Brooklyn High Low - Original Location
Tea house · Prospect Heights ·
Inventive tea service with scones, sandwiches, and unique decor
Inventive tea service with scones, sandwiches, and unique decor
"Brooklyn High Low is more like a dotty British grandma’s drawing room than anything else. At this tiny Prospect Heights place, you sit on a divan and sip precisely brewed tea out of mismatched china cups. The savory stuff here is good, and you might even find yourself recreating the cheddar and Branston pickle sandwich at home. There are warm scones and homey, delicious desserts, and a few different tiers to choose from for different budgets." - carina finn koeppicus, kenny yang, will hartman, molly fitzpatrick
"A new cafe on Wyckoff Avenue in Bushwick just opened called High Low Beverage Company. They’re currently serving things like a BEC banh mi, pandan coconut pastries, beer, and coffee for takeout. You can pre-order online on Wednesdays from noon to 7pm, but High Low is only offering pick-up from Thursday to Sunday from 9am to 7pm." - hannah albertine
"Offers three tea experiences with scones and sandwiches, available in Brooklyn's Prospect Heights and Park Slope neighborhoods." - Elizabeth Rhodes Elizabeth Rhodes Elizabeth Rhodes is a special projects editor at Travel + Leisure, covering everything from luxury hotels to theme parks to must-pack travel products. Originally from South Carolina,
"You’ll need to make reservations at this tiny, eclectic tea parlor well in advance, but it’s worth it. Brooklyn High Low is hands-down the best afternoon tea in New York. You’ll feel like you’ve been transported to a dotty British grandma’s drawing room as you sit on a divan and sip perfectly-brewed, exciting tea out of mismatched china cups. The savory bites here are exceptional, and we actually often recreate the cheddar and Branston pickle sandwich at home. You’ll also enjoy warm scones and homey, delicious desserts." - Carina Finn
"In Prospect Heights, I found Brooklyn High Low to be a gorgeously funky counterpoint to tradition: owner Honey Moon Udarbe—raised by hippie parents in Northern California and also the operator of a nearby vintage shop who cleans out the estates of the wealthy—repurposes broken teacups into chandeliers and otherwise detonates the afternoon-tea paradigm. The menu (tea service from $48) includes wildly inventive savory options such as pastrami with Dijon on rye and guava with blue cheese on gluten-free bread, and twenty-nine tea varieties, including one infused with whole butterfly-pea flowers that turn the liquid a psychedelic indigo. Service is informal—when I asked about scones, the server said, “I like to just use my fork and kind of dip in different things”—and the staff sometimes hear creaks or items falling, which Udarbe attributes to a happy old ghost who maybe came in with one of the tea sets." - David Kortava
