I've always wanited to come here as the idea of a nursery/cafe/michelin star place intrigued me. However it's not ever been near any where I was going to plus I could never afford the michelin prices.
However today I went for a walk along the river at richmond and this place fitted in with my plans so I finally go here. So I really want to like this place.
The place is really lovely with outdoor seating and indoor in heated greenhouses if the weather proves inclement. There are beautiful well kept plants everywhere.
There is a good selection of cakes although I think they're rather pricey for what we then tasted. Their carrot cake was £4.50 for a slice smaller than the two cakes we picked.
My friend had beetroot and raisin cake (£4.00) and apple juice (£3.25) because she was intrigued with the thought of beetroot in a cake. It was okay, the beetroot gave it an interesting earthy taste but it was a bit dry considering the beetroot should have put moisture in and there was no icing so she gave it 2 1/2/5.
I had coconut and carrot cake with chocolate (£4.00) which was basically a very nice moist sponge cake with nasty children's party chocolate on the top. I would give the cake without the topping 4/5.
The tea although pricey (£2.75) was excellent and as you got four good cups out of the pot was therefore okay value.
So overall I really liked the setting and it wasn't as if the cakes weren't bad but they weren't really good for the price so overall
3/5
yeah - £4.50 for a carrot cake, that's pushing it. I'd say for a tea and cake experience you should be looking at say £3 max for the cake. Kudos, though, for them giving four cups of tea in a pot. These days, it's rare get more than one cup per pot in a cafe.
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