Southill Tea Room in Central Bedfordshire

Visited this wonderful venue for Mother's Day afternoon tea. We had the most lovely spread of food and drink, the atmosphere was relaxing, service friendly and efficient. The home made cakes and scones utterly delicious. Thank you for making my God Mothers day special and complete.

I have just had the most amazing Mother’s Day afternoon tea at this wonderful location & venue with delicious food and extremely efficient service. Highly recommend.

Challenged with upping the 'coffee and cake game' I took my friend to Southill Vintage Tea rooms which met the challenge! A quaint tea room set in a quiet village, we had gorgeous cake and coffee served in vintage style china cups by lovely staff. The inside space is small but we sat outside under a marquee in the lovely garden which is ideal, whatever the weather. Will definately go back!

After an abortive attempt at breakfast at Southill Tea Rooms last week, aborted due to roads closed and diversions, another attempt was made today, 11th November 2022. Despite looking at the website to ensure opening times imagine my disappointment to find a blackboard telling us the place was shut ‘Due to staff Shortages’. It would appear we are not the first to have arrived to be greeted by a ‘Closed’ sign. I won’t bother trying a third time.

Could I respectfully ask that you update your online opening hours information please - cycled over today to find you closed with a sign about Mother’s Day. Nothing to suggest this on your online presence, which I checked beforehand, most of which is very clear that you are open. Your tea rooms are great but this is very frustrating.

What a little gem in the lovely village of Southill. So pretty. Luckily today been a lovely sunny spring day, we sat outside among the flowers. Lovely China floral vintage cups. Lovely coffee. A joy. Lovely cake selection, which we would have tried, but we were having lunch and would have been too full. Will return.

As a family we had a table for 4, for the afternoon tea. We paid 50% of the price as a deposit. Our table was ready upon arrival and service was prompt and friendly. The afternoon tea provided could have been better. The sandwiches were nice, but very small - there were no other savoury options, other than cheese scones. Then there were plain scones and fruit scones and two other cakes provided. The scones were a little dry and crumbly and there were just too many of them! A pleasant visit, but not tempted to go back based on this visit. There are better afternoon teas elsewhere.

A lovely bowl of fresh soup with a home made cheese scone, a sausage sandwich with proper chipolatas and HP sauce, washed down with a very decent pot of tea. It was a lovely tea break on one of the finest sunny days for weeks with prompt and pleasant service.

Took my daughter and baby grandson for afternoon tea. It was wonderful. Plenty to eat and all so fresh. Happy to give us bags to take home what we couldn’t eat. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Can’t wait to go again.

My friend & I went here on Friday 30th July for Lunch. Couldn't have asked for better service & food 😊! Highly recommend!

Sadly this is not the review I would have liked to give. We pre-booked afternoon tea for two at a cost of £37. The scones were very dry and the cakes nothing special and rather 'heavy'. The sandwiches were fresh, but would have liked a few more. The experience was not the treat that we had expected. In my opinion it was definitely not value for money nor was it of the quality I would have expected which is such a shame. Maybe it was an 'off day' who knows - but we shall not be returning. We did make our feelings known and was told that our comments would be passed on.

Such a pretty place- excellent fresh food, and delicious cakes- at reasonable prices. Highly recommended- one of my favourite places, along with excellent friendly service.

We had a wonderful afternoon tea for my daughter in their outside marquee. They really made it special in these difficult times, with extra decorations and excellent service. I hope to return in better times.

Popped in with some fellow runners to assist in demolishing the cake and drinking the tea! The garden is still a lovely oasis of calm, yes there are in place measures to reduce the impact of COVID, but it does not reduce the enjoyment. The qualify of the cake has improved since our last visit, drinks were all good... go and visit and support a local business!

Visited this pm and sat outside. 2 pieces of cake, a filter coffee and an apple juice were £12. They were all average. Apple juice wasn’t even fresh, it was made from concentrate. Served in takeaway cups, paper plates and plastic spoons. Shocking... lazy and unnecessary. Wouldn’t go back.

We were a party of three who called in on the off chance of a table. Even though we hadn't booked and the place was busy, a table was found. The food was delicious and our young waitress was lovely and couldn't have been more accommodating. We will definitely return but will book next time! Thank you.

My first visit to the tea rooms, and it won't be my last. Such friendly service. Nothing is too much trouble. And the sandwiches were so tasty!

