点评:Bit of a mixed bag really. The pavilion cafe really lets the place down. It was Valentine’s Day and also our 24th wedding anniversary. We booked an afternoon tea with garden visit. £82 for myself and my husband. The venue for the afternoon tea is like a school canteen, Awful. Noisy, disorganised, long queues. Didn’t know how to let them know we’d arrived for our booked afternoon tea. (Already paid for or we wouldn’t have bothered ). I eventually got the attention of member of staff who told me to come back at 1pm (it was 12.50). Which was awkward as to go beyond the cafe you have to have your tickets scanned. Then as we only had 10mins we just hung round the bottom of the fountains.
Anyway 1pm arrived, we got the attention of the same member of staff behind the counter and were asked if it was really 1pm!
We were shown to some reserved tables. It really is an awful setting for an afternoon tea. We overheard others being seated for the afternoon tea saying the same. The drinks were brought out on a dirty trolley that looks more like for clearing tables.
The afternoon tea itself was absolutely delicious. Especially the cheesecake inspired mini. Plentiful food. We had to box some up.
Why not have it at least in a screened off area with signage or have it in the treehouse restaurant. (Only saw this from the outside). It really did feel like in the middle of a school canteen.
I did the poison garden tour which was an absolute faff to book. Kept getting error messages.
The lovely lady Emma who conducted the tour was fabulous. Educational and entertaining. She really is a credit to Alnwick gardens.
We loved the swings.
Even though it’s winter the gardens were still very presentable.
翻译:真是五味杂陈。凉亭咖啡厅实在令人失望。那天是情人节,也是我们结婚24周年纪念日。我们预订了下午茶套餐,包含花园参观。我和我丈夫一共花了82英镑。下午茶的场地简直像个学校食堂,糟糕透了。吵闹、混乱,排队的人还特别多。我们甚至不知道该怎么让他们知道我们已经到了(我们已经付过钱了,不然我们根本不会来)。最后我终于引起了一位工作人员的注意,他让我下午1点再来(当时是12点50分)。这很尴尬,因为要离开咖啡厅,你必须扫描门票。由于我们只有10分钟的时间,所以我们只好在喷泉边闲逛。
总之,到了1点,我们再次引起了柜台后面那位工作人员的注意,他竟然问我们是不是真的1点了!
然后他把我们带到了预留的桌子旁。这真是个糟糕透顶的下午茶场所。我们听到其他正在享用下午茶的客人也抱怨同样的问题。饮料是用一辆脏兮兮的小推车送来的,看起来更像是用来收拾桌子的。
下午茶本身非常美味,尤其是迷你芝士蛋糕。食物量很足,我们不得不打包一些。
为什么不至少在有指示牌的隔间里,或者在树屋餐厅里享用呢?(我只在外面看过。)感觉就像在学校食堂里一样。
我参加了毒药花园之旅,预订过程非常麻烦,一直收到错误提示。
带我参观的艾玛女士非常棒,讲解既有教育意义又很有趣。她真是阿尼克花园的骄傲。
我们很喜欢秋千。
虽然是冬天,但花园依然非常漂亮。