I'm a big fan of tea shops, dark, old fashioned ones with many rooms exit me particularly, and this one ticks all of those boxes, with plenty of cake to boot!
Sherlock's is a regular haunt for me when I visit whitby, (especially after I received really rude service once in Marie Antoinette's) victorian ephemera, getting all a little "tea shop of curiosities" themed with the mystery man himself, drawing in goths and happy families alike.
It's cute, with tables and little cubbies, my favourite at the end of the corridor-like room downstairs, that feels a little like you're sat in a train compartment, with your traditional cakes, scones, fruit meringues and Dracula themed treats- it is whitby, after all.
The coffee smells excellent, and although I don;t drink it, everyone who I've sat and ate with has enjoyed it. I tend to stick to tea, but their hot chocolate is pretty fantastic, and they do have a good range of hot and cold drinks, and of course hot and cold food too, which I've heard is wonderful, but I've normally eaten fish and chips, or pie already by this point.
I must also note, that they're the only place I've been to serve a lemon meringue pie that comes close to the standard of my Nanna's, and she's the best. read more