Granary Tea Room in Suffolk Coastal

Over-priced food - an unbelievable £4.75 for a stodgy, tasteless cheese scone with one pat of hard, cold butter. Only managed to eat half of it, really unpleasant, threw the rest away. The cakes were not covered and crawling with flies. Sandwiches even more over-priced at £8.25 for a small cheese sandwich with white bread. This cafe used to be so much better. Will drive past in future and not stop here.

£9.50 for a rubbery beef and horseradish sandwich , basically taken out of the cold counter display and slapped on a plate still in its wrapper with no garnish etc . Leek and potato Soup £6.50 tasted as though it was made from a packet with no sign of any real vegetables in it , very watery and tasteless . Shocking for a place like this . Could be so much nicer and we won’t be eating here again .

Always busy because of its location but not impressed with the prices or the service, and the chairs are hard, the tables slow to be cleared. Should be more welcoming.

Had tea,coffee,2 slices of cake. came to £9.50. Not much choice on cake,we both had the ginger cake,it was a tad dry. Staff friendly enough but not chatty. Soup £4.00 with a roll its £5.50 so your roll is expensive. But thumbs up for being super clean.

We came here looking for that great British discovery, the tea cake. Very nice they were too. So was the coffee, in a supersized cup, and the herbal tea. Very reasonably priced.

A revisit to these tearooms which are so conveniently situated with good indoor and outdoor seating. Orders taken at counter from wide selection of snacks, drinks and cakes to suit all dietary needs. All dishes seemed to be freshly prepared - the paninnis were excellent. A very good stop off!

The scones here are very good. Good to have a drink and a bit of a rest in the middle of browsing round the goodies in the shop.

We've been visiting this tea room for years and have never had a bad lunch. The sandwiches are freshly made with the loveliest quality bread and fillings and the price is very good value. The staff are lovely as well.

Good choices of teas & coffees plus hot food and home-made style cakes/pastries. In a fairly central position. A tad on the pricey side but seen worse.

Reasonably priced sandwiches, freshly made and brought to the table very quickly even though it was fairly busy. Americano and cappuccino both good. fast and pleasant service all round. Had some lovely looking cakes on display but didn't have time to try them. Next time we will though.

I like Snape Maltings. Even if you aren't here for a concert there are some good shops. But for somewhere that also plugs its proximity to walking routes it's not very dog friendly. Quite what you do when it is raining I don't know (maybe the pub?). But thankfully it was a sunny Sunday so we sat at the terrace at the Granary. It's pleasant enough though a shame it is right be the entrance drive to the car park. Staff were a bit manic. Answer to the question on where the menus were: "Over there, I think"!! That said, there were friendly youngsters and it was busy. And they did offer water for the dog which was nice. Sandwiches were standard choice for a cafe but they were decent enough. Coffee was excellent.

Great service and an excellent cake selection. The triple layer Victoria sponge was delicious. Wonderful hot chocolate too.

The double cappuccino was dreadful. It was bitter and watery. Not sure which coffee they use but not good and the staff obviously do not go on a barista course. The shortbread may be large but so non-descript not worth eating .What a shame that they sell all these fabulous products in the shop and serve rubbish in the cafes. I did complain to the shop manager and she did offer me a free one in tbe shop. Get your act together as you have loads of fabulous competition around.

My wife and I have visited this café at Snape Malting, Suffolk on many occasions. It is good for a drink, snack, lunch, or afternoon tea. I particularly appreciate that they always have a choice when you ask if there's any gluten free cake. I can especially recommend the gluten free rich fruit cake. But they have to keep it chilled, so it won't be out on the counter - so just ask.

