The London Tea Room

They have great food and great tea. This was my first time since they moved from the Morganford location and was a little disappointed that there is no options to go sit down and share a pot of tea with my husband in the casual environment the way it used to be. Since it's now "per person" and sharing a pot of tea is not allowed, you are spending a minimum of $15 per person for the Cream Tea option, but it only goes up from there. It is worth the money, but I wish there was a more wallet friendly option. Plus, a pot of tea is a massive amount of tea for one person. I love the concept and hope to be able to participate in a High Tea experience some day, but the prices of that are special occasion only for my family.

I took my mom, aunt, and grandma to The London Tea Room for Afternoon Tea. We loved the atmosphere and the wait staff were amazing. We each picked a different tea so we could try 4 different kinds. Each tea was delicious. I loved the different flavors. The food was also delicious. I really loved the savory options and the scone with the clotted cream and jam. I’ll definitely be going back.

My girlfriends and I came to try this place out the other day, and it was great! We'd all gotten afternoon tea so it arrived neatly on a little tea tower, and I got to enjoy a pot of valerian root. The desserts were delightful, but if you're not into super sweet I'd trade a friend the macaroon for shortbread cookie. My only qualm was the crowd that poured in after an event, and the spacing between the tables where they bump up with others. I felt a little squished and it was hard returning to the dining room from the restroom when there was a crowd at the entrance shop.

My sister and I enjoyed afternoon and high tea selections. It was wonderful. Thomas, our server answered all our questions and provided prompt service. The autumn chicken salad on croissant was our favorite. I especially enjoyed the clotted cream. As an avid Great British Bake Off I have always wondered what clotted cream taste like! Enjoying a personal pot of tea with lumps of sugar - divine! A very nice afternoon outing!

We went for a friend's birthday, and it was quite nice. The tea spread was fantastic, everything tasted good, and the price was fairly reasonable for what you get. The space is very cool as well, and while I didn't care for the high ceilings, as that made the whole place echo quite a lot, the décor was nice and the room itself was beautiful. I haven't seen any of the upstairs rooms, but I hear they're cool as well. We've been getting tea from them for years, but it was my first time at the new location and I have to say that I enjoyed it. We will be returning.

I really can’t say enough about the London Tea Room. It’s a truly unique experience that makes for a great environment for meeting with friends or family. My wife and I tried the afternoon tea set menu and we each picked a tea. While I think all the teas sounded great, we had the Canadian Vicar and the Royal Wedding tea. If you like floral teas, then definitely try the royal wedding! The afternoon tea menu was great! All the little sandwiches were fresh and flavorful. I never thought I would like a curry chicken salad on a mini croissant for brunch, but it hit the spot! The cucumber sandwich and the salmon cream cheese mini bagel were also on point. You’re gonna wanna pace yourself with the scone if you want to save room for the desert plate, and while the desserts were very tasty, I think next time we’ll stick to ordering High Tea next time. I highly recommend getting reservations!!!

I debated between 3 or 4 or 5 stars for this review. If I'm being completely honest, the special event we went to wasn't really worth the additional cost. We went to the special Mother's Day afternoon tea event, and I think the standard afternoon tea downstairs would have been better. The food was a fun experience and the tea was some of the best I've had, but a glass of champagne and a string trio that played less than half the time we were there wasn't worth the additional cost that bumped the price up to $100 a ticket. I appreciated that mothers also received a small bag of tea, but I really think it's wrong to charge the same price for every ticket and only include that add on for mothers, especially since not all women can have children and men were guests too. If you only want to give an item to a certain group, it would be better to have it as an add-on item for the ticket rather than going around the room picking certain people to get them. Especially for Mother's day, when a lot of moms say "Oh, you can have mine," when they see someone else is going without. Service/atmosphere also brought down my rating. The musicians weren't great. They seemed to have long breaks, one literally yawned like they were SO bored at least four times, and they seemed to skip quite a few measures in certain songs and were very repetitive in the songs they did play. My mom saw one server drinking champagne in the back. The order people were served didn't match the order they sat down, and there seemed to be some confusion with seating. That felt a little disorganized. Also the chairs were very uncomfortable, hard wood, not great. I'd visit again to try the standard experience, but I don't think I'd book another special event without some changes.

4.5 *! We had a lovely time celebrating my daughter’s 4th birthday! We bought a “wee tea” and she loved the pastries had a blast pouring the cream in her tea. 🥰 The pastries were delicious! I will say the pictures on the website are slightly misleading, it’s $37 for the adult regular tea and pastries and that’s one serving. (There are three adult servings on the plates pictured, so a total of about $100). We loved the salmon bagel and the Jane Austin themed desserts! (It was a Wednesday in February). The tea was great too! The only downside that kept this from being a 5* experience was the service was a little slow. There was 1 waiter for the whole room, and by the time we got our second pot of tea we had finished eating and were ready to leave. Excellent experience all together though!