Make time
for Tea Time
it's your time
Breakfast, homemade bakes and afternoon tea, on Thirsk market square.
- Mon–Fri
- 9am–4pm
- Sat
- 8:30am–4pm
- Sun
- 9am–3pm
- Flavours of Herriot 2022
- 5 star food hygiene rating
- Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice 2026
- Restaurant Guru 2025
- Arthur Haigh's of Dalton (4 miles)
- Doreen's black pudding (Yorkshire)
- Baltzersen's bakery (Harrogate)
- True Tea Co (Harrogate)
- Brymor ice cream (Masham)
- Longley Farm (Holmfirth)
- Wensleydale Creamery (Hawes)
- Fruity Kitchen (North Yorkshire)
- Appleby Creamery (Cumbria)
- Lonton Coffee Co (Teesdale)
- Fentimans (Hexham)
Scones baked here every dayCustomer favourites
Full YorkshireButcher's sausage, Dalton bacon and Doreen's black pudding, with a free range egg and a hash brown.14.9
Potato sconeTwo pieces of traditional potato scone fried in butter, with crispy bacon and a fried egg.8.9
Toasted ReubenPeppery beef pastrami, homemade slaw and chunky gherkins, toasted in local sourdough.10.9
Loaded paprika friesSkin-on fries with paprika salt, smashed avocado, homemade salsa and red crunch cheese.9.9Sweet cream teaA warmed tea-soaked sultana scone, Fruity Kitchen strawberry jam, clotted cream, and tea or an americano.8.9
Today's cakesWhatever came out of the oven this morning, on the counter.On the counterOn the square and nearby
What's on in Thirsk
Tea Time events
- Wed11 Nov
At the cafe · Upstairs at Tea TimeFree co-working upstairsUpstairs at Tea Time9am - Fri27 Nov
Booking now · £45 · Book a place → · Upstairs at Tea TimeFestive Foliage wreath making masterclassUpstairs at Tea Time1pm - Fri04 Dec
Booking now · £25 · Book a place → · Upstairs at Tea TimeChristmas rag wreath workshopUpstairs at Tea Time10am
What's on
+27 more, scroll- Until21 Feb
On now · Seasonal · Swinton Park, MashamLuminescence, the winter light trail at SwintonSwinton Park, Masham - Until10 Nov
On now · Music and stage · Ritz Cinema, ThirskAt the Ritz: De Gaulle, Resistance (15)Ritz Cinema, Thirsk7:30pm · 5 min walk - Tue10 Nov
Music and stage · Old Courthouse, ThirskRural Arts: The Arts Collective Autumn ExhibitionOld Courthouse, Thirsk5 min walk - Thu12 NovSeasonal · Castle HowardCastle Howard: A Dickens of a ChristmasCastle Howard35 min drive
- Fri13 NovAround town · NorthallertonNorthallerton late-night shoppingNorthallerton
- Fri13 Nov
Seasonal · Leeming Bar stationThe Polar Express Train Ride from Leeming BarLeeming Bar station - Fri13 Nov
Markets · Market Place, ThirskThirsk Artisan MarketMarket Place, Thirsk - Sat14 NovAround town · Market Square, RiponRipon Christmas lights switch-onMarket Square, Ripon1pm
- Sat14 NovMarkets · Market Place, ThirskThirsk MarketMarket Place, Thirsk8am · 1 min walk
- Sat14 NovMarkets · Village Hall, TopcliffeTopcliffe Christmas FairVillage Hall, Topcliffe10am
- Sun15 NovAround town · Auction Mart, ThirskThirsk Heritage ShowDate not yet confirmedAuction Mart, Thirsk10am
- Wed18 NovMusic and stage · Galtres Centre, EasingwoldGaltres Centre: Cinderella, the Easingwold Players pantomimeGaltres Centre, Easingwold7pm
- Thu19 NovSeasonal · Nunnington HallNunnington Hall: Nature's NoelNunnington Hall10:30am · 30 min drive
- Fri20 NovMarkets · Market Place, RiponLittle Bird artisan market in RiponMarket Place, Ripon10am · 28 min drive
