TWG Tea - Vancouver, British Columbia

This tea shop / restaurant is so relaxing, beautiful and elegant that it had the same effect on us than a spa: minute by minute we felt more and more relaxed. I loved my meal, a very well cooked and seasoned fish. The tea I ordered with it was delicious ... as well. I also had their moon cake last winter; I didn't realize it would be so pricy but I'm actually glad I didn't know about the price, otherwise I wouldn't have been buying it and would have deprived myself from a succulent treat. Thumbs up for the friendly and very polite service that I experienced on both times. Read more

Spacious, elegant, excellent services The manager who served us today is absolutely fantastic, very polite and knowledge! Not only making adequate recommendations, but also being really considerate when we are ordering our afternoon tea there. The food was decent, solid quality and reasonable. We did find the seafood dish is a bit ... fishy (shrug) The tiger prawn is grilled as perfect as possible, juicy and tender, but the risotto is a bit undercook. Any spark ? Probably not the food, But the service! Applaud to the manager in suit! Read more

The restaurant is beautiful and a quaint place to have tea on a Sunday afternoon. The location was a little hard to find and parking downtown is pretty expensive. Would recommend carpooling to save money on the transportation. They told me that they had a gluten free menu but they ... were only able to offer one dish that was truly gluten free. The snack options were delicious and the combination of sweets and savoury was lovely. They had a great selection of teas and the price was fair but a little on the high side compared to other places that offer afternoon tea. Service was a little slow but the overall experience was great. The server was so accommodating in taking photos of our group. Read more

At first glance, you may think that their high tea and salon service is pricey, but it is worth every dollar! As my mom put it, when I treated my parents to a tea set for lunch, that I have ruined any other high tea for her forever. Where else ... would you get a lobster ravioli bite or a lettuce wrapped lobster and prawn roll? Every item on the tower uses one of their 800 teas as an ingredient as well. This place is a treat for sure! Read more

I was very excited to see that TWG had come to Vancouver, so I had been meaning to try the high tea here for quite some time. As expected, the interior of the shop was gorgeous and gave me severe tea-envy, seeing the hundreds of teas lining the walls! The service ... was excellent, and our server spent a lot of time explaining the menus to us. She was happy to help us with our tea selection as well, as choosing for literally over 500 types of tea was a bit overwhelming (in a good way). TWG teas are exquisite and one of my favourite tea brands. The high tea here is probably one of the most expensive in Vancouver, but the care taken by the chef to make each morsel delicate, dainty and delicious was obvious. This is also the only high tea I've had where all of the food actually used tea as an ingredient. The food morsels were perhaps a bit too dainty, however, as I found myself hungry shortly afterwards. Still, it was an enjoyable and memorable experience and I would recommend anyone who loves tea and high tea to stop by. Read more