Rest A While Tea Garden in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

Located about one third of the way to Stepper Point, this cafe offers cafe fare, along with an excellent Cornish cream tee and a great view of Doom Bar where so many ships have wrecked in the past. Unfortunately there are no bathrooms offered.

Lovely fresh homemade cheese scones and soups - delicious. Very friendly welcome. Most definitely worth seeking out if only for the glorious view.

Wonderful views with food and drinks to match. Well worth the walk and the visit. The homemade soup was delicious and piping hot and the cream tea had warmed scones. The gentleman who served us was so friendly and welcoming. We will be back.

So lovely, we visited twice. On an overcast windy day, all went for a delicious and filling cream tea (or drink of your chosing) with gorgeous, fresh scones, friendly lovely staff who always seem to be cheerful and welcoming and the most amazing views. And on the most gloriously sunny October day, after having a dip in Hawkers cove below, couldn't resist popping up again for and warming latte and hot choc with astounding views around us. Thoroughly recommend 100%. Please note, this is quite a walk to get to (on the coastal path) and perched on what feels like the edge of the world (in a good way and the views are astounding), so it is not a state of the art metropolis of an eatery, but a quaint, fitting with it's environment, small decking area (probably fits around 30 people squashed in but usually 15 or so and a handfull of dogs) with no cover (so you are completely emersed in the beauty of your surroundings). Small flurries of tiny birds fly in when it's quiet enough and large and small dogs come in with their tired owners as you sit and eat, enhancing the whole visit. Left there feeling like a very full (on food and happiness), but happy, Snow White, with honey bees and birds chirping round my head down the coastal path. Did I mention how lovely the people working there are?! With thanks Rest A While Annie O'Sullivan

Fabulous spot, friendly people, dog friendly, had Latte's and soups, highly recommend tomato and basil soup with crusty bread, will go again, thank you.

I’d read about the cream tea, the views and a little about the owner via the Facebook page. We walked from Padstow on a glorious sunny Saturday afternoon. When we arrived we were not disappointed. The scones are beautiful. The view is stunning and the owner spent time talking to us about the area, the tea garden and life. We thoroughly recommend a visit.

Scones, bread etc super fresh. Fab spot to recharge on SW coastal path. Stunning views. Opening is weather dependant and outdoor seating only. Also be aware there are no toilets.

Agree the best scones! Just out the oven when we arrived. Superb views, friendly service and enjoyed our tea and scones there. A real treat on our coastal walk. If we’d been there a little later the quiche looked another great freshly made option.

We had a lovely visit to Rest a While as part of a coastal walk. Delicious homemade soup and afternoon tea with freshly made scones that morning. Owners are wonderful and so friendly. Highly recommend a visit and we look forward to going back soon.

Amazing cream teas and very friendly customer service. Accomadation our two dogs with dog bowls water and dog biscuits . Amazing scenery well worth the long walk.

So friendly and accommodating and delicious warm scones. Beautiful view. I arranged my coastal walk around a visit here and very glad I did!

This place is simply brilliant. Lovely outdoor tea garden with a view of the estuary just off the main coastal walk. Definitely worth the detour. We were exploring the Padstow area and had walked down the beach. We found this place to eat so thought we would give it a go and we were glad we did. It mainly serves cream teas, coffees, and cakes etc. it was super friendly and quick service despite the number of customers. There isn’t a huge amount of space so you may have be lucky or wait a bit to get a seat. Please note there is no toilets available. Would definitely recommend and will go back again when we are next in the area

Oh what a lovely tranquil spot for a Cornish cream tea!! I love a good tea room but this one was so much more special! It is in the most gorgeous location with incredible views and really did feel like a little piece of heaven. The cream tea was superb, warm scones with plenty of cream and jam. One of our party doesn’t like strawberry jam but this wasn’t an issue and we were provided with raspberry. Perfect! I can’t wait to return next time we are in Cornwall ❤️

A pearl on the Padstow to Harlyn Bay coast path. Well worth a pit stop! Great selection of food and drinks and very speedy and friendly service!

