Had a quick lunch here on our way to Edinburgh. Wish we had more time to explore the entire menu. The cakes and desserts looked Devine! Sadly they were out of scones the day we visited but I saw others with them and they looked wonderful. The restaurant was packed but service was quick and friendly. Inside of the restaurant is quite small but welcoming and we never felt smooshed. We ordered coronation chicken sandwiches as well as the soup which was parsnip and apple. Both of which were so delicious! The little pots of tea come with a timer to be sure it steeps properly. Cute little touch! read more

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A casual spot for lunch in Pitlochry. The little town is worth a stop on your way to the Highlands! There are many little restaurants and cafes to choose from but Hettie's was quite popular. We were in a hurry so we ordered a panini and scone to go. The panini was lovely! It was a large portion for the price and was very tasty. The scone, on the other hand, was pretty hard and dry. The cream it came with helped a lot, but it wasn't great. The tea room does have bathrooms for its guests. read more

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Stopped here with a tour group at the advice of the bus driver. First time for me to have "proper" tea that came with a timer to let you know how long to steep the tea. It was delicious tea. Had their cheese and ham panini with a side of apple/parsnip soup. It was all delicious. It is a small place so people are quite packed in but it seemed okay. The servers were very kind. Highly recommend!!! read more

Delightful staff and quirky atmosphere. My friends and I came to this tearoom on a rainy afternoon while visiting Scotland. For about 45 pounds two people can have the tea service which includes a sandwich, tea, and several lovely cakes. I particularly liked the gluten free scone and curry chicken salad sandwich. Though the menu doesn't specifically say gluten free they had a full offering to accommodate those with a gluten intolerance. read more

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As I sit here, watching the rain fall and enjoying a sandwich and scone? Friendly, engaging service, quick and eager to please. Good value and lots of food. We were able to get a table with no booking, but definitely if you know you are going, try to book in advance as it was pure luck that we got in. Thank you Clare! read more

This place was so charming and the people working there were so friendly! We came pretty late in the day so the kitchen was closed and we just ordered tea. The tea selection is expansive and I didn't know what to order so I just picked one with a fun sounding name and it was excellent! My friend also loved the tea she ordered. We couldn't spend too long here since we had to get back to our bus tour but I wish we could've stayed for longer as the atmosphere was so pleasant! On our way out we saw that they had put out their leftover biscuits from the day in a little basket for anyone to take (since it was closing time) which we thought was so sweet! We shared a biscuit and it was quite tasty :) read more

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Despite a quite cold fall afternoon, stopped in at Hettie's to try the Whisky Ice Cream as our tour guide recommended it. I think I got the last batch as It was almost all gone. Vanilla with a very subtle hint of Whisky. The friendly lady told me the whisky was from the Blair Athol distillery down the street. Some of my fellow travelers got it from other ice cream shops and thought theirs had more of a stronger Whisky taste. (Scotch Corner of Pitlochry). A must try either way! The Tea room had no tables available at 1:00 so looks like they are also popular for tea/coffee and baked goods. read more

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What a great little tea house. We stopped in today for a fruit scone with cream and jam and of course their "house blend" tea. The location is right on the Main Street in town. They have quite a large menu of drinks with a huge selection of teas, specialty coffee and even milk shakes. They also have coke and other soda options too. Hettie's has over 20 flavors of ice cream as well as tea sandwiches, soups and cakes. We specifically wanted a fruit scone. I'm happy to say it was HUGE and perfectly baked. Firm on the outside and soft on the inside. They have a good amount of seating and 2 clean and comfortable bathrooms. If your in the mood for a traditional afternoon tea and scone, do yourself a favor and stop on in. We paid £11 for a pot of AWESOME cream tea for 2 and 2 large fruit scones with cream. read more

Hettie's Tearoom - Fruit scones with cream - Tea Rooms Near Me - Pitlochry, PKN

We were on a tour of Scotland and Ireland and we had some free time in Pitlochry, Scotland. We sort of stumbled on Hettie's Tearoom which is a charming tea room with a nice selection of sandwiches and scones. I think the bakery items were among their specialties and they also offered a variety of ice cream. Being an American, I quickly learned to adapt to local terms - what we call an egg salad or chicken salad sandwich are called "mayonnaise sandwiches" (chicken, egg and tuna salad). So, I ordered mayonnaise chicken sandwich which was excellent. My wife opted for one of their scones (big enough to be lunch) and was also excellent. Hettie's is not a big place but is a charming, small, local restaurant that serves great sandwiches and scones. read more

The ladies running this charming place were all very friendly. Seemed to be filled with both locals and tourists. There's a wide selection of teas and food for reasonable prices. £1.50 for basic pot of tea. £4 for "huge" slices of cake. Maybe huge for Britian, but they are average sized for us fatty American tourists like myself. That said, my expresso cake was delish! Definitely a nice place for a shopping break. read more