Having afternoon tea here is just like stepping back in time , tastefully quaint . From the moment i saw the beautiful china cups i knew this would be exceptional. The cakes and scones are spot on ( the carrot cake was divine) , and more than satisfy any hunger pangs. We came as a party of three and managed to get a secluded table tucked away which made the experience even nicer. I would imagine that you would need to book well in advance , we have already booked mothers day here as we enjoyed it so much!

Food was lovely and staff were very friendly. Thought the Afternoon tea was brilliant value for money.

Have attended on several occasions. I have the Full Breakfast which they are willing to modify. The china makes the feel of olde world. Very pleasant place. Service is prompt and polite. The menu is unsophisticated inline with what to expect from a tea room and the food is very pleasant. Overall it is excellent and still has my patronage

Really enjoyed my lunch here. A really pretty spot with a good selection of treats. Definitely worth a visit.

With a party of twelve walkers we arranged to meet for coffee and were accommodated easily and received a warm welcome. We relaxed outside under the shade of a tree and enjoyed the coffee and the compulsory cake or scones. The service was quick, efficient and friendly. The ladies reported that the toilets were very nice.

Delicious cream tea in the beautiful Bedfordshire countryside. I'd recommend this venue to anyone as a part of a day out in East Bedfordshire.

Very pretty, nice food and drink but lacks a little choice. Always packed so definitely boom in advance. Would recommend

Lovely vintage feel to this hidden gem. Retro decoration with bunting and table cloths, so sweet. Recommend the homemade quiche but lots to chose from. Fry ups to jacket potatoes. Good selection of cakes and teas. Afternoon tea will need to be booked with 24 hours notice.

First visited here before we moved to the area. Loved the quaint, shabby chic interior. Service was amazing, food was very good. We had breakfasts and then had to try the cakes! Drinks were really tasty, all was very good.However, on this basis I booked afternoon tea and requested the ‘snug’. When we arrived the snug was empty but we were not given it, instead another couple of walk in customers who came in after were shown to it, so I was pretty upset that our request had been ignored. We then waited an extraordinary amount of time for our afternoon tea, it seems we had been forgotten. Although the food was tasty and drinks were good again, I don’t think the afternoon tea represents good value, and we are a tad disappointed with the service this time. Worth a visit for coffee and cake, but be prepared to have to wait.

We had excellent friendly service in a great setting. The prices are cheaper than the coffee chains like Starbucks and Costa and the setting infinitely more enjoyable. The people who moan about the prices need to go to the big boys and get a reality check. The only gripes were the cafetière didn’t filter out the coffee grounds very well and my coffee cake was lacking any taste of coffee. This can be easily corrected. All three of our cakes were nicely baked though and nice and moist. We will continue to visit regularly.

Visited Southill tearoom with my wife and family one lunchtime and I have to say it was a wonderful treat and we will visit again, the food and drink was all lovely the location beautiful and the staff were amazing.

I’m sorry to say I was disappointed with this afternoon tea we tried to go last weekend only to be told you need to give 24 hours notice, but it certainly does not say this on the voucher so we had to wait til this weekend, the staff were very nice and friendly but for £30 I thought we would get more than 4 tiny triangle sandwiches each 3 tiny cakes and some miniature microwaved scones and the smallest amount of jam and cream possible, the coffee was nice, such a shame as this was my mother’s day treat.

It's very "English Country" and none the worse for that. On this occasion, we arrived a little late for lunch, and they seemed to have run out of an awful lot of things. (I appreciate that it must be difficult to know exactly how to cater for passing trade in a small village.)

We visited the tearoom on Saturday afternoon. Efficient friendly service and the tea and cakes were wonderful. Have to say nicest carrot cake I've had in a long time.

The garden was a beautiful place and the tea was nice. I’d heard this place was popular and it certainly looked beautiful but I wouldn’t go again because the food just didn’t have any real flavour. I ordered a biscoff cake with tea and my fiancé ordered a fruit scone with clotted cream and jam with a cappuccino; the cake was sweet but didn’t actually really taste like anything, the coffee was actually unpleasant and the scone was also lacking flavour with a very meagre portion of cream and jam. Disappointing. To top it off, the lady who served us was just plain grumpy which I would have forgiven if the food was great; she was working on a sunny Sunday after all!

Was taking my father out for an afternoon tea and snack, couldn't reach the place we were going to due to a road closure. I stopped and asked a lady who was gardening in her front garden and she suggested we visit the southill tea room ……….

This is an absolutely beautiful spot to stop for tea and cake. On a sunny day there’s lots of outside seating and bike racks; inside it’s very prettily decorated and a proper “tea room”. I found the sandwiches quite bland though and the scones had been microwaved. They could do with an outside tap at the front where cyclists could fill up their water bottles instead of all crowding inside.