Fabulous little spot, well worth the wander up the hill for delicious cream tea, lovely views and a nice chat. Highly recommend the cream tea ☺️

Great little place to stop on the coastal path between Padstow and Newquay. If you go past drop in you will not regret it ..

This was such welcome destination for our walk seaward from Padstow. A lovely little outdoor cafe serving good coffee and snacks through a serving hatch in their coastguards link house. An ideal stop of for hikers to Stepper point. A man and wife team full of funny banter rounds off a lovely scenic walk! It’s a 'must visit' every time we come to Padstow. Being a private house there are no toilet facilities. Plenty of places for a discrete pee en route!

Had a lovely refuel break at Rest a While tea rooms after walking from padstow. Spot with a view, delicious cream tea, exceptional lemon drizzle and gravy bones for the dogs. Worth the walk! Not our first visit and won’t be our last. Would definitely recommend visiting Martin at Rest a While 😊

Lovely place to stop and catch your breathe while enjoying a freshly squeezed orange juice and fresh scones. The owner was also kind enough to give my dog some treats and let me charge my phone! Perfik

Always a must when visiting the area a very special place with outstanding views .So welcoming and unique. Tried some of Martins ginger cake and was delicious of course . Also had to try the scones freshly made that morning, jam first of course . Hospitality at its best . Martin is also a great host and deserves the all the regular custom that he gets . We come twice a year when weather allows .Martins open 11-3 weather depending.

Following a perfect walk from Padstow along the beach on a beautiful late summers day we stumbled on signs for Rest a While tea gardens .. so good .. the cream tea was spot on & the view was breathtaking.. it’s a must before the return walk to Padstow … I don’t recommend may places .. , Rest a While … I had too .. enjoy

Great food - warm, fresh scones; great view of the estuary, peaceful and the staff had a great sense of humour 🤣 Always visit when we come to Padstow!

A very friendly place with amazing views. A very good cup of tea with warmed scones enjoying the sunshine. The guy who runs this cafe is lovely, thanks for looking after us.

Wonderful welcome stop for refreshments on our coastal path walk. Very friendly proprietor and staff, fabulous views and amazing warm home made gluten free scones. Perfection! Best GF scones I’ve ever tasted 😋. My partner had a yummy cheese and onion quiche. Highly recommended little gem.

Stopped off here for a breather on our walk. Warm scones with jam and clotted cream and a cappuccino helped us on our way. The people are so friendly

Amazing cakes, fantastic views and really enjoyed chatting with the owner. Really relaxed little spot, highly recommend.

We always visit here when we come to Cornwall, it is in a perfect spot after a beach or coastal path walk ( tide dependent) . This garden cafe is a rustic little gem with amazing views, delicious food & friendly staff, it’s just lovely.

Perfect for a tea and scone after a pretty walk on the beach. Remember jam first and then the clotted cream. We are not barbarians.

After seeing all the good reviews we were looking forward to visiting the tea room as we were doing a long walk from polzeath only to get there and it be shut at 1pm. It’s a long walk to the tea room so probably won’t be going back.

A return visit to this lovely tea garden & Once again it was wonderful. Owing to a foot injury we had to park on the road nearby today but it was a pleasant walk down with amazing views. The garden itself is delightful as are the owners who welcomed us as they were opening. From a varied menu we chose home made individual quiches which were delicious, lovely crisp pastry & tasty filling. Coffee was excellent as was the chocolate cake that we had to take away. Highly recommended for the hospitality, views & delicious food.

Fresh cream teas. Beautiful view. Friendly & helpful owners. A trek around the headland but well worth it. Highly recommended.

We found this little gem on our visit to Hawkers Cove this year. Perfect setting with amazing, breathtaking views. Very friendly staff who were very welcoming. Homemade scones were delicious. I was given extra butter and jam as I didn’t want cream. Large cup of tea went down well too. Definitely return when we visit the area again. Thank you and may you continue to be successful.

The area is very small. It was a burning hot day and there were no parasols and very limited space to sit in any shade. The cappuccino was £3.80 and served in a paper cup. It tasted wishy washy and definitely not worth the high price. This part is obviously not the cafe owner's fault but there was a Yorkshire terrier off lead jumping up at people and then it proceeded to poo under two tables, including mine. At that point we left. An awful experience and we'll never return. The garden itself was tatty and very neglected and just spoilt the view which is the only nice thing about the place.

