Devonshire House Hotel

Friday 1st September We have spent the past two nights at the Devonshire House Hotel, Liverpool, and have been very impressed with the friendly service, lovely English breakfasts, and fine hospitality. The breakfast/dining room is excellent, and the ...

... season, and indeed not without its charms during off-peaks periods such as this. Full marks to the owner of the guest house for displaying a remarkable sense of hospitality, and a low-budget evening meal at a local carvery restaurant made it clear that ...

... to 'The Lakehouse' hotel - we are treating ourselves to a one night splurge in this tudor style (built 1970s) country house hotel. The house was built by Colonel Stanley Foster and later converted into a hotel. Very reaxing place - luxurious baths & even ...

... just south of the town. Not sure whether to have lunch or morning tea. The decision was made with the sight of yet another Devonshire tea...although they don't call it that. Scone and cream and jam and coffee. I saw a postcard which had a picture of a ...

... was "missing my fish and chips and all that?". Brilliant. He also told me that he was named Devon because his grandparents were from Devonshire (pronounced by him as Devon-Shiar). I'm still waiting for someone to ask me if I live in a castle. The next day ...

... nbsp;Lots of knickknacks and expensive delicate things (and I'm the bull in the china shop).  But one of our freebies was to have Devonshire Tea, which was tea, scones, cream, and jam.  I'm not all that into tea, but Jacqui likes it a lot and I ...

... ride to the top, we’re impressed by how much cooler it is 780Mtrs above sea level. Stop at an English garden for Devonshire Tea and a chicken sandwich, good food but service so poor we insist on the 10% service charge be taken off the bill, this ...

... a great view of the island and peninsular Malaysia beyond.  We also discovered a rather smart restaurant at the top offering Devonshire Cream Teas on its manicured lawn, and we couldn't resist indulging ourselves.   Well, it's been a long ...

... took umbrellas before!! We drove through some of the villages we went through yesterday and on to Chestwell House, which is owned by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire - huge place with some restoration going on still.   Grounds are huge - sheep ...

... can decide for yourself.....   Other British legacies include the tea rooms at the top of Penang Hill which serves Devonshire Cream Tea, including scones. fresh cream & Jam- I have to be honest & say I went twice ...

... waitress for two cream teas, which really confused her. Obviously that's an English term, the correct way of ordering here is a Devonshire tea and scones please. It was quite novel to have chosen to have sat in this situation in Australia when i wouldn't ...

... lunch, but we were able to stop in a village where we found a tea room which served "Cream Tea".  In Australia we call this Devonshire Tea. It was excellent – maybe we were just hungry – or maybe they just know how to do it right. Anyhow, ...

... that I ate my first genuine Cornish pastie (good but I wouldn't rave over it), and scones with jam and clotted cream (I'm not a Devonshire tea type person normally but but I took every opportunity I could to eat clotted cream).  My last day in ...

... was pretty good. Kelsey had a waffle club (yes, a club sandwich with waffles instead of bread), and I had a pretzel Devonshire (a chicken sandwich with dijon mustard, melted cheese, and broccoli, on a pretzel roll). Interesting food. Slow service. ...

... of tiny tracks that run through an area called Buxton Country Park.  This 100 acre wood planted by the Duke of Devonshire in 1820 is confusing with a profusion of tracks going in every direction.  However, Debby's inbuilt sense of direction ...

... Get up early and drive down to Victoria. It takes 2.5 hours. I wander around the town and go into the famous Empress Hotel for Devonshire tea. Sit in the harbour watching the world go by then drive back to Nainaimo to catch the five o'clock ferry back to ...