Merrivale Tea Rooms - Great Yarmouth

We were extremely disappointed with our experience at this restaurant. Our family, including elderly relatives and young grandchildren, had to wait in the cold and rain for a table. This was particularly challenging for our elderly relative with mobility issues. While waiting, the children needed to use the restroom, but it was not easily accessible. Once seated, we were reprimanded for a common practice of sanitizing the menus with our own wipes due to Covid-19 concerns. The menus were also dirty. The children's sandwiches and juice were of poor quality, and the tea and cakes we ordered were cold and unenjoyable. The overall atmosphere of the restaurant was worn out and in need of renovations. We will not be returning in the future.

I visited this restaurant for tea and cake, both of which were delicious. The staff were friendly to chat with, and I even had the opportunity to see a group of Sparrows up close, which was a wonderful experience. I plan on returning soon to try out their hot dishes.

Lovely place, lovely food well worth a visit. Friendly service and a lovely selection of cream cakes and a very nice cup of tea.

Lots of gluten free options and good food. Sitting outside is nice if you don’t mind the rather tame sparrows They particularly like the peas.

We arrived when the restaurant wasn’t that busy and ordered gluten free scones. These were small and has to be defrosted. They were dry and didn’t taste of anything. I got asked three times whether I wanted to visit their ‘cocktail shack’ on the side of the building which looked like it was decorated by a 16 year olds. No one bought anything from the shack the whole time we were there a so I wasn’t going to. When we were trying to eat outside an old man attending the dying flowers surrounding the outside area kept brushing brushing past us as he walked by. We only wanted to be left alone. Overall it was a poor experience