I booked afternoon tea at Saunton Sands Hotel for my family for my Mum's 70th birthday. Unfortunately, from the outset I was disappointed with the experience, and many aspects were not as I had hoped. I could not fault the food, the taste and presentation were beautiful. However, as a large table we were told we could not be seated near the windows and were in the corner. I had booked the hotel for this special occasion because of the beautiful views from the hotel, but were seated so that none of us could enjoy it. I appreciate practically that perhaps you can't have diners spread across the whole dining area, but all diners were in a row next to each other and it felt quite cramped in what is a large and spacious area, with plenty more window seats available. We had to repeatedly ask for more tea, and then were only given 1 small jug of milk and pot of jam for all of us. Which I'd imagine would have been the same given to a table a fraction of our size. When making a choice of where to spend a special occasion, I think you invest a lot of hope in how that day will go, and it fell way short of this. I have had many afternoon teas in other places, and would highly recommend most of them, but unfortunately if anyone asks I would not be recommending this one.