Magnolia Tearooms — Restaurant in Great Britain

I travelled over an hour to visit some family at their boat in Crick marina. They had often mentioned that they wanted to visit this local café as they had heard positive things. After looking at the reviews and seeing some inconsistencies in the service we decided to take the chance and visit. We chose to sit outside as my family have small children and we didn’t want to impede on anyone else’s morning by bringing loud children into what was quite a calm environment.

Unfortunately, we were unable to actually try any of the food due to the café cat having a fight in the outside dining area with my family’s cat (that lives nearby) I said to my family that maybe we should try somewhere else to which the café worker walked away muttering under their breath “yes, you should go elsewhere”. I’m very disappointed in this behaviour from the café and I will not be visiting again. Fortunately this incident drove us to try somewhere else nearby (Eleven Café & Bakery) in Long Buckby, the owner was absolutely lovely and even apologised on behalf of the other café we had visited previously.

Would recommend giving Magnolia Tea Rooms a miss.

Edit Have confirmed that the cat does not belong to the café. Unfortunately, no excuse for the way the...

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