Fantastic cafe... Couldn't recommend enough. We had a cream tea which was lovely and our twin boys had ice-cream but could also see other families who had ordered some meals that sounded lovely. The owner was one of the most helpful and friendly people we met on our holiday. It's often difficult with twin toddlers but our stop at the Cafe was anything but thanks to the kind help of the owner. Thank you so much

The perfect place for a delicious lunch, cream tea or just a cuppa with the best view! You are made to feel incredibly welcome and the food is homemade and delicious. Recommend the cream tea and the homemade quiches.

What a lovely little spot! I needed one last look at the beautiful Cornish coast before returning home and what a view! Great selection of drinks and homemade treats. I had a savoury cheese scone, quite frankly, the best I've ever had. We also had...

This little tea shop is just above the beach at the end of the estuary, just past the old Lifeboat station. It is a fabulous place as a way station on a long walk or a great place to simply head to from Padstow. The...

After a lovely morning on the beach with the family, we headed to the Rest a While Tea Garden, a great find with good tasty food, reasonable priced, excellent service. We would definitely visit again if in the area.

We went here after a tiring walk on the sun, we stopped at the tea room for an ice cream and a drink which were so yum! The people serving us were very friendly and kind. We loved sitting in the sun on the benches...

We picked this tea garden for the first cream tea of our visit and after reading the rave reviews. I have to say my friend and I were disappointed. I'm not sure I would say it was anything special. We had the advantage of a...

Visited the cafe today after spending some time on Harbour Cove beach. Lovely friendly owners, delightful little garden setting, and super dog friendly with plenty of bowls of fresh water out. The cheese and onion quiche was honestly the best I have had in many...

A beautiful spot and they not only do the most fantastic home-made scones, but they also do gluten- free ones that taste great. I’m Coeliac so I appreciate this a lot! Well worth the visit with sea views and other delights on the menu including...

Spectacularly good scones! This man is a maestro. You will not regret the climb to find this place, well signposted from the coastal path. It’s a location to die for, I can only dream of how incredible it must be to live in that little...

Friendly relaxed home made scone Cornish cream team spot with an amazing view over Hawkers Cove, kid and dog friendly. Very casual vibe.

We stopped off here on our walk from padstow to Trevone along the coastal path. It is a perfect stop off (around half way on the walk) with lovely menu of homemade food and beautiful views of the coast.

Lovely to come across the signs for this little gem while walking on the beach in Padstow. Head to the end of beach, keep to right, path in cliff will take you up to coastal path and simply follow their signs. Fair weather only as...

Very tasty cream teas - gluten free was also very tasty. Best cream tea of the week! Super friendly service, lovely views and dog friendly ( dog biscuits )

The scones were fluffy and luscious, the tea strong and the banter witty. A very pleasant break on the coastal path, but also worth taking the trip for its own sake. Highly recommended!

Wonderful little cafe that we stumbled across whilst walking. Very friendly people and delicious scones - would highly recommend!

This was an amazing find! Fantastic service, including an unexpected but appreciated umbrella when it started raining (outside seating only) and stunning views! An absolute perfect place to drop in for a pit stop on your walk/tour of Padstow beach!

Great place for a break. Well priced food and drinks. Recommended for anyone on the south west coast path or on the nearby beach.

Great little spot, fantastic quiches and cream teas. Fresh water and treats for the dogs too. Great view from the garden.

Absolutely go here, I cannot recommend it enough. Had one cream tea and one gluten free cream tea… by far and away THE BEST GLUTEN FREE SCONES I’ve ever had. Such a lovely friendly team serving and the food was absolutely delicious - do not...

Rest A While Tea Gardens at Hawkers Cove is a fabulous oasis on the Southwest Coast Path. Stunning views over the bay and Camel Estuary. Superb home made scones, cakes and quiches. No walker or visitor to Padstow should miss this little gem!

