Sandy S.
Yelp
We must have gone on a bad day.
First) google maps takes you to a neighborhood. Confused I called, and the woman said they "were in the country club at Mesa Golf Course"
Second) Not being from the area we had no idea and found "Arizona golf course in Mesa" that must be it.
Third) I pulled up the map from their web site. The map image showed like a two story apartment. We drove around the golf course and found no signage, drove past the lobby, cabana homes, apartments...so I called AGAIN. We were now 17 minutes late for our reservation. I was told we needed to go into the lobby. Then we would find a sign. Ok...
We drove back to the lobby, stepped over a dead squirrel pancake on the way to the lobby door. But yes, once you get inside there was indeed a sign. Nothing outside. They apparently share a part of the restaurant in the clubhouse - which by the way the restaurant has a sign on the street.
The woman who seated us was lovely and funny.
We ordered the house tea and it came quickly, pre steeped, which is traditional if they bring the larger tea pot.
The tiered tray came next. I had to ask if they served cream for their English tea (IYKYK) and I also asked for honey. We were brought a tiny partially filled samples jar of honey - just barely enough for 4 cups and I think half and half or whole milk. (Cream does not affect my stomach, but half and half Or milk do, so I can only base it on that)
Like the rest of the valley they might be short staffed. The phone kept ringing. At some point someone yelled, "get the phone!" Um....
The house tea was not bad. It was a standard black tea. Way better than Lipton tea for sure.
The tea sandwiches were all on very soft fluffy white bread, little filling, crusts cut off. They were not bad at all. Nothing exciting either. There was a mass market mini quiche. Wasn't bad. Was not fab either.
The scones were dense and for some reason served ice cold. Like, they came out of a freezer and thawed ice cold. The clotted cream was unique. Not typical. Instead sweet like cream cheese frosting mixed with whipped cream. Neither my husband or myself are them.
The macarons seemed...packaged? They were super sugary so we didn't them all. They were smaller than the standard Macaron. One was chocolate and one was almond.
The petit four was good, strong vanilla but super sugary as well.
The brownie bite also looked packaged, it was hard. If it lets me upload the video of me knocking my fork on it, you'll see how hard,
The chocolate dipped strawberries were wonderful. The chocolate was a good chocolate with a lot of cocoa butter.
What really saved the place was the cool building and the servers. Really sweet women.
But it was way too much sugar and not enough of the savory portion.
It was an experience but not a great one. Especially for around $75 for two people for a "snack" (which is what high tea is supposed to do, hold you over for dinner) That's the tea for two, taxes and tip.
Like I said, maybe we went on a bad day.
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