The family were all very keen to enjoy a Devon cream tea whilst on holiday and so, after a fair amount of research, we opted for The Kitchen which had fantastic reviews. A lovely little tea room, beautifully decorated and quite cosy, in one of...the side streets of Tavistock - we arrived, having had a good walk beforehand in order to build up an appetite! Having not had a cream tea for some time, I must say that I was shocked at the price (£8.99) but everything has gone up in price so I suspect this may now be the norm. There did seem to be a bit of surprise when we ordered the cream teas (I think perhaps it was still rather early in the afternoon) and we had to wait nearly 30 minutes for them to arrive which was also rather frustrating.
Eventually however, we were served with very nice pots of hot tea - and a couple of scones each, with plenty of cream and jam - beautifully presented on slate boards. Unfortunately, after all that, the scones themselves proved to be very disappointing - particularly given the reputation of the place. They were edible but rather under-baked towards the bottom so I'm afraid we were less than impressed. I did let the waitress know as I felt that perhaps there was a problem with the oven or something similar, and whilst she was apologetic, we were a little disappointed that it was left at that - an offer to bring us an alternative or reduce the bill slightly might have been a nice gesture.More