- Fri20 NovMarkets · Ripon CathedralRipon Cathedral Christmas Food and Gift FairRipon Cathedral9:30am
- Sat21 NovSeasonal · Forbidden CornerForbidden Corner: Forbidden GrottoForbidden Corner55 min drive
- Sat21 NovMusic and stage · St Oswald's, SowerbyMowbray Singers autumn concertSt Oswald's, Sowerby7:30pm
- Sat21 NovMarkets · Village Hall, SessaySessay Christmas FayreVillage Hall, Sessay10am
- Sat21 Nov
Music and stage · Town Hall, ThirskTaste of Yorkshire ChristmasTown Hall, Thirsk7:30pm - Sun22 Nov
Markets · HusthwaiteHusthwaite Village MarketHusthwaite11am - Wed25 NovMusic and stage · Harrogate TheatreHarrogate Theatre: Sleeping BeautyHarrogate Theatre
- Thu26 NovSeasonal · Harlow Carr, HarrogateRHS Harlow Carr: GlowHarlow Carr, Harrogate4:30pm
- Thu26 NovMarkets · Showground, HarrogateThe Great Yorkshire Christmas Fair, HarrogateShowground, Harrogate9:30am
- Fri27 Nov
Around town · Market Place, ThirskChristmas FairMarket Place, Thirsk4pm - Fri27 NovAround town · Market Place, RichmondRichmond: Christmas lights switch-onMarket Place, Richmond5pm
- Fri27 NovMarkets · Tennants, LeyburnWinter Wonderland Christmas Fair at Tennants, LeyburnTennants, Leyburn10am
- Sat28 NovSeasonalAmpleforth Abbey Christmas Craft Market10am · 25 min drive
- Sat28 NovSeasonal · Mother Shipton's CaveChristmas at Mother Shipton's, KnaresboroughMother Shipton's Cave
- Sat28 NovAround town · BedaleChristmas in BedaleBedale
- Sat28 NovMarkets · Old Courthouse, ThirskChristmas Makers Market at Rural ArtsOld Courthouse, Thirsk10am · 5 min walk
Town notices
The toasted Reuben
Pastrami, homemade slaw, Emmental and chunky gherkins between two thick slices of toasted local sourdough.
Meet the Reuben
From Henrietta
to the market square
A 1967 Citroen van, two summers of festival scones, then 87 Market Place in 2019.
In 2018 Rosa bought a 1967 Citroen H van, named her Henrietta, and spent two summers selling scones at Yorkshire festivals as The Rolling Scones. In 2019 she took on the old Arabica cafe at 87 Market Place, and Tea Time opened before the year was out.
Read our storyA table for
afternoon tea
Finger sandwiches, a homemade scone with jam and clotted cream, three cakes, and unlimited hot drinks, iced tea and iced coffee.
Minimum 2 traditional teas · book any half hour from 12 to 3, or 12 to 2 on Sundays
Book a time What's included
Start at ours,
then see Thirsk properly
83 places worth your time, 19 of them close enough to walk. Load a ready-made day or build your own, check the weather, print it and go.
Plan your day in ThirskTea Time in gold, and 19 places within a walk of the door. Tap a pin for the walk time.
Twenty blue plaques,
and James Herriot's writing home
About the walk
The original twenty-stop walk passes Alf Wight's former surgery at 23 Kirkgate. A new plaque marks Rowardennan, the Sowerby family home where he wrote much of the James Herriot books. Choose the town circuit, the original twenty, or continue to the new stop.
Begin at the World of James Herriot museum, then follow the plaques at your own pace.
Find us on the square
87 Market Place, Thirsk
North Yorkshire, YO7 1ET
Market days are Monday and Saturday. Dogs welcome; treats behind the counter.
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