Incredibly overpriced..for not great food...go elsewhere!;
J Harley
Lovely little cafe with friendly staff and tasty food, fairly priced. (Also do order their coffee, its yummy and all purchases help a local charity)
Cindy Southall
Served a piece of fudge cake that was very stale and inedible. When we paid for our drinks and flapjack (which was fine) they were totally disinterested. Cake should be fresh not dried out from sitting in a cabinet for too long!! Could not recommend.
Alan Greeno
Lovely place fir a coffee and snacks. Always a warn welcome.Kid-friendliness: My granddaughter loves it here. Loves the hot chocolate and cream with marshmallows.
Melanie Slade
Not impressed. I had a Ploughman’s. Grated cheese. Ham was ok. Pickle was bit of sweet pickle and some silverskin onions. Salad sliced thickly with large pieces of onion. Shop bought coleslaw. 2 slices of nondescript bread and butter.. Badly in need of a makeover. Yesterday had takeout Bakewell slice. It was delicious but I got the bit with hardly any toasted almonds. Other pieces were better presented. Given the time of year, & how quiet they were I would expect better. If I were them I would hope for future custom.I thought it was a bit pricey for what it was. I’d be happy to pay for food with a bit of thought to presentation. The surroundings were perfect. I should imagine they are busy in the Summer because of this decor. I would pare down the menu and do really good food, especially in Winter to keep costs down. (3 soups were on the menu. I did not try these.)Staff indifferent. Again, serving the public is not easy, but you need to be welcoming in this environment.
Jack Varley
Very average. Ordered rice crispy bun which was days stale. Mentioned to the waitress who sorted it out and was helpful but they continued selling the stale rice crispy slices none the less
Andrew Martin
Avoid avoid avoid. Over priced, inconsistent cake portions (we ordered 3, all came as different sizes). The cakes were consistent in so far as all had a thick, chewy, cleggy consistency.Service was slow and it was not busy. Having now read other reviews and based on our experience, lack of customers is unsurprising.Kid-friendliness: Not veryWheelchair accessibility: Not if you want to move around or get into the cafe - crowded tables. Loo is upstairs, so no access
DaveRambo
Found Mad Hatters whilst looking for mid morning coffee and cake and what a lovely find. Really inviting cafe, friendly staff and a fabulous selection of cakes. My wife and I and our 2 boys were spoiled for choice and had a great stop and recharge before walking out to the castle.
Katie Norris
Purchased two takeaway sandwiches each costing £5.99. Sandwich fillings were tasty and plentiful, the bread however was cheap and nasty. At this price you expect both the fillings and bread to be of decent quality. Disappointing.
Jane Keeling
We recommend this tea room in the heart of Dartmouth. Friendly staff and superb cakes and food. We visited three times during our stay.
We called in here while visiting Dartmouth on one of the most rainiest days we've had since visiting Devon. Mad Hatters does a wide range of cakes and flapjacks and has a nice cosy feel to it. We ordered tea, coffee, and hot chocolate as well as coffee and walnut cake and chocolate fudge cake. All we're very good and the cakes are generous enough to share.
susan f
Saw their crab sandwich advertised! It's not very often you see crab on cafe menus. The sandwich came with salad too, it was very tasty altogether, would recommend. Their capuccino was excellent too!
Buzzybee61
Great inviting place with delicious treats to ruin your diet!! Highly recommend fruit scones, jam and cream. My waist is glad we are not local. Lovely staff. Only downside are the ancient toilet s up windy staircase. Really need to be updated.
janicew52
Mad Hatters Tea Shop is fab, good food, friendly and efficient staff, reasonably priced and quite quaint In it’s own way. We visited twice during our holiday in Dartmouth and both times were excellent. It is not a huge place but they are well staffed, The staff are very helpful, very happy to tailor menu items to your specific dietary requirements and take an interest in their customers, they asked to see our daughters art works on our second visit which made her day. The food is very good and plentiful, sandwiches and toastiest are well filled and come with a full side salad, the drinks are of good quality and the cakes, although we didn’t try them because we were full from our lunches, looked absolutely lush and the scones looked delicious and all the people eating them seemed to be enjoying them immensely. I have awarded them four out of five simply because although everything I’ve mentioned was great there were two small points that made our visit not quite perfect, firstly the toilet is up a rather steep set of stairs which I found quite difficult to navigate and there doesn’t seem to be any facilities for any one with a disability to use, and lastly the cold drinks are not refrigerated, they do serve them alongside a glass with a little ice but it didn’t do much to chill our drinks on the hot days we were there and room temperature orange juice isn’t very good on the palette. Other than that Mad Hatters in Dartmouth is a really great place for very good, competitively priced food and fast efficient and friendly service. Special shout out to the chap working at the counter who pointed us in the right direction for a post box , we would never have found it without him.
genee914
Great choices on the menu and great friendly staff, highly recommend a visit. Everything from a lot of tea, to a meal, sandwiches, ploughmans to afternoon tea. Cake choices out of this world. Make a visit, you will not be disappointed
Incredibly overpriced..for not great food...go elsewhere!;
Lovely little cafe with friendly staff and tasty food, fairly priced. (Also do order their coffee, its yummy and all purchases help a local charity)
Served a piece of fudge cake that was very stale and inedible. When we paid for our drinks and flapjack (which was fine) they were totally disinterested. Cake should be fresh not dried out from sitting in a cabinet for too long!! Could not recommend.
