Silver Tips Tea Room

We've been coming to Silver Tips Tea Room for over a decade, and it is truly our 'home away from home.' The tea menu is terrific and wonderfully varied - it includes non-tea tisanes/herbal infusions, and in the summer months tea lemonades as well - and is revised annually. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable, and will be glad to recommend specific teas according to individual tastes, so first-timers shouldn't feel overwhelmed by the range of selections. Also, it's an excellent place to stock up on loose tea - you can also order through their website. Sandwiches, wraps, salads, quiches, scones, samosas and pastries are all of high quality, and there's a daily vegetarian soup; both carnivores and non-carnivores (like us) should be able to find a number of satisfying food options. (I... (more)n the summer, there are tea ice creams as well.)
Silver Tips Tea Room is deliberately male-friendly in decor and ambience, not lace-curtainy or formal, relaxed but not funky (for that, we'd recommend going round the corner to Coffee Labs Roasters!). You're likely to see everyone from students to families with young children to retirees enjoying lunch or afternoon tea.
We're sorry to see that a previous poster appears to have had a negative experience. We can only say that over the years, we've come to consider Silver Tips Tea Room one of Tarrytown's most precious assets.

I have been to tea at so many places - particularly in the city. This place boasts that every visit is a treat. Then why was I left sick from being so upset the last time I went there? This is not the usual tea experience at all. It was not a relaxing visit. The service was worse than being served by the nastiest person at your local diner. Whether or not the staff is knowledgeable I do not know because they were only rude, argumentative and went out of their way to make us feel unwelcome. The food was even prepared and served in a way that was almost as if the person serving us wanted us to know we were not welcome. We were then asked to leave just a few minutes after closing time. We had to leave our almost full pots of tea and pack our very poor excuse for dessert - which to be honest ... (more)went in the trash as soon as I got home. I didn't even want a reminder of this horrible visit. I suppose their variety of tea is expensive but I have been to tea where there was only about 10 varieties. If the service, food and experience is horrible I don't care much about how many teas they sell. They boast 'the full 'Afternoon Tea' service' - I would hate to see where it was patterned after. And the last line 'All in all - everything you need to have a memorable Tea experience!' It was certainly memorable. For all the wrong reasons. I will never be returning here.