Stables Kitchen in Edinburgh, City of

Delicious afternoon tea in lovely surroundings Nicely presented with friendly staff Had a small cup of carrot and coriander soup to start Afternoon tea was sausage rolls savoury scones quiche and a ham salad croissant Four fruit scones with clotted cream and jam and a selection of delicious cakes No sandwiches but preferred the savoury’s Doggy bag with the ones we couldn’t eat Overall a lovely treat Had an itison voucher

Very poor choice, some items at 1pm already sold out. The soup was £5 for half a cup and inedible. Good selection of traybakes/cakes but everything expensive .

We had a lovely lunch here after touring Hopetoun House and before looking around the grounds. The food was good and the ambience lovely.

Vinimos con amigos a tomar el té por la tarde en los establos mientras estábamos en la feria de Navidad en la casa. El personal era muy agradable y el té de la tarde fue espléndido. Definitivamente lo recomendaría.

We booked this in advance as we were staying at Parkhead House and going to be visiting Hopetoun House anyway and thought it would be a nice way to round off our day after walking to Blackness Castle. When we got there at 2.30pm it was the end of lunch but still busy, we had to get in a queue at the cash register to let them know we had arrived and had to wait a while as there was a difficult customer in front of us making a fuss. We had booked the afternoon tea with bubbles for $22 each but when the food came what they had on the other table for $7.50 looked just as good as ours and at an extra $5 for bubbles we'd have been better off with that option. The other scones were huge, ours were wee tiny things with fruit in them, definatley felt ripped off as not worth the money.

What a priviledge to be invited in to lunch at these converetd stables. The menu is freshly cooked and served in generous portions of home cooked fayre. The experience added to the day out.

This is a self service restaurant with good quality coffee tea & cakes. Not cheap but the furniture and set up justify the prices. Shame it's only open until the end of September.

A very stylish and tastefully decorated tearooms with lots of space between tables. Orders are placed at the counter but it wasn't really clear what food was available, not helped by the server having a very strong accent (Spanish or Italian maybe). I decided on a humus and roast veg sandwich which was very nice but short on the roast veg, a few tiny pieces of red pepper and onion, (more of a light garnish than a component), compared to the amount of meat my other half had on his sandwich and for the same price. The sandwiches were pre prepared but very fresh. Perhaps the kitchen staff should take a look at the quantities of ingredients on these sandwiches!

The benefit of price hierarchies means your expectations are set in advance. An economy flight vs business class. A hotel’s presidential suite, vs the dingy double next to the kitchen extractors they save for Secret Escapes. Almost every experience requires some navigation of a price based hierarchy, to help pre-emptively manage the expectations of its customers. The other aspect to convincingly pulling off a hierarchy is to suitably distance the inferior, economy experience, from those paying a higher price. See British Airways use of blue curtains to discreetly shield customers from full exposure to the egos of those travelling in Club Europe. It’s extremely rare to find such sub-hierarchies within the same restaurant, and rarer still to find the hierarchies in full view of each other. Yet, the Stables Kitchen, at Hopetoun House managed both. We ate here a year ago, and found it a pleasant lunch spot with friendly table service and a tasty menu. Macaroni with local cheese, a beetroot burger, delicious fish finger roll with homemade tartar sauce. Twelve months later and the menu has shrunk to an A5 afterthought of items either fridgeable, or microwavable. Worse, skeleton staffing means a thirty minute standing wait at the counter to order. Everyone likes a cappuccino, but nobody likes waiting for seven to be prepared ahead of them in an immovable queue. Once back at the table, we lift the lids on our soup bowls. It is not carrot and coriander. It’s a watery, lukewarm grave of broccoli and blue cheese. Nobody told us this, just an unsmiling assumption that by the point you’ve stood and waited for so long, your emaciated form will consume anything presented. Despite the main selling point being the afternoon tea, the place being half full, and it being only 1:30PM, we’re told there are no more scones or sandwiches, so soup and traybakes will have to do. There’s no apology for this, and the state of the baking rubs salt in the wound. Millionaires Shortbread, the Viennese Whirl, and the Ginger Slice all share a brittle, margarine enriched base. They are sandcastle dry, disintegrate upon contact, and turn to wet cement on the palate. The Cherry Bakewell slice is unyielding, its unwelcome memory lingering long in our stomachs. Halfway through, the end door opens, and it dawns upon us. We’re flying economy. The long centre table fills with German coach-trippers, all flying first class. Table service presents them with wave upon wave of fresh sandwiches, scones and petit fours. They laugh, enjoying their lunch and cream tea. We’re left, undisturbed in a corner, watching as this unfolds. They should really market their scone recipe, given how quick they can go from ‘none left’ to eight cake stands laden with hot fruit, plain and cheese. We exit, walking past those enjoying themselves, our wallets as light as our spirits. Please, do not waste your time and money here, leave them to serve their first class passengers. As a walk in, by the time you realise you’re travelling on an economy ticket, the damage is already done.

