The Mad Hatter Tea Room

Recently enjoyed Queen's Tea with my Mom and sister. It was a wonderful experience. The atmosphere was charming, food was excellent, service was great, and overall a pleasant afternoon. As a former tea room owner, I felt this was the closest experience to my own lovely dream come true. Thank you.

This is one of our favorite places to go for a Mommy/Daughter treat. We brought Grandma along today for her second visit and the Mad Hatter provided yet another Queen of Hearts tea.

We always feel like family when we come to visit and the staff at the Mad Hatter spoil their guests with attentive service, smiles and a genuine interest in providing a top notch experience worth coming back for time and time again.

The tea is always perfectly brewed and the sugar cubes never run out. The scones, soup, sandwiches and dessert are all delicious and we've never felt leaving hungry.

I went to this tea room for a special girls' day with my grandmother and aunt last week. I love tea, but this was my first experience with an actual British-style tea. I absolutely loved the experience! We had the Queen of Hearts tea, and I definitely recommend it. The tea (rose marzipan) was the best I had ever tasted. My aunt and I both bought a bag when we left. We all enjoyed the scones, soup, sandwiches, and especially the desserts! The owner was at a conference the day we were there, but her daughter and the other server were outstanding and extremely attentive, despite the fact that all the other tables were full. My aunt travels frequently and has been to tea rooms in many different states, and she said Mad Hatter is one of the best--if not THE best--she has ever had. We loved it s... (more)o much that next week when my mom is visiting, she, my grandma, and I will be returning for the Queen of Hearts tea again! Thank you so much for your hospitality! Keep up the great work and don't let negative reviews get you down!

Everyone makes you feel right at home!!!
Food is Awesome and the boutique carries unique items.
Absolutley Beautiful Tea Room!!

I look forward to each opportunity that I get to visit the Mad Hatter Tearoom. There is alway a decaf tea choice which I greatly appreciate (often a rooibos tea which is my favorite tea choice). The food is very tasty and always artfully served. I especially enjoy their soups in season. I couldn't say enough posative about Liz and the staff. They always treat me like a queen and make me feel welcome. The ladies know I love lemon curd, and always make sure I have a little extra. My special tea spot is the garden room. It's a quiet, cozy, feminine space tucked away off to one side. I visit often and bring friends for birthdays and other special occasions. They are always delighted as I am. I will be back again soon ... as always.

In response to the review by Sharon Kelly. I was a guest at the same time as Ms. Kelly and I saw that situation very differently. It was Ms. Kelly that had an air of superiority about her and she played the part of 'Queen Mother' which happens to some people when they enter a tea room...never could figure that one out. Liz did everything she could to accommodate Ms. Kelly but could not seem to please her. It was SHE that was rude to the staff and owner of the Mad Hatter.

I had an excellent experience at the Mad Hatter and have been going to tea there for many years. This place is jewel in the Northern Suburbs of Minneapolis and is always a wonderful experience. Like no other. I would HIGHLY recommend the Mad Hatter Tea Room in Anoka.

My dear friend Pal Myra and I have a tradition that goes back many, many years. We celebrate our birthday's at the Mad Hatter Tea Room . Were were in last Thursday and treated like royalty! The tea was excellent (and they have decaf woo woo!).The food was awesome. The staff was very friendly and attentive. One of them photographed us in about a dozen pics with different hats on. Treasured memories to put in our scrap books now! This is my favorite tea room for sure. I bring my out of town friends here when they visit and we do some of the special teas here too.They are the BEST, don't bother going anywhere else!

Dear Mad Hatter Tea Room,
Words can not express my appreciation for the lovey time that you created for myself and guests and during our visit last Saturday. The tea was wonderful and the dainty delictable delights were over the moon good. I also have to comment on your lovely daughter, what a delightful lady she is, you must be so proud and I believe your son also checked us out and what a charming young man he is too. With all the hectic things in life, your tea room is a delightsome escape and I have already made arrangements to come back next week with a dear friend. I have told so many people about this treasure!! Also..the scones and cream were lovely!!!! Thank you again for a wonderful and relaxing day.

