We just stopped for a drink on a beautiful Sunday ...

We just stopped for a drink on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The grounds and restaurant are very pretty and the food we saw was prepared with great detail. Appropriate for a fine English tea. On the other hand the staff is anything but polished and could be said to be a tad rude. They weren't in costume thus shouldn't behave like Alice's tea partners. We were sorta greeted and asked to look around and that was allowed with great hesitation. We were pushed to get a table (and it was almost empty due to being at 2pm.) Our waitress was short and missed most verbal social amenities. As we left at 2:25, an handicapped older couple arrived and was turned away being told they were already closed for lunch. The website clearly stated they were open until 3pm for lunch. A word of warning, handicap parking involves walking up the hill and then around the building.

The place has a ton of potential but the staff need to become more refined and work on social graces that are equal the level of the cliental they should be able to draw.

This was our first visit and as stated we were impressed with the building and grounds. We loved the screened in wrap around porch and will try it again. I hope for better results next time.