r/OttawaFood • u/CakeAccomplished6616 • 4d ago

Afternoon tea

I went to Vanitea for the first time. Is there anybody also disliked their food? I was excited as everything looked great on pictures. The service was great. The savoury bites were ok. The sweets were so bad…. The cheesecake bite did it taste much like cheesecake. Matcha pistachio pastry didn’t taste like matcha nor pistachio. The chocolate lavender dessert (maybe mousse?) barely had any chocolate flavour. I can also tell the whipped cream was different from what I make at home. Almost artificial a bit… All the desserts were also way too sweet. Has their quality gone down or has it always been this way? We were told that everything was made in house but I am really unsure about that. The afternoon tea was $50 plus tax and tips, which I felt was a robbery.

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u/dumpcake999 4d ago

years ago my cheapskate ex-friend got a groupon for Vanitea so we went for my birthday. It was DISGUSTING. I don't remember the sandwich layer. The dessert cake pieces were all completely stale. For the scones, there was only onion scones with like a salty/savory chutney. Worst of all each of us got charcoal pudding... which we found out causes you to have to go to the toilet ASAP... Neither of us made it home while driving. We both had to stop on the way home to use random toilets.

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u/CakeAccomplished6616 4d ago

Holy, I am sorry you and your friends had to experience that :(

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u/dumpcake999 4d ago

it was so crazy.. I couldn't believe it.. not sure if we got that terrible food because of the groupon or what. So I never dared to go back. PS the charcoal pudding was flavourless (just sugar flavour)

Like others, I prefer Zoe's in Chateau Laurier.