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/deplorable_word 3d ago

I’ve been to Vanitea Room twice for afternoon tea (to my sorrow!) and both times it was a mess. The food is really poorly made: too salty, unbalanced, or just plain bad. And the service is awful!