Taste Tea Salon and Gifts
1915 Pocahontas Trail
Williamsburg, VA
(757) 221-9550
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#4
of 55in VA
Hours
Tue - Sat: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Tue - Sat: 10:00am to 5:00pm
Full afternoon tea by reservation starting at 12:00
Overview
In a small shop that blooms inside and out, treasures are to be found everywhere ~ in glass-fronted display cases and armoires, on tables and pedestals.
In a small shop that blooms inside and out, treasures are to be found everywhere ~ in glass-fronted display cases and armoires, on tables and pedestals.
We have a wonderful selection of teas and related accessories, enchanting baby gifts, bath and body lines and many other wonderful gifts.
Please join us for tea and relax
in a beautiful setting where attention to detail is never overlooked.
Taste was recently named in the top 5% of tearooms by Mr. John Harney of Harney and Sons Teas.
We are featured on the Victoria Magazine website victoriamag.com.under the heading entrepreneurs
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Food:  I visited Taste with my daughter and my friend in June 2009. The taste of the food and tea was quite good but we felt that the service was lacking a bit. The staff wasn't very friendly. They also didn't offer anything for children. The portions were also a lot smaller than most tea rooms. |
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- andrea 01/14/10 |
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Dear Andrea, we are completely cofused about your review. We do not understand why it has taken over six months to write this review. We would like to explain our position at Taste. We pride ourselves on the size of our afternoon tea menu. We begin with a warm scone served with lemon curd and devon cream followed by a petite soup course and then each guest has a tiered tray with 10-11 tea size sandwiches and savories ending with 5- 6 desserts. Each guest can choose from a selection of 25 differnt teas. Everything is made fresh at Taste. We offer a childs tea as well for children ten and under. As to our staff we are very friendly and pride ourselves on guest service. We were named in the top 5% of tearooms in the country by John Harney of Harney and Sons Teas.We wish you would have ask to speak to myself or my sister since you were so unhappy. Diana & Cherri
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Food: THIS is the gold standard. Once again tea at Tastes was WONDERFUL. Delicious food, wonderful service and beautiful surroundings. I ALWAYS enjoy tea at Tastes. |
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- L Price 01/02/10 |
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Food: we visited in October this year and had a WONDERFUL time! It was myself, my Mother-in-Law, my husband and my 8 year old daughter. Each of us agreed that this was a highlight of our trip to Williamsburg! The food was amazing and the tea was pefect. Wonderful gifts for sale as well. |
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- April 11/17/09 |
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Food: Thank you Cherri and Diana for operating such an excellent tea room. My friend and I came from Chesapeake just to experience Taste Tea Salon - We had seen the reviews on Tea Map and also visited your website - Driving the hour each way was worth every minute!! You have a beautiful Tea room! We are both tea lovers, and very fond of baking and cooking - so... all of our senses were eagerly anticipating the 'Full Tea'. We tried the ginger peach and the jasmine pearl green tea. They were brewed perfectly, and Soooo enjoyed every scrumptious morsel of the courses offered. The taste of the melt-in-your-mouth scones with fresh lemon curd, raspberry jam, and clotted cream would have been enough for us to savor and been satisfied. But Then came the delightful petite carrot soup w/ roasted red pepp... (more) |
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- JACKIE TILLER 11/14/09 |
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Food: My husband and I had a wonderful experience at our little tea house. We really need to be patient with todays small businesses because of cut-backs. We were just delighted by the service and the wonderful heart to heart we had with the cook. Well-done!We'll be back. |
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- Natalie and Andre Madison-Rascoe 11/04/09 |
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Food: Where to begin is difficult? As we have enjoyed tea in many places in the world this was one of the most enjoyable.Lovely setting not over done, beautiful presentation and excellentfood and service.Taste certainly lived up to its reputation. How lucky for Virginias to have a tea of this level. Thank you ladies for a tea to be remembered. |
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- Elizabeth 10/29/09 |
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Food: First time visitors for HIGH TEA at Taste. Delightful time-good food, variety of teas and an interesting gift shop to browse through after dining. Hope to return soon. |
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- M Taylor 10/28/09 |
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Food: Wonderful all-around experience. Three of us drank Darjeeling, Peach & Ginger, and Palm Court tea all beautifully served in clear glass pots with diffusers that allowed us to regulate strength of tea. Would have liked cozies to keep tea warm but would have detracted from visual design of teapots. Food excellent, BEST scone EVER. Easily accomodated our one vegetarian guest. Variety of tea sandwiches marvelous, at least 8 different savory bites. Delicious sweets including creme brulee, spice cake, cream puff. Delicious homemade lemon curd. Very friendly staff. Other enthusiastic guests swapping stories of wonderful tearoom discoveries. Highly recommend. Bergen County, NJ |
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- Ronnie 10/24/09 |
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Food: Come here once a year during our annual trip to Williamsburg.I live in NJ and can only come once a year.I have never been disappointed.The food is fabulous and I love the atmospher.I visit tea rooms all over, from Philadelphia to Florida, and this one is the best.I wish I lived closer I would come once a week.Hope to come back soon. |
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- Hazel Dilsaver of NJ 10/13/09 |
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Food: This tearoom is so special that my husband and I make sure we include it in our plans every time we visit Virginia (about once a year). We are from New Jersey and have been to many tearooms in our tri-state area, but none compare to our tea experience at Taste! We always order the Royal Tea so that we can enjoy their wonderful soup du jour which is beautifully presented and garnished. The tea is perfectly brewed and served in glass teapots and teacups that allow you to appreciate it's lovely amber color. The scones are the best I've had for taste and texture served warm with real clotted cream. I'm always delighted by the variety of gourmet savories and love that creme brulee is a part of the sweets course! I would recommend this tearoom to anyone who wants to enjoy tea in a lovely setting with delicious food and impeccable service. |
