Best Restaurants for Afternoon Tea in Hastings / Sunrise

The Christmastime High Tea was a lovely experience, the service and ambience were excellent. The food was very good and deceptively filling.

The Five Sails has always been our favourite restaurant, so deciding to go there with my family for Christmas Tea was an easy decision. The restaurant staff were very friendly and went out of their way to ensure we were well attended to. The food was excellent and the service fantastic, meeting all of our expectations. We were seated promptly on arrival and were not rushed in any way. There was more delectable sweets than we could come close to finishing, so staff kindly boxed and bagged the treats that remained.

Lovely restaurant. very attentive staff. reservation and parking was seamless. Good food choices. presentation was outstanding. flavours were well blended. I loved the option of not having rice or potato but an out of the ordinary 'pearl miso' with my protein. excellent choice on our part for dinner. highly recommend the restaurant and will return as a custome to enjoy it again.

The holiday high tea was wonderful. The only caveat was that we didn't know there was a time limit for how long we were able to be there. I understand the need to ensure people don't linger too long, given how popular the high tea experience is, but I would have liked to have known how much time we had. It came as a surprise when we were told that 75 minutes were all we had, and that they were up. Otherwise, an outstanding holiday experience.

Quiet on a weekday for afternoon tea which was such a treat. Friendly and helpful staff. Delicious afternoon tea!