Sudeley castle coffee shop in Tewkesbury - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Well, what can I say… The “hot chocolate “ should be put under the ‘cold’ drinks section… first time I came here few weeks ago, I had hot chocolate in a small mug, it was warm, this week, by the time the waitress came out with our order, the hot chocolate was in a tall glass, with lots of froth, it was cold, next time I’ll bring my own! Prices are extortionate btw….

Not impressed! Hot drinks served in paper cups! Failed to provide the requested milk with the Americano (actually put milk in when requested milk on the side!). Relatively premium price charged too!

Visited on a Sunday afternoon, I suppose it's to be expected that it was very busy, although the experience seemed to be the same the last time that we visited. The coffee is nice but the cakes seemed exceedingly expensive. The young weekend (?) staff were very polite and in fairness, 'doing their best' but, it all seemed a bit frantic and frenetic. Food arrived promptly and pleasantly but I had to go looking for a knife (none supplied) and again later, for serviettes.

Relatively expensive for tea / coffee compared to other eateries in the locality. WiFi did not work (didn’t on a previous visit)! Still worth a visit. Nice walk from Winchcombe to the castle. To visit the castle itself is something like £22 (they do however do a family ticket).

Think it’s now called The Pavillion? Located by the gift shop, opposite the car park. Decent range of cakes and light lunches. WiFi did not work even with the code provided! Cups & saucers in the week, paper cups at weekends; apparently no one to wash up? Price remains the same. Nice walk from the village or when you visit the castle.

This relates to the coffee shop adjacent to the main house. There was one lady on duty. She couldn’t have been more helpful and was genuinely cheerful. Unfortunately the coffee shop ran out of food such as rolls and sandwiches at lunchtime. Coffee was good and what food we had was enjoyable

The worst coffee and walnut cake I’ve ever tasted and a strange chewy croissant - best avoided except for the coffee which was OK.

After a long look around the castle and grounds we retired for a drink and cake to the castle coffee shop. It was nearing the end of the day so many items were out of stock. We managed to get hot/cold drinks and some reasonably priced cakes. A lovely end to a long day.

We like Sudeley Castle itself, but the cafe isn't half as good as it was in previous years. If you want limited choice, a dry bread sandwich with meagre filling, unfriendly service, all for an amazing £5, this is the place to eat! Otherwise, bring your own lunch!

Fancied a sandwich, but only sausage rolls, pork pie and sweet stuff on offer. Ended up with a bag of plain crisps as I didn’t fancy trying duck, pheasant or boar

Very limited sandwich choice….cheese and onion or tuna, neither of which I eat, very expensive too at £6.50 each and very few in stock. Coffee was awful.

An okay cafe. Nothing amazing and nothing terrible. Pleasant staff, but after inviting us in they didn’t tell us that it wasn’t table service so took us a while to realise we had to go to the counter to order. A shame it was paper/plastic cups still.

Only a limited amount of pre made snacks. sandwiches, scones and cream, crisps and soft drinks. Hand as a stop off when out walking. Will close down when castle closes for the end of season.

Small but adequate cafe with somewhat limited fare, but acceptable for a light lunch/snack. Staff were very friendly and helpful. Right next to the car park, shop and entrance which is handy for meeting up with people. (And a loo in the shop).

The hot sausage rool was very meaty and herby which worked ok. The coffee however was so bad I genuinely thought it was starbucks. It is ghastly. The cafe also has an odd habit of creaking whenever anyone enters it due to it being raised off the ground by about 6 inches or so. It might be good for tea fans but coffee afficianadaos.........avoid.

Limited number of snacks but what is available is of reasonable quality. Coffee is not the best but also not the worst I have tasted. Open to all even if not visiting the castle. Good Covid precautions in place.

Lovely welcome and great coffee and service. Plenty of seating on hand and undercover just in case of bad weather

Disapointed that when I said that I was 'dairy free' I was not offered anything. Very unusual that there were no plain cakes or fruit as options.

We visited for lunch and the toasties were very good. However, the chicken in the chicken salad tasted more like fish and was quite odd. My wife mentioned it to the staff but they didn't know what to do, eventually offering a piece of cake. I would definitely go back for the toastie though.

