Monday 31 October 2011

W Hamond’s tea room


Located at: 112 Church Street, Whitby – one of the town’s busiest tourist shopping streets. The tea room is above the jewellery shop of the same name, and is located at the base of the 199 Steps up to the Abbey. Being the week before Halloween, the exterior of the shop was decorated by this giant web:


Service: 9/10 - Friendly and efficient. Because of the layout, one of the jewellery shop staff had to direct us to the stairs up to the cafe; it felt a little disjointed. Our order arrived within minutes.


Ambience: 8/10 – Relaxed and comfortable. An oasis of calm away from the bustle outside (the shop’s location means the street outside gets very busy with shoppers and people heading up to the Abbey). However, our table was located within eye and earshot of the kitchen meaning we could see staff dashing about and rushing to get orders ready.

Interior: 9/10 - The furniture is wooden and modern – it is comfortable and feels solid. The tables are generously sized meaning that all the tea-making paraphernalia was easily accommodated.


Food and drink: 10/10 - Top notch. A lovely pot of tea with a generous milk jug (I do rather like my tea milky). My scone was clearly freshly made and contained sultanas (this would always be my preference). It was nice that I had a choice of either cream and jam or butter and jam.



My companion had the carrot cake and it was moist, light and generously proportioned.

Overall score:9/10

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