The English Tea Room, Covington, LA

Visited: May, 2007.  Reviewed: May, 2007.
Meal: Cream tea. Type of tea: Loose leaf and teabags. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent. Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: My husband and I visit The English Tea Room every weekend. It's very relaxing and we enjoy it a lot. The staff is wonderful. Their tea is excellent and the scones are great. They also offer truffles in different flavors along with many other menu listings. The atmosphere is very calming and it makes you feel right at home when you enter. We enjoy going for our weekly visit and hate to miss it. I recommend this tea room to anyone in the area and if you're planning to visit the Covington, LA area please stop in and see them, you won't be sorry.
Would you go back? Yes, can't wait!
Reviewer: Sandra Mohon  Add your review   

Vianne's Tea Salon & Café, Mandeville, LA

Visited: March, 2008.  Meal: Lunch. Type of tea: Teabags. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent. Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: My friends and I have visited Vianne's multiple times and love it! It is a wonderful place with many different teas to choose from. The food is delicious and the service is excellent.
Would you go back? Yes, can't wait!
Reviewer: Sara 3/08  Add your review

Visited: October, 2006.  Reviewed: November, 2006.
Meal: Lunch. Type of tea: Loose leaf. Served: In a teacup.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent. Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: My husband and I took our neighbors, two ladies in their 80's there for lunch one day. We all had a wonderful time.
Would you go back? Yes, can't wait!
Reviewer: Nita  Add your review

Windsor Court Hotel, Le Salon Tea Room, New Orleans, LA

Visited: February, 2003
Meal: Afternoon tea. Type of tea: Loose leaf. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent. Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: While other tea venues in New Orleans do exist, such as the beautiful Ritz Carlton (check their website for info), Windsor Court's Le Salon seems to be the most well known and recommended and after this visit, one understands why!
Tea is served on Wedgwood Wild Strawberry china in a beautifully decorated salon overlooking the hotel's fountain courtyard. A harpist plays unobtrusively across the room, and instead of providing teapots, the tea hostess quietly circulates among the tables, refilling your cup just at the right moment. The tea menu itself is quite extensive and is worth saving. Sandwiches include curried turkey, salmon, egg salad, and cucumber. Two very sweet scones follow, one walnut, one currant. We were impressed by the quartet of toppings that accompanied the scones: real Devonshire cream (like that served at the Pump Room in Bath, England), lemon curd, raspberry jam, and a light vanilla whipped cream. Dessert is chocolate covered strawberries, lemon cake, truffles, and more. 
The tea room is located just off the French Quarter, walking distance to the Wyndham Canal Place, Canal Street, Harrah's, the Aquarium of the Americas, and the Riverfront shops. It makes a relaxing respite in the middle of the day, but don't forget to make reservations ahead of time! They have a few different seating times as well as tea services.
Reviewer: Jennifer Patrick  Add your review  

Visited: June, before 1999
Meal: Afternoon tea. Type of tea: Loose leaf. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent. Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: Windsor Court Tea Room provides several tea time options with varied menus and prices depending upon customer personal preference. For instance, you can have just tea and cakes, cookies, scones; or you may choose tea with scones, cakes, cookies, sandwiches, chocolate dipped strawberries and elegant candies; or the deluxe tea including liqueur cordials and/or a glass of sherry or other liquor. Cool drinks such as lemonade and juices are also available. Terrific tea time atmosphere with beautiful antique furniture, carpets, and art work. Live pianist, harp player, or string ensemble. Servers are extremely professional and personable. Weekend tea? Reservations recommended. They do draw a lot of customers. Great for booking bridal showers, ladies' group club meetings, etc. Valet parking in the beautiful hotel courtyard. I've been to the Windsor Court Tea Room on several occasions throughout the years and never experienced a disappointment.
Reviewer: ~k.b.  Add your review   

