Boston Tea Party

First of all the place is small on the inside. The service is very good. The sandwiches (…read morebagette)are very tasty and decent sized. The menu was not as large as a larger establishment but you can look on the board for daily specials. Overall this hole in the wall is not a tourist trap but a good place to eat.

Friendly staff, a good basic English breakfast. The place looks small but there is a large…read morecourtyard in the back

Dining area

Deli counter

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Artsy pastrami

Box Brownie Coffee

4.5(11 reviews)

Surprisingly good Flat Whites with Latte art. Hot chocolate was very good. Nice staff very…read morefriendly. Definitely recommended.

Easily the best coffee shop in Stratford-upon-Avon!…read more They use Monmouth espresso - some of the finest beans from jolly London - and serve up truly phenomenal lattes and mochas. I'd argue the baristas here are even more skilled than those at the Monmouth at the Borough Market in London. I've been several times and can't seem to get enough. It'll take a few minutes for your drink, but it's absolutely worth the wait. As if that weren't enough, they actually make some pretty delicious sandwiches as well. I had a free-range chicken with lemon mayo that was something special, and my better half had an equally tasty egg and watercress. It seems that Box Brownie can do no wrong!

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Main cafe seating area

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Back room - lots of space for bigger groups

HR Coffee Bar

5.0(4 reviews)

Great coffee and friendly service. Had the chili for lunch and it was delicious…read more Would recommended anyone to come visit if they want something to eat quick.

Lovely cafe, just around the corner from the Shakespeare Centre and in front of the local cinema…read more The food was very fresh and light. My son ordered a delicious roast chicken sandwich and my husband ordered a tomato soup and salad with chicken. I ordered the four salad plate and it was filling, delicious, fresh and light. The boys were so enamored with the food, they ordered dessert also (the spiced bread pudding with cream and the chocolate tort with a scoop of vanilla ice cream). This was a perfect stop for a busy day. The owner was very friendly and the food arrived quickly. I highly recommend this cafe.

Chili

Four salad sampler: beet salad, couscous salad, lentil salad (coleslaw), and tabbouleh.

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Roast chicken sandwich

Food Of Love

4.1(13 reviews)

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Delicious scone with clotted cream and jam, danish, and coffees! Prompt and friendly service.read more

The lasagna was terrific; the weight staff was friendly and helpful. My wife raved about her salad…read more The restaurant is very clean and the decor quite tasteful.

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Cafe interior

As You Like It

4.0(1 review)

Lovely little cafe especially when its warm enough to sit outside. The food is good and so is the…read moreservice. It is not very expensive but prices may have changes. Overall a nice place to stop for tea. At times is does get busy so get there early if you want a seat!

Shakespaw Cat Cafe

4.3(4 reviews)

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This colorful cat café serves afternoon tea and entrées amidst a space of a few adoptable cats…read more Most of the seven or so cats were chilling. Only the two to three kittens were actively playing under the influence of catnip. Customers are free to roam around the café and use the couple of toys scattered around. General admission for a 90-minute visit costs £6 per person. Even if not purchasing one of the packages that include food and beverages, you are free to order from the menu during the visit. My brother ordered a pot of Darjeeling Loose Leaf Tea for £3. When booking a slot online, you also select a table. From review recommendations, we picked Table 8 by the stairs for our 3:30 PM Thursday session. That day it was the table furthest from all the cats staying by the entrance. Two other parties were present when we came. A good number of tables were packed in the narrow room that I had to squeeze by just to sit down. It was sweltering outside and inside only had fans, so the enclosed space was slightly unbearably hot. Downstairs has a basement floor that was cooler, but only two cats were there, both of which were sleeping. We only stayed for forty minutes before escaping outside where there was at least a breeze.

Sometimes the name of the place says it all. It's ran by cats and there are cats everywhere! A very…read moreneat little place and the cats rule the joint - if a cat is sitting somewhere, it's their seat and you're just left to fina seat somewhere else or just stand.

