The Wharf Tearooms in Wiltshire - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Called in yesterday looking foreward to a nice cooked breakfast , only crumpets or Cake , we were in there for half an hour at Least on a saturday lunch time , only one other couple came in and looked disapointed at the menu , not even sandwiches , this place used to be so good Talking to people on the canal trip They were disapointed as well Its sadly not viable with only 3 tables and a setee, take the sofa away and you could Fit in a other 2 tables Shame

I stopped to get a coffee on a 15 min lunch break while working for our NHS frontline and was told rudely off by the owner for eating the end of my sandwich in their establishment while waiting tor my takeaway coffee!!!!! . I left without a coffee dare to say! Totally understand if I took a seat but i was eating the crust while waiting for coffee!! Will NEVER EVER stop again. Well done for being rude, I’ll be passing around your non-welcoming behaviour!!!

Stopped by for a hot chocolate. Greeted by a very friendly member of staff at the door, quick service and a lovely hot chocolate. Good range of cakes and all very reasonably priced! Would recommend! Also felt very Covid secure/safe as they had hand sanitiser and seemed very on it.

I know it’s been tough in the pandemic but it take someone special to mess up a cup of coffee not once but twice and then to serve up something that might have once been coffee but tasted like it had been strained through a mop, just No

After a stroll along the canal we thought we’d grab a coffee and sandwich to takeaway. Husband asked for a ham sandwich to be told we’re only Vegan or Vegetarian and only do Quorn ham. My husband who is a carnivore politely declined!! I didn’t bother either so we both had a cappuccino and walked along to a bench to sit and drink them. I can honestly say it was the worst cappuccino I’ve ever had. I had asked for one shot but it was so strong it was undrinkable, and such a bitter coffee. Needless to say we won’t be returning.

This cafe has recently changed hands and is no longer linked with the canal. It is primarily a wool shop that has a cafe end which is only 4 tables. If you manage to get a table the service is exceedingly slow. Once seated waited 15 minutes to be asked what we would like , which was only 3 drinks and toast! then waited another 15 minutes before it came!! Three young staff, only 4 tables, manager taking up one table presumably for lunch break with a friend. Such a shame. This used to be a very efficient and pleasant cafe.

Purchased cake and coffee to take away. Made to stand by the door, had no idea what cakes they had an offer, kept asking the staff member to read the labels on my behalf. The staff seemed abrupt and not the friendliest!

Having stopped here previously and had a lovely cream tea, we came up to Devizes, some 55 miles from home, for a walk on Saturday and before returning to our car came here for a drink. Because of Covid, we didn't want to leave them having to wipe down tables and chairs all for a drink, so we said we'd have takeaway instead. A board outside said toilets for customers' use only. I was refused access to the toilet and furthermore, told Costa coffee was just down the road and didn't care who accessed theirs!!! What a joke, we came to the small independent rather than a chain, tried to make it less work for them by not needing to wipe down after us and were then told to use somebody else's toilets. The coffee was stewed and bitter and we still had to walk into town to find loos afterwards. This kind of attitude will not bring people back to towns I am afraid, much less to independent shops. Not being able to access loos on a day out is becoming a total pain and we will consider what we do in the coming weeks as a result. I fulfilled their criteria, ie a customer, so where did I go wrong?

I don’t think I have ever been anywhere less friendly, helpful or polite. The girl serving was obviously new and didn’t know anything, not even what an Americano was…in a café?! The other girl was too intent on taking a break and stuffing a cake to even help, aside from a few hints shouted from the table. There were people waiting to be seated, people waiting to pay, and I was trying to place an order but yet the girl did nothing to help, too busy eating. Next I asked for change for the car park, was told they had little change so no, I then asked for an additional £1 to be added to my bill, I would pay by card and could they give me a £1 in change, again no but evidently because they were not allowed and was against tax rules….complete tosh, we walked out. Cannot recommend and would not return, which is a shame as it did look nice and is in a good location.

Lovely tea room and gift shop. Had a nice pot of tea and some delicious carrot cake. Staff are very friendly. Service was fast.

Brilliant,been there everytime we visit devizes as my daughter lives nearby,good service and good food

On a Sunday afternoon stroll come across this very pleasant little tearoom, Had a good cup of coffee and 3 cans off drink with very nice homemade cake. All at a reasonable price. It is a dog friendly establishment even tho we never had the dog..

