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Periwinkle Cottage Tea Room

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4.7 out of 5 stars4.7(816 reviews)

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Quick info

01643 863030
68 Selworthy Green, Selworthy, Minehead TA24 8TP, United Kingdom

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About Periwinkle Cottage Tea Room

Periwinkle Cottage Tea Room occupies a thatched cottage with gardens and views on Selworthy Green in Minehead, next to a National Trust craft shop in an adjacent building. Cream tea comes with scones offered in toppings such as raspberry jam and lemon curd, and a vegan version is available with a vegan cheese scone and soy or oat milk. A cake selection is displayed at the counter, running to around ten choices including gluten-free options. For lunch, a pasty salad with crisps and a pot of tea is offered alongside the coffee range, from black coffee to cappuccino and latte. Menus exist but customers are often pointed to a board for the day's selection. The room takes walk-ins, opens daily through the daytime only, and accepts either cash or card.

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  • Parking
    Free of charge street parking · Paid parking lot

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Menu & Prices

38 dishes · mains £5–5
  • Tea£2.50
  • Black Coffee£2.85
  • Black Coffee With Milk£3.00
  • White Coffee£3.00
  • Cappuccino£3.15
  • Latte£3.15
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Reviews

4.7/5
816 reviews

What reviewers say

Reviewers most often mention cream tea, vegan cream tea, cake selection and pasty salad lunch.

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Customer Review Summary

The cream tea draws the most praise at this thatched cottage tea room, with reviewers calling it fantastic and liking that the scones come with different toppings. One vegan diner singles out the vegan cheese scone and was glad the vegan cream was not coconut. Close behind is the setting, repeatedly described as beautiful, with gardens and views one reviewer says are something to photograph for memories. Sandwiches are called delicious, a pasty with salad arrived hot and a good size, and the cake display, including gluten free options, looks fresh. Friendly staff and a very nice, clean toilet earn mentions. One reviewer found the immaculate interior a little odd, with very blue decor and artwork that felt out of place, and another notes staff point diners to the board rather than the menus. One reviewer calls the raspberry jam and lemon curd served with the scones wonderful.

Featured reviews

  • Quantock Stag
    “I have known about this place for a long time but never visited. It's beautiful and the garden and views are something to photograph for memories. Food is very well priced and great service, cash or card. We just stuck with a piece of cake from a selection of 10, at least 2 gluten free options. There is also a nice shop in an adjacent cottage.”
  • Deb Ludford
    “A lovely little tea room in a thatched building in beautiful gardens and view to die for. Stopped here for lunch. We ate lunch, pasty salad and crisps with a pot of tea. The pasty was lovely and hot and a good size. The cake selection looked lovely but we resisted. They do have menus but they tend to ask you to refer to the board. I’d love to live closer than we could visit more often. Just one toilet but it possibly was one of the nicest public loos I’ve seen. Little National Trust local craft shop just across the way.”
  • eXplore Will
    “What a lovely find! The setting is absolutely beautiful, with stunning scenery all around that makes it the perfect place to relax and unwind. The atmosphere is warm, welcoming, and wonderfully charming, creating a truly delightful …”
  • First Avenue
    “Gorgeous tea room in a traditional thatched cottage. Friendly staff, next to the little shop. Great if u have been walking or visiting the white chuech. Dog friendly and have gardens. Toilets very nice and clean. Well worth a visit,”
  • Kate Axten
    “Love this little tea room, although sign posted on main rd, we came across it by accident when on a long walk for the first time last April, it was a lovely surprise, so much on offer, and the beautiful location, can’t wait to visit again next year when we come back to Porlock our favourite part of the UK.”

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Highlights

  • Has great tea selection

Amenities

  • Free of charge street parking
  • Offers takeaway
  • Serves dine-in
  • On-site services available
  • Has great tea selection
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Parking· 1
  • Paid parking lot

Location

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