We decided to have lunch at the granary tea room at snape maltings. Being a food professional myself, I usually never give such a low rating to food establishments. However, the first thing I saw when I ordered my food at the till was this- the lady at the billing counter casually squished a fly with her fingers on our food tray and did not even bother to clean the blood and kept putting our food order on the same tray, even though she could clearly see the dirt on the tray- which was absolutely disgusting and off putting. A fly shouldn't be buzzing around in a tea room in the first place! Food was very mediocre- the hot chocolate was literally given to us within 30 seconds of ordering (quick service I must say) and was nowhere close to being hot chocolate. We ordered a goat's cheese panini , which weirdly tasted and looked like camembert. The coronation chicken jacket potato had extremely hot potato and icy cold chicken mix (just out of the fridge)- probably assembled without bothering too much about an even temperature. I'd rather you take your own picnic basket to snape maltings if you ever plan to visit.

We were four adults and two children arriving for lunch. Sat outside, ordered food and not a long wait as all had cold dishes. The food was lovely no complaints. Good size portions with side salad and crisps. Staff were friendly and polite we were in lovely surroundings on a sunny Sunday afternoon and really enjoyed our visit.

Haben hier nach dem Besuch von "Snape Maltings" einen cream tea zu uns genommen: guter Tee, leckere Scones.

Expensive top end prices for nothing out of the ordinary. Tea is served in thick ceramic pot & cups so went cold very quickly making the second cup undrinkable.

My wife and I enjoyed a great breakfast -- fresh bacon sandwich, coffee, tea -- in a lovely tea room. The service was excellent and the food was freshly prepared. It was also good value. Just lovely. We will return with family. Well worth a visit.

Part of the Snape Maltings complex, this Tea Room serves a very good cream tea, with real leaf tee in the pots.. There are benches outside as well as well scrubbed tables inside.

Outstanding! This charming cafe is part of Snape Maltings and has outside seating by the river. Lovely coffee. And that carrot cake was historic! Highly recommended.

We visited as a family of four. Good menu choices for all ages. Polite , friendly and efficient counter service. Plenty of seating inside and out. Quality and portion size of food was excellent. Highly recommended.

Granary tea room has a good range of food and drinks on offer and reasonably priced. There is ample seating both inside and out

staff were pleasant but the coffee machine was very noisy and interrupted everyone's conversations every time it was used, so not as relaxing as expected. We had lunch with a nicely served cuppa with a generous teapot full. However, we were both disappointed with the cakes, were under average in flavour, and the sticky toffee cake thing was not very nice

The food and beverages were good but a slightly soulless tea room with over priced pictures hanging on the walls.

Met friends here on way to joining up at Thorpeness. Really nice cafe offering freshly cooked food, great coffee and good service. After you have filled up with food and drinks check out the store below the cafe. It’s full of surprises!

We visited this tea room while staying with relatives in Ipswich it was a lovely place with nice coffee and selection of cakes

Last time we had tea at the Maltings we went to the upstairs tea room and weren't very impressed but this time we had morning coffee at the Granary and like it so much we returned for lunch.

Good to be able to choose an origin, rather than just style of making coffee. Good cakes and pleasant surroundings.

A tea room with a real buzz. An excellent menu is provided for light snacks and offer a reasonable fast service and excellent food and good value.

Fabulous little cafe with plenty of seating inside and outside. There was a lot of us round one table and lots of different things ordered. All was great. Lovely sandwiches and toasted panini. Great service and would highly recommend this cafe for a lovey chill out from all the lovely things to see and do around the Maltings area.

This is one of 4 easting places at Snake Maltings. We went for afternoon tea with two of us having the scones and two cakes. All of us thought their food was lovely.

Had lunch and called again for coffee later in the afternoon. Quality of food and service was very good. We will go back again. The three cheese ploughman's was exceptional. The cakes are good. Excellent value.

This is a busy restaurant which is great for visitors to Snape Maltings. Tables are attractively set out and create a comfortable area to eat in. There is a good selection of cakes and savouries which go well with beverages.

We thoroughly enjoyed our mid morning break here this morning and the cakes were delicious. Friendly service too.

Visited a couple of times recently and we weren't disappointed with the food. Children loved the home made sausage rolls which we took out as part of our picnic for later

There are large indoor and outdoor seating areas. There's a good choice of food. It's a great place to visit after you've been walking round.

