Dickens of a tea shoppe in South Staffordshire

Fantastic place to stop and eat. We stopped during a bike ride and had a tasty brunch. Lovely food and very friendly - would highly recommend

Great little cafe, good cuppa and the bacon sandwich was spot on, was made to feel very welcome and I enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. Iwould definitely call again.

First visit today but definitely not the last, lovely friendly welcome piping hot mug of tea and excellent bacon sandwich cooked exactly as I requested.

I can only leave an honest review, the place was dirty, food very poor quality and service rubbish. Took 40 minutes for food to arrive, my husbands breakfast first, then mine 15 minutes later. His was cheap, greasy and just nasty. I ordered a cheese toastie, 2 pieces of hard burnt toast arrived and I thought he has forgotten to put the cheese on. Looked again and it was cheese spread! Complained and he didn’t want to know, will not be back or recommend.

I had breakfast here twice and each time the food was well cooked & great value for money. Service was top rate, friendly and helpful. Good, honest food for all, if you are need to eat, drink or take a break then this is the place to stop. On-street parking is available all around.

After being stuck on M6 for 2 1/2 hrs between junction 16 and 15 because of a 2 lorry accident, followed by a long stretch of crawling traffic because of roadworks which then prevented us leaving the M6 at J 14, we were desperate for a quick stop off for refreshments and toilet break, so left the motorway at the next junction and came across this cafe in Penkridge. The name made us think it would be cosy and welcoming. Sadly we were disappointed to find that despite government guidelines there was no social distancing of tables or screens, but at time of entry there were no other customers, so as we were desperate we went in. No Test and Trace details asked for. The toilet had no sanitiser or hand towels. Owner/only staff member present was not wearing mask and did not keep 2m distance. We were not reassured in any way in regard to Covid hygiene. We ordered drinks and a sausage/bacon sandwich each as we still had 2 hour plus journey ahead so needed refreshments. We were concerned but decided to stick it out. I was armed with own Dettol wipes which I used on the table, and we sanitised our hands before touching the crockery etc. The cafe was not taking part in the government 50% off scheme, which I realise is optional, but why not? (It was a Monday) We left as soon as we finished our refreshments, again sanitising our hands once outside. I enjoy giving good reviews and are sad not to be able to do so in this instance. Sorry, but because of the current Covid situation we cannot recommend this cafe.

This is a lovely cafe, it is clean and the service is friendly. We ordered teacakes which were good but the 'butter' with them hadn't seen the inside of a cow, it was spread and really awful. Such a shame because everything else was okay

I think the positives definitely outweigh the negatives with this place. I must confess we walked past it a few times as it does, to be brutally honest, look a bit of a dump. The weather was awful so we just went for it in the end. Once inside it doesn’t look much better as all the dark wood furniture is just a tad depressing. I’m sure that they are going for a period look given the name of the café but it didn’t quite work for me – perhaps the miserable weather didn’t help. The positives start with the owner who is really welcoming. It was obvious that he has a lot of regulars that he knows by name. Even though we had never been there before we were greeted just as warmly. It was a nice touch to have chocolate digestive biscuit with the cup of tea. It was also nice that the tea bag was left in so you can leave it to stew until you achieve the required “builder’s tea” strength. Our food was enjoyable, reasonably priced and served promptly. If we pass this way again we will make sure that we have time to stop off here for another breakfast.

The service is amazing! This was my first visit here with my college class and the man was very friendly and welcoming. The food price was excellent. I had a ham toastie and it was very nice. We were offered a lolli when we left the shop. A nice little tea shop, amazing service and I will definitely come back here again!

Lovely place well recommend 🤗🍽️ food great reasable price we will be coming back Very soon 😍👍👍👍

The plus points. The guy who served us, was friendly. The place was clean. The cups, plates ECT were clean, which isn't always the case. However, as soon as u walk in the smell of fried food hits you. We should have turned around and left then, but decided to give it a go anyway. We ordered cream tea. It's the first time we've ever had cream tea with squirty tin cream. Wasn't that pleasant. The tea was ok though. I wouldn't go back nor would I recommend. There's another cafe just up the road that looks to be much better.

