Patisserie Für Elise

I love dropping by here every so often to pick up some macarons when I’m in the area. The interior of this tea salon is incredibly well kept and beautiful, they are undeniably one of my favorite places to visit when I want to just sit and enjoy the atmosphere.
I went their for their high tea service last week with my friends to celebrate my friend’s and my birthday. The food was quite elegantly placed and every so often it looks like they change the starter, which I think is fairly unique to serve in general as I have not experienced this at other hightea services. Their tea selection is very limiting unfortunately.
I was a bit disappointed to find that one teacup and spoon were not properly cleaned, but the hostess were quick to switch them upon request.

It’s cute, got this Japanese doll house vibe. Service was personal, with a good selection of miniature delights. We had a good girlie time there and soaked up all the pink glitters. But it’s Not cheap $ 30 per person, I had an illusion that it’s $ 30 for two. Oops! It was fun.

This place is uniquely located within one of the heritage houses. The inside is beautiful, with a fairy tale-​like décor. When you head in, it could be quite confusing as there are two floors — tables for high tea are located upstairs. Within the high tea area, there is a semi private place that is great for birthday/​tea parties. I’d say this is the perfect place to bring your fascinators and enjoy some tea (with your pinky up of course!).
Their price is reasonable for what you get ($ 30 for a set including tea). This is less expensive than other high tea places, such as at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. I thought their food/​tea tastes like other high tea places — nothing particularly unique. They also don’t have a lot of tea to choose from.
I’d say, this place is great for its ambience, i.e. if you want to immerse yourself in a fairy-​tale like tea party setting. I would consider coming back to throw a tea party in the future!

I stopped by for an assortment of macarons. It’s a cute and clean establishment. The staff was nice and helpful. What can I say? If you like French macarons served slightly chilled and fresh, this is a good place to visit. I’ll post an excellent pic or 2 to assist as a visual aid.

It was really good when they first opened… I feel the quality changed significantly and the price went up… It is still a wonderful place to have tea but do not expect too much!

Cute little tea place. Been back twice and their pastries are full of surprises. I would have to say it makes you feel girly when you are in here. From décor to food to service, everything is excellent!

Lovely atmosphere but I am the only one here?! The tea is great the croissant sandwich you could hear crunch across the room! Perfect! It’s a shame this place isn’t packed

I went to this place with my friend for her birthday this week, we wanted to try somewhere new instead of our usual afternoon tea options.
Pros:
The décor in this place was amazing! It’s in one of the heritage homes in yale town and was so cute with all of the pink curtains and cushioned chairs, also have very cute and unique tea cups and it’s fun to compare them. The waitresses wear adorable outfits and the overall ambiance is very fun and girly.
The tea selection I chose was very good, it was the crème brûlée rooibos, it was slightly sweet and very flavorful.
The food was hit or miss for me. From what I had, my favorite savory thing was the croissant sandwiches with prosciutto, brie, and basil (although I wish they used a tad less basil as it overpowered some of the other flavors). As for desserts the chocolate mousse and lemon tart were my favorites but I also liked the macaroons.
Cons:
We made a reservation at 1pm which is when the place opens, however we when we arrived there were a few other people waiting outside for it to open. Once they let us in it was a tad hectic and we weren’t exactly where we were supposed to sit or who was supposed to seat us, we figured it out and were eventually seated. After that it was obvious that they were still prepping the afternoon tea and we were not given our tea until about 1:40. It seemed as if they were running late on prep and didn’t want to start until everything was ready. The high tea itself came a while after that. Overall the service was ok but not great — they rarely (if at all) came around to see if we were doing ok or needed anything else.
The tea selection was mediocre — very few types of black tea (my personal favorite), a few green teas, and some other types. There was one small page with all the tea types, definitely one of the smaller selections I’ve seen.
Some of the food was bland or seemingly just a filler on the plate, they had a few things that just did not do anything for me. They also did not offer any devonshire cream with the scone the give you (a staple at high tea and one of my personal favorites), the scone is also very small and mine was burnt at the bottom.
Overall:
I think this place would be wonderful for an event like a baby shower or a bridal party tea, the décor adds so much to the place and it would be fun to have an event where lots of pictures can be taken. It also has small rooms with 4 – 5, 4 person tables so renting out a room seems plausible. For a causal tea with friends or family I would go somewhere else — the selection is minimal and the food is good but not great, there are many comparably priced places in the city with better food and tea selection.
Wouldn’t be my top choice for afternoon tea, but definitely an OK option.

A must visit if you are in Vancity and you are into cutesy things. The place reminds me of the Hello Kitty Café in Seoul. Everything is adorable! & the price is decent. The service is great, food was good.