Very nice, very clean, cosy place to enjoy a light meal/snack. Vegetarian options available. All items reasonably priced and very edible.

I have just read some of the reviews people have written and I do not really understand the bad reviews. This place was outstanding, friendly, attentive staff, the homemade scones were amazing and so was the tea! All served on bone china plates and cups and saucers and with a lovely table cloth! I have never been here before but will definitely come back again. The menu looked very good .Very nice to have a place like this basically on your doorstep!

Have been here several times, and every time have had excellent food and service. This is enhanced by the lovely setting and garden. Last time visited, took family/friends for an afternoon tea, and they were all very impressed and would definitely visit again. It really is a quaint tea room, with touches like embroidered tablecloths and bone china crockery that just adds to the experience.

Aery quaint tea room set in a very pretty village. The service was excellent as was the food. There is a good selection of drinks and food and all freshly prepared

Nice location tea very nice but no vaping I'm a non smoker and a non vapour but people that do vape do no harm at all Try banning cream, chocolate, anything with saturated fat These are better things to worrie about A

Called in for lunch for the first time. We sat on one of several tables in the garden. Food was delicious at a reasonable price. I had carrot cake which was the best I have tasted..... Service was with a smile, we will return.......

My husband and I have been to this tea room for many years now, we absolutely loved it, then the new owner came in and stripped away the lacy curtains and the feeling of being welcome, left it feeling bare and not so cosy. Also the scones shrunk! The scones were the reason we used to visit, they were large and beautifully soft.

Met a friend here for breakfast. Very quaint little place with friendly service. We had booked online but they advised that there’s currently issues with their website and our booking had not been received. Managed to squeeze us in, but worth noting it’s best to call to book.

Visited this month as part of a large party . The table had been prepared with two places short and so we were plonked on each end , without plates and cutlery !!

My second visit here for afternoon tea. Lovely location and plenty of tables outside for the summer months. Staff very friendly and helpful with plenty of knowledge about the menu. Would definitely recommend it. Very cottagey feel inside with all the lovely trinkets and things to buy including home made chutneys and jams.

Another amazing visit to this tea room, I’ve tried most things on the menu and fail to find fault in any of their choices. My current new favourite is the chocolate chip cake, absolutely to die for and huge slices. This tea room is great value for money using local bakery goods and good quality ingredients. I love it here!

I came for afternoon tea with four friends and we had a brilliant day. The team room is immaculately decorated and the service was quick and very efficient. We loved the owner Terri she was so attentive and made our whole day very enjoyable. The sandwiches were delicious. Especially the egg mayo - you have to give this afternoon tea a try! I have a baby shower to organise at the end of the year and will definitely be in touch to try and organise this at the tea room. A perfect venue - 5*! Would highly recommend and we will be back soon

Absolutely love visiting this tea room - always the most delicious cakes, food and drinks, the friendliest staff who can’t do enough for you, and the loveliest setting. I honestly can’t recommend it enough!

Beware the pic on the website is nothing like what you get. Only fruite scones. Afternoon tea for 3 with only enough jam and cream for 1. 4 little sandwiches each. Very disappointed

Pretty tea shop in attractive village well worth a detour if you are attending any of the local events or places of interest like the Shuttleworth Collection. Lovely home made cakes and sandwiches. Friendly service.

The tea rooms are set in the quaint village of Southill, indeed the cottage was the old Post Office. My wife and I met my niece there for afternoon tea. Unfortunately I had failed to order in advance, so we had to use the comprehensive menu. This was no bother as we were all able to find appropriate fare. The setting is that of an old English tea room. Tablecloths and bone China crockery. The rooms are small, with limited seating, however there is plenty of seating outside. The waitress was very polite and the service very good

Visited by accident after poor service at Jordan’s Mill and they were great!

There are lots of tasty snacks and cakes available all freshly made on the premises. Booking is advised as you may be unable to obtain a table without.

It’s the second time I visited this place as I live nearby. The setting is lovely, so despite enduring slow service last time, we decided to give it a another go hoping that it was a one-off problem. Unfortunately it isn’t.

The full English is nicely presented - the bacon is well cooked, as is the sausage. The egg could have been a little less so, but that's just me I expect. The American granddaughters managed to find something to their (rather bizarre) taste by dint of some mixing and matching. The beverages are served in bone china cups/mugs (ours was Royal Albert) and it was all very elegant.

