We were in Blackburn town centre for a street festival of food. We had an enjoyable bit of lunch,…read morethen spotted flags outside of a shop declaring it was Mad Hatters Cupcakes and Tea Room, which had me floating over like a moth to a flame for a little dessert! It has a nice big window allowing the tearoom to be well lit, and seen clearly from the outside, making it all the more inviting. The first thing you see as you walk in is the fantastic blackboard wall full of hand drawn chalk images of quirky scenes from Alice in Wonderland, and various picture frames containing images of cupcakes, signs saying "eat me" and the such. A really nice touch. It's nice that despite being Mad Hatter/Alice in Wonderland themed, they haven't gone absolutely crazy with colour and made it gaudy and horrid, but have gone for some vintage touches, and soft varying pastel colours and bunting, to take the Mad Hatter and soften him a little into a vintage English tearoom. As expected, the space is light, bright and relaxed as various mirrors bounce light around the room. Large and impressive cakes sit on cake stands and bell jars dotted around the space, and on the counter sits a display stand of delicious cupcake varieties. Staff are friendly and welcoming, and happy to reel off the various tea flavours when I asked what was available. The menu has both hot and cold drinks, and offers breakfasts, salads, sandwiches and light lunches, as well as a full afternoon tea. In this instance, we can't stop looking at a large salted caramel cake which seems to be giving us the eye from a stand on one side of the room, and decide to have a slice each, and share a pot of tea. The cake was delicious, and we were offered cream with them too should we want it. It was marvellously sweet and tasty without veering off into "sickly" territory, and naturally it went perfectly with a big pot of tea, which was served with traditional vintage china. Staff were friendly and social, and informed us that they have only been open for around 5 weeks, so everything was still settling, but from what I can see, they're doing very well, and should hopefully continue to do so! Although this was only a fleeting and unplanned visit, we enjoyed it, and agreed that we will definitely pop back in whenever we are next in Blackburn, especially as I had my eye on a strawberries and cream cake that was flirting with me from a cake stand on the opposite side of the room, in all its lovely pink splendidness... I shall be trying that one next time! Well done, Mad Hatters! I wish you luck in your new business! :)

Excellent little coffee shop beautifully decorated in Alice in Wonderland. The staff are very…read morecourteous and welcoming. Food delish and plentiful has a Ploughman's salad which very filling indeed. Well be calling back soon

I love Costa hot af would smash 10/10 yummy yummy yum aahahahahahhahaahhahahahahahahahahahhahaharead more

Lots of seating inside Staff was very polite and helpful all the cakes look very delightful just…read morehad drinks today there are toilets to customers and only And you can use your Costa card here.

Excellent home cooked fare with a really friendly and warm service. Good value for money you'll…read morenot be dissapointed! Fancy goods shop attached too selling curious, teddie's and collectables. Give it a try.

nice frindly place, nice food, bit on the expencive sideread more

This place is absolutely incredible. I met a girl on Facebook I really wanted to meet and get to…read moreknow. I flew all the way to England to meet her. We walked around for an hour then stopped in this place for lunch. What a great decision that was. This pub is clean, well maintained and the staff simply could not have been nicer. They treated us like we had stopping for years. We ordered a cider and a beer and both very cold and tasty. I ordered the cheese and onion pie that was shared. I had no idea really what it was when I ordered it was scrumptious. The fries and beans that came with it were equally tasty. The food and beer here were great. They even had the soccer game playing on the television. As good as this place, the staff is even better. The staff made this a special visit and way above and beyond. If you find yourself in Accrington, UK... Make a point of stopping in here and having a bite and a pint.

Need an all in 1 shop try the transit lounge internet cafe on the Railway Station in Blackburn,…read moreoffers printing, internet access and much more, tea, coffee, offlicense and newsagent, love it

Rhode Island is a small chain of coffee shops based in the Greater Manchester / Lancashire region…read more Rhode Island have 8 stores now and this is the third I have visited as I recall, and is definitely up there alongside Oldham as one of my favorite branches alongside my local branch in Oldham. This branch is pretty much a typical Rhode Island Coffee, despite being only a small independent chain, it is quite nice in a good central location in Blackburn, opposite Mcdonald's. This branch has a decent selection of food and drink, I decided to order a Gluten Free Ham and Cheese Toastie however I was sadly told they had run out of bread, but the member of staff kindly offered to go out and buy some new bread, which they managed to do quite quickly. I also got chatting to the staff behind the "bar", they seemed quite friendly, we talked about my local branch of Oldham and my hometown of Middleton, and how he used to work here. My coffee was okay, it was a little overpriced for an independent but around the same place as Starbucks for a slightly lower quality. The cream tasted poor quality and not as sweet which was a shame, perhaps a Gingerbread cream to go with it would have been much better, but apart from that the coffee was quite good quality in general. My friend also ordered a Hot Chocolate with Caramel, they complained it was too sweet but this was mainly down to them ordering the drink and not getting what they expected, when I tasted it, it tasted fine and the caramel went nice with it. It was a shame to have to pay an extra 45p for syrup and then for cream, especially as this is normally free for Gold level members like myself at Starbucks. Overall, this is a nice coffee shop and one of the best options in Blackburn centre with no branches of Starbucks here or many alternatives, but due to some minor flaws due to the food and drink being nothing more than okay, I feel it just deserves a solid three stars, most things remain around the average mark, and the service above average.

We have been coming here for several years the best coffee…read morein Blackburn and the best breakfast special we have ever eaten. lunch is also excellent. Fabulous staff with a great understanding of speciality teas and coffees. Never been in a better cafe anywhere in the country.

Visited today off peak time around 3pm and as usual quick service and had something from the…read morespecials board i didn't know they had. You get lots of soup and a decent portion of sandwiches for a good price. So many staff at this place for a small traditional coffee shop but you will see why at busy times. No fuss from the staff and are polite, friendly and helpful. Old world charm, been going for years and this place hasn't change as much as i haven't. Wood clad Victorian looking rooms but usually go upstairs to the cosy bit. My only critic would be an update of the menus to introduce more vegetarian dishes and seasonal treats. Oh and softer newer chair cushions upstairs.