Boston Tea Party Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Their hash browns are awesome. The sweetcorn hash is my favourite dish."
• "The sausages were nice and the hash browns too."
• "The food was excellent as always and the staff very friendly and efficient."
• "We had the veg boss breakfast and the sweetcorn fritters, food were cooked really well and very tasty."
• "The food was fabulous and perfect poached eggs."
• "Great café/restaurant. A bit more expensive but great tasty food."
• "Food delicious as always. Chocolate Orange hot chocolate was divine - granny loved it! My fave Eggs Royale brilliant as usual!"

Cons:

• "Ordered veggie breakfast and big breakfast, a bit disappointed with size of meal based on price."
• "Went for breakfast Sunday 15 th may 10.30 ish. Was very busy but the food very disappointing, dried out mushrooms, dried out bacon congealed b/beans and over cooked hash browns and soggy toast."
• "First time here I was served a badly burnt toasted teacake."
• "Food was good, place was nice but staff were busy and a bit grumpy (understandably) and food took a long time to arrive which we weren't warned about."
• "Been coming here every Sunday for around 5 years. Recently started to go down hill. Food rushed and virtually inedible."
• "The worst breakfast ever. I opted for poached eggs on gluten free toast with avocado (smashed peas). The toast was barely toasted, and cold."
• "Food took 1 hour and they forgot my order. Food looked good but was cold."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff are all friendly and attentive."
• "Had an amazing experience. Staff were excellent and the food perfect. Great setting too."
• "A special mention to the wonderful Rachel who we met on today's visit."
• "Really friendly, smiley staff."
• "Staff are very friendly and helpful."
• "The staff are always super friendly and accommodating."
• "The service is always friendly and great."

Cons:

• "It was busy but there wasn't enough staff."
• "So Slow. 3 breakfasts and 3 drinks an hour's wait (and counting)."
• "The service is also generally good, though it often does feel like the staff aren't quite up to the challenge of actually dealing with a properly busy cafe."
• "Food is good but the service is shocking we have had to leave more than once without eating as it’s can take 45 min even for simple dishes."
• "40 minutes from order to service. At 11am on a Friday, god knows how long the wait must be when busy!"
• "Waited for ages just for a coffee and hot chocolate lucky the place wasn't full or we would still be there."
• "The general level of service and attention just wasn't there."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "Such a lovely vibe and decor, and the coffee is amazing."
• "Quirky building. Family Friendly."
• "Great atmosphere."
• "Everything felt clean and welcoming."
• "Ambience of the cafe is lovely."
• "Loads of history to find out about along with a sympathetic splash of contemporary design."
• "It is a lovely environment with a comfy industrial look."

Cons:

• "Not a lot of space for wheelchairs, very noisy."
• "The cafe was also a bit of a mess: it was busy and staff obviously couldn't keep up with clearing and cleaning as well as serving customers."
• "The building was rather drab inside, with no colour anywhere. The seating was grey metal: unappealing."
• "Very disappointing food took a long time to arrive. Cheese toastie was 2 half slices and was not appetising."
• "Poor customer service when dealing with customers during covid."
• "Lovely food but another customer had a dog at table, sat actually on the bench we had to share, it’s breath stunk and it had made the seat dirty."
• "I was hopeful this would be a lovely buzzy Jamie Oliver type experience but sadly found it to be a let-down."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Breakfast is my favorite but the whole menu is tasty and value for money."
• "Really recommend for brunch and budget friendly too."
• "Really good value for money in my opinion, love going to BTP for brunch!"
• "The food is yummy and reasonably priced."
• "Really cute place and the staff were lovely, Really recommend for brunch and budget friendly too."
• "Our favourite place to come for breakfast, portions are generous and worth every penny."
• "The food was great and great value too, accompanied but lovely coffee and friendly helpful staff."

Cons:

• "Mini celebration breakfast with the wife before work, the reviews sounded good so we thought we would try Boston Tea Party in the Furlong, Ringwood. Not entirely sure the reviews relate to the same restaurant, massively overpriced."
• "A bit more expensive but great tasty food."
• "Altogether you're looking at over £20 for a breakfast here with drinks etc."
• "A lovely place to sit in the square and have lunch. Though over the years the price of the breakfast pancakes has gone up and the portion has gone down - go figure!"
• "Quite a lot for what it was. I like the place very much bit food over priced."
• "Limited options for non-meat eaters and rather expensive for what is offered."
• "The food is a too pricey for what you get…"