What is there to eat in Aberdeen, MD? How about afternoon tea???? Located right on the waterfront…read moreof the Susquehanna River in Havre De Grace, MD is this little gem of a tea room. Ambiance: cute Victorian style decorations make you feel like you walked into an old fashioned doll house. Food: cute little finger sandwiches and pastries. You eat with your eyes here. Service: extremely nice servers. TL/DR: perfect place to have a tea party with your kids!

It was Mother's Day four of us arrived and Sat down and noticed it needed a good cleaning. The Tea…read moretasted like water no taste. We looked in the tea pot and saw only one tea bag was inside so we had to ask for another tea bag. Then the broccoli soup arrived it was watered down and had no taste. 30 minutes later tea sandwiches arrived along with pastries it was all stale white bread with cucumber, egg, and ham none of them had any flavor. My Granddaughter who is ten loves chocolate and sweets took a bite of the chocolate cup cake and put it back. The pastries were terrible tasteless! At that point after tasting the ham, cucumber soup and a few pastries we decided to leave. when the bill arrived it was 170.00 dollars for watered down soup extremely thin stale tasteless sandwiches and terrible pastries. Everything tasted store bought and for Mother's Day and the amount of money they charge you would expect to have at least a good cup of tea! It is after all a tea house! Did I mention that the staff had no personality and gave no experience to remember. I never do reviews but feel like I need to save someone from ruining a special occasion. This was suppose to be special for my daughter and I to celebrate Mother's Day together and my granddaughters 10th birthday. We all had a terrible experience left hungry and disappointed! After paying 170.00 !

Amazing service and ambiance. Lovely time with my mom for moms day and we plan to return oftenread more

My daughter wanted to do something special for me for Mother's Day. She booked the reservation over…read moretwo weeks in advance only to be called a few days ago that they were cancelling our reservation because they overbooked. Very disappointed in how this happened and how this business is run. Can't give zero stars on here but I definitely would. Find another restaurant that values their customers.

This was my first time here. The tea shop is pretty and the employees are nice. But I ordered the…read moreexpensive high tea and the bread on my sandwiches was stale. Plus the little cakes were stale. It was a huge disappointment.

I had a great time at tea by two! I'd never been to a tea room before so I wasn't sure what to…read moreexpect but it was amazing. The service was very good. It was quite busy when we went but they were running a very efficient operation so we barely noticed. I really enjoy Russian tea so I got the Russian Caravan tea which was delicious. It was brewed perfectly; it had almost no bitterness and an incredible amount of flavor. Everyone in my party liked their tea as well. The food was also very good. I really liked the cucumber sandwiches and thought they were well plated The cups and saucers are also very pretty and well varied. My cup was a very regal grey on white transfer print with a silver rim but there were many different options such as a polychromatic floral print with a gold rim. They have lots of additional ceramic pieces on display which are very cool. Our food came on cobalt blue cut crystal plates which I think is a timelessly elegant style. Definitely if you like tea and/or appreciate fine ceramics and glassware you gotta check this place out

Whimsical atmosphere and just darling place. The food was delicious, great variety. Our server was…read morevery nice. Great place to spend time with friends, family or your partner, not rushed, very relaxing quality time and food. Super!

Yesterday between 2:30 -5:00 I was to host a baby shower for my daughter at Mimi's Tea Cottage…read more Unfortunately Mother Nature had other plans. All last week the various weather models were all over the place. Most showed the storm hugging the coast. The storm was to move in as the sun went down and darkness set in. Sunday morning the forcast had changed. The storm moved westward. All that lived in the Philadelphia news station viewing area were to get hit earlier with more snow than expected. At 10 AM West Chester Borough declared a snow emergency. I expected to hear from the tea room. I did not. Around 11 I placed a call to the event coordinator. I expressed my concerns. She was very nice but said that I needed to speak with the owner. I placed a call to her and received an immediate attitude. I explained my concerns for not only my party but her employees leaving there after 5. I was also concerned about parking. She told me the borough always calls a snow emergency. It was fine, park in the garage. I asked if we could reschedule. She was open to that but I was expected to pay for this party in full. I had signed a contract. I stated that I was not doing that. Weather was no fault of hers or mine. We need to work together. She was silent. I suggested we split her cost of food and preparation. She drop the food off at a shelter so that it did not go to waste. I would start over and reschedule my party with her. She would not hear of this. The shelter would not take her cooked food. She would forgive the room charge and gratuity. I was expected to pay full price (40) for each meal and come pick it up. Other option was to be there at 12:30. It was 11:40. No way to contact 22 people and have them there in 50 minutes when many live an hour away. I had asked on Friday if the time could be moved up. It could not as she had over 80 reservations. Clearly she had lots of cancelations. As it stands now she has my deposit. The Borough of West Chester posted that all garages were full around 1 PM. My party was scheduled for 2:30. No garage or street parking would have been available. See attached photo. Look at the time stamps.

