Blue 55

visited for the first time the other day and couldn’t of been more impressed! the studio is lovely, everything is laid out perfectly. staff are so incredibly friendly from the second you talk to someone, very professional and helpful. could not recommend china blue more, would give 100/5 stars if i could!!!

Most of the family went to their evening with bar and food and ceramic painting. Good value, you were allowed a decent amount to spend on your item. We had a giggle whilst painting and the bar was relatively cheap. Antipasti boards came around, one between two, and the atmosphere was nice. Very different to a daytime with loads of kids, although there were kids there. We've all said we'd definitely do it all again. A warning though, there's a two week wait to have your piece glazed and popped in the kiln and, as there were 8 of us, we really should have called ahead to pick up to give them time to Search through the thousands made to find ours when we picked up. We've always loved china blue though. As kids and then as adults. My daughter had her hen do there and we all dressed up in 40s gear to go...great fun. She just celebrated her tenth wedding anniversary. Gulp! Highly recommended

Magical place, a few different businesses in the same building but they work together well and staff members are so lovely and helpful. I've been there first time with my nurse colleague and our disabled client and I felt this place put a spell on me 🤩 I've painted a china for my daughter and we collected it together and spent hours there by wondering around and had a look at the painting session, then we had nice lunch. I would recommend China Blue to everyone 🤩

China Blue is a lovely place to browse and have a coffee and a meal/snack. We have been going there for the last 4 years. However, although a few lovely people who work there are happy to help and serve you, many times not only you stand in the queue, but also you have to wait to take your drink, cuttlery, water etc. I would like to suggest that better service should be in place as the very reason we go out, is to be served and get away from serving everybody at home, hence have a break and be treated for a day out. I know many places do not have good service, however it is the least a place of hospitality can do to please their customers. I believe that table service is a must and it gives a better standard. We should not even have to queue. It does not feel as if you are treating yourself to an outing. Again, I would like to thank the people who are lovely in China Blue ( a few of them) but some others they can be even rude when you ask them for something. Kind regards

Visited with a group of 5 teenagers for a pottery painting session. There were loads of designs to choose from and whilst there are staff around if required you're very much left to get on with things. There was no pressure to rush so we spent an hour and a half planning, drawing the design and then painting the various cups, vases and plates. Everyone enjoyed themselves and we'll hopefully end up with so lovely items. It's not cheap, but considering the time and materials it's understandable. Overall good fun and recommended.