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| - Review for afternoon tea: It's become tradition to visit Old Mill. I've been here with mom and with the SO multiple times, and each time we leave very happy.
The architecture is gorgeous, an oasis tucked in the west end of the city. You're close to the downtown bustle but also removed. It's an ideal location, right off of Old Mill Station.
Afternoon tea is $26.95 from Monday-Thursday, and only a bit more on weekends. There are 3 finger sandwiches, 2 scones, and a selection of pastries per person, so it's not an overwhelming amount of food.The food is more comforting and less fanciful with raw ingredients or presentation than, say, the Windsor Arms. But it costs almost half the amount and the location is far more leisurely.
I found the waiter/hostess a bit brusque at first during seating, but everything went smoothly afterwards. Tea refills, collecting of foods, etc. all happened unobtrusively. We even got to take home a boxed tea set! (It's complimentary for aft tea).
Only considerations: restaurant is hard to find, their parking lot seems to be free only for hotel guests and not dining ones, and the historical nature of the building gets stuffy. Otherwise, an awesome place to be.
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