Tea Rooms in Wales
9 verified tea rooms and tea houses across 6 cities — from formal afternoon tea to traditional gongfu service.
9 tea rooms
Afternoon Tea at The Giltar Hotel
$$Esplanade · Tenby, UK
The Giltar is a seafront hotel on Tenby's Esplanade serving afternoon tea in its Cwtch lounge with views over South Beach and Caldey Island. The Full Welsh Afternoon Tea includes finger sandwiches, a fresh scone, traditional Bara Brith and cakes with cream and homemade fruit compote. Service runs Sunday to Thursday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM and requires 24 hours' notice by phone.
Bodysgallen Hall
$$$Llandudno, UK
Bodysgallen Hall is a 17th-century country house hotel above Llandudno serving a traditional Welsh afternoon tea in its oak-panelled hall, library and drawing room, or on the terrace in warm weather. The menu runs to finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones with clotted cream and jam, cakes, pastries and Bara Brith with a choice of freshly brewed teas. Booking is essential and vegetarian and vegan versions are available.
Bramleys Tea Rooms
St Florence · Tenby, UK
Bramleys is a family-run, award-winning tea room in a landscaped log cabin at Grandiflora Garden Centre in St Florence, a few miles from Tenby. The menu is homemade from locally sourced ingredients: chicken and steak pies, Pembrokeshire ploughman's, quiches, fruit pies, treacle tart and scones with Italian coffee and speciality teas. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, with some bank-holiday Mondays by arrangement.
Hotel Portmeirion
Portmeirion, UK
Hotel Portmeirion sits on the estuary below Clough Williams-Ellis's Italianate village on the edge of Snowdonia, with an AA two-rosette dining room. Afternoon tea is served Monday to Saturday from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM and must be booked in advance by phone. Sunday lunch is served separately by advance booking.
Penally Abbey
$$$Penally · Tenby, UK
Penally Abbey is a country-house hotel in the village of Penally just outside Tenby, serving afternoon tea in its dining room. The kitchen bakes fresh each morning and the offering changes daily with local produce and the season, built around homemade cakes and sandwiches. Twenty-four hours' notice is required, booking is by phone, and larger groups can take the private Courtyard space.
The Cwrt Lounge at The Parkgate Hotel
$$$City Centre · Cardiff, UK
The Parkgate Hotel serves afternoon tea in The Cwrt Lounge inside Cardiff's old Post Office, opened in 1897 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. The service runs daily from noon to 4:00 PM with canapés, hand-made pastries, finger sandwiches and freshly baked scones. Groups of nine or more book through a separate reservation form.
The Grand Hotel Swansea
$$City Centre · Swansea, UK
The Grand Hotel has been a Swansea landmark since the 1930s, next to the railway station in the city centre. Afternoon tea is served Thursday to Saturday from noon to 4:00 PM with freshly prepared sandwiches, homemade scones and sweet treats, with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options. Reservations are required and full payment is taken 48 hours before arrival.
Tu Hwnt i'r Bont Tea Rooms
Conwy Valley · Llanrwst, UK
Tu Hwnt i'r Bont is a Grade II listed 15th-century tea room beside the Inigo Jones bridge over the River Conwy at Llanrwst, on the edge of Snowdonia. Surrounded by gardens with views over the Conwy Valley, it serves high tea, homemade cakes and preserves, light lunches, artisan pastries and Parisella's ice cream from Conwy. It is open year round with hours that vary around Christmas, and is dog-friendly with on-site parking.
Waterloo Tea (Wyndham Arcade)
$$City Centre · Cardiff, UK
Waterloo Tea's city-centre teahouse sits in Wyndham Arcade, one of Cardiff's oldest Edwardian arcades, across two floors with an upstairs room for private functions of up to 14. The menu centres on loose-leaf black, green, white, oolong, puerh, matcha and herbal teas, many single-origin, alongside coffee and tea accessories. Classic and vegan afternoon teas are served here and at the Whitchurch Road teahouse with 24 hours' notice.