The Vintage Rose Tea room — Restaurant in Maldon

Fabulous!!! I booked for my birthday with my 10 year old daughter and my Mum. It was a themed afternoon tea, Alice in Wonderland. When we booked we advised of dietary requirements and they also spoke to my daughter about her likes and dislikes which I thought was a lovely thing to do. It is a beautifully quirky place, and the food was delicious, my daughter was also very impressed as they swapped cream for buttercream in her sweet selection as she isn't a fan of cream and this was appreciated. Later on they came out with 'drink me drinks' and also a box of 'eat me' biscuits. The whole thing was excellent. They really deserve to do well, all was so fresh, looked and tasted good with some surprises long the way. A Great experience and would...

Good points: nice ambience and crockery.

Not so good: afternoon tea should always be about the cake. Sandwiches bulky and no choice of fillings. Scones - no choice of plain or fruit and were looked like rock cakes. Width slice of Victoria sponge was about 1.5cm and was so skinny it broke when you tried to pick it up and a debatable home made shortbread round. For £25 per head quality/quantity a rip off. Very tight space when full, needing to move for people wanting the toilet. If the food was amazing all the rest would...

Cannot recommend this place enough!! Quality food and well worth the price ! I recently booked for me and my nephews to have the Narnia afternoon tea , It was AMAZING. From the moment you first walk in ! The decor is absolutely amazing ! So much care and thought gone into it ! The food on the afternoon tea is so filling ! So much quantity for the price ! I've tried a few afternoon teas in my time and this is definitely one of the best , in quantity, quality and price ! Kids will definitely love...