Cockburn's Tea Rooms in Arun

Been many times. Always very enjoyable. Service can be quite slow on times but it's always friendly. Portion sizes are very Good and food quality / taste is great. It can get very busy (to a point where there are no seats) so either book or go outside of key hours (EG lunch time). It's all very quintessentially English - the decor, the menu, the vibe - all very fitting for what's a quintessentially English town with its looming castle and antique shops. I always imagine this place is exactly what the Americans picture when thinking about England. Prices are a little on the higher side but I think they're justified.

I have been visiting this tea room on and off for years. Food is good. Staff are welcoming and friendly. I would have given 5 stars but it is in great need of a good refresh of paint and spring clean.

Cockburns looks tiny from outside but is surprisingly spacious inside although has a cosy and peaceful atmosphere. Always an amazing selection of excellent homemade cakes and cream teas are great. Today we had lunch. Sandwiches fresh and generously filled. Delicious jacket potato, properly oven cooked not massacred in a microwave as is so often the case these days, and the Coronation Chicken filling is tasty and plentiful. Tea of course comes in bone china cups with good quality tea leaves and your own tea strainer. Best place for lunch or tea in Arundel and I would bet their breakfasts are just as good. Staff are very nice too.

We had high hopes for this tearoom but unfortunately it fell short in most areas. Our table was wobbly, chairs not particularly comfortable, our tabke was sticky, not wiped clean properly. My cake was very dense, felt like it wasn't baked properly, pear-almond sultana cake. Teapots are lovely and flowery, cappuccino was tasty. My Mum's coffee and walnut cake was nice. Toilets are run down, cheap lino, it could be such a lovely cafè...

What a lovely place to have tea and cake. The tea room was very busy but once we sat down, we weren’t made to feel rush to eat and pay. Lemon drizzled cake was delicious but the latté was only average. Big selection of cakes and friendly staffs. Highly recommended.

My friends booked an afternoon tea for my birthday which we had today 13th April. Although they were very busy we were given a lovely warm welcome and throughout our tea we were looked after wonderfully. We had a lovely glass of fizz as well as tea/coffee. They accommodated my fussy request for plain sandwiches and warmed our scones through when we were ready to eat them. A lovely afternoon was had and I can’t fault this lovely tea rooms.

Lovely atmosphere and authentic touches of furniture, tea cups and tea pots. Friendly service and great food and tea, good portions. Worth a visit.

As promised WOW 🤩 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ be back

The most delightful afternoon tea & cake is served here! We each got a pot of tea, which was served in the a large china teapot with enough for 3 cups per person! And the crumpets were hot and delicious. The restaurant decor very tastefully done and extremely comfortable. Quite a find, I would say. Highly recommended!

This a fabulous tea room. So quirky & lovely atmosphere. The staff are very good & really friendly. The cakes are delicious, and their cheese scones are the best I've ever had. Definitely recommend a visit.

I can honestly say at my advanced age, that I have consumed the very best rarebit of my life. The Sussex rarebit was absolutely delicious, bursting with flavour, generously assembled, beautifully presented with a very substantial salad - in short, excellent. I’d come to Arundel for the Sussex rarebit alone! Cockburn’s Tea Room is a delightful, traditional establishment , with a very good menu and it draws its customers in by the tempting sight of impressively indulgent-looking Bruce Bogtrottery cakes in the window. The tea room has two floors and is a lot more extensive than is evident from outside. Service is friendly, efficient and brisk. It’s a really great place.

Beautiful decor in a quintessential English setting. Service was friendly and prompt. Food and drink was great! Lovely atmosphere. Highly recommend.

Stopped in Arundel for a break from travelling and received a warm welcome and comfy chairs to relax in. Tea room very clean, good service and a varied menu. Settled on a sandwich and cake with a large pot of tea, all delicious and tastefully served.Portions generous and we were able to relax and enjoy our snacks at a leisurely pace. Would definitely stop there again.