Terrible overpriced lunch. Quiche was expensive and came with a tiny pile of lettuce leaves, kids cheese sandwich took 20 mins to arrive, scones were inedible, the worst scones I have ever tasted, under cooked with far too much salt in them.

Took my mother in law here for afternoon tea for her birthday i rang up to book but when we got there they weren't ready for us so had to wait over 40 mins before we got our food. Last year when we came for afternoon tea the soup and sandwiches came first big sandwiches then the cakes came after we finished the sandwiches. Last year the cakes were big and the scones were full sized and there was more cakes than we had this year. This year everything came at the same time and didn't fit on the table had to get another one brought over. The scones were tiny and only had one eash this year and not enough cream for 3 people cakes were small but nice felt like we had the kids portion sandwiches were nice but when you counted the triangles it wasn't even a full sandwich. On a good note the food was nice but not enough for 3 people my mother in law had gluten free and was disappointed that they didn't have scones for her. First 3 photos are last years second 2 is this year everything one one plate. I loved the mint tea.

My second visit, a year since the last one. Gave it the benefit of the doubt. I shouldn't have. Disappointed both times. Service is SO SLOW. party of 5 today, just lunch. 2 of our party had finished eating before another plate arrived. Then the 4th lunch arrived, at last. The 5th lunch was a child's ham sandwich (took over 30 mins). They brought 2 cheese sandwiches. that wasn't what we ordered and when we questioned it, waitress was snippy. Ham sandwich finally arrived. Had to go and ask for our cold drinks after 25 mins, they were never served. How can soup take over 20 mins? We stayed for coffee and cakes. They were nice. Flies are a problem. Buy nothing from the counter that is pre made. Flies will have been on it. No covers for any sandwiches, quiche, scones etc When I mentioned it, server did bin the ham that we'd watched a fly sitting on. He said because the door is open, flies get in. Yes, so cover the food and cakes perhaps? Beautiful surroundings and setting. Just very badly organised and not living up to the potential it has. Could be done so much better.

Was treated to an afternoon tea and enjoyed the location, food and service. Only slight criticism is the cream was a bit lacking in quantity but this was remedied on request. Liked the small cup of soup the was a pleasant surprise.

This was the third time visiting the stables kitchen, lovely food that was enjoyed by all and a brilliant atmosphere to go with an overall lovely night. So much thought and detail went into the night and the hard work by all staff was much appreciated. The butterscotch pannacotta was beautiful, as were the sausage roll and scotch egg, and all of the food served! Thanks again ladies!

I’d been planning a visit for lunch with my cousin for a while and certainly found the drive up to the house very impressive. However, we found the menu to be overpriced and lacking in choice. I asked the server what was in the daily salad, and he just shrugged, looked in the bowl & said ‘butternut squash & other things’, not particularly helpful. I went for the quiche which was tasty enough but nothing special. Not sure I’d go back although I did see some people having afternoon tea as we left, and that looked quite appetising.

Charming Spanish waiter who went out of his way to be helpful but the cakes were from a packet (probably Mr Kipling) but charged at £3 per slice. otherwise a bit pretentious and best to leave it for the bus tours.

