Boston: Tea at The Courtyard
Location:
700 Boylston Street, Boston
My sister, niece and I went to The Boston Public Library's The Courtyard for Tea after the the Fall Fashion presentation by Roopal Patel at Neiman Marcus.
The Courtyard restaurant is set within the gorgeous Boston Library courtyard, which is one of the most beautiful places to have lunch - quiet and serene, as if transported to another era.
It was before 2pm and tea hadn't officially started (Wed-Fri from 2-4pm) but they seated us graciously and even made vegetarian accomodations for my sister who is vegetarian (and I also don't eat chicken, but my niece does). They were able to switch out the smoked salmon canapes for more cucumber/cheese ones.
Our server was really sweet.
The teas were excellent - ranging from Earl Grey (who else?), Ceylon Indian and Raspberry Herbal.
Although the sandwiches were tasty, we were surprised at the quantity, which was very little. We each perhaps got 2.5 sandwiches (that's in the quarter size that it's cut into) and 2-3 tiny pastries each.
For $22.50 per person, we were expecting a bit more. Even the scones were small. My sister who has had afternoon tea all over Boston (and Toronto) and I, who's had it all over Ontario were not satisfied with the portions.
Might have worked well for someone like my niece and her friends and their doll-size proportions of high tea.
Seems like their lunch portions are much larger, but for a high tea experience, this is probably not the best place in Boston for it.
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Reader Comments (12)
The thing that really upsets me about this post now is that I'M NOT IN BOSTON TO TRY THIS PLACE OUT!!! Good grief, I'm drooling as I write this. *wipes drool off face*
x Minty
http://mintyandpeaches.wordpress.com
omg this looks like such a fun time!
Looks like a very lovely tea time!...even if it was a bit pricy for what you got.
ah! i would love to attend high tea at this place! would you look at those little tea sandwiches ~ how cute?! lovely photos!!
xx ~ kristina
p.s. happy weekending!!
Everything looks so good !
WOW, love this. I had my own amazing afternoon tea this weekend as well.
Have a great week
xx
Gorgeous pictures and love all the china!
I always thought it'd be fun to do something like that. Actually went to a place in Hong Kong that was supposed to be THE place for high tea but they wouldn't let me in in my flipflops (it was over 90* and I thought my flip flops were fancy enough... apparently not). Which place in Boston would you recommend? It could be a fun activity with a bunch of food bloggers :)
Thanks everyone!
Elina, the Four Seasons does a mean cuppa, but I do want to try the TAJ, next, so maybe that would be a good blogger outing!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the china with the dots! it's so mid-century modern and it's totally up my alley, LOL! great photos!
Oh man, I have been wanting to do high tea in Boston for awhile now. It's just such a wonderful ritual. I'm glad to see you recommended the Four Seasons and Taj...I also read good reviews of them both online.
I truly love your compositions. What a great eye.