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| - After a couple more visits, I've decided that I am, in fact, a fan of this place. So I have accordingly upped them to 4 stars.
Some additional comments since the original post:
* The size of the tearoom is larger than it seemed to me at first (a trick of the lighting -- the room is a long rectangle with natural light concentrated in the front of the store).
* The seatings in the back of the room are more comfortable, and it's also more spacious with nicer ambiance back there.
* That they serve different styles of teas in (approximately) culturally appropriate tea wares is a nice touch.
* The little bells they give to the customers to call the wait staff are not as distracting or annoying as I thought they might be.
* I've not encountered any further heavily spiced aroma since the first time. The music is usually played at a nice, not distracting, volume level.
* Using their wifi is still not very convenient. You have to type in the password each time.
* I still think they offer too many food items -- so they are either out of some things or they'd have to serve some things in their less optimal state -- one time when I ordered pita breads, they arrived warm, fluffy and nice, another time, they arrived warm but dried.
* The people who work there are attentive and friendly. They do have a tendency to talk a lot amongst themselves -- not just chit-chatting, but about the running the business -- which can be a little distracting. (I have to admit that one of the reasons I gave them a 3 stars after the first visit was because I couldn't help overhearing them strategizing on how to find Yelp reviewers to review their shop. But after some thoughts, I think I was too harsh -- they were a new business, so they clearly have a lot on their minds.)
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