Riviera Tea Rooms in Teignbridge

We had to ask three times today for our table to be cleaned, each time the person said yes but never appeared ! It's even more important at the moment. The clothes used we're left on a table and reused several times, surely they should discard a cloth when used ?

Had a good homecooked lunch .very tasty & reasonable .Cafe run by volunteers who were polite ,cheerful and careful with covid rules .

This cream tea was so good we didn’t have time to take photos! We stumbled across this lovely building on our way to the beach and had to pop in. The scones were beautiful and clearly home made, with generous portions of jam and cream. Lovely varied menu and very reasonably priced. The staff are volunteers, but could not have been more helpful and even recommended some more beaches for us to try. We plan to return to try the savoury scones!

We popped in here to shelter from a short sharp shower mid morning.My wife opted for toasted tea cake and I had a cream tea for one with a glass of milk.It was "Eat out to Help out" time. Our bill was £3.50 !!!!!AND...... the scones were divine. We recommend a visit when in the area.

Stopped in here to get out of the rain. What a lovely find, we ordered cream teas and also hot chocolates, the scones were amazing. The staff were so lovely and friendly and couldn't do enough for you.

We had a very wet day on our break in dawlish and whilst visiting Teignmouth we came across this tea room. The outside looked a little run down and didn’t give the inside justice. There was 8 of us and we were quickly set up with 2 tables side by side. We had some lovely cream teas and chocolate cakes. Bargain with the eat out scheme too. Lovely service and would recommend.

Came upon this tea room by chance when wandering along the promenade and so glad we decided to stop there for lunch. The staff were wonderful and made us feel so welcome. They had lots of vegetarian choices and an absolutely delicious cream tea. The baguettes were lovely and the price was extremely reasonable. We were sorry we found it late in our holiday as we would have liked to go back.

We were attracted to the building which used to be a cinema, but is now used as a church, with a very pleasant tea room in the foyer.The staff, most of whom are volunteers were very friendly and efficient, and the cream teas that we had were amazing, the scones were warm from the oven, served with delicious jam and clotted cream. A cream tea for two was £7, which was very good value. Thank you, we really enjoyed it.

This is a lovely place to visit. The staff are such nice people and the food is all home made. Plenty of space, wheelchair and dog friendly.

There is such a peace in the atmosphere in this place. The staff are so friendly and down to earth and the food is quick to come out and delicious.

I regularly visit as the staff are simply the best! Excellent espresso, nice relaxed but warm ambience. Great to sit in the sun any time of the year as its' huge outside space faces south. Located in the town but near the beach and the Den (green) it is perfectly placed. Home-made food which is delicious. Best value in town.

Lovely place, definitely recommend. Staff friendly, and the cakes are delicious. Good value for money also

Enviable position overlooking the gardens and the not so "Grand Pier" for this exceptional tea room. Its previous lives this building, (apart from being a one time derilict eyesore) was an impressive cinema, and laterlly, a music bar. Now a much more sedate and attractive tea rooms style cafe. this enterprise has, connections with a local church group, who volunteer to run this charming tea room.With a relaxing 1920 -30's look to it, the teas and especially their cream teas justify a trip here. Very good cakes and scones. Certainly worth futher investigation and another cream tea.

My daughter and I called in to your tea rooms today to have a cream tea. The scones were absolutely beautiful, plenty of cream and jam, a big pot of tea and lovely big cups. Nice friendly staff, would highly recommend.

A group of 5 of us (4 adults 1 child) popped in for a drink and snack. We all had cream teas (one with a hot chocolate and one with decaf tea) big pots of tea, plenty to go round and yummy scones! Nothing was too much trouble, kind, friendly welcoming staff, would definitely recommend!

We stopped at this gem of a place for a quick lunch. The open sandwiches are delicate, beautiful and delicious whilst the kids ham and cheese toastie satisfied the 10 year old. The service was understated but perfect. Would heartily recommend 😋

A wet windy day in Teignmouth, I popped in for a quiet coffee & cake. It’s very peaceful, with quiet background music. Friendly lady served me, really good sized 2 shot Americano with hot milk. I was tempted by freshly baked flapjack £2 - huge! Nice atmosphere, comfortable chairs & a slightly “retro” décor. You really can’t go wrong! They do some nice cooked food too. Recommend.

Lovely warm Scones, fantastic value, lovely staff. Scones were so good we will be back to try the Savoury ones 👍

Can't believe I haven't been in here before. It's great and not to be missed. Very reasonably priced, well prepared food and served in a lovely atmosphere - so different from the land, overpriced run of the mill coffee shop/eateries our high streets are plagued with these days.

My mother and I visited the tea rooms for the first time today. The warm welcome we received was wonderful. The cream tea delicious and the conversation with Richard and Sandy about the building was so interesting. How lovely to see so many volunteers willing to give up their time to help in such a great place. We would definitely recommend. Excellent value, you need to go there.

