Garden Tea Rooms

Henbury · Bristol, UK

Berwick Lodge is a family-owned Victorian manor hotel set in 18 acres of gardens and woodland on the outskirts of Bristol. Afternoon tea is served year-round in the wood-panelled lounge, restaurant or on the terrace, with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free versions and a weekday cream tea.

Downtown · Edmonton, Alberta

Weekend afternoon tea at Edmonton's 1915 chateau-style Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, with finger sandwiches made from local ingredients, house pastries and ethically sourced loose-leaf teas. The Harvest Room service is temporarily paused; the Royal Queen Bee Afternoon Tea is offered in the hotel's private gardens and opens with a guided look at the rooftop bee hives, whose honey features on the menu.

Virginia Hunt Country · Middleburg

Afternoon tea at the Five-Star Salamander Middleburg resort, held on select Saturday afternoons at Harrimans with sweeping views of the Virginia countryside. The service features organic teas, refined tea sandwiches, and artful petit fours paired with a glass of Laurent-Perrier champagne, at $95 per adult and $45 per child. Reservations are made through OpenTable.

New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island

PEI Preserve Company serves afternoon tea daily from 1:00 to 4:00 PM through the summer season (until September 19 in 2026) in its tea room overlooking the River Clyde in New Glasgow. Each guest receives a three-tiered tray of tea sandwiches, buttery biscuits and sweets with the company's signature preserves and a pot of tea, with a separate children's menu. Reservations are taken online via Toast.

Newport

The Preservation Society of Newport County offers afternoon tea in the Chinese Tea House on the grounds of Marble House, perched above the historic Cliff Walk. The prix fixe menu includes a welcome beverage, a tea tower of savories and sweets with tea, and a choice of entree, served on select dates from April through December with seatings from 10:00 AM to a 3:15 PM last seating. The experience is exclusive to Preservation Society members and Newport Mansions tour ticket holders, and reservations are required via Resy.

Belgravia · London, UK

The family-owned Goring has served afternoon tea for more than a century. It is taken daily in The Veranda overlooking the hotel garden, and on Saturdays in The Dining Room as well, with freshly baked cakes, warm scones and gourmet finger sandwiches paired with optional Bollinger Champagne. The current 'Timeless Style' menu is inspired by Queen Elizabeth II.

Marylebone · London, UK

The Landmark London serves its afternoon tea in the Winter Garden, a palm-filled restaurant at the foot of the hotel's eight-storey glass atrium. The room also serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with live piano in the evening; afternoon tea times and prices are not listed on the hotel's site.

High Street · Chipping Campden, UK

Bantam Tea Rooms has been a family-run English tea room since 1949, housed in a 1693 building at the start of the Cotswold Way in Chipping Campden. Cakes and scones are baked daily in its own bakery, with gluten-free options, a tea garden and eight bed-and-breakfast rooms upstairs.

Ardmore · Derry, UK

Beech Hill is an 18th-century country house hotel in wooded grounds on Ardmore Road, a few miles outside Derry city. The hotel serves a traditional afternoon tea in its lounge and conservatory settings and is known locally for its homemade breads and baking. Booking ahead is advised.

RHS Garden Harlow Carr · Harrogate, UK

Bettys Harlow Carr sits at the entrance to RHS Garden Harlow Carr on the edge of Harrogate, with a café tea room and shop. Bettys has announced the branch will close for a refresh from 7 September to 4 October 2026, reopening afterwards.

Llandudno, UK

Bodysgallen Hall is a 17th-century country house hotel above Llandudno serving a traditional Welsh afternoon tea in its oak-panelled hall, library and drawing room, or on the terrace in warm weather. The menu runs to finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones with clotted cream and jam, cakes, pastries and Bara Brith with a choice of freshly brewed teas. Booking is essential and vegetarian and vegan versions are available.