My wife and I returned to the Stables Kitchen after a tour of Hopetoun House, having visited a month previously. For this visit my wife had booked the set Afternoon Tea, which isn’t quite my thing, so I booked for a main course. In our experience there aren’t many large heritage houses or attractions around the UK which offer a café or cafeteria with such comfort, style, cleanliness and reliable food quality, plus a small team of alert, friendly and professional servers. Note that you can eat or drink there during the House’s open season without having to pay for admission to the house or grounds. BUILDING AND AMBIENCE The Stables Kitchen went through a superb refurbishment before the start of the 2018 season, and as I noted in a previous review the difference between this year’s Tripadvisor reviews and 2017’s is startling. It was previously styled as a tea room, whereas now it’s definitely a smart café which still serves afternoon tea. [For reader info, the website link here at Tripadvisor takes you to the Heritage Portfolio Ltd page for The Stables Kitchen. Heritage Portfolio is a Scottish company which offers full event design at major venues around Britain and also oversees a small number of “destination cafés” at some of these venues, including Stables. So note that if you want to view the Stables’ menu or kids’ menu before booking or visiting, go to the Hopetoun House website and click on ‘House and Grounds’, then ‘The Stables Kitchen’, then ‘The Stables Kitchen Menu’ or ‘Kids Menu’.] The Stables’ main space is large, with beautiful modern Italian chandeliers, large windows on one side and at the end, and a row of elegant standing lamps on the other side; overall the lighting is quite lovely. New underfloor heating has been fitted beneath the stones; all the furniture is new and very smart, with a choice of grey fabric or dark wooden seats and two long tables for parties of 8 or more. There are also four sofas sharing two low tables. In total, the café can seat around 100 guests, which it needs to since Hopetoun House is a popular venue for big weddings. Male and female toilets are very smart and clean; both include nappy changing facilities. There is soft background music – light pop – and the stone floor offers a slight echo, but neither interfered with conversation at all. FOOD AND SERVICE We arrived after our house tour a little earlier than we’d booked, but were met at the door by Iona, a friendly young lady, who was happy to seat us straight away; our main server during the meal was the kindly and knowledgeable Juan. The room was about two thirds full and felt busy, but the small team of servers worked tirelessly to keep everyone attended and happy. As on our last visit we noticed one of the team spraying and wiping down each table every time guests left. The menu offers a limited but imaginative range of choices, which is usually a good sign of decent cooking. My wife had ordered the set Afternoon Tea when booking, and she had a large choice of drinking teas to go with it – she chose Gunpowder Tea, which was very fine and a great balance to the sweet treats. As we’d noted before, the pot arrived with a tea strainer in the cup - no tea bags here. I ordered Yorkshire Pudding Roast Dinner Wrap, served with a seasonal side salad, and one of the café’s non-alcoholic cocktails (‘mocktails’), the ‘Arnold Palmer’, which was a very refreshing blend of lemonade and tea served with lemon slices and ice. The Afternoon Tea (see photos) comprised a small bowl of lentil pâté, three savoury sandwiches, a plain and a fruit scone with jam and cream (all made in-house), a glass of strawberry and pistachio mousses and shortbread, and two beautiful pastries – a tiny square rhubarb tart and a heart-shaped strawberry and cream millefeuille. Including the pot of tea it cost £22. We asked Iona if the pastries were also made in-house, and she explained that they are made centrally in the Heritage Portfolio kitchen. Nonetheless, my wife loved everything, and we sent our praises to the kitchen for the scones. We asked for a doggy-bag to take the two pastries home for an evening treat – Iona was happy to supply one – and they were delicious. I really enjoyed the Yorkshire Pudding Wrap. It was presented in a pleasing tumbled-over plating (see photos), and filled with slices of pork, carrot and parsnip, in gravy with a small extra jar of gravy on the side. A light batter and lovely flavours, though the pork was a little overcooked; the gravy was superb. OVERALL The Stables Kitchen definitely is a “destination café” worth visiting for its own sake, and as we found, it’s worth returning to. 5 stars for achieving its aims so well.

My friend suggested the Stables at Hopetoun House as we are both coeliac and they were meant to be good for gluten free options. I hadn’t been before and it had been a while since my friend had been.

My wife and I called in for lunch here after walking round the large and fascinating grounds at Hopetoun House. Because the house is one of the fair number of Scottish buildings used in filming the ‘Outlander’ TV series, some visitors were enacting favourite scenes on the lawns during our walk.

