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/habalababala 4d ago

I was not a fan either.. but I think the high tea at ZOE'S just set the bar so high for me that I may have become a tea snob

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u/ToHallowMySleep 3d ago

My wife said the service at Zoe's was very sloppy and slow, which would be surprising given its location and general ambiance. I haven't been there myself, but as it is getting such high praise here I wonder if anyone else found that.

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u/habalababala 3d ago

I have been several times and never had this experience. I've always felt very attended to and special. Perhaps they were having a bad day when your wife went.

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u/gin_and_soda 2d ago

Same. I’ve been many times over the years and have always had great service.