Small Talk Tearooms

5/5 Lovely service and food as always, before my nan passed this was her favourite place to have lunch. We will continue to come her not just for her memory but because we always enjoy our visit. Zoe and her team are always friendly and happy to help

The restaurant is charming, with tasteful furnishings and decor. The food appeared appetizing, and the staff, although very busy, were polite. We opted to enjoy a drink outside on a pleasant day, but after this positive experience, we plan to return for a meal. The cafe and restrooms were impeccably clean.

I discovered Small Talk while visiting last year and was happy to see it was still there. The restaurant can get quite crowded and is on the smaller side, so you may have to wait for a table. The atmosphere is pleasant and quaint, with a variety of snacks and meals to choose from. The service is friendly and quick, and the food is delicious with generous portions. View menu

The lady who runs this place is incredibly rude and unwelcoming. My friend and I were immediately made to feel uncomfortable when we arrived. Lots of sighing and eyerolling as if we were an inconvenience. The food was pretty average too. The coffee wasn't great and the cake was really dry. Sadly I don't think we will be returning which is a real shame as I used to love it here.

We’ve always talked about popping in for a visit to small talk tea room, but never got round to it. Finally we popped in today for some breakfast.. The staff are very friendly and chatty, but not overbearing We opted for a bacon and sausage sarnie and a bacon and egg sarnie, we asked for the egg to be well done, this wasn’t a problem. The food was tasty, service was quick, all in all a really good breakfast, we’ll definitely be back for lunch soon! However, please please please get some decent tomato ketchup, cheap stuff tastes just that…. Cheap!

Overall good but very poor quality fish fingers. Haven’t been here for a while but always looks nice so we went in for a lunch snack. We ordered the Welsh Rabbit and the fish finger sandwich with two coffees. All turned up and looked very nice and well presented but one bite into the fish fingers showed they were very poor quality and off a lower quality than you would find at the cheapest supermarket. All the rest of the food was good but let down by this very poor ingredient. I did mention this to staff when paying and they stated they would pass it on. View menu

I was planning on taking my two grandchildren, daughter and myself for afternoon tea at Small Talk Tea house. First in Romford, no toilet facilities and the nearest ones are a good 8 minutes walk away and not that nice being public loos. So decided to try Chelmsford, phoned to make a booking for tea for four people, informed they needed a deposit, not a problem I thought and said let me get my card. The young lady on the telephone stated they only take deposits in cash. I explained that I lived in Romford and if they had facilities for customers I would not be booking Chelmsford. Pointed out that I was not going to go from Romford to Chelmsford to make a deposit. As I said, what is the diffe...

I visited the restaurant for lunch around 1pm. Every table was occupied, but there was no queue. We noticed a couple getting ready to pay at a table by the window, so we decided to wait. A staff member approached us and assured us a table would be available soon. Meanwhile, the same staff member went outside to serve someone sitting at a table there. I saw a lady at an outdoor table point to the window and say something to the waitress. I assumed she wanted to move inside since a table was becoming free. The waitress then told us a table was opening up outside. I politely declined and pointed to the now available table inside where we wanted to sit. The waitress insisted that another custome...

Back in 2018/19 my friend and I were on maternity leave with our eldest children, and would often meet in these tea rooms and enjoy lunch, probably once a month or so, and loved it here. We are on maternity leave again and thought it would be nice to return with our second babies. I can only say there must have been a change in management since we used to go, as we were made to feel unwelcome almost instantly. I arrived first, with my 10 month old in a pram. I was greeted by a woman who asked how many people I needed a table for. I told her it would be me, but daughter, and my friend and her baby coming. The woman asked me if that meant there would be another pram, I said yes, to which she s... View menu