Downtown · Boulder

A hand-built Tajik teahouse gifted to Boulder by its sister city Dushanbe, Tajikistan, famous for its hand-carved, hand-painted ceiling and central fountain. Daily afternoon tea (3–5 PM, reserved 24 hours ahead) pairs a curated selection of fine teas with savory finger sandwiches, delicate pastries, and house-made scones with jam and clotted cream, plus dim sum teatime on select weekends.

Fifth Avenue South / Old Naples · Naples

Established in 1995, Brambles is a hidden-treasure English tea room tucked in a landscaped, flower-covered passageway just off Naples' Fifth Avenue South. Serves authentic English afternoon tea with more than 75 premium loose-leaf teas from around the world, freshly baked scones, homemade tea sandwiches, quiches, salads, and desserts, with an attached English gift shop. Reservations are by phone and should be made a week ahead in high season.

St Florence · Tenby, UK

Bramleys is a family-run, award-winning tea room in a landscaped log cabin at Grandiflora Garden Centre in St Florence, a few miles from Tenby. The menu is homemade from locally sourced ingredients: chicken and steak pies, Pembrokeshire ploughman's, quiches, fruit pies, treacle tart and scones with Italian coffee and speciality teas. It opens Tuesday to Sunday, with some bank-holiday Mondays by arrangement.

Patrick Street · Kilkenny, Leinster

Georgian dower house of Kilkenny Castle, now run by Kilkenny Civic Trust, serving Afternoon Tea in the Lady Eleanor Room on selected dates through the year from 1pm to 3pm, with views over the restored walled garden to the castle. The menu includes plain and fruit scones, finger and artisan sandwiches, fruit tarts, macarons and pastries with tea or barista coffee. A Cream Tea of scones with strawberry preserve and Chantilly cream is served every day from 11am in the Garden View Room.

Kings Heath · Birmingham, UK

Cartlands is an independent tearoom inside Kings Heath Park House, in the 35-acre park that was Birmingham's first to earn Green Flag status. It serves afternoon teas, cakes and light lunches, and hosts workshops and private hire; summer hours run 9:30 am to 5 pm daily with shorter winter hours from October to March.

Wadmalaw Island

North America's oldest tea garden, growing tea on acres of fields on Wadmalaw Island outside Charleston. Visitors can take free factory tours and ticketed trolley tours through the tea fields and greenhouse. The gift shop carries American-grown Charleston Tea Garden and American Classic teas alongside apparel, housewares, and specialty foods.

Bloomsbury · London, UK

Dalloway Terrace is the flower-filled, al fresco terrace restaurant of The Bloomsbury Hotel, named for Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. It serves afternoon tea and a children's afternoon tea in a garden-like setting, with set menus and private dining for gatherings.

Inglewood · Calgary, Alberta

Afternoon tea in the historic Deane House at Fort Calgary, served Friday to Sunday in the Garden Room or on the Verandah overlooking the grounds. An in-house pastry team hands-makes seasonal savouries, sandwiches and sweets, paired with a pot of TeaLeaves herbal, black or green tea per person. Reservations required 24 hours ahead.

East Dallas / White Rock Lake · Dallas

Seated three-course afternoon tea in the historic DeGolyer House at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden, with two seatings daily at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM. Rotating seasonal menus feature soups, finger sandwiches, scones, and sweets, and pricing includes garden admission and parking. Full prepayment is required at booking.

Downtown · Kingston, Ontario

Delightfully Different is a small independent tea room in downtown Kingston with a Victorian-style interior, tiered trays, porcelain teaware and a secret garden patio off Martello Alley. Afternoon tea brings a choice of loose-leaf tea served in a teapot you pick yourself, sandwiches and sweets, and scones baked on the premises with jam and cream; cakes are made in-house. Reservations are required for afternoon tea.

