Reviews

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: My family and I have visited the Windsor Rose several times over the years and each time we visit, we are delighted as to the lovely food presented! I visited again today and ordered the Cornish Pasty--absolutely delicious! The Cottage Pie, Ploughman's Lunch, Quiches...all wonderful; I've tried them all! The ambiance is lovely...the service is just fine--friendly and courteous waitstaff. In response to the poster named Holly, I do understand about the waitress who did not come back after serving your food (as I have experienced); however, I do not take offense. Having worked in management in the food service industry, I do not condone it, but I DO understand when the place starts getting busy!! There's only so many ladies there to cover the many tables! I go with a positive mindset, am NOT... (more) looking to find fault with everything (and the SCONES ARE DELICIOUS!), and understand things happen and do not take it personally. I've visited several tearooms in the area as I live in Orlando (notably in Sanford, FL and Celebration, FL) and CONTINUALLY RETURN to the lovely Windsor Rose!

- A.E. Balaban 08/18/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: My daughter and I visited 8/9/2008 while we were on our yearly road trip we have visited many tea rooms and this has to be the absolute worst one we have ever visited. The service was not good the waitress took our order left it and never returned not even to leave the check. And I guess she was embarassed to return because the scones she service were like 2 day old biscuits with fruit. This is not any kind of attack on this tea room I was angry when I left but they never knew a thing and even if they did I dont think they would have cared. This was our first stop on this road trip and it will be the last time we ever visit this tea room again. I am not quite sure what the problem was because the place looked to be a very nice place I guess our waitress was having a bad day or that she didnt like the fact that at lunch time all we wanted was tea and scones, I guess that was my Visit here at your own risk it looks like it is the luck of the draw.

- Holly 08/09/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: My husband and I had tea here on our anniversary in February. Everything was fabulous, and I have been trying to make the egg salad that was on one of the sandwiches! Since we live in Brandon, we aren't able to just pop in, but anytime we are even close, we will definitely take a worth while detour to have some more of the wonderful scones and sandwiches we were served last time!

- Victoria 08/07/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: Located in the older part of Mt. Dora with both street and free lot parking. Beautiful old English interior. Great presentation. The first most perfect pot of tea i have had to date. Great sandwiches, scones and sweets. The sponge cake was a treat. This was a fine while i was on vacation. I would (and have) told everyone about it. I have now been twice while down here for convention. The first on my own and the second with family and cake friends. It was perfect both times. Go and enjoy and when you are done walk around the rest of the downtown Mt. Dora area it is also very nice.

- Melinda 07/19/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: Visited for the first time in april and was pleasantly sueprised by the atmosphere and service. As a senior citizen with a moderate budget I found prices reasonable as a special girls day out. Would enjoy a wider variety of teas and possibly hotter food which would enhance your tasty recipes. looking forward to the next visit. thank you for providing a place of respite for all. Cappy Tacelli o5/01/08

- Cappy Tacelli 05/02/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: I'm not sure what's going on in Mt. Dora but it is unpleasant and unfortunate. Instead of using this website for the intended purpose of providing reviews about the tea experience, the caddy females of Mt. Dora have used it to lodge personal insults. I frequent tea rooms in many states and have found Florida to be the only state to abuse the teamap website in this manner. I have visited the Windsor Rose five times and have always had a pleasant experience, outstanding food and excellent service. Who checks the public records when visiting tea rooms? I am a corporate paralegal and I do not visit sunbiz.org before having tea. Keep the reviews in line with the intended purpose of this website - or tea rooms will start removing their names from this site (like Sherlock's did).

- Karen Fogerty 04/02/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: MY FIANCEE AND I HAVE ENJOYED THE WINDSOR ROSE TEA ROOM EVERY CHANCE WE GET WHEN WERE NEAR MT DORA. WE HAVE DRIVEN OVER 3 HOURS ONE TIME JUST TO HAVE THERE SCONES. MY FAMILY ARE ORIGINALLY FROM ENGLAND SO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, IF NOTHING ELSE ATLEAST HAVE THERE SCONES AND TEA, IT IS THE BEST I'VE HAD IN THE STATES. ALSO THE COTTAGE PIE IS AWESOME. AND FOR THE IMMATURE MORAN MADISON THAT WROTE HER CHILDISH COMMENTS ON 10/30/07, NEXT TIME GO TO MCDONALDS IM SURE THAT IS WHAT YOUR USED TO EATING. GROW UP MADISON. THE OWNER SUE IS VERY NICE AND MAKES A GENUINE EFFORT TO MAKE SURE EVRYONE IS ENJOYING THE FOOD AND THE ATMOSHERE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK SUE, WE WILL BE BACK VERY SOON.