Came back with my family after couple of months and was pleasantly surprised. Already great menu has been changed into even better one! Wonderful salad options, my ultimate favourite one was the goat cheese salad! The best fruit scones in the whole Scotland! Angela and her team are doing a great job!!

Visited today for the first time with friends! Arrived when it was very busy with many large tables filled! Despite the busy atmosphere the staff managed to distribute their time wisely and fairly and made sure all customers were taken care of to a high standard!

Arrived at the stables kitchen around 1130 before our tour and fancied a simple cup of coffee and a scone! We were both greeted by a young lad who was very helpful and accomadating! The coffees were nice and hot and the scones with jam and cream were divine!! Left the restaurant feeling at home and very relaxed!

We came across this amazing restaurant on our first visit in Scotland. I tried Yorkshire pudding wrap which I have tried for the first time. Cook to perfection, with tender roast lamb, roast vegetable and roasted potatoes and delicious gravy. My partner had ale& steak pie which was also absolutely amazing! We finished it off with lovely raspberry and white chocolate slice and dark chocolate and orange tart. The staff was amazing, very friendly and welcoming. Next time we're in Scotland we will definitely come back.

Visited today and must say I am very impressed with the traditional Scottish menu. I have tried the Cullen Skin soup which was delicious! The staff was very helpful and knowledgeable. My daughter is celiac and we were worried her options would be limited but the young lady with an accent explained almost all of the items of the menu can be made gluten free.

Food was brilliant and staff were so polite and friendly! Service was fast and I cannot fault the place for anything. Lovely place to visit and grab a bite to eat. Will definitely be visiting again and recommending to more friends and family :)

Visited with friends, had Yorkshire pudding wrap I️t was amazing. Friend had beetroot burger followed by homemade lemonade and chocolate brownie. Everything was delicious and the service was fast and friendly even though I️t was really busy! Love this place :)

This was my first visit to Hopetoun this season I love what they have done to the tearoom looks fantastic, great food and customer service highly recommend a visit I will defiently be back to try the afternoon tea.

Visited with my parents, took them to see the house and then went for afternoon tea. Didn’t disappoint ! Probably one of the best afternoon teas we’ve had ! And my mum likes to think she’s a connesseir. Staff were courteous and professional all in all a great day out would recommend and also intend to go back for lunch as that looked lovely too !! What a gem.

Stumbled across the stables accidently, and so glad we did!

Went to hoptoun house as a family day out and had a spot of lunch while there. The whole experience was fabulous. The staff were all very friendly and knowledgeable about everything on the menu. I had the Mac and cheese which was delicious while other family members enjoyed the Yorkshire wrap.

Visited with 3 kids and had a great day, enjoyed the sunday roast and kids mac cheese. Staff were brilliant and loved the kids separate play area. Highlight was the staff flashmob dance !! in the main stables which off course went down a treat. Overall a superb visit.

we had soup and the yorkshire wrap, this was 1st class, all served quickly and hot, staff were very friendly and knowledgeable about the menu and the house, we will definitely be back, a real gem well worth a visit.

Popped down for a wee pot of tea and something to eat and was not disappointed. Great selection of good quality tea. I tried iced tea for the very first time and was a wee bit sceptical at first but it was absolutely delicious! Tasty cakes, great selection of gluten free options. Very attendant and friendly staff. I will be definitely back for some more!

I visited here yesterday, it was a really beautiful room very comfortable. Staff friendly and helpful. I had the yorkie wrap which was a Sunday lunch wrapped in Yorkshire pudding! Yum. My daughter had the kids mac and cheese from the kids menu and played in the child friendly room. Would highly recommend, 5 stars!

Having read a lot of not so good reviews we were keen to see for ourselves what Hopetouns Stable Kitchen had to offer. The food was of nice quality all round however my egg mayo sandwich was very light on the egg mayo and at this price point that was disappointing, tasty? Yes just not enough of it which made for a dry chewy lunch. A big plus however was the coffee it came in a proper coffee pot two full cups piping hot and £2 was a really fair price why do so many places over charge for poor coffee? Staff here are friendly attentive and professional just the way you expect. I agree the menu is a bit restricted but our party of four all ordered different far3 and wer3 quite happ6 with 5he selection on offer. So happy to giv3 a positive review and recommend.

