Audrey’s Tearooms

I really wanted to like it here - I went for a special occasion and we had the afternoon tea, and it seemed perfect to start with - historic vibes with RAF memorabilia on the walls and proper thin China tea cups for our tea. On the positive side, they serve a full gluten free afternoon tea, which is great. We emailed in advance so that they knew we were coming and not to risk them running out of gluten free bread or something (it’s happened before!) The tea was proper good loose leaf tea and lovely little tea cups, which I really enjoyed, and overall the food was good. The sandwiches and scones I had for the ‘normal’ tea were delicious and there were masses of jam and cream to go with them. Sadly there were small things which just marred the experience a bit, leading to the 3 star review. The gluten free tea only only came with one scone, while the ‘normal’ one came with two, which seemed unfair as the scones were the same size. The gf scone was also super crumbly, falling apart every time it was lifted up. The three sponge cake bites were alright but all kind of tasted the same and not particularly of any flavour. Sad when there were some fantastic looking cakes on the counter. There were plenty of empty tables but our reserved table was directly in front of the open door, meaning that it was a bit damp and everyone coming and going walked right past us. We only had one set of culterly between us and when we tried to ask for another it took a long time to get the attention of anyone as all four staff were chatting intently in the kitchen area. All just little things, but they added up We were also charged more than the website had said when we looked the day before - apparently they had just changed their menus that week, which is happens and while it was only £3.50 more per person, the cost already was that of something special and basically while alright, it was not special enough to be worth the cost.

Thank you for a delightful tea with gluten free scones.