We had a very nice breakfast and coffee here. Good selection and price ok. The full English was a little bit small but there was an option for a bigger version. The gift shop has some nice unusual and local gifts. Near the canal so ideal for tow path walkers etc, or great if coming by car as it’s next to a big car park. Service was quick and efficient with plenty of staff. I saw some older posts boing critical of someone but that certainly wasn’t our experience. Also got the sense that some people were regulars that is a good sign.

As a family we agreed to meet here,but were treated to banging about of the coffee machine having our coffee slapped on the table with a brusque 'that's yer decafe' said in an offhand agressive manner. The tea rooms was lovely and nicely placed near the canal, but the toilet was in a state and quite laughable that on the door it said 'Please leave these toilets as you would wish to find them' my niece said, I'll fetch a mop and a bucket then, and clean them up if that's the case. Anyway instead of staying where we definitely didn't feel welcome we move further into Devizes where we had great service with chats and smiles from first 'The Bear ' who serve delicious coffee and then 'Cafe Nero' who were also all smiles and great banter. Shows how you can have a lovely venue, good coffee but can be put off by brusque and offhand service (as at the tearooms)

Young lady with plaits rather abrupt and rude, this was the view of myself and colleagues. A shame as I have been there before, usually great. Apologies fir negative review, but please be patient and kind.

A great dog friendly cafe , they even sell dog Ice cream . Really yummy home made cakes . Great coffee and lovely gifts to buy . No steps so good disabled access and spacious and will accommodate for your needs .

You could be forgiven for not realising the Wharf Tearooms are where they are! But parking is easy and the coffee is good. The museum is accessible from the tea rooms and is worth a visit. So I dare you... see if you can find it, fortify yourself with coffee and cake, then take a stroll along the Kennet and Avon canal towards Caen Hill locks, or wander down Snuff Street to Devizes Market Square.

Lovely homemade cakes and tea or coffee with lovely china cups and saucers. You will think you have travelled back in time.

Have been many times befor for coffee and have had good experiences. Decided to have a fried egg bap for breakfast on this occasion. Came with only 1 egg in a small roll for the princely sum of £3.50. The service was unfriendly too which is not normally the case. Pity.

A friend and I were long due a catch up and we both searched online for a family friend place to catch up with our babies (6 months and 3 months old) - all our searches came up with the Wharf Tea Rooms, this worked well as it was out of the hussle and bussle of town.

Such friendly and helpful staff and amazing array of gluten free. Try the extra special hot chocolate, and sit outside and watch the narrow boats glide by.

This tearoom is next to the canal & a big car park. I was meeting a group of friends so it was the perfect meeting place (none of us live in Devizes). They have a good selection of drinks. My friend had a hot chocolate which came with a generous topping of cream & marshmallows.

We are new to the area, and having an explore, we came across the Wharf Tea rooms. We were served by a friendly team of people, nothing was too much trouble. My sister had her beagle with us, the staff bought out a dish of water for the dog and we were able to have a dog biscuit for her too! This then enabled us to enjoy our fantastic cakes and afternoon tea.

The Wharf Tearooms is a family run business and it's such a lovely environment - best still, you don't have to visit the museum to visit the Tearooms!

Visited the Tearooms twice this week. First time after visiting the Canal Museum, and the second time today before my canal boat ride. On my first visit, I ordered a cheese and pickle sandwich which come with chips, salad, and coleslaw. The reason I order this is because I'd never had on before. No pickles nor cheese that I recognized. Looked to have some kind of spread on it with what I'd call red relish. The place is quiet, the staff friendly and the food good. Today I had a brie and cranberry sandwich again with chips, salad, and coleslaw. It was quite tasty. The tearooms overlook the canal which can be quite busy with canal boats, canoers, kayaker, and people walking the old towpath. A really nice place to spend some time.

Nice friendly people, cozy tea room and excellent cream tea. We have had cakes toast ect and have never been dissapointed. Nice size tea pot containing more than 2 cups. Highly recommended.

We visited this tea room while spending a weekend in Devizes, and we are really please we did. Fab cream tea and toasted tea cakes and helps to support the canal and its ongoing care. Would really recommend a visit if you are planning on a boat trip or a visit to the Wharf.

Had coffee with a friend on a Saturday lunchtime fancied some cake. The choice was good and they were homemade. Very moist and tasty.

Nice little tearoom with local souvenirs. The sandwiches are ok but a bit basic. OK for a coffee and a cake.

Visited The Wharf Tearooms recently to have coffee and cake. It is a lovely spot by the canal. The staff are very welcoming and the service prompt. Cakes are all homemade and amazing well done. Would send anyone there for drinks and food.

