The Tea Cosy

The Tea Cosy, presumably named after the countless teapots that sit on the skirtings of this Milngavie café, provides a welcome place to escape from the cold with a pot of tea and a bit of lunch.
A cold little staircase leads up to the quaint room with its titled wooden beamed ceiling, which gives it a church hall sort of feel.
A wide range of soups, sandwich fillings and hot drinks are available on the menu, not to mention the home made mouth watering desserts which are stocked in the counter. Next time I visit, I am definitely trying the lemon meringue pie.
A trip to The Tea Cosy is kind of like a trip to your oldest Auntie’s house. Tea, cakes and polite but sincere conversation are all on the menu, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Even if this place was the pits, it would still be worth visiting for its truly spectacular collection of tea pots. I have to confess my ignorance to it being such an art form.
As it happens, Tea Cosy is actually the sort of solid, welcoming café it can often by frustratingly hard to find when all you desire is a quick bite to eat. Offering the usual tea/​coffee/​hot chocolate/​cake fare, it also offers a reasonably substantial menu of light bites. I had an egg mayonnaise baguette here which was tasty and cheap.
It’s a slightly bizarre set up. The barren staircase leading to the café would have you believe you are heading into someone’s house as opposed to a homely café, but somehow it adds to the appeal.

It was only after i had sat down and ordered the ‘morning combo’ of coffee and square sausage (other hot beverages and roll fillings are available) that i noticed how entirely inappropriately i was dressed for this place. Wearing my new ’ oh my god Margaret its a hoody’, ripped jeans and grubby vintage navy jacket i casually sauntered like the prole i am into this hotbed of hegemony, i could almost smell the new dfi sofas, recently built extensions and two car driveways. My first thought was i should steal something, my second was ‘wow’, i actually like this place.
Located in the upper floor of what appears to my laymen eyes as an old Victorian style building (white exterior walls with black wooden beams) this beautiful wee tea room offers quite a lovely place to grab a coffee and have a nosey. More of an old style tea room rather than coffee shop (read Costa; Starbucks), it offers the usual fare of breakfast and lunch snacks; sandwiches, soups, baked potatoes etc, along with some yummy looking cakes, biscuits, pies and other treats.
I have to say I’m a little surprised at myself in liking this place despite it being completely not my style. I think it has more to do with the interior of the café rather than anting else. High wooden beamed ceilings are combined with a vast old marble fire place and wooden mantle in addition to a wonderful massive old window basking the entire café in as much winter sun as is possible.
A definite if your into your quaint and fancy a tea, coffee, snack, cake or even just a questioning look from Margret… wear a hoody, i dare you!