Reviews for Chado Tea Room in Pasadena, CA
I LOVE TEA & Chado Tea Room is worth checking out if you are a tea connoisseur like me. My close friend and I went here for an... afternoon high tea. I booked a reservation on their website 48hr prior. Great variety of exotic teas, from black, green, herbal,floral, fruity, decaf collections, etc. The teas are well-prepared and served on adorable teacups & pots. Clean spaces,peaceful, girly ambiance, affordable, warm and lovely customer service. Our server, Sam, was amazing. Sam poured the tea for us,gave us free wine-inspired tea samples to try, and brought a cute birthday ice cream dessert with a tiny real candle which was areally surprising and kind gesture for me! It happened to be my birthday month in August, so it's fitting. I had the St. Marcexotic tea which was delightful with honey, and a vegetarian panini with fresh green salad + delicious tomato soup. It was afantastic girl's day out, pleasant afternoon, light meal, delicate teas, heartfelt conversations, and we loved each flavors.Please be mindful of parking situation in Pasadena. I highly recommend getting a Parking Passport app and paying 2hr rate fromyour phone (in case you don't have some quarters in hand), and you can extend the time from the app, very convenient andefficient. Nice place for birthday celebrations, brunch, hangout with friends, cute dates with your lady, or with your aunt,mother, grandparents, etc. Also, make an advanced online reservation if you can. Even though walk-ins are welcome, having areservation feels more sophisticated in my opinion. Read more
I visited this Chado so many times and the staff here are all attentive and professional. Make sure you have a reservation... around 1-2 days prior for weekends since it does get busy and I have seen customers get turned away for no reservations. It’sa cute spot for tea time with your friends and family and I highly recommend their plain scones with strawberries and chadocream. Read more
Awesome place for hi tea! They have indoor and some outdoor dining areas. (Outdoor area is temporary not sure till when it will... be allowed) The servers were very helpful and attentive to us. We didn't find out till after but they also can do afternoon teafor kids. Next time we go we will do that for sure as our son would enjoy that more. They have a ton of nice tea pots and theysell their tea leaves if you want to buy it to make it at home. Read more
Came here for the afternoon tea and I love the environment. The price is reasonable and great value for money. High tea for... $20~/person is not easy to find nowadays, and this place is located in the core of Pasadena with great service and atmosphere. Read more
Atmosphere: 10/10 Service: 7/10 Food: 1/10 Tea: 9/10 The atmosphere is really nice and cozy and service although slow was still... nice and very friendly! They have a good selection of teas but the food for the afternoon tea is surprisingly bad. The bread forthe sandwiches were really dry like they were made way before and sitting out for a while. None of the sandwiches were seasonedwith anything but the scones and clotted cream were good. Also sometimes you find one dish with a stain when you go out to eat,no big deal it happens, but here almost all of our dishes and teacups had dried food crust or what looked like lipstick stainson them. If you go, get their desserts but not their sandwiches! So many tables around us left with their sandwiches untouched. Read more
We stumbled upon this tea room with the intention of having lunch at another restaurant on the same block. We're so glad we did... as we had a very pleasant experience here with the Celebration afternoon tea. This included a salad/soup starter, a flute ofchampagne-inspired tea, chocolates, sandwiches, scones, jam, cream, cookie and macaron along with a pot of tea. The staff wasincredibly welcoming and sincere and made our visit here very enjoyable. They brought out complimentary ice cream and sang happybirthday for my sister's birthday celebration, which was much appreciated. This is a great place for a variety of occasions,including birthday or milestone celebrations, family gatherings or a romantic date. This tea room is also great for tea loversas they have over 400 tea selections! This was our first time here and we'll definitely visit again. Read more
This is one of the best places I have been to for a high tea service! Friendly, prompt and offer good recommendations. I... honestly look forward to tea and the sweets when I attend one, but this is the first place I have been to where the sandwicheswere the STAR OF THE SHOW!!! My favorite was the salmon and cream cheese; light and perfect. The egg one was also good. Thechicken cranberry tasted like Thanksgiving itself. Very memorable. I would absolutely come back! Read more
I wouldn’t say it’s fancy, but definitely cute. We got Chado Afternoon Tea service and it was plenty of food for 2 girls.... Warm soft scones were heavenly. Read more