Vintage & Historic Tea Rooms in Pennsylvania
4 verified vintage & historic tea rooms venues across 4 cities in Pennsylvania ($$$–$$$): Hickory, Lancaster, Mars, Pittsburgh. Antique china, historic houses, and rooms that have poured for decades. The charm tier of the directory — often family-run, often beloved.
4 tea rooms
Sugarplums & Teas
Lancaster
Lancaster tea room serving high tea on a three-tiered server with freshly baked scones, savories such as spinach-and-feta puff pastry and Hawaiian chicken salad, and made-from-scratch desserts. An ever-changing lunch menu, loose-leaf teas and tea accessories are also offered. Reservations are highly recommended.
The Inn on Negley
Shadyside · Pittsburgh
Luxury bed and breakfast in Pittsburgh's historic Shadyside neighborhood offering a high tea service alongside its eight antique-furnished guestrooms. Tea is booked through the inn's online reservation system or by phone. The AAA Four Diamond property also keeps a 24/7 tea and coffee bar for guests.
The Johnston House
Mars
Family-owned tea room and event venue north of Pittsburgh, begun in 1987 and serving afternoon tea since 1994. Reservation-only afternoon tea features English teas with seasonal quiches, tarts, scones and desserts made in-house. The three-story house also hosts bridal showers, baby showers and other special events.
Uniquely Yours Tea Room
$$$Hickory
Victorian tea room in the Butler House serving an authentic afternoon tea on three-tier towers — finger sandwiches, tea breads, pastries, and scones with Devonshire cream — Thursday through Saturday by reservation only. The Elegant Afternoon Tea runs $40 and the Royal-Tea service with soup and salad course $48. Vintage lace, silver, crystal and china set the scene, and guests are invited to borrow from the house hat collection.
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