Great little garden tearoom just off the coast path, with a great selection of food and drinks, and food intolerances well catered for. We had a cream tea with scones fresh out of the oven; divine!! Fab view, and although we had to make use...

Wunderbarer kleiner Teegarten am Wanderweg. Schon die erste Werbung, die wir fanden, zeigt den Charakter des Hauses - in etwa...

Excellent choice of food and drink in this tiny outdoor eaterie in the back garden of former Coastguard Cottages. Food allergies exceptionally well catered for. Very convenient for South West Coast Path, and a warm welcome for humans and dogs alike (free dog biscuits!). Spectacular...

I enjoyed the cream tea and my husband had a Victoria sponge and Cappuccino. Both were great, would have been perfection if they offered fruit scones too - my favourite. Stunning view & great sun spot.

Fantastic little tea shop , amazing view of the coast. Coffee and chocolate fudge cake delicious and the free biscuits for the dog ,a lovely touch .Loved the atmosphere and humourous signs . Owner Martin was great craic,as they say in Ireland and very welcoming...

This great little tea garden is well worth a visit just off the coastal path. Would highly recommend the ginger cake which is utterly delicious.

Stoped for afternoon tea. It was the best ginger cake I’ve had, so light and moist. My husband had cream tea, 2 scones but only 1 small clotted cream so not enough and was charged £1.60 for another cream. He said it was nice but...

This is a welcome find along the coast path coming into Padstow from the south. A little garden converted to a simple and effective rest stop with a great view over the Camel estuary.. Good Cornish cream tea and friendly service.

Wonderful gluten free cream tea to eat-in or takeaway. I rang ahead to check GF scones were available before making the journey. A very reasonable £4.50 for a takeaway GF cream tea which included 2 scones, a pot of cream & 2 jams. Scones were...

What a delightful find! We arrived as home made scones were fresh out of the oven. Irresistible! We were not disappointed, our cream tea was delicious. Such a friendly and welcoming spot to rest and have a lovely cup of tea. Please note, there are...

Lovely little spot for a cream tea and a break. Dog friendly and, we’ll, just really friendly generally. Enough seating for around 25 people and it’s outdoors - wonderful views across the bay to Daymer Bay, Polzeath and Rock.

The best cream tea I have ever had. Warm and friendly service. Lovely selection of freshly baked cakes. We chose warm fresh scones straight from the oven with clotted cream and strawberry jam.

What a great place to stop for a cuppa and a cornish cream tea whilst on a walk. It was a bit windy on our visit but lovely food and service. The added benefit of an outside toilet would have definitely been a positive as...

Have been visiting Padstow for a number of years and didn’t even know about this gem. Heard through word of mouth so decided to walk along the costal path and find it. Once you get past Hawkers Cove you will see the signs and you...

What a lovely spot. Just far enough away from the madding crowds of Padstow this quaint little tea garden is the perfect excuse for an English cream tea looking out over the River Camel estuary.

We walked here from Padstow after reading the reviews on Tripadvisor. It was definitely worth it - we both had a cream tea - two beautiful light and fluffy scones each with jam and clotted cream and a lovely cup of tea - it's a...

Walked from Padstow especially to visit here. Another great visit. Amazing location; great cream teas; Not to be missed. Will be back

Stunning gluten free scone, well worth the walk up from the beach, husband enjoyed a "normal" scone. The children enjoyed their ice cream. There was homemade soup available and lots of other sweet treats. You won't be disappointed.

Best Scones we’ve ever had. The cream tea was excellent. The owners are very helpful and friendly and the view is to die for. They were closing for the winter but open again in March. A definite on our summer list.

We really enjoyed our scones (which were still warm from the oven) and warm drinks after a tiring walk. Our little dog was given a biscuit and made to feel welcome too. Really lovely couple that own it. Nice and peaceful place to pause and...

We have walked out of Padstow along the coast a few times, but this weekend wanted to find somewhere to park further out of Padstow to extend the range we could reach (and save on parking fees). Having found a good place to park, we...

