Olivias Coffee House in Sunderland

Nice restaurant for light meals

Cozy little coffee room/cafe. Enjoyed a reasonably priced breakfast 😋

What a great find a fantastic local business serving great food and serving good coffee Warm welcome as soon as we walked in impressed with the lovely decor and comfortable seating We had Latte poached egg & bacon on toast and Fantastic breakfast roll which had sausage egg and bacon in All was cooked to perfection including the biggest test of any place can you cook a poached egg ? answer hell yes Loved every moment of the little hidden local gem

First time there. Friendly staff. Beautiful food. Really lovely atmosphere.

Lovely little coffee shop, delicious cake and friendly service.

Lovely little place. Cheerful service. Enjoyed the food.

We stopped by today and what a lovely little place this is. Food was amazing, the owner was very attentive and very polite 5 star service. The high teas looked amazing to will def go back

3 of us popped in on spec at 11.30 and had coffees and 3 different meals - all cooked to perfection and served with a smile.

They do a lovely breakfast here and have a small play area which my toddler loved!

Visited the cafe with my brother, mam, and dog on Monday. I was very pleased with the quality of the full English breakfast we all received, and the lattes were lovely too. Really nice little cafe to visit, being able to bring the dog was a bonus too. I’ll definitely be returning in the future ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

First visit and good pot of tea! Sat outside as the weather was good - a corner position where we could watch the world go by.

Popped in for a coffee and spotted the cake....so we had to have a slice. Friendly and professional service. 100% recommended.

Well planned children’s menu and staff happy to make small amendments for fussy eaters. Great children’s play area. Friendly staff. Good value. Good location just off the M6 a good place to stop away from services.

went in hoping to get a drink, as we were walking in, the staff and some other people who were at the counter talking to the staff started bitching about us and rolling their eyes. made to feel extremely uncomfortable and left straight away. apparently it was because they were closing soon. but they could of just told us that instead of acting like bitchy teenagers. terrible customer service. will never return again. felt bullied.

Full breakfast for 2. And a lovely Latte coffee beautiful thanks. When we visited was Friday at 9am, one lady, very helpfull and polite. Time we left about 10am 2 staff on and 7 customers. Food was lovely.

Fantastic my daughters 10th birthday, afternoon tea with her friends, party games, wand and potion making, glitter and temp tattoos. Loved it

We ordered a take-out afternoon tea for 2. Presentation was lovely. Food was of a high standard and enjoyed by the recipients. Nice balance of sweet and savoury. Too much to eat in one go, left some till the following day- cheese scone and cheesecake. Would order again.

Lovely staff had a lovely hot drink and a bite to eat with friends and family great location situated in a lovely village.

Lovely friendly atmosphere, comfy seats and lush food.

We called in to see if we could reserve a table for 5 at lunchtime and we could. The coffee was good and strong , the food was nice and reasonably priced. Service was good and friendly. A nice children's play area too. Will be back to try other things on the menu. Dogs are welcome inside which was good for us and our little dog.

Never to be repeated. Paid £14.95 each for our Golden Wedding. The picture on line was nothing like we got. On the picture for 2 people were 4 finger sandwiches, 4 rolls, 2 cornbeeef pie and 2 quiche, a number of crackers, and 3 types of sweet, strawberry tart, brownie and cheesecake, and 2 scones and jam and 2 teabags. We received, 6 small sandwiches, 2 buns, 2 very thin slices of pie and quiche, 2 crackers and cheese with grapes, 2 orange brownies and 2 cheesecake that fell to bits. The base turned to mush and it looked dreadful on plate. We got 4 scones, 2 fruit and 2 cheese, who can eat or want 2 scones, you want a variety.and no tea bags. Paid £29.90 for what should have been a treat. Ended up doing sausage rolls, pizza and chicken wings to fill us up. You can get an afternoon tea at Morrisons for £10 for two and it puts this £30 one to shame. Definitely won’t order another or recommend this one.

