The Vaio Room in Chorley

My mother and I were treated by my son and fiancée to this lovely afternoon tea. The staff were very welcoming and attentive. Dressed in traditional attire We sat by the fire which was lovely. The room was beautifully decorated. The sandwiches cakes etc were truly scrumptious. They found out it was my mother’s birthday and brought a small cake in with a candle and sang happy birthday to her. A lovely touch. The surroundings are of course beautiful at the hall Definitely recommend

there for afternoon tea and what a delight it was , great food with unlimited tea, coffee or soft drinks , the service was great staff very attentive can highly recommend

No choice of cake nothing but crisps as an alternative .staff didn’t care and didn’t seem to want to be there

Wanted to have lunch but informed no menu available and cakes on display and drinks were only available. Tea room may be known for it afternoon teas but wanted lunch. Please consider

A great little tea room especially for afternoon tea, Jack and all the staff team are great and make the outing a real pleasure . If you do the tour which is unite fun then book the afternoon tea. It’s very tasty and good value - plenty of food. Definitely a must visit if you love afternoon tea.

Outstanding tearoom, I’d highly recommend! I visit the tearoom on a monthly basis when I work at the Hoghton Tower Farmer’s market undertaking fostering awareness. The staff team Jack, Jess, Robin and Leah are amazing, they always go above and beyond to make me feel welcome! They are professional, friendly, kind, caring, customer focused, personable and always remember my name. The food is absolutely delicious, it’s homemade and very tasty! It’s also very reasonably priced! I’ve not tried the afternoon tea as yet but the sandwiches and cakes are fabulous so I can’t wait to book it soon! The tearoom is set in a beautiful building, it’s cosy, stylish, has lots of character and charm, it’s lovely in winter when the open fire is on. I look forward to visiting the tearoom again soon! Thanks to all the team! Sarah 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Had an absolutely amazing time. The building is absolutely beautiful. A special thank you for Linda and Tony for giving us a tour and talking us through all the history. Would definitely recommend and will definitely be back!

After doing a tour of this historic building we treated ourselves to afternoon cream tea. Delicious 😋! Beautifully presented, plentiful and varied it was a perfect way to finish off the day there. Got to catch up with some of the wonderful staff who had played characters in a recent magical kingdom experience that we had taken our granddaughter to and it was lovely to see them. Already looking forward to our next visit xxx

I went for afternoon tea with 5 other guests. We all had a lovely time. The staff were very polite and friendly. We had a lovely table by a log burning stove which was beautiful. The food was more than enough for us and we ended up taking a lot home in doggie bags. The drinks were regularly topped up. The whole thing was great. Unfortunately the tower itself is not open at the moment to tour but that would have just been the cherry on top of an already lovely day. Thank you for a memorable mother's day.

Disappointed because at the gate it said open today, but up the drive second notice said closed today.someone not doing their job.

A group of 25 ladies, including myself visited to do the tour followed by Afternoon Tea. The tea was amazing, definite contender for best I've had yet! Beautifully presented, food was very fresh and a wonderful selection. Cakes were delicious. Service was excellent, will definitely return.

Following our guided tour we visited the tea rooms. We were made extremely welcome by Robin. Tea and cake... before our visit to the gardens. Perfect. Grazie mille!

We paid £19 EACH for a tiny selection of sandwiches, a cake and a scone. The added bits were all things you could buy a big pack of from Poundland. The scone was stale and the sandwiches were mediocre. We were waiting round thinking “is this it?” Until loads of wasps swarmed around our food. All this for £40. Very disappointed. The price doesn’t even include a walk around the gardens, you have to pay extra. Definitely not worth it.

My son and I went fir afternoon tea. Albeit my son is only 3 years old. But he loves afternoon teas. I must admit I was quiet disappointed with what I received for the price of £29.00. My some got two small sandwiches, some pombear crisps, half a sausage roll, and chocolate ice cream. I got four finger sandwiches (2 slices of bread), a few crisps. A scone with jam and cream, a selection of three cakes. I noticed that other people having afternoon tea had fruit or something in a bowl. The lack of sandwiches was disappointing. The surroundings are beauitful, the house and gardens were closed. Within 20 mins we had finished our afternoon tea and were away, to my son asking what was for tea? …….. I think £21.00 for an adult and child for afternoon tea would be a fairer price to pay.

I was with my wife extremely warm welcome they offered us table very nice and comfortable beautiful place inside the tea was just great can not complain about this nice and sweet dessert at the end coffe was 100% Italian and very hospitality people honestly. We will be back soon again. THANK YOU

Went with a friend for afternoon. We were greeted in a very friendly way and the service continued to be excellent. Nothing was too much trouble, from refreshing the tea to packing up the food that we couldn’t eat. The choice of food, the quality and quantity exceeded our expectations. The only slight niggle was the disable access - it needs to be improved although I accept that it would be difficult. Will define return.