Came here after our tour of castle and grounds. Had a lovely coffee and fruit mince pie. My husband had a hot chocolate and cake which he raved about.

This coffee shop is adjacent to the car park and can be accessed before you pay to visit the sudo-castle. Clean, affordable and a good choice of refreshments. Pleasant staff and sufficient indoor and outdoor tables. What more do you need....

We made use of the castle restaurant when spending a day with friends exploring the delights of Sudeley Castle. It was a very busy, sunny day so the service was a bit slow, but the food was nice enough (I had a vegetarian pasta off the hot menu) and welcome to meet our needs.

La cafetería que hay antes de la entrada, junto al aparcamiento, es muy decepcionante, no tiene atmósfera, es escasa, está mal equipada y carece de comida decente, solo bocadillos pre-empacados y algunos pasteles, se habían acabado cuando salimos. El café era asqueroso, se volcó - la mayoría de las bebidas son autoservicio de una máquina y no saben bien. Espera hasta que entres a la casta y visites el restaurante.

Het is handig als je ter plekke kunt lunchen. 8 £ is ook erg schappelijk voor een lekkere lunch. Ruimte zat en mooi uitzicht vanuit de veranda

Esto es algo más que una idea posterior a las instalaciones de Sudeley, pero es absolutamente una idea para un repostaje rápido con un té, café o helado. Hay una gran área de comedor con paredes de cristal abiertas y sin alma y una terraza exterior ligeramente llena. No hay un mostrador grande que muestre las tradicionales tartas de café, sándwiches, etc., solo una pequeña escotilla para servir.En realidad, esto ayuda a los padres, ya que los niños no son inadecuados y se sienten atraídos por la comida chatarra o gourmet costosa, mientras que ofrecen opciones básicas que los niños conocen y entienden.Yo daría una clasificación más alta incluso si solo reconfiguran los asientos interiores.

Visité la cafetería el jueves antes del fin de semana festivo, no estaba demasiado ocupada, solo había 2 sirviendo detrás del mostrador, una sirviendo los tés y el café en la caja hasta en la cola 25 minutos, luego esperé otros 25 minutos para que la comida fuera Más rápido para conducir en el pueblo y comer allí. La comida promedio no vale la pena esperar. Necesita una mejor organización. . . . .

El castillo de Sudeley era un lugar encantador para visitar. . . . lleno de historia. Bien vale la pena unirse a la gira. Nuestra única decepción fue el té de la tarde que habíamos reservado. 30 cada uno por 3 sándwiches pequeños, 2 mini sabrosos, una galleta, un par de mini tartas y uno de los bollos más pequeños que he visto en mi vida. Ni siquiera un pedazo de pastel adecuado! ! Normalmente luchamos para terminar un té de la tarde, pero todavía nos quedábamos con hambre después de este. Nos ofrecieron más té, pero un bollo adicional o 2 habría sido bueno para terminar la gran olla de crema que nos habían dado.Estábamos abarrotados en un rincón de la zona de asientos tipo invernadero con un par de otras mesas alrededor, también tomando el té de la tarde, pero el resto del restaurante estaba vacío, así que no estoy seguro de por qué estábamos abarrotados. . . y la mesa se tambaleaba. En general, no es una gran experiencia.

Restaurante encantador en el castillo de Sudeley. Se divide en dos mitades, una mitad en el propio castillo y la otra mitad en un enorme y espacioso invernadero adjunto. Servicio rápido y amigable, porciones generosas, la comida caliente muy caliente. La hamburguesa Longhorn con topping rarebit fue una novedad y absolutamente deliciosa. Fue un poco decepcionado por la berenjena al ajo al horno con cinco salsa de frijoles - la berenjena estaba muy poco hecha. Como era difícil ver cómo podría remediarse, simplemente lo comimos (¡con un poco de dificultad!)

Probamos ambos cafés y encontramos que el que está junto a la entrada del castillo tiene más opciones que el que está junto al aparcamiento: una selección razonable de sándwiches y una taza de té decente.

Great place to stop at the end of a days walking around the castle and gardens. There is lots of room inside and out, it's clean and tidy. On the afternoon that I visited the choice of food was limited. Importantly there is a good restaurant in Sudeley castle a few minutes walk from the cafe which is excellent for lunch - I thoroughly enjoyed my Greek Salad there. Details below are for the restaurant.

