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    Tipple + Rose Tea Parlor

    2.6 (129 reviews)
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    Closed 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Scones and charcuterie plate
    Mia K.

    I like this place because it's special in its own way. The tea selection is outstanding, and choosing your tea based on the aroma is both smart and fun. I feel like I need to steep the tea longer than the recommended time, but otherwise the tea and all the food items are divine. I do find it odd serving tea on metal trays because it detracts from the sophistication of the place. And I agree with other reviewers that the rules are a bit frustrating, and the vibe is less warm because of that control and surveillance. So, actually I've been here several times and I will come back, because like I said, it's a special place and I know what I'm in for. As for the prices, they are reasonable because of the quality, and the gift shop prices are not exaggeratedly overpriced.

    Mehaa S.

    Walked by here on a weekend and decided to check it out, was a super cute experience. It's like a health food/apothecary/high tea house combined in one. Place is rather large for a princeton store and has a lot of interesting trinkets to browse as well as pastries and teas. Just decided to get a honey rose pistachio scone and it was pretty good! They even heated it up for my walk. Can't speak to the quality of high tea and management but I would come back and try the other scones, there was a rather large selection and a decent amount of vegan/vegetarian food options

    Sue A.

    Hidden gem, such a fun experience. Food was amazing and service was awesome. Ate off vegan menu and everything was so good. Beautiful decor and store was very cute. Will definitely be back, thank you for my lovely birthday tea!

    Mrs Hughes tea
    Rachel T.

    2.5 stars. I've been here a few times w/ varying experiences. This place is an odd duck. Make reservations in advance online (don't bother calling, you'll be redirected) for a pre-fixe afternoon tea, but you're FORBIDDEN from ordering off the daily menu. I'll only be reviewing the daily menu walk-in experience. You walk into a store full of journals, candles, & self-care items before eventually hitting the back wall counter w/ 140+ teas to choose from. You MUST choose a tea before being seated. You can remove the lids of each container to sniff the tea leaves or refer to a stack of tea menus w/ long lists of alphanumeric codes to indicate flavor profile categories. My first time here, overwhelmed w/ the excel sheet printout, I asked for a recommendation & was told they can't recommend ANYTHING in case a customer doesn't like it. *bombastic side eye* You write your tea code (mine was "J" today) on a post it note & give it to the hostess who will at last seat you. There's a cottage in the back-- a casual fare café area, possibly leading to someone's bedroom up the stairs. It's a bright area, though it's hard to flag down a waitress. The main area is dark & elegant. My first time, we were seated in the store because a picture on my phone of my vaccine card wasnt sufficient to get seated elsewhere (this was probably early 2022). The "Elevenses" menu section is where you'll find the meal "kits" of tea, a scone, desserts, & some variation of savory food. The curry chicken salad sandwich is great but no WAY should half a sandwich sit comfortably in the palm (just the palm, no fingers!) of my hand. Unfortunately, that's only offered as part of the Lady Sharma tea & not as a larger sandwich you can order. There are absolutely NO substitutions or changes to be had. Don't ask for something removed, & even if they've just opened, there may not be some options available from the menu. This is especially true of the "meal kits". YOU choose something like your sandwich, but the HOUSE chooses nearly everything else: soup to be served in a teacup, the mini baby barely the size of your palm (no fingers!!) quiche, macaron, & truffle. If I'm paying, can't I choose what I'm eating? Did i mention absolutely NO SHARING? God forbid you'd want to share & enjoy a meal w/ a loved one. I hope you memorized your answers to the multiple choice question earlier (yes, the tea wall again) because you'll recite it to the waitress so you can actually get your order. Maybe this could be resolved by... ordering after being seated? You get a cute steep timer; 3 min for green tea, 5 for black. But if you order a meal kit, you'll get the tea pot & a saucer to put your tea bag on when the steeping is done. No teacup for you! You'll have to wait for your food to come out because it's all plated together. & yes, all the china will be charmingly mismatched. The real failing is how quick you need to be on asking for cream & sugar to avoid sitting w/ cooling tea & no way to reasonably enjoy it. Turns out the sugar was in the corner a la Sugar in the Raw packet-- info I was given 1.5 hrs after we arrived. Cream comes in a Dixie cup & is charged per person. I wish I was making this up. Want this quality of service? Play kitchen w/ a 10 year old. The scones ARE good. For a few years I was annoyed at their puny size & large price tag. Now you get a 4.5" long triangle for $4.25 w/ interesting flavors. Btw, google "scone recipe" to make a lot more similar quality scones for a lot less! A fabulous lesson I learned after my first visit here. An additional lesson is that clotted cream is $8 at Shoprite, but you'll only get a dollop here for $2.25. I'd rather have the price folded into the pre-fixe than learn it on my own from the menu. Speaking of homemade, I hope you chose your jam wisely! Otherwise you've just paid $2 for a jam jar you can get at any NJ diner for free. Sandwiches are $9-$19 & are basic ingredients on a cough*Shoprite*cough croissant. They're tasty, but I want to be WOWed at tea. Chefs, you've been chopped. Scone chef, you stay. Macarons don't taste homemade, could be from Costco. Chocolate truffles are downright horrendous & should be burned. Soon after the food arrives, so does your bill w/ 18% gratuity, even for a party of 2. You pay upfront in the store & the card reader predictably opens to.... ah, yes. A tip screen. Overall i don't know if i like this place or not. Some servers are great! Some hosts act like they'd rather drink lava than talk to you. Organizational tweaks would do wonders here. Remove rigid menu options. Let people be seated, then browse tea & scones at their leisure! (You can hear them hurrying me along while I look in the video.) Simplify your escape room-level tea menus. Trash the truffles! Reconsider if you want your guests to enter a café strewn w/ irrelevant knickknacks to buy as if they've just stumbled off a rollercoaster into the gift shop.