My wife and I enjoyed a great lunch -- fresh sandwiches, coffee, soft drinks -- at a table out the front of lovely tea room. The service was excellent and the food was freshly prepared. Just lovely. We will return.

We enjoyed as excellent lunch on a table out the front of this Tea Room. They were very busy but we didn't have to wait long and the quality was excellent.

Visited on a busy day but staff cleared us a nice big table for the 6 of us. We ordered a selection of sandwiches, cakes and hot drinks. All tasty enough, the goats cheese and onion chutney paninis were delicious and everyone enjoyed their fare. Nice to have jugs of tap water available - much appreciated.

An independent coffee shop - with proper cups!Good for a stop if you're walking the coastal path along by Snape Maltings - can stay outside with muddy boots. Inside is cosy and nice old style atmosphere.Pleased to see the option of a cafetière coffee on the menu , and it's a generous portion for one (adequate for two) but disappointed that it was rather too weak - needed more coffee in it. Cakes are good. Reasonably priced. Much nicer than the chain coffee shops.

We visited the Granary Tea Rooms after it was recommended to us. There is a limited menu of the usual items, Panini's, jacket spuds, sandwiches etc. My husband had a Ploughman's Lunch which consisted mainly of bread and cheese (lots of bread) and I had sweet potato soup and a roll (again lots of bread). My husband enjoyed his meal, but my soup was dreadful. I lashed it with salt and pepper hoping to as some flavour, but it was not to be. I think it was basically boiled sweet potatoes liquidised, whoever made it obviously hadn't tasted it. Soup is so easy to make it's beyond me how you can ruin it! So come on Granary Tea Rooms a little more imagination and definitely more tasting is the order of the day.

Simple tea and cake. Just like Costa, but NOT Costa. Service okay, Cakes are okay, coffee and tea are okay. The main point is it is not a large chain so very much worth supporting.

Great to pop in for a coffee and cake or a light lunch .Always head for this place when visiting ,staff are very friendly and helpful.Love the atmosphere here and the rustic furniture .

We stopped off here today for a cuppa - the place was heaving with people! Managed to find a couple of spare seats. They have a varied menu of both drinks and food although the jacket potatoes seemed popular with several people! There is another cafe in the main garden and home shop as well as one in the theatre and a pub so plenty of choices for somewhere to eat and drink after looking round the shops or walking by the river!

The Granary Tea Shop is a lovely place to visit. The menu concentrates on high quality local produce. I took my friends visiting from America and we enjoyed a tasty, well made lunch followed by tea, coffee and cake. They loved everything and want to visit The Granary again to try the cream tea before they fly home! Staff were friendly, efficient, tables were cleared quickly and judging by the queue the Tea Shop is very popular! We will be returning.

The coffee is very bitter and cappuccinos are too hot and watery. The staff have an attitude of we are right and the customer is wrong. A total waste of time and money.

I always try to drop in here when in the area. Mainly for coffee but their cakes are good too! They usually have gluten free cake for my wife and that's a bonus for her. Good service prices are reasonable too. Well sited near Food Hall and other outlets at the Snape Complex. Always room to park too!

We meet friends here for lunch occasionally. Very pleasant location, lovely walks in the surrounding area and of course the malting so to browse around. Very nice food nicely prepared.

My wife and I called in to the Granary Tea Room for a spot of lunch. We both ordered prawn mayonnaise sandwiches on granary bread and black coffee. The bread was OK but there the quality ended. We could see the filling was prawns but one would never have told from the non-existent taste. As for the mayonnaise it was difficult to comment on the quality as there was virtually no mayonnaise present. The sandwiches were presented on a plate with a small handful of crisps, a handful of wet slivers of lettuce, two small slices of flavourless cucumber and, the only tasty item on the plate, one decent slice of tomato. My wife's coffee had a thin oily film on the top and a floating sliver of lettuce. For an up market location like Snape Maltings we were both very disappointed by the poor food standard and the high cost of over £14. If you can't afford to use quality ingredients in sufficient quantity when making sandwiches then leave them off the menu.