A very lovely restaurant with plenty of seating and table service for hot meals.

Reasonable selection on the menu and food was nice when arrived. My aunt and cousin from the states would have loved a cream tea but scones had gone and the kitchen were not preparing any more...shame

Ok for a stop off during your visit to the Castle but nothing special. Cakes were good but coffee was from an automated machine. Surroundings were good.

average over priced food, cheap catering food that costs next to nothing, however they rip you off with it.

Basic ready made sandwiches/cakes and coffees, no hot meals available. But suited us for what we wanted. We visited the coffee shop before you enter the grounds. There is another coffee shop attached to the castle which we did not visit so may have more variety of food there.

After a long morning's self-guided tour through Sudeley Castle and its beautiful gardens on a blistering hot day, it was wonderful to enjoy lunch in the castle coffee shop's cool interior. A sandwich and a limonata just hit the spot.

This tent-like addition to Sudeley seems out of place, but it opens into the kitchen area of the castle itself. The portions are excellent. The food is tasty. The large window-walls offer grand views of the Cotswold fields and vales.

Good for what it is. A quick bite to hold you over. Simple menu, moderate prices. A place to sit and have tra and reflect.

Spent most of the day at the castle enjoying the guided tour and exploring on my on. The cafe had good selection of food which was very good. You could eat inside or enjoy a nice area outside.

I'm a local and have been several times since you relaunched the visitor centre. The place is perfect for walkers, castle visitors and locals to pop in but every time I do there's a HUGE queue waiting to put in their token into the s l o w e s t coffee machine ever. I can see if you weren't busy it'd be a waist to employ someone & not need them but when you get a 52 seater bus load in all wanting coffee and the loo the whole of their time would be spent waiting to pop in their token. Get 2 machines. Least that'd speed things up. Great place to visit just buy a bottle of pop if you are in a hurry.

Metimos en una visita a Castillo de sudely, quería una taza de té. El café estaba lleno, largas colas y no quedé muy impresionado por el precio de una taza de té/café, que había que hacer tú mismo de una máquina de autoservicio. No hace falta decir que no me quedo y encontramos un bonito salón de té en el centro de Winchcombe.

El almuerzo era un resto de mirar alrededor del castillo y todas las exposiciones. Nos detuvimos para tener el almuerzo a mitad de camino nuestra excursión y fue un momento perfecto.

Busy place Sunday lunchtime which was something of a bun fight but you can't blame the popularity of this p,ace for that. The large marquee dining area or outside seating give good options for families to sit.

On a visit to Sudeley Castle we visited the coffee shop. The staff and service was excellent. The variety of homemade cakes was very good with a very reasonable slice making it value for money. Other good was also available including doorstop sandwiches and hot food. The food was all very reasonable priced

Nice to get a snack and cup of coffee. It has a very interestinf attached shop. Some very interesting curios for sale. Very worth a visit.

We visited the restaurant as opposed to the coffee shop.The pasties were awful, 80% flakey pastry and what filling there was (about a small child's handful) was very poor quality and they were served on side plates which were too small to enable any 'knife and fork work'. The chips were equally tasteless.£2.50 was the going rate for coffee and herbal tea which were served in cheap crockery.

This review is for the Restaurant and not the external Coffee Shop.We visited Sudeley Castle on Saturday 8 April having pre-booked a `Cotswold Afternoon Tea`. We could not have done better anywhere with the Afternoon Tea providing delicious fresh sandwiches, lovely cream cakes and tarts together with a large cream scone with lashings of jam and clotted cream.All the produce was sourced locally and there was as much tea as we could drink. The staff were really chatty and friendly.We have become connoisseurs of cream teas all over the country including Top London Hotels and we would say this was the best we`ve had. Well done Sudeley Castle

Very poor choice of cakes and food generally. Staff seemed to be mostly schoolgirls with no "get up and go" and not much idea of what they did / didn't have available / in stock. Very slow service.Coffee shop lacked any atmosphere and to be quite frank was an ugly extension on the side of the castle. Very disappointing.

