Kristin H.

Had a lovely afternoon tea with my daughter. We were quickly seated and served our first pot of tea. First we were asked to choose our own teacups....loved this. The tea menu was fun, so many great choices. The menu was amazing, the scones with the clotted cream and jam was the best! Then the sandwiches, and sweets...mmmm. We were not expecting to be so full. Overall it was a fun afternoon spent with my daughter. Highly recommend!

I've had several private parties in their rental spaces and they are always wonderful. They are very easy to do business with. Their services are unique and memorable. And pretty affordable. Just had a baby shower in the Great Hall. It was so lovely! The room is already decorated beautifully making my setup do much easier. I will be back!

Andrea G.

Ugh. I really hope they were just having an off day. They were busy on a Thursday afternoon, so our food (which was cold sandwiches and salad) took 30+ min to come out. We never got our tea and the server came back later said they never got put in. To her credit, they did end up comping our teas. The salad came out with no dressing, and the excuse was that there was a new person on the line. The table next to us also did not get dressing on their salad. It was very expensive for a small amount of food. There's a mish mash of random stuff displayed by different artists and the ambiance wasn't as "steampunk" as it's advertised to be. It has so so much potential. With over 90 teas they should offer either a flight, or brew a couple of different ones daily in larger batches in order to sample. I will probably not be back.

McKenna S.

Love this place! So many teas to choose from and high tea is my favorite! The main chef can be a little sassy at times is all. He all but begs for constructive criticism and feedback so I gave it to him and then he got very defensive and rude. Just a weird interaction but probably won't stop me from coming back!

Shannon U.

Super cute, local tea shop in historical downtown Niles! The tea shop offers a cozy place to stop in for a unique gift, tea drinks, light bites, and afternoon tea service. I dined in on a Wednesday afternoon for afternoon tea service with my mom and sister. Each month a different tea service menu is offered. This month the offering was chestnut soup, cucumber sandwiches, salmon mouse on crostini, potato gratin, scones served with clotted cream and mincemeat jam, sticky toffee pudding, mint and jasmine panna cotta, and a kieflies cookie. The server did a great job with explaining what was offered and ingredients to prepare. Upon seating a starter pot of tea was provided; during tea service we were able to choose two additional teas each from about 100 options. A nice touch was being able to select the tea cup I'd like to use from an assortment of tea cups in a China cabinet. The tea room is cutely decorated with greenery all around and various tea cups and pots. Looking forward to returning when I return to the area!

Erin L.

High Tea with the Queens! This weekend we celebrated my mama's birthday with high tea in downtown Niles, Michigan at Apothica Tea Room. Such a fun, delicious way to spend a birthday on a cold winter afternoon. The Niles' Apple Butter Festival queens made an appearance and that was the highlight for my 2 year old. Each tier was a perfect mix of sweet and savory and served with two pots of tea per person. They have over 100 flavors of tea and even offer bubble tea so choosing just two was difficult. The staff was so nice and helpful. It made for the perfect afternoon. The menu: Savories: *Potage aux Legumes *Caprese Arrows *Pistachio/Cherry Brie Cups *Roast Beef Tea Sandwiches with Horseradish Mustard Scones: Traditional English scones served with clotted cream and fresh lemon curd, or handmade jam from Sticky Spoons Sweets: *Cherry/Chocolate Shortbread *Budino al Cioccolato con Vino Rosso (chocolate pudding with red wine) *Chocolate Raspberry Petit Fours

Jessica S.

The food was good here for afternoon tea but I think they were a bit understaffed. 2 people at the front is not going to run this place. Also, if you are understaffed, people will be a lot less annoyed if you let them know. The customers were irritated and the staff seemed irritated in return. Not great. They were perfectly friendly to me though. This is the first time I have ever had afternoon tea and 45 minutes or so into it, I still did not have any tea. It took about half an hour or so just to get the cup of salad. When the food came out, I asked them when the tea was coming. Not much of an afternoon tea with no tea. I had also already let them know that I did not want to pick out my own tea cup, just bring one. When the tea was eventually brought out, I still had no cup and it was never brought by the server at all. I had to ask someone walking out of the kitchen to get me a cup. The scone was really good but I would prefer something like raspberry jam to jelly. The tea tiramisu was way too sweet, but the food was good otherwise. Overall, just an ok experience. Cute little place. Not sure if I will try again another time.

I love this place! It is someplace you can sit have great food, hot tea (or coffee), and a conversation with out having to yell to be heard. Even when packed it is relaxing. The cottage pie is soooo delicious! As is the sausage roll, chicken salad sandwich, scotch egg and so many other items. The staff are always helpful and professional. Book an afternoon tea with friends and have an experience to remember. With so many teas to choose from you can always try a new one. Book an event upstairs in their event center and you can't go wrong There are many places in the area you could go to sit and visit with friends but none are as peacefull. Or the acoustics are such you cant hear your friends.

Chelsi B.

My husband has finally entered the world of tea so I introduced him to Apothica Tea. When we entered we were greeted and asked if we had bought loose leaf tea from them before, which we hadn't although my friend had. They explained that they have around one hundred teas, showed us the pamphlet that was their tea compendium (list of teas). We also were shown their smellable samples of tea so we could get a sense of them. My husband and I decided to get the "Tower of London" tea (#19, $3.33 an ounce), "Raspberry Rose" (#45, $3.74 an ounce), and "Respect your Elders" (#46, $4.06 an ounce). We got an ounce of each for around $11 and each ounce makes about 7-10 cups. The steeping time a water temperature required is on each individual package, which is helpful for my forgetful brain. I have yet to sit down and do an official tea at Apothica, but I am hoping in the near future to be able to add on to my review with that added experience. The shop is steampunk themed, but made it elegant in a "let's get a spot of tea" type of way. I am forever grateful I learned about this shop and will continue to be a patron.

Madison C.

I'm not a big tea drinker unless it's bubble tea. Milk with black tea base, tapioca pearls and crystals with strawberries flavoring was really good