Marygreen Manor – 4/5/13
We were greeted at reception by a smartly dressed man. We
hadn’t booked for afternoon tea and unfortunately there were no tables
available. However, a waiter nearby suggested we could sit anywhere and have
cream tea, cakes, snacks etc.
We chose a comfortable 2 seater sofa with table in front and
perused the rather extensive menu. Scones with jam and lashings of clotted
cream is what we craved and that’s what we ordered from a very pleasant,
well-mannered, professional young man.
The food and drinks (a pot of tea and a luxury hot
chocolate) were nicely presented. The plain scones were warm and delicious and
slightly nicer than the fruit ones, but it was a close call.
As I said, we craved lashing of clotted cream and although
the potion size was ample for the average person, we needed more; and more we
received at no extra change!!
Another waiter rushed around, being rather loud and
distracting. Thankfully, this less than professional behaviour was not commonly
observed.
A visit to the little girls room was in order. The room was
well appointed with adequate facilities, pleasantly fragranced soap and hand
cream. Upon return, I thrust my hands under Maggie’s nose – “smell this”.
Maggie with her nose for smells and eye for detail, went to inspect the
facilities for herself.
We were ready to leave. Before doing so, we felt we had to
praise the young man who had served us – he remarked that we had “made his
day”. We were thanked for visiting and bid a good day.
A most enjoyable afternoon with scrumptious food, very
reasonably priced.
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