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    Shakespeare's Corner Shoppe

    4.3 (54 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 7:00 pm

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    Kristina M.

    Short - Bring Quarters for parking, some patience, this is a good place for novice tea drinkers or first teas for young (over 3yrs) children, great spot for imported goods, great view. I will only return for the shoppe. Long - love this English shoppe! I have been hooked on the English Baking Challenge, and this Shoppe has the ingredients I would need to bake song side the show. However, it also has some of the dishes prepped and ready to go, so I could have just taken them home... which is so on my list to do. There is also a wonderful selection of English chocolates, that you can't find anywhere else in San Diego (no, not even Major Market or World Market). Theses two reasons alone are why you should stop in. My two friends and I went for tea, alwys make reservations!!!!. I learned a lot about my friends OCD that day, and perhaps some of my own. The tea service has six lovely tables set up outside, this is something to consider. I think I would not book an afternoon tea for July-October, it would be sweltering hot. Perhaps the earliest seating would be ok. There is one server for all six tables, and she gets bussssssy. Upon arrival you are welcomed with the tea menu, and the sniffing bar. I love this touch. You can look at and smell all the selections with the menu in hand. They have a huge selection, a great variety. This really made the selection of tea much easier for me. Well done!! Be sure to try the in-house blended teas, they are great!! When seated, they offer a cup of the featured tea, which is featured to go with the menu of the month. I love the creativity of the menu. They don't remain stagnant (as some other tea shops do), having the same menu month after month. Then they brew your selected tea. I had the James Bond, which I highly recommend. It's sooo good! I was dinning with two gluten free friends. Our server was very cognizant of making sure there was no cross contamination. She pointed out all of the dishes on the tower. I enjoyed my food. My friends who had the gluten free, they didn't. I tasted everything they had. As a person who looovvvves food, I can say this. My tea was better, with one exception - the quiche. The gluten free option was better. It was an odd combo to say the least. I really appreciated the thought and effort that the chef put into the GF menu, trying to keep it as close to the standard menu as possible. My friends say it missed the mark in execution, they described it as ho-hum, dry, tasteless at best. They even said that the entire top tear of the bit was in edible. They tried and did their best. But, asked for lunch on their way to the car. And... there was mold on one of the strawberries. Which we found near the end of the service. I loved on the toasty, the lime/lemon mouse, the lemon curd, the Jameson chocolate pie, all very good. I was surprised at the soup. The flavor was good - spot on perfect, like the one we had in Ireland. What I was surprised on was the portion size. At other tea houses the soup has traditionally been a small cup service, this was about 2 tablespoons of soup. As it goes to service, there was one waitstaff for all tea tables. She didn't have opportunity to check back to see if we liked our tea, to pour more tea in our cups or any of the softer touches one may expect of afternoon tea. When she stopped by, she was very lovely, but, she was very busy. I suspect she was also doing work in the kitchen too. I think they need more staff. My OCD friend writhed at the mismatched tea cups and tea pots. I smiled and told her they were charming. If you need your tea pot and tea cup to match, this is not the tea house for you. This is a more relaxed chill San Diego does English Tea vibe, tea house. See Coral Tea Room if you need to be all matchy-matchy to enjoy your tea, or come here for a charming English Tea with a great rotating menu. Serious reductions for lack of service and moldy fruit. The two stars remain for the English Shoppe where I know I will return to again and again.

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    This shop is amazing! We bought their sticky toffee pudding (that was made in house) and it was out of this world

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    This place is awesome. The owner was extremely helpful. The service was impeccable. And the food was absolutely amazing.

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    When we were walking in there were two women on the deck having afternoon tea, ugh I so wanted to partake!

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