Pleasantly impressed with this lovely tearoom. We checked out 3 others before deciding to have lunch here. We both had jacket potato with tuna mayo and coronation chicken which came with plenty of salad. The vegan raspberry and chocolate cake was moist and delicious. There was a great selection of yummy looking cakes including gluten free and vegan options which was great to see. I would love to see if they could bake vegetable based cakes like courgette or beetroot. Heard they bake them freshly on the premises. The loose tea served in cute English teapots and china cups was a lovely way to drink tea. Highly recommended and looking forward to returning and trying the other cakes.

Visited this lovely little tea rooms twice during our weekend stay in Arundel. It’s hard to get a gluten free nice cake and sandwich but this place exceeds expectations and offered a good selection of Gf cakes, sandwiches and scone ALL handmade by the owner and her son. Iv been to many different places for gf afternoon tea and this place was better tasting cake and scones than the top hotels such as the Ritz in London. Please take your time to try this place out to eat, it’s very reasonable in price good portions and delicious.

What a find! Excellent food and delightful staff. So helpful and cheerful. Can’t wait for our next visit.

Very good food and great service.

Lovely tea rooms. We had the set afternoon tea prebooked upstairs. Lovely building with character and suitably furnished. Service was very good. Set afternoon tea was good but I wish I'd had the cakes on show as the ones with afternoon tea were not what I like. Choice of scone type would have been nice. I must point out the place needs a good dust and clean. Was dusty walls, cobwebs and dust on beams looks like it hasn't been cleaned for a while. Windows were dirty. Damp wall could be cleaned where staining is coming through and running down wall.

I want to say how lovely this restaurant/tea room is. Their food is fresh the staff are fantastic the atmosphere is delightful and the tea room takes you back through history. GO when you visit this town. Thank you all .

This a real taste of old England, you feel like you have entered the 1940's. Nice cakes, good selections, and great atmosphere

We went here after church with my family, and the place and food was amazing. Would deff go back here again and have recommended this place to others.

We only live 10 minutes from Arundel and we used to come here for tea and cake every 2-3 weeks. The choice of cakes is by far the best in Arundel and the lemon meringue pie simply can’t be beaten anywhere.With loose tea leaves and huge teapot even for 1 person its a bonus. But the prices have crept up ( inevitable I suppose ) so we have to space our visits out more. My only criticism is that the carpet on the stairs badly needs replacing and all the fabric upholstery needs cleaning or, if that doesn’t work, replacing.

Very lovely little tea room, snug and cosy, dog friendly. We came in today, family of 3 with a young daughter and they were very friendly. Lovely almond lattes, vegan scone and butter, vegan cake. All absolutely lovely, will definitely return.

Not a very good experience. We sat downstairs which was a slightly grotty corridor. There is an upstairs section which we did not see, so it may be better. The Americano coffee was very poor - weak and little more than flavoured dishwater. They did appear to have a good selection of cakes although we did not sample any.

I can not get over the feeling I had when I entered this wonderful old fashioned Tea Room .. Staff so friendly and atmosphere just made my friend and I and Teddy the dog !! Want to go back and keep going back.

Great little Tea, cake, quick bite shop. Lots of nice decor which gives this place a lovely experience to relax and enjoy a lovely cuppa of your choice and if your up for it a large slice of cake to compliment everything. The shop front window attractions says it all really.

Great afternoon tea, really tasty sandwiches and lovely scones! Good service, even for a busy Sunday afternoon.

I have just been for Afternoon Tea with my family at the Cockburn Tea rooms...It was amazing...the service was great and the food spot on..they even brought a slice of cake out with a candle for my Birthday which was very sweet of them...I can see why it's such a popular place...would definitely recommend and will definitely be going back.

Lovely lovely afternoon tea .....brilliant thank you to all the staff

Delightful traditional tearoom. Tea served from nice old fashioned pots with beautiful little chinacups makes it taste even better. The scones are the best ever tasted. Lovely atmosphere. Cakes really good, but very large slices, so would advise sharing. Have not had lunch here, but food looked great. If you visit Arundel, this is a must for afternoon tea.

We came to Cockburns yesterday for my birthday, just myself and my husband. We had a lunch and then a cheeky scone with clotted cream and jam ……. OMG it was heavenly, all of it, lunch too. The guys there are lovely, nothing was too much trouble and at the end even bought me a big slice of something gorgeous with a candle in! If your in Arundel make it a "must visit" you won’t regret it.

