Tea Rooms in Tennessee
8 verified tea rooms and tea houses across 5 cities — from formal afternoon tea to traditional gongfu service.
8 tea rooms
Afternoon Tea at The Hermitage Hotel
$$$$Downtown · Nashville
Afternoon tea in the Grand Lobby and Veranda of Nashville's century-old Hermitage Hotel, served Friday through Sunday at 2:00 PM. Service includes a glass of bubbles, live music, and complimentary valet parking, with recipes passed down through generations. Seasonal themed teas include the Yellow Rose Tea honoring the Women's Suffrage Movement and a holiday Nutcracker Tea.
Afternoon Tea at The Tennessean Hotel
Downtown · Knoxville
A curated weekend tea service in the timeless spirit of a British high tea at The Tennessean Hotel in downtown Knoxville, with flavors inspired by Knoxville gardens and Smoky Mountain flora. Offerings include the standard Tennessean Tea Service, private tea service with champagne, and specialty holiday teas.
Blue Aster at Conrad Nashville
West End · Nashville
Themed afternoon tea experiences inside the Conrad Nashville hotel on West End Avenue. Current offerings include a Regency-inspired Bridgerton tea with Prosecco, scones with clotted cream and preserves, finger sandwiches, and patisserie, plus a Devil Wears Prada themed tea with cocktails or bubbly.
Enchanted Tea Lounge
Crosstown / Midtown · Memphis
A cozy, elegant tea lounge with a vintage feel located adjacent to the Crosstown Concourse in Midtown Memphis. The lounge serves an authentic English afternoon tea experience built on high-quality English imported teas and pastries from local Memphis bakeries, with Sunday brunch by reservation and Thursday night tea experiences.
Nashville Tea Co
Columbia
A tea room and tea merchant in Columbia, Tennessee, styled as Old World sophistication wrapped in Southern charm. Afternoon tea is served Monday through Saturday by advance reservation, with three-tier towers of house-made scones, savory bites, finger sandwiches, and sweets alongside a pot of hot tea and the signature iced Nashville Fruit Tea.
Peabody Afternoon Tea at Chez Philippe
Downtown · Memphis
Traditional English afternoon tea served in Chez Philippe at the historic Peabody Memphis hotel, Wednesday through Sunday from noon to 3:30 PM. The three-course menu features savory tea sandwiches, assorted sweets, and warm scones from the Peabody Pastry Shop, with organic teas from Rishi Tea Company.
The Homefront Tea Room
$$$Grand Junction Depot · Chattanooga
A relaxed afternoon tea experience inside the historic Grand Junction Depot at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, blending a 1940s American home front aesthetic with Southern charm. The rotating seasonal menu of savory items, fresh-baked scones, and desserts is prepared in-house, and guests can add a narrated vintage train ride aboard the Missionary Ridge Local. Operates seasonally with limited dates.
The Kraken's Cup
North Knoxville · Knoxville
East Tennessee's award-winning, full-service, English-style tearoom and restaurant, seating up to 64 guests across two dining areas. The menu spans white, green, oolong, black, dark, and herbal teas alongside afternoon tea service, children's tea, sandwiches, small plates, and desserts, with the last afternoon tea seating at 4 PM daily.