Taste Tea Salon and Gifts
1915 Pocahontas Trail
Williamsburg, VA
(757) 221-9550
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#5
of 57in 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: 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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Food:  We were visiting the shops at Kingsmill today and since it was such a cold day we thought perhaps it would be nice to have some hot tea and scones. We were unaware that reservation were necessary, out greeter went to the back to see if we could have tea and she came back and seated us. We looked at the list of teas and had finally made our decisions of tea and was told that we could not have tea and scones. She said that they didn;t have enough scones. So we left the shop. I can't believe a tea shop would run out of scones.since this was around noon, there should have been ample scones on hand. We have been to other tea shop's in our area and we were always welcomed in for tea and scones . Our greeter was not very friendly. After leaving the shop we stopped at another shop or two and were promptly told that the staff in the shop was not very friendly and they were snoody. We will not be coming back to your shop when we visit Williamsburg again. |
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- O 02/05/09 |
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Tearoom Response
We are sorry that you were upset and wish that you had ask to speak with the owner. We do require reservations for our teas since we have only seven tables. Many tearooms have seatings we do not. Guests having our teas are encouraged to linger and relax. Scones are baked each morning acording to the number of reservations for that day. We do offer scones and tea after two thirty if space allows. Our staff is extremely friendly and I am certain whoever seated you thought you were interested in our full afternoon tea that begins at 12 o'clock. If we served scones and tea all day we would not stay open very long.As to other shops saying we are snobs I find that interesting since we all suport each other. I hope that you and others would read all of our reviews. In over six years we have never had a negative review. We would question the rating you gave us since you did not experience our food. Please feel free to contact us directly and please identify yourself since you left no name.Regards Diana & Cherri Owners |
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Food: I visited Taste in Oct. The food was all delicious & the service was exceptional! You explanations about the various teas were a nice lesson for beginners like me. I was so inspired that I hosted my first tea, yesterday. Thank you, Diane, for your recent consultation in selecting the three teas & your encouragement. I'll be back & am sending many of my friends (from Kilmarnock & Newport News) your way! You have the gift of 'hospitality'!! |
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- Belinda 12/13/08 |
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Food: Perfect in every way!The atmosphere is neither English or Victorian just lovely.We loved the glass teapots and clear glass teacups. The loose tea was perfectly prepared and we enjoyed the variety of flavors on the tea tray. All delicoius. The scones the best I have ever had.The entire experience was one of delight. We look forward to returning and enjoying a perfect afternoon of tea and shopping in Taste's beautiful shop. |
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- scott 11/30/08 |
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Food: I have been to Taste twice now. Everytime I go we think of another excuse to come back. The food is delicious. The scones, soup, tea tea sandwiches, and desserts are wonderful. Everything is homemade and I honestly have never had a bad thing there. The staff is the staff is very attentive and always making sure you are having a great experience. It is truly a delightful experience and I would recommend it to everyone. |
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- Dawn South 11/08/08 |
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Food: I have visited several tea houses in Virginia - none compare to this lovely tea house. The scones are second to none and the service wonderful. Do not visit Williamsburg without stopping here. The feeling you will leave with is wonderful and a day well spent. |
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- Jean Aigner 11/07/08 |
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