This was our second visit to this lovely little tearoom in the village of Southill and once again, we were made to feel really welcome by the ladies who work there.

Have visited the tearooms recent with a friend had tea and cake in the garden. Also have had the afternoon tea inside with sandwiches scones and cake. A lovely experience for a special tea but just as nice for lunch or just a coffee. Village location ideal setting

A lovely old fashioned tea room in peaceful countryside. Nice to sit inside or outside dependant on the weather. You will love it here.

We went as a family for breakfast and were surprised at the quaintness of the cafe . The garden area is spacious whereas the inside is small and cramped but tasteful. The meal was very nice indeed and worth the drive .

Is is our cheeky little stopover on bike rides. We usually have tea and cake, but they offer other food as well. The cakes are home made and taste amazing! I love this place, it is very popular with cyclists, and feels like sitting in someone's pretty cottage garden. One thing to note though it closes quite early! Do come here before 3.30, or you won't be served, and the cake choices can become limiting!

We stopped off just for a cup of tea on our bike ride, pleasant staff and sweet inside. We will re-visit and have a bit to eat next time.

Visited here as a stop off as we’d heard good reviews about it, they were not wrong. Pristine white patterned tablecloths and nice china cups. Cutlery also in keeping with the period. Some modern touches and artworks for sale.

Me and my wife love it here and have been several times - we have now moved out of the area and still drive and hour just to visit. Fresh food - great sandwiches and cakes the scones are to die for.

Having been here many times in the past, and giving them glowing reviews, I discovered they now have a minimum card transaction.

Found this place by chance, we were out cycling and spotted lots of bikes parked up. We sat outside in the sunshine and had breakfast, I had the full English and my wife had the veggie breakfast, with toast and coffee. It was glorious.

Popped in for lunch today. Busy but not crowded. Excellent service and quality. Superb value in a lovely setting. Will for sure be back. Sat in the garden in the sunshine watching vintage planes flying over. As a tea room it's as nice as you want. Picturesque, quaint and good food. Fantastic.

Visited this morning was quite busy, we got a nice little table for two, friendly staff, clean and inviting. We had tea and coffee, beautiful Bakewell tart and delicious lemon drizzle cupcake, really enjoyed the whole experience, well done to all the hard working staff!

friendly staff in querky setting! lovely warm scones!this tearoom is full of lovely little things and it is a pleasure to browse through

A great little tea room in a lovely village. Great food, friendly staff. Beautifully clean tablecloths and quirky mismatched bone china. Love it.

Drove all the way to this tearoom only to find that it was closed. The website clearly stated that it opens at ten on Sunday. Some cyclists were also disappointed and said that they had been several times since Christmas and the place had not been open. Annoying for such an isolated location.

Always had good good food and service here. Nice Gardens for the better weather Lunches or afternoon tea are always good.

Wonder service, delicious home made food, waitresses perfect.

Quintessentially English tea room. Lovely cakes, nice outdoor garden for the summer months. Prompt service, friendly staff, good food, cakes and coffee and a superb stop for cyclists.

The ladies are lovely, the food delicious and very good value for money, very clean and lots of lil ink naked to buy.

This a very quaint place to eat. If you want somewhere special to take your friends then this is the place. Had an afternoon tea in the summer with friends and it was delightful. Food was average for the price but its the surroundings you go for. Well worth some girly time

Excellent cakes and tea and coffee open 10 to 1530 offering selection of snacks and small meals quaint setting attentive staff

Went here for lunch a couple of days ago, on the way back home to Sandy (Bedfordshire) - spur of the moment decision. Lovely little spot - so quiet and peaceful, with tables outside for when the weather is nice. The food was delicious, with a great selection of home cooked food and cakes. The portions are also v generous, with my partner having an enormous jacket potato, topped with home made chilli and a lovely salad garnish with balsamic dressing. The cafetiere coffee was excellent, and the staff were polite, very pleasant and helpful. We were pleased we went and will definitely be going back there before too long.

The appearance of this delightful cottage promises so much, but we were dreadfully disappointed when our order arrived. The setting is lovely and so much attention has been paid to the embroidered table cloths and china crockery, but we were so surprised to be given horrid little plastic containers of Hartleys so called jam, and little wrapped rectangles of solid butter. We were expecting small pots of quality preserve, such as are sold in the shop, or better still homemade, and pretty curls or chunks of butter. Maybe our expectations were too high.......so sad.

