Lovely little tea shop for a cream tea. Although a little expensive for a cream tea £7.50….the large scone with icing sugar and good quality jam are delicious. I will be back for lunch.Kid-friendliness: High chairs available
zoep273
Gorgeous tea rooms and grounds. Fresh produce and delicious food. Would definitely recommend! If you are visiting Oxford, this is a must.
johngR2986IQ
Lovely food. Cafe was a bit like a school canteen. Staff friendly and efficient. Prices reasonable. Place was plagued by wasps which was sad.
Diana D
Food had run out, before 1pm. June 2nd ended up with scone or gluten free cake, nothing protein left. Garden pretty good plants.
Paul L
this little café has the best fresh salads on the planet . a great lunch after walking around the beautiful Gardens
PM-65-UK
Stopped off here for a mid morning coffee and a slice of cake with some friends. It is a large building close to the gardens (which we didn’t go into). Coffee was good and cakes had a real home made taste - really lovely. Well worth popping in.
Andy
Lovely atmosphere. Great scones and the countryside museum and church adjacent are well worth a visit. The gentleman curating the museum was very knowledgeable and happy to give the history of the exhibits. All well worth a visit.
nnmercman
The cafe’s situated in the car park area of Waterperry Gardens and looks like a school cafeteria. However, there’s also plenty of outside seating, either on the patio area or lawn at the rear (where you can also picnic). To be honest, I was surprised at the range of hot and cold food available as well as cakes/scones etc. Queueing to be served was a bit chaotic - there appeared to be a queue for hot food, another for drinks/cake/scones and then another for the tills. However, although it busy when we visited it all seemed to work smoothly and prices in my opinion were reasonable. All things considered, staff were surprisingly cheerful. A modern toilet block is located in the car park and the Rural Life museum and extensive plant sales area are free to access if you don’t want to enter the actual gardens (although they are worth seeing). The cafe was surprisingly busy considering its rural location and guess most customers are from the surrounding area or nearby Oxford?
Paul Kader
Good food and drinks at reasonable prices. A limited menu but something for all tastes. Lots of seating, both inside and outside.A favourite of ours.
K H
idealic location outside the tea shop under a big tree on a sunny sunday overlooking the house
There is plenty of indoor and outdoor seating (both in the sun and shade), and a large car park. We had tea and cake, which was very nice, it's not cheap, but not many places are now.
K9TLS
The selection of food is great in this restaurant. I would have given 5 stars were it not for the seemingly disorganised serving and subsequent queue length. It was however worth waiting a little longer than I'd normally wish as the staff were friendly and doing their best and the food was great!
muncher85
A wealth of areas to explore apart from the formal gardens aspect. Realistically priced plants and very helpful staff - total recommendation for a visit.
Hannah Wild
A lovely cafe for a rest whilst looking around the garden. There's a good choice hot and cold lunches. The hot meals look really tasty with good portion sizes. The cakes are a good size with lots of choice. There's plenty of seating available. Gets busy around lunchtime.
laurence l
As I live locally (Wheatley), I have been coming for morning coffee, lunch or afternoon tea with friends or family for many years and the food was homely, varied and very reasonably priced. The porta cabin which houses the cafeteria is quaint if quite old fashioned and tired looking. But it is part of the experience! However we have noticed lately, let's say in the last 6 months or so that the choice of food has seriously decreased while the prices have gone up and up and up... The last exemple was today for lunch when there was only a choice of 2 hot meals, one chicken and leek pie or one individual dish of cauliflower cheese, the latter priced at ... Wait for it...£ 10.50 !!!!! WHAT? This is ludicrous and nothing can justify such exhorbitant price. This is a dangerous and silly trend adopted by the management of the place and I have noticed that there were considerably fewer people there the last 3 or 4 times I went. This is certainly the LAST TIME I will eat there if they don't lower their prices!
Lovely little tea shop for a cream tea. Although a little expensive for a cream tea £7.50….the large scone with icing sugar and good quality jam are delicious. I will be back for lunch.Kid-friendliness: High chairs available
Gorgeous tea rooms and grounds. Fresh produce and delicious food. Would definitely recommend! If you are visiting Oxford, this is a must.
Lovely food. Cafe was a bit like a school canteen. Staff friendly and efficient. Prices reasonable. Place was plagued by wasps which was sad.
Food had run out, before 1pm. June 2nd ended up with scone or gluten free cake, nothing protein left. Garden pretty good plants.
this little café has the best fresh salads on the planet . a great lunch after walking around the beautiful Gardens
Stopped off here for a mid morning coffee and a slice of cake with some friends. It is a large building close to the gardens (which we didn’t go into). Coffee was good and cakes had a real home made taste - really lovely. Well worth popping in.
Lovely atmosphere. Great scones and the countryside museum and church adjacent are well worth a visit. The gentleman curating the museum was very knowledgeable and happy to give the history of the exhibits. All well worth a visit.
The cafe’s situated in the car park area of Waterperry Gardens and looks like a school cafeteria. However, there’s also plenty of outside seating, either on the patio area or lawn at the rear (where you can also picnic). To be honest, I was surprised at the range of hot and cold food available as well as cakes/scones etc. Queueing to be served was a bit chaotic - there appeared to be a queue for hot food, another for drinks/cake/scones and then another for the tills. However, although it busy when we visited it all seemed to work smoothly and prices in my opinion were reasonable. All things considered, staff were surprisingly cheerful. A modern toilet block is located in the car park and the Rural Life museum and extensive plant sales area are free to access if you don’t want to enter the actual gardens (although they are worth seeing). The cafe was surprisingly busy considering its rural location and guess most customers are from the surrounding area or nearby Oxford?
Good food and drinks at reasonable prices. A limited menu but something for all tastes. Lots of seating, both inside and outside.A favourite of ours.
idealic location outside the tea shop under a big tree on a sunny sunday overlooking the house
Restaurantji Recommends
There is plenty of indoor and outdoor seating (both in the sun and shade), and a large car park. We had tea and cake, which was very nice, it's not cheap, but not many places are now.
The selection of food is great in this restaurant. I would have given 5 stars were it not for the seemingly disorganised serving and subsequent queue length. It was however worth waiting a little longer than I'd normally wish as the staff were friendly and doing their best and the food was great!
A wealth of areas to explore apart from the formal gardens aspect. Realistically priced plants and very helpful staff - total recommendation for a visit.
A lovely cafe for a rest whilst looking around the garden. There's a good choice hot and cold lunches. The hot meals look really tasty with good portion sizes. The cakes are a good size with lots of choice. There's plenty of seating available. Gets busy around lunchtime.
As I live locally (Wheatley), I have been coming for morning coffee, lunch or afternoon tea with friends or family for many years and the food was homely, varied and very reasonably priced. The porta cabin which houses the cafeteria is quaint if quite old fashioned and tired looking. But it is part of the experience! However we have noticed lately, let's say in the last 6 months or so that the choice of food has seriously decreased while the prices have gone up and up and up... The last exemple was today for lunch when there was only a choice of 2 hot meals, one chicken and leek pie or one individual dish of cauliflower cheese, the latter priced at ... Wait for it...£ 10.50 !!!!! WHAT? This is ludicrous and nothing can justify such exhorbitant price. This is a dangerous and silly trend adopted by the management of the place and I have noticed that there were considerably fewer people there the last 3 or 4 times I went. This is certainly the LAST TIME I will eat there if they don't lower their prices!