My wife and I visited Penkridge yesterday because we have not been there for a while and fancied a look at the market - always open on a Bank Holiday. We knew that this cafe would be open so decided to try it out. Well - it's a brilliant little place! The boss was there and greeted us in a very friendly and business like way. Quiet due to the weather so had the pick of the tables. Very clean, a good menu with an all day breakfast, which my wife ordered and I had good old eggs, sausages, beans and chips. The food was freshly prepared and excellent value for money: decent bacon and sausages - always a good test of an eaterie, in our opinion. Plenty of well cooked chips, well cooked eggs and great toast. Cola for me and decent coffee for my wife, which came with 2 chocolate bikkies! A pleasure to be there and will visit again.

After a walk around Penkridge market we found this tea shop ideally located in the town.We were warmly greeted by a friendly gentleman who gave us free chocolate digestives with our drinks...a nice touch.Ordered a large toasted tea-cake & cappuccino..both tasty & excellent value for money.Nice & cosy atmosphere & obviously very popular...we grabbed the last table.Service was prompt & the menu has a good range of snacks & drinks.We enjoyed our time there & would definitely go back.

We called in here as we were moored at the nearby canal. We were able to take our 2 dogs in with us which was lovely. The food we ordered was lovely and the dogs even had sausages the latte was lovely also. If cam in the area again I will definitely call in again. The owners were very friendly and couldn't do enough for there customers.

We stopped in the village of Penkridge for a bite to eat and most of all a cup of tea ,I quite agree with the comments that juliet_leech has said and if we were in the area again would pop in again and also have a visit to the market.

I am quite surprised by some of the recent negative reviews I have just read, my husband and I stopped here and found it to be ideal. The gentleman taking orders and waiting was polite and courteous, something no longer found in most establishments now. The food we ordered was hot and to an acceptable standard, and not expensive. In response to earlier reviews, welltravelled did not take his vegan son so what is he complaining about ? If it was so awful why did he not complain at the time of his visit ? I certainly would have done ! It's easy to complain on here, but if you feel that you need to write a bad review at least do so after you have personally conveyed your feelings to the manager or owner of an establishment.

3 comidas ordenados aquí así que empecemos. Un desayuno inglés, que consistía en un huevo, 2 salchichas 2 piezas de tocino 1 tostadas y un tin de frijoles y tomates enlatados de estaño que inundó todo lo anterior. (2) 2 huevos en comida un trozo de pan y una taza de café. (3ª comida) 2 huevos y una porción de patatas fritas con un vaso de naranja. Cuánto = £18. 00 y había que yo pensara Dick Turpin llevaba una máscara! ! ! Sin sabor y demasiado caro. Oí que el hombre que sirven en su estado bastante por festivo lunes! ! Pero había un mercado y arranque en el lado opuesto con un coche de 1000 personas. . . . Tengo que decir. . . (Una vez me picaron dos veces tímido) Por el lado bueno, el pub al otro lado de la carretera sirve de huevo en tostadas por £8. La PRÓXIMA VEZ QUE PASE ESTE CAFÉ SERÁ A VELOCIDADES DE 60 MPH

My wife and I were returning from a week-end in Chester and the M6 was blocked so travelled down towards Wolverhampton and stopped in Penkridge hoping to get a cuppa. Fortunately we found this place. Despite smelling of breakfast fare when we went in - the owner was friendly and kind - he offered to get our drinks while we looked at the menu and brought our coffee and Tea - with a chocolate biscuit each at no charge - how nice was that? We decided to have a toasted tea cake each and were served with a teacake as big as a small plate - lovely and fresh with butter and jam provided.

Visité aquí a principios de esta semana para comer con amigos. Si hubiera tomado mi hijo vegetariano hay que habría encontrado nada para comer y una comida vegetariana, sería difícil. La mayoría de los menú de sándwiches parece consistir fritos del desayuno. Cuando llegan tienen tomates enlatados en ellos, en lugar de fresca, lo cual las hace muy pasada. Desde el nombre de la tienda que me esperaba un menú de bocadillos, bollos y pasteles maravillosos. Sin plazo este lugar como nada más que una cafetería con un menú muy pobre. Hay mucho margen para mejorar este lugar durante todo, puede convertirse en un fantástico lugar con más estilo e imaginación. Nunca volveré a este lugar a menos que es tomada por diferentes propietarios

Este lugar parecía un lugar ideal para el desayuno con una fantástica imagen de un desayuno completo inglés como su anuncio. Fuimos en una tranquila mañana de domingo con nadie en la cafetería. Pedimos un desayuno completo a un precio razonable en inglés para 6 libras. Fue todo cuesta abajo desde allí y por desgracia, esta es la realidad. . .