В това малко и кокетно местенце може да се потопите в типичната английска атмосфера, характерна за малките населени места. Къщата е стара и погледнато отвън не очакваш, че всъщност можеш да пиеш чай на горния етаж. Курабийки, изпечени на място и други вкусни изкушения ви очакват там. Неповторима обстановка.

An amazing relaxing place and the best cakes ever. We loved the cakes so much with my daughter and will definitely come back at some point when visiting Arundel again in the future.

Comfortable experience and good coffee and variety of snacks.

Lovely tea rooms and mmmmmmm cake...

The settings were nice however the food wasn’t a great standard. There was no welcome or ask for any requests so the afternoon tea just arrived. we received fish that no one eats. The cakes were so cold they were still semi frozen. Scones were very hard like rock cakes. Apparently you have to request to have them warmed before you eat but we were not informed. Overall not the best afternoon tea experience we have had. Wont return.

A lovely little teashop where I could actually get a pot of tea with a China cup and saucer . Homemade scones served with jam and cream went very well alongside it. I didn't have my pup with me but was pleasantly surprised that they also welcome four legged friends too. The decor is perfect for this setting and provides an excellent tranquil feeling. The staff were efficient and friendly. Thoroughly enjoyed my visit and will definitely return if I'm nearby in the future.

Very busy, lots of cakes to choose from for taking out or eating in. Various teas and coffees, with waitress service. Well presented, tea in teapot and offer of top up with hot water. Nice staff, cleaning and homely

Great helpful staff. Good food. Best tea in pots loose leaf. Dogs welcome

Love Cockburns. Whether you just want a cuppa and some cake, or breakfast or lunch, food is always good. My favourite is porridge, banana and honey - deliciously creamy. Friendly staff and comfortable surroundings.

Popped in here with my wife on her birthday while visiting Arundel. Great choice of cakes, teas and coffees. We had Sussex cream tea each which was very enjoyable. It all felt very homely with lovely friendly staff. Recommended.

Such a lovely quaint place for tea n fab cakes. All lovely matching bone china cups saucers n teapot n you get about four cups from a pot n proper tealeaves too. Staff really friendly and such a nice atmosphere. Been here quite a few times now n will certainly go back.

Really, really lovely place for tea, fantastic service from lovely staff, can recommend the Sussex rarebit! Will be back soon..

A great haven on a wet and windy day (and any other day too!) Very good coffee, soup and food.

Loved it.. though the pot of tea was extremely weak ... More loose tea needed. It was abit like dish water 😐

A place to relax The front looks small but goes back a long way and there's an upstairs too. Plenty of comfortable seating. Dog friendly and water bowl by door. Tea/coffee and food all good

If you visit Arundel a visit to Cockburns Tea rooms is a must, to experience a true English afternoon tea. The choice of teas and freshly home baked cakes is impressive. The staff so friendly and make your visit truly a personal experience. I love the cosy english cottage vibe .Quaint decor. Tea cups and saucers..delightful experience. Highly recommended and they also sell their gorgeous cakes online.

Lovely & clean friendly staff good food

Love it here....Great service and Food!

Nice interior, coffee could have been better. Would visit again.

Great service, lovely food, and reasonably priced. Will visit again. Also had gluten free options. :)

The Sussex Rarebit is excellent. A wonderful selection of cakes available. Loved the Victoria sponge with real cream. A busy place but the staff are very efficient and really nice. Our little dog was made very welcome. This lovely venue is well worth a visit. We will definitely be back. Thanks for the wonderful lunch and warm hospitality.

We went for afternoon tea, wow, amazing. I wish I could give 10 out of 5 stars 🌟 🤩

Super dog friendly coffee stop! Lovely staff. Cakes looked amazing but didn't partake!

Lovely place. Delicious soup, but elderflower and gooseberry cake disappointing,very dry. Friendly staff.

Great selection of cakes and hot drinks, especially if you like tea. 19 different types of tea. I had strawberry and kiwi tea very tasty.

Excellent little place for huge selection of food for all tastes and dietary requirements. Really cozy to stay and enjoy the atmosphere, the music and the friendly staff

Fantastic setting, great staff and a wonderful caramel latte !!

