiful Carrot cake and scone + Tea and Coffee. Thank you

A lovely café and tearoom in a beautiful National Trust gardens. Great options on the menu for everyone, I was pleasantly surprised to find gluten free and/ or vegan options for drinks, lunch meals, cakes and even ice cream! What a treat!One of the most ‘with it’ café menus for lunch and drinks I’ve seen in Pembrokeshire.The staff were very helpful and friendly :) Looking forward to returning next year (they are closed for the winter season from early November).

After a nice long mid morning walk around the woodlands we finished up at the walled gardens and came across this little tea room, had a cup of tea and all the food is wonderful especially the home made cakes and the staff are so nice to so from me it's a must.

Finally got round to coming here for lunch after being recommended a while ago. Beautiful setting, I had the coronation chicken sandwich - what a feast, lovely fresh brown bread, few posh crisps and a simple red slaw. After seeing the cakes on offer we decided to go for a walk round the gardens and come back for tea and cake! Both cakes were stunning Will definitely be returning as well as telling others to go here

Arrived here for light refreshments with the family. Returning yet again for the apple cake! Whilst in the queue the staff were abrupt with another two customers. When it was our turn I ordered apple cake and other items. I was told we could not have apple cake until the other cakes had gone????I queried this bizarre response and was told again - no apple cake is for sale until the other cakes had been sold. Very disappointed with the unfriendly service/staff and the unwillingness to serve all the cakes they had made!! We won’t be returning to this unpleasant cafe.

Lovely place for coffee and home baked cake but sadly not offering a healthy alternative to cows milk or G.M. soya. Please offer almond milk, oat milk or coconut milk for those of us that cannot digest cows milk and know the health dangers of soya. Menu is very limited for vegetarian and vegan diets. Dog friendly with outside seating and staff are always very welcoming.

Brilliant place! We had excellent lunch here and went back for afternoon tea as the cakes looked delicious. And they were. Staff were so friendly, overhearing my daughter’s wishes for sandwich choices and then offering to make them.

After our walk around the woods it was a really nice setting for a coffee to improve a really good coffee they had fabulous cakes on offer too! What more could you ask for?

What better than a nice slice of cake after a walk. This tea room is sublime. The cake slices are huge so maybe worth eating first and then walking to burn it off.

Colby is a beautiful place to visit at any time of the year and the tea rooms are wonderful. There are plenty of tables outside and in and a massive array of superb homemade cakes to tempt you as well as sandwiches and imaginative salads. The lemon courgette and blueberry cake was stunning and the coffees are delicious. The staff are really pleased to serve you and the prices are fair. It isn't a National Trust tea room so no boxed sandwiches. Everything made freshly and a fantastic place to be.

Visitamos Colby Woodland Garden y tuvimos un excelente café y pastel. Debo decir que la selección de pasteles era genial, y una tarta localmente por expertos de hielo. Todos eran frescos, y parecía delicioso. Excelente café, de un decente 'Italiana' de la máquina. Muy impresionado. Estoy haciendo una imagen de la variedad de pasteles. Tal selección. Primer lugar de primera clase.

Un entorno precioso, tuvimos las ensaladas que eran excelentes, la mía era de jamón y queso cheddar galés y mi esposa tenía un queso de cabra y nuez. Un cambio bienvenido de una ensalada sencilla y buena relación calidad-precio. El servicio fue muy bueno, nos advirtieron de que podría haber una espera, pero en realidad fue bastante rápido.

Tenía un orden especial de tocino queso brie Cranberry (que es todo en el menú) poner a una ciabatta que no me decepcionó! Servicio muy rápido del personal que iba más allá de lo solicitado.

Nosotros somos visitantes habituales de Colby Lodge y disfrute el paseo por el jardín de bosque que Amroth.

The tea room was perfect, quaint and just what we needed. The tea and cakes were very tasty. The staff were nice and friendly. Will visit again as their menu looked appetising.

Tenía un té helado para uno. . .

Visitamos esta propiedad de National Trust y probamos un estupendo té - gran té y café después de un largo paseo por los jardines de este fascinante lugar. Comida casera agradable - muy recomendado.

