To A Tea

I was looking for a place close to St Pauls last minute to take some friends from America for afternoon tea. We walked into this lovely tea shop in the late afternoon. I asked if we could have afternoon tea, although the we hadn’t booked, the manager was incredibly accommodating and we waited a little while and it arrived. It was delicious and incredibly reasonably priced.
The food was yummy but the service was wonderful.

I love this place. I have been twice this week. The lunch is wonderful. Meat/​fish options and then a selection of salads. The tea choices are also excellent and the cakes looked superb, although I am yet to taste!

I’ve heard this place described as a «less upscale version of Manicomio,» which is pretty accurate. The takeaway lunch is similar, as you can pick a main (there are generally 5 – 6 types of cooked meat or pasta), and add two salads to it (Manicomio you can only choose two meats or salads to put in a large box). I’ve only been twice but the selection has been fairly similar each time — I got a grilled chicken leg the first time and the miso salmon the second. The salads range from chickpeas to beets to grilled veg or couscous… plenty of options. And it’s fairly cheap too, like £5.50 for a normal main + 2 salads and slightly over £7 for one with salmon. I do think the food at Manicomio is nicer, but £5.50 is definitely a bargain for lunch in the City.

The salad is quite funky and normal price in the City. Quantity is good. around £5.5
But the hot dish quantity has less quantity and more pricy.
If u sit down, the amosphere is lively and worth the price. But if u take away, you May find the meat or seafood dishes pricy.

A suit storm in a tea shop!
I do enjoy seeing professionals conducting business over carrot cake. To a Tea is the product of an enlightened age wherein a cutesy tea shop can do a brisk business right in the heart of Fleet Street.
Rose buds tea is pure and sweet, and extremely beautiful to watch steeping in a glass teapot. £2.95 is a very fair price for the pleasure.
I had three of their many salads, and would not say they’re great, but the plate was a reasonably priced £5.50 and it is a good non-​sandwich, non-​chain sit-​down option in the area.
The cakes were popular, but I’ll have to try them next time.
Fast, friendly, and efficient service, which is just what you’d expect for the crowd.
Best of all for rogue workers, the wifi is free and unlimited – they don’t even ask you to sign into some data-​harvesting system.
They also sell all of their blends to take away and give as gifts – just the detail I need to seal the deal on To a Tea’s solid four stars!

I happened to stumble across this place on my way to work last week and will forever make sure I come back! Although I only had a take away, the place was excellent! The décor was lovely. Very quaint!
I had a cup of tea (as you do in To A Tea!) and also a blueberry muffin. Both were excellent and have won my business when I’m in the area!
Very nice!

Pity about the location: in a concrete block in out-​of-​the-​way Farringdon Street. But wow… once inside it is brilliant. Fantastic teas, coffee fist rate and staff really friendly. Good, spacious ambience. Although I didn’t eat, the lunch food looked good — Mediterranean style and salads. Worth a visit if you are in the area.

Quick glance:
+ fabulous selection of tea
+ tea in cute, translucent teapots
+ fresh salads
+ roomy and spacious
+ chocolate cake!
I have passed by To A Tea several times, thinking I must come when I fancy some tea (which isn’t very often). So when I came here for lunch with a colleague, I was pleasantly surprised by its wide selection of salads and cakes in addition to fabulous mix of teas on offer.
To A Tea has a large selection of teas available, and each order is brewed in small, translucent teapots, with matching teacup and saucer that makes one smile. The place also has a large selection of salads to choose from and is decently priced — perfect for lunch inside or take away.
Best of all, the restaurant /​tea house also serves up some amazing looking cakes, and we couldn’t resist having a slice of chocolate cake which I will definitely come back for again.
Yum!

5 stars because the tea is great. Its not Starbucks, oh and did I say how GOOD the bacon sarnies are. Try the monkey tea if you are there.

Finally made it into this tea shop — which had looked interesting from the get go but somehow did not initially ‘invite’ me in.
This is not a tiny, cosy little establishment. It’s big and high ceilinged and glassy and lightfilled but it does have sweet and humorous little pieces of art (all along the tea /​teapot theme) and large communal tables plus some very lovely big, black chairs that provide privacy and a cosy place to rest in.
Tea is very well priced, well brewed and served to your table. Even the peppermint tea was a loose leaf tea — not a tea bag in sight.
Cakes are all big and freshly baked. The Victorian sponge got top marks (both times), so did the chocolate cake. Other lovelies still awaiting my verdict include a lavender cake, lemon drizzle, carrot cake plus biscuits and brownies.
Service on both occasions has been just perfect — so what’s not to like?
Sandwiches, coffee, juices also available and there’s free wi-​fi too.

In the midst of all the snazzy coffee shops popping up, To a Tea is little a little corner of happiness. I’ve completely gone off tea recently so a pot of the good stuff is the only thing keeping me sane. And they do make a decent pot here. I’m traditional with my tea. It needs to be breakfast, with milk. I’m not one for green tea. There’s no caffeine in it for a start.
There are some really cute to shops in London, but To A Tea is pretty modern looking. Communal tables, little snug chairs, and a work bench to keep me out of the way whilst I’m bashing on my keyboard (they have free wifi). You get some good people watching by the window too.
The staff are friendly, the cakes are good. The tea starts at less than £2 a pot. I really like it here. Now Blackfriars has shut you’re unlikely to just walk past on a bit of a stroll. So clear an afternoon. Make a point of coming here (it’s five minutes from London Bridge on the train). And save me a piece of cake.