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- Debra Stewart 09/27/09 |
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Food: Theee of ua enjoyed a most pleasant afternoon back in June 2009 at Taste Tea Salon. Everything was most pleasant and wonderful. We were from Warren, Ohio. |
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- June, Kelly, and Cindy Hutchison 08/14/09 |
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Food: You did it again. What a lovely afternoon we had with you. Rex had your mom all to himself. Diana it was wonderful with you and Cherri. Your soup was the best! Everything tasted so good and looked so good. I love the tiny BLT's and Crabmeat. This was was Rex's first trip out since his illness. Love, Connie |
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- Constance Lue 07/28/09 |
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Food: I was visiting my sister in Toano and she introduced your tea room as a birthday gift. What a gift!!! I came back home to North Augusta, S. C. never to be the same. What a beautiful experience!! Everything was beautiful. |
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- barbara seay 07/25/09 |
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Food: What a wonderful experience. The service was warm and friendly. the tea tray was beautiful and delicious. Anyone would be impressed. |
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- michelle 06/27/09 |
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Food: As usual, I was not disapppointed with what I have come to expect when I go to Taste. Everything was just lovely as it always is. I have lost count now as far as how many times I have been to Taste now. I tell EVERYONE that I know who enjoys tea about this shop. The tea room is soothing and bright with all the things that you might want to add to your love of tea at home. The food and the tea are exceptional. The staff are friendly and prompt without being intrusive. My sister, and the rest of my friends intend to visit Taste again soon to get the special boost to our day that we all deserve. Taste is the place for that. |
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- Evelyn Bryant 06/17/09 |
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Food: As usual, I was not disapppointed with what I have come to expect when I go to Taste. Everything was just lovely as it always is. I have lost count now as far as how many times I have been to Taste now. I tell EVERYONE that I know who enjoys tea about this shop. The tea room is soothing and bright with all the things that you might want to add to your love of tea at home. The food and the tea are exceptional. The staff are friendly and prompt without being intrusive. My sister, and the rest of my friends intend to visit Taste again soon to get the special boost to our day that we all deserve. Taste is the place for that. |
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- Evelyn Bryant 06/17/09 |
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Food: My heart is saddened as I just had my last tea at Taste. For the past 6 years my friends and I have enjoyed coming to this very special tea room for a lovely time of tea. It is not just going to lunch with the girls, the experience at Taste is one of tranquility and rejuvination. As you relax to the wond,erful calming colors of the shop mixed with their beautifully displayed gifts with piano music floating around you can't help but let life's worries seep away. Diana, Cheri and their staff are wonderful, nothing is hurried and everything is worth the wait. I am going to miss them and their wonderful tea room very much, they have a set a standard that any new tea room in my new state is going to find hard to live up to. |
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- Carol Thomas 05/29/09 |
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Food: As usual our latest visit to Taste was absolutely divine! We invited a couple from England to join us and they were thoroughly impressed and delighted. The food, the service and the entire experience was perfect! Thanks Diana and Cheri for another unforgettable afternoon. |
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- Jeri Pase 05/19/09 |
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Food: This was a wonderful place to visit!!!! My husband and I were visiting Colonial Williamsburg for a few days and wanted to pamper ourselves with a full tea. We called up one other place and found them to be very unhelpful, so we decided to call Taste, and I was so pleased with the help we recieved over the telephone. The hospitality continued as we called for directions because we were lost! As soon as we arrived we were pleasantly greated and brought to our table that was beautifully set. The atmosphere was calm and relaxing with the sound of classical music softly playing in the background and the the room was full of fun and differnt tea items along with other things. The tea was steeped to perfection and the food was exquisitely arranged and delicious. My husband is a bit of a picky ea... (more) |
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- Michelle and Gregg 04/16/09 |
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Food: My daughter invited to me to go to High Tea at Taste Tea Salon. We came from Richmond and were able to easily find it, nestled in a quaint village of unique shops. We visited several shops while waiting for our reservation, and everyone at the shops told us we would have a wonderful time at Taste Tea. They were right. We entered the beautiful and unique tea salon and were greeted by soft music and a very friendly host who told us we could pick out our own table. We browsed through their extentsive gift selection, and my daughter picked out several gifts (which she researched later on line and found the prices to be BELOW the prices you could get direct on line!) We were delighted by a mryiad of delicious treats and the best tea we ever had. The staff was so kind and friendly and made our visit extremly pleasant. This was a wonderful experiance and I would definately recommend it anyone who wants a unique and delicious time. |
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- Roxanne Burns 03/01/09 |
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Food: There is no place between Virginia Beach and Washington, DC, any lovlier to have lunch or an afternoon tea than Taste Tea Salon. Because what you are served is SO SPECIAL, it requires reservations to prepare the labor-intensive made-from-scratch, high-quality homemade goodies, which are lovingly served on colorful dishes atop beautifully decorated tables covered with cloth tablecloths and napkins. The creative owners and staff insist on making your visit an old-fashioned, take-your-time-and-enjoy-it type experience with scrumptious tea sandwiches, scones, soups, and desserts that taste just like Grandma use to make. My 94-year-old uncle, who had never been to a tea until he was invited to my mother's 80th birthday party held on the premises said, 'You know, food just tastes better when it'... (more) |
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- Diane M. Gray 02/19/09 |
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