Very poor and very overpriced food.My panini was just a toasted baguette, not ciabatta, with some very nasty, bitter sauce in that was supposed to be pesto, and a little scrap of mozzarella. Even worse was the children's food: I couldn't believe how cheap and nasty the sausages were; my daughter actually asked what they were made of because they didn't taste of meat. The peas were dried out and hard and the children wouldn't eat them. I really recommend taking your own sandwiches and hot drinks in a thermos.I was really shocked; it seems disrespectful to visitors to think they will be satisfied with such horrid and expensive food.

Poor service, small portions and overpriced. The bacon in the Brie and bacon panini tasted rancid, nice coleslaw on the side though. Coffee out of a machine was just about ok. Good carrot cake but awful chocolate cake. Recommend you eat elsewhere or take a picnic!

Very good tea and cake, other food looked good too. Prices as you would expect, £10 for tea and cake for two. Clean, plenty of seating, decent toilets.

Visited Sudely Castle yesterday and I see I am not alone in my views of the coffee shop. Superficially, and from a distance it looks rather nice. However, looks can be deceiving. The coffee machine churns out a liquid which is not for those who are wanting anything resembling a decent cup of coffee. I have coeliac disease - my lunch choice was soup without bread or the ubiquitous jacket potato. Staff not remotely interested in the lack of choice for those of us with 'dietary requirements'. The soup yesterday was supposed to be tomato and red pepper. I don't like tomato but in the event of being faced with another jacket potato I had no option but to have soup (without bread). I needn't have worried about the tomato side of things as there couldn't have been any in there. It was hot though! I did voice my disappointment at the lack of GF options and it was clear they were not interested - neither were they unduly concerned that a couple of items of cutlery were dirty, when my partner returned them the response was 'cheers'. The Castle itself is magnificent with really welcoming staff and a very motivated and informed guide. The Dent-Brocklehurst family are to be commended - however, the cafe was a huge disappointment and in my view a poor reflection on everything they are trying to achieve there.

Nothing special. A token to use a coffee machine for £2.75. Smoothie was bland and staff seem uninterested. Again an opportunity missed to do something unique to the castle setting

The Castle and grounds are lovely and well worth a visit. But the the terrace cafe is overpriced and the food and coffee is really quite terrible. The whitebait for £8 came with chips that were tasteless and limp, the salad came without dressing and the capuccino for £2.75 was watery and came out of an automated coffee machine. Especially after the personal welcome video of the family, which we thought was nice, this experience left me with a very unpleasant feeling about the place.

Got there at lunch time in desperate need of refreshment. Good selection. Price is what you expect to pay for this type of establishment but you are not ripped of.

Had coffee and cake. Coffee from a machine which was not very strong and very expensive.Chocolate Cake was okay but again £5.50 for two slices was again a bit steep.As we were the only people in the cafe, it us obvious that others are put off by the selection and prices.

Popped in for a bit of lunch whilst visiting the Castle. Wish we hadn't bothered. Everything we ordered was very poor. The bread in the pre-packed sandwiches was dry, the salad was terrible and the coffee was virtually undrinkable. Would not eat there again!!!!!!

There are two cafes within the grounds - one at the entrance and another (Terrace) by the main building. There's indoor seating, a conservatory and outdoor wood picnic type tables. Inside, the food layout was haphazard with cakes etc on a centre table, sandwiches and cold drinks to one side, hot drinks to the other and hot meal menus behind the counter - all of which caused confusion with customers. Hot drinks are served from dispensers via tokens purchased at the counter. A pot of tea is actually good value as you could refill/top up without token. We had sandwiches, cake and hot drinks.The bread, especially on my cheese and pickle sandwich was hard/stale even though there were 2 days left before self destruct. From the packaging it would appear sandwiches are made on site rather than on a mass production line and maybe packets are not sealed well enough?Staff were slow to clear/clean tables and appeared to have a lack of drive.Overall - a distinctly average cafe but the castle and grounds more than made up for it.

