A Corner of England Tea Room

CORNER OF ENGLAND
I am the Tea Lady, I did not remove my post, apparently if there is too many bad responses to this tea house they call and cry to someone at Adiago Tea Company. I know for a fact, I used to work there in the kitchen. The kitchen is made up of just a Convention Oven, There is no standard oven. The Pasties, do come frozen from Sarasota, Fl, and other items. The chick salad is not even home made. They buy it from Publix, and place it on your plate, all the cookies and even the Chocolate and Lemon Cake are store bought from Publix. I hate they have to lie to all of you. Since Thelma sold this business 2 yrs ago to her niece Danielle, she has been very nasty and rude the customers. I went recently with a group of ladies this past OCT and was told that we were going to orde... (more)r from the menu, she told us all, 'We were getting High Tea and this is what your getting and thats that!' how rude to paying customers the high tea was 24.95 pp, and we all wanted to pay for lunch at about 12.00 pp. I think that this place soon has to close, the prices are too expensive to give nothing and with an attitude of this woman Danielle and her mother Julia, which is Thelmas sister and tries to make it a big deal. Thelma has financial problems along with her husband who is not a citizen of this country and who is muslim and is a radical for stating things against jews on here. We were a group of jewish ladies and he said somthing awful to us a few years back, I thought we give it another try since we heard that this was changed by new ownership. TO my surprise this did not change the kitchen is still a small one, they can only heat up food, they can not bake, nor fry anything the kitche is not equipt for a real tea house unlike the others we have gone too. If you want a great tea house refrain from this one and go to Cottage Cafe of Largo ot Sweet Sage Tea House in Redington Beach, where they will cook you to order a decent meal and a handsome sized portions. Sorry Danielle, If you lie too many times to customers no one will be back, do not lie behind our backs and say that your Food is made by your hands in scratch, cause it is not. We are not stupid. I have been the Tea Lady for more than the years you were ever born. I work for this wonderful honest company and due to your shamefulness you remove posts. If you remove this post it will be reposted again on Face book to let everyone know how awful you are and your tea house is just as bad as the attitude you have.

They have all the makings for a great place but there are a few things that make this place fall short. When you walk in it's unnervingly quite, like walking into a library, the service is HORRIBLE, the servers wear ripped jeans and disheveled street clothes and the food is average, not amazing or even special. THE WHOLE POINT OF GOING TO A PLACE LIKE THIS IS THE EXPERICE. You pay for the EXPERINCE, the ambience, which they defiantly fall short on. We were the only ones in the place and it took FOREVER to even get a glass of water, I had to ask and even after I asked the server walked around setting the tables...for people who were not there. Hope they figure it out because this place has potential. Not impressed and will not go back.

Brought my mom here around the holidays after purchasing a Groupon. What a find! We were so pleased with the atmosphere, service, food and tea. The christmas blend tea was delicious and the strawberry chilled soup and cheese quiche were both devine. We're looking forward to a return visit very soon.

This is by far one of my favorite places to go in St. Petersburg! Danielle is so friendly and accommodating, and the food and tea is wonderful. Highly recommend the strawberry gazpacho, the cheese quiche, and the Earl Grey tea! My 9-year-old daughter and I are frequent visitors for their 'Mommy and Me' tea!

Wow, I've been reading the reviews on here & thought I should post one of my own. I have been to this tea room on several occasions, birthdays for friends & just an afternoon tea. This is one of the best tea rooms ever!! I've tried different things on the menu, have had the high tea & also the sandwichs. All are fantastic!! & the scones are out of this world delicious!! Everyone that works there has always been extremely nice & helpful. This is a great tea room! :-)

I have enjoyed this tea room so much that I recommended it to friends as a wedding venue last year. The event was beautiful and charming, especially due to Danielle's creative touches, delicious food, and eagerness to fulfill the dreams of the bride and groom. It is with pleasure that I recommend A Corner of England to anyone wishing to have a lovely tea (or special event) experience.
Lynn Ellyn Robinson, Director
The Tea Guild