Lugar pequeño que sirve tés, cafés y aperitivos. Vinimos aquí dos mañanas consecutivas para el desayuno, durante la estancia en un hotel local. El desayuno inglés completo es una fantástica relación calidad-precio a £6 (incluida la bebida y pan tostado) y era enorme! Muy sabroso...

Llamado para café y tarta el sábado por la mañana. Muy limpio y acogedor, se puede ver por qué está siempre ocupado. El capuchino que tuve fue uno de los mejores que he probado. Sin duda volveremos.

I first tried this venue about 2 years ago and have just been back and i am delighted to say it has not changed at all, great service and made to feel like a local, something not very often seen today, highly recommended.

More of a tea room, or coffee shop, this is only a small place serving teas coffees and snacks. We called in mid afternoon, only had coffee and a toasted teacake, both of which were really very good-just what we needed. -As a previous Poster has said, a digestive biscuit arrived with our coffee. The Proprietor was very friendly and the premises were clean.

Just popped in for breakfast and wow great little place,friendly service brilliant food and reasonable prices

Lovely little tea shop, excellent service, very family friendly and good food.The chap who runs it made us feel very welcome. This wasn't out first visit and won't be our last!

A traditional cafe with friendly staff and excellent service. Great value. Nice touch getting a digestive biscuit with my coffee.

Stumbled upon this quaint little café this morning and decided to pop in for a quick bite to eat. It had a selection of locals come in who were all greeted by name by the staff. We had our baby boy with us who naturally got all of the attention.Coffee was nice and the service quick. I only had a bacon sarnie so not a meal to set the world alight. As bacon sarnies go though it did it's job nicely. The selection of bottled sauces on the table was nice as far too many places have sachets nowadays. The other half had a cream tea and her only gripe was that it didn't come with clotted cream and was served whipped cream instead. Granted, it's not in Cornwall but to me a cream tea is not a proper cream tea with out clotted cream. Other than that, a top little café and I'll definitely pop in there again.

The type of place you visit only once..the coffee was a powdered latte..proven by the lumps sitting on the very top..not a good experience..no friendly greetings, thank you or smile. Never again.

Attended the market and came across this very quaint tea shop, when we arrived it was very busy which is always a positive and we did have to wait a short time for a table.The food was well produced and good value, would definitely recommend and will be back when we attend the market in about a months time. Well done.

very disappointing.Took ages to take our order and was no friendly greeting.My friend specifically asked if the tea cake was served with butter or margarine and was assured it was butter .When it arrived,it was spread into a small pot and was clearly margarine.When asked,the waitress/owner?said "yes,it's butter.It 's Clover.Clover is not butter.Also,the coffee was cheap instant and there were no varieties available eg latteWe didn't drink the coffee and left one of the tea cakes.When we came to pay,were weren't brought a bill.We waited but no service.Eventually we left the money in the table before leaving.We felt like walking out without paying but we re too honest.Don't be fooled by the name-it s no more than a greasy spoon cafe.Never again

Desperately wanted a drink on a very hot Wednesday morning after walking around the market. Had never ventured into the town previously, but so glad we did. What a find.Sausage and egg sandwich and scrambled egg on toast, plus drinks, for just a little over £8. Good value and the food was piping hot, nice to know it is served on hot plates. Chocolate biscuits a nice touch. Service quick, staff very pleasant. Will certainly return again

I don't expect latte to come from a sachet and be given to me with the powder undesolved floating in the top. The cream tea wasn't much better; a nice scone that had been over microwaved, squirty cream and cheap jam. It was cheap but feels like corners cut at every stage and left me feeling disappointed.

Enjoyed another meal at 'Dickens of a tea shoppe'. Always go there when we go to Penkridge. Good tasty food,and not too expensive. Pleasant atmosphere,and choccy digestives with your coffee while you wait. Very friendly service. Highly recommended.

Nice friendly atmosphere, very. Little waiting time. The owner likes a joke. Food and tea were great. Will visit again!!

