Pembroke Lodge Volunteer and P.A Reviews

Extra long queues as only one person serving and taking money...on a bank holiday afternoon! Tea served in paper cups. Scones with jam and clotted cream were delicious.

Best scone in London and probably in the world. Amazing cream comes with it. Go for it. The tea is very good too. The view in the sitting areas are just magnificent.

Attended a beautiful wedding here. Glorious surroundings and a fabulous view of the park from this venue. The good was amazing. Highly recommended.

Amazing food, service and food. Attended a friend's wedding and everyone was blown away. Can't recommend enough

Visit at least once if not twice a month. Really enjoy lunch at the Pembroke lodge, food and staff our great and some wonderful views from the back terrace.

We have had a lot of parties covered from Pembroke lodge, Weddings, Call A1 to take care of your travel during stay

Lovely location on top of Richmond Hill. Wonderful views. Nice cafe with good home cooked scones etc

Beautiful place for an event. The area has sitting where you can see the park scenery. Staff are also helpful and lovely. Toilet facilities are nice and clean

Always busy and sometimes difficult to get a table but they have the best cream scones plus a good selection of cakes etc every afternoon.

Lovely establishment...it was pretty busy between 3-4 pm but there was still some seating available. The cake was wonderful and the seating area was very nice too. Lovely scenic views outside the windows. Staff could have been friendlier but overall it was a great place to spend the afternoon. Will definitely visit again!

I love everything about this place, having coffee in the beautiful cafe with a good view of south London

Lovely place in the richmond park. We enjoyed last sunny weekend at Pembroke lodge. Sunday roast and scone were great. Usually, cafe room is crowded but there is also outside sittings so alternatively you can sit there enjoying beautiful scenery.

Great location, good choice of drinks and great service!

I have photographed weddings here a number of times and have found it a lovely place. Staff are friendly and helpful. Setting in Richmond Park is beautiful with panoramic views nearby. I can also vouch for the food which is very tasty. Whether planning your wedding, or just passing through for a bite to eat, Pembroke Lodge is a place that you'll not regret spending time at.

This place is amazing. It had one of the most beautiful views for a wedding venue iv seen in london. You can see green parrots snd deers. The building was big and could fit 100 people if not more.

Beautiful location. The open area has an amazing view and the indoor rooms very beautiful. The queue for the food is a bit crazy at busy time.

It's a beautiful setting and the place is gorgeous in itself, but what really sets it apart is the location and that view.

A beautiful peaceful place with amazing flowers and views galore. First time using a mobility scooter and grounds are very suitable.

It was not bad at all, but not what I was expecting. The food was not that good. The location couldn't be better

Lovely place with acceptable prices. Fantastic view. FREE parking. If you go down from hill you will find big playground. So highly recommend for families with kids.

Brilliant views from the patio area.
Wonderful scones and help yourself to jam and clotted cream. Life's little pleasures.

Lovely coffee and cake, just a shame when you sit outside you are attacked by the jackdaws.

It is a beautiful place with breathtaking views. The service and food if not exotic is very satisfactory.

2.20pm Friday 31st of May 2019, decided to park in Pembroke Lodge car park for some lunch.
Food preperation not great, not changing gloves after serving customers and preparing food with contaminated latex gloves.
Contacted Pembroke Lodge, member of staff was not interested in my complaint so recorded online instead.

Nice food, go there regularly. Great fry, but warning - only on weekends.

Very good in all ways. Good food lovely building helpful staff.

A good place for lunch or tea with some of the best views in London

Great cafe on facing the outer road but service could be faster

Nice place to sit and enjoy the view while having something to eat or drink, not to miss especially when the weather is good.

Lovely place visit, great short walks around the gardens of the lodge itself or you can venture out into the wider Richmond park. Parking can be a nightmare though, so get there early. Food in the lodge is decent, but obviously quite curtailed due to COVID so be sure to check times if you plan to eat.

Really wanted a cream tea...scones were dry, had to queue for ages, as they only had 1 member of staff serving...If they are serving so few people, it hardly seems worth their while opening post-lockdown. Their scobe-chef is obviously self-isolating as well!

lovely place to dine with an amazing view. food portions are really good and tasty.

The girl clearing tables....when we asked her the name of the lodge, she didn't know....so she doesnt know where she works definitely concerning!

