The Bay Tree Cafe & Traditional Tea Room — Restaurant in Wealden

We were both tired and went into this promising little cafe. We ordered soup but weren't told it had to be made from scratch. Why not? We waited for over 30 mins just for soup. When it arrived it was disgusting...tasted full of salt and thick stock cube. The chef was rather rude when I mentioned we couldn't eat it....he said we could just have Cambells next time. Well...I think this actually would have been preferable!! And there won't be a next time either!! The decent thing to do would have been to offer us an alternative or not charged us. Shame... Re the chef's rude answer below. We were NOT rude...he is lying....we sat, wet through, tired and hungry whilst he prepared an obnoxious soup. We waited and waited, chatting to each other. We waited well over 30 mins. We should have been told it had to be made from scratch...then we would have chosen something else. What happened to "Sorry " ? May we offer you something else? It can be seen from the rude answer below that this man is not worth bothering about....

This place is a gem! We only ended up going in for a quick snack as the first cafe we went into had no sandwiches so we had run out of options. We ordered prawn bagget and coffee. It was a bit of a wait but we didnt realise what we were waiting for! First my coffee was lovely and the wifes tea was good as well. When the food arrived we both considered it the best prawn bagget we had had! The bread was warm the filling was creamy and plentiful. We were not expecting home made frys salad with dressing and a dipp all we think home made. The service was polite and efficient. ......price was reasonable. Now this is only a cafe, it could do with a 'womans touch ' and that's a shame as it could be decorated so nicely....this being said TRY THE FOOD...

Came in with my partner, her grandmother and our little lad, cafe itself stunk of burnt food, and yet it was still freezing as the kitchen had the door open. We placed orders for a few paninis and toastie, didn't realise how overpriced this cafe can be, £36. Bit of a joke to be honest. And we ended up waiting over an over, and not a single apology, and met by the most miserable waitress who just plonked down our cuttlery and walked off without saying anything about how long everything was. Panini isnt a panini its a shop bought french stick crushed beyond recognition, the chips were really nice I enjoyed those. But my takeaway from this is, with how often we saw them heat up ingredients why are they charging they are? Overall pretty poor,...