Old Blighty Tea Room

Recommended by the staff at Theipval Memorial so decided to give it a try for lunch. Good choice for us, lovely welcome from the English owners and freshly prepared meals to order. Souvenirs are also for sale for the interested collector.

Jon took my father and I on a three day battlefield tour of the Somme and Ypres Salient. We were blown away by his knowledge, recall and his humour. We couldn’t have asked for anything more. We would highly recommend him to anyone considering touring the Somme or Ypres Salient.

Hello alison, thank you for your warm welcome, your kindness, a tea room full of beautiful history. We were at home for a good snack with the British guards and other military authorities. Thank you for everything! If you pass through the woods, don't hesitate to take a break, you'll be surprised. Friendly! Visualizza piatti

Popped in about four times during my recent Somme visit and every time had a friendly warm welcome from Alison and Jon.. best cup of tea on the Somme and great choice of freshly cooked food... ice creams, soft drinks and little cakes are all yummy and Alison has just started producing delicious cream teas...

We fell upon this lovely little cafe by accident when we went to visit Lochnagar crater, locally known as the Grand Mine. Its run by an English family and they offer excellent food prepared fresh at very good value. There's plenty of parking round the back and the premises are adorned with artefacts from the war. A lovely little cafe.

John and Alison gave us a lovely lunch for our group. John showed us around and there is so much history just in the cafe. Old Blighty Tea Room is a place to check out for the wonderful people and the wealth of information that they have. Going to this Cafe is like going to a museum. Thanks for having us! You guys are amazing and so knowledgeable and passionate! Visualizza piatti

Visited the Somme battlefield last weekend and on each of the three days I was there I enjoyed a very pleasant lunch at the Old Blighty. Easy parking behind the tea room. Run by an English couple, Alison and Jon, you can be assured of a warm welcome and good grub to be accompanied by a nice cold beer or a proper cup of tea.I know Alison would love to provide home cooking and baking however her French cafe licence does not permit her to "fabricate dishes" which apparently includes baking cakes. This said she does offer a wide range of meals, baguettes, baked potatoes, cakes, confectionery and ice creams.Always worth a visit and I just love all the Great War artefacts that adorn the premises.

My wife I stopped at Old Blighty Tea Rooms for lunch can’t recommend it highly enough. Ideally located on the World War 1 battlefields, near the Lochnegar Crater, it combines good quality home cooked food with a mini museum of war relics. The proprietors were most welcoming and knowledgable about the war and the food was a good quality at a good price. As it’s called the “Blighty Tea Rooms” I chose that English staple, pie n mash with a pot of tea whilst my wife chose the continental fare of Ficelle Picardy with a glass of red wine. The pie had good crispy pastry with a rich deep filling; unlike so many which are mostly gravy with so little content. The mash was smooth creamy with no unpleas...

Finally writing a review of my fabulous Battlefields tour with Jon last year! I’m so pleased I chose Jon from Old Blighty Battlefield tours (who also runs the tea rooms with his wife to research and guide me on my very moving, personalized tour of the Somme area (including Pozieres Bullecourt where my Australian grandfather fought in World War I (in the 22nd battalion and related Pioneers. Jon tailored the tour to my needs but was also very flexible about where we went. (This was particularly important as I unfortunately only had one full day. I wish I could have spent at least two days seeing the area. While I’d seen some of my grandfather’s army records beforehand, Jon researched his and h... Visualizza piatti