Tom Leary

Review of Brambles Tearoom

Incredibly quaint with an excellent menu. The only...

Incredibly quaint with an excellent menu. The only real English 'High Tea' experience I've had was at The Ritz in London in 1998, so it's been a while, but the experience stuck with me. Thus is an incredibly close experience. The sandwich plates are great for a lunch, for too much food for an afternoon tea time. But the egg salad sandwich and the honey turkey sandwich were both excellent. The side salads were great. They also came with what seemed to be Ruffles chips. I could have done without them, but my 10 year old was happy. The sale dressing is unique, almost a creamy Italian with a more subtle flavor, and was perfect for the fresh side salad.

The table is set with a full place setting, including dessert fork and bread knife.

Their tea menu includes abput 30 teas, all of which are available to purchase in the connected gift area. I had the Buccaneer, which was strong on chocolate flavors, and walked out with sachets of that and the peach brandy tea.

This just felt like a quaint, English B&B with all kinds of affordable meal options. Our waitress was excellent, coming as needed and giving us a lot of space to just sit and sip.

I can't wait to bring the rest of the family back.