We visited the cafe today (3/9/22) at around 12:15. We were the only couple in the cafe at the time of ordering (& throughout our stay). Our order was for Olivia's Special Breakfast Butty & a Tuna Toasted Sandwich + 2 coffees. After 15 mins from ordering we were told they had no large rolls left & offered bloomer bread in lieu. It then took another 15 mins (30 mins in total) before we got our food. Whilst our coffees did come quicker, they were now cold by the time the food arrived. The toasted sandwich was dry and, one of the forks had dried egg on it. Also, no sauces were offered or visibly available. Overall it was a very disappointing experience & we would not go there again.

I contacted the company using FB messenger and received prompt contact and clear answers to my questions. I booked the cinema gazebo for the weekend and the HP tipis for a night the next week. The set up was great, service great and staff couldn’t have been more friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend and would definitely book with the company again. Thank you for making my 9 year olds birthday extra special 😊

Very cosy and little play area for the little ones.

The family came here for breakfast and it was great. The staff were friendly and the full English breakfast was a great way to start the day! The children had sausage and bacon rolls, which they loved. Coffee was great too!

Got an Olivias special breakfast bun an a sausage and egg bun for takeaway. Got home all the sausages and bacon where burnt to a crisp. Not going back there again!!!!!!

Wasn't impressed to say the least, when I visited olivias today. Only asked for a latte and one cup of tea . Waited up to 15 mins (there were only 2 customers inside), to be told they had forgot about us. Waited another 10 mins, my latte was cold, had to ask for sugar, spoons and remind them a drink of water for our dog. I asked for my latte to be heated up but was told she couldn't and brought me some hot milk.!!!??. Me and my daughter were disgusted at the service, and we just left leaving our drinks .. the young girl was training, but where was the manager teaching her.??? Won't ever be back !!!!

Visited today for afternoon tea with my 5 year old daughter. Cafe itself is lovely, with a great little play area to keep kids entertained. Food was lush and staff were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Just picked up a couple of afternoon teas for my daughter in laws birthday. It is fabulous, infact so good I had to get my husband one. Will definitely go back. Thank you.

Great coffee and breakfast sandwiches, very reasonably priced, lovely staff :)

Amazing Paninis and chocolate cake

Had a lovely day at Olivia's yesterday at a baby shower. Afternoon tea was lovely staff were lovely too.

Out of the blue. We were looking for a breakfast and noticed a light on at 8.50am. Coffee big and beautiful, breakfast cooked fresh and very substantial.....recomend to anyone. Lady owner very pleasant and nothing was a problem for her.....thank you.

Excellent all round - really friendly staff, nice view over the green, good coffee, cheesecake and scone. Best of the coffee shops in Washington village in my opinion.

Very friendly and welcoming, not able to do enough for you. Even when I went today I was told my company would be welcomed just as much if not more than this time. A place you're very much appreciated every time you go. A friend of mine wants to meet me to learn craft work. I think this would be the best place to go as there's a very large window where all the tables are. If we don't go for our crafts I know it's a doggy cafe too so we're fine to take our dogs with us. As a friend and daughter would like to learn crafts I rang the girls to see if we could spend some time there. I was told we'd be very welcome so please don't hesitate. As I said earlier we've never been turned away.

Decent little cafe. Would have been 5 had they been fully stocked up ( no paninis, chicken or tea cakes).

Lovely cup of tea and bacon sandwich would definitely recommend

Great food, coffee and location. Wonderful China and the bacon butty’s are to die for. You can view the green from your table and experience the ambiance of the village.

Lovely little tea shop food is above and beyond, and the staff can't do enough for you .... afternoon tea amazing x

Great cafe. Helpful staff, dog friendly together with great coffee & filling all day breakfast. What more can you ask for??

Very friendly staff. Food was good value.