The service is great and the food was delicious. the scones are definitely worth a try and the cakes looked gorgeous.

The rain had started just at the end of our longish walk in the area so we scooted up to the tea rooms at the tower for tea and cakes. There were others who were enjoying the full afternoon tea facility and it all looked very pretty. I visited the Tower and went on the tour many years ago when one of my German friends was stying with us. As I recall it was pretty good and quite interesting.

received this from our son including a tour very nice indeed large pot of tea and nice sandwiches good mix of cakes

I just had a hot chocolate from there and it tasted good. So nice to visit when you need something to ease your appetite.

Really cosy place to visit.Nice friendly staff and great menu.Plus great surroundings to wander round in.

Attended for lunch before attending Open Theatre production in gardens at Tower. Arrived just after cafe opened - the only customers was the actors (about 9 people) and 1 other couple. After ordering our food it took 35 minutes for hot sandwich to cone. Plus when asked for horseradish on beef sandwich - got none in stock. Poor service which needs improvement.

We called in the tea rooms after taking the tour of the house. Large airy room with lots of tables, some reserved for afternoon tea, polite and friendly staff, the sausage baps were very tasty, hot and fresh and a good pot of tea too.

Interesting choice,the afternoon tea included prawn cocktail and humus, fingers sandwiches, traditional scone, jam and clotted cream, cakes, tarts other treats with a lovely big pot of tea, and coffee available if preferred. Will go again!

The place was clean and the staff friendly & attentive. We had the afternoon tea and can honestly say it was delicious and so plentiful we came away with a ‘doggy’ bag! We would probably say that it was one of the nicest afternoon teas we’ve had. It included prawn cocktail, 4 different filled sandwiches, fruited scones with preserve and clotted cream, 3 other types of cake and then jelly or a chocolate mousse; all washed down with copious tea all served in lovely china. Amazing value for money!

Poor quality produce that is below par. Serious investment needed in this side of the business. Visited several times over last few years no improvement - such a shame as this venue could be fab

Called in for a coffee and sandwich before tour round the house. The coffee was good and the bacon both plentiful and of top quality. Would go again just for the food and all at a very reasonable price.

Etter ein tur rundt på Hoghton Tower, passar det med ein matbit på den vesle kafeen i huset. Det er relativ enkel servering, men heilt grei. Vi prøvde afternoon tea, ikkje det heilt store, m.a. var dei utselte for scones.

As a cafe this is 5* - self service up at the till, pick your cake or soup/sandwich and drink, boom job done.

plenty to choose from and the the quality is excellent. lovely setting, and the staff were very welcoming.

Average pot of tea. Average scone and cream. Above average price 🙈. Nothing particularly bad about the place, just nothing great either! Shame really as the grounds are beautiful!

Visited for lunch. Although menu quite limited there were daily specials and a choice of two soups. There was a good selection of home made cakes and scones. A lovely little tea room to stop and take refreshments in the surroundings of this historic estate.

Visité el salón de té hoy por primera vez y sin duda volveremos! El personal era amable y eficiente. La comida es de una calidad excepcional, todo fresco, bien presentado y sabroso. Teníamos un brownie de chocolate para postre y fue excelente me prosume hay caseros. Se lo recomendaría a todos. ¡volveremos!

Ate here whilst working at Hoghton for just over a week. The chef and team were great. Fresh homemade soups each day were fab. The food were nicely presented and good value. Will be back.

Visited the tea room today, found the food to be excellent and good value, friendly staff, would recommend

Quaint room. Friendly staff and excellent cakes. A little chilly on a cool day outside. Would be even more pleasant...

Had lunch here on recent visit to the tower. The sharing platter and sandwiches we had were first rate and reasonably priced. Will eat here again. Very, very good.

Visited here today after a guided tour of Hoghton Tower.Generally the food was good, pea and ham soup, steak sandwich for hubby ,cheese sandwich with a bowl of soup for me.My sandwich was advertised as being served with salad, coleslaw and crisp but this did not happen.It was late in the day so I don't know if they had ran out, but I had some of my hubby's so I did not make a fuss.The bill with tea came to £25 which was good value.

After our tour of the Tower lunch was calling...I had a lovely Northern Rarebit served with a delicious salad. My husband chose a Prawn Sandwich and the Nicoise Salad. Both of which went down well. Followed by a Gluten Free Chocolate Brownie (Homemade) and Coffee & Walnut slice of cake for me! The guy was multi-tasking beyond belief but still provided lovely food and good service.

