Curiositea Tearooms in Shropshire

Went for tea here whilst visiting my son. Ordered Karak chai- which is supposed to be a tea brewed for a long time with spices. The tea here was literally boiled water with a few spices thrown in and milk costing £5- sooo wrong on many levels- taste/consistency. Please take it off your menu! You do not know what you are doing. Go and have Karak chai somewhere that does it properly and you will see what I mean.

Lovely coffee shop, great drinks, cakes and wonderful polite and speedy service from the staff. Beautifully decorated and a great atmosphere for both socialising and working.

Great food and drink! Perfect place to go for a relaxed drink.

Cute student coffee shop. Special drinks menu can get repetitive but still a nice touch. Sometimes certain drinks can be pricey for what you get. Good cakes 😋

drinks are just okay but the food tends to be quite good! especially love the bbq chicken toastie

Cute cafe. Especially for a uni. I would definitely meet up with friends here. Lots of comfy seating.

Friendly staff, great drinks and comfortable place to work

Nice atmosphere and cakes, but staff is rude. It often takes 15 minutes to get a simple drink, even when the place is empty, because the staff is to busy chatting around. UPDATE Sept 2023 The place got much better recently. It has been redesigned very nicely, everything is clean, the staff is friendly. The waiting times have reduced, coffee quality is good and importantly does not get worse (as is the case with every other place on campus). The opening times are good as well. The only thing that would make it better in my opinion is a better selection of non-sweet hot snacks,but the cakes are still very good. Probably the best place on campus now.

Cheap, but I think it's very good.

Nice relaxing place for coffee and snack. Friendly service.

The ambience is good but the barista’s are not experienced enough to make a good coffee. It’s good to go and sit for a while but it misses a authentic coffee experience

A very pleasant place to have a nice coffee or any other dessert. There are paninis for lunch too.

Decent range of cakes, including vegan and other dietary options, plus milk alternatives for coffee and tea. Open to the public.

📍Curiositea 1. Chocolate and Vanilla Marble Cake (£3.50) 2. Large Hot Chocolate (£3) Verdict: Unfortunately, this is yet another tragic tea room experience of mine - a place which serves cakes that give you phobia 😩😭 I’ve been eyeing this place for a while since it seems like a cosy tea room in the centre of University of Warwick. Their cake galore never fails to allure me and I just couldn’t resist it anymore, so I decided to try them out. 🍰Moreover, this place is always packed so it has to be good right? But NO!! I guess most students just come here as they are faced with constrained choices of eateries around campus. Having an afternoon tea is suppose to be a pleasurable and relaxing experience. ☕️ However, this cake turned the whole experience upside down. It was dry, tasteless and extremely crumbly. The marble cake seemed to have gone bad because it was so hard that I had to stab my fork into it, and it started to crumble into chunks of mini rocks. It was just the most awful cake I’ve had in my life!! Nobody should have to ever go through this experience, especially when you’re paying for it 😩 I was utterly disappointed with the cake and was hoping that the hot chocolate would do me some good. Well, I was wrong again. 💔 It was so dilute and bitter. I could barely taste any cocoa and I’m guessing that an upsize here just means extra hot water?! Honestly regretted for getting a large because I struggled to finish it…that’s how bad it was (I never struggle to finish hot chocolate - I could chug on it all day 😏) A very disappointing experience and I’m very sure that I won’t be returning so soon… 🙅🏻‍♀️

Better food than anywhere in Loughborough uni

Nice place. They did a lovely latte and a really nice slice of carrot cake, which was perfect when we were having a walk around the university grounds.

Good hot drinks but spicy vegan panini was horrible. Not worth it.

My hot chocolate was just about warm...

All the beautiful girls go to Curiositea! That's where you need to be

Excellent helpful service. Soft seat cushions would have been less uncomfortable.

The staff is extremely rude, it seems like they are judging every time we ask for sth, as if we were a burden. Honestly makes u not wanna go back, the Nutella muffin had barely any Nutella and they took our plates without even asking if we were done. I strongly advice you have a talk with the staff make sure they are being pleasant.

Lovely atmosphere and staff, food is pretty good, drinks are lush.

Ok. Could be great though, that is my wish. The cakes are all pretty good, and they have a great selection of loads of different drinks, however they are sometimes rushed and poorly executed. As you can see in the picture this is probably the most rushed capp I've ever seen. Bad foam. However sometimes it's good. Would be great if they could improve the consistency. The hot chocolates are also poor, very weak chocolate flavour, they just shove loads of toppings on. Would be so much nicer if they had a strong chocolate baseline, otherwise what's the point.

Really love this place, a good place to meet up for a chat over some nice hot chocolate or coffee, along with some cakes of course. Reasonably priced for students, love the deco as well!

The coffee is best at uni, the staff is wonderful and both the new and old design are so lovely

Good food. Lovely staff. Great value.

A regular spot to meet with friends. My fav was the chai tea latte w/ cinnamon #love #PhDfuel

It's nice but pricey. The music is way too loud and makes having a conversation more difficult. The smoked salmon bagel is nice, but there's not enough cream cheese in the little pot they serve with it. . I prefer Costa opposite - it's actually slightly better value for money.

Oh dear. The place is obviously run by students for students and we visited on graduation day when it was heaving inside and red hot outside. Even so, they got our order wrong three times, first of all tea with milk and hot water but no tea, then they forgot two other drinks and argued we hadn’t ordered them, despite our receipt, finally they said there was no butter for the tea cakes, only jam and then produced a tea cake with butter but no jam!!!

