Trewithen Gardens Tearooms in Cornwall, Isles of Scilly

What a setting! A sweet, light and bright cafe with indoor seating, covered courtyard seating and plenty of outdoor seating in amongst the trees. Decent range of quiche, frittata, sausage rolls, pasty’s, soup and amazing cakes. Absolutely delighted that they serve my favourite Origin coffee from Porthleven! Totally dog friendly and people friendly too - everyone that works here are so friendly and smiley. The gardens are absolutely glorious. Peaceful, beautifully tended (without being manicured) ever changing with the seasons - I’ll be back again and again.

Wonderful large gardens to enjoy. Peaceful and quiet. Dogs welcome. Lovely outdoor cafe for coffe and cake. Not sure if they do snacks or light meals. Closed during the winter months, but definitely worth the drive, lots of parking.

Peaceful and tranquil gardens, and looking delightful this spring. All the staff and volunteers most helpful and friendly. There are benches at various locations along the mainly gravel paths, very pleased to see these. There is a charming walled garden close to the house with a small pond with fish. Dog friendly grounds. There is outdoor seating by the café as well as some tables indoors. A range of cakes and drinks available, and an excellent pasty. Garden tickets £10 if you are a Cornish resident - a fair price.

Lovely to see the house as it's not often open to the public. The lady tour guide was very nice but seemed a bit forgetful with some points. We saw 5 rooms, including the hallway. It would have been nice if the kitchens and other rooms were also available to view. Felt a bit restricted for the entrance fee.

Needs more love and care of the gardens

It's a spring woodland garden, so if you want to see a variety of plants at other times of year, this might not be for you, I doubt there would be anything much in the past April. My big concern is that it lacks essential signs, and there are no staff around to ask directions. We got lost more than once but were totally lost at Eagle pond and walked much longer than intended trying to backtrack, we weren't the only ones, a group were following us hoping we knew the way back 🤦‍♀️. There are no maps available but I was told to take a picture of one at the entrance and use that to navigate but it was then too small to be a great deal of use on a phone in full sun and I'd dispute that it was even accurate! I'd need a compass for the sign that said go southwest but it wasn't my first thought on what to bring with me 🙄. The main areas are gravel paths, but further out, the pathways are rough and unsuitable unless you're sure footed. The café is OK but overpriced and lacks choice, no sandwiches on offer at all, but you can get sausage rolls (very expensive with soggy bottom pastry), soup, pasties and a few cakes. If you have a dog and just want somewhere to walk, I guess it's OK. Just take a picnic. I personally wouldn't come back as it just isn't interesting enough.

Stunning magnolias and camelias. Lots of seasonal interest. Very resonance tea room with delicious cakes that cater for gluten free.

We caught the amazing magnolias in bloom and they are well worth a visit. Really friendly and relaxed garden and cafe (including the cheeky Robin who has a franchise on ALL crumbs within the outside eating area). The staff are lovely and all of this means we will be visiting again throughout the season.

Pleasant lunch and a very peaceful stroll around the beautiful Hydrangers and woodlands

Pleasant lunch and a very peaceful stroll around the beautiful Hydrangers and woodlands

Excellent coffee and cake in very special outside seating

Excellent coffee and cake in very special outside seating

The gardens are worth a visit for the trees alone. The grounds where man has a hand need a lot of attention. The sitting area at the top of the field with a defunct fountain was scruffy and unloved with a beer can stuffed between the seat slats. The walled garden is running wild and needs some tlc. The cafe is worth a visit because of the garden setting and tame birds. Nice cakes for afternoon tea. Lunch choice is limited and not changed since last year. Need to vary that a bit. Also soup option is hit and miss .

Beautiful garden with impressive rhododendrons. I had imagined it to be a little more laid out and, above all, with more flowers. Unfortunately only the hydrangeas bloomed. A few more signposts would be helpful. Overall a nice stopover, but quite expensive at £12.50.

Such a beautiful well designed garden, especially the secret garden. Was so lovely to sit and reflect. The mocha and Victoria sponge went down a treat after a lovely walk and picnic by the ponds.

Went for a cuppa but was hella stinky so I quickly removed my self and because of the plants it activated my pollen allergy #notskibidi

Extremely Disappointed, Visiting the garden was frustrating. I informed the Trewithens Gardens by e-mail about our serious objections/complains regarding the useless side map, the poor marking of the roads, the absence of a paper map or leaflet. I proposed a number of possible resolutions. I received an e-mail informing me they were on holiday, real answer should follow-up. Never heard anything, it wasn't possible to respond their email.

