A nice little spot for tea and desert. I had the Cream Merengue which was delicious. I sat outside…read morewhich has a nice view of a church and the center of town.

Beaconsfield is a beautiful old town about an hour's drive from London. This tea shop part of the…read moreold centre, overlooking the church, itself located in a beautiful old row of houses. Everything has been beautifully restored. The perfect place for traditional cream tea. The scones - as well as all the cakes on offer - are home made. Tea is served in china pots (rather than those horrible metal ones that never pour properly) and just perfect, even though they use teabags rather than leaves. The perfect place to forget about the credit crunch, global warming and impending recession for an hour or so.

We had planned to have an afternoon tea at this lovely little café while visiting Newbury. We…read moredecided to go for a quick lunch, a couple days before the planned afternoon tea. Well, it was a good thing we did, since we didn't get to go back for afternoon tea... Just as the name suggests, it is located right by the canal. It was very picturesque, peaceful and relaxing. They also have seating upstairs, and had histories on the canal, with photos posted all around the wall. Their cakes looked amazing, but I decided not to order any dessert on this day. Yes I know, a big mistake! Our friend ordered Heavenly Hot Chocolate, and it looked so pretty! We went with Teashop House Blend Tea, and Earl Grey. The young boy who brought the teas (I hear this is a family-run business) was trying to very careful not to mix them up. But the funny thing was, he totally mixed the tea up! LOL. We didn't realize until half way through... I thought the House Blend tea tasted so much like Earl Grey. For lunch, we had Ham, Cheese & Chutney Sandwich and Eggs Benedict. They were both tasty, nice portion, and filling. Our friend went with something healthier, and ordered one of their vegan sandwiches. It is nice to have that option if you want or need vegan dish. We had a nice quick lunch here. It was adorable and cozy. The food was good, not amazing, but good. I think the sweets might be better than the actual food...I will never know, unless I go back! Lesson learned: don't never expect your plan to go just the way you planned them...and have your dessert first!

I love this cafe It's a wonderful location; you can sit along the canal watching the swans, the…read morebaked goodies are delicious, the staff friendly and the cafe itself is quaint with beautiful painted china dotted around

I had high expectations of Benedict's Store, after great recommendations from friends and family…read more It has all the ingredients for a surefire hit: quirky retro design, great location and prospect of great coffee and food. However, in short I was a little disappointed with the overall experience.The air con was too high and made the place quite chilly. The Monmouth coffee was great, but the food left a lot to be desired. The selection is narrow and my cheese and bacon quiche was lukewarm at the top and cold at the bottom, the pastry a bit soggy and it could have been tastier. The same can be said of the salad: a bit insipid with far too much fruit in it and tasteless tomatoes. If I return I will get a toasted sandwich. The Portuguese pastéi de nata was the saving grace however, completely delicious and I could have easily gone for another. The well stocked shelves of select produce and homeware items were appealing and I want to give this place another chance to impress.

Only ever been for Breakfast - but never had a disappointing meal. Staff are helpful and friendly,…read moreand accommodate us when we haven't booked!

Excellent quality european café food. Great coffee & breakfasts. Great range of teas too…read more Good service & always willing to accommodate. They are open seven days a week with Sunday roasts at on Sunday and in the evening changes to a restaurant.

It was a nice place for coffee. Me and my colleague were there having a casual meeting with one of…read moreour clients. They have wonderful Americano

Awsome family cafe Great staff comfortable seating favorite…read morewas coconut raspberry cake with custard

A great place to meet up with friends over a cup of coffee, lunch or afternoon tea. Pleasant staff…read morewho have never made me feel rushed and who are willing to assist when asked.

When I got there I found out it shuts before the advertised time on the web. When I pointed this…read moreout the waitress didn't care a jot even though I pointed out this could be very disappointing for customers coming from out of the area. I have several food intolerances so when asking about the ingredients in their homemade cakes I got a message back via the waitress that she can't guarantee the cakes were free from what I was intolerant to. As people with food intolerances are always ending up having to go without gorgeous food, I asked if I could have more detail of what was in the cakes so I could make a decision on what it was I could or couldn't eat, just in case there was something I could have. This was very obviously an inconvenience to the waitress and the manager who had baked them. She tried again to say she couldn't guarantee anything because obviously this was the quickest way to solve the issue for herself, but after explaining that I'd like to try to see if there was something I could eat, it was again very plain that I was wasting her time. It was late afternoon and they weren't busy, so I would have appreciated a couple of minutes of her time without the attitude. After finding out there was indeed a piece of cake I could eat, I sat down to enjoy it only to be served it with more attitude by the waitress. If she could have got away with grunting at me I sure she would have! I unfortunately had to ask for a pot of hot water as the tea didn't come with one, and AGAIN got a look saying 'are you bothering me again?!'. Cleanliness was also not great with tea-stained table clothes, dying roses on the table, and also dust on the teapot holding the roses which was next to an open sugar bowl which no doubt had the same amount of dust in it! Also, amazingly, a dog walking around the kitchen area with it's bed behind the serving counter!! (Yes, I am about to inform environmental health dept!!) Lastly, my table was being cleared before I had finished. I did notice however, that the other table still in there didn't have their table touched, so I'm guessing that was a touch of nastiness from the waitress also. I was there looking for a place to take 18-20 friends for my birthday which is coming up soon as we fancied a gorgeous afternoon tea, but we will definitely be going somewhere else after that experience!

A lot bigger then it seems from the outside. Very good cakes and milkshakes with the proper…read moreAmerican metal shaker for the extra shake. Service was hit and miss dependent on who came over and the decor was a random mixture of very well chosen tables, chairs and pictures to plain old white and just strange images. If they got more of the awesome less of the plain (not even all cos the mixture could work) it would bump straight up to 4 stars. Worth a visit when in this tiny little town.