Shakespeare's Afternoon Tea
CALL: 619. 683. BRIT
Afternoon Tea Menu
THE MONTH OF JANUARY
$39.95 per person – Add $5 for GF or Vegan
Children $29.95 & To Go $29.95
Starter
Mushroom & Port Pie
Savouries
Roast Beef, Mixed Greens & Horseradish Cream Sandwich
Egg Salad & Chive Fingers Sandwich
Cucumber with Lavender Honey Cream Cheese Sandwich
Brussel Sprouts, Walnut & Mature English Cheddar Quiche
Rosemary thyme Chicken Salad Vol Au Vent
Mini Sausage Roll with Branston Pickle
Sweets
Raisin Scone with Double Devon Cream, Strawberry & Gooseberry Jam & Lemon Curd
Banoffee Pie
Orange Sponge with Marmalade Buttercream
Lemon & Lime Biscuit
Featured Tea: Sugar Plum Fairy - Black Tea with Blueberries, Raspberries & Cornflowers.
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY
$39.95 per person – Add $5 for GF or Vegan
Children $29.95 & To Go $29.95
Starter
Tomato Basil Soup with heart crouton
Savouries
Egg Salad with Chives
Wensleydale Cranberry Vol au Vent
Coronation Chicken Salad Finger Sandwich
Mature English Cheddar Toasty with Hearty Mustard
Roasted Red Pepper & Olive Quiche with
Sausage Roll with Branston Pickle
Sweets
Raisin Scone with Double Devon Cream,
Strawberry-Rhubarb Jam and our signature Lemon Curd.
Double chocolate sponge with white chocolate buttercream.
Jammie Dodger
Eton Mess
Featured Tea: Christmas Across A Crowded Room – Black tea is blended with pomegranates, vanilla & candied love hearts.
THE MONTH OF MARCH
Starter
Leek and Potato soup
Savouries
Roast beef with horseradish cream finger sandwich
Brie and Real Ale chutney Quiche
Roast pork and apple finger sandwich
Cucumber with radish and rosemary cream cheese
Mature Irish Cheddar & onion with Irish Soda Bread
Mini sausage roll with Branston Pickle
Sweets
Raisin Scone with imported double Devon cream, strawberry & blood orange jam & lemon curd
Lemon & Lime sponge with citrus buttercream
Wild Berry Crumble
Sherry Syllabub
Featured Tea: Kavanagh’s Irish Whisky - Black tea blended with safflower petals and flavours (organic) will transport you back to the Irish countryside.
THE MONTH OF APRIL
Starter
Chicken & Leek pie
Savouries
Mature English Cheddar toasty with Irish Whisky Mustard
Fiery egg salad finger sandwich
Coronation chicken salad vol au vent
Ham, butter lettuce & cranberry hearty mustard
Roasted red pepper & Cheshire cheese quiche
Mini sausage roll with Branston pickle
Sweets
Raisin scone with imported double Devon cream, strawberry & peach jam and lemon curd.
Cream earl grey shortbread
Berry Trifle
Strawberry sponge with white chocolate buttercream
Featured tea - Alice, A Mad Hatters Tea Party- Rooibos and black tea dance with strawberries, pomegranate and mango in a sweet, topsy-turvy fruity blend. With a cup of this “it’s always tea-time”. *Contains Soy*
Flaoune (cheese & fruity pastry)
Savouries
Egg salad with chives finger sandwich
Cucumber with herb cream cheese
Coronation Chicken finger sandwich
Caprese Quiche with balsamic drizzle
Mini Saussge roll with Bransto Pickle
Beetroot, horseradish & cream cheese vol au vent
Sweets
Raisin scone with imported double Devon cream, strawberry & hibiscus jam and lemon curd.
Cherry Bakewell
Strawberry sponge with raspberry buttercream
Rose & orange teapot shortbread
Featured Tea - Sticky Toffee Pudding - Black tea & Rooibos blended with carob & caramel pieces, blackberry leaves, sunflower & jasmine petals. To create that perfect dessert in a cup tea.