Booked the Tea Room for my wife's birthday lunch and really wish I'd checked here first. Although we were late (don't trust your sat-nav to help you take short cuts - go through South Queensferry!).

This has to be one of the worst experiences ever in a coffee shop. Staff rude and disinterested and incapable of dealing with the customers on any level.

Setting is lovely, menu unfortunately is very limited. Food was basic and of average quality. We had soup, kids sandwich and a burger. We waited ages to be seated although it wasn't particularly busy. Another 15 minute wait before a waitress took our order after we had to ask her. Biggest let down is the staff. I felt I had to constantly harass them. They forgot milk for my coffee and it seemed like a hassle for them to bring me some. I definitely wouldn't return

Of all reviews I've made, this one has to be the most confusing. It just doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. The Stables Tearoom is what it says on the tin, but finding it was not at all clear. Tearoom is occasionally signposted, but not the word stables, so you are not sure if you are in the right place. No clear markings at the car park either. The grounds on the other hand are exceptional and are a must to explore. On entering the tearoom, the place looks rather plush with the upturned equivalent of chandelier lighting, tables well spread out and decked with fresh clean linen, and fake (but good) silver service cutlery and accoutrements. The staff were all well presented and dressed accordingly for the setting. All of this suggested a high end restaurant but is then badly let down with the rest, and puts it back in the realms of a simple tearoom, which is what it says it is. The beautiful table settings and layout are then let down with a paper napkin. The large room with stone floor was bare and cold (most people ate with their coats on). Even some more flowers or paintings would have helped. The menu comprised of burger or sandwiches. The food was good however, we had to ask a second time for our drinks as they had been forgotten about.

very nice afternoon tea, lovely setting. staff very attentive, food lovely. amazing location would definately return.

Took my wife there for lunch on Good Friday I have been there quite a few times before but this time I was very disappointed with the new menu and service.The menu was very basic 1 soup to choose from 2 different types of sandwiches and a burger or veggie burger.My BLT sandwich cost £8 it was two pieces of normal white bread toasted I may say with some crisps.Worst BLT sandwich I have had no choice of bread.The soup was ok I asked for Darjeeling tea and got Darjeeling and Earl Grey mixed together!! Then advised they would not charge for the tea.The whole experience was awful and service was slow will not go again.

went here one afternoon with family and friends and had a lovely coffee and cake. We all enjoyed ourselves and the staff were very attentive and friendly. I would definitely recommend.

We booked afternoon tea while visiting the Christmas Shopping Fair and it was held in a private room away from the main restaurant. It was lovely. The fair was manic and this was a bit of relaxation in between the shopping. High Chairs are available and the service was absolutely fantastic - very professional.

My mum and I love afternoon teas. This was our second visit using a Itison voucher. Lovely bite size scones with mouth watering sweet treats. The tea room reminds me of the great hall in the Harry Potter films. Lovely grounds and woodland to walk in. Make an afternoon if it as it is well worth it. Would def visit again.

We weren't aware that we had to pre book a table but we were still offered one which was nice but the whole experience was awful. For starters it took them 20 minutes to ask what we wanted to order. The soup was under seasoned and the waitress forgot to bring us our drinks and scones. We were treated like we didn't matter, like we were an inconvenience. On top of that I had to ask for another scone as the one I was given was not cooked in the middle. Service was really slow and I regret that we walked in there.

After the superb free guided tour of Hopetoun House;a visit to the Stables cafe rounded it off.We had coffee and scones with jam served by friendly,welcoming staff.

This visit to Hopetoun for afternoon tea was organised for my Mum's birthday. I contacted Hopetoun by email beforehand to ask about access to the building from the carpark and to request some gluten free options for the afternoon tea. This was responded to promptly and helpfully.

waited around to be seated, not good when my parents were in their eighties, and it was not exactly busy. We ordered before someone else, yet they seemed to receive their food before us.

A lovely location for an afternoon tea.

We took my mum here whilst visiting Hopetoun house and it was great that we could book a table for lunch.The menu was limited but the sandwiches were freshly prepared and cakes homemade.

