The Garden Tea Room

We especially enjoyed a wonderful lunch in your café, agreeing that the meal wouldn't have been out of place in an upmarket restaurant.''

Set within the Formal Gardens, close to the house entrance, the beautifully refurbished Garden Tea Room is open daily during the full season from 10.30am to 5.00pm. Lunch is available from 12 noon - 3pm.

Seating is both inside and on the terrace to the front, facing the Gardens and House. There is a wheeled access route to the inside. See the Map of the Grounds for location.

Serving morning teas and coffee, a daily menu of hot and cold lunches including deli sandwiches, delicious cakes, Penshurst Place Cream Teas and a very special Penshurst Place High Tea.

Our Tea Room is self service and also a licensed premises, with wine and beer available.

Click here for sample menus and images of the Tea Room.

Normal garden admission prices apply to visit the Tea Room - or why not become a garden season ticket holder and visit as often as you like throughout the season

Our local produce and sourcing policy

All our tea and coffee is fair trade.

We only buy tuna from sustainable stock.

Our eggs are Lion Quality British eggs.

All our beef is raised in the UK and milk from British farms.

Our bananas are fair trade.

Where ever possible we use in season UK fruit and vegetables.

As one of our customer's said "guilt free dining!". Though we make no excuses for the calories in the cakes!

For Children

There are special menus for children and child portions of the daily menu available as well as 5 item picnic bags.

Children's Parties

Our Garden Tea Room offers children's parties menus. To find out more information visit our For Families section.

The Kiosk

Situated in the Adventure Playground, it stocks ice-creams, hot and cold drinks, sandwiches and snacks.

The kiosk is open during peak visitor days - most weekends and during the school holidays.

When the Kiosk is closed, the Gift Shop can also serve drinks and ice creams.

Picnics

Visitors may picnic in the Adventure Playground or next to Lake Park where picnic benches are provided.

Winter refreshments

Hot drinks available daily from our Gift Shop Kiosk during the closed season.