Would have given 5 stars but there's no disabled access!…read more This tea room is on the Alcester Heritage Trail itinerary. We didn't know that until after we'd already been! It was the first place we went when we got into Alcester because we needed a cuppa! I had a cappuccino which was lovely. My OH and our little boy had a pot of tea. They got about 4 cups out of each pot. Only small cups but still not bad for £1.25 and you get extra hot water and plenty of milk. All the drinks were under £2 (except the hot chocolate with marshmallows which was £2.25). The place was really clean, the staff were very friendly. We didn't have anything to eat here but their handmade cakes looked delicious! It's quite a small place. There is a step to get into the front door. All in all, it's a really lovely little tea shop in a lovely little building.

We stopped by Lucy's Tearoom on our trip to Cotswold. It was rainy and cold day so some hot tea and…read morescones sounded delightful. We were sat upstairs near the window and it was nice and quiet there. Everything we ordered was delicious and we enjoyed our time here. Scone with cream and jam. I ordered plain scone. It was delicious. Warm fresh scone served with yummy cream and jam. I also ordered the chocolate cake tea with the scone and it was surprisingly good. Had some chocolate flavor and tasted good with milk. Hubby ordered Mac and cheese and it was served piping hot with a slice of garlic bread. Pretty good too! Kiddo ordered hot chocolate with marshmallows and a chocolate cake. The cake itself was soft and moist and not overly sweet. Went well with the tea and hot chocolate. The hot chocolate seemed standard and she seemed to like it. The place is not overly pricey for a touristy place. Service was also good and friendly.

This was my favorite afternoon tea while traveling in the UK and surpassed the more expensive…read moreafternoon teas elsewhere. I loved the simple scone with jam and clotted cream. The jam and cream were significantly superior to others I've had. There was also a wide selection of tea and some really funky and interesting ones as well! If I travel to the Cotswold again, I will surely be visiting Lucy's tearoom. The vibe was also cozy and welcoming. The service was a little slower but probably because we were seated on the second floor.

Truly Scrumptious is a delightful looking tea room set within a craft centre complex. Kerrie…read morespecialises in cakes for all occasions.I live a long way outside of this area but I needed to find somebody to make a special birthday cake for a party that I was co hosting in Stratford Upon Avon. I found Truly Scrumptious on line and what a little gem I found!! I spoke to Kerrie the owner and explained that I needed a special birthday cake in a week! No problem. I requested a simple 12" square sponge with white icing trimed with blue and a design of a vintage motor bike. Again, no problem. A family member who lives in Stratford collected the cake a week later and delivered it to the party venue. I cannot praise Kerrie enough for her service. The cake was absolutley delicious and the design was gorgeous with a little sugar handmade 'Norton' motor bike. My partner was so surprised and thrilled with the cake. We haven't visited the tea room yet but will do so on our next visit from Hereford to Stratford. Kerrie has a fabulous website which includes a gallery of cakes for all occasions that she has made and photo's of what looks like a delightful tea room.

This is my idea of heaven! a little hidden gem, a delightful little Tea room and very popular with…read morethe Barnt Green folk. Walking in from the small high street of Barnt Green village it's style is a combination of someone's living room and what I would imagine a post war tea shop would be like, Minus the hair net and curlers! It is filled to the brim with vintage crockery and gifts, quirky ornaments and fabulous post war style tables with cute little table place settings. Everything in the shop can also be bought. Although Vintage Tea Rooms are the current trend I welcome the quirkiness and makes it more of a unique day out as opposed to the high street franchises and once again supporting local and independents. I stumbled across this tea room by accident whilst visiting Barnt green and as I was on my own they just about had a place for me to have lunch, it's very busy with small groups of ladies lunching with their three tiered ornate cake stands and afternoon teas. It needs to be booked well in advance to reserve a place. I had a simple lunch of soup served in an ornate tea cup and a small plate of sandwiches and of course Earl Grey Tea for one. The staff are very friendly and helpful. I will definitely visit again with friends and it's only a short walk from Barnt Green station. Looking at their website you can also hire their services or the tea room for parties. Lush!

Winterbourne is a great place for a sunny day. £5 gives you access to the Arts and Crafts house and…read moregardens, both of which are lovely. Behind the more formal gardens are woodland trails (you might even see a beech tree I helped to coppice as a student many years ago) and Edgbaston reservoir, a calm expanse of water populated by ducks, moorhens and crested grebes. There are beautiful waterside rock gardens with stepping stones, which I love. The whole place feels like a sanctuary from the city and is conveniently located close to the Barber Institute and the university campus if you want to make more of a day of it. There's a tea room which sells serviceable scones (with that really aerated cream rather than proper whipped or clotted cream though) and also sandwiches, soup and potatoes etc. You can get plants and gifts at the shop- and if you go during the week you may be able to get some advice from the gardeners, too.

