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What would be the point of reviewing and scoring all of these cream teas, if we didn’t then provide a league table showing our results? So, here is an up-to-date table covering the all of the establishments reviewed so far on this site. Don’t miss our Map to find a top cream tea near you!

Highly Recommended

10 ~ Trumpet Corner Tea Room  BEST TEA SHOP
9.5 ~ Peacocks Tearoom, Ely
9.5 ~ Number Twelve Restaurant  BEST GENERAL CAFE/RESTAURANT
9.5 ~ The Old Forge Caffe & Restaurant, Chagford
9.5 ~ Havershams, Beverley
9.5 ~ Byways Tearooms, Bakewell
9.5 ~ The Gallery, Fortnum & Mason, London
9.5 ~ Tiny Tim’s Tearoom, Canterbury
9.5 ~ The Searoom, St Ives
9 ~ Lion Rock Tea Tooms, Cheddar Gorge
9 ~ Periwinkle Tea Room, Selworthy 
9 ~ Teaspoon Tea Company, Grantham
9 ~ Fitzbillies, Cambridge
9 ~ St Pancras Renaissance, London  BEST HOTEL
9 ~ West Lodge Park Hotel, Hadley Wood
9 ~ Bettys Cafe Tearooms, York
9 ~ The Polly Tearoom, Marlborough
9 ~ Thea Caffea, Nottingham
9 ~ Little Harriettes of Deal, Deal
8.5 ~ Bakehouse, St Albans
8.5 ~ High Tea of Highgate
8.5 ~ Tea Total, Lyndhurst
8.5 ~ Chocolate Theatre Cafe, Henley-on-Thames
8.5 ~ Four Pillars, Cotswold Water Park
8.5 ~ Kelmscott Manor Tearoom, Glocs  BEST CAFETERIA-STYLE CAFE
8.5 ~ Vaults and Garden Cafe, Oxford
8.5 ~ The Almonry, Ely Cathedral
8.5 ~ Brewbabu, Oundle
8.5 ~ Scrumalicious, Sandwich
8.5 ~ Cranks Garden Restaurant, Dartington
8.5 ~ Lanhydrock House, Servant’s Restaurant  BEST NATIONAL TRUST CREAM TEA
8.5 ~ The Magazine at Sackler Serpentine, London
8.5 ~ The Bridge Tea Rooms, Bradford-on-Avon
8.5 ~ Biddies Tearoom, Norwich
8.5 ~ Cross Lane House, Allerford
8.5 ~ Syke Farm Tearoom, Buttermere
8.5 ~ Beck Hall Hotel, Malham
8.5 ~ Mr H’s Tearoom, Ambleside

Good

8 ~ The Georgian Tearooms, Portsmouth
8 ~ The Courtyard Restaurant & Cafe, Faversham
8 ~ Turner Contemporary Cafe, Margate
8 ~ Harriets Cafe Tearoom, Cambridge
8 ~ Barn Restaurant, Baddersley Clinton
8 ~ The Orchard Garden, Grantchester
8 ~ The Butler’s Pantry, Richmond Park
8 ~ Urban Brunch, Yeovil
7.5 ~ Cliff Top Cafe, Lynton
7.5 ~ Tiptree Tearoom, Tiptree
7.5 ~ Locks Victorian Tea Rooms, Dunster
7.5 ~ The Chocolate Factory Coffee Shop, Mullion
7 ~ Dillon’s Tea House & Cafe, Ashbourne
7 ~ Lobster Pot, Portland Bill
7 ~ Lempicka Cafe & Bistro, Beverley
7 ~ The Crypt Cafe, St Paul’s Cathedral
7 ~ Waterfront Cafe, Benson
7 ~ Palace Cafe, Kensington Palace
7 ~ Surf Shack Cafe, St Ives
7 ~ Basildon Park Tearoom
7 ~ Canalside Farm Cafe, Great Haywood
7 ~ Hitchin Lavender Tearoom
7 ~ Beatons Tearooms, Crowthorne
7 ~ The Chantry Tea Gardens, Kilve
7 ~ The Manders’ Tearoom, Wightwick
7 ~ The Old Station Tea Rooms, Holmsley
7 ~ Edwardian Tearooms, Birmingham
7 ~ Abbot’s Kitchen, St Albans Abbey
7 – Bournville Bread Basket
7 – The Giggling Goose, Ambleside
7 ~ Cellarium Cafe Terrace, Westhminster Abbey
7 ~ The Doll’s House on the Hill, Harrow
7 ~ Capabilitea, Trentham
7 ~ Blondies Twisted Tearoom, Hanley
7 ~ Sally Middlewood Tea Rooms, Potter Brompton
6.5 ~ Orangery, The Fan Museum Greenwich
6.5 ~ Bea’s of Bloomsbury, St Paul’s, London
6.5 ~ Wallet’s Court, St. Margaret’s-at-Cliffe
6.5 ~ The Mock Turtle, Brighton
6.5 ~ Olives Cafe, St Ives
6.5 ~ Bells’ Tea & Coffee House, Lincoln
6.5 ~ Darlingtons Tea Rooms, Northampton  
6.5 ~ Apple Tree Tea Rooms, Minehead
6.5 ~ The Copper Kettle, Andover
6 ~ Nuffield Place, NT Tearoom, Huntercombe
6 ~ Great Tower Cafe, Dover Castle
6 ~ BB Bakery, County Hall, London
6 ~ Baskervilles, Palmers Green, London
6 ~ The Original Maids of Honour, Kew
6 ~ The Flour Station Bakery, Camden

The Rest

5.5 ~ Pavilion Tea Co, Brighton
5.5 ~ Chesters by the River, Skelwith Bridge
5.5 ~ The Kitchenside Bakery, Looe
5.5 ~ Patisserie Lila, Borough Market, London
5 ~ Catherine’s Cafe, Wallingford
5 ~ Auntie’s Tea Shop, Cambridge
5 ~ Caffle House Tearoom, Watendlath
5 ~ The Secret Tea Rooms, Brighouse
5 ~ The Captain’s Cabin, Buckler’s Hard
5 ~ Cafe Coleton, Coleton Fishacre
4 ~ The Orangery, Kew Gardens
4 ~ The Tiltyard Cafe, Hampton Court
4 ~ Coffee Seeker, North Finchley
4 ~ The Cafe on the Green, Widecombe-in-the-Moor
4 ~ Emma’s, Haworth
4 ~ Tea Garden, Sonning Lock
3 ~ The Buttery, Oxford
3 ~ Lauderdale House Cafe, Highgate

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