Lymebridge · Hartland, UK

Docton Mill is a gold-medal garden in North Devon whose tea room wraps around the garden terrace and Mill House, with a wood-burning stove in the granary room at either end of the season. Food is prepared in the granary kitchen; the site says it was voted Best Cream Tea in Devon and Best Tea Room in North Devon at the North Devon Food & Drink Awards, and it opens 1 April to 5 October, closed Sundays.

Cott Road · Lostwithiel, UK

The Duchy of Cornwall Nursery café sits on the Duchy estate near Lostwithiel with views towards Restormel Castle. It runs a dog-friendly walk-in café and a reservation-only Orangery, both serving breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, Cornish cream tea and Sunday roast seven days a week.

Vaucluse · Sydney, New South Wales

The tearooms in the grounds of historic Vaucluse House, serving high tea by reservation Wednesday to Sunday. Pastry chefs hand-craft each item; the Traditional High Tea includes sweet and savoury treats, fresh scones, finger sandwiches, cream and house-made preserves. The Terrace Room opens onto gardens with mature fig trees and seats private groups up to 25.

Uptown · Dallas

Hotel Crescent Court hosts its Garden Party Afternoon Tea in The Conservatory, a sunroom dining space overlooking the hotel's courtyard garden. The weekend tea service features seasonal bites and signature sips, with reservations required; the hotel also runs themed tea events such as a mahjong afternoon tea. Weekend availability varies seasonally, so check current dates before booking.

Waveland

A Mississippi Gulf Coast tea room serving afternoon tea with a Coastal flair in a relaxing atmosphere. The multi-tiered afternoon tea service pairs savory and sweet treats with quality teas from Elmwood Tea, Simpson and Vail, and Harney and Sons, alongside sweet tea and coffee.

Herron-Morton Place · Indianapolis

Herron-Morton Place restaurant offering a high tea experience Thursday through Sunday from 11 AM to 3 PM on its heated garden veranda. The three-tiered tower features globally inspired bites such as Midori meringues, pistachio chocolate cannoli, and French-style salmon tartlets, with globally sourced teas and optional champagne or tea-cocktail pairings, booked through OpenTable.

Mosman · Sydney, New South Wales

Historic sandstone barracks set in bushland at Georges Heights with views over Sydney Harbour. High tea is available Monday to Sunday from 10am until close (closing times vary seasonally) on the Harbour Terrace or in the Main Dining Room, alongside an a la carte lunch. The venue offers a large selection of Ronnefeldt teas.

Fredericksburg

Restaurant, spa, and cottage retreat set among herb gardens in Fredericksburg. Its Herb Garden Tea Service, booked through Tock, is offered Saturdays and Sundays with seatings beginning 12:30–1:30 PM and features thoughtfully prepared tea, warm scones, and a curated tray of sweet and savory treats. The restaurant serves lighter American fare with international influences.

Golden Gate Park · San Francisco

The Tea House and gift shop inside Golden Gate Park's Japanese Tea Garden, run by an independent concessionaire, serving tea within the garden grounds. The garden is open daily, with admissions and visitor information managed by the Gardens of Golden Gate Park.

Acadia National Park · Seal Harbor

Historic tea house inside Acadia National Park, serving tea and popovers on the lawn above Jordan Pond since 1893, a tradition begun by proprietor Nellie McIntire. Operates seasonally, with the restaurant opening in mid-May; most tables are held for walk-in guests, and a Popover & Prosecco Bar serves guests while they wait.

Islington · London, UK

Katsute 100 is a Japanese tea room at the Angel end of Islington High Street, furnished with antique Japanese pieces and built around the idea of 'nostalgia, history, moments in time'. It serves Japanese loose-leaf teas and matcha with homemade matcha and yuzu cakes, and takes whole-cake orders; the group runs further rooms in London and Edinburgh.

Montrose · Dandenong Ranges, Victoria

Mary Eats Cake's 'country glam' venue in leafy Montrose, near Mount Dandenong on the way to the Yarra Valley, with a main tea house, garden and private tea rooms. High tea runs Wednesday to Sunday in two-hour sessions with unlimited specialty teas and scones. Private rooms are available for groups of eight or more.

