Best Spots for Afternoon Tea in Vancouver
Afternoon Tea--tea with a light repast of sandwiches, pastries, scones and sweets--has been enjoying a renaissance in Vancouver over the last several years. Modeled on the classic European afternoon teas, the Top Spots for Afternoon Tea in Vancouver add their own unique, regional flavour to this age-old tradition, making the experience elegant and hip at the same time.
The best spots for Afternoon Tea in Vancouver vary in setting and price, but they all share one thing in common: delicious tea and gourmet goodies for two or more people. Share Afternoon Tea with friends and family, or make it part of your special occasion celebrations; it's a great choice for birthdays, special events and Mother's Day!
There are two options for Afternoon Tea at The Urban Tea Merchant: their Signature Tea Service ($48 per person) and their Traditional Tea Set ($38 per person). Here, everything is opulent: the tea menu is incredibly long and diverse, with tea choices from all over the world, the macarons are flown in from Paris, the sandwiches have their crusts cut off. For true tea lovers, this is place to go.More »
Arguably the most elegant Afternoon Tea in Vancouver, Afternoon Tea at the Castle is a tradition at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and a real treat for traditional "high tea" aficionados and Anglophiles. The tea service includes exclusively-blended Fairmont teas, petit sandwiches, pastries, house-made scones and fresh strawberries with Devonshire cream. It's wonderful, but it's also one of the more expensive Vancouver teas, at $49 per person.
Afternoon Tea at the Castle also has a special pedigree when it comes to tea services: The most famous tea service in B.C. is the Afternoon Tea at their sister hotel in Victoria, the Fairmont Empress Hotel.More »
Truffles Cafe has a more modest interior than the other spots on this list, but its location is top-notch: it's located inside the Visitor's Centre at the VanDusen Botanical Garden, one of the most beautiful gardens in B.C.! Enjoy tea overlooking VanDusen's Livingstone Lake with a tea service that includes sandwiches and panini, sweet and savory scones (plus honey farmed from VanDusen's own bees), coconut macaroons, shortbread cookies, French macarons and petit-fours. Afternoon Tea is $35 for two people; $60 for four people. Don't miss the VanDusen private-label black tea, which was specially blended for the Garden in honour of the visit of HRH Duchess of Cornwall in 2010--it's fantastic!More »
One of the hottest spots for Afternoon Tea in Vancouver is the Adonia Tea House in Kerrisdale. Patterned on traditional English teas, visitors can choose either the full Afternoon Tea for $27 per person (which comes with finger sandwiches, scones, and fresh-baked pastries) or the Mini Afternoon Tea for $17 per person.More »
Located in Yaletown in a Queen Anne Victorian heritage home,Patisserie Für Elise is a tea salon that will appeal to ladies (and gentlemen) who like their tea service ultra-feminine and dainty. Afternoon Tea here is $30 per person and includes savories and sweets plus their housemade confiture and BC local berry honey.More »
The best spots for Afternoon Tea in Vancouver vary in setting and price, but they all share one thing in common: delicious tea and gourmet goodies for two or more people. Share Afternoon Tea with friends and family, or make it part of your special occasion celebrations; it's a great choice for birthdays, special events and Mother's Day!
1. Afternoon Tea at The Urban Tea Merchant
There are two options for Afternoon Tea at The Urban Tea Merchant: their Signature Tea Service ($48 per person) and their Traditional Tea Set ($38 per person). Here, everything is opulent: the tea menu is incredibly long and diverse, with tea choices from all over the world, the macarons are flown in from Paris, the sandwiches have their crusts cut off. For true tea lovers, this is place to go.More »
2. Afternoon Tea at the Castle at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver
Arguably the most elegant Afternoon Tea in Vancouver, Afternoon Tea at the Castle is a tradition at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver and a real treat for traditional "high tea" aficionados and Anglophiles. The tea service includes exclusively-blended Fairmont teas, petit sandwiches, pastries, house-made scones and fresh strawberries with Devonshire cream. It's wonderful, but it's also one of the more expensive Vancouver teas, at $49 per person.
Afternoon Tea at the Castle also has a special pedigree when it comes to tea services: The most famous tea service in B.C. is the Afternoon Tea at their sister hotel in Victoria, the Fairmont Empress Hotel.More »
3. Afternoon Tea at Truffles Cafe at VanDusen Botanical Garden
Truffles Cafe has a more modest interior than the other spots on this list, but its location is top-notch: it's located inside the Visitor's Centre at the VanDusen Botanical Garden, one of the most beautiful gardens in B.C.! Enjoy tea overlooking VanDusen's Livingstone Lake with a tea service that includes sandwiches and panini, sweet and savory scones (plus honey farmed from VanDusen's own bees), coconut macaroons, shortbread cookies, French macarons and petit-fours. Afternoon Tea is $35 for two people; $60 for four people. Don't miss the VanDusen private-label black tea, which was specially blended for the Garden in honour of the visit of HRH Duchess of Cornwall in 2010--it's fantastic!More »
4. Adonia Tea House
One of the hottest spots for Afternoon Tea in Vancouver is the Adonia Tea House in Kerrisdale. Patterned on traditional English teas, visitors can choose either the full Afternoon Tea for $27 per person (which comes with finger sandwiches, scones, and fresh-baked pastries) or the Mini Afternoon Tea for $17 per person.More »
5. Patisserie Für Elise
Located in Yaletown in a Queen Anne Victorian heritage home,Patisserie Für Elise is a tea salon that will appeal to ladies (and gentlemen) who like their tea service ultra-feminine and dainty. Afternoon Tea here is $30 per person and includes savories and sweets plus their housemade confiture and BC local berry honey.More »