Simply the best better than all the rest.. Afternoon tea in the Stables is a must. Beautiful setting the Tea is fantastic and of a very high quality, soup, beautiful sandwiches and savories, scones with home made raspberry jam and cream, rose macaroons and other delightful cakes including polenta and orange cake. All made by the manageress Angela who is lovely and so passionate about what she does. The waiting staff are very helpful, David, Stephen and a lovely girl from Tasmania. I go to many high class places for afternoon tea but this comes out tops. Will return again for more tea and to wonder round the beautiful grounds and the house. Can't wait.

We went for lunch before looking at the house. The tea room is in the old stables with plenty of space between the tables, in a light airy space. We ordered roast beef and horseradish sandwiches. These were very tasty but the actual sandwich was made up of two very small pieces of baguette. Even getting double the amount would not have been excessive. We're both slimmer than the average person but we were still hungry afterwards.

Had lunch with my husband while visiting this fabulous place (Hopestoun House). Found the room to be very smart, however, it was very dark and uninviting.

Visited yesterday with my wife and baby daughter for afternoon tea as an early birthday present for my wife.

Scone was not at all nice coffee was standard a lot of staff for the small area the former stables were a nice touch for the cafe but I would rather go to south queensferry for a snack

Loved our trip of Hoptetoun house, but when we visited the tearoom we were not made to feel particularly welcome and felt the prices were high for what you got, and the staff were a little stand-offish also.

Everything was so fresh and the cakes where yummy. X highly recommend. Lovely staff and Angela is a lovely friendly person making our day out even more special. Thanks you we will be back

Fabulous Afternoon Tea. Everything was perfectly presented and delicious to taste. Particularly liked the portion sizes which were just right. Sandwiches were very fresh and light. Tomato soup expresso cup was a delightful surprise. Also my friend and I finished our shopping at the Christmas fayre earlier than expected and staff were able to bring forward our reservation from 4pm to 3pm. Great customer service.

My friend and I stopped off for morning coffee and had one of their beautiful fruit scones. Everything was delicious

Lovely Christmas afternoon tea, absolutely delicious. The staff were friendly and extremely helpful.

Christmas Afternoon Tea, brilliant and staff very efficient and attentive will defo be booking again next year

We went for a fab afternoon tea at the Stables Tearoom on the afternoon of the Hopetoun Christmas Fair. The venue was lovely, staff very helpful and the food was fantastic.

It was a big treat for us, I suppose £18.00 a head is a lot but it really was a wee taste adventure. The room was beautifully laid out and the staff were very professional and friendly.

We had a lovely time. The food was great and staff attentive, friendly and helpful. We would be happy to make a return visit.

Fantastic quality food and good friendly service. A lovely afternoon out and I would not hesitate to return or recommend to anyone else.

We treat our mums every year to a visit to Hopetoun's Christmas Fair with afternoon tea. Great quality (& quantity!!) afternoon tea with really good and friendly service, a lovely team!

Great service and atmosphere. Very attentive waiter and food was delicious. Nice and cosy room which was thoughtfully decorated. Can highly reccommend

Nice place to have a good cup of tea and cakes and rest after the visit to the nearest stately house. It also has a nice place outside to enjoy good (if your are lucky) weather and bound vista over the huge field in front of the house

We visited the Stables Tearoom today for a special birthday. The service was outstanding and the food even better. Everything is made fresh that day by the amazing Angela who also served us and was very attentive, funny and really helped to make out visit even more memorable. I couldn't recommend this place highly enough - although we discovered that the catering is by Heritage Portfolio and they also do the catering at our favourite lunch venue in Edinburgh (the National Portrait Gallery) so that made sense! All in all, fantastic experience.

Visited today for my nana and mothers birthday and it was superb. Afternoon tea is by far the best we have ever tasted. The woman who served us (Angela) was so friendly and made us feel very welcome. She makes the afternoon tea herself and you can certainly tell, as it is all so fresh. My highlight was the brownie, or scones with the nicest jam ever.

We went for afternoon tea. The soup was unexpected but very welcome on a cold day and was very good. Good selection of sandwiches, excellent scones and cakes. The lemon posset was very unusual. An excellent afternoon out.