Wonderful old tearoom. Real china cups and saucers. The afternoon tea was to die for. They were very accommodating when I was finding it hard to book so do message. Think the booking system needs rethinking. You have to book for afternoon tea but other things you can drop in for. Always pretty busy though

Great place to visit good quality food very helpful and friendly staff

A lovely atmosphere with friendly staff. We only had coffee but will return.

Love the sussex cheese on toast and the chutney is yum, great service too and dont forget to grab a cake or two for later

Great little tea place with plenty of seating inside! The decor is a little outdated but the sussex cream tea and the cheese tea we tried were yummy! the best we had in years! Definetely going back! Staff were so lovely and it is also dog friendly!

Real nice cozy place with friendly and attentive staff. Superb collection of cakes. We just so happened to get talking to the owner's husband who happened to be sitting nearby with his cute dog (who nobody passing could resist stroking) and ended up having a great conversation with him throughout our meal...he was a real top bloke ! A nice end to our day in Arundel.

Lovely coffe with soya milk available. Good selection of cakes with vegan and Gluten free options. Friendly staff and warm atmosphere.

This is the sort of tearoom I dream about, full of character, China teapot and mugs with excellent. tasty cake. Cannot be beaten and even a good view from the window. Service was quick and very friendly.

Un lugar muy bonito elegante y tranquilo

The staff were lovely and the building was beautiful inside. The reason for my 2 star review is because of the pricing model. We went for breakfast and I only wanted a sausage and bacon sandwich. I was charged for a sausage sandwich AND a bacon sandwich! I questioned this at the till and they said that’s how the manager wants it charged!! So… I paid £8.50 for one sausage cut down the middle and one rasher cut in half between 2 slices of bread!!! My one sausage and one rasher cost more than my wife’s full English breakfast!! Not very happy and certainly won’t be back 😡 After seeing your response, then how do you explain the price of the bill for 2 sausages and 2 slices of toast, an English breakfast, the 1 sausage and 1 rasher of bacon between 2 slices of bread, a latte and 2 glasses of orange:

lovely food and very friendly staff

Food was well nice. I had a lovely sandwich and a massive pot of tea that contained about, I dunno, I want to say roughly, 6000 cups in it? All I know is I couldn't drink it all. I ordered a slice of cake because I'm greedy and couldn't eat it so they put it in a bag for me, bless 'em. Staff were nice. Would come again if it wasn't so bloody far away from where I live.

Lovely old fashioned tea rooms with jolly good cakes. Proper tea pots with loose leaf tea and strainers. Other food good too.

Sept 2021: happy to be back and had a wonderful cake and sandwich dogs are very welcome here Sept2020: Unfortunately we was late today and we didn’t get any cake nor tea 😭😭. Hope you are doing well and see you again next year.

Excellent choice of vegan cakes and large pots of tea!

What a lovely place!!!! Had Afternoon tea wich was sensational, the staff could not have been nicer

Excellent service, wonderful food.

Such a wonderful surprise. We hadn't booked but they were able to accommodate us for a while in a gorgeous table by the window upstairs on the first floor. Stunning tea pot and china. Such a simple tea service but served with such care as to make you feel special. 10/10 would recommend

Lovely afternoon tea would highly recommend

Very nice cream tea, very popular.

Had lunch here after looking for somewhere that did cream teas. We were however side tracked by the lovely selection of cakes and so ordered Cheese Scone Tea and Earl Grey, White Chocolate & Lemon cake with tea. The cake and assam tea were lovely however the Cheese Scone Tea could have been presented with a bit more care and perhaps some more Cheese with the chutney! That all being said it was an enjoyable lunch with friendly staff so would recommend people trying this place for lunch.

