Herbert's Fine English Tea Rooms — Restaurant in Derbyshire Dales

Economics students should be taken to this place for a lesson on the perils in a free market economy of a lack of competition and abuse of a dominant market position.

Everything about this place smacks of complacency and milking its captive market for all its worth, and not bothering to be better at what they do because there's nowhere else to go in the village so no need.

Firstly the ordering system is frankly bizarre - you find a table then march off to order but bizarrely once you've ordered the same person goes off to make your hot drinks while you wait, no matter how many you've ordered or how complex they may be. This instantly results in a large backlog of people hanging around the counter waiting for their drinks and means that if it's even moderately busy a huge queue rapidly develops, which causes a massive logjam of people half of whom are waiting to order, half of whom are waiting for drinks and another half (maths isn't a strong point) are trying to get to the toilet.

The staff are all very young and whilst they are perfectly pleasant I'm not sure they're terribly experienced - it feels like it's in desperate need of an experienced hand at the tiller.

The tea itself was £2.95 for a single teabag in a teapot that was terribly ornate but filled with water that was not nearly boiling meaning the tea didn't brew properly at all. It takes some front to charge three quid for a teabag and some hot water and still manage to muck it up.

It was of course rammed even on a wet and windy December afternoon and I'm sure it does good business because there is nowhere else to go. But if another tea room opened up in the village it would either be doomed or have to buck its ideas up very quickly - and isn't that what capitalism is supposed...

A delightful little tea room located right in the centre of the village. I popped in here for a cake and a coffee on a recent trip to see the well dressings. There was ample outdoor seating, some of it under a teepee, and also a van where you could buy refreshments to enjoy outside. The café's rustic interior, with its stone floor, exposed brick walls, interesting old photos and chandeliers, is full of character and charm. Lovely view of the church from the window tables. When I arrived, the tea room was very busy, with a long queue waiting at the counter, but the staff who served me were polite and helpful. They serve alcoholic beverages as well as soft drinks, coffee, and a nice selection of speciality teas. The cakes displayed on the counter looked really yummy, and you could also get baps and light meals. Treated myself to a chocolate traybake, and it was delicious! The coffee was also good. It was a bit pricey, but worth it given the quality of the refreshments and the beautiful location. Would happily come again on a quieter day to sample...

Always make time for a stop off at the tea rooms at some point each year. Generous portions and tasty typical cafe options. Disappointed that they are STILL using seemingly COVID measures of take away crockery. Not only does it seem ridiculous in a world that's now very conscious of waste but also completely ruins the feel of a special birthday lunch. A 'fine, english' tea room surely can't call itself that when it's serving tea bags in a cardboard cup. Inside of course is delightful mismatched teapots and China cups with loose tea leaves, but on a glorious summers day we weren't wanted to sit inside. I'll still return and recommend the Tissington experience to others but it's really about time they started thinking about what the sheer waste they are creating and the disappointing look on their customers faces when they hand over their lunch in a paper bag. Staff as always...