After wandering around the many different shops and things to see at the Maltings we were ready for a sit down and refreshing cup of tea, This place is ideal. Try it for yourself

We only ever come here for a pot of tea. Always busy but the service is excellent, friendly and efficient.I have the Earl Grey, the wife traditional tea. The point is you get a proper tea pot, quality LEAF tea and all at £2 a pot (at time of writing) always manage to get 4 cups out of the pot as well. !!! So lovely cup of tea, lashings of it and great service. Well done all

The Granary is situated in the Snape Maltings, a lovely place to visit for a browse and a coffee. The menu is compact but interesting concentrating on high quality local produce. We went for a panini and the bacon granary wedge. Both were tasty and well made. Staff were friendly and judging by the queue The Granary is very popular!

Had cream teas for 4 with the kids. Lovely scones, really nice tea, can't fault it at all. Best of all, managed to get lovely sunny table outside and no wasps came to annoy us! Perfect British treat.

Snape Maltings is a lovely place with lots of little things to see. This tea room offered a nice simple menu (such as sandwiches, paninis, jacket potatoes and salads) with cream teas and cakes. All of us enjoyed our food and the hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream went down well!

A pleasant cafe with inside and outdoor seating. Visited for tea at 4pm and scones for cream teas had already run out! Opted for piece of Victoria sandwich instead which was obviously not home made and tasted very synthetic! Sadly just not quite what we had expected.

A tea shop with tables in an outside patio area. The food available is reasonably priced. It is a self service establishment. It is dog friendly providing water bowls outside for our four legged friends.

They were very busy , but the tea and service was fine . The pleasant staff dealt well with clients at a busy time .

Can be cold sitting out if the wind is blowing, but this place sells excellent cakes and other snacks etc.. Ideal for light lunch if wandering around the Snape Maltings.

Really nice lunchtime sandwiches and various good looking cakes. Nice seating area outside to enjoy on a sunny day. I would happily recommend this teashop.

I've eaten here a number of times and the food is fresh and tasty with locally sourced ingredients. I can recommend the sandwiches especially. Indoor or outdoor seating. Mostly good value but a few things felt abit over priced.

When in this part of the country or heading to the coast we always stop here for refreshment.The Tea Room is always clean and the Staff always pleasant. A nice selection of Sandwiches, Cakes and hot food. As it was mid-morning we opted for Toasted Teacakes which were delicious.

Basic no frills english afternoon tea. Small selection of homemade cakes and sandwiches.tables available outside on a sunny day.

We called in the tea rooms for the first time whilst doing the normal trip showing some visiting family around Snape maltings and have to say we'll be calling again, good quality coffee and an amazing lemon drizzle cake...

my wife and I had tea and cake last summer before a stroll around the area, as you can imagine tea finely brewed and cake only a woman can really appreciate - good service with a smile

We enjoyed a coffee and cake on our recent visit to the Snape Malting.The cake was good and so was the coffee

Snape Maltings is absolutely fabulous, both to look round the shops and walk dogs in the beautiful surroundings. Had a sandwich in the tea rooms. My partner had a lovely ham and tomato with local Stokes mustard. I unfortunately chose the prawn mayonnaise option. I have to say that I can never remember having anything as tasteless for a very long time, might as well have been textured cotton wool. Hopefully they are reading and will give it a makeover (perhaps worth asking the question) before ordering) very disappointing

We were visiting Snape Maltings and wanted a quick drink so tried this cafe. We only went in for a coffee but the cakes looked very inviting so we each had some. They were very good. No waiters - you just order at the counter, collect your food and find your table.

We holiday a lot in Suffolk, usually Aldeburgh or Southwold, this time we were in Snape. We always have either coffee or Tea and cake at the Granary Tea Rooms, very often it's lunch, we have always been pleased with the quality of food on offer, it's very good value and the staff are lovely. I would highly recommend them.