We enjoyed our day at Sudeley Castle. It's a very interesting place indeed.However we thought the charge of £2.25 for a teabag and hot water in a cardboard cup at the café in the Visitor Centre was somewhat over the top..!Also the outdoor seating here is right next to the coach park.This means that if the time for the departure of a Coach Tour is getting close the driver starts the engine and runs it continuously to get the air conditioning running for the benefit of the returning passengers. This is nice for them but the resulting engine noise and the exhaust fumes completely destroy the peace and tranquillity and general ambience of the café seating area.The Terrace Café up at the Castle charges the same £2.25 for a tea (this time you get a small pot and a china cup) but doesn't suffer from the air and noise pollution caused by the tour coaches.

Very good food here quiche and salad fried halloume sweet potato chips or sandwiches good value and very tasty you can eat inside or out and as it was a sunny day we sat out. The staff were excellent and made sure we were happy.

They use a DIY coffee machine like Waitrose, but there the comparison ends. £2.50 for warm water slightly coloured by powdered milk would be funny if I wasn't paying.

Amazing coffee and cake we will return very soon ☺very friendly and welcoming thank you the cake was beautiful and an excellent pot of coffee we will be back

Достаточно большой выбор свежих десертов, остальное стандартный набор чай/кофе. Много посадочных мест, обслуживают быстро и приветливо!

Open for hot food 12 till 3. But u can get drinks and snacks outside that. Reasonably priced and friendly staff.

this is a very interesting house with memories of a former queen also has a good cafe and some really old tapestries

The prices were not cheap but they never are at tourist sites. I have a Jacket Potato I think it was £7.50 but when it came there must have been two tins of tuna on the potato and a lovely fresh salad with it. The coffee shop has an 'indoor' section and a lovely conservatory, either is nice to eat in. The coffee was £2.50 but was also very nice, I would rather pay more for a good cup of coffee than have one that is bitter.

Slow service. Expensive pot of tea and hot chocolate. Hot chocolate was luke warm. Poor selection of cakes so did not have any.Really disappointed as the restaurant did not match the lovely castle.

We were visiting the castle and thought it would be pleasant to have something to eat in the ( Much Pushed and Signposted !) café. They were also very keen to tell us that it was closing at lunchtime (???) so presumably we were all supposed to race in and eat early.Went in, a little tatty round the edges, bunch of trays of different sizes in a wobbly pile for you to take and queue with. rather taken aback by the prices.........jacket potato for £9 anyone ? It didn't look that appetising so maybe just a sandwich...................utterly awful white bread sandwiches that looked like they were made with Value bread a few days prior........a snip at £4 (!?!) or maybe a slice of very tired looking cake. It all looked dusty, unappetising and over-priced. We looked at each other and decided ( correctly ) that there are a number of nice pubs/restaurants elsewhere.To add insult to injury, they were then saying ( as the café was shutting early) that food could be bought in the gift shop. We couldn't resist seeing what they had on offer.......half a shelf of more of those tired, value sandwiches @ £4, some Snickers bars and some bags of crisps @95p each.Bring a picnic !!! But also , BEWARE of this early closing thing. the café, church and part of the gardens were to be closed off from lunchtime due to a wedding. How lovely but .........with all that CLOSED off, shouldn't there have been a reduction in the ticket price ??? Its the kind of place you would bring Great Aunt Mabel to and to not even have access to a cup of tea and a sit down after 12.30 is a Bit Much. You can tell its privately owned, no need for a customer service policy here !

After quite a long walk, but a very pleasant one, we were disappointed to learn that we could not stop for refreshments at the coffee shop unless we had purchased tickets for the Castle. On finding in our opinion that the tickets were very high in price, we thought oh well we can at least get refreshments and look around the gift shop and find out more about the Castle and maybe change our minds about visiting it. but no. We felt this was very shortsighted. Turned around and headed back! Free car parking which was amazing (although as I say we had walked) which we were impressed by...until we found out full costs. Surely worth encouraging people like us into Cafe to find out more. Total lack of foresight. I only rated it Poor because I couldn't explain the situation properly. It may have been excellent but we weren't given chance to find out. Great shame. Never been anywhere where you couldn't use Cafe!! Sorry!

I stopped off for a coffee and cake while waiting for a guided tour. Very pleasant surroundings and could sit inside ot out. Very friendly and efficient service.

お城の入り口に併設されており、お城の観光前にサンドイッチとドリンクで簡単にランチをすませるのには便利です。おみやげショップも隣にあります。

Visited on 25th April, Grounds and house exceptional, really enjoyable. However, visit to Café for drinks and snack was totally unacceptable. 15 minute queue to order and pay for tea, coffee, sandwich and a cake, then 30 minutes waiting for drinks to be made. Café was not even busy!