Avocado, pear and egg salad with Champagne vinaigrette
Tapenade vol au vent
Mature English Cheddar & apricot hearty mustard
Cucumber with dill cream cheese
Mini sausage roll with branston pickle
Coronation Chicken Salad finger sandwich
Sweets
Raisin scone with imported double Devon cream, berry jam and lemon curd.
Lemon & lavender Shortbread finger
Juniper berry sponge with lemonade buttercream
Port wine syllabub with blackberries
Featured Tea: James Bond - Black and Pu Ehr tea is blended with vanilla, almonds, caramel and rose petals. Shaken or stirred is the only choice you have to make.
THE MONTH OF MAY
THE MONTH OF JUNE
TO-GO
OUR TEA ROOM HOURS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Currently open 6 days a week with three sittings | 11am, 1.30pm & 4pm.
To Go Afternoon Teas Available Every Day.
Please note that we are a small tearoom and do fill up regularly, we highly recommend reservations, walk ins are taken subject to availability. We can no longer take walk ins after 3pm, Reservations only for Cream & Afternoon Teas after 3pm. Cream Teas can only be reserved on the day. We do apologize but we are unable to accommodate babies or children under the age of four on our tearoom deck.
All reservations must inform us of any changes or to cancel their reservation by 6 pm the day before otherwise we do charge for all teas booked. Groups of nine or more need to give one week notice to cancel or change numbers. We ask for your understanding on this as we are a small tearoom and hold your table for you turning other guests away.
OUR AMAZING HOMEMADE SCONES.
Its true, we have freshly baked scones daily. Prepared from scratch and baked, piping hot just for you. These delicious british delights are topped of with imported clotted cream, our signature shoppe made lemon curd & jam.
"Love the Scones" well, you can buy them fresh baked or we even have our bake at home range, “Take and Bake” options. We have over 10 different flavors of scones for you choose from and sink your taste buds into, served fresh and piping hot to you and all your friends. Please see our CATERING section for more details.
SHAKESPEARE'S LOOSE TEA
"Love Our Tea" Well It's your lucky day because all of our tearoom teas are available for purchase in our shoppe along with our “Tea Sniffing Bar". Our enthusiastic tea educated staff can help you with any questions you might have, all our tearoom guests will receive a $1 off coupon for our Shakespeare's Loose Teas. We also have everything you would need in our shoppe to make that perfect pot of tea, from teapots, silverware, tea strainers, its a tea roof fantasy at your fingertips.
AFTERNOON TEA AND CREAM TEA | TO GO:
Having a picnic, office meeting, or friends over? Then why not order our Afternoon Tea To Go? Each Afternoon Tea comes individually boxed: Pick your favourite tea and we can brew or bag for you, also Iced Tea available. Utensils, hand wipe and napkins provided if needed. Our Afternoon Tea menu is the same as our To-Go menu except for one or two items that do not travel we replace.
Afternoon Tea To-Go $29.95 per person. Cream Tea To Go $9.95 per person
LARGE GROUPS:
* Our front covered patio can accommodate up to 15 guests. $39.95 per person and our incredible tea time for large groups is two hours.
* Twelve or more, we will gladly reserve the whole deck for you and your friends.
* Please note: Depending on the size of your group a present table may not fit. We can store your wonderful gifts inside and our staff will gladly bring them out for your present opening.
* We require a deposit of $100 for groups 6-11 people and groups 12 or more $200, completely refundable on the day.
* Your final numbers for your party are required one week in advance for groups of nine and over. This will be the number you will be charged for. Any extra teas can always be boxed to take home or served, and of course deposits are completely refundable on the day.
* Please let all of your friends know unfortunately we are not able to accommodate babies or children under the age of four.
* Please note, no confetti, balloons or outside food allowed.