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| - I had my first experience of High Tea at the Windsor Arms for a belated Mother's Day celebration. The place is really nicely decorated with lots of fancy hats to choose from ($5 donation to charity), and the food was great. However, the space was really crammed. It was very hard to back out of your table because there were so many tables set up around you. Also, we were a little put off by the waiter. He first asked us if we had any groupons or vouchers when we sat down. We didn't so we politely said no. Then my sister came to the table and he asked her the same question. Now, we're wondering why they keep asking us if we have groupons? can't we come to enjoy high tea without it? and we now feel a little stupid for paying full price when obviously they were selling discounted High Tea. I'm wondering if they had intended to provide poorer service to the Groupon/Voucher clients?
Now about the fun hats! There were lots to choose from! From gigantic furry white floppy ones, to the little Morrocan style you see monkeys wear. Another bizarre thing the waiter did: the hats had a very large sign actually on the hat stand itself that said $5 donation to take pictures with the hats. No problem. So we put the hats on and took some pictures, and the waiter came over to us and said "that's $5". Yes, we read the sign buddy, and we are planning on making the donation - thanks for unneccessarily pointing that out. This wasn't some kind of street vendor stand - we have a running bill at table (where we are wearing the hats), and it's only $5, it's not anything to worry about. Anyway, we ignored him and continued on with our tea, and the $5 appeared on our bill - exactly how we expected. So what's with asking us on the spot? The service certainly could have been a tad classier to match the tea and decor!
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