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    High Tea With Gerri

    3.8 (90 reviews)
    PriceyTea Rooms
    Closed 10:30 am - 3:00 pm

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    Ladies with hats.
    Jane O.

    So at the end of January 3 of us went to High Tea with Gerri. There are a few options to choose from price wise and you need to reserve ahead of time. It is in an older house and is a small tea room with what I call rather British decor: Ruffles and flowers galore, very cute. Gerri serves the tea and is friendly but not overly intrusive in the conversation when she appears. You can see from the pictures we had the small sandwiches, sweets and scones. Served with clotted cream and lemon curd and jam for the s ones Everything was very good, but no one was thrilled with the scones. I was glad they weren't super dry, but seemed a bit too moist. After trying to make scones a lot myself, it's hard to find a consistency favored by all though. It was cold outside but inside was sunny and warm. I loved the variety of art on the walls and the variety of teacups. A good time was had by all at 11:30 even though high tea is officially 5-7 pm. Oh and also, if you want to wear a hat, there are fun ones to choose from. And lastly the tea was good and refilled in your cup regularly. I would definitely recommend Gerri's and would return if I have the chance.

    Meagan H.

    The waitresses were very kind and helpful, they explained every detail with the menu. We went for Mother's Day and had the 4 course meal with a large selection of sandwiches and desserts. It was very cute, the set up was adorable.

    Tea party was great and beautiful! First time going to high tea and I was a wonderful experience!

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    Brianne T.

    Super fun experience! Did this as a Christmas gift with all the girls in my family and we had so much fun. Loved dressing up and wearing the cute hats they had there. The food was very good too and staff were excellent! Definitely recommend trying.

    I want to start off by saying I know food allergies are difficult for restaurants to accommodate and I completely understand if they are unable to do so. However, it's one thing to be unable to accomodate an allergy and another to say you can and then retract that statement after several confirmations. I inquired about whether the food allergies my child has could be accommodated prior to making a reservation and was told by Miranda that they could. For context the allergies are dairy, peanut, and egg with gluten intolerance. I proceeded to make a reservation, and a week after I made the reservation Miranda reached out again confirming whether the whole party or just 1 of us had dietary restrictions. I asked for whatever was easiest and was told by Miranda that it was no problem to prepare a different menu for just the 1 person. By all accounts Miranda was a pleasure. The issue is with Gerri the owner. Gerri reached out to me today via text, 2 days prior to my reservation, to tell me in what felt like a very condescending tone that there were too many restrictions and offered to just serve salad instead. I was floored. Not only does their website state that they can accommodate, but I received confirmation from Miranda twice that it would be no problem. After I sent her a screenshot from her website suddenly the only issue is the bread because apparently no dairy and egg free bread exists? After I replied that it does, Gerri once again gave me a condescending response and asked if I wanted to keep the reservation and she would get the quote "special bread". As if the reviews about the lack of hygiene at this place weren't bad enough now I have to trust that this ignorant woman won't give my child an allergy attack. Gerri, I can buy the "special bread" as you call it at aldi, it's not that special and not that hard to find. Also a quick google search would tell you that you were wrong and would have saved you some embarrassment. I find it hard to believe that someone who claims to serve dairy and gluten-free menus has never encountered someone who needs both. I guess the reviews about your attitude, and most of your food being prepackaged from Trader Joes are right. Update your website and learn what accommodation means.

    We had my baby shower at High Tea with Gerri yesterday and I could not recommend this business enough! The whole planning process with Miranda and the team was as smooth as can be. The service was 10/10- the girls even helped me zip up my dress while setting up they were all so sweet, kind, helpful and excited. Myself and my guests truly had the best experience here. The food was DELICIOUS! Definitely book your next event here!

    Annette B.

    This place is definitely on the pricey side but worth it for a splurge. I popped in one day to see what this place was and was blown away by the lovely collection of tea-ware and inviting interior. The woman was so kind in explaining the concept and gave me some menus to take with me. She was also dressed up in lovely tea-time attire. You do have to phone ahead to book a time--not that it's super busy but that it does take her a fair amount of time to prepare your tea-time treats in advance. I came back on a Sunday afternoon date and had a lovely time enjoying tea properly poured with all of the right accouterments and beautiful finger sandwiches, scones, and sweets alongside.

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