Meare Shop & Tearooms — Restaurant in East Suffolk

This is definitely not a tearoom, As you enter you are greeted by a strong smell of burnt fat fryers, loud music and staff fooling around. Service is on par with ordering from a takeaway, and equally everything is served in paper cups and paper trays. You sit on knackered old picnic tables and wait for someone to bark your order number. My tea was awful, accompanied with a tiny little scone with equally tiny portions of jam/cream served in those paper pots you get at McDonald's. In fact this place might as well just serve kebabs. Such a huge disappointment, considering how beautiful the location is by the river. I can only assume 5 star reviews are based on...

We were glad to be able to sit in as it was cold and wet outside. We initially thought there was only a take away service from the hatch. Inside, it was pleasant to sit and watch the birds on the Meare. No crockery inside for our lunch which was disappointing for us but the food was acceptable if plain (panninis with no salad , rather beige!) Coffee also in disposable cups but my cappachino was nice and it was a decent size cup. The staff were pleasant. We was very impressed with the take away containers both the cup and food tray were biodegradable, a close second to crockery in these strange...

Came to this little cafe with friends. It was a beautiful day so we decided to sit outside. We decided on chips and sausage roll and cup of tea. Well we had the tea then waited and waited for our lunch. Our friend popped in to see how long it would be and was told a few minutes. Another 15 minutes and still no food. After another trip inside the cook asked should she continue with the food or have money back. Needless to say we look the latter. I would not recommend it. It was not that busy, but seemed totally disorganised. With staff that appeared...