Lovely place fir a coffee and snacks. Always a warn welcome.Kid-friendliness: My granddaughter loves it here. Loves the hot chocolate and cream with marshmallows.
Not impressed. I had a Ploughman’s. Grated cheese. Ham was ok. Pickle was bit of sweet pickle and some silverskin onions. Salad sliced thickly with large pieces of onion. Shop bought coleslaw. 2 slices of nondescript bread and butter.. Badly in need of a makeover. Yesterday had takeout Bakewell slice. It was delicious but I got the bit with hardly any toasted almonds. Other pieces were better presented. Given the time of year, & how quiet they were I would expect better. If I were them I would hope for future custom.I thought it was a bit pricey for what it was. I’d be happy to pay for food with a bit of thought to presentation. The surroundings were perfect. I should imagine they are busy in the Summer because of this decor. I would pare down the menu and do really good food, especially in Winter to keep costs down. (3 soups were on the menu. I did not try these.)Staff indifferent. Again, serving the public is not easy, but you need to be welcoming in this environment.
Very average. Ordered rice crispy bun which was days stale. Mentioned to the waitress who sorted it out and was helpful but they continued selling the stale rice crispy slices none the less
Avoid avoid avoid. Over priced, inconsistent cake portions (we ordered 3, all came as different sizes). The cakes were consistent in so far as all had a thick, chewy, cleggy consistency.Service was slow and it was not busy. Having now read other reviews and based on our experience, lack of customers is unsurprising.Kid-friendliness: Not veryWheelchair accessibility: Not if you want to move around or get into the cafe - crowded tables. Loo is upstairs, so no access
Found Mad Hatters whilst looking for mid morning coffee and cake and what a lovely find. Really inviting cafe, friendly staff and a fabulous selection of cakes. My wife and I and our 2 boys were spoiled for choice and had a great stop and recharge before walking out to the castle.
Purchased two takeaway sandwiches each costing £5.99. Sandwich fillings were tasty and plentiful, the bread however was cheap and nasty. At this price you expect both the fillings and bread to be of decent quality. Disappointing.
We recommend this tea room in the heart of Dartmouth. Friendly staff and superb cakes and food. We visited three times during our stay.
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We called in here while visiting Dartmouth on one of the most rainiest days we've had since visiting Devon. Mad Hatters does a wide range of cakes and flapjacks and has a nice cosy feel to it. We ordered tea, coffee, and hot chocolate as well as coffee and walnut cake and chocolate fudge cake. All we're very good and the cakes are generous enough to share.
Saw their crab sandwich advertised! It's not very often you see crab on cafe menus. The sandwich came with salad too, it was very tasty altogether, would recommend. Their capuccino was excellent too!
Great inviting place with delicious treats to ruin your diet!! Highly recommend fruit scones, jam and cream. My waist is glad we are not local. Lovely staff. Only downside are the ancient toilet s up windy staircase. Really need to be updated.
Mad Hatters Tea Shop is fab, good food, friendly and efficient staff, reasonably priced and quite quaint In it’s own way. We visited twice during our holiday in Dartmouth and both times were excellent. It is not a huge place but they are well staffed, The staff are very helpful, very happy to tailor menu items to your specific dietary requirements and take an interest in their customers, they asked to see our daughters art works on our second visit which made her day. The food is very good and plentiful, sandwiches and toastiest are well filled and come with a full side salad, the drinks are of good quality and the cakes, although we didn’t try them because we were full from our lunches, looked absolutely lush and the scones looked delicious and all the people eating them seemed to be enjoying them immensely. I have awarded them four out of five simply because although everything I’ve mentioned was great there were two small points that made our visit not quite perfect, firstly the toilet is up a rather steep set of stairs which I found quite difficult to navigate and there doesn’t seem to be any facilities for any one with a disability to use, and lastly the cold drinks are not refrigerated, they do serve them alongside a glass with a little ice but it didn’t do much to chill our drinks on the hot days we were there and room temperature orange juice isn’t very good on the palette. Other than that Mad Hatters in Dartmouth is a really great place for very good, competitively priced food and fast efficient and friendly service. Special shout out to the chap working at the counter who pointed us in the right direction for a post box , we would never have found it without him.
Great choices on the menu and great friendly staff, highly recommend a visit. Everything from a lot of tea, to a meal, sandwiches, ploughmans to afternoon tea. Cake choices out of this world. Make a visit, you will not be disappointed