Winterbourne House and Garden is an oasis from the hustle and bustle of the University of…read moreBirmingham campus, located a short five-minute walk from the eastern edge of the University. Built in the early 1900's, the entire Grade II Listed estate was bequeathed to the University in 1944 and is composed of a villa house and seven acres of gardens with thousands of different plants from across the world. Owned by the University, students are admitted for free while general public tickets are £6 per entry. The gardens are best visited on a sunny day in the late spring or early summer when you can take advantage of maximum flower coverage. With such a staggering numbers of plants on display, one could easily make a day of it to properly examine them all. Plants are both planted throughout the garden outside or placed within greenhouses to regulate temperature and moisture, an excellent example being the orchid house. The grounds are laid out with meandering, terraced paths on a hill that eventually lead to a stream at the back of the property. A wooded trail gives access off the property to Edgbaston Pool, which is classed as a site of special scientific interest with numerous birds that call it home. The house itself and attached grounds are set up as a quasi-museum to display early twentieth-century country estate life. The garden sheds/office house a second-hand bookstore, art gallery, plant store, and the ticket office/gift shop. Cacti, flowers, herbs, and other interesting plants can be purchased at reasonable prices. Attached to the ticket office is Winterbourne Press, a fully functioning printing press that performs demonstrations every Friday. The house was built with the most modern of amenities, including fully functioning cistern toilets for servants. A restoration in 2010 brought the house back to its former glory. A secondary feature of Winterbourne is their vaunted tea room, one of the primary reasons for my visit with Brittany A. recently. The public are not able to simply enter the house to visit the tea room, so each visit to the room will cost a person the full ticket price. Given these preconditions and the grandeur of the house, I had high expectations. Unfortunately, the 'tea room' is a basic cafeteria style set-up that you'll find at many historic sites across the UK. Pre-prepared cold case sandwiches and drinks are available, and until 3PM on most days you can order toasties and hot soup. I skipped the unimpressive looking and overpriced scones and ordered a slice of carrot cake, which was absolutely delicious and worth the price. Tea here is the most disappointing aspect, consisting of a tepid pot and a bag of Twinings thrown in. No loose leaf tea is available, and you get the luxury of carrying your supermarket tea out on a cafeteria tray, once more shattering the splendour of the home and grounds. In this aspect, Winterbourne could take notes from the splendid tea rooms of sites like Edinburgh Castle, which offers table service and higher quality teas at comparable price points. The lackluster tea room experience aside, Winterbourne House and Garden is a real gem of a historic property in the University area. While the ticket entrance price won't see me coming here all that often, the free entrance for UOB students is a reason to visit regularly if you attend the University.

Love this place. The perfect English teahouse. Quaint and beautiful. I love my cream teas, so…read morewhen in Leamington Spa, do go up to Park Street where it is located, after visiting the beautiful award winning Jephson Gardens, five minutes walk away. I love the vintage style decor, bright, beautiful and welcoming. They even have small tables and chairs for the smaller children. The cream teas are excellent. There is a vast selection of teas to choose from and matching teapots too, i.e. the Rooibos Orange Cream would come in an orange teapot and the Rosé would be in the pink teapot. There are black teas, white teas, green teas, herbal and fruit and decaff. The scones and cakes are all homemade. The warm scones with its light and crumbly texture are just delicious with the fresh clotted cream and jam. Unlike no other tearooms, you can pour and pour your tea, and like magic, the tea seems to be bottomless from the teapot. If you would prefer hot chocolate, this comes in a pot too! Definitely one to come again and again.

Nice peaceful part of the country. I had arrived from Cornwall visiting my mother after a long…read morelockdown and this is where she wanted to go/show me. . Lots of little areas of interest and a tearoom with homemade cakes. We do like a nice garden to share a cippa and a chat, the whole experience was ruined by the surly waitress who obviously did not want to be there on a Sunday. Tea arrived in two cardboard cups & cake in a bag. Not really good enough for £9.00 A real shame.

Interesting place to browse around. Cafe has a very relaxed feeling with nice outdoor spaces.read more

Badger's Hall is an award winning guest house/English tea room situated in the lovely market town…read moreof Chipping Camden in The Cotswolds. The charming and quaint honey colored limestone building with a small outdoor patio makes for a relaxing afternoon tea experience. The clotted cream, cakes, dainty cucumber sandwiches, soups, and scones were glorious. The lemon cake was superb. It was quite possibly the best lemon cake I've ever tasted. Bottom line: Badger's Hall has the English tea tradition down to a T.

One of my favourite places when I stay in Campden. A classic Cotswolds Tea Room, with all the…read morenaughty cakes you'd expect from a mid-afternoon snack... The staff is most welcoming and always makes you feel at home. I Would recommend this Tea Room to any visitor looking to experience the full Cotswold Hospitality.

When we were in London a couple of weeks ago we took a day trip to Stratford Upon Avon and happened…read moreupon this lovely tea place to enjoy an authentic British afternoon tea. They had an old wartime theme. We were seated near the window so we could see passerbys. The soup was delicious but also huge! We were expecting a cup of soup but got two big bowls on top of several afternoon team items the 3 of us shared. We liked most of the items on the afternoon tea setting, but some were a bit too sweet or dry for my taste. The clotted cream was delicious!

Love the decor. There is indoor and outdoor seating. Huge choice of tea, a timer comes with each…read morepot of tea. Scones and clotted cream delicious.