The Garden Tearoom

There are just an innumerable amount of reasons to fall in love with Cannon Hill Park, one of which is the Garden Tearoom. What could be more quintessentially English than taking a stroll through the grounds of an awe inspiring park and then taking the weight off your feet in an old fashioned tearoom? There is no attempt at modernisation here, things are kept just as they are and I can honestly say I hope they never change. This place is small, intimate and peaceful which is the perfect ambience for a good old cuppa! In fact the only time I would suggest you steer clear is when mother and baby mornings are here, nothing shatters the calm like a group of energetic and often screaming toddlers!

This tea room has more of a traditional feel about it compared to the coffee shop based at Mac. It is a lovely little place and can be quite quiet in here depending on the weather and also what is going on at Cannon Hill park. I like to come in here for a cuppa with a book after walking around the park. I think it has a relaxing and lazy-​day atmosphere and I can sit in here for hours just topping up my tea and getting lost in a book. The décor is simplistic and that is one of the things that I love about this place; it is not trying to be anything other than a traditional little tea room. A great place to bring friends and family for a cuppa after a nice stroll around the park. If you’re like me, come with a book!

As it turns out, Cannon Hill park has more than one option for a cup of tea!
The tea rooms sit higher up the hill towards Moseley village just inside the entrance on Edgbaston Rd, opposite the cricket grounds training pitch.
Unlike the mac, which I guess prides itself on being super cool, the Tea Rooms are just happy being tea rooms and offer well tea and honest grub, albeit at slightly cheaper prices than the mac!
I would say in feel, it’s more intimate, less of a canteen and more of well, a tea room and feels like an older building.
Frequented by a range of people and particularly popular on a Sunday I would reccomend The Garden tearoom to anyone who fancy a change of scene from the mac, possibly a more low key venue to sip a cuppa on a Sunday morning.
Clean white décor and simple fare, The Garden Tearoom offers a more traditional feel for lovers of the simple cuppa.