The Austen Tea Room - Essendon

The Austen Tea Room is one of the cutest and elegant high tea places I’ve been to. When you walk in, it looks like a normal cafe, but if you have a high tea sitting you will be taken to a beautiful home-like atmosphere. I was impressed with the size of the venue, and that we were seated in our own room. It was all very stunning, and I found my visit to be very calming and relaxing as they played some lovely quiet music. <br/ <br/ Firstly we were presented with a savoury high tea stand with a variety of sandwiches, pies, quiches and sausage rolls. I loved that there were a lot of variety as the last high tea I went to only provided us with two sandwich options. The pies and sausage rolls were also nice and warm. <br/ <br/ Next we were presented with the sweet high tea stand. My favourites on this stand was the macaroon and chocolate slice. Over all there was a lot of food! The high tea itself was a bit heavy and perhaps less sandwiches were needed (while hopefully keeping the variety). <br/ <br/ The scones were a bit doughy but my friend enjoyed her scones a lot. They were also quite heavy and filling! <br/ <br/ I wish there had been more tea selections as I prefer green or peppermint teas but I am pleased that they constantly filled up our tea pot.<br/ <br/ Over all it was a wonderful experience, and for $45 it was a lot cheaper than other high teas I’ve been to, and this was very well valued in my opinion!

Really friendly service and excellent Devonshire teas. The menu has a great range of options for breakfast and lunch. A delicious selection of baked goods and yummy milkshakes. The cafe has different seating sections and is great for small groups because you can get a room to yourselves. The atmosphere is relaxing and homely. I love this place!

Thank you ‘The Austen Tea Room’Today my friends and I enjoyed a sumptuous High Tea at ‘The Austen Tea Room’.  The staff were polite, attentive and very welcoming.The decor was just beautiful and charming and the atmosphere very homely, yet elegant.The selection of food was amazing, from finger sandwiches, hot savory pastries, scones with jam and cream, and petit fours.  Not to forget the endless cups of yummy tea.It was a great way to spend an afternoon with girlfriends in a beautiful environment.We will definitely be back  :

Looking for a new place for breakfast I passed a rather busy looking place in Essendon I thought I would give a try instead of doing a u turn to go back I chose instead To go around the block and half way around I stumbled across this place that was reasonably quiet but looked very quaint so I decided to try it out instead of the other and I'm glad I did I was greeted by a girl with a beautiful smile and told to sit at a table soon after she bought me out a menu and a glass of water inside very small and cosy decorated as an olden day tearoom complete with chandeliers on the roof I ordered the big breakfast and a large capuchino both arrived very quickly to the table and even tho the big breakfast was not the biggest I've had it still was cooked beautifully and tasted superb I found the service great and the hostess very charming and bought a small cake from there collection when leaving to sum up I'd advise all to give this place a try as I will again another day

'Step back in time 'Always loved going here for a quiet coffee or tea. It 's an elegant cozy place with nice relaxing background music. Started off with a hot soy chai latte which was full of life and up there in taste. I have to mention that their Caesar salad with grilled chicken was one of the best I 've tried and the croutons are nice and chunky but semi soft not like some where you can chip a tooth!!The home made Pumpkin soup was delicious, fresh and it 's the stuff your Grandmother used to make or still makes: To top it off I had their baked New York cheesecake which was fine but would of liked it a bit more softer on the inside.Definitely still worth going and I love their decor and especially the front soft material classic chairs!