I have read all of the reviews that other Unilocalers have left for Patisserie Fur Elise and am quite disappointed by their low ratings… especially when they are complaining about the décor and the fact that there is too much pink, or their hate for the cute floral outfits! I think it’s a great touch for such a cute little hidden gem in a fantastic old heritage home. I felt very elegant during my Sunday afternoon tea in this classy room, and I couldn’t help but admire the décor and furnishings, from the chairs and tables, to the cutlery and unique teacups… even the bathroom was fancy — after all the tea I had I used it a couple times!
We had our menus which explains what mini food items would be on your 3-​tiered-​cake stand, and the choices of tea for the $ 30. I was a little disappointed in the selection of teas (especially after visiting another tea salon on the west side of Vancouver which had pages and pages of tea choices) and was even more disappointed when the server told us we can only choose 1! The tea was served to us in cute white tea pots, each of us had a unique, antique tea cup and a sand timer which told us when our tea was ready!
The food was good, I never finished all of the desserts but they looked really good (at the end they packed it up in an adorable pink box). The macaron was just ok and the panacotta was delicious! We sat right by the window, and had the entire room to ourselves… it definitely would have been better if there were actually more people in the room (the other room seemed full)! We made reservations, but clearly didn’t need to.
Next time I will probably get more girls out so we can fill up the entire room! It’s definitely a unique experience, everyone should try an afternoon tea at least once in their lives!

Not sure how can you enjoy the garden view, the dessert is fine.
Tea bag maybe old they still use it. There is no rich flavor that I am dream about it.
Tight area and don’t like the setting of «tea ambient» Not big fan for this «old pinky» style… honesty, i feel nauseated

Btw, $$$$…

A hidden gem within a Heritage home, which makes it a double whammy in awesomeness and Narnia discovery-​doll house effect. It is a very stunning tea salon. The interior is very modern yet elegant. We weren’t aware that they only served high tea upstairs and my rating wasn’t affected by that tidbit. I feel bad for rating it this way.
The take-​out pastries were disappointing. I passed on the macarons and went for the orange Panna Cotta. I rarely find it in bakeries and it is basically foolproof. It is supposed to be loosey-​goosey yoghurt crossed with some gelatine that melts in your mouth. It’s slightly looser than caramel flan. Anyway I ended up with a product stored in a lovely glass jar. Opening the jar, the product has crushed vanilla bean in it and there were two pieces of canned mandarin oranges. Fair. The consistency was… thin yoghurt… like one of the Foremost yoghurt cups that are on sale when you buy in groups of twelve in Superstore. The mixture wasn’t set. For $ 6 I was massively disappointed. I think I paid $ 2 for the jar and $ 3 for rent, and got a subpar dessert. I didn’t even wait to eat it. I went into McDonald’s to grab a spoon. At home, I refrigerated it for five hours and it finally set! I liked the overall Panna Cotta (standard Vanilla, a little too sweet, nothing to swoon about) but more mandarin oranges, please?
My friend had also bought an oh-​so-​sexy dessert. The black forest lava cake for $ 5.5. Lava cakes are also known as «molten chocolate» cakes. Lava cakes can be refrigerated before serving. When she dug into it, it was a giant truffle brownie with a dried cherry on top. There was no «molten» chocolate. It was a solid, brandy laced, dark chocolate ganache centre. I wish they didn’t call it a lava cake. It could be that the lava cake was an old product that had been refrigerated for too long, a proof that they do not make all of their desserts or explicit false advertising (really hoping that this isn’t true).
Either way, a repeat visit is unlikely. I really liked the interior and the service but the pastries broke me.

The place is very cute and dainty. Each person picks their own tea and you get your own set, each person gets different teapot and cup set. The menu is already set, so no need to take a long time to decide. Crème brûlée is awesomeness, very soft and just the right amount. When you pay for the bill the gratuity and tax is already calculated for you, I find the price reasonable and great for a group event.

I love the concept with the floral fairytale dress and the doll house kinda of look.
I love the décor and the fact everything is very clean and coordinated.
The fact they are selling goodies for to go is a good call too.
The service was fine.
But I found the sweets pretty, very, incredibly small compared to other High The place…
That’s why I am doing rating Fur Elise with a 4 stars review.
So it was a ”One Time” for me but things seem going well for them.
I am living around and I as I know they are open for a while.
The location is very convenient (Hamilton Stand Robson St) as it’s next to the Rosie’s hotel.
And it’s also close to the firehouse (whoop! whoop!) on Hamilton St ;) …

I found this place by doing an accidental Unilocal search for high tea.
What this place has going for them which is appreciated for the working class like myself is that they’re open until 8 pm. High tea after a hard day at work is much appreciated.
I came here for my B-​day as part of my B-​day gift. The price is really reasonable for high tea at $ 30 for a 2 hour sitting.
I can’t believe that I missed this place before, what an awesome hidden gem within walking distance from Granville skytrain.
It’s hard to miss when passing by even though this is hidden away inside a beautiful heritage home.
The inside looks like a brightly lit French Hotel.
The bottom store has pastries that you can buy to take home and the upper area does high tea only.
I didn’t have a reservation and just went in on a whim, however, they were awesome about seating me.
My only minor complaint is that for the $ 30 high tea, they didn’t have a lot of pastries at all, very slim compared to other high tea places.
My tea was served, however, I was never offered any sugar or milk.
It was almost as if my attendance wasn’t as important and that they were doing me a favor instead of being appreciative that I am another customer. It wasn’t horrible, however, I do a lot of high tea and this service was just not as good as it’s supposed to be.