Quite peaceful garden and adequate food for light lunches and a selection of freshly made Cakes and scones.

Lovely place for a quiet walk around with the dog had a coffee just a good place to visit

Very beautiful garden, a joy to get lost in! Serenity and a big crush on the tea room, located at the exit from the garden

Delightful wooded gardens, laid out so walking around them feels like an intriguing adventure. Very impressive range of shrubs. Trewithen is a place to visit multiple times a year and have a different experience each time.

Part of a Marie Curie event with classic cars and dog show. Lovely grounds . Friendly staff. Sunshine!!!

Lovely walk around, lots of paths to explore. Would have liked a paper map to find different area's, you have to download a map. Definitely going to go back again.

The Tea Shed is great for an afternoon treat.. The garden is also worth a visit.

The guided tour of the Trewithen (also: Trewidden) House was impressive. Unfortunately, the heyday of Trewithen gardens was already over, but it is still a wonderful place to relax.

Lovely place to eat, friendly staff, nice plants and surroundings.

Visited Shed for coffee 10.30 and not very busy, long wait and both coffees cold , very disappointing. Just returned a received our complimentary tea, coffee, and an extra piece of delicious cake from Jane. Thank you Jane 😊

Good quality food, nice surroundings.

First time visit and will certainly return. Many paths to explore

What a beautiful place right on my doorstep too....met the head gardener Gary long and his apprentice Millie they were so friendly and full of knowledge didn't make you feel you were taking up their time. The tea shed made a wonderful end to our walk the cakes were delicious....would recommend anyone to go and take their family and grand children.

Absolutely stunning! A beautiful walk amongst brightly coloured Rhododendron, Azalea and other fabulous shrubs, bushes and trees. Fantastic place for wildlife, especially birds. I found a sundial in a quiet corner, and a fountain. I sat at a seat to enjoy the lakes and listen to the woodpeckers. There is a lot of seating to be found around the gardens. This is the ideal place for a picnic. The Garden Shed is a perfect stop for a beverage and a ploughman's followed by a cream tea!

Gorgeous garden wirh many hidden gems. Many paths to take you can wander for hours and not bump into anyone. Also pleasant little cafe

Absolutely beautiful gardens, with very helpful staff, well worth a visit.

Closed from 1st October-30thApril

Couldn't go into the house. Gardens are pretty but doesn't take long to walk round. There is a concession for disabled where carers go free, however this isn't shown on the website - so don't book tickets in advance! They also don't seem very aware on the rules of assistance dogs. Maybe we just went the wrong time of the year in September. The lovely tea room however serves great cream teas and some delicious homemade soup.

Had to give one star as was not possible to give none at all. A very disappointing garden. Probably 50 years ago it may have been fine but now is an overgrown jungle.

Lunch is only served 12-2pm, looked up online first and nowhere specified lunch serving time. Was a little disappointed as turned up at 2:20pm and no cream teas (ran out). We previously visited the past 2 years and love the tea room as it's superb food. Update few days later returned for lunch and was amazing food as always and savoury cream tea is just heaven! Recommend highly for amazing tea room and cream teas, just make sure if you want lunch you arrive before 2pm.

Great atmosphere and scenery. Amazing food and the staff are lovely 😁

Fantastic gardens, cream tea to die for, dog friendly

Mom and sisters brought tickets. 1:30pm lady at the ticket counter said there was no soup or quiche, however cream teas and cakes were available. They went to the cafe and waited 10 mins whilst the servers walked past. Ignored by the man and lady making drinks, after 5 mins a young lady acknowledged my sister's and mom and said there is no food available. So went to see the gardens. The family behind also acknowledged it was ridiculous to have no food for a lunch@ 1:30pm friday 15th September. Well done for a rubbish place for lunch. Gardens has poor signage And no maps available. Dont waste your time coming here

Took my daughter for lunch. Ordered two ploughman's. Disappointed as no salade leaves,just a pickle onion,cheese,a slice of bread,half an apple and a dollop of pickle.

A beautiful lush Spring garden to have a nice relaxed walk in. Beautiful fountain, wonderful staff and great atmosphere. Clean bathrooms and a lovely tea garden.

An absolutely lovely gardens, with a superb selection of trees, rhododendron, azalea and camelia. Nice tea room too. If you are taking young children, there are several fairy doors dotted around for them to discover

Lovely cup of tea and lemon drizzle cake

Helaas hadden we regen regen regen, het is prachtig maar meer groen dan bloemen. Uiteraard wel hydrangea's en wat andere bloeiers. Maar voor Nederlanders echt te weinig variatie.