Popped in for coffee and cake after mooring up on the canal, we had a regular latte and a soy latte both of which were good, and my partner had a flapjack which was average.

We had tea and cake here, both were delicious. A nice, friendly Tearoom with the museum and souvenir shop too. A very nice visit in a very relaxed setting.

A nice place to have a snack and sit and people watch as well as watching any boats on the canal. We had sandwiches which were good portions and tasty. The staff were friendly and helpful.

After a walk along the canal we went into the Wharf Tearooms for something to eat and drink. There is also an outside eating area on the veranda overlooking the K & A canal and car park.

Nice little tea rooms upstairs with balcony looking out at the canal. Cream tea was lovely although the tea was week.

Lovely little place situated next to the canal and car park. Staff friendly and helpful. Had the fish finger sandwich which came with a salad nicely presented and tasted great. Dog friendly and would definitely recommend.

Stopped off here for lunch at the weekend. There seemed to be plenty of staff who all seemed friendly.

Lovely tea room with a cute outside bit overlooking the canal. Unfortunately coffee and tea cake nothing special.

Limited but excellent choice of freshly cooked food, sandwiches and cakes. Ice cold drinks and good selection of hot drinks. The canal walks are metres away.

I have eaten in here a few times, mainly for breakfast. We are vegetarian and they do a good veggie breakfast which is reasonably priced. Great service too.

Love this place, good food all round, pleasant and courteous service. Hounds welcome, lovely setting and light airy restaurant. Love miss-matched quality china.

Have been visiting the wharf tea rooms for some time now and just thought to review.

Called after Hospital visit.We both had an all day breakfast which was really good value. Staff were helpful and the Tearoom is a credit to them. We have been back and will certainly go again

Had two lunches here recently, one on the way down and one up while doing the Caen Hill flight of locks. Good tea room, friendly staff,excellant food. Plenty of teapots to look at bringing back memories.

We visited this nice cafe by the Wharf in Devizes. Although we only had tea and cake it was generally a good experience. The tea was ok and the cake was excellent. We will visit again.

Interior fairly basic, but a good traditional cafe menu. Friendly staff, an excellent breakfast and dog friendly too!

Small café is upstairs, but access only up a few steps from the car park. However the covered walkway has seats (and customers) so can be difficult to negotiate if unsteady walking or with a baby or toddler. Good to be able to sit outside and watch the barges on the canal.

Ideal for a cuppa and a lovely chunk of home-made cake, or a more substantial meal when you take a walk by the wonderful Caen Hill Flight of locks or a ride on the trip boat (Kenavon Venture) on the Kennet & Avon canal. Visit the very interesting Canal Museum and trust gift shop adjoining. Dog-friendly and people-friendly!

A cafe overlooking the canal added to the enjoyment of the snack provided. Pleasant, clean and tidy and well priced food.

Good menu, great cup of tea with cakes, bacon rolls, yummy full breakfast with friendly staff in an interesting location.Car park immediately outside and an easy walk into town.

Great place to sit near the canal and wharf. Lots of character and atmosphere. Friendlt staff and service.

Situated by the canal wharf (as the name suggests) and fairly close to the town centre, this is a cafe run by volunteers from the Kennett and Avon Canal society. It offers both seating at tables and sofas and is quite popular with those taking a brak from their boats or just wanting to look at boats (there is a trip boat that goes from the whrf and a water point there as well as boats passing by). As we only looked in for mid-morning coffee we cannot judge the rest of the catering although there were some tempting looking cakes on offer! A comfortable stop (with good coffee) and a bit different from the usual coffee shops in the town.

A day of pouring rain so we went to the superb canal museum and then a lovely light lunch. I had the all day breakfast, Dad had the ploughman's and Mum had a toasted sandwich. Good food freshly cooked, lovely pots of tea, cakes and all sorts of drinks (including alcohol) on sale, as well as canal souvenirs. Staff are friendly. This is a little gem.

very polite waiter. delicious freshly made scones. only had those so can't comment on rest of food. can sit outside on verandah looking at canal.

The canal is briiliant, plenty to see and do, and if you are like us, and enjoy kayaking, then head west and advoid the locks. There is a tow path along side and a few pubs along the way. Bonus there is also a kayak entry slipway just a past the theatre off of the car park. Unfortunateley the day was tarnished as we visited the canal tea rooms above the TIC, luke warm coffee, stale cake and no hot food after 2PM (not even the "all day breakfast"), and staff that did not care. We decided to look elsewhere for food after leaving the best part of £10.00 untouched. Just a 10 minute walk away in the town we found Brogans, and what a delight, helpful staff, freshly cooked hot food and hot drinks and nothing appeared to be too much bother.