Had a fab time with my 14 year old son treated by a great value groupon voucher. The house and surrounding estate adds to the luxury visit. On arrival you park your car away from the house on the left as you arrive, unless disabled where parking is available beside the cafe. From the parking attendant to the cafe servers everyone was helpful, friendly and discreet. The afternoon tea was my favourite to date. Served on a cake stand with a separate savoury platter with sandwiches, savoury scone and mini mushroom soup. The waitress provide a suggested eating order which we decided to follow. This journey added to the experience. I had breakfast tea with my son having luxury hot chocolate and mini marshmallows, all with refills. Dogs are welcome on the outside terrace. This would normally cost £20 per head which I would be happy to pay on a return visit.

Deliziosa questa tè room in un'ala di Hopetoun House! Si può gustare un ottimo tè con squisiti dolcetti; la scelta è molto vasta. Non mancano altri tipi di piatti. Servizio impeccabile, una pausa eccellente.

Enjoyed a very nice Afternoon Tea today at the Stables Tearoom. Lovely surroundings and the food was delicious. I was very well catered for with plenty of tasty gluten free treats to choose from. Well worth a visit!

A very nice setting within the grounds of Hopetoun House, service was excellent, great selection of food, all of a very high standard. We are regular visitors

As a family of four with young adult children travelling to the UK for a month, we decided this was were we were going to enjoy high tea in the afternoon at 3pm. The food was amazing, service was "what service" and the price was OMG. Perhaps we were hosted on a bad day - but really this is not an excuse!!!

Sou simplesmente apaixonada por esses pratos uns em cima os outros cheios de sobremesas e sanduíches. Se quer ter uma tarde tranquila, dê um pulo no Stables Tearoom.

Soup and sandwich which were beautiful and reasonably priced. Relaxing atmosphere & very friendly service. Will be sure to visit again!

The place is gorgeous and pristine even the toilets

Excellent venue & setting for leisurely tea & cakes. Scrumptious. Great food & coffe. Service slow at times. Only complaint was lack of cream & jam with the scones. Received more when we asked, but shouldn't need to.

Visited recently and had morning coffee & cakes, then lunch, at The Stables. Staff were friendly and attentive, and surroundings were relaxed and pleasant. Selection of cakes was excellent. Lunch was good, though pricing seemed bit excessive considering the portions were small and salad with the sandwiches consisted of just rocket, rather than mixed salad leaves which would have been much nicer and looked more substantial. Why do chefs think one type of salad leaf represents salad? Overall, however, our experience as a family of four adults was good enough for us to recommend The Stables. The service and charming environment and immaculate toilet facilities more than made up for any dissatisfaction with the price and standard of lunch.

I visited here today, for the first time, to meet 2 friends for afternoon tea. The tea, sandwiches, scones and cakes were SUPERB! The staff were friendly, service excellent, food delicious and plentiful I can highly recommend it.

Visited today for afternoon tea, the stables tea room was lovely and we received a warm welcome before being seated. The afternoon tea was one of the best I have had, I loved the addition of the soup which tasted amazing! A good selection of sandwiches, cakes and scones. I would highly recommend and would definitely return.

I cycled out to Hopetoun House with three girlfriends as we wanted to cycle somewhere special, to raise a glass to our recent successful charity challenge (cycling Edinburgh to Isle of Iona).

Had lunch with friends, soup and sandwich and both were fresh and tasty. Friend had afternoon tea, it looked delicious and apparently. It tasted great too. Service was friendly and prompt. Would return.

Visited with friends, afternoon tea was fabulous! kids afternoon tea was amazing, such good value! My friend has the Cullen skink and said it was so good. Staff friendly. Reasons to return, great food, great service and lovely venue also child friendly which is a bonus! We were served by Angela and David, they made us feel very welcome! They gave us a loyalty card which eventually gives us a free lunch, can't wait to return!

We were looking for the garden centre tearoom and following the diversion whilst the new road bridge being built ended up at hometown house. The Stables Tearoom was first class, lovely building, it was quiet, the room cavernous, classical music playing, today being quiet at about 14.20 hrs, it was simply lovely. Fruit scone was spiced and exquisite. Thank you and good service.

Enjoyable afternoon out. The staff in the house were extremely knowledgable and friendly. No expense spared in the building of the house, very impressive. Went for afternoon tea in the old stables which are now the cafe. Very special. Amazing huge ballroom was impressive too. Great views from the rooftop viewing area.

