A few weeks ago, I had the ingenious idea of having a tea party with a bunch of 3 year old girls. After looking around at a few places, I contacted Teavolve and they agreed to accommodate us. After several exchanges with the very helpful Event Planner, Nicole, a menu was decided and, after several surveys with the moms, a day and time was cemented.
L and I arrived a bit early so we waited in the front where there are a couple couches. The employees didn’t say anything about L’s sudden burst of exuberance, especially when the first two girls arrived. Sadly I can’t say the same about some of the patrons, who were not impressed.
After most of our party arrived, we sat at the table they reserved for us in a little alcove. Several people came to help take care of us and get things moving quickly, which was appreciated. We ordered a pot of kiwi-strawberry tea for the girls and each mama ordered a pot to accompany our very own afternoon tea party. The teas arrived with scones with clotted cream and jam, which was a mixed bag with the kids, but a big hit with the moms.
Then the sandwiches arrived – each girl got 4 finger sandwiches: 1 pb&j on raisin bread, a cucumber with meint cream cheese on white, turkey on wheat, and hummus. These also didn’t go over well with most of the kids. Some of them ate one or two sandwiches, some ate none, and a couple (like mine) ate their own sandwiches as well as leftovers from everyone else’s plates. The adults had: cucumber with mint cream cheese on country white, roasted chicken salad with almonds on farmhouse wheat, sliced smoked turkey with scallion cream cheese, and goat cheese & watercress on cinnamon raisin bread with Pecans. The latter was especially delicious! However, the fillings were sparse for each sandwich, which I know is typical of Afternoon Tea, but for $19.95 they could have been a bit more hearty since I was treating it as lunch and I was hungry!
Finally each girl got a cupcake of their choice – vanilla or chocolate. Only two girls were smart enough to get the chocolate, the rest had vanilla. How is it that my daughter can be a vanilla girl?? Did I not gestate her on a healthy diet of chocolate cupcakes from Baltimore Cupcake Company?
Each mom got a dessert trio – a caramel tart, a chocolate coffee sort of tart, and a strawberry tart. the first was a little too sweet but the last was divine!!
As far as kid friendliness goes, our actual server was really relaxed and comfortable with us, but some of the other employees definitely seemed a bit nervous. After the cupcakes the girls had gone a bit wild, and I felt bad for the people sitting there on their laptops but it was a really fun event I hope to do again. I would probably skip the mom’s tea since it was a bit pricey, but the kids’ tea I thought was SUPER reasonable. I would definitely take my kids to lunch there one day.
Kid Friendliness: 3/5
Service: 4/5
Prices: 3/5
Taste: 4/5
Oh fun!!! What a cute idea. AND, I love the blog - very helpful!
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