Thinking of somewhere different to take friends, my wife had talked about the Hoghton tower. Now the 1st thing about this is that there is no tower! We had a guided tour of the building full of fascinating facts & history! We followed this with a cream tea which was enjoyed by all!In fact we returned within two weeks to take more friends to see & enjoy all that is on offer.

Had an excellent lunch here after a tour of the house then went back for coffee and cake after looking round the grounds and gardens. The food was good value for money, freshly prepared and well presented. The staff were very welcoming. Good to know it's possible to eat here in the lovely setting without having to pay to visit the house. Definitely worth going!

Came here after a House Tour and I would heartily recommend it. The food and menu are very good. Prices are reasonable too.

Apologies - I have posted my review of the tea room under new management on the main Hoghton Tower review page. Suffice as to say here it was a fabulous experience and we will be going back soon!

I don't want this review to be a slating as that would be unfair. I visited the tearoom with my son on Father's Day. While waiting for the next tour of the tower we decided to grab a bite to eat. The tearooms are in a nice setting and are part of the main house. When we arrived there appeared to be three (maybe four) young ladies looking after things, taking orders, waiting on tables etc. Many of the tables were littered with plates and debris which hadn't been tidied up from previous customers. My son and myself found a table and then went to order food. We only ordered sandwiches and a drink (best part of £17.00) then gave the young lady our table number. After waiting quite a while the sandwiches arrived, not before being hawked all around the tearoom first. The lady eventually put the sandwiches on our table and promptly left, leaving all the of the previous people's plates and cutlery and dirty serviettes behind. We waited for a while, nothing. After a trip to the counter we asked that the table be cleared, which it eventually was. We also asked if we could have our drinks, they finally turned up after a second request, after we had finished our sandwiches. No cutlery was given to us, no serviettes, nothing. We ended up eating everything with our fingers & with nothing to wipe them on. The food itself was ok but then again, they were sandwiches. I don't think the young ladies were to blame entirely, it was almost like they had been dumped into a situation, busy and understaffed. However, what I find hard to comprehend, why would you serve food to someone, with dirty plates all over the table and just leave them until asked to move them? Why, after giving your table number when ordering food, should the waitress not have a clue who's the food for?Why would you not provide any cutlery? Why should you have to ask for drinks two or three times?While we were there we noticed quite a few disgruntled diners, one couple waited for a good while and just got a refund after getting tired of waiting. It's a shame really, such a nice place with loads of potential. In my opinion, for what it's worth, the place need a focal person to organise / manage, or maybe it was just a bad day.....

Visited here before we did the tour of Hoghton Tower glad we did. Lovely sandwiches, cakes, tea and coffee. Great atmosphere, friendly staff.

Only visited once, due to difficulty in walking, but I made it and it was well worth the effort. Clean, busy and excellent food.

A warm welcome and lovely cakes. Shame the afternoon tea is not promoted earlier in the day, as sitting in such surroundings you feel the need for such an English treat.

We visited Hoghton Tower to go to the Farmers Market and to watch the stage show of Secret Garden and decided to have lunch there, the sandwiches were nice and the staff were friendly, enjoyed it so much went back and had coffee later.

Good homemade food and excellent service, set in lovely gardens and the tower was impressive.there was also a gluten free soup on that suited my friend.

Nice little cafe in Hoghton Tower. Had a lemonade, a coffee and one slice of Victoria Sponge. Cost just under £7. Was good though.

Thoroughly enjoyed the visit but it was let down by very slow service, I thought the prices were a bit high

I already wrote a review of this cafe under Hoghton Tower's entry but found the restaurant entry afterwards so here it is again. The cafe is pleasant and the staff are very nice, friendly and welcoming. I was not tempted by the possibilities for lunch as the options were very limited I thought. If you want a light snack or a cake then you might find this is a good place to visit but it didn't look like hot meals were their central aim with hot soup and either quiche or veggie lasagna otherwise. There were three or four sandwich options too. The drinks were reasonably priced and the food items about the level you might expect in a museum or gallery cafe. Unfortunately for me my drink of preference, diet coke, was unavailable but my boyfriend said the cup of tea was excellent. In summary, it's a nice place but if we were after a meal then we would go elsewhere but if we wanted a nice cuppa and some cake we would return.

After visiting hoghton tower last year at halloween for the ghost walk (which was fantastic) I was happy to hear they were starting to do afternoon teas this spring. I booked in the day before for a cream tea and had to make payment over the phone which was fine by me! For £6.95 a head I couldn't believe how much food we got! Salmon tarts, lemon and carrot cake, scones and chocolate eclairs and endless amounts of tea and coffee in gorgeous vintage tea sets. The waitress was lovely and the chef brought the food to us himself. I can't rate the tearoom enough! Thanks again hoghton tower we'll be back!