During my first week in the UK I discovered Snape Maltings & this delightful cafe. They served the BEST coffee and I had cake on the to occasions I went there: raspberry bakewell tart & carrot cake, both cooked to perfection. It was very popular & all of the other meals looked delightful. I shall return:)

We enjoyed a very tasty bacon sandwich and good pot of tea (poured from a good teapot! No drips!). The staff were polite and friendly and the cost was reasonable. It made our visit to Snape Maltings complete.

Fantastic coffee and cakes especially the shortbread and also the sausage rolls. Lovely relaxing ambience with friendly staff

Came in for a quick sandwich and cake. The sandwiches were fine but the cakes were disappointing - the so-described lemon drizzle was NOT lemon drizzle, but a thinly iced weakly flavoured lemon cake. Interesting setting overlooking the shop floor, but no real atmosphere. Not a place to linger

Ideal place for coffee stop with indoor and outdoor seating. Adjacent to Snape shops. Light lunches too.

Reasonable menu, serving snacks and sandwiches and very good cakes and coffee. Indoor and outdoor seating, but the seats are close to the road and car park access and have very little shade in summer. Friendly courteous staff.

Popped in for a quick coffee today whilst out on my bike and also got tempted by the legendary Marzipan Cake!As I was on a longer ride I went for it and as usual I was not disappointed.This is a lovely little cafe we'll run and comfortable surroundings.Well worth a visit!

Myself and my partner visited Snape Maltings over the Easter weekend as part of our regular visits. We stay in a place just outside of Dunwich and Snape Maltings is always on our hit list.We knew the Easter weekend would be busy, particularly Easter Sunday, so we made our way there early. And it was a good job we did. We popped into the granary tea rooms about half past 11 and it was already very busy. We found a small table nestled away and ordered two cream teas. The lady who served me was very chatty and cheerful and gave great customer service. Our tea and scones were lovely too. I couldn't be sure if the scones were homemade but it was lovely to have local cream and local jam to top them with!We will definitely be back again and maybe this time we will stay for lunch too

Visited here with my wife on a day trip to Snape Maltings. We both had a Ploughman's lunch which included a lovely artisan bread, mozzarella and Brie. I also had a green tea which was good but only 3/4 of a cup. The staff were friendly and although the restaurant was busy the tables were cleared vey quickly. The tables are a little close to each other but not too bad. Recommended if you are visiting Snape Maltings.

Excellent, generously filled bacon and Brie pannino came with salad and crisps. Delicious! Nicely presented pot of tea (proper leaf tea in infuser pot) although the flavour of the tea was rather too delicate for my taste. Lovely, clean interior and the whole site is worth a visit. Very busy when my companion and I arrived.

Had an excellent lunch yesterday and had an excellent goats cheese and red onion chutney Pannini. My partner had the cheese ploughmans and there was no scrimping on the cheese enough for two really. Although they were busy we hardly waited any time. Goof coffee as well. Will be making a return visit soon/

Nice coffee and tea. The cakes are pricey, the gluten-free ones more so. Surely there are local people who could make proper home-made cakes, it would make all the difference. Friendly and the service was good.

Twenty eight WI ladies enjoyed coffee and some returned for light lunch. The service was amazing - quick and pleasant. The food was fresh and arrived promptly. Very happy !!

Stopped for sandwiches on a Friday - good paninis and coffee. Had hardly sat down when they arrived. Cakes looked good as well...

We stopped to buy hot drinks and cakes and spent well over £20 for 4 of us, when I asked if me and my 10 year old niece could have 2 cups with the 1 pot of tea the woman quite impatiently explained she was not allowed to do that. We bought 4 pots of tea and left nearly half in each pot!Feeling very put out, I phoned the manageress this morning to explain I thought that was very stingy considering the other purchases and she said that it was company policy and £1.95 was very good price for a pot of tea and feels giving 2 cups is not necessary but if we had been more demanding the staff are told they are allowed to give a 2nd cup if it is for a child.I believe this is counter productive because although they got an extra £1.95 from us yesterday we will not be returning again (we live locally) and I shall be telling other people and I am sure they will loose more business then the small amount they would have lost out by not giving us a 2nd cup!!! So silly.