Glenwood Village Tea Room, Shreveport, LA

Visited: April, 2007.  Reviewed: May, 2007.
Meal: Afternoon tea. Type of tea: Loose leaf. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent.  Service: Fair.  Appearance: Good.
Comments: We enjoyed the soups and sanwiches but felt cleanliness was lacking. Our sugar bowl was disgusting with caked on food all over it. The tea was wonderful but only had two selections. Waitress dissapeared and we finally had to go ask the cashier for service and a new sugar bowl.
Would you go back? Sorry, no.
Reviewer: S MckInney  Add your review  

Visited: May, 2005.  Reviewed: July, 2005.
Meal: Lunch. Type of tea: Loose leaf. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent.  Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: It is a tradition any time my daughter and granddaughter are in town, we have tea that The Glenwood Tearoom. The owner and the staff know us and they are all exceptional in their service and the food and tea are divine. the Tearoom is also a store for antiques and of course there are many teapots and tea cups and saucers along with all types of tea. They serve hot and cold teas as well. It is a fun place to go and have lunch or just a cup of tea with friends and family. If you come to Shreveport don't miss out on going by The Glenwood Tearoom! 
Would you go back? Yes, can't wait!
Reviewer: Connie Dennis a Shreveport, LA native living in Little Rock, AR  Add your review

Visited: November, 2002
Meal: Afternoon tea. Type of tea: Loose and bagged. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent.  Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: My first visit to Glenwood Tea Room was so wonderful that I've decided to take my mother and grandmother there for full afternoon tea as a Christmas gift this year. I've already made reservations. As my friend and I entered the establishment, we were greeted as if we were old friends. We were led to our table which was covered with an old quilt and flanked by delightfully mismatched chairs. Our server was cheerful, helpful, and precise. The PG Tips black tea was perfectly brewed and just the right temperature in its precious little pink teapot. I was thrilled to find that I could purchase some to take home with me. The Victorian Soup was the best soup I've ever tasted, and the finger sandwiches were great. By the time the scones with Devonshire cream and lemon curd arrived I thought I was too stuffed to even try it, but one taste and I was hooked again. So I gobbled down almost the entire flower-shaped "cat-head" sized biscuit and actually scraped the sides of the lemon curd dish because I couldn't bear to think of letting any of it go to waste. Everything about this place is simply superb. I will be back again and again. 
Reviewer: K Rains  Add your review  

Visited: January, 2002
Meal: Afternoon tea. Type of tea: Loose and bagged. Served: In a teapot.
Tea: Excellent.  Food: Excellent.  Service: Excellent.  Appearance: Excellent.
Comments: No one should visit or live in Shreveport, Louisiana, without making at least one trip to the Glenwood Tea Room. As a resident of Shreveport, I eat lunch there at least once a week. The food is gourmet, the service is friendly and punctual, and the atmosphere is comfortable and attractive. In fact, after having lunch there, I feel as though I have made a quick trip to a tea room in England. Though iced tea, a Southern tradition, is always available, I enjoy the cream tea. In fact, I seldom drink less than two pots at one sitting. It is a place that I come to have a relaxing lunch and a place to bring visitors. 
Reviewer: Charlene handford barlow  Add your review  

Visited: September and October, 2001
Comments: In September and October of last year, I had the pleasure of dining at the Glenwood Village Tearoom in Shreveport, LA. The outside of this drugstore-turned-antique shop and tearoom is unassuming, but the inside is charming. The shop features antiques, as well as beautiful tea items, clothing, and gifts. Entering this small tearoom is like stepping back in time, with a cozy atmosphere and beautifully laid tables. I tried the 'sconewich,' a large cheese scone with the tearoom’s signature chicken chutney pecan salad. This was quite delicious, as were the homemade pickles. My older children were delighted with the roast beef sandwiches with tarragon cream cheese. On subsequent visits, we also sampled the chicken casserole served with raspberry vinaigrette salad, which was excellent. The soups and desserts are also very good. We found the servers to be cheerful and attentive, the prices competitive, and the servings generous. Although a separate children’s menu is not available, my five year old was accommodated as well. After reviewing the menu kindly sent to me by Ms. McCullar, I am ready to visit again! This tearoom is a must for the Shreveport/Bossier area. Box lunches, afternoon tea, and catering are also available. 
Reviewer: Bonnie Reynolds  Add your review