Fendalton · Christchurch, Canterbury

Riverside restaurant and pantry inside the historic Mona Vale homestead and gardens, open daily 9am to 4pm for coffee, long lunches and high tea. The High Tea brings delicate sweets and savoury bites with bottomless tea or barista coffee, booked in advance for celebrations and gatherings. Garden seating is dog-friendly and the estate also hosts weddings and private functions.

Swan Valley (Henley Brook) · Perth, Western Australia

Farmhouse tearooms in the Swan Valley 'where it's always teatime', specialising in traditional home baking. Loose-leaf teas, sweet and savoury scones, homemade cakes, Devonshire tea and petite tier stands are served Wednesday to Sunday. High tea sittings are Wednesday to Saturday at 10:30am or 2pm and must be prepaid in advance.

Sebastopol

A Sonoma County tea room housed in a lavishly restored historic Queen Anne Victorian, inspired by conservationist John Muir, with whimsical decor and a cottage garden. The menu is entirely plant-based, built on organic ingredients with fresh-baked scones and desserts, and gluten-free options are available.

Olinda · Dandenong Ranges, Victoria

Tea house and restaurant in the Dandenong Ranges serving a Signature High Tea of hot and cold savouries, Asian-influenced petit fours and Devonshire tea, paired with international black, white and green teas. Garden gazebo high teas overlook the alpaca paddock, and a Floral House private room seats up to ten. The lunch and dinner menu blends Chinese culinary techniques with local produce; closed Tuesdays.

Prestonfield · Edinburgh, UK

Prestonfield is a five-star country-house hotel set in 20 acres of gardens and parkland beneath Arthur's Seat, minutes from the Old Town. Afternoon tea of finger sandwiches, savouries, scones and home-baked cakes is served in the historic reception rooms with open fires, and in summer in the gardens. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free menus are available.

Crosstown · Morwenstow, UK

Rectory Farm Tearooms opened in 1950 in a 13th-century farmhouse at Morwenstow, with slate floors, open fires and oak beams salvaged from ships wrecked on the North Cornwall coast. Scones, cakes, quiches and soups are made in the farmhouse kitchen using the family's own beef and lamb and local produce, and the tearoom carries loose-leaf teas from Tregothnan; it operates seasonally, a ten-minute walk from the South West Coast Path.

Cambridge (Coal River Valley) · Hobart, Tasmania

Award-winning high tea in a climate-controlled orangery on a Coal River Valley wine estate, 20 minutes from Hobart, with views over the vineyards. Everything is house-made by the estate's in-house pastry chef from locally sourced ingredients and served on vintage silver and fine china. Sittings are Thursday 11:30am and Friday to Sunday at 10:30am and 2pm; bookings are essential.

Cole Harbour · Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

The Rose & Kettle Tea Room has been the heart of the Cole Harbour Heritage Farm Museum for more than 30 years, serving from a Victorian verandah between May 15 and October 15. Everything is made from scratch in small batches with local ingredients and served on vintage china: soups, sandwiches, cakes, pastries and homemade ice cream, with a traditional cream tea always available. Orders are placed at the café-style window and seating is first come, first served.

South Arlington · Arlington

A family-operated Arlington tea room serving since 1991, offering high teas, homemade desserts, and classic tea room fare in a garden-style setting. Popular for bridal and baby showers and luncheons with friends; phone reservations are recommended.

San Marino

Afternoon tea overlooking the historic rose garden at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Same-day admission to The Huntington is required, and reservations open up to three months in advance via OpenTable; vegan and gluten-free menus are available.

St Andrews, UK

Rufflets is a country-house hotel on the edge of St Andrews that serves afternoon tea daily from 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM, with same-day bookings taken until 10:00 AM. The hotel describes it as a fresh take on the ritual, reimagining dishes such as gravlax and Crowdie croissants on bespoke wooden stands. Its Rufflets Centenary Blend tea was created with the London Tea Exchange.