The Kate Pearl Tea Room on Main Street…read more 7540 Main St, Sykesville, MD 21784 Wed-Thu 11AM - 3PM, Fri-Sat 11AM - 4PM a restroom inside the building accessible for strollers and wheelchairs Free! Limited space open parking spot at the lot at the back of the main street ℹ thekatepearltearoom.com The loveliest setting to experience as royal with just girls and ladies. We're pampered like princesses and queens, with no question asked. The best 2 hours spent well! We're starting out with a list of tea selections, which is harder because all flavors sounds delicious. The lists start with store signature tea blends, continues with White Tea, Green Tea, Black Tea, Black Tea Blends, Oolongs, Mate, Herbal Infusions, Red Tea. All selections of tea are served with bottomless pots. For pastry menu, there's a lot of selections from Royal Tea, Full afternoon tea, Light afternoon tea, Kate's tea, Cream Tea, Dessert tea, Children's tea. On our visit, we got the Just Pear-fect, Autumn Blend, Black tea blend, Strawberry Kiwi that's perfect for children, and hot chocolate. For the savory bites we love the scones, turkey sandwich, quiche, cucumber sandwich, and ending it with homemade sorbet as sweet bites. Don't forget to check out the restroom while you're there, they have the sweetest decorations. #katepearltearoom #teatimeparty #sykesvillemd#preservefootprints

We came the weekend after Mother's Day and got to try their Mother's Day tea. It was really nice…read morethat they offered four types of teas, mostly fruit based and two were caffeinated and two were not. You were encouraged to switch between the flavors vs stay with the same type of tea. This was the first afternoon tea where received a fruit and cheese board, salad, chilled fruit-yogurt soup before receiving the warm, lovely scone and the three tiers of sandwiches and sweets. Many of the sandwiches had some fruit like a slice of strawberry or peach in addition to the meat for spread. The tea china and presentation were wonderful as was our waitress. I thought it was a great value for the price. There was one bathroom on the level. Parking was around the corner or we parked farther down the street.

I really like this place. I've been a few times and have been very pleased each time. The food is…read morereally yummy and I love the wall of tea selections to choose from. The wait staff has always been extremely friendly and helpful! The place is small and will only hold a limited amount of people, so be sure to go early or make a reservation. You do need a reservation if you want their afternoon tea so they can prepare in advance. It's totally worth it! I will continue to go to this cafe and will take friends and guests. It's unique to the area and consistently good.

I've been here more than a dozen times and tried many things from all parts of the menu; I've never…read morebeen disappointed. The full English breakfast, soups, and loose leaf teas are among my favorite things. The family that runs the store and cafe are lovely and friendly as well, and provide excellent service.

I visited last month for a Classic Monster Tea Halloween theme tea. The place was decorated for the…read morespooky season but a nice added touch was one of the owner's sons walking around dressed as Dracula interacting with us. Very cute idea and he was quite funny too. The server was very accommodating and made sure to come check on us multiple times. The foods that stood out to me started with the scones. They gave one traditional and one pumpkin scone per person. Yum! The 5 cheese & branston pickle sandwich was great and something different than what I've gotten at other tearooms. The sticky toffee pudding in Devonshire custard was outstanding! I will return just for that alone. It was absolutely amazing! The tea selection was just ok. My friend got the wrong tea but ended up liking the flavor, so no harm done!

A great experience to enjoy a tea, elegance, and relaxing vibe. The finger sandwiches are tasty and…read morethe sweet treats and scones are delicious. It was the perfect antidote to a cold, windy day in PA.

There were two of us, for our first pots of tea one was warm and one was actually room temperature…read more Our server brought the sugar bowl, but neglected tongs for the sugar cubes. (The table next to us did receive tongs). We were only given the small spoon for stirring the tea and had to use that for the white chili. Finally, after we finished it was 20 minutes before we could get our servers attention to get our bill. (Yes, I checked my watch). The food was fine, but overall I'm not going back because either the server was under trained or overwhelmed.

One of our most favorite cafes! Food is always scrumptious. I have discovered numerous teas over…read morethe years that have become some of my.

Came here for my birthday with my husband for high tea and it was a lovely experience! Parking is…read moretight but they were very helpful and showed us where to park. Upon arrival they greeted us with our first pot and explained that we would simply leave the warming cover off of out pot if we wanted a new tea. Overall we tried five teas: Apple molasses, creme brulee, ginger pear, back porch, snowflake All were lovely but I really liked back porch the most! We were presented with several courses including salad, scones, soup, mini sandwiches, and dessert. Everything was incredibly delicious and made easy going afternoon. From each course I really liked certain things, the menu changes so make sure you double check! I really liked that. All the tableware was beautiful and elegant. The bathroom was upstairs with the gift shop and it was very cute and I found a lot of really nice things. I also liked that they had different teas that you could purchase to take home. This was n't a perfect birthday treat and I would highly recommend it for anyone. I also noticed that they offered gluten-free items for folks that needed that and I thought that was really awesome.

The service was good, beautiful old house. The Sunday brunch is what we went there for and we all…read morewere pleasantly surprised.