Tea & Sympathy

"All the commonplaces of British working-class cooking are present in this small cafe decorated with teapots, posters of the late Queen, and other knickknacks. The tea service alone is worth experiencing, with finger sandwiches, scones, and ornate porcelain teapots to put you in the mood, but the cottage pie, pasties, fish and chips, roast chicken Sunday dinner, and breakfast pastries are also worth contemplating." - Robert Sietsema

"British restaurant offering afternoon tea with finger sandwiches, freshly baked cakes, and scones served with jam and clotted cream." - 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,

"Tea & Sympathy offers Sunday roasts with options including chicken, beef, lamb, or vegetables." - Kathleen Squires

"In 1990, two days before Christmas, Perry held her first afternoon tea at Tea & Sympathy (108 Greenwich Ave.; tea service from $40): a two-tiered platter of finger sandwiches, scones with jam and clotted cream, vanilla sponge cake, and hot black tea served in the daintiest of cups. Today, the popular West Village tea shop can take on the atmosphere of a pub, and Perry has had to institute some house rules, which she’s printed on the menu. No. 5: 'Be pleasant to the waitresses.'" - David Kortava

"Tea & Sympathy serves vegetarian sandwiches, including a cucumber sandwich on white bread with white cream cheese, perfect for a light tea meal." - Robert Sietsema