Excellent service and food, friendly staff, clean and tidy. Not a large selection to choose from, but it is nearly the end of the season. We have been many times before in the summer and there is more to choose from in the busier season.

Great family run tea room with fab food & cakes on offer. You can't beat having a walk then sitting outside the tea rooms eating and having a cuppa. The goats cheese salad is superb and sourced locally & you are guaranteed fresh homemade food all the time. Service is friendly and no matter how busy Sam is she always has a smile on her face. Looking forward to another visit next week.

Taken as a treat by friends for afternoon tea in this lovely tearoom. We enjoyed delicious homemade cakes served by competent courteous staff. Our coffee was super and afterwards we walked around the splendid Colby woodland gardens and visited the adjoining Craft Centre. What a lovely way to spend the afternoon!

Having walked down from Colby gardens to Amroth beach and back we were looking forward to some refreshments. A beautiful tea room in a gorgeous setting, wonderful homemade cakes and very friendly staff. They sell light lunches too plus local honey from bees that frequent the gardens.

Our first visit to the Bothy was an emergency trip as we moved in next door! Accommodating, friendly staff, great service above and beyond and fantastic home made cakes to keep energy levels up - great neighbours and a lovely cafe in a wonderful location.

We visited for cake, a return visit. It was the pull of the warm apple cake that took us back here again! The cakes did not disappoint! Huge slices. We went on a walk and arrived here at lunch time, it was very busy. It was a wet day so everyone was crammed inside and the tables are tightly packed. Would recommend going on a dry day then you can enjoy the tables outside.

Absolutely stunning food the location is beautiful and the cream tea is an absolute must ! Service was great and my only criticism is not enough high chairs as there are only 2 and we had to wait for one as it was busy and I saw another couple arrive with an infant and leave when one wasn't available other than that perfect.

Fantastic array of home-made cakes, great coffee and wonderful warm goats cheese ciabatta and sour dough pulled pork burger. Would have been a 5 if they served organic milk in the cappuchino. Lovely location and friendly staff. If only more eateries were as adventurous as this one is with it's menu choices. Start with a walk around the gardens and finish off here. Dogs are welcome outside and also around the gardens on a lead.

I have eaten here several times now from sandwiches to afternoon tea and cake . The staff are all very friendly and the food is excellent. There is even a friendly robin to come and visit you for a fitbit.

Very good varied menu with a wide variety of drinks available. This is a privately owned cafe not run by the National Trust, the food was outstanding and we would highly recommend.

A delightful tearoom with an amazing selection of deeply filled rolls, nice selection of hot and cold drinks and the yummiest big selection of homemade cakes. We tried the pulled pork ciabatta and the pig and chicken roll. Both amazing and good value given the more than adequate portions.

homemade food, reasonably priced, and extremely tasty.You can eat it outside in the well sheltered courtyard, or in the cafe or Bothy.

Unfortunately the day we visited Colby Woodland Garden it was pouring with rain, so we spent out time there in the Bothy Tea Room. The homemade cakes looked amazing, but we wanted lunch and found the menu to be a little limited - in fairness though, it is a small place. The food we did have was homemade and tasty, with good sized portions and lovely warm bread.

Went up to Colby gardens for a walk with the dog. Stopped for tea and cake. I am gluten free and they had a fantastic gluten free carrot cake which was very nice. Lots of tea to wash it down. Reasonably priced.

Great range of cakes and lovely courtyard seating next to a rill. Serves lunch too and the level of service and standards one expects from the National Trust

This is a valuable component of a good day out at the gardens. The tearoom is smart and nicely laid out, and the food is good and reasonably priced.

My husband and I always love visiting this garden and its tearoom. Food and service have always been good and reliable. Again, when we visited last Sunday, our food and drinks were of good quality. However, there was no central heating inside the tearoom on that chilly afternoon. The teacups were freezing cold when they were brought to our table. Can management address this easy-to-fix issue so customers can have a better experience?