Another excellent location for Heritage Portfolio superb fayre. We had cream teas which were delicious and made on the premises. It was a lovely sunny day and we sat outside in the colonnade but the interior was lovely as well. The staff were very friendly and helpful and the service was prompt. The only downside was that we arrived by following a lovely walking route from Blackness Castle (which is quite a bit further than the signposts suggest to actually get in to Hopetoun House) and, although the tearoom is accessed without going in to the house or grounds, and seems to be a destination in itself, we were suspected (presumably by the lady of the house) of trying to access the grounds without going to the car park to pay!

Popped in for a late lunch/afternoon tea after taking the dogs for a walk through the grounds. We must have looked very muddy and windswept but the greeting was very professional and the service was prompt (they were clearly very busy and told us it might take 5 minutes to take our order - they kept to their word, no problems at all). Soup and sandwiches were fresh and tasty but the selection of cakes was simply outstanding - I do not have a sweet tooth and would not normally go for this but they were quite irresistible - cherry bakewell was excellent but the lemon bakewell (freshly made on the premises that morning) was absolutely delicious. Very highly recommended - we will definitely return.

We went here to celebrate a 90th birthday with traditional afternoon tea for 6. Fantastic selection of sandwiches, scones and cakes, beautifully presented and kind and patient service for my elderly parents made it a lovely afternoon for all. Disability parking right outside the tea room also was very convenient.

Four us us went for Afternoon Tea in The Stables Tearooms, they only opened on Friday for Easter and we went on what was a Busy Easter Sunday, the service was a little slow but that didn't really detract from an awesome Afternoon Tea - don't bother with lunch if you are intending to go for this! Started with small cups of tasty soup, savoury scones, and sandwiches, then went on to cream scones and a very pretty (and delicious) selection of cake, macaroons and a little pot of posset ( sort of fruity creamy - yummy!) and of course pots of tea which they happily refilled for the tea monster! We also had a bottle of Prosecco between us as it was a special occasion, but you can have it by the glass or not as you choose. Highly recommended and if you feel the need to walk it off afterwards - on an nice day the grounds of Hopetoun House are lovely.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Asked for and received a vegan alternative high tea and it was delicious, very filling. The staff allowed us to leave the scones until we had had a walk around the beautiful grounds then we went back and finished them off. Then we went to The Farm Shop and Garden Centre for a browse and some purchases. Lovely finish to a lovely day out,

I took my gran and young daughter here and we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. We had a great selection of freshly made cakes and sandwiches in lovely surroundings and the staff were friendly and attentive. Highly recommended.

Booked in at Stables Tearoom for afternoon tea and requested a gluten free afternoon tea for myself. This is the best gluten free afternoon tea I have ever had and I did not feel I was losing out on the usual offering at all. I was very impressed and will definitely be back!

The tearoom is part of hoptoun house lovely place in it self to visit if you go be sure to take the tour they also have garden centre not far that has nice cafe for bite to eat as well just so lovely.

We spent most of the day at Hopetoun House and had lunch and afternoon tea in the Stables Tearoom. The atmosphere and service were excellent with a distictive olde wolde feel that made us have an understanding of what it must have been like to live in those times -throughly recommended.

We had afternoon tea at the stables on two occasions. In Aug 12 and in Apr 13. The first occasion was exceptional with the sandwiches being really different combos to those you would usually get. The cakes on both occasions were amazing. The second occasion was still good but sandwiches not as good as Aug 12. I hope they revert to their offerings of last year! Great location and very nicely decorated tea room. Staff were friendly and efficient.

Just came for a quick lunch to the Stables Tea Room at Hopetoun House. Staff were friendly and helpful, both in the ticket office and tearoom. It looks the part with tasteful décor and beautifully set tables but the food was mediocre at best. We had soup which tasted like tinned. I could open a tin at home but I don't because we prefer home made soup which is very easily made. The bread rolls were warmed but a bit stale and hard. Surely it cannot be that difficult. We won't be rushing back, sorry.

We were made welcome even before we arrived because we had an issue with re-booking our table as we had a voucher. The change was made without fuss and when we arrived we were shown to our table which was waiting for us.