Really delicious cream tea (gorgeous scones, proper clotted cream, jam that tasted home-made). Excellent value and lovely people. We'll be back!

We Visit Riviera Tea Rooms often after walking our doggies on Teignmouth Beach.

Exploring Teignmouth and looking for a late lunch we came across the Riviera Tea Rooms, just off the promenade. Glad we went in. A welcoming tea room, well presented. Food was delicious, excellent capuccino and the staff were very friendly and helpful.

After taking a stroll along the Promenade to the entrance of the harbour and back on a blustery afternoon, we were gasping for an afternoon cup of tea. The nearest welcoming sign opposite where we had parked was that of The Riviera Tearooms so we hastened across into it's welcoming warmth. The staff were friendly and the teas were delicious. Noticing a bit of the architecture, it took us but a few minutes to realise that this was not a converted hotel as we had first thought but a revamped old cinema.

On holiday in the area drove past and thought we would pop in and try very glad we did the food was delicious especially the cream tea for 2, will definitely return if back in the area.

Having had a lovely afternoon walk on the beach with our two little dogs we were on our way to our normal dog friendly cafe when we saw the menu board outside of this place welcoming dogs

Nice place lots of character, food really tasty and service friendly would definitely recommend great for children and pets!

The special Christmas Full Afternoon Tea was absolutely amazing. We started with open sandwiches which had very innovative flavours, followed by little savoury tarts which were to die for. Little cheesecakes were especially nice. Definitely great value for the money as we got more than we could eat. Highly recommended.

We went for our friends baby shower. We had booked weeks in advance. The food was of poor quality, the sponges were “fresh” but were so dry - mine even had a hair in. The egg custard tarts hardly had any filling in and the carrot cake didnt even have any frosting on. The sandwiches were poorly presented they looked like they had been cut with a blunt knife and were tasteless. When we asked for more spoons to eat out deserts with we were told we had already got spoons - these were the teaspoons we had for our tea and coffees when we had arrived. We were then given 3 spoons for the 7 of us. Don’t get me started on the staff. They were grumpy rude and not interested in resolving our issues like the lack of spoons and the 6 carrot cakes for the party of 7. Considering we had booked weeks in advance they hadn't even managed to cater for the correct number of people in the party. Would we go again.....definitely NOT. Both the food and service was appalling. We should have stuck with what we know but wanted to try somewhere more central to us all.

Excellent venue for cream tea! Great coffee. With added bonus of savoury scones with amazing cheese and delicious pickle.

Completely disappointed after my friends had gone to so much trouble of organising a baby shower for me as a surprise. My friends had booked this months in advance and on the day the staff were checking dietary requirements as they weren’t sure. Even after lots of emails back and forth. There wasn’t enough cakes for everyone and when pointed out to the staff that this was the case, she shrugged and said well that’s all we have made and then walked off. Not to mention that when we actually did sample one of the cakes there was a long hair in it , plus it was very dry and tasted as though it was made days ago. The egg custard tarts had hardly egg custard in them and was taken up with mostly pastry. Obviously this was very off putting. Sandwiches looked as though they had been made by a child. Presentation was awful. We also had to use our dessert spoons to stir our tea and coffee, after asking quite a few times we still didn’t get any teaspoons. We were offered take away boxes for the food that wasn’t eaten, needless to say we didn’t take much. The staff did not care at all. Service was appalling and had such a bad attitude. We have explained our disappointment to the manager/owner over emails and we even filled out a feed back form before we left on the day. Nothing has been done. Won’t be going back and definitely won’t recommend.

We went yesterday to the tea rooms. The homemade cakes are delicious and the cream tea is amazing!!! Very friendly staff they couldn’t do enough for you. Chatty but not intrusive. Would definitely return

Stopped here by chance yesterday ...so glad we did £6 for two yes TWO lovey tasty cream teas ...sat in the sun ☀️ Will go back when next around the area on holiday Staff really friendly too.

Arrived in Teignmouth dying for a cup of tea and popped into these old tea rooms and shared a cream tea with the wife I must say it was excellent and reasonably priced.

Lovely tea rooms. Fab food all homemade. Cakes to die for and a wide range of drinks to choose from. Great service from lovely staff. My favourite coffee stop.

Staff over polite and keen to meet the requests of the customer. Surroundings have a very good atmosphere. Food prepared excellent, rarely is there a complaint, plenty of satisfied customers with positive comments on service and food.

I went to the Riviera Tea Rooms, with a friend, for the Christmas High Tea. It was absolutely amazing. The food was plentiful and of a very high quality.

I have made 3 visits to this friendly tea rooms.

We visited just for a coffee about 11:15am and ended up staying for lunch and more drinks.

Warm welcome and a wonderful selcection of homemade lunches and cakes - highly recommend the special themed afternoon teas they do! Baby friendly, accessible and clean!