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Our tour group stopped in town for 1.5 hours for lunch. My parents and I stumbled upon Hettie's and decided to have lunch here. The food, tea and desserts were delicious!! I had the tuna panini and the milk cheesecake. I would highly recommend having Hettie's to anyone who is in town. read more

I love this place. On a day when my mom and I were on holiday and having a hard time finding a business that was serving food (places either closed or not serving dinner yet), we were able to squeeze into Hettie's. Our server was absolutely lovely and he made several recommendations, the decor is very eclectic and the food was absolutely fabulous. My mom had an egg/Mayo sandwich and I had the Chipotle chicken panini, which might have been one of the best things I ate in Scotland on this trip. We also shared a treacle scone which was drool worthy. Would go back again anytime! read more

So this review is much overdue however an essential review as this place was amazing. Me and some friends popped in here after a hike in dire need of a cup of tea and some cakey refreshment. Boy did it deliver, the tea offered was all homemade with quirky flavours and the old traditional teas too and all loose leaf for that sophisticated feel. There was definitely something special about this. To go with my tea, I ordered a scone to share with a friend as they were huge and this came with homemade jam and butter. BEA-U-TI-FUL!! Overall, the atmosphere of this quirky little place was great, it was buzzy but relaxed with an excellent friendly and brilliant service as any questions we had were answered with a smile. Also they offer mackies ice cream when the weather is hot , with sauce and toppings for £2 we also took advantage of this the next day as it would just be rude not to. read more

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Wowser, the portions are epic. No I mean seriously EPIC! We were a party of 8 needing lunch, seating wasn't a problem as we all manage to sit round one table perfectly. I ordered a non-alcoholic ginger beer and a portion (or maybe 2) macaroni - I swear it's the biggest portion I've ever had. HUGE!!! Couldn't finish it, felt full after half! I wasn't the only one who was defeated by the plate full. Everyone enjoyed it and I say it was value for money too. read more

Hettie's Tearoom - Scone with a bell - oh yes a bell! - Tea Rooms Near Me - Pitlochry, PKN

The good: The people are incredibly nice. It's situated right on the main thoroughfare and easily accessible. They didn't chase us out though they were obviously trying to close. Nice variety of teas, from basics to fancy herbals. The place is new and I can see some potential, but needs to improve before I'd go back. The bad: Expensive! Way more than I'd like to spend for a cup of tea, no matter where the vanilla comes from. They weren't as yet taking credit cards. The cake was stale (though was probably nice when it was fresh). We got their "signature cake", which was a sort of Neapolitan affair, that would definitely have to be shared, unless you're a champion dessert eater. The drink I ordered was supposed to be a latte (I think called the Little Miss Spice). Instead of something in a tall mug, they brought me a teapot full of milk and an egg timer. I was instructed to leave the pot to steep for 2 turns of the timer and it would be perfect. After about 4 turns, it still just tasted like warm milk that smelled vaguely of tea. It's a nice concept, but it just didn't work. The tea itself smelled nice and would probably be good if brewed strong and topped with milk (which is what I was expecting). My boyfriend ordered hot chocolate, and was rewarded with a mug of hot milk with a bunch of chocolate chips in the bottom of the mug, and didn't have a spoon long enough to mix it up. It annoyed me that the drinks weren't ready to drink when they were served. read more

Stopped in here for a sandwich and salad. Big portions and friendly staff. I had a salad with tuna and peppers and my husband had the smoked chicken sandwich with avocado. I really liked my salad but my husband said their wasn't much avocado on his sandwich despite the 1 pound upcharge. Overall we had a good experience and we recommend it. read more

We wandered in on a drizzly day hoping for warmth and sustenance. I was totally mesmerized by the cool bright blue metallic patterned wallpaper. We ordered the soup of the day and scone combo, and got tomato and lentil soup on cute mismatched china plates. It was fantastic, but was served with a piece of bread that looked and tasted like it had come straight out of a plastic bag. The fruit scone, though, was very good. Ours were served with fruit jam and clotted cream. I'll note that we were charged for the cream, although it wasn't made clear that we had ordered it or that it would be an upcharge. It was tasty, though, and worth it. read more

I'm "fair to middling" on this place. Been here a couple of times now and on both occasions our plates were, in the main, tasty and largely portioned. Mind you, you pay for it. Cake portions are massive and the sandwiches' are wedges served with salad but with a sorry portion of crisps. They also add their "famous" pink coleslaw. If, like me, you like sultanas in your slaw you're sorted, otherwise :-\ Decor is a bit crap though. Garishly pink and blue and you need to like them on facebook to use their wifi. That's fair enough I suppose, but it's also fair enough that I un-liked them 5 minutes later. Oh and there was a used tampon on the toilet floor :-S All said and done though I'll probably set foot in Hetties again, but some people say I'm just lazy read more

