At Newens | The Original Maids of Honour on the Kew Road, we’ve been keeping traditional baking skills alive for over 120 years. And our history dates back even further – to Tudor times and the dainty little tarts we’re named after. Legend has it that ‘Maids of Honour’ were brought to notoriety by Henry VIII who so loved their ‘melt-in-the-mouth’ sensation, he took the recipe and kept it under lock and key at Richmond Palace! Today these delectable pastries are still served warm from our ovens – with a wide variety of other sweet and savoury treats all made by hand to traditional recipes using fresh, natural ingredients. Adjoining the shop, our dining room offers a warm welcome to visitors from near and far – for coffee and cake, high tea, a hot luncheon – whatever takes your fancy…
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We require a Maître D'/ Front of House staff to look after our customers at our tea rooms, and accommodation in Kew Gardens, part-time (week-ends). We are a very old-fashioned family business and we make and serve hand-made foods - quality, traditional English breakfasts, luncheons, and afternoons teas in our restaurant and also sell bakery goods, sweetmeats, confectionery and gifts etc in our shop.We are a small, independent and well-established, We are close to Kew Gardens tube station and the 65 and 391 bus routes.
You may have noticed the scaffolding which went up to the front and side elevations on 20th August. The original roof and slates and also signage was well due a little facelift!
We are currently working on vegan recipes for our savoury and sweet counters. If you, or any of your party are vegan while we are still in the trialling stage, please call and speak to Kimberley or Habib and we will be pleased to bring some special things forward for you to have when you visit.
