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| - This was my 2nd time here and sadly, my 1st visit was way better. You cannot argue with a patio-perfect setting overlooking a wetland and listening to birds. So 4 stars for the ambiance.
It is mostly a tea house with an extensive tea list. But they have an impressive and healthy food list. Most plates are $14. They can accommodate vegan, gluten free, and macrobiotic diets which is cool. I like the macrobiotic plate. At $14 it's a lot of food like red quinoa, carrot slaw, kale salad with peanut dressing, salad greens with the house hibiscus vinaigrette, etc. But they also have a chicken/turkey salad so meat eaters will be happy. Most of the greens are grown on the property so it's completely organic, fresh, and local! Beautiful presentation on the plate. 4 stars for the food
My complaint about this place (and thus the downgrade to 3 stars) is the service. Because they pool their tips, you may have 3 different servers approach your table. They may ask you the same questions which is annoying. There isn't much communication among the servers. We placed our order and waited 25 minutes for our tea to arrive. Meanwhile, all tables around us had received their tea. So I flagged down one of the servers and magically our tea appeared. When it arrived I told the server I wanted them to hold off on bringing out our food because I cannot eat and drink at the same time (true statement). Not 5 minutes after we got our tea our food arrived. She said, "Sorry, I tried to tell the kitchen but they went ahead and made your food and they didn't want it to sit in the kitchen." What? I was officially ticked off.
Reservations are a MUST. They have 2 seatings...11:30am and 1:30pm. Plan on a 90 minute experience with the wait times and awkward service.
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