"This was our first visit, and I don’t think we’ll be rushing back, sad to say. We had taken our granddaughter for afternoon tea for her birthday. On arrival we were given a small bowl of crisps and a small bowl of sausage roll, cut into small pieces. I don’t think the sausage roll was homemade, it definitely didn’t taste like it. We had a pot of tea and a pot of coffee and were asked what cake we would like from a choice of 4 different ones. I thought it was unusual to be asked what cake we would like as usually you’re just given a selection. We were also asked if we wanted fruit or pIain scones again usually there’s just a mix of different ones on the cake stand. Both the cake and the scones were very, very dry, and I would have thought shop bought. The sandwiches were nothing to write home about, cheese, ham and egg mayonnaise. Usually I would expect a bit more than a plain cheese sandwich in fairly stale bread for afternoon tea. I’ve had afternoon tea in a few different places and this was the poorest I’ve had. We paid £64 for 4 of us and I certainly don’t think we had good value for money. The lady that served us was very nice, but I didn’t feel we could say anything at the time as it was quite busy in there, with hindsight we should have done. I’m upset that our experience was not what we expected, we live local to the tea rooms and like to support local businesses, but if we want afternoon tea again we’ll be going elsewhere."