This was my first time going to a high tea place with my girlfriend and I must say, this place was incredibly adorable and the servers were dressed in very cute dresses! As a first timer, I was intrigued by the setting and the available tea choices! The desserts were fantastic and the tea was great!

It located right in the heart of downtown Vancouver — Hamilton Street and renovated from heritage house. This is a fabulous tea shop and décor is so unique.
When we walked in, we found all the set up in Victoria Style and pretty tasteful. The staffs are wearing floral maids outfit, so lovely.
We were first customer on Thursday afternoon, we walked around on the ground floor before we went upstairs. The staffs were friendly and cheerful.
For the afternoon tea, this is not my flavour. They only have 10 kinds of tea to select and 1 set of afternoon tea to serve. The tea pot and cup quite elegant, table and chair graceful too.
Down to the food, all the savouries were pretty standard and simple, it’s not like British/​French saviouries. Most disappointing thing was they microwaved the scone and made it warm but hard.
Savouries — Prosciutto, brie and fresh basil sandwich, Cucumber dill finger sandwich, Smoked salmon brioche, Bocconcini and Havarti skewer and Scone
Sweets — Orange Dulcey daisy tartlet, Mini green tea chocolate ganache with red beans, Mini Für Elise
Lemon cheesecake, and Macaroon
It’s super tiny piece, either too sweet or tasteless dessert. Too disappointing…
This is the first time and last time. Sad…

I came here for my best friend’s birthday. a group of us girls had high tea here today and I really wanted to love this place. I would probably come back because it’s a 5 minute walk from my place but I’d much rather have high tea elsewhere.
Décor/​ambiance: really cute and girly. I didn’t think the outfits were really necessary though. 4.
Food: the panna cotta was delicious! Scones were freshly baked and I loved the jam that went with it. The croissant and prosciutto sandwich was a little salty for my liking. Desserts were a little too sweet but the macaroons were really lovely. I’d give them a 4.
Teas: maybe it was just the ones we chose but while the tea selection sounded wonderful, they really weren’t fun to drink. I had the sweetheart, and it was okay. The birthday girl had something rose. — can’t remember the name — and it tasted like bland black tea. We had to ask several times for cream and sugar, and had to waive down servers for more hot water. You would think these would be a given, being a tea house and all. 3.
Service: if my star rating was based on service alone, I’d give them a 1. They never came around frequently enough for us to enjoy our teas without interruption. We went without hot water for some time before trying to get their attention for a while then having to call them over out loud. Many of our teas went cold. At one point, the servers rolled their eyes at each other — rude! And while the birthday girl was opening her gifts, they started bringing everyone their bills and clearing the plates. I’m sorry, but I wasn’t quite done with my desserts and neither were some of my friends. We decided to leave at this point. 1.
Everyone agreed it was tasty, but no one thought it would be worth coming here again especially because there are so many other places we could turn to. Disappointing.

Shoot… who says guys can’t enjoy a good ol cup of tea with your Homies?!
I recently came here for a friends birthday. At first i thought the invitation was only for the ladies but i was told to come as well, and that i wouldn’t be the only dude… so i agreed.
I walk in and i immediately felt i was transformed into a place Hello Kitty would chill at. The bottom floor had a little store where they sell all of the specialty pastries., and the top is where the afternoon tea is served. Oh and did i mention the servers are all dressed in Victorian style uniforms… nice touch… yup… i don’t belong here… :/​
It even took a while for me to pic a damn tea but i finally settled for the one with coffee beans in it… i forgot the name but it was the closest to coffee i could get. (i don’t drink tea).
The food was so dainty but pretty tasty might i add. The croissant with prosciutto and brie was my favorite! the flaky puff pastry with some kind of a mushroom spread was pretty sexy as well… The pastries looked really good… I’m a big macaroon fan so i went for that. the little strawberry fruit bar that tasted like fruit to go was surprisingly satisfying.
At this point, the ladies at our table were laughing at the three dudes trying to keep the damn strainer from falling into our tea cups… Lord help us! :/​
Overall: wonderful presentation with all the food and the tea and the hello kitty like atmosphere ;)
As you can tell, i don’t high tea a lot… but when i do, i plan for «all you can eat» right after. ;)
Pinky’s up, Bitches!!!

This is place is just the cutest! It’s located in a house and all the servers are dressed like dolls. The tea cups and tea pots are all different, which adds a lot of character. The downstairs is a grab and go and the upstairs is the seating area. It’s perfect for small groups (2 – 4 people). Even the bathroom is adorable (with hand cream and all!).
The afternoon tea service was excellent. For $ 30 you get a nice variety of savoury and sweet items. This is the first tea place I’ve been to where all the items were tasty. My favourites being the cucumber and avocado sandwich and the blueberry panacotta. The croissant sandwich, quiche and coffee éclair were delicious as well. The blueberry yogurt tea was delightful also!
This is a great place for afternoon tea. Will definitely be back. Service was super great as well!