Such a lovely place, calming and relaxing. Just the space my children needed at this time. I would love to come here more often with my 2 children, but I couldn't afford it as it is very expensive unfortunately. The cafe is expensive, the shop is beautiful but expensive, and the painting area is wonderful but again very expensive. Shame really.

Had a lovely afternoon painting pottery, friendly staff and lovely café. One thing I would say is that there is not a large variety of things to paint. There is a lot of children's figures but not so much a variety for adults. There's example work on display of vases but we couldn't find any to paint. There was also a large que to pay as there was only one member of staff who was taking people to their tables, collecting people pottery that had been kilned and also taking payments for items people had painted. This que took us 25 minutes to get through! Please help your staff members out and hire more people as you are very lucky to have such friendly great staff so dont lose them!

We had a great time at China Blue and it was good to catch up with good friends, doing something creative in nice surroundings… however the process of handing in our completed masterworks and collecting them is far too long winded. With only one person on the till both times, we waited over twenty minutes. For people with children it was a long wait. The toilets were not the cleanest and really needed to be checked more frequently.

We went as four adults and two kids (ages 11 and 7). We all had a lovely time and can't wait to receive our glazes pieces in the post. Very relaxing to do some pottery painting on a quiet Sunday morning, and will definitely come again. My youngest child was finished two pieces quite quickly, so it would have been good to provide paper and normal paint so he could do that while he waited for the rest of us to finish our pottery. We were also told when we arrived that we could order drinks and someone would bring them up, but it turned out that this didn't happen as only one person was on shift and was too busy. Not an issue, we got them ourselves, but it would have been helpful to tell us this from the start. Anyway, thank you for a great visit.

As the title suggests, the experience was good. Very friendly atmosphere and well catered. However the costs make for an eye watering experience. It did take the edge off a little because there was definitely the feeling of being ripped off sadly. I would recommend going but with the warning of cost.

The price rises are ridiculous, won't be going again. Shame as my daughter loves it. £15 for a small animal plus studio fees. Plaster of Paris doesn't cost that much!;

It has been a few years since my last visit and my daughter and I went for a relaxing crafting session. The staff are friendly, available and happy to help and there was choice for all ages to find an item to paint. We chose plant pots to paint and the reason I have given China Blue 3 stars is the price!! To do a small plant pot to be fired and glazed, after painted was about £26, which soon adds up if you're a family or a group.

Staff were unfriendly and unwelcoming. Slow overall from being seated to being able to be paid. No assistance was offered, left own devices to then be told half way through painting the item I wouldn’t be able to use it in a judgemental manner.

Arrived at 12.45 for lunch. Car park pretty full with the layout offering very little room to get in/out of a space. Overflow carpark much better. Found a table OK, but only 2 high chairs available (in use). Available food much less than on the website menu, with no salads at all/nourish bowl option not possible. Brekky roll tasty and chips plentiful but vegan choices minimal and fairly bland unfortunately. Afterwards we had a wander through the shop area and selected an item to purchase. Had to ring the bell for attention and someone came over from the Ceramic Area saying she would be "a minute". After 5 minutes and a queue forming, I gave up. Disappointing experience overall. We have visited China Blue several times and found the staffing to be much better/efficient.

We visit the China painting at this time of year every year as we have a timeshare locally. In the last few years it had gone down hill to the point that we didn’t bother last year, but the weather forced us indoors and we gave it another try. We were so very pleasantly surprised. Firstly there was a huge choice of pottery, Debbie explained everything very well and was available for any questions. Drinks are now delivered to your table and everything was clean and well organised. Well done! We had a lovely morning followed by lunch in the cafe. A great destination on a rainy day for all ages