Trewithen is lovely sprawling gardens set in a huge country estate. They are beautifully maintained and spotlessly clean. We spent the day there and thoroughly enjoyed it. All the staff were lovely too, and a credit to the gardens and Cornwall in general.

Very well priced garden with a lovely and reasonably priced tearoom. I think it may depend on the time of year as to the plant interest in the garden, but hydrangeas were beautiful, as were the tree ferns. I found some unusual plants to buy. For me, there could have been better signage.

Lovely gardens. Had lunch in the tea room there. My only question is about serving food in takeaway boxes. Surely having food served on reusable good old fashioned crockery is better. Although the takeaway boxes are recyclable they still have to be manufactured, and they are only single use.

I shall go in spring to see the many azaleas and camellias in bloom. Beautiful woodland walks. Delicious lunch.

Beautiful gardens with a lovely cafe too. Cute little red squirrel too. Quiet gardens with plenty to explore

Sehr schöne, aber etwas verwilderte, alte Gartenanlage. Wir waren leider dort als die Blüte von vielen Gewächsen und Blumen beendet war. Der Garten in ganzer Blütenpracht wird bestimmt atemberaubend schön sein...

Very expensive for just to look at plants

It could be much better. It is neglected and it needs a massive amount of work to improve it. A "Friends" group would be an enormous help. There is great potential.

Lovely tranquil gardens. Best visited in early May, but nice walks which are mostly on the level at all times of year.

Lovely garden to wonder around.

Lovely afternoon here Good level access all through the gardens Lots of seats dotted around Some tucked away in quiet little corners Some magnificent trees also some lovely wild areas A Beautiful Silent garden where you can just sit and listen to the water and the birds Plant sales and a cafe (which we didn't use this time ) Will go again Dogs are allowed on leads and owners are asked to clear up after them

Slow, slow service, unintelligible chalk board menu and very loud at inside tables. They did apologise for the excessive delay and promised to refund our bill which they did. Went home without eating 😒

Very disappointing! Called after our walk around the garden. Setting is pleasant but very limited choices. Wife had soup and bread but I wanted a ploughman's and was told unavailable as they had no bread! Greek salad unavailable and nothing else suitable for lunch so had to make do with a cake. Staff not apologetic about anything.

Very enjoyable and excellent tour of the house. The cafe was ok, but would have preffered more substantial offeres on the menu. E.g. sandwiches etc.

After visiting the lovely gardens decided to stop for lunch at the Tea Shed as it is in a pretty setting. Only a few things on lunch menu, quiche, soup, greek salad and ploughmans. We both decided on the ploughmans, with an idea in our head of the usual salad, cheese, bread etc., what was actually served in a box was 2 wedges each of heavy bread, a lump of cheese a pickled onion, small bit of pickle and the smallest slither of apple imaginable, We were somewhat disappointed. The setting is pretty and the birds fly down to the table, but even they didn't want the breadcrumbs. Maybe just stick to tea and cake.

Trewithen is a delightful gem; beautiful gardens, friendly staff and lovely tea rooms. Shame there is no designated area for dogs to be let off lead after walking the countless paths but keeping dog on lead is a small price to pay for the enjoyment of wandering amongst majestic trees and flowering shrubs. This was my first visit but won't be my last .... going to invest in a season ticket.

An absolute joy to walk these gardens, well worth the money. I would urge anyone to come here just to inhale the scented air of Spring, lovely staff and well stocked cafe. I didn't have time to visit the house so can't help out there, spent 2 hours wandering the trees like the old hippy I am. Cheers.

Lovely gardens and such a tranquil place to visit and such a variety of birds. Such a shame the price of the food at the cafe is so high.

Absolutely a fabulous relaxing place to visit, walk your dog and coffee and cake. Our favourite place to go in Cornwall.

It’s a lovely walk .. dogs allowed and there’s a cafe .. it’s an easy walk if you stay up the top part of garden.. the water gardens is rocky path down hill ..they also sell plants

The Tea Shed is a great place to stop-off for refreshments, with a restful garden backdrop. There are outside tables as well as indoors and covered seating. They had a lovely selection of cakes and a small selection of local gifts.

lovely place easy to walk around.

Tranquil garden of Eden beautiful plants and trees

Beautiful gardens. Great café. Friendly staff. Lovely Camelias.