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Shakespaw Cat Cafe

Crabtree & Evelyn Tearoom

5.0(1 review)

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After a fun afternoon touring Shakespeare's closets (wore a lot of codpieces, as it turns out…read more Randy old playwright!), an afternoon tea was a must-have break. A very nice lady (Chloe) in Nash's House (one of the aforementioned closets, although the house is apparently not there any more. Long story. Visit Stratford if you want to know more) recommended Crabtree & Evelyn. "But we want tea, not skin lotion!" we barked, yet Chloe was resolute. "No!" was her riposte. "Make thee to Crabtree & Evelyn," she commanded, even pronouncing the ampersand in full, if you don't mind, "for their teas are indeed high, and their scones laden with clotted cream from the most clotted of available cows." (I apologize for the flowery prose. Stratford does this to a person. Be thankful it's not iambic pentameter.) So it turns out that upstairs from the lotion shoppe there is a petite and very lovely tea shoppe, the whole thing being in a house of some historic significance...just like every other joint in town. We ordered teas, coffees, and juices for our troop, and a selection of delicious confections: Millionaire Shortbread (shortbread with caramel and chocolate on it), Victoria Sponge, fudge brownie, and scones both with and without clotted cream, jam, and butter. Ridiculous. Absolutely bloody ridiculous, that's what it was. Good, that is, my dear friends. If you've got tastebuds, they're crying out for a bit o' this delectable treatery. The cream justifies the existence of bovines worldwide; the jam is a poem to preserved fruit; the lemon curd is a soliloquy on citrusy stuff from Kurdistan (probably); and the scones -- one of which *had sultanas in it* (be still my beating and somewhat-more-lard-laden heart) -- were warm and moist just exactly where they should be moist. Heaven. And we had the added theater of being chased around the joint by a persistent bee, for whom no manner of tempting with a pot of jam would do, until he was sprayed with disinfecting soap and smushed by one of the nice tearoom gals. Quite an experience, no? Visit, and be well. You can even buy lotion to deal with the (completely worth it) cellulite that will be an inevitable consequence. (JOKE!)

McKechnies

4.0(2 reviews)

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I'll fully admit I didn't expect to find any decent coffee in the small touristy town that is…read moreStratford-upon-Avon. It was by pure chance that just as I passed by McKechnies, my eye was caught by two phrases "independent" and "Best Cappuccino in the Midlands & North UKBC Heat" (or something to that effect). I had attended the UK Barista Championship South East Heat a few weeks early (again, by pure chance), and, knowing how intense a competition it was, decided to go in and sample the wares. The barista on duty was Kim, the one who'd taken part in the UKBC. I chatted with her about how pressurising it must have been. As it turned out, it was her first time taking part, so kudos for achieving such a result under such intense conditions! As expected, the coffee was pretty darn good. While I was a tad disappointed that I didn't get a pretty squiggle (aka latte art) on top of my foam, the quality of the beverage couldn't be denied. Or maybe there was latte art but it'd disappeared by the time I prised the lid off my takeaway cup of coffee (which does happen, I'll admit). McKechnies uses beans from James' Gourmet Coffee Company, an artisan coffee company based in Hertfordshire. The coffee shop on the whole was warm and welcoming too. Lots of brown (i.e. wood) and felt like a nice place to get away from it all in case you're overwhelmed by the sheer number of tourists outside. All in all, a definite place to visit if you're in this arae.

Huge sandwiches, deep mugs and free wifi. Perhaps not as epic as Box Brownie, but still pretty damn…read moregood. Seems to be very popular with locals.

McKechnies

Inside the cafe

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Chicken salad sandwich

Hathaway Tea Rooms

3.6(12 reviews)

0.2 mi

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Absolutely lovely tea room! We went here today and the service was exceptional and the mother…read moredaughter team, dot of the owner of establishment, we're so friendly and kind. They made our experience wonderful!

I had afternoon tea at Hathaway Tea Rooms in Stratford Upon Avon, England on 5/25/2015. It was my…read more1st time there. My afternoon tea cost 12.50 pounds and was well worth it. My server, Lilia, did a fine job. Plus, I took photos.