This little place is lovely in a pretty old fashioned village. The staff are all lovely, food is very reasonably priced. Now you can take your dogs as they have outdoor seating and tables as well as water provided for dogs in good weather. Opening times are 10am-4pm Mon-Sat, 10am-2pm Sun. I suggest you make a note of the opening and closing times, you may find you get a drink the next time you go.

Olivias cooks amazing slimming world food, the slimmers breakfast was unreal.

Amazing food, excellent service!

We decided to give this place another try, as the tea room opposite on the village green was absolutely packed. It was 2.45 pm when we went; duly scanned the QR code, sanitised our hands, poked our noses through the door, to be told, "sorry we have had to close early today." In the immortal words of Victor Meldrew, "I don't believe it." Been there twice and same response both times. No wonder the tea room opposite was packed. I really don't know why this place bothers. Once again the door was open and the lights on. If you are closed, shut the door and lock it. Once bitten, twice, never again. They don't deserve the business.

Lovely cafe. Food cooked fresh. Polite and friendly staff. Great Lattes and cakes.

Been couple of times, not impressed I'm sad to say, once for unicorn afternoon tea which was an absolute rip off. Most of the toys for the kids were well past their sell by date and broken, not my cup of tea I'm afraid, there are much nicer places in the village

Lovely little cafe with very friendly and helpful staff

Takeout afternoon tea for mams birthday was lovely. Ordered same for mother's day, well presented and very organised. Mam raved about it.

I had a fantastic afternoon tea for two delivered on the 10th Feb for my husbands 50th birthday from Olivias and it was faultless. They still delivered even in a snow storm and the food was absolutely delicious, I cannot recommend Olivias highly enough. Perfect split between sweet and savoury, it took us 2 days to finish it.

Lovely place for themed afternoon teas. Bought a Harry Potter themed afternoon tea for my friends children as part of their birthday's in lock down. They deliver local but you can pick up also. Friendly staff and a good service. Would definitely recommend.

Fantastic Halloween afternoon tea!!

Kids had the hocus pocus afternoon tea and loved it! They always have fun and staff are so accommodating!

Wow just Wow! An expected delivery organised by our daughter was such an amazing surprise. Added to that the sandwiches, scones and cakes were divine. Olivia’s is walking distance from our house and we will be back to popping in as soon as it is safe to do so once lockdown is done with. Let’s all support our lovely local businesses and shop local x

A surprise afternoon tea delivered during lockdown absolutely made my day. Our lovely daughter, who lives 70 miles away, ordered this treat from our local coffee shop. I simply cannot fault it. There was a good selection of sandwiches, scones and cakes. My favourite was the very tasty cheesecake. Thank you so much for such a delightful treat and we will be calling in as soon as it is safe. Shop local xx

Friendly staff and fantastic services was my granddaughter birthday party there 2nd year in a row and they went above and beyond

Great place, lovely food and dog friendly

staff are lovely and helpful I have taken my children a few times for a themed afternoon tea

We've been about 5 times now and always have afternoon tea, and it's always been wonderful. Looking forward to another visit, and ordering off the menu. Well worth a visit, the staff are great with the children, and there's even a little corner of toys to occupy them while you have a hot cuppa. I just wish we lived a little closer so we could go more often!

Really friendly little coffee shop and great to get a “slimming world” type bacon and egg sandwich. Will definitely be back

Gasping for a drink, we thought we would give Olivia's a try and support local businesses in the community. Called at 3.15 pm on Wednesday, only to be told that they were closed. The door was open and all the lights were on, so it certainly looked open. What is it with tea shops? None of them appear to like working. I wasn't impressed with the steep disabled ramp, taking up the whole of the entrance. Whilst the intentions are clearly good, the severity of it would require some serious muscle power, either on the chair user or whoever was pushing. I didn't have my chair and would have found the slope difficult to walk up. Considering the nearest safe parking is some distance away, it does seem to defeat the object of catering for the disabled and becomes more of a lip service to the cause.