Passed through it and looked very nice.. wedding was occurring at the time as well.
Intend to go again

I got married here on October 14th at the Belvedere. It was a fantastic day spent at an excellent venue. Shame about the weather, but the staff and Byron (coordinator) were wonderful on the day. The food was exceptional as the guests pointed out. Kelvin at the front also very helpful as was Jean. We would recommend this to anyone considering a marriage at this special venue. Especially given the cost here compared with others.

Excellent place for afternoon tea! Wonderful location and walks.

Great afternoon teas, one of the best views in London

A stunning place to sit and watch the views including Twickenham stadium or wat a lovely lunch in or outside or take a picnic. You can even have your wedding reception here. Stunning building and surroundings. There is a car park but weekends can get very busy. Definitely worth a visit.

Lovely lodge in Richmond Park. Ideal for coffee, and other refreshments. Beautiful wedding venue. Fabulous views from the terrace.

Terrible place. No vegan meal options available and they didnt even offer me a salad or sandwich. There was a nice carrot cake and they did have oat milk and nice views at least. So weak in this age where people are waking up to the suffering and environmental damage caused by animal agriculture.

Nice place. Decent coffee and Victoria cake. Service lags behind.

Great location and good food but needs to be cleaned properly and tidied up more often

Fantastic cream tea, not expensive

Parked in the free Petersham Park Car Park, walked to the Isabella Plantation and back to get an appetite, and then popped in at 3:30pm for tea. The scones were perfect (we had one cherry scone, one raisin scone, and could also have chosen a plain scone). The help-yourself cream and jam were great. The tea was tasty. Staff were friendly and helpful. Sat outside and enjoyed the view. We'll go back.

Beautiful location with a great view over the countryside. It falls down when you want hot food. Had coffee and breakfast unfortunately the wait for the coffee was long and breakfast was cold by the time we found a table also very pricey. A few days later had sausage butty from the outside cabin at Pembroke carpark it's was delicious, hot and value for money. Not so fancy as the lodge but hot food and hot coffee make up for it. The cabin gets 5 stars

If you like stunning views from a tea garden and amazing scones, this is your place to go!

Absolutely gorgeous building and beautiful gardens. Overpriced food and it can be hard to find a table on weekends. Still worth a visit.

Amazing walking , running , cycling paths . So much bird and wild life . Free parking and entrance . Beautiful gardens/venue inside the lodge perimeter which is inside Richmond Park .

Fantastic place to just sit and unwind, and with such natural beauty

But they should do something about the pigeons in the outside terrace, they are a nuisance. It can be annoying with pigeons everywhere and on the trees.

Cozy cafe is reminiscent of our own castle Svaneholms Slott in Skurups Kommun.

Magnificent location, excellent food and popular with locals.

Picturesque site with well maintained gardens providing meals and ideal spot for functions.

Beautiful place but really slow service in the cafe despite the small queue. Felt I spent longer inside ordering than was necessary.

A great lunch spot and also a lovely cream tea in the afternoon. Beautiful gardens and viewpoint from the terrace. My only feedback would be to reduce the main meal portion size (they are HUGE!) and then the price?

Richmond Park the best ever with beautiful forests, wild and well maintained gardens, great for bike riders, families etc, many information hubs, parking

fantastic views
busy in the house

This place is absolutely brilliant. View from here is miraculous, looking over rest of London. There is a little telescope which can be used to look further down. It's very relaxing, tranquil, posh, clean and enlightening. Walk from this place down towards the lower lands is also very cool. Or you can choose to run back up to the Lodge and really test your cardio endurance. Either way, it's a place you must check out in Richmond Park by all means!

Attended a wedding and reception here. Absolutely wonderful!
The service was beautiful, and housed everyone perfectly. The reception area was also the perfect size for the group, plus the garden had some stunning views.
Had a bit of trouble getting there due to road closures into the park, so watch out for that.
Overall a wonderful place!

All of the above is true -- it's a great place and the staff are really nice

My only point is that it's presented as a wedding venue but for me, and my group, and everyone else who was there at the time, it's a cafe.

I'd have thought they'd be better off promoting themselves as a high class cafe (with quite good prices); the wedding crowd will come regardless but they can earn a nice few quid by flogging tea, coffee and cake. Money for old rope really.

My favourite place for tea and cake. The views are beautiful if you sit on the terrace . Even in winter I love to sit sipping tea and gaze into the rain through the big gorgeous victorian Windows.