The Earl Grey Tea House — Restaurant in England

We visited the delightful Howick Hall and gardens, which I can highly recommend. We looked forward to a cup of tea and a couple of slices of the delicious looking cakes displayed in the tearoom.

We ordered loose leaf English breakfast tea, which was adequate but nothing special, and a slice of coffee and walnut cake and blueberry and banana cake. What a massive disappointment!

They looked amazing, but it was a case of good appearance coupled with dismal content! The coffee and walnut cake was tasteless and as dry as sticks (spend your money on an M&S coffee and walnut cake and taste the comparison!), and the banana and blueberry cake managed to be both soggy and dry in equal measures - a remarkable feat! It was also overly sweet and had an unpleasantly artificial flavour. Oh well, at least there are many other tea rooms in Northumberland which haven’t disappointed us. The Earl Grey Tea Room has the award for having the most expensive unpleasant cake...

In 2017 I was so lucky to have found myself at Howick Garden and Earl Grey Tea House for a snowdrop walk. The garden and the Tea House are simply wonderful. The staff at the Tea house are so welcoming, and helpful. I come with my 92 year old Dad who is disabled as often as possible. We are treated so thoughtfully and kindly. The Garden ticket office staff and Gardeners are also absolutely brilliant and could not be kinder as well. The food in the Tea house is delicious. Lovely sandwiches, quiches, soups and salads. "My Dad said .. "Even the coldslaw is good and I don't like coldslaw!" The cakes are lovely. My Dad loves the Earl Grey Teabread best and I love the fruit scones with home made jam. I love everything about Howick Garden and the Earl GreyTea House. If you discover it, count yourself lucky,. You have found a wonderful...

We went in to the teahouse as part of our visit to Howick Hall to see the gardens. The greeting was brusque to say the least. A rather obvious impatience was displayed at any hesitation to order what one wanted at the till. The soup and a toasted sandwich were perfectly good. The coffee cake on the other hand was dry and tasteless. I had ordered my own drink, but when I asked if we could have another cup so that I could taste my wife’s Earl Grey tea the immediate response was “you will have to pay for your tea separately”. In the end I had a sip from my wife’s cup. The tea was no better than we have every day at home. This teahouse needs an attitude improvement and to serve...