- ANDREW AND LARA 03/28/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: Martin I agree with you, its unfortant some women don't anything better to do but be nasty and insulting to servers and tea owners. I know of one other tea shop in Central Florida that took their name off of teamap.com because of such personal insults and critism. I can tell you their business has pickup 2 fold in the last couple of months.

- Betty Johnson 03/02/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: Madisson how dare you insult my mother. She works incredibly hard and strives to provide an excellent service and value for money. I would have thought the purpose of this site is to inform potential customers of the type of food and quality of service, also for business owners to view any critiscism's so they can improve there offering not launch personal insults!!!!

- Martin Kemp in London 02/19/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: I'd like to add to Patty Wood's comment. Its a shame how people make nasty and rude comments about the Tea Rooms in Central Florida. The Windor Rose just as others is a very fine establishment! Great staff and owners. Each tea room in Central Florida offer a different touch. What I find interesting is that customers always find a way to complain about the food and prices of small biz owners, but have not problem or complaints with the food and prices for Afternoon tea at Disney and Peabody hotels....Windor Rose thank you and keep up the great service you offer!

- Alberta Downs 02/12/08

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: My family and I have been to the Windsor Rose on many occasions while visiting Mt. Dora. We visited quite a few tea rooms in Florida before opening our second tea room in October. The food here has always been delicious and the service outstanding. Sue, the owner was always very friendly and took the time to walk all the tables and talk with all the guests. If you want tasty, filling food in a relaxing atmosphere, then this is the tea room for you. I realize that each review on this site is according to customer experience on that day, and some days are better than others, but to insult the owner's appearance the way that Madisson did is, in my opinion, totally tasteless and rude.

- Patty Wood 12/17/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: yummy yummy yummy i am from england and me and my mum love the tea room we go quite often. it is fabulous. sue is a sweetheart. nice and peacefull atmosphere.

- lowena 11/07/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: Seems bit of a witch hunt going on here???? On the times I have visited the Windsor Rose I have always found the tea, food and service of an excellent quality. It always very busy the sign of a popular establishment?

- Lisa 10/15/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: I have found the Windsor Rose tea room to be quite simply, 'English', and not as some expect, English with a twist of American. Some of the comments made by other's are quite bizarre, ie, I looked in the tea pot and saw tea bags,hmmm, strange that, maybe you shouls have gone one step further and looked inside the bag,what do you think you would have found?!.

- andrew 10/15/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: My first time at the Windsor Rose was several years ago when I was just a boy that had gone with his mother and grandmother to the Windsor Rose. I thought the idea of a man being in an english tea room to be a bit well.... un-manly. But I was taken in by their rich pasties and their fine teas. I haven't been in nearly 5 years now, but the Windsor Rose is one of my fondest childhood memories. Thanks to this website I have found its previously forgotten location and I plan on paying a long-awaited visit there this Friday. I do hope that the reviews here are a bit exaggerated, because I don't know what I would do if the Windsor Rose has become what they say it has.

- Matthew 10/08/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: I have to be honest here; Our first time there was great that was about two years ago. We were there about three weeks ago. We were very dissappointed. Shame on them; what has happened there? Anthony and Sarah

- Anthony 09/26/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: I was disappointed that when I looked inside my teapot, there were tea bags in it.

- Jenny 09/11/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: My daughter, mother, aunt and me all had lunch at the tea room. it was the best quiche i have had in a long time. Bread was delicious and the service was friendly and accomodiating.

- Tracy 7/14/07 09/05/07

Variety:     Artistry:     Service:     Food: Had high tea today(9/1/07.)BIG WASTE of $30.00 + tax and tip.Tea sandwiches were cold and bread tasted old. Something that looked like peanut butter was on one with no taste.Scones had no taste and sponge cake tasted stale and dry. House brand tea was dull and strawberry jam had an aluminum flavor.

- Patty 09/01/07