Great cup of tea and slice of cake! Friendly service and sat on the balcony watching the canal boats passing.

On the board outside these tearooms it says in large bold letters "Dogs Welcome". This couldn't be further from the truth, They are located by the canal path which is popular with dog walkers. I visited with my elderly dog who struggles to walk very far. After a long wait to order and pay for food I asked for a bowl of water for the dog...by the reaction I got I may as well asked if they minded if my grandmother urinated on the table. Initially they said they had nothing suitable to put water in and I would have to take dog back outside to where there were some water bowls by the canal (which were empty and too far for my dog to walk), I pointed to a pile of old bowls on the counter and suggested they could perhaps use one of those. The person serving initially said I would have to buy a bottle of water, until I insisted that tap water would be more than suitable. The person serving then started having a debate with one of the people in the kitchen and started being abusive about my request within my earshot, She then came back with a perfectly suitable plastic take away dish of tap water. However at this point I was furious at their wholly unprofessional service, requested a refund and left.

Tea rooms by canal. Good breakfast choice all freshly cooked.Full English good quality and delicious. Scrambled eggs on toast lovely , didn't make my toast soggy. Excellent service in nice atmosphere. Worth the walk from town and on a lovely day enjoy the canal too!

We were in the area recently and had a coffee in the Wharf Tearooms. Sadly it was a very disappointing experience. The coffee was very weak and not pleasant. We bought cake but had to leave it. Sorry but this place needs to up its game.

A lovely relaxed comfortable tea room where we met friends for breakfast. A limited menu but good coffee & a well presented tasty full English. I haven't scored it 5 as the scrambled egg on toast was a bit disappointing but this could easily be improved with a better quality egg & a good knob of butter.

Had a pleasant coffee looking out to the canal. Reasonable prices and friendly staff. Quaint tea rooms.

Very nice little tea room. Lovely homemade cakes and scones. Coffee and walnut cake was delicious and a large slice along with a warm fruit scone, cream and jam.

Cafe is at side of Canal Wharf with large car park adjacent We had sandwiches which were very tasty and good value Cafe is dog friendly which is somewhat of a rarity these days.Staff very friendly and service good.

My family had tea here when visiting the wharf in Devizes. The tea is served in a cup with a teabag in which we found disappointing. This is after all a tea room and tea MUST be served properly in a teapot, surely. The cakes were fine but slightly stale. Altogether a disappointing visit.

Handy to meet friends and for a covenant low priced good cafe food. Family Atmosphere, open kitchen, homemade pies, cakes and scones, sandwiches made to order. The best chips ever. A real home cooking treat. Good serves clean and bright with view over the canal. A few canal knick knack for sale also linked to a canal museum. Love that can just drop in for tea and chat. If you are driving through it has parking just look for the Wharf car park very conveant.

We sat here while waiting for trends who were going round the museum and no one hassled us, then we all had a snack and enjoyed them.

Great little cafe by the canal very very friendly staff and dog friendly even giving my lab a couple of treats ......really nice full english breakfast and great pot of tea for well under tenner

Lovely quaint tea room with nice service. We had cream tea - plenty to drink with lovely jam and cream - we didn't go a lot on the scones but that could be personal taste coming from Devon. Well worth a visit.

Popped in for breakfast after visiting the market. Had a lovely veggie breakfast and my Mum had the full english. Fast friendly service and excellent value for money... Well worth a visit!

It was a cold day so on our walk we stopped by and very much enjoyed a lovely mug of hot chocolate and a tasty slice of Victoria sponge cake! Very welcoming staff !!

We went to the Wharf Tea rooms this evening as part of an event put on by a local business group. The food and drink was good as well as being good value for money. The couple running the Tea room were friendly and it was clean and tidy. Will definitely return here during the day with my family.

Need a cup of tea? Come here. We often stop here whilst walking along the canal or when visiting the wharf. The staff are friendly and the tea and cakes great! Highly recommended.

Excellent sandwiches and luscious cakes! Served by a friendly and accommodating lady at an interesting and peaceful location.

We have popped into the Wharf Tearooms a couple of times for a cup of tea and cake when we have been out and about for a walk around Devizes.

First time in and everything was a 5 star in my opinion very tidy and very well kept would defiantly tell friends and family to visit