The Picket Fence & Garden Tearoom

Wow!!!! What a wonderful experience!
The food was so good. The staff was so nice and friendly. The scones were to dye for. They are homemade. We will be back. It was such a pleasant relaxing time. we had so much fun. We are bringing our friends back. thank you so much! You guys do a great job making us feel welcome like part of the family.

DO NOT GO for tea, just gift shop. This is the second time I've been here with my mother-in-law (an amazing woman) & the second AWFUL experience. We waited 1 year in between experiences. When we came in, the owner asked if we had a reservation cause they were busy (no one was sitting at a table). I gave her my name, the time, & #of people in party. She said, I don't have your reservation & I said well I called on Tuesday. She actually asked, who did you talk to? And then, proceeded to act doubtful. With an empty tearoom & only one table set for approximately a party of 6, she proceeded to seat us in the worst possible spot in the way of the kitchen/bathroom entrance. We asked advice on teas & were encourage to try new ones. Fine, but when my mother-in-law asked to switch her tea be... (more)cause she hated what she had, the had the audacity to ask her to pay for a whole pot when she hadn't even drank a half cup, only one sip. She didn't switch & drank mine because we order 4 of the highest priced menu items to begin with. I asked for clotted cream over 6 times because the scant amount they originally served was the approximately size of a tablespoon total for 4 people. The sandwiches were underfilled - they made kensington palace look overstuffed. We had to beg for our pots to have fresh hot water added because they got cold. I'm very disappointed. This tea room is the only place I've been to with such a bad experience. The owner needs to stop being a know-it-all and realize that there are people in the town that are avoiding her place. Her nasty responses and high-handed attitude do NOT make for a relaxing experience. Nevertheless, her gift shop is lovely and amazing. She should just do that.

This is a charming tea room that I discovered with my tea group, Victorian Ladies Tea Society of Philadelphia, have visted in the past. I have to agree with the statements made about children knowing how to behave, and going to a tea room is the perfect place to start. The adults that were there should have been paying attention to what the children were doing and redirect their behavior, not get huffy because they don't want their handpainted walls defaced. We had a 5 year old boy in our group and his mother monitored his behavior the whole time and it was a plesure to have him with us. If there were too many children for number of adults, perhaps a few parents could have been asked to help chaperone. We love to blame kids bad behavior on 'those people' as if 'they' are the only ones who misbehave, when in fact that is not true at all.

A planned trip to the area led us to The Picket Fence. Very lovely restaurant. One of the best scones we've ever had. Proprietor easily accommodating our no-meat sandwich order. Tea, scones, sandwiches and desserts all very delicious. Pleasant staff, very nice gift shop. Would definitely go again.

children should be told when dining out that its an experience not play time. If they can't behave like ladies then they shouldnt be eating home where touching walls and being rude is excepted It dosent have to be in public places and should not be tolerated. As for moving tables. Try it in another resturant good luck.

My Mother and I recently visited The Picket Fence for afternoon tea and found it to be wonderful, there was a nice variety of tea sandwichs,desserts, and a scone with creme and jam and it was all delicious! We also enjoyed our tea served in beautiful floral teacups. We loved the casual garden atmosphere and think that this is the best and most reasonably priced tearoom in the area, we will definately be back.

What a wonderful experience! We just had a wonderful surprise retirement party. The owner was wonderful and went out of her way. Her daughter was so nice and helpful. The whole group had a great time. The food was delicious. Everybody was talking about how they are coming back. What a great job! Thank You so much!

What a horrible experience! We attended a Special First Holy Communion Tea Party today that was coordinated by one of our moms, who put a lot of time and effort into this, and was supposed to be so special for our little girls and turned out to be a dreadful experience!! The owner was annoyed by everything we did from having to move one table so that 2 little girls didn't have to sit by themselves, to needing refills on drinks. The owner should never have booked a party for 20 8 year olds if she didn't want the walls touched, or have them actually excited to have a tea party! The girls were amazed at the gardens on the wall and they were told 'don't touch the walls' The owner was rude and anything but curtious to us except when she was collecting the $ for the bill. Sh... (more)e not once commented to any of the girls or even acknowleged what a special moment this was for them (who were all dressed in their communion dresses for this special day). She didn't say thank you for coming or even acknowledge us walking out the door. I would never recommend the picket fence to anyone! The previous owners failed terribly selling establishment to you and your daugher! It was a happy place when they owned it, now it's just sad. Time for you to pick a new career............