Newport

The Vanderbilt, an Auberge Resorts Collection hotel in a 1909 Newport mansion, hosts Sailor's Tea Hour in its garden-view Conservatory. The service runs afternoons and pairs herbal, black, and green teas with savory bites, pastries, and sweets, with optional bespoke cocktails.

Milwaukee

A Victorian mansion bed and breakfast on Milwaukee's west side serving reservation-only tea in its antique-filled parlors. High Tea ($63, three-tiered rack of sandwiches, scones, and sweets), Low Tea ($28), and Afternoon Tea ($13, pot of tea) are offered Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12 to 3 PM — in the garden May through October, weather permitting — with the etiquette-themed Mollie's Tea seating at 1 PM on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays. No walk-ins; book at least 24 hours ahead.

West Palm Beach

High tea and lunch served in a beautifully preserved 1920s Florida home a few blocks south of the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach. Tables are set with fine china, linens, and tea cozies, and the house offers traditional high tea service, a full lunch menu, premium tea retail, and private event hosting for showers and celebrations.

Kenmare, Munster

Riverside lodge outside Kenmare serving its Signature Afternoon Tea daily from 1:30pm to 3:30pm in The Sheen Lounge, by the fire or overlooking the River Sheen, with terrace seating in summer. The three-tier stand carries finger sandwiches, handmade pastries, light scones with clotted cream and miniature cakes, alongside Ronnefeldt loose-leaf teas. A junior menu and champagne or prosecco pairings are offered.

Enniskerry, Leinster

Powerscourt Hotel Resort & Spa serves afternoon tea in the Sugar Loaf Lounge, its cocktail bar and lounge on the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. The hotel publishes a seasonal Summer Garden Afternoon Tea alongside sample traditional, vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and children's menus, and sells afternoon tea gift vouchers.

Galgorm · Ballymena, UK

Galgorm Resort serves afternoon tea daily from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM in The Conservatory, a bespoke glass room overlooking the River Maine and the resort's 550 acres of parkland. Freshly brewed tea from a curated loose-leaf list accompanies seasonal savouries, freshly baked scones and miniature desserts on a rotating menu. Live entertainment runs on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Brentwood Bay, British Columbia

Afternoon tea served in the original Butchart family residence inside The Butchart Gardens. Seasonally inspired menus use local ingredients, with gluten-free, dairy-sensitive, vegetarian and vegan options available. Afternoon tea runs daily in spring and summer and continues through the autumn season to November 30; garden admission is required to dine.

St. Andrews, Manitoba

Tea room inside the restored pre-Confederation Captain Kennedy House on River Road north of Winnipeg, reopened in spring 2026 after a decade-long closure and a provincial restoration. Offers a High Tea experience, an evening Tea Till Dusk service, brunch and seasonal events on the riverside grounds.

Great River

Café set inside the library of the Manor House at Bayard Cutting Arboretum, a Long Island state park on the Connetquot River. Alongside sandwiches, quiche, soups, and desserts, it serves a Victorian Tea with finger sandwiches, scones, and fresh pots of tea. Victorian Tea reservations must be made at least 24 hours in advance; the café is open Tuesday through Sunday.

Kensington · London, UK

The Orangery, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1704 for Queen Anne's orange trees and restored as a restaurant by Historic Royal Palaces, serves afternoon tea, breakfast and lunch daily from 10am to 6pm (last entry 4.30pm) beside Kensington Palace, with a terrace overlooking the palace when the weather allows. The afternoon tea stacks a classic Victoria sponge, apricot cheesecake, dark chocolate tart and Orangery choux above traditional scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserve and a tier of sandwiches such as cucumber cream cheese, smoked ChalkStream trout bagel and coronation chicken wrap, served with a pot of the house organic blend from Hope & Glory with free refills. Vegan, halal and children's teas are offered and Historic Royal Palaces members receive 10% off.