Had a light lunch here today. Pot of tea, latte and two ham, tomato & mustard wedge sandwiches. Very nice food (wedge would have done two people), staff very pleasant and service good. Will be visiting again.

Service was good at the till and pretty quick, lots of tables outside not cleared very quickly and staff running the food out could have been cheerer. 2 soft drinks and 2 paninis cost over £15 which I think is down to the location. Food was average and pleasing enough, aimed at the older generation I feel

I've been cycling out to Snape Maltings cafe for the best part of a decade now, and - recently - have been popping along on the weekends to shelter from the gales and wet weather and to have a double espresso. The coffee here is not bad (they make both espresso and cafetieres) and is a decent price. Sometimes I've treated myself to a cake (they're pricey, but a good treat) and once in blue moon I've had a 'wedge' sandwich which provides plenty of energy for continuing the bike ride.On the other hand, after today I think I will be looking for other local cafes for my pit stops: I'm not super fussy about service, but this cafe has seen a notable decline in this area over the past few years. I arrived today (before the lunchtime rush) and there was no queue, and four or five staff on, but the strange system they have behind the counter meant that nobody was willing to either take my order or say "hello, we'll be with you in a moment". The young man on the coffee machine was clearly busy, but the rest of the staff were just standing around - again, this is likely a result of the 'system' they have in place, but it doesn't give a good impression if you are the only customer at the counter and several staff are doing their best not to look at or talk to you! (On previous visits, when I have observed the cafe during busy periods, it seems the system in place does not really maximise the efficiency of food/drink production, but I'm not an expert!) Anyway, today, after waiting a few minutes when nobody seemed interested in me, I simply left and took my order elsewhere. Perhaps I have become too used to American customer service, or the friendliness of my local cafes in Ipswich! Still, if you are at Snape Maltings, this is not a bad cafe to get a hot drink or bite to eat, but it could be much better if they sped up the service and actually seemed to care about customers.

We enjoyed a delicious hot chocolate and muffins in the cosy granary. We liked the prints on the walla

Soup looked and tasted as if it were home made. Very good and served with a good quality hot bread roll. Other diners had a variety of dishes, all of which looked good. Will go again.

Having failed to find anywhere to eat at Aldeburgh at 2.30pm, where flexible eating times and outside eating area for people with dogs do not seem part of the offer, we came to Snape Maltings and found the Granary Tea Rooms. The choice and quality of food available for a light lunch and tea were very good and the service speedy, efficient and friendly. Well worth a visit.

Visited for lunch with our young son. Menu wasn't very extensive but sounded nice enough. Asked if they would do a sandwich without one ingredient for our son but no, all sandwiches were pre-made. Perhaps alarm bells should have rung at this point as to why only a small varieties of sandwiches and Panini's have to be pre-made?? No children's menu. Ordered a sausage roll. No sorry that ones already sold and we have run out now. At 12.50pm?? Seating outside was ok. Couldn't have a bench with a parasol, only 3 parasols with 18 benches. We paid £6.50 for a pate ploughman's and left most of it. Pate was very bog standard. Have had far better from the supermarket. Bread was tasteless. Lettuce was going brown. Pickled onion was so sharp it was inedible. Very disappointed. Expected something lovely going by these reviews. Won't be going back.

The whole setting and cleanliness was excellent. The homemade cakes were to die for. Well worth a visit.

We visited here for lunch on a beautiful sunny day while visiting the Galleries at Snape Maltings, so we sat outside where there were wooden tables and integrated benches, some with umbrellas. There was also seating inside for less clement weather.We had mid-morning coffee and a fruit scone, and later went back for a lunch of a "Wedge" sandwich (a two wedge shaped pieces of a granary bap) with small salad and some crisps accompaniment. The coffee was good and so was the lunch. Prices for the Wedge seemed a bit high, but not outrageously so, and all the food was very good. Service at the counter was friendly and efficient. A nice place to stop if in the area.