http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/stratford-upon-avon/cafe/1i01d8b/hathaway-tea-rooms-and-bakery <b>Hathaway Tea Rooms & Bakery</b><br />Stratford Upon Avon, 19 High Street, CV37 6AU, United Kingdom en http://trustedplaces.com/uploads/placepics/trustedplaces.comaPlacePic['name']}.140.jpg http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/stratford-upon-avon/cafe/1i01d8b/hathaway-tea-rooms-and-bakery http://trustedplaces.com/review/uk/stratford-upon-avon/cafe/1i01d8b/hathaway-tea-rooms-and-bakery/178qm7
Review by allison

Rating: 1.00
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I love nothing better than a good tearoom, however this was nothing like a good tea room.
We we ignored by the teenage staff for the first ten minutes of sitting down and did consider walking out, a couple near us did actually make this very wise decision. The plates and left-over picked at cake (not a good sign)were left on our table for all this time and another table had the cups, plates and whatever else left for the whole half hour of our visit.
I ordered the welsh rarebit, expecting for £5.10 a couple of thick slices of bread with some nice melted cheese...not here though. After sometime the rude, sulky teenager delivered my rarebit which consisted of one thin slice of processed white bread with manky looking half melted cheese, on the side was a wilted salad.
I complained without touching the offering and was told that they didn't set the prices and that you should expect to pay premium prices as we were in Stratford-upon-Avon. As I pointed out I live in London, (which is the most expensive place in the country to eat I would suspect)and had eaten the previous day a toasted cheese sandwich with not one but two slices of bread, price £2.

To cut a long rant short, we sent it back and made them take it off the bill.

If you think, well I'll have a cake then, don't bother with those too, my husband had a shortbread which was mediocre to be kind. The left over bun on our table looked stale, and our next door table had a sad looking toasted tea cake.

If you don't want to be treated badly by stropy teenagers and don't want to encourage the "rip off Britain" mentality do not set foot inside this place. It looks lovely but is just a complete rip off. Go to the food market on a Saturday instead for some lovely cakes!
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Review by jennipenni

Rating: 4.00
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I would imagine that this little tea room is extremely hard to get into during peak season!

We were here in spring and literally got the last little table under the eaves upstairs. There is a seating area downstairs, as well as upstairs... with a choice of sitting under the eaves at the back of the tea room, or in front of the tea room... overlooking the bustling High Street. We chose the intimate eaves!

Some of the staff were quite new you could tell, they weren't sure what was what, and to be honest... it was a tad higgledy-piggedly! BUT that aside, it was a lovely experience... the food was divine, the atmosphere old world and character-filled.

Everywhere you look there are little antiques... eg: eye out the gorgeous grandfather clock on the staircase... a waste to be sitting on a stairwell in a tea room if you ask me!

All these little things add to the charm of this tea room.

We had a cream tea, the scones were warm, the cream fresh and the strawberry jam really delicious!

As part of their cream tea price, they give you an extra dessert for free too... as if you haven't had enough sweet things!

We had a couple of sweets, shown in the photos.. they were delicious... far too delicious! Highly recommended little tea room!]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:56:58 +0000 /review/uk/stratford-upon-avon/cafe/1i01d8b/hathaway-tea-rooms-and-bakery/1287m71574247687 jennipenni 52.191761 -1.706943