The restaurant at Tyntsfield is brand new, having opened only a month ago. It was much needed as facilities at Tyntsfield were somewhat limited before so it's nice to see it open. The restaurant and the shop are housed in what appears to be an old stable block with the seating in the stalls. It's quite a big open space and I think they intend to stay open all year so it will be interesting to see if it is difficult to heat in winter as it looks like it will be!
We visited on Monday afternoon when it was quite quiet although we still had a bit of a wait to be served. Once we had got our food finding a table was a bit difficult as none of them had been cleared and we ended up having to clear a table ourselves to make room to sit down and eat. Customers are supposed to clear their own tables as is the case in many of the National Trust restaurants but it seems that no-one had been doing this (probably because it was unclear where the trays were supposed to be taken, normally it's obvious but not here) and none of the staff were doing any clearing either, resulting in a mess.
I'll put this down to teething troubles, although having been open for a month you'd have thought they should have ironed out that kind of thing by now, especially as it was a quiet afternoon. They will need to sort themselves out soon as I would think that it's going to be really busy over the Easter break.
We both had a slice of the chocolate cake. I had a hot chocolate and my husband had a coffee. The cake was homemade and delicious although we both agreed that the portions were a little small. My hot chocolate was really nice but sadly there was no option to add marshmallows. My husband enjoyed his coffee.
We enjoyed the food and hopefully they will get the problems sorted out before much longer. We will be back as it's so close to home for us and I can't resist a nice bit of cake!
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