Fantastic, friendly, coffee shop. Excellent coffee and the white chocolate cheesecake was excellent. They do cooked food too - the Full English breakfast which wafted past me heading for another table at 2:30pm looked amazing with its perfectly fried eggs, not that I'm envious in any way, oh no. Any suggestions to lift it another notch? Only to ask for a fork as well as a spoon with something like the cheesecake as it would make eating it just a mite easier, but, otherwise, it's absolutely great and thoroughly recommended!

very welcoming staff, my children really enjoyed both themed afternoon teas at olivias will definitely be going again 👌

We visited recently on a Saturday afternoon, before our visit I contacted Olivia's on Facebook asking whether they recommend booking a table in advance and they did, stating Saturday afternoons can be busy and I'm glad we did - great communication initially. When we visited we received a warm, friendly welcome and shown to our reserved table. The cafe is nice and cosy with a lovely view of the pretty village green. A great location. We had lunch and some coffees - the menu was offered a fine selection of options and the quality of food was excellent, great value for money too. I'm so pleased we found Olivias, it's almost like a hidden gem - we will definitely return and I have recommended them to friends and colleagues alike.

Called here today with my daughter we had bacon egg and mushroom sandwich it was absolutely delicious all cooked with fry light so it was healthy and a skinny latte the staff were friendly and helpful we were served quickly a little gem of a place

Lovely food and very reasonable

Excellent service from Amy lovely cheesecake nice atmosphere

Did a lovely tea for daughters baby shower

Absolutely beautiful food and service. They went out there way for my daughter who is celiac. Absolutely amazing thank you

Lovely little place. Cheesecake to die for. Lovely staff too

Both of the people meeting here found it hard to spot, possibly because it's set on an angle to the road, and its pebble dashed side wall makes you assume it's a public loo. If you struggle as we did, stand in front of the Celtic cross with the church behind you and it's over the road. We visited on an insanely hot afternoon which did the place no favours, as it's kitted out with heavy soft furnishings on every seat which retained a huge amount of heat. But the lady behind the counter was really friendly, the tea was strong with a good size cup, not the usual tea shop thimble, and fancy getting extra grated cheese with our cheese scones. The loo had been left in a right state by some foul individual and was immaculately cleaned as soon as the staff became aware of the issue. In 32 degree heat that cannot have been fun, but the lady's good humour never wavered. She's a credit to the place.

Been here numerous times and always been good. Plenty choice and a great place ifyou have toddlers in tow.

Really friendly staff, had a great pot of tea and cheese cake will definitely. Be back. A lovely little tea room.

Took out for lunch with my daughter and granddaughter. Granddaughter had the LOL afternoon tea and it was fantastic and adults had toasties and panini,s lovely food and coffee. My first visit but it will not be my last

Very friendly little place, there's also a cute kids area. Food & Service nice. Would have liked a few more veggie options. High chairs available, family friendly.

A quaint little cafe. Was packed to the rafters which can surely only speak volumes about the food. I went with a friend with one year old twins and my 4 month old baby, although full they offered us to take over the small children's area which was perfect. We blocked the entrance with a pushchair and our little people played freely, whilst we had a much needed latte and a very tasty cookie.

Lovely place for bite to eat. Staff are so helpful and friendly. Would be a great place for afternoon tea. Can't wait to go back xx

Made a reservation for my family of 16 for breakfast on sunday morning.Food was fantastic,staff were fantastic too.Nothing was to much trouble,would like to say a big thank you and would recommend a visit to Olivias.

I contacted the coffee shop via Facebook messenger about availability and they promptly got back to me and a booking was made! My 8 yr daughter loves LOL dolls so an LOL afternoon tea seemed perfect and it was! Including the LOL sandwiches! Included was face painting and potion making which my daughter absolutely loved! The food was delicious- we both enjoyed, infact we couldn’t finish either afternoon tea. The adults had 3 deep filled sandwiches- Tuna, cheese savoury & egg mayonnaise + an extra LOL themed ham sandwich ! The deserts were delicious but just too filling for me! The cheesecake was gorgeous, the brownies yummy & the scone delicious. While waiting my daughter had an LOL colouring sheet to colour with crayons on the table. She was thrilled with her ‘magic’ drink! Her shimming juice! It cost £19.80 in total for the 2 of us, would highly recommend and definitely return. Daughter still talking about it!

