Doddington Tea Room

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   Susan

   Lincolnshire

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Had fantastic 70th birthday afternoon tea with a few close friends and husband and the atmosphere was amazing and staff very happy to please . Would highly recommend .
   

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   Tina

   Yorkshire

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The room was beautifully decorated for Christmas with a good atmosphere without being over busy. We were made to feel comfortable and were greeted and taken to our table straight away. It was nice to have a top up of tea without it costing extra. There was a choice of savoury including a cheese scone with chutney, or sandwiches plus sweet selection with scone, jam and cream. We asked if we could pick and mix but were not able to. You had to choose the sweet option or savoury option. One of us would have liked a plain scone and not a cheese one and swapped these, however they all tasted delicious. There were a choice of sandwiches already plated, instead of one filling per person, which is always nice. The only downfall was that the bread was dry as though it had been left out without cover. I would go back and recommend, but for the price, I would expect moist bread next time.
   

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   Brian

   Lincolnshire

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 2

   Not as good as last couple of years, sandwiches a bit dry, also having little kids sitting on the floor playing with food is not nice when you come for your experience, think you should have adult only days and times, and then times when kids can come.
   

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   Bridy

   Yorkshire

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   A table of 6 went booked the Festive afternoon tea. Unfortunately we had to send the sandwiches back as the bread was stale, clearly they had been sat all day and I had to remove cling film from my cake stand. It was very noisy and the staff seemed overstretched as they certainly had maximimized all of the space. We also had a table by the toilets and there were a number of children that were running in out of the toilets in a game of chase. However, the table was set beautifully and the overall christmas decorations were lovely.
   

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   CARLA

   New York City

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   It was set up in a lovely festive way, the staff were nice but it was extremely busy and set up like a canteen. The food for the price was average, nothing was personal or homemade, just bought in, poor quality sandwiches and normal cakes. Lots of tea choices and Prosecco upgrade, but overall for the money it was not great value. Nice little money spinner for Christmas.
   

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   Nicola

   Lincolnshire

   1 review

   2.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   We’ve had Christmas Afternoon Tea now 3 consecutive years, on different occasions and felt this year that it was not as good as previous. The food was brought out very quickly before our additionally added drinks, some sandwiches were dry as being left out and the Cheese Scone was very poor and dry. We did politely mention how dry the Cheese Scone was and the Waitress said she’d mention it to the Chef but we didn’t get any comeback. Not good value for money unfortunately.
   

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   Andrea

   Lincolnshire

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   Dry sandwiches. Hot room. Waiting staff kept bringing things ordered by other tables to our table instead. Very quiet Christmas music - heard general chatter from other tables over music - I had to really concentrate to even notice any music was playing. We had no idea how to get into the afternoon tea building. Last year it was obvious because it was centre front - straight in front of the carpark. This year I had to ask at the cafe (another member of the public who was waiting in a queue for the cafe). She had noticed a sign after going around Doddington Hall.
   

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   SamD

   Yorkshire

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Food was very good and well presented The bread was a little dry but the fillings were lovely. The scone was superb, the best I’ve had in a long time. The Christmas decorations in the room were beautiful and enhanced the whole experience. Would thoroughly recommend and will definitely be returning very soon.
   

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   Carla

   Yorkshire

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Lovely way to spend an afternoon in beautiful surroundings
   

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    Lyn

    Gloucestershire

    2 reviews

    4.0

    2 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5

    Lovely room with great decor Attentive staff Afternoon tea selection satisfactory
    

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