    Brie with apples on croissant
    Terri C.

    There seems to be 2 Yelp pages for this businesses so I will leave my review on both. Lovely tea house in Princeton! My daughters are tea connoisseurs and love everything about tea houses. It's not just about the tea. They love everything about tea houses- the ambience, the vibe, the scones, the clotted cream, and of course the tea. Tipple and Rose meets all of these expectations. The tea here is high quality and fragrant and no wonder, because they steep a generous amount of leaves for each pot! The leaves are steeped using a mesh-like bag for a specified amount of time using a timer, depending on your tea. Once the time is up, you remove the bag so that you can re-use later. They will refill your pot with hot water to re-steep the tea. My tea stayed fragrant even after the third steep. The food is delicious. I ordered the "Mrs Patmore". It's a set that includes a pot of tea, a sandwich, a scone, clotted cream, a macaron and a chocolate. The scone is really good. It's moist and buttery with great flavor. I opted for an apple scone but there are many flavors to choose from. Usually scones get dry and hard the next day but we purchased one for home and after reheating in the oven for a few minutes, it retained its moisture and was as delicious as when we had it in the restaurant. There is a cute shop in the front when you enter. It's a lot bigger than I had expected. They sell a large variety of items. We purchased a few canisters of cookies, which are really good. The canisters are decorative and make for good gifts. They do ask to see vaccine cards (or an image) to sit in the main dining room. If you do not have your vaccine card, you can be seated in The Cottage Room, which isn't significantly different, so fret not.

    Vegan cheese plate
    Angela Q.

    Tipple and Rose is a charming, and intentional place for a meal and delicious tea in downtown Princeton. The decor and ambiance are lovely for visiting with friends, family and colleagues. Their vegan options are creative and delicious! I've also come in to purchase unique gifts in their shop. I'm looking forward to hosting an event there in the future as it would be a lovely venue for a shower, baptism, retirement party.

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    Sarah L.

    This is still one of my favorite places to visit when I'm in Princeton. I like how there are Princeton students who study here because it's peaceful. They do also have afternoon tea so it's nice to see people gather for that, as well. I like to come here when I want to decompress over a cup of tea and a scone. It's nice that they let you smell the tea first so you can get a whiff of what you'll be drinking. They have a variety of choices so it helps narrow down to what you want to drink.

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