Scallywag Cafe - Tunbridge Wells

When a friend told me about this “antique shop café” that is really close to where I live, I didn’t quite believe it, a place that sounded so perfect for me, so close, that still passed under my tea-loving, café-blogging radar? I had to check it out.

So here I sit in Scallywag Café, one of the most beautiful cafes I have been in on my blogging journey. I knew I was going to love it here the moment I saw I across the road, all distressed wood and exposed brick with a wooden figure of a man with a great moustache (possibly a scallywag) in the window, it looks like a beautiful and old fashioned antiques store where all manner of treasures can be found because that’s exactly what it is, but with tea and cake! There truly is nothing better.

Sat in the main room I am surrounded by light from the floor to ceiling windows on two sides, split by bare brick walls and dotted all around are gorgeous antique mirrors, lamps, bookcases and more.  Surrounded by all these lovely things I can see myself coming here a lot, looking down I even notice that the chair I’m sitting on is one of them, a lovely white wooden chair, yours if you have a spare £150! Staring around at the beautiful place and the beautiful things filling it, I let my tea go cold more than once! In addition to this room there is the new ‘snug room’ out the back, a smaller, cozier room (a ‘snug’ I suppose) for quieter rendezvous.

My tea is teapigs (naturally) and delicious but the cake! A triple layer, marshmallow, salted caramel, rice crispy heaven…wow! Though a Victoria Sponge or Chocolate cake is wonderful, this is divine. This is a great place for all ages (just be careful of the children and antiques combination!) Scallywag Café is a true Tunbridge Wells gem.

Facebook: facebook.com/ScallywagHome?fref=ts
Twitter: @scallywagcafe
Address: 45 Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8AA