This was our first experience at The Cafe and I won't be clamoring to go back.
We started with sangria - a mix of red and white with delicious fruits. It was great.
The food was well-meaning and decent. There were nice blends on ingredients and it tries to be very refined and sophisticated - befitting its location. I had the afternoon tea and my friend had the soup and sandwich, which was much better than my tea. She had the peach chicken sandwich and mushroom soup - both good. My taste of her meal had me give two stars instead of one. What was wrong with my tea? There were only very basic teas to choose from, several black, one fruit, a couple decaf and a token green tea. Nothing inventive or really different. I was surprised given the complexity and flavor of the other dishes. My finger sandwiches were stale and the deserts were all dry and non-edible. Thank goodness for the delicious caramel sauce and scones or it would have been a total disappointment.
What was really awful was the service. We sat there for 15 minutes before our waitress showed up to take our order. Then we waited another 40 minutes for our food. At one point I was actually contemplating taking the bread basket the table next to us left untouched. We were famished.
I think next time I'll eat before I go to The Frick.