Best Afternoon Tea Restaurants in Colwood

Our favourite place for afternoon tea. Everything is always so fresh and nicely presented, and we really love that they have a fully vegan option. So delicious! Being a heritage building does make sound echo and can be noisy, but nothing can really be done about that, and the ambiance from the old world charm is lovely. Staff are knowledgeable and provide great service. Highly recommend!

We had afternoon tea in the dining room at Butchart Gardens on Family Day Monday and found the experience to be quite lovely. We were warmly greeted by the host who checked us in, took our coats and after a very short wait we were seated by our server at a wonderful table by a window looking out onto the garden. The room was bright, impeccably clean and had all the hushed serenity one would expect in the garden setting… I felt the music could have been a touch louder as it was barely audible and might have offered a bit of ambiance and privacy. Our server was friendly, very pleasant and she explained our tea options and guided us through the service. We opted for the « sparkling tea for two » which featured a half-bottle of BC sparkling wine, and we thought the wine added a bit of a celebratory note to our experience. The first course was a bright and light lemon trifle, and was followed by the three-tier tea sandwich and pastry tower and of course the loose-leaf tea ( the rose tea was amazing!) The tower looked elegant, and was very generously filled with fresh and delicious small bites. Some were served warm, others were chilled and all were distinctly flavoured and well balanced, perfect for pairing with the tea offerings. We found the whole experience to be absolutely wonderful and left feeling fully satiated and thoroughly satisfied.

Everything you expect from the Fairmont! The selection of tea, the service, and the quality of the culinary offerings was at its very best.