An absolutely lovely vintage cottage tea room with lovely items to buy, a fabulous garden, and great interior decor. I hadn't stopped first time as the village was packed with cars when it gets busy. This time I went as it opened and was the only one there. It still seemed to take them ages to make a cappuccino which was a bit odd. Also I wasn't

Visited this beitiful tea room yesterday for the first time, for lunch and cake. We were greated by very friendly staff and shown to our pre booked table. The menu was perfect and we chose a delicious quiche and a large slice of Victoria sandwich, which tasted Devine. The service was faultless, and the lady that served us was friendly and happy. The only downside to our visit, was a table next to us, with 2 very young children who were not being properly supervised by their parent, banging their spoon on a tea cup, playing with the sugar in the sugar bowl and pushing the staff. Not their fault, they'd have probably preferred being in the park with a picnic. I highly recommended this quaint, tea room, with its freshly made food and cakes, and polite, friendly staff. Will d finitely be visiting again

The location and venue are lovely, however today I had a bad experience with a staff member which left a sour taste in the mouth and for this reason I won't be returning.The first point is about bad communication. I pre-booked a table 24 hours beforehand by phone to take my parents and children for afternoon tea. We saw the afternoon tea on the menu, but in small print underneath it stated that you need to book this 24 hours ahead. The manager then came to our table and said that she had spoken to me on the phone and had asked me whether I wanted the afternoon tea or the menu, and I had chosen the menu. This in itself is confusing since the afternoon tea is on the menu. She said this to me very pointedly and it struck me as being defensive, even passive aggressive, embarrassing me in front of my parents, blaming the customer, and shirking responsibility. I am certain that she had not asked me this, I told her that I had no memory of this, and she did not respond. I then asked if I could have the soup. She replied "If you look on the menu you will see that its only served from Oct-March". Again, an "I am right and its your fault" attitude. She was all smiles, but it really upset me for the rest of the meal. We chose other items on the menu, ate, paid and left, but the whole thing was marred by the way she spoke to me over the afternoon tea.my second point is that the menu is confusing, and it sets people up to be disappointed. I want a menu where everything on it is available to be ordered then and there, not some things that have to be pre-ordered, and some things that are seasonal, in tiny letters underneath. This could be re-designed to be made clearer for customers.I find it unacceptable that I was made to feel this way by a person who was meant to be serving me. I don't mind so much that we couldn't have the afternoon tea, is was that she accused me of something that hadn't happened, it seemed to protect herself and at my expense. I considered writing a private email to the manager but would expect a similar defensive response back, so thought it better to just write a review and let other people know about my experience.

Beautiful place good food and drinks staff polite but need to update shutting times shut earlier than web page says people were turning up at 3 and they had closed

An excellent afternoon tea served by friendly and super efficient staff....will return for more of the same very soon.

Quite by chance I came across a mention of the tea rooms on the internet while looking for somewhere to take my 90 year old father. The moment we walked in we were greeted by a friendly young lady called Lucy who had a little chat and showed us to our table. The menu had just about the right amount of choice and was reasonably priced. The cakes were homemade and tasted delicious! We had the coffee and walnut cake, my dad said it was the best cake he had ever tasted! We will definitely be visiting again...hopefully with better weather to be able to sit outside in the lovely natural gardens.

Fantastic afternoon tea! Staff very friendly. Service was great and the best thing was unlimited pots of tea! Highly recommend!

Always a lovely tea room to visit, either as a couple or with the family. Food is great and staff always polite.

Took my 93 year old mother-in-law for afternoon tea.Excellent country-style setting, beautifully presented food and personal attention.

Lovely little tea rpom and gardens tucked away Friendly young staff and nice food, good value too. Vintage china, cutlery and tablecloths, all very pretty. Worth a visit.

We visited the tea room with the dog for a Saturday lunch time meal. I cannot ever turn down getting the quiche here as it's always so delicious and they change the flavours daily. I love that you can take dogs into the garden too and they're made to feel just as welcome as any paying customer! My husband always has the coronation chicken baguette and always comments on how tasty it is. We will always choose to return here as we love the food, the service and the setting.

Visited today with my mother and children and what a lovely hidden gem this is! A lovely warm welcome by the staff, a good selection of food to choose from on the menu and all of this in a beautiful, tranquil setting. The breakfast was very good quality, the cheese scone was gobbled up by my 8 yr old and the jacket potato was cooked perfectly. Even the accompanying salad and coleslaw was tasty. Definitely a place we will return to.

We were very lucky to get a table as we didn't book but a family left shortly after we arrived. The staff were very friendly and in the sun the garden had a lovely peaceful atmosphere.

