Best Restaurants for Afternoon Tea in Mount Eden

Had a lovely time here. Place was interesting with Christmas decor. Service was impeccable and attentive. Entrance was inconspicuous and looked like a normal townhouse if you weren’t particularly looking for the place. Recently learned it’s attached to The Inn at Irving Place with rooms on the second floor. They have a coat check. Seating is a bit tight but comfy if you are seated at the two-seater small sofa instead of the other tables (more for groups from what I’ve seen). Had the afternoon tea service and chose the tea pairings (each paired with each course). I would recommend if you want to try other tea flavors you’re not sure about or not tried. Was never a fan of Earl Grey but this place changed my mind, enough so that I ended up purchasing a canister of it for my personal use. Might return again one day.

Empire Steakhouse, Times Square completely met expectations! The food (we had for starters, bacon and a shrimp cocktail. Entree was the Porterhouse for 2 (rare time where the picture we saw online prior to going to a restaurant totally matched what we were served, and it was spectacular!, plus Empire Home Fries, which are to die for. Ended with coffee and possibly the best Tartufo we have ever had. The chocolate shell was not overly hard which made it very easy to eat and the ice-cream was very creamy.) Service was excellnet (Lor was our waiter.) Yes, it's an expensive restaurant, but we knew that going in. One of the exceptions where we walked away from an expensive restaurant saying we would return - it was that good!

Fabulous experience. Just lovely and festive for the holidays. Great service, did not rush us in any way. Food was delicious and very very filling. Tea was wonderful. We really enjoyed the experience, highly, highly recommend.

Awesome atmosphere, great food, and the staff was fantastic. Special shout out to Khalid during tea service and Lauren at the bar who made one of the best ever holiday specialty drinks, the “Holiday Spirt”. The doorman was especially helpful while hailing a cab and assisting with our holiday shopping bags.

Wonderful service. Wonderful atmosphere. Wonderful Anniversary celebration.