Our enjoyment of the gardens was reduced by the lack of signage and a poor quality map, seems very much to be a work in progress

On our recent holiday, we visited Trewithen Gardens for the first time and in the morning called into the Tea Shed for coffee (excellent) before exploring the superb gardens. Afterwards, went back to the Tea Shed for lunch and were not disappointed. Had delicious home-made quiche and salad. Later in the week called in for afternoon tea and enjoyed a piece of home-made cake. Always a warm welcome and friendly service in this peaceful setting. Next time we visit Cornwall the Tea Shed at Trewithen Gardens will definitely be on our list of places to visit again. (NOTE: You can visit the Tea Shed without paying to go into the gardens. Also, there is free parking, unlike The National Trust!).

Better maps and even a brochure to take with you as we wandered very aimlessly around and went 'off piste' !! No concessions for over 60's !! But was questioned if my partner used a walking stick, wheelchair or I was a carer??!! Would that have been a concession? Considering a large proportion of visitors would be in the concession age range , is that the reason why there are no concessions???

Not enough signage. We spent ages looking for the pool and never found it! There were others going round in circles too!

Popped in for a cream tea and weren't disappointed. Fresh scones, lovely Cornish tea and plenty of it as well, served properly in tea pots. Would have liked an alternative to strawberry jam due to a food allergy but otherwise a really enjoyable tea.

Beautiful and the Shed was great as well.

Lovely relaxing gardens. On entry we wr told there was no charge as a mark of respect to the Queen. Thus allowing people to wander quietly, contemplate and pay their own silent respect. What a lovely gesture.

Kann man sich je nach Jahreszeit sparen

It was like walking in a forest and you can do that everywhere without having to pay for a ticket.The house was not for visitors. Friendly staf ,but the board outside said open till 4 but after 2 there's not much to eat.

Looks like the lawns need a good feed and seeding doesn't look good need to kick your gardener up the ars and give it a good fertilizer feed and maybe a scarify By the photos

Great. Very peaceful place. Good food at The Shed.

Popped in for a quick lunch, not much menu choice. Decided on a pasty each and a can of drink, shocked when it came to £19 for 2 pasties and 1 can of drink, the pasties came and were vile! Sweet thick pastry, I had one bite and left it, being Cornish it was a disgrace to even call that a pasty! Definitely won’t return. Lower your prices and serve decent food

Beautiful woodland Garden 🌸🌳🍃🌿🌺..well worth a visit 👍😊

A lovely place very friendly separated by benches in garden. Coffee very good as well. I didnt eat but food smelt lovely

Had a lovely homemade sause roll with a beautiful salad. Salad dressings and a homemade relish in separate little pots on the side. Beautifully presented. Good selection of cakes as well. Friendly efficient service. Went back after our walk around the garden for a welcome cold drink and ice cream.

Beautiful place. Attended with my choir in aid of Marie Curie cancer research.

A lovely place, great scenery, however sign posts throughout would be very beneficial as it's very easy to get lost.

There is no colour in the garden, maybe the wrong time of year. There are very few signs showing you where you. It's a very dull garden. I have to go again but earlier in the year. The coffee in the cafe was good.

Went to a car rally here. Super fun!

Baeutiful Gardens with huge number of specimen trees and a camera obscura. We visited in the dry summer. You get the sense the garden is at it's best in spring, but definitely worth the visit.

Nice ice-cream break 👌 on our way to St Austell 😀 will visit again..

Maybe passed its best in July but why did the house shut on June 28th? No simple map leaflet on offer to guide one round...the occasional (and often partly hidden) maps on posters were haphazard. Couldn't find the wild flower garden ....the paths are confusing. The whole 'garden' looked uncared for and almost neglected. More effort needed to justify the £10 entrance fee. The cafe was the best thing about it.

Enjoyed lunch with a friend, and very friendly chaffinch and Robin, delightful!!

very helpful and friendly staff very good selection of food and drink in cafe

Lovely gardens especially the walled area. Cafe food very good and very dog friendly.

Excellent. We did the tour as well. Lovely rooms and very peaceful grounds.

What a lovely place to visit! The gardens were beautiful with amazing shrubs. The house tour guide was very friendly and informative. The friendly robin at the cafe was an amazing bonus too! Thoroughly recommended for a gentle afternoons outing.

Nice gardens but needs more signposts. Everyone we met was lost!

Not what we expected it was more like a woodland walk which can be done for free. The 'gardens' were not tended well considering that it's supposed to be an attraction. Disappointed.

Nice gardens best visited in spring, quaint café for a sandwich

We live near to Trewithen Gardens and have a yearly membership. The gardens are really beautiful any time of the year.