I've visited the tea rooms a number of times before, we've been for Mother's Day, birthdays and just because it's lovely. This was my first visit with our baby. The food is lovely and it's such a nice setting, but I really felt like the baby was just a hassle for the staff. As such it'll be a few years (when she's big enough to happily sit in a chair) before I will be able to think about going back. The tearooms don't have actual highchairs, just the strap-on ones. I appreciate highchairs take up valuable space and these little fabric things fold away very small so I understand the reasons for this, however the staff aren't allowed to attach them to the chair for you (due to health & safety). This is fine, but I wasn't given any instructions. The vintage feel of the tearooms means that all the chairs are wobbly and old so the foldable highchair was useless and my baby nearly flipped out of the top. They have a 'no buggy' rule, which again I totally understand because it's very tight for space, but I asked whether I could bring ours in as we were the only people in there and they said no. We were literally the only people eating inside. So I had to eat with the baby on my lap. Obviously anyone with a 10 month old baby knows that this meant a fight for my food and the tablecloth nearly got yanked off quite a few times by little hands. It made it stressful. It's a real shame as it's a lovely little place but this really put me off.

We had been were when it first opened and it was lovely. However, today we went back and thought we were taking a chance because between 1.00 and 2.00 you were lucky to get a seat. But we were shocked as just three tables had customers.We thought we would try a ploughmans as we had one here some time back but we were so disappointed. The roll was just a bread roll, the sort you'd make a hot dog out of. There was a very small apple, a small pickled onion, hardly any salad (just shredded lettuce} and four blocks of chedder cheese that look as if it had been cut from a packet of cheese. We were so disappointed.I used to buy warm scones from here that were delicious but didn't chance it. The new management are trying hard to make the service work, and in this weather I could see a ploughmans with crusty bread, A couple of large pickled onions and some nice cheese, with a crispy salad and a lovely apple would draw people in. And there's no cooking.But at £7.50 each for a very basic lunch, we sadly won't be coming back.They need to get back the lunchtime trade, but will not do it this way.

We visited this quaint old-fashioned tearoom in the village of Southill for the first time and were made to feel very welcome by the lovely ladies working there, who were so friendly and helpful. The tearoom is very small and has a tiny village store and there are not that many tables.However, the tables were beautifully laid with embroidered tablecloths and bone china cups and saucers. They reminded me of the ones my nan used to proudly display in her china cabinet, the only difference was that these ones did not match.We had some lovely home-made cakes and scones and a nice pot of tea at very reasonable prices and the service was excellent.There is a pretty garden where you can sit in the warmer months. We will definitely be back; it is such a lovely place to visit.

We are lucky enough to live near Southill Tea Rooms and love popping in for a bite to eat. I am Gluten free, dairy free and happy that they offer delicious cakes, bread etc.Would recommend this place to all my friends. The staff are really lovely, its a great place to relax and unwind with friends and family :-)

I was taken to the Tea Rooms for a birthday tea, 4 mature ladies. Great little gem, tucked away in a Bedfordshire village. Clean, comfortable, with cheerful staff with beautiful food served on bone china. We had a set cream tea, but hot food is also served. Well worth a visit.

Lovely meal in the garden - birds singing - flowers blooming. Waited a while to get served then realised you have to order inside. No problem though as service etc was good.

It's nice to know some things don't change. This is one place where we can be sure to get a nice pot of tea, cake or a quick lunchtime meal. Always a pleasure to come here.

My husband and I visited here with our dog today. We were on a dog walk and stumbled upon it, seeing there were other dogs in the garden we thought we'd give it a try as it's sometimes hard to find nice dog friendly places!We sat outside in the sunshine and ordered freshly made sandwiches: coronation chicken baguette and a brie bacon and cranberry sandwich. Both came with crisps and a small side salad with balsamic dressing which was a nice touch. A large variety of drinks were available at very reasonable prices. San Pellegrino cans at £1 each ! The inside of the cafe is lovely with same gift items for sale and a little village store also selling household essentials. Definitely will return to try one of their afternoon teas!

Had visited before and decided to try an afternoon tea - we were not disappointed! just the right amount of food for us, everything very fresh and delicious

We were made very welcome and our order was taken promptly. Our jacket potatoes were absolutely delicious, one of the best I have ever had! Lovely vintage crockery and surroundings. My only disappointment was the cakes, we went for scones with jam and cream. Wasn't enough cream for me, found the scone very dry and difficult to swallow. My advice would be to book a table.