Lee Rosy’s Tea

I’ve been here two times when I was in Nottingham! I really like the feeling of this tea room.
There is a wide variety of different tea (which you can also buy)! Lots of flavours seem to be really good but the two times I’ve been there I chose ’ rooibos vanilla’ and it was really good! I certainly recommend it! They also have a variety of cakes which taste lovely!
The staff were kind of rude though and seemed uninterested. Also, the toilet was unclean and unisex which is very bad in my opinion (the unclean bit)
I would still come here again though since I really like the feeling, tea and cake!

Absolutely disgusted with Lee Rosys. What horrible service! Over-​charged on my order. I was was given a bitchy eye roll when I asked for something I should have been given in the first place. Not professional at all. Nasty, arrogant, lazy, unfriendly staff. Over-​priced. Furniture falling to pieces. Slow service. Would avoid, not worth the money. Try White Rabbit, Aubreys, The Coffe House, Alley café or Fade instead

An amazing range of teas available, along with plenty of tea paraphernalia with which to fill your cupboards at home.
The food is also very good, although it can be difficult to get a table to sit and enjoy it.
The thing that lets Lee Rosy’s down for me is the service invariably you’ll be faced with a bored hipster serving you rather than someone with a genuine passion for people but the tea’s so good you can let it slide.

A lovely place to sit and enjoy a pot of tea if you prefer quaint, cosy tea shops to the bigger chains of coffee shops in the city centre. Much more charming and satisfying giving your money to Lee Rosy’s than one of the other corporate chains.

Such a lovely place to find for a cuppa tea; great atmosphere, delicious food (especially loved the artichoke and parsnip soup I tried, and on many other occasions the generous slices of different cakes I’ve sampled!) and plenty of gorgeous drinks to choose from. If you’re at this end of Nottingham is definitely worth checking out — I promise, you wont be disappointed.

Chilled-​out tea-​drinking at its finest. This is an other great venue on Broad Street. There is a huge range of teas — leaf tea that is, not jus an assortment of bags from Tetleys. The sandwiches look great too, and the cakes are a major attraction. The décor and furnishings are shabby chic, perfectly in tune with the ambience and locale, and Rosy’s delightfully kooky staff and customers. This is somewhere to while away a few hours with a book or newspaper or surf the net on your own, or chat with friends over a steaming pot of Lady Grey.

Lee Rosy’s is a lovely authentic tea-​room that sits very comfortably in bohemian Hockley, directly across the road from the Broadway cinema and just down the road from The Screen Room.
A dark wooden floor and chunky tables add to the rustic-​but-​not-​farmhouse feel of the place, which can be just what you’re after when it’s cold outside. The downstairs area isn’t nearly as cosy, so I don’t often venture down there.
There’s a huge selection of teas available, broken down by variety in the handy menus you can browse while waiting to be served. I’ve tried a small number of the flavoured teas (I generally tend to avoid ordering English Breakfast tea in any type of food joint to save being disappointed) and they’ve all been tasty.
The one thing I’ve found a little bit hit-​and-​miss is the food — they often feature wheat-​free cakes and brownies, which is great for celiacs, but the last time a friend and I ordered the wheat-​free brownies we ended up just scraping the chocolate icing off the top and eating it because the brownie itself had a horrible aftertaste of used ashtray. The regular wheaty cakes tend to be delicious, though.
The only reason I haven’t given Lee Rosy’s five stars is because I’m a tea nazi and the I make best cup of English Breakfast I’ve tasted. For the best cup of tea outside of my kitchen, I wholeheartedly recommend Lee Rosy’s.

a nice café, with wonderful homemade style cakes

I love lee rosy’s tea shop. I remember when it first opened and there never seemed to be that many people in there, and i was worried that it wouldn’t last long, well looking at it now, i am so pleased with how well it has taken off. It is always busy, you’re lucky to get a seat sometimes. I think this place has a very dedicated customer base now. It has great cakes, a lot of which are veggie/​vegan friendly and a fantastic range of teas. Great place to go and relax with friends. It also hosts live music events.

As well as 80 types of tea, amazing cake and free wireless, Lee Rosy’s tea shop provides a treasure trove of arty farty joy. Upstairs there is a rolling exhibition of local artists, which currently features Eireann Lorsung’s ‘My England’. A collection of delicate illustrations about the US expat’s experience of living over here, the exhibition is inherently about belonging and finding a place somewhere. I immediately warmed to her because she describes England as a place where everyone offers you tea and means it. Beautiful illustrations of maps and birds and seasides are painted on layered glass; strings of Paddington-​style labels hang across the café adorned with delicate drawings of deck chairs.
Downstairs, you’ll find an exhibition of polaroids taken by Lee Rosy’s customers. There’s something delightful about polaroids; they don’t get processed by someone else, and so they can’t be retouched, deleted, refined or de-​tagged. Without wanting to sound too pretentious, they’re a raw, unaltered document of a moment in a person’s life, so much so it almost feels nosy to look at them. We’re peering through windows into these people’s experiences. My favourites are one of a pair of red silky pants (bottom included) and two hands making a heart.

Not for the people that like sophistication maybe but all the better for that! You don’t have to put with them!
Lovely teas, gorgeous cakes, fab, friendly service and well informed staff.
Go before or after a film and talk!
xx

The only reason this place gets 4 rather than 5 stars is because it needs some more food on offer! But as TEA shops go, you really do have enough to keep you in there for days, if not weeks on end. The menu is enormous, the wifi is free, and the décor is perfectly shabby-​chic.

The world needs more artsy-​cute teashops like this — though they may serve up your Lapsang Souchong/​Earl Grey/​chocolate truffle tea with a side order of irony, the selection of the nation’s favourite brew alone is enough to keep you coming back for more. The cake is gorgeous too — and you get lots for your money. Plus the staff are usually quite attractive, which is always a bonus.

When you have a few hours to kill and the shops are shut, it’s raining (which it inevitably is in Nottingham) and your feet are sore, you may well find yourself in the comfortable surroundings of Lee Rosy’s tea shop.
This quaint little place sells a fine selection of teas and some of the best cakes I’ve ever had, and I’ve had a lot of cakes. It’s so homely; it’s like being in your living room in front of the fire place with your pipe and slippers to hand.
You’ll find the arty types down here, reading Burroughs or surfing the net on the latest Macbooks. The staff are adorable, and my tip is to try one of the homemade sandwiches. You won’t want to leave.

Lee Rosy’s is a great little establishment opposite the Broadway cinema, serving teas, coffees, cake etc. It has a very relaxed feel to it and seating is available on two levels. The staff are friendly and prices are reasonable. The music is usually unobtrusive and at a level where you are actually able to have a conversation. Lee Rosy’s has an individual feel to it and is a far nicer alternative for meeting friends than any of those extremely average high street chains. It seems to be open to a reasonable time in the evenings and is tastefully furnished and decorated (not that I am a great expert on such things). No discernable faults!

Tea shops are certainly having a revival, and Lee Rosy’s is no exception. This quirky tea shop sells lots of teas and coffee and freshly made smoothies, but it’s the cakes which are the best part. My favourite is the carrot cake, for a few quid you get a massive piece which tastes divine, not too moist or dry and the icing is perfect. They also have wireless internet access, so you can browse websites while enjoying your cake. A great place to bring visitors to Nottingham.