Great food and great service. Another ideal coffee stop

Absolutely amazing family Friendly cafe. Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and the owner is welcoming and kind

A lovely dainty coffee house with wonderful service, drinks & light food, from hot & cold sandwiches, cooked breakfasts, salads & soups to scones & a nice range of cakes. Homemade food that looks & tastes great. Prompt service, reasonable prices & a very refreshing attention to detail. We'll be going back & would recommend them to anyone in the area.

Nice litle cafe wish was a bit bigger

Decent slab of carrot cake 👌 cheerful service ,well recommended

Hidden gem. Lovely food and great prices.

Good food with excellent service

I've just returned from here after going for Mother's Day afternoon tea. It was lovely. The establishment itself is nicely decorated and for being just a small place there was quite a few tables to fit a number of people. The staff were pleasant and welcoming and did everything they could to make our visit enjoyable. Having never had Afternoon tea before I wasn't sure how a few sandwiches and cakes could fill you but I was absolutely stuffed! The choice of sandwiches we had were egg mayo, ham, tuna, and cheese savoury. We each had a cheese scone and a fruit scone (with jam and clotted cream to accompany it.) Cakes included profiterole, chocolate brownie and a big wedge of cheesecake. The children were given a kid's alternative of ham and dairylea sandwiches, red velvet cupcakes, rainbow sponge cake and a selection of sweets and crisps. A glass of orange juice and a hot drink each were included in the cost. After the kids had eaten they were asked if they wanted to go into the children's corner and have their faces painted, which they happily did! A lovely little eatery with a nice atmosphere and importantly, tasty food.

I've just returned from here after going for Mother's Day afternoon tea.

Lovely place to meet friends and scones are gorgeous.

Great little cafe has a space for kids to play they have a ramp for wheelchair very clean staff always friendly 5🌟

Everytime I have been here everything has been spot. The bacon sandwiches are beautiful. Staff are lovely too.

My husband and I went for after noon tea today. We received a voucher off my daughter and her husband for Christmas. We decided to keep it till now. Reason we did this was our 43th wedding anniversary was today and this was the perfect time to use it. We had booked for 2 when we arrived the owner (I think) was very polite and helpful showing us to our table. She then asked if we required tea or coffee. My husband had tea and I had coffee. The cream tea arrived. 4 different kinds of sandwiches, 2 different kinds of scones. Cheese and fruit,the fruit ones had jam, cream and a strawberry on. Next their was 2 different kinds of cake. Plus before the tea and coffee arrived their was 2 glasses of orange juice. I will be telling everyone what a lovely place to go to.

Very friendly staff and welcoming warm venue. Breakfast was good.

First time visit despite having lived in Washington my whole life. Staff were lovely and it was very cosy inside. Coffee was nice and strong just how I like it. Though I didn't order any food one of our party got a full English and it was freshly cooked and looked great. Would definitely recommend a visit.

Lovely visit, friendly, good food and dog-friendly (on lead)

Friendly helpful staff. Nice coffee after a few miles in the saddle.

Cracking spot. First class breakfast with very nice & friendly staff, matched with a classy, but not over the top interior.

Had a lovely breakfast here today. The huge teapot full of tea was greatly appreciated! The service was excellent and staff were really friendly.

Popped in for a coffee while waiting for the National Trust's Washington Old Hall to open and ended up having brunch. Really good bacon and egg sarnie,bagel with salmon and cream cheese and nice, hot coffee. Well done, Olivia!

Fist time visit. Lovely friendly helpful staff. Panini very nice.