Great coffee, accompanied by excellent pulled pork sour dough roll, my wife having the 'gambas'(large prawns)...we could not resist the warm apple cake and scones with clotted cream. One of the best tea rooms we have experienced in the Uk....we will be back.

First time here, we weren't disappointed lunch was very tasty a lovely ciabatta roll with pulled pork with friends having Welsh rarebit, just had to all have a fab slice of homemade cake which was delish and more coffee...all in all a great lunch!

Lovely Little café run by friendly people food and coffee super we didn't have anything else but what we saw looked good

The Tea Rooms provided both outdoor and indoor seating, The food was excellent, the portions were large and quick friendly service.

We have spent 10 years coming to Amroth and missed this gem until this year!The home made cakes are fantastic and it was busy suggesting others agree!Staff friendly and helpful

Have visited here a few times whilst on holiday over the years. Unlike a lot of places they don't simply reheat food cooked elsewhere, but are able to produce some very tasty and well thought out salads/quiches etc. The cakes are delicious. Service was fine when we visited.

Visited with dog on really wet day. Not allowed in main cafe but had to sit in NT room. Cream tea quite ordinary. Wasn't made to feel welcome which was a shame as there weren't many visitors that day.

Lovely location, fab service and gorgeous home made food. Cakes are absolutely delicious. All in all a lovely lunch out. Also, you do not have to pay entry to the gardens if you are just using the tea room which is excellent if you are just having lunch.

This place was very high on number of lists for cream teas in pembrokeshire, and understandably so. Its easy to find, you dont have to pay the national trust fee to use the tearooms and it looks charming inside and out. We sat in the walled garden on a very mixed weather day and had a very relaxed lunch. Pulled pork ciabatta (highly recommend), bacon brie & cranberry ciabatta (delicious) and a shared platter. No one was dissappointed. Cream tea to finish - probably best cream tea we've had all year, and a fantastic selection of home made cakes (dark chocolate & orange was our weakness). Really enjoyable experience and wouldn't hesitate to go back.

This is a tea room of choice for us whenever we visit South Pembrokeshire. We have been back time numerous times for tea/coffee, cake and lunches. It is very clean, pleasant staff, good service, good beverages and good fresh food. This trip we visited 3 times - 2 times for tea / coffee and cakes, and once for a sandwich lunch. I highly recommend this place.

As we are NT members we used to visit often not been for a couple of years, really glad to see today that the food is still as amazing as it was then? My family really enjoyed their pulled pork rolls the had served in a bucket very novel! I had salmon fishcakes, with the best Salad I have had in ages? Lovely pot of tea too, then delicious homemade cakes mmm! Lovely, thank you!

Superb salad lunch. All freshly prepared and not just lettuce and tomato! A real treat to tickle the taste buds and delicious homemade cake to follow, just what we needed after a gorgeous walk

Great range of homemade snacks, meals and desserts. Pulled pork is delicious. Daily specials on the board as well as a good range on the menu. Only one tiny niggle as a strong tea drinker - need more tea bags in the larger pots.

I had just completed the three lap course that I can best describe as a hilly trail route in a tad under 37 minutes, so being completely worn out, it was lovely to take only five more steps after the finishing line to land in the Colby Woodland Gardens Tea Room. Well on such a stunning morning, it was more like landing outside than 'landing in'. Spacious and well presented tables and chairs, each and everyone with their own sun shade and lovely views of the flowers, the wall of the 'walled garden' and the nicely presented tea rooms itself. Wifey treated me to a cappuccino and a cake while she went for a latte. It was a tad pricey, but hey ho, you are out in the wilds, in a beautiful surroundings, and the owners have to survive don't they? I mean, eight pound something is a lot, but pails to insignificance compared to the £30 that I spent in a cafe last year for three of us somewhere in the Balkans. My homemade on the premises cake was stunning. TIPS: (1) don't visit Saundersfoot and/or Tenby without visiting Colby Woodland Gardens near Amroth, (2) don't visit Colby Woodland Gardens without visiting the tea rooms, (3) if you want it, ask for a glass of water and you will get it, and (4) the insides (yes there are two sections) are very well presented and laid out