Small Talk Tearooms

25 Springfield Road, CM2 6JE, Chelmsford, United Kingdom

🛍 Coffee, British, European, Vegetarian

4 💬 4208 Avis
Small Talk Tearooms

Téléphone: +441245690809

Adresse: 25 Springfield Road, CM2 6JE, Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Ville: Chelmsford

Menu Plats: 6

Avis: 4208

Site Web: http://www.smalltalktearooms.co.uk

"Back in 2018/19 my friend and I were on maternity leave with our eldest children, and would often meet in these tea rooms and enjoy lunch, probably once a month or so, and loved it here. We are on maternity leave again and thought it would be nice to return with our second babies. I can only say there must have been a change in management since we used to go, as we were made to feel unwelcome almost instantly. I arrived first, with my 10 month old in a pram. I was greeted by a woman who asked how many people I needed a table for. I told her it would be me, but daughter, and my friend and her baby coming. The woman asked me if that meant there would be another pram, I said yes, to which she sighed straight away and made it clear she was not happy. Soon after this my friend turned up and we both suggested we could leave the prams somewhere out of the way, we were both told there was nowhere out of the way to put them… I saw plenty of places, and even where we were sat had plenty of room once the surplus chairs were removed. We were not offered high chairs for our little ones, we had to ask. Whilst we were eating I admit the babies did make a bit of a mess on the floor, as they dropped a bit of their food…but this is what babies do. The food was around their high chairs, it hadn’t been thrown across the room, or in the path of anybody else, it was just around the bottom of their high chairs. We of course had every intention of cleaning this up ourselves, we were just planning on waiting until we had finished eating to do so…however the same woman made remarks about the mess on the floor so unfortunately my friend and I felt obligated to interrupt our lunch and constantly clean up…. Don’t get me wrong if it seemed as if we were intending to leave without clearing the mess I would absolutely expect the staff to say something, I just feel that they could have let us enjoy our lunch before making comments to make us feel uncomfortable. In hindsight alarm bells should have rung when it was clear arriving with prams was a problem, I wish we had chosen another place to go that was a bit more baby friendly. We won’t be making that mistake again. A shame really as the food was lovely, and the tea rooms are a beautiful, quaint setting to have lunch, but the service did let it down I’m afraid."

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Justine Justine

The girls at the Chelmsford restaurant are first class at being obliging and attentive to our party's needs. The food is of good quality and I'm pleased to say, has good size portions. I'd recommend without reservation. Michael.

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AmyMcLaren
AmyMcLaren

5/5 Lovely service and food as always, before my nan passed this was her favourite place to have lunch. We will continue to come her not just for her memory but because we always enjoy our visit. Zoe and her team are always friendly and happy to help


Helen
Helen

The restaurant is charming, with tasteful furnishings and decor. The food appeared appetizing, and the staff, although very busy, were polite. We opted to enjoy a drink outside on a pleasant day, but after this positive experience, we plan to return for a meal. The cafe and restrooms were impeccably clean.


Colin
Colin

I discovered Small Talk while visiting last year and was happy to see it was still there. The restaurant can get quite crowded and is on the smaller side, so you may have to wait for a table. The atmosphere is pleasant and quaint, with a variety of snacks and meals to choose from. The service is friendly and quick, and the food is delicious with generous portions. Voir le carte


Emma
Emma

The lady who runs this place is incredibly rude and unwelcoming. My friend and I were immediately made to feel uncomfortable when we arrived. Lots of sighing and eyerolling as if we were an inconvenience. The food was pretty average too. The coffee wasn't great and the cake was really dry. Sadly I don't think we will be returning which is a real shame as I used to love it here.


Thomas
Thomas

We’ve always talked about popping in for a visit to small talk tea room, but never got round to it. Finally we popped in today for some breakfast.. The staff are very friendly and chatty, but not overbearing We opted for a bacon and sausage sarnie and a bacon and egg sarnie, we asked for the egg to be well done, this wasn’t a problem. The food was tasty, service was quick, all in all a really good breakfast, we’ll definitely be back for lunch soon! However, please please please get some decent tomato ketchup, cheap stuff tastes just that…. Cheap!


Dave
Dave

Overall good but very poor quality fish fingers. Haven’t been here for a while but always looks nice so we went in for a lunch snack. We ordered the Welsh Rabbit and the fish finger sandwich with two coffees. All turned up and looked very nice and well presented but one bite into the fish fingers showed they were very poor quality and off a lower quality than you would find at the cheapest supermarket. All the rest of the food was good but let down by this very poor ingredient. I did mention this to staff when paying and they stated they would pass it on. Voir le carte


MarianneRibes
MarianneRibes

I was planning on taking my two grandchildren, daughter and myself for afternoon tea at Small Talk Tea house. First in Romford, no toilet facilities and the nearest ones are a good 8 minutes walk away and not that nice being public loos. So decided to try Chelmsford, phoned to make a booking for tea for four people, informed they needed a deposit, not a problem I thought and said let me get my card. The young lady on the telephone stated they only take deposits in cash. I explained that I lived in Romford and if they had facilities for customers I would not be booking Chelmsford. Pointed out that I was not going to go from Romford to Chelmsford to make a deposit. As I said, what is the diffe...


Patrick
Patrick

I visited the restaurant for lunch around 1pm. Every table was occupied, but there was no queue. We noticed a couple getting ready to pay at a table by the window, so we decided to wait. A staff member approached us and assured us a table would be available soon. Meanwhile, the same staff member went outside to serve someone sitting at a table there. I saw a lady at an outdoor table point to the window and say something to the waitress. I assumed she wanted to move inside since a table was becoming free. The waitress then told us a table was opening up outside. I politely declined and pointed to the now available table inside where we wanted to sit. The waitress insisted that another custome...


Sabrina
Sabrina

Back in 2018/19 my friend and I were on maternity leave with our eldest children, and would often meet in these tea rooms and enjoy lunch, probably once a month or so, and loved it here. We are on maternity leave again and thought it would be nice to return with our second babies. I can only say there must have been a change in management since we used to go, as we were made to feel unwelcome almost instantly. I arrived first, with my 10 month old in a pram. I was greeted by a woman who asked how many people I needed a table for. I told her it would be me, but daughter, and my friend and her baby coming. The woman asked me if that meant there would be another pram, I said yes, to which she s... Voir le carte

Catégories

  • Coffee Savourez notre sélection de cafés riches et aromatiques, habilement préparés pour éveiller vos sens. Du classique expresso aux lattes crémeux, découvrez le mélange parfait pour commencer votre journée sur une note savoureuse.
  • British Traditionnel et copieux, le menu britannique propose des classiques réconfortants comme le fish and chips, des rôtis succulents et des tourtes savoureuses. Redécouvrez des favoris familiers, préparés avec amour à partir de recettes intemporelles et d'ingrédients frais, locaux. Voir le carte
  • European Savourez un voyage culinaire à travers l'Europe avec notre menu savamment élaboré, mettant en vedette des plats authentiques de France, d'Italie, d'Espagne et d'ailleurs, en utilisant les ingrédients les plus frais pour donner vie aux saveurs traditionnelles.
  • Vegetarian Régalez-vous de notre collection vibrante de plats végétariens, élaborés avec les légumes les plus frais, des saveurs riches et des épices savoureuses. Savourez une assiette saine et délicieuse qui célèbre les meilleurs ingrédients de la nature.

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