Nostalgia Tea & Function Rooms

I’ve been coming here since before I can remember; in fact I practically grew up here. So many memories of my visits to southport include this place; from afternoon teas to family functions. This place has not changed! If you want to feel lady like and transported to another era this is the place to go! However the food is not so good since the new owners have taken over. It’s simple food and really I’m picking at straws. But if you are looking for a quick bite and delicious scones then head here.
My visit today I had the tuna toastie — the toastie was okay, maybe a tad more mayo (or something with tang?) and the salad was pretty lifeless (do it well or not at all I say!) but overall okay. Also had the Bakewell tart which was lovely. But nothing to write home about.
3 for food
4.5 for service and ambience
10 for childhood memories!

This place is lovely. Nostalgia Team Rooms is situated on Lord Street just above the Early Learning Centre and has won a few awards in its time. The seats could do to be more comfortable, but I think putting sofas in like starbucks would just totally take away what Nostalgia is all about. The waitress service is fab and you can really just put your feet up and chill out. In the background they have music of the yesterday year playing (although this hasn’t always been on when I have gone, but mostly). Cream scones with jam and a cup of tea. Or rather start with cutely cut sandwiches, and then follow with cream scones and jam followed by a few cakes. Then roll yourself out of the door. No I don’t think you could do this, you would definitely have to be more lady like, and delicately glide out of the place, pretending that you weren’t totally and utterly full of food.

Whenever my mother wanted me to feel special she brought me here. Now now, get that vision of an uptight, stressed and stingy with love mother out of your head, we’re not talking any central matriarch from We Need to Talk About Kevin here, I was one spoilt rotten kid, with affection, and materialistically. It’s amazing actually that I’ve turned out as well-​adjusted and selfless as I have. *Chuckles to self, recalls all ‘you’re not the centre of the universe!’ comments from significant others*
Anyway, lunch in Southport meant one of several options. It meant The Gallery if my grandmother was around, as she had lofty aspirations. It meant Pippins, Coffee Bean or a department store if both parents or my father were present. It meant somewhere silly with the brunette where we’d forego nutritional value in favour of empty calories. But if it was just Mum and me, it’d be Nostalgia. The cutest, sweetest, kitschiest place on earth. It is just stunning. You’re situated above all the shops on Lord Street so the view out of the windows is fantastic, if you ever get round to it after taking in the view indoors. The ornate high ceilinged tea room is divine, and it’s perhaps not one to take the partner to, considering that all the warmly-​welcoming and efficient waitresses wear traditional tea room outfits. Ooh, matron. Well it is Nostalgic after all…
Old-​fashioned is the order of the day here, and that extends to the menu. High teas, quaint sandwiches, cream scones, soups, light bites, traditional main meals, scrumptious desserts, and plenty of warm and cold beverages to choose from. The food is rich and tasty and feels like a treat. There’s a function room on the second floor and the place has won countless awards for just how accomplished and friendly its staff are. Don’t think the posh vibe makes it all formal, you couldn’t find a more relaxed and lovely ambience.
It’s easy to miss — there’s a narrow opening by the Early Learning Centre and the tea rooms are located above that, up a rather heavy climb of stairs. Still, it’s certainly worth the exercise and it’s an overall memorable experience, one you’ll want to relive again and again. Come along and be ladies what lunch! Or men, I’m sure the frilly aprons will entice you too.

This place has to be worth a visit. It is a large, high ceilinged room above the shops on Lord Street. Look out for a narrow opening at street level facing a long flight of stairs. The waitresses are dresses in traditional tea room outfits. The menu has that old fashioned feel about it with high teas a big favourite. Unfortunately as with a lot of venues it seems short of cash and so is a little shabby and relies on the original architecture and dated decorations for the effect. The high ceiling doesn’t give it a very cosy feel nor does it make it feel grand so it kind of missing the make slightly. Still nice food, good service (sometimes with a smile), manager is always helpful when you pay and nice views over Lord Street. Could do better but if you are in Southport worth a visit.