They have large menu but things are very high. Portins are small.Maybe get a drink and eat somwhere else.

Service with a smile and a varied menu.We had coffee on arrival and returned for a light lunch. Fish fingers on ciabatta for me and an excellent bacon roll for my wife.There were other, more substantial, offerings but this was enough for us.

I just wanted a light lunch and looked for a quiche and salad. None available so had the soup of the day which was mushroom and uneatable.

Visited here on the day of the Tour of Britain cycle race. The castle and gardens are nice, the coffee shop........well average just! Hot meals are over priced, not much in the way of choice and if your a coeliac, then just forget it. We won't be back, it's disappointing, there are better in Winchcombe itself.

I went for a day out, two adults three kids, all was good even though kids stuff is limited indeed, so we had 5 bacon sarnies, the bacon was OLD and HARD and not good, greasy old bacon, I did complain but was told that as the kids had eaten some bacon she the manager ? would not pay for all the bacon but only one,so if you like OLD GREASY bacon go ahead and eat it, I would say never eat this as its wrong and illiegal to sell such awful food

We visited on the Sunday of the recent bank holiday weekend, planning to have a nice day out and lunch at Sudely. We arrived in the cafe at 2pm, joining a long queue, and soon after were told that the kitchen was closing for half an hour because they were 'too busy and couldn't cope with all the orders' but that there were still sandwiches available to buy - there were six left in the fridge and they were gone within about a minute of that announcement and were not replenished. The member of staff told us that if we came back in about 20 minutes they would be taking food orders again so we decided to have a cup of tea and wait but when we returned after 20 minutes we were told that the kitchen had run out of food. All of the empty tables were covered with dirty dishes and were only cleared by people wanting to sit at the tables - I actually saw customers wiping the tables with wet wipes. I think it's probably just as well that we couldn't order food because the poor couple sat next to us waited an hour for 2 bowls of soup. There was a history day going on at Sudely so why they didn't anticipate being busy is beyond me.Totally shambolic with inadequate staffing, poor service and dirty tables.

Had a cream tea very nice and reasonably priced. Nothing seemed to much trouble for the staff. The food looked good for what I could see.

We had lunch here during our visit to Sudeley which was really delicious. I had the Cajun Chicken wrap which was huge and extremely tasty and my husband had chicken and mushroom pie which was accompanied by a delicious sauce. Really big portions and great value for money. The waiting staff were friendly and efficient and the cafe had such ambience in what looked like the old banqueting hall. Highly recommended for a delicious value for money meal.

A good selection of tea and cakes plus sandwiches. A good place to relax before continuing your visit

We had a light lunch before staring our visit to the Castle and rest of the grounds, having walked through some to get to the Castle, and enjoyed a pleasant lunch outside on a sunny Saturday in May.The food was well prepared and tasty, and although not cheap, the value justified the price we think.

It is what you expect from such places, not the place for a slap up lunch but somewhere to have refreshments and sandwiches after exploring the castle and grounds . Contrary to other posts on here we found the prices were average and no more than you would expect . We had sandwiches, coffee and cake. (2 people ) and it was just under £13 which really isn't bad at all.

We enjoyed food and drink that was different to the standard National Trust offerings (not that these are poor in themselves: just good to be a bit different).Lunch was very good, and the service was polite. Yes, it was probably a little expensive, so 4 star not 5.

Really, no atmosphere and VERY expensive food. Staff are nice and helpful, but I can't help feeling that like so many cafes at historic buildings, they make little effort with the design and layout of the restaurant - and why is everything so expensive!

After going around the castle and grounds with lots of hiccups from rude staff! We did decide to go into the coffee shop, the coffee wasn't costa but hey... the cakes were average - but pricey No return....

A welcome drink/snack after a tour of the castle, especially on a hot day. Good seating and tables outside.

GreAt place to eat , staff exceptionally friendly, I had the braised lamb wrap which was Devine and my husband had the soup which was homemade and very yummy, the only down side was no children's menu although they where more than happy to cater for the children's need :-)