Wow!! What an amazing experience I had last week at the Mad Hatter. I took my mom who was visiting from Nebraska there with my 7 yr old daughter and we had the time of our lives. The tearoom is such a delight, well appropriated and whimsical. The owner was so gracious and accommodating when I made a request. The food presentation was amazing and delicious. My mom and I frequent tea rooms all over during travels and this has to be one of our favorites by far. It is so nice to be offered a choice of tea, we appreciated the decaf option! We sat in the garden room that had a lovely water fall and was so cute! They also have a delightful larger room it appeared and this sweet 'rabbit hole' for my daughter and I to check out at a future visit. I just had to say THANK YOU for allowing such a special experience and the wonderful memories with my mom and daughter!

after looking forward to taking my granddaughters to the MHTR, I was greatly disapointed. The owner, Liz, was very rude. I made the res.,but when I arrived they did not have it. They scrambled to find us a table. I won't even go into the details.I have posted the story on Yahoo and wrote a letter to our huge Minneapolis paper, that is how unnerving this whole experience was. The service was terrible, I had to chase down a server to get a refill on our lemonade, this is after they said 'oh, just put the pot on the end of the table and we'll refill it', after sitting there for 10 minutes and no server to be found, I had to go looking for service. The owner, Liz, made a phone call in front of myslef and my granddauthers to a party that was supposed to have the same time slot as ours, and... (more) in front of us blurts out, 'you'll have to come at 12:30, and when 'THESE PEOPLE are finished you can be served' They stuck us in a small room after they told me I and my grandkids were to sit in the bigger room, the room we were in had a water fall, no music, and Liz, the women who has no class, offered to turn off the water fall as I was about to pay my bill........she is a piece of work. The kicker to this story is, we went to an antique shop near the tea room, and after talking to the owner of the store, she said 'you are not the first one to complain about the tea room, there have been many.' If anoynoe wants to reach me for more accounts of this horrid experience, you have my e-mail. Save your money and time, go to other tea rooms.

My friends and I had tea at the Mad Hatter for my 40th birthday. The staff was absolutely delightful, the food was outstanding, and presentation was more than I could have expected. I would definitely reccommend The Mad Hatter to all of my family and friends, not only for a celebration, but also as a comforting place to relax and be pampered. I'll be back very soon!!

My Mom and I went and enjoyed the Luck of the Irish event today. This was the best tea house we have been! The food was great, well prepared and all fit the theme so well. The tea was amazing and we will be back soon!

After reading all the excellent reviews of the Mad Hatter, I decided to call with a few questions prior to making reservations. I was very impressed by the selection of loose leaf tea they offered and by the wide variety of food I was told they serve and was becoming quite excited to book tea for a group of my friends. However, being pregnant, there are several dietary restrictions that my doctor has asked that I follow. After I inquired if they would be able to substitute other sandwiches in place of the ones my doctor had asked me to avoid, I was shocked by how rudely I was treated. I was told that there were many pregnant women in the tea room that very day eating the sandwiches I was unable to eat. I was questioned about why I couldn't eat those items if other pregnant women could... (more). And the person I spoke with sounded skeptical that I was actually following medical advice! Regardless of what her personal feelings about my choices are, all she had to do was politely let me know that the tea room was unable to accommodate dietary restrictions and that they hoped I would join them after I could resume my normal diet. Had she done this, I would likely visit this tearoom with my friends after the birth of my child. However, I am so turned off by the rudeness with which I was treated (and my friends were all shocked when I told them what transpired) that we are unlikely to ever patronize this establishment. Fortunately, The Mad Hatter was the only tea room of the many I contacted with such a disrespectful attitude. While the quality of food and a wide tea selection are the most important criteria for us, we will not patronize places that do not treat people with common courtesy and respect.