Just a brilliant spot, excellent views, homemade ginger cake to die for Earl Grey tea all after a lovely walk from busy Pasdstow

We stumbled across this Tea Shop whilst out walking - what a find. A welcome stop with fabulous views and the most wonderful service. We had some awesome homemade cake and the owner even shared his tips on how to make the perfect lemon drizzle...

The best cream tea we have ever had.Stunning location and views across the estuary and a good chat with Martin the owner.Look forward to coming back .

Spent a morning on the beach with our Labrador, it was a blustery day, when we were about to go home, i noticed the garden with a view in google maps. We parked up and went for a wander. What a lovely little place. Lovely...

Fabulous and so friendly. The scones are gorgeous and fresh from the oven. It was so good we came back today for some homemade soup which was delicious. Very dog friendly too, do not miss this great cafe with the best views on your coast...

Amazing Location. When you've been trudging along the coastal path this is beautiful spot for a little light refreshment. Surely the best cream tea in Cornwall.

Best Lemon drizzle cake ever Lovely cream tea and great views A lovely couple run rest a while we'll worth a visit

The perfect stop on a lovely walk, a great find! The cream tea was excellent and certainly lived up to the expectations set by others that have left a review!

We knew about this tea garden and decided to visit today for the first time. It was a nice walk to the property which was very well sign posted. We arrived and went to order. Martin the owner was very friendly and welcoming and gave...

Tremendous out door tea room just beyond Hawkers Cover with amazing views! I have a number of food sensitivities and was absolutely amazed and delighted when the charming couple who run the tea room had a fabulous dairy free, gluten free and nut free cake!...

We visited here after visiting hawkers cove. We had read about it and wanted somewhere special for our 26th wedding anniversary. It didn’t disappoint. The cream tea was delightful , service brilliant and views spectacular. Well worth a visit and made our day. Thankyou.

Lovely little place to stop off for a cream tea and a brew ☺️ Great views and hospitality. Well worth a small detour and good value.

Fantastic staff, fabulous cream tea, unbelievable views. What more could you ask for. Well worth the hike to get there.

Beautiful location for a cream tea, drink or snack. Delicious home baked scones. A very warm welcome from incredibly friendly staff. Dogs welcome too and they enjoyed their biscuits!

Whilst walking from Padstow to Stepper Point, another walking couple recommended and pointed out these tea rooms. They were located at just the right point on our walk and we enjoyed perfect home made scones and my daughter enjoyed her quiche. A warm welcome and...

Super little spot just off the coast path. Well worth the tiny diversion for a warm welcome and the most delicious cream tea. Beautiful warm, fluffy flavour packed scones with local jam & clotted cream. Divine!

This is the cutest place- an amazing view with homemade scones/ soup and more. Felt so welcomed, as did our dog! Thank you for a wonderful cream tea and excellent service x

Brilliant food and friendly staff to match, the perfect duo!! Excellent gluten free options also so your not left out.

The cutest of tearooms. Friendly service and a great choice of snacks/food/drinks for such a tiny place. Cheese scone was amazing!!! Would definitely recommend and return! Well done guys - great customer service!

Lovely little spot for a well deserved cream tea. It was lovely and the walk was just as nice. Hidden away with lovely views. It’s was a very warm day so the rest was needed.

Super friendly owner. Beautiful peaceful little garden on the walk from Padstow to Steppers Point. Stopped for quiche (delicious) and cream teas. Son had apple pie and ice cream and loved it so much we didn't hear a peep from him until it was all...

Our first visit was in 2016, after I read about this lovely place, which offered the possibility of a gluten free cream tea for my husband, who has coeliac disease. We loved it. This year we visited Padstow again and after a long walk along...

I had not been to the tearooms since the pandemic started but apart from a slight change of menu everything was the same and as good as ever! Lovely friendly service, good quality home cooking topped off today with glorious sunshine! I opted for the...

My friend stumbled across this tea room in 2021 and told me how perfect it was…so after a year of hearing about it she arranged to meet me on the beach with our families for our annual holiday and she whisked me away along the...

The welcome to the small garden was wonderful, the people were lovely. The scones had just come out of the oven and were outstanding. One thing I wanted to do whilst on holiday in Cornwall was to have a real Cornish tea with a beautiful...