Visited yesterday for afternoon tea with my father and had a lovely afternoon. We sat in the garden as the weather was lovely and immediately we were asked if we would like a glass of champagne and when we said yes, this was served very quickly. We were then asked what we would like to drink, to which my dad had English breakfast tea and I had green tea, this was served shortly after we had leisurely enjoyed our glass of champagne in sunshine. The afternoon tea was then served and looked very impressive on the three their cake stand with finger sandwiches, cakes and traditional scones and clotted cream - and it all tasted as good as it looked!! We had three sandwiches each of cheese & tomato, ham & mustard and smoked salmon. All were delicious however would suggest a little less rocket in the ham sandwich (as this overpowered the taste a little) and perhaps more cream cheese with the salmon - I am not sure if there was any and if there was this was so little and difficult to taste! The cakes were lovely with a selection of lemon sponge, chocolate brownie and banana cake (although we couldn't tell it was banana cake and had to ask!). Finally the scones, jam and clotted cream - delicious! Although at this point we were pretty full, this was a lovely way to end, the scones were perfectly made (all too often scones are dry and hard but these just melted in the mouth!) - although this did start a debate between my dad and I as to whether you should put the jam or cream on first!!). My only suggestion would be to offer an afternoon tea menu like other venues do to show what teas are available and what the afternoon tea contains as this would avoid having to ask the waiter what the items are or drinks available and know in advance what you have. All in all a lovely afternoon in a lovely location - will definitely recommend!

Having previously been a professional chef for 20+ years for some of the finest restaurants in the south of england and one of the best international hotel companies, its fair to say I know good food when I eat it. This place is superb! One of the best places I have eaten in the last 12 months. The tastes are balanced and full without being too heavy or unnecessarily over the top. Presented perfectly with class and style without being pretentious and the portion sizes are perfect for all tastes. It's the epitome of why I entered the catering trade and seeing food of this quality made me sorry I nolonger cook professionally. Tom and his team were superb also. Attentive and friendly without being too heavy handed or over attentive. If you want a superb meal out which is great value for what you receive I personally would struggle to recommend anywhere better within 30 miles.