Ok so Covid has stopped us all from doing what we have taken for granted, but the simple pleasure of a dam good cheese scone, coffee and walnut cake and a latte can't be underestimated!Yes the surroundings and decor are not the Ritz but we didn't expect that but we did want dam good cake and we got it, whilst being well cared for by attentive and pleasant staff

Lovely friendly place. Would recommend to anyone

Spent a day in the castle and straight to cockburns for a well earned cream tea and the girls had hot chocolate and yummy cakes . Great feel to the place ,staff are very welcoming and friendly Well worth a vist

Very nice cream after visiting Castle. Staff very friendly. Definitely recommend

Nice place to visit for very good coffee and a great selection of meals and snacks. Sandwiches were larger than we expected so that was very welcome. Good service and a nice atmosphere.

We have been to these tea rooms a couple of times while passing through Arundel and i absolutely love it amazing cakes and they make you feel so welcome there as well, nothing is too much trouble and they make you feel at home, its just like sitting in your own front room, would return time and again highly recommended

While paying a quite visit to Arundel, en route to a family occasion, we popped into Cockburn’s for a bite of lunch. We both had their Sussex Rarebit, followed by Strawberry Sundae. First class food and excellent service. Definitely recommended.

We visited at lunchtime and the cafe was busy. However, the service was fast and friendly and the food reasonably priced. In the very centre of Arundel this place is well worth using for refreshments.

What a great place, comfy chairs in very pleasant surroundings, attentive service from friendly staff, excellent food and drinks. One of the best tea shops I've been to in West Sussex.

Good coffee. Afternoon tea was unfortunately a let down. Little cakes and scones weren't as fresh as they could have been but bread was nice and fresh. Really cute place though.

I booked afternoon tea for a surprise for a wedding anniversary celebration for my friends 60thWe turned up early and they were so accommodating We were given a lovely table in the window which was perfect The staff, food and service was exceptional.Cannot wait to returnWell done!

Afternoon tea; Lovely, well worth a visit

This is a very good tea room which unusually allows dogs which was very welcome for usI had a coffee which was delicious any my partner had a poached egg on toast and by the colour of the yoke you could tell it was free range. The staff were very friendly and I will definitely return again

Lovely 3 storey building in the centre of Arundel. We booked Afternoon Tea (for 2) in advance and warned them one of us was veggie. This was not a problem. Arrived to a warm and safe welcome. We were given a fantastic window seat upstairs and service was fast and friendly. A wide range of teas is on offer and cold drink alternatives are not a problem (my wife who is veggie doesn’t like hot drinks and so had raspberry iced tea instead - very nice). When Tea arrived the sandwiches were on two stands, one for the veggie and one for the meat (handy as not possibility for cross-contamination) (allergies were also queried). Excellent range of sarnies; warm scones and a 6 cake selection to finish (we couldn’t eat them so staff happy to box them up to go). Given the excellent quality of the food and the lovely service the price was great value and we’d come again! Silver tea pot was large and robust, perfect for keeping the tea hot (extra hot water was offered). Nice to be back out and about and do a bit of people watching (we’d forgotten how appalling some people could be - man on table behind was rude and complaining - to his wife and the staff, who coped admirably). He thought £16 was too expensive and then we noticed his wife paid anyway.... god bless ‘im.

Cockburnspath is a lovely place to visit for coffee and cake. The product is great and the staff are lovely and very helpful. What more could you ask. Thank you.

My mum and I visited this tea room and we were very impressed. We sat upstairs and there was a lovely view. It felt so cosy and the staff were very friendly. They are dog-friendly too which is brilliant.

Lovely as always.Very friendly staff and totally Delicious cake,chocolate,banana and buttercream today

Delicious food and friendly staff in the centre of this attractive town.

Beautiful tea room! Staff are lovely warm friendly welcoming . Food was delicious can not wait to return

My husband loves the cakes at this place, this time we ordered a rose and raspberry cake. It was good, however they used to have an elderflower and raspberry one, I think that is still our favourite. Service is good, love the ambience and music. Did make some serious mistakes on my order with food/dietary specifications, thankfully they did replace it after I noticed. Had to minus 2 stars because of that mistake, cause that's not something to be taken lightly.

We booked afternoon tea for our anniversary.We have had afternoon tea in several establishments over the years including the Ritz and the Shard,We found that Cockburn's was well up there along the best and was superior to the service and food we had at the Shard when we visited it.All of the staff were extremely polite, friendly and courteous,there is a warm and welcoming atmosphere,and the food was excellent and plentiful