Grantchester · Cambridge, UK

The Orchard Tea Garden has served tea beneath fruit trees planted in 1868 for well over a century and counted Rupert Brooke and Virginia Woolf among its early regulars. The site is now in the care of Cambridge Past, Present & Future, with the tea garden operated by Orchard Tea Garden Ltd; the kitchen serves 10 am to 3:30 pm daily and summer opening runs to 5 pm weekdays and 6 pm at weekends.

Los Rios Historic District · San Juan Capistrano

A historic cottage tea house in San Juan Capistrano's Los Rios district specializing in loose-leaf tea service, with indoor dining and outdoor porch seating. High tea, weekend brunch, and private events are offered, with gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan accommodations.

Toms River

Victorian tea room at the Mathis House bed and breakfast, serving a five-course afternoon tea Tuesday through Sunday by prepaid reservation ($50 per person on weekends, $20 for children 12 and under). The presentation includes a pot of tea from over 100 selections, seasonal salad, soup, a homemade scone with clotted cream and lemon curd, five kinds of tea sandwiches and a plate of homemade desserts. Outdoor garden teas run in warmer months.

Cauley Square Historic Village · Miami

Victorian-inspired tea room in the historic Cauley Square district, a 10-acre village of boutique businesses in South Miami-Dade. Serves traditional English afternoon tea and high tea with seasonal three-tiered menus, plus American breakfast and lunch dishes, and doubles as a vintage and antique curiosity shop.

Fairfield · Victoria, British Columbia

Tea house set inside the heritage Abkhazi Garden, offering seasonal menus built on regional produce with Silk Road loose leaf teas. Open daily April through September and Wednesday to Sunday from October through March, with last seating at 3:30 PM.

Richmond · London, UK

The Teahouse sits among the glasshouses of Petersham Nurseries in Richmond, serving wholesome seasonal food, homemade pasta and salads, hearty cakes and whole-leaf teas on a walk-in basis (final seating 4:30 pm; open from 11 am on bank holidays). A bookable Garden Afternoon Tea runs Thursday to Sunday and bank holidays from noon to 5 pm (final seating 3 pm), with children's, vegan, vegetarian and gluten-and-nut-free menus.

Conwy Valley · Llanrwst, UK

Tu Hwnt i'r Bont is a Grade II listed 15th-century tea room beside the Inigo Jones bridge over the River Conwy at Llanrwst, on the edge of Snowdonia. Surrounded by gardens with views over the Conwy Valley, it serves high tea, homemade cakes and preserves, light lunches, artisan pastries and Parisella's ice cream from Conwy. It is open year round with hours that vary around Christmas, and is dog-friendly with on-site parking.

Stafford

A serene vegetarian teahouse inside the Fo Guang Shan Chung Mei Buddhist Temple near Sugar Land, overlooking a Chan garden. Guests sip specialty fruit, lavender, and herbal teas alongside vegetarian noodle soups, rice dishes, and pot-stickers in a quiet, meditative setting; proceeds support the temple. Dinner banquets for groups of six or more are available with reservations.

Old Town Chinatown · Portland

Teahouse in the Tower of Cosmic Reflections inside Lan Su Chinese Garden, serving exclusively Chinese and Taiwanese teas alongside traditional Chinese comfort foods and pastries. Programming includes seasonal guided tea tastings, a Tour + Pour garden-tour-plus-tasting experience, and tea workshops. Garden admission is required; hours shown are garden hours with last entry at 5:00 PM.

Chamblee

Longtime Chamblee tea house and shop in metro Atlanta sharing "the Zen Experience of tea" with more than 150 varieties of premium full-leaf teas, herbs, pyramid tea bags, and accessories. Tea is currently served to-go, with outdoor patio and zen garden seating available. Also supplies teas to Atlanta-area restaurants and coffee shops and ships nationwide.