Found this in 'near the motorways' - perfect position (we parked in the Coop). Very friendly atmosphere. Great food and service at a really good price. Chocolate biscuits with the tea was naughty but nice. Will come again!

Well worth a visit , excellent service with quality food at a reasonable price ,friendly locals , we will call again ,.

Popped in here whilst trying to find somewhere off the motorway network. Good honest local cafe. Not pretentious but understated and honest. We just had a simple bacon and egg sarnie and a cheese sarnie and two cups of tea.Would definitely return again.

great service, superb food and at sensible prices, would highly recommend. can't really say anymore except try it for yourself

A tiny frontage with traditional bowed windows got our curiosity. We entered this small establishment intending to have a coffee and cake, but temptation made us order a lunch. Absolutely perfect lamb pie and the best chips ever, piping hot and a good serving, enough for us little people. We had coffee and a lovely treacle sponge, very nice. It seemed home made. The singing proprietor and his wife cooked and served the meals. A lucky find and highly recommended for a true English experience. Very popular with the locals as well.The decor was warm and cosy, with red flowered wallpaper and poppy designs on the table covers. Plenty of knick jacks and pictures on the wall.The proprietor was very helpful, as when we asked him about taxis, he have us a number and it turned out to be much cheaper than the others I had looked at online.

Loved this cute, quirky cafe! Visited for a drink and got 2 free biscuits! The guy serving was very friendly and helpful, recommending us places to go in the local area! We returned for breakfast the following day and received the same exceptional service and a lovely full breakfast. Very well priced, great atmosphere and lovely staff!

We discovered this little cafe a few years ago and always enjoy coming back when we are visiting Penkridge. Service is very friendly and food is fresh and well cooked. It's a shame they removed all the Charles Dickens references from the menu though as that was a little quirk we really liked!

Charming and full of character, We visited on Saturday the 14th December 2013 and had a simple cup of tea with a toasted tea cake, The tea cake arrived piping hot and the butter just melted in it to the core of the fruited bun, along with a delightful cup of tea served in a china cup and saucer,(with extras, Thank you.), what a excellent way to spend an hour on a cold afternoon, after doing some shopping around the local market, We were served by, Attentive staff, with a warm welcoming smile which is a pleasure in this day and age,We Highly recommend this establishment, A must place to visit when visiting Penkridge

We visited on a Saturday, market day in Penkridge.There are only half a dozen tables and the place was buzzing.Service could not be bettered and the food is first class for the money. We even got a biscuit with our Coffee while we waited for our food !Don't miss out.

We had the all day breakfast for £5. This included toast and a cup of tea or orange juice. Fantastic value.Nothing was too much trouble. We asked for some small variations which were carried out with pleasure. They also do take-away bacon sandwiches etc if you are in a rush. The sixties music made the atmosphere even more enjoyable and the owner/s are naturals in this business. The welcome is very warm indeed and we shall certainly visit again when in the area. Brilliant!

My mom and I visit the cafe often, we always have a very warm welcome by the owner who is always very friendly and welcoming. The atmosphere is lovely, cosy and authentic, feeling like taking a step back in time. The food is very good, fresh, hot and excellent value for money, Always a treat to come visit!

This is a great little place. It's only got about six tables but it serves a cracking all-day breakfast for £5.10. Music is mid 1960's - Petula Clark, Cliff Richard and The Who. It's not really my idea of a "tea shoppe" just a straight forward little cafe where you are made welcome. And bang in the middle of town too. Yesterday, there were three American ladies there. I wonder if they came all the way from the good ol' US of A just to come to see the delights of Penkridge. But they seemed happy. It might get busy on Market Day.

Popped into the Dickens of a tea Shoppe, on a visit to our area of our youth, after a previous days travelling with little food. What we took to be an average cafe, were cheered at the greeting from the owner, who made us feel very welcome and at ease straight away. The cafe is small but well cared for and supplied freshly cooked food, hot and presented well. We enjoyed the visit so much we made a point of calling again on our way back home. Would certainly recommend it for those not in need of a full blown restaurant.

It is so nice to find a cosy cafe where you are well looked after and given a very warm welcome. I saw a varied mixture of people visiting there, from builders to families to elderly folk and all were nicely served. Nothing was too much trouble and food cooked to order with requests catered for if not on menu. Park right outside and enjoy a proper cuppa and traditional cafe food at its best.