The Owl Tea Rooms - Holt

Louise L.

This place is a tardis!
We stumbled across the tea rooms whilst exploring Holt.
We went in for a light snack for lunch and had a problem on our hands as everything looked delicious.
We decided to eat in, please note its best to book a table here, we were lucky to get a table by chance.
We had a cake each and coffee.
As soon as we sat down we were brought ice cold water with some lovely metal cups.
The service was really friendly, warm and welcoming.
It was super busy in there and the service was still fanstatic.
The mocha was very good!
We had a piece of the brownie which was soft and gooey, and the apple crumble cake with custard which was out of this world!
When leaving we were speaking to one of the staff about the sausage rolls as thinking about returning to pick some up on our route hone. She said we can order them in advance as everything is baked fresh daily and also means if sell out ours will be put by, great additional service! We ordered one of each of the sausage rolls and paid for them. We returned the next day and they were all packaged up ready.
So glad we got them, the gourmet sausage roll is something else!!!!!! The chorizo sausage roll is so unique and tastes amazing, and your typical sausage roll is better than most!

Tracey J.

We were recommended on a wet day in October! The place was heaving, ( no availability!) the staff were so friendly and allowed my disabled mum to use their loo( which isn't a disabled one!) We found somewhere else but came back to buy some of their cakes. Pic of beetroot and treacle cake, choc brownies and the best ever treacle cake! All yummy and moist 🥰

Madeleine W.

I really loved this place! I came here on our last day on holiday in Norfolk and it did not disappoint.

They have a huge menu and everyone I was with thoroughly enjoyed what they had to eat and drink. The Swiss hot chocolate was new for me and lovely and creamy and sweet - it felt quite decadent and had just the right amount of almond.

My breakfast was also really good- I and the sweet potato avocado and bacon on toast. The bacon and egg were delicious and full of flavour. I added on a sausage which was the same high quality taste. I would suggest swapping the sweet potato for normal toast as it wasn’t that crispy and a bit bland.

The staff were friendly and joked along with us which was really nice. You can have dogs in the outside area and they offered us blankets as it was a surprisingly cold day. The outside area is a bit basic and dreary but inside looked really cosy and inviting. I would definitely come back (without a dog this time!).

Walter P.

Food is absolutely amazing, had the pancakes with Nutella- best place to get them
Would recommend this place 100%
Friendly staff and a welcoming environment.

ghislaine H.

Fabulous tea rooms. The coffee and service were first rate. The homemade cakes all looked so tempting it was hard to chose just 1. We also loved having a jug of water available on the table without having to ask. We'll definitely be back

Mark C.

Walking through Holt we noticed what looked like a lovely little bakery cum cafe and decided to stop for cup of tea and a bun, how wrong could we be. As we walked through the front shop there was a notice prior to the rear cafe that said "Please wait here to be seated", so we waited and waited and waited while staff pushed through the narrow hallway to and from the rear cafe with no acknowledgement! There were tables in the rear and empty tables to the front of the shop. Still staff passed by as if we were wearing an invisibility cloak! In the end I managed to catch the eye of what looked like a senior member of staff (when I say catch the eye, I think I must have been staring 🤔) Even then she was very brusque and said "Yes! What do you want?", to which I replied "a table please", without changing her tone she replied "We're full!" If they didn't want the business they should have put a sign up, there are several other, really good cafes in Holt. Customer service really is their strong point! So we took ourselves off for really good service across the road in the cafe of Bakers & Larner where they were only too keen to be polite and courteous ❤️ So sorry to say The Owl Tea Rooms do not offer a friendly welcome.

Natasha N.

Beautiful tea room that offered a variety of breakfast and brunch ideas. Loved the pistachio latte and blueberry pancakes. Exceptional service from Sharon. Would highly recommend and will certainly return again.

cameron V.

Went with my Wife for brunch on Saturday. Simply put the food was excellent.

Everything is either home made (including the baked beans) or sourced from named local suppliers (black pudding, sausages etc).

The staff were really attentive and the meal was fantastic value. If we were back in London we would easily have expected to pay twice as much.

Highly recommend for anyone visiting the area!