I don't normally review restaurants or other local (or non-local) businesses and I'm sometimes a bit wary of reviews, because very negative reviews have a way of looking more like they're about the person doing the review, rather than the place itself. You know the way really bad reviews make the reviewer look insanely grumpy? I'm not insanely grumpy. I'm a pretty level-headed guy who wishes the best to people. So I'm going to have to work extra hard to convince you that Hettie's Tearoom is a really, really, really rubbish cafe. My wife and I were travelling up to the Highlands from Edinburgh for a weekend to celebrate our wedding anniversary. After a hard morning's driving we decided to stop in Pitlochry for a bite to eat. We walked the length of the main street looking for a place, and slightly against my better judgement, I agreed to go to Hettie's. (She has a weakness for places with names like that.) We went in. It was pretty full, and staff were racing everywhere with plates of food. They ignored us. We stood inside for a few minutes, waiting for someone to show us to a table. There were no empty tables, so fair enough, but nobody said hello or asked us if we minded waiting. In fact, nobody paid any attention to us at all. Then a couple got up from their lunch and left, paying the bill as they went. The staff said goodbye to them, and we waited for them to clear the table so we could sit at it. They didn't. Eventually, after trying and failing to get anyone's attention, we sat at the table. Big mistake. After 10 minutes it became clear that nobody realised that we hadn't been served, and that the debris still on the table wasn't ours. We managed to flag someone down. She came back several minutes later with menus. I thought the 'Rare Roast Beef sandwich with horseradish' sounded good, but it took us a while to get someone to take our order. We then waited half an hour for two sandwiches and two coffees. My sandwich finally arrived. It was two thick slices of industrial pre-sliced sandwich bread, one slice smeared with a thin layer of readymade horseradish sauce, and inside were two limp lettuce leaves and a single slice of grey, tasteless catering beef. How much was I being charged for this insult to food? The best part of £7. In Schwartz's Hebrew Deli in Montreal, I once had their smoked meat sandwich - one of the best sandwiches in the world, a thick pile of succulent, aromatic smoked meat, held together with two small pieces of bread (basically devices for delivering the delicious meat to your mouth). It comes with fries. Schwartz's is globally famous for its smoked meat. That sandwich costs $6.65 in Canadian dollars, a little over £4. I will never forget it. The staff are all surly elderly men, but at least they bring your food in time, and it tastes incredible. I'll never forget Hettie's, either. After we'd forced down their rubbish food (well, by that point, we were starving) and drunk the swill that passes for their coffee, it took us another 20 minutes to get anyone's attention so we could pay. By this point the place had thinned out, and the staff had vanished, presumably off doing something more important, like Facebook. I will never go back to Hettie's. It's the worst cafe I have ever visited in my life. In fact, I will never go back to Pitlochry, either. read more

Generous portions. Coffee and tea pleasant. A busy cafe with just a single toilet you've been warned :-) Nothing outstanding but nothing really terrible. read more

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Our bus stopped in piltshire for a 30 minute break and we stumbled across this gem. My husband had the scone with jam and it was so moist. You could tell everything was freshly baked. I had the lemon cake which was perfectly lemony and delicious. If we had more time I would've done the afternoon tea. read more

My husband and I stumbled upon this tea room on our way from Edinburgh to Inverness. What a wonderful find! We both enjoyed a delicious drink--coffee and hot chocolate-and a small bite for breakfast. The pastries looked and tasted amazing, and if you are a tea drinker then you will appreciate the long list of loose teas available. Service and staff were lovely! read more

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Really lovely tea room with some fantastic teas and cakes. Called in for a relaxing cuppa and lemon drizzle cake and Victoria sponge. Cosy atmosphere and very attentive service. Highly recommended. read more

Waited 10 minutes to get a waitress only to get 3 different menus almost thrown at us. Waitress never came back to get our order so we left. Can't comment on the food as we didn't get that far but the service was terrible. read more

I really liked this little cafe. It has a very nice, cute atmosphere and the drinks were very good. :)

Terrible service, terrible (and overpriced) cakes and takes an hour to log into wifi - the waiters will flip out on you if you ask any questions. Tea was okay read more

Outstanding place for tea, cakes and a whole lot more. Service great and they clearly have a passion for tea, coffee and great food. Well worth a visit when in Pitlochry and worth taking a detour off the A9 for a luxury pit stop! read more

a good tearoom Fast pleasant service at a busy time Well done