It is so lovely to walk through the antiques centre to then find this amazing (and cosy) little tea room. The staff always greet you with a smile and Jo is very friendly. The food is amazing. The breakfasts, jacket potatoes, paninis and most of all CAKE! My husband, who loves an English Breakfast, says this is his favourite place to get an all day breakfast. Often when visiting myself and my Mum request things which aren't on the menu, such as a change to the type of cheese, and it is never a problem. Highly recommend this Tearoom.

Run by a lovely young lady. Cakes are excellent to eat in or take out. Always happy to cater to individual tastes. Always a lovely welcome.

We had a lovely cup of coffee and a piece of cake each.

Nice Hotchoclate and Cozy place to sit around university Piazza

Decent student run tea room, very clean, very quirky. The coffee is of a decent standard and they serve a variety of cakes and pastries. Whilst I haven't been to any of the open mic nights I've heard from friends that they are good fun. Will always come here for a coffee or a quick bite over Costa which is very close by.

Lovely, friendly staff and a big selection of drinks on offer. Especially the speciality drinks for each week are amazing! Lots of vegetarian options, although I find some items, such as the bagels very overpriced.

Really nice hot drinks and speciality mixes.

Great coffee in smart surroundings. Milk shake ok but not so good

Lots of vegan (and therefore vegetarian) options on cakes and drinks. The vegan coffee and walnut cake was seriously delicious and moist. The shop is decorated in light colours with bunting and quirky items to make it feel airy but welcoming. Money goes to the Students Union unlike the Costa next door which doesn't profit the students. Would recommend!

Fabulous little tea rooms, looked like and excellent choice of food too...we only had coffee to sustain us whilst browsing the enormous antique shop..it's relentless! Coffee and home Made shortbread....highly recommended...met wth a cheery smile for. Happy staff

Used to be ok but now very bad, Cake is as hard as rock Coffee is like from vending machine

Not many food choices but a nice place.

lovely place, lots of gluten free/dairy free options too

Friendly staff, always have new and creative drinks on offer. Great for a quick stop as well as a sit down.

Great topical, weekly themes that promote excellent causes

A nicely decorated café on the Warwick University campus, with a good atmosphere. A wide range of cakes and drinks including vegan options. Service was quick and prices are reasonable.

Lovely staff really friendly! Teacake and my chocolate cake were delicious, coffee really nice too. I would definitely recommend you visit!

Secreted away at the rear of the large antique centre....tiny cafe with lots of great home bakes and friendly staff. Agree with other reviewers...the choc brownie was fabulous, the right mix of gooey and cake. Good quality tea/coffee. Would certainly use again if we were in Church Stretton. the only slight downside is the toilet is on the upper floor so not ideal for disabled.

Fantastic home made food,great selection and not at all expensive.quite often get my dinner from here while at work.yummy cakes too!!

Beautiful melt in your mouth food and the best brownies in shropshire!! And possibly further!!!! Beautiful cafe and very polite staff service with a smile!!!

Quirky little tearoom in a large antiques emporium, run by a passionate foodie. Freshly baked goodies every day & there’s always something new to try. The chocolate brownies are the best ever! Happy, friendly service will keep you going back.

Great selection of hot and cold drinks with regular and seasonal specials, as well as cakes, toasties and bagels at reasonable prices. Situated in Central campus at the University of Warwick its a great place to stay in or take away. I mostly like their English tea room style, although it could use updating in places. The cakes are a little bit hit and miss as well, but overall I'd recommend this as a cosy place to grab a drink on campus.

Great café, interesting drinks options and tasty food. The staff are lovely and service is quick.

Great cafe. Options for lactose intoleance. Some drinks and desserts are too sweet

Brilliant service and lovely cakes!

Spicy specials, bare lit - 3/3 Gucci coffee

Staff incredibly friendly but I don't think it's acceptable to charge 50p for hot water when it's for taking medication.

Cute little cafe and good prices. A lovely atmosphere and nice seating areas. However, the staff aren’t too good at going around and collecting the leftover cups and plates of people who have already gone, and the cake was a little dry

Great coffee and prices, and a nice selection of cakes

Wow! Capitalism DOES work! The entrepreneurs at Curiousitea Coffee House generate some considerable profit (at least I suspect so, judging from the high quality beverages and food) and use it to support Student services. This is how it should be. The free market removes any unwanted nuisance and makes sure those who work hard and are willing to go the extra mile in extra-curricular activities, like preparing delicious coffee for well deserving and hard-working University staff, can get ahead in this competitive environment and make the world famous Warwick Koan fly high and proud. Thank you, Curiositea! I drop by whenever I can sneak out of my office in the Business School. One of my students had the idea to let some undergrads studying in the Humanities work in your wonderful café and get payed through the tips they receive. This would make them familiar with real work, give them valuable experiences to include in their CV and might even have the nice side effect of giving your profit margins a bump. xoxo Herald

Coffee tastes great and the staff is lovely. Definitely recommend for coffee and chill with your friends.

I respectfully asked them if it was OK to turn down the music a little bit as it was early morning and they were playing very loud music. The lady first agreed but then they not only didn't turn it down, they even started singing with it! Very disrespectful!

Yummy coffee options and great for a meet up.

Wonderful place with amazing character. Great drinks with some really decadent options Good selection of seats both inside and out. The leather couches and armchairs are best, but go quickly.

Great hot chocolates and a lovely atmosphere to study in.

15 minute wait for two coffees; the place wasn't busy, but staff were chatting away to each other, having a whale of a time :-(