Nirvana Coffee Shop is cream of the crop for afternoon tea

Nirvana Coffee Shop – it’s the number one place to go if you want tasty afternoon treats of freshly made sandwiches, cakes and scones with clotted cream.

Each week, we will be searching for the best St Helens has to offer in different categories and we’ve given out 18 awards for 2023.

The winners so far:

Best for Hair – Hair by Alice Michelle

Best for Pies – Blackburn’s

Best for Nails – Kreative Kirsty

Best for Roast Dinner – The Brown Edge Pub

Best for Cocktails – The Townhouse

Best for Breakfast – Shakey J’s

Best for Fitness – Ashley-James Ward

Best for Fish and Chips – Paul’s Fishbar

Best for Tattoos – White Rabbit Tattoo Studio

Best for Pizza – Dial-A-Pizza

Best for Pets – The Dog House

Best Independent Shop or Business – Stone Tyres

Best for Dessert – Antonia’s Cakes

Best for Beauty – Chantel Louise

Best for Kids – Jo Jingles Warrington, St Helens and Wigan

Best Gym – Ruskin Fitness Club

Best Beer Garden – The Dam

Voting for St Helens’ Best for Burgers is currently taking place and we’re also looking for nominations in our latest search - Best Café or Coffee Shop.

Next on the menu was the search for St Helens’ Best for Afternoon Tea and Nirvana Coffee Shop took the latest Best of 2023 crown.

Nirvana Coffe Shop, which opened in November 2016

Lindsey Pye has been the owner of Nirvana Coffee Shop on Lowfield Lane since she first opened the doors in November 2016.

Lindsey, who is 48 and grew up in Sutton, said: “We are a friendly place providing a warm welcome within a lovely environment and pleasant surroundings.

“We provide freshly made sandwiches and wraps, paninis and flat breads as well as jacket potatoes, triple layer sandwiches, milkshakes and afternoon tea.

Nirvana Coffee Shop owner Lyndsey Pye (Image: supplied)

Lindsey has been a chef since she left school and studied St Helens College mainly working in hotels.

She said: “I had a big ambition to open my own coffee shop so that’s exactly what I did!

“We pride ourselves on our freshly made food and exceptional customer service.

“Our afternoon tea features a selection of sandwiches, wraps and other savouries together with freshly made cakes, buttered scones with clotted cream and jam and a choice of any hot drink from the menu or a cold drink from the fridge.

“Our customers also love the milkshakes topped with doughnuts!”

Award-winning afternoon tea at Nirvana Coffee Shop

But what do customers think about Nirvana Coffee Shop? Why did they want the venue to win our latest Best of 2023 award?

One review on their Facebook page said: “Highly recommend this afternoon tea - great selection and great value for money.”

Another said: “The festive afternoon tea at Nirvana was gorgeous.

“Tasty food and plenty of it and it’s always beautifully presented.

“I would highly recommend trying it - you won’t be disappointed!”

Lindsey said: “We pride ourselves that we serve in the local community and our customers always leave happy.

“We were absolutely buzzing to hear we’d made the shortlist for St Helens’ Best for Afternoon Tea as we have just been told we received a 5* rating from environmental health.

“I’m so excited for all my staff – we’re thrilled to win the award – and we’d like to thank all our lovely customers for all their support and votes, not only over the last couple of weeks but since we opened seven years ago.

“A huge thank you to every single person that took time to vote and show their support – it really does mean the world to us.”

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Nirvana Coffee Shop on Lowfield Lane