Rose Tree Cottage
828 East California Boulevard
Pasadena, CA
626-793-3337
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Hours
Tue - Sun: 1:00pm, 2:30pm, 4:00pm
#38
of 294in CA
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Overview
Tea is served at a table with a view of English roses and California palms through a lace curtained window. Surrounded by lovely items from Britain - with the sound of clinking bone china cups and saucers - fragrance of hot scones and fresh roses - and soft tone of English music from a bygone era - close your eyes and you are in another time and place!
Tea is served at a table with a view of English roses and California palms through a lace curtained window. Surrounded by lovely items from Britain - with the sound of clinking bone china cups and saucers - fragrance of hot scones and fresh roses - and soft tone of English music from a bygone era - close your eyes and you are in another time and place!
We serve a traditional English style Full Afternoon Tea featuring a selection of finger sandwiches (including the favourite - Cucumber), freshly baked scones with lashings of Devon cream and our own delicious preserve. To complete the treat there's a selection of sweets, including the famous Rose Tree Cottage shortbread. During tea we serve you all the English Village Tea you can drink. All is served on fine Royal Doulton Bone China.
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Food: This tea room used to be great. It wust have changed owners because it is not the same and the staff is rude. |
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- Joan 11/09/08 |
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Food: I is so dirty and crowded with clutter. I had a party here when I was 10 and loved it, it went way downhill. They are so ruse and disrespectful too! |
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- Ashley 11/08/08 |
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Food:  Picture this… Pasadena, California. A charming Little cottage. Inside a cramped room full of Aga stoves, men clothing, soaps, books and dusty dishes. No open windows, no air, frightfully stuffy. Being greeted by an extremely rude woman simply because you are late exactly 5 minutes. A small confined table in the corner of a backroom. Dusty and dirty glass shelves. One kind of tea, no choice here. No teapot on the table, constantly have to beg the rude server who acts as if she is pouring liquid gold into your cup. Stale bread, with thin spreads of tasteless ingredients, not enough even with afternoon tea standards. Petite sweets that were so so. I must admit the scones are very good. Now here comes the shocker!! After being presented with a hefty check, we were soon asked to leav... (more) |
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- Lilac Spencer 08/20/08 |
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Food:  The host wore tails and everyone was dressed in traditional uniform. The food was great, but there is a pre-set menu. A lovely, but expensive experience. |
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- stephanie 06/24/08 |
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Food: My step mom and I went to The rose tree cottage last summer. The tea was always hot and the food was mouth wattering. I espssialy like their scones. The service was spectacular and the people working there where friendly. I was told by the gentle man serving our tea that Julie Andrews had been there along with the qween of England. after eating me and my step mom looked around for Beatrix Potter stuff. I found a Petter rabbit charm that I liked and bought it along with some other books. The gentle man that was serving us also gave me a book about England. My experence at the Rose Tree Cottage was highly injoyable! I loved the cozey inviorment and highly incourage you to go there! |
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- Hannah Keller 06/08/08 |
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Food: I have been visiting The Rose Tree cottage for more years now than I care to acknowledge. The experience has always been a lovely one, even on the days there was no rain. It is a spot to take ones time and truly enjoy the pleasure of an afternoon tea. Time to make another reservation! |
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- Mrs. Kerr 05/13/08 |
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Food: I've been taking tea at Rose Tree since 1984. The food is the BEST. Scones are the BEST I've ever had. Very much like home made food. |
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- Sheri Winter 04/15/08 |
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Food: disgusting...bad service... |
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- cathy 03/13/08 |
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Food: I would have loved to try afternoon tea at Rose Tree Cottage, especially because I'd read it was one of the top 7 afternoon teas in Los Angeles. I called on Sunday, February 16th, to make a reservation for a party of 11 on Sunday, March 16th. I spoke to a woman and I was told that a group of that size would be considered a 'party' and that I would have to speak to Mary and that she wouldn't be in until Wednesday. I was mystified why someone would be able to make reservations for 2 people, but not for 11, but I thanked her and hung up. I called back today and spoke to a man who told me that reservations are made a month in advance and I said I called Sunday, which was a month in advance, and was told to call back today. He told me that I would need to speak to Mary, but that she would not b... (more) |
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- gillian 02/21/08 |
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Food: Very English, cozy, and a great respite from the Southern California glitz and bustle. My family loves to spend a few happy hours drinking tea, munching finger sandwiches and chatting, The owners Mary and Edmund Fry are masters of hospitality: all graciousness and good manners, very polished. I enjoy the idiosyncrasies of the place -- the tiny parking lot, the crowded store, the variety of customers, all with different expectations and varying levels of sophistication, and of course, the genuine British cream tea spread, in all it's glory and splendor... |
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- Stephanie Anne Freeman 02/03/08 |
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Food: Where would tea in SoCal be without Rose Tree Cottage, the granddaddy of southland tea rooms to the best of my knowledge. I have not visited here as often as I'd like, but when I have, everything has been top-notch from the superb food to the friendly service. And last time I went there was a warm beef savory so outstanding still has me licking my lips. I wish I could remember what the heck it was! Al well, guess I'll just have to go back and find out. As far as I'm concerned, the Rose Tree offers a wonderful tea experience and is well worth the price |
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- tshact 01/12/08 |
