Ashmount Country House
Mytholmes Lane
Haworth
West Yorkshire
BD22 8EZ
Date Visited : 19 May 2013
Price: £12.50
GF Price: £12.50
Ashmount Country
House is situated in the lovely little village of Haworth. By chance the day we visited was the annual
1940’s weekend, during which the whole town is decorated to look like it’s
jumped back in time to the world war. A lot of the villagers and visitors dress
up in 1940’s style clothing, there are a lot of men dressed up in their army
gear and many of the houses are decorated with sandbags and such to create the
look of Haworth in the 1940’s. The local park is full of world war dancing,
singing and memorabilia from the war, and they also had military cars and war
planes on show to have a look at. It was an extremely busy weekend but it is well
worth a visit.
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| Villagers in 1940's Dress |
Ashmount
Country House is situated just around the corner from the main shopping street so
it is ideal for parking and walking to the town. It is a lovely old house set in beautiful
gardens. Ideally we would have liked to have
eaten in the garden but unfortunately the weather wasn’t quite warm enough . Instead we were shown into a beautiful room
with traditional furniture and a long table set with a white table cloth and
crockery.
The
afternoon tea was presented on three tiered white plates and silver chromed stand
to share between two people. We each had
four finger sandwiches on a selection of brown and white bread, garnished with
salad. We were also served a piece of warm cheese and onion quiche before the
sandwiches arrived which was to die for!
The gluten free option was the same unfortunately minus the quiche. The sandwiches comprised of cream cheese and
cucumber, egg mayonnaise, ham and tomato, turkey breast with cranberry jam, and
smoked salmon. We chose to substitute
the smoked salmon again as none of our guests like it – why do they never serve
tinned salmon?! I actually prefer it.
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| Haworth Main Street |
The cakes
consisted of mini profiteroles with chocolate truffle sauce, lemon sponge cake,
a chocolate cupcake filled with fresh cream, a chunk of fruit cake and a fruit
scone topped with jam, fresh cream and a strawberry. They were all delicious but we couldn’t
manage to eat them all so they boxed them up for us to take home. The profiteroles went down particularly well,
I must say! The gluten free option consisted of a chocolate brownie fruit loaf
and scone with jam and cream. My guest
loved the fruit scone – lovely and fresh and a rare treat when eating out.
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| Bombs Away! |
This
afternoon tea was excellent and a particular favourite of mine was the
chocolate cup cake with fresh cream. The
cakes and sandwiches were all lovely and fresh and I especially liked that
there was quite a variety of cakes to choose from – I can’t say I’ve ever had
profiteroles with truffle sauce at any other afternoon tea I’ve been to. The dining
area was very pleasant and the staff were very friendly and efficient bringing our
order quickly to our table. The amount of food that you are given, coupled with
the endless pots of tea also makes this place very good value for money. If you are planning to visit booking
beforehand is required and this would be advisable if you want a gluten free
option. There is also an option to have
a champagne afternoon tea if you fancy. Bon appetite!
Ratings: Gluten Free:
Tea: 8/10
Sandwiches: 8/10 8/10
Cakes: 9/10 9/10
Scones: 8/10 9/10
Service: 9/10
Overall: 9½/10
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