Peter Beales Tea Room - Breckland

Reading good reviews about breakfast I was looking forward to a treat. Boy, was I disappointed. Prices seem to have increased so looking at £11.50 for a full English from £9.50. Unfortunately standards have sunk as the prices have escalated. My wife had the mushrooms on toast as the only healthy breakfast available but the toast had been badly burnt on one side and the charcoal side turned face down to hide it with a measly spread of a mushroom sauce on top, not nice. The full English was little better with blond undercooked sausages, cheap ingredients, a stone cold ramekin of beans and toast without butter. Accompanied by two capuccinos that that tasted like warm milk with a chocolate sprinkle. Mentioned all this to the eldest lady behind the counter who looked in charge and received the usual look of horror when an English person has the temerity to complain. She blamed the Saturday girls who were training apparently. Final fob off was that next time we come back we should mention our complaint for a possible discount. She refused to give her name when I said this was an unnaceptable response this is the true mark of the guilty. Shall not be going back ever again to test the discounted bad food offer as we both know readers, don't we? That this promise would be broken anyway.

I like cheesecake, so my lunch was a slice of cheesecake and a cappuccino. I've had some miserly sized portions at other places, but not here. It tasted good too.

Really good breakfast. Good fresh ingredients and cooked to order. Would have like a poached egg but told not possible. Found this strange as they serve Eggs Benedict!? Anyway still enjoyed it and would return

We popped over to Peter Beales specifically for lunch, fatal, as we were bound to walk round their stunning garden and be tempted by their nursery plants! We chose a table on the patio with a shade umbrella and, noting the table number, headed in to the servery to place our drinks order and collect a menu. The drinks arrived promptly and we returned to the servery to order two paninis and one baked potato, all of which arrived, fresh and delicious, served by a charming waitress. A very pleasant lunch with a friend oh, and just to mention, said friend had 'special requests ' which were addressed without issue. The patio overlooks the nursery plant sales area with views of the wonderful gardens beyond and yesterday the roses were absolutely stunning (whether they were 'better ' last week or will be 'better ' next week, I really don 't know but they were stunning yesterday! Couldn 't have been nicer!

Outstanding food and service. Large portions well worth the money. Will use again most other places to eat you’d pay double that price .