Walpole Bay - Thanet

The splendid veranda of the Walpole Bay, shaded with geraniums and the glorious Edwardian Hotel behind is the perfect spot for a leisurely afternoon tea. Expect Miss Marple or Hercule Poirot to wander past at any moment.Cream tea was perfect, fresh hot scones with clotted cream, jam and strawberries, finger sandwiches in our case smoked salmon, egg, ham and cucumber, and moist cake lemon drizzle and chocolate. A perfect afternoon transported a back to a bygone age.

A pleasure to return, fantastic lunch. Waitress are friendly and the service is great. The food is well cooked to a high standard, one of Kent’s hidden GEMS.

Visited this Hotel on numerous occasions and simply love chilling out in the amazing venue for Tea. Served in lovely china and from a quality Tea Pot sounds a little pretentious but sometimes its nice to step back in time and enjoy life.

Took my friend for a cream tea with sandwiches for her birthday. Have been here before for lunch but today the restaurant seemed huge, lacked atmosphere, no background music. Waited a while for the tea to come out, looked nice and was told if we required anything else ie more water, tea just ask. But that was the thing, we couldn’t find anyone! We waited to see if anyone came out but gave up, we would have liked some more tea/ coffee, waited for someone to bring out the bill but nothing so I went to reception to pay, had a bit of a wait as there were people checking in. Not sure I would be in a rush to go back as have had many afternoon teas and overall this wasn’t the best experience I encountered.

Afternoon Tea for fourYou had to order at reception and pay before you were seated so didn't realise until when we got into the dining area that it was completely empty. No one was even having lunch. We were served one sandwich each with the crusts cut off so the sandwiches were tiny. There were 4 pieces of chocolate cake which was overly sweet and very dry and also 4 small pieces of lemon cake. The scones were freshly cooked and lovely however only one pot of jam and a small basket of crisps to share between four of us. All in all not worth the money. This is worst afternoon tea we have ever had! The worst part of all was my friend went to reception (as there were no staff about) to ask for more tea and was charged for it! Absolute rip off don't go there. Have had better hot lunches for half the price at better places. Drab and dreary decor but big canvas print of owner in her younger years in dining hall??