The Tearoom on Main (formerly Serendipi-Tea) 225 West Main Street, Saxonburg, PA 16056

"1/27/2024 First time here and what a delightful place. New ownership we have been told with new staff today. Would not have known this as staff was amazing. Owner stopped to check on how everything was for us (Exceptional). Tea is amazing as we each had something different ... mine was a peach ginger black tea and I could drink it all the time. Food was amazing and plenty of it. Would definitely recommend and will return. Thank you for a great afternoon."

"Such an amazing experience!!! We were visiting out of town, this is a must! Such a quaint place and prices are good for a high tea, $35/per person and their menu changes so that is really cool! We were there during autumn time so a lot of pumpkin treats! They were able to accommodate one of my food allergies and the food was very tasty! If I lived here I would visit this place more often! It was nice to have a beautiful date with my husband!"

"I rarely leave reviews but as someone who has been to several tea houses I felt this was one of our more disappointing experiences for how much it cost. We took our 4&6 year old daughters to celebrate our oldest’s birthday because the website made us feel it would be more kid friendly. The room is small and has white walls and white table cloths with minimal decor and a shop that sells candles, tea, etc in the same room. There was no music playing so we felt like we needed to whisper as the tables were so close together. The chandeliers were the highlight of the room. Overall we felt awkward. While the large glass water goblets were beautiful, they were very heavy so much so that we needed to use two hands to lift them and made it impossible for my girls to use. The water was almost certainly tap and unfortunately tasted terrible. The tea was loose leaf and if you forgot to use the strainer in your cup every time you poured it out, it was difficult to remedy. The server only stopped at our table 4 times, once to get our order, once to deliver the tea, and once to deliver the food. By the time he came back out it was to give us our bill so we ended up sharing a tea cup and not drinking a lot of the tea. There was no other employee available anywhere. What we most appreciated was the availability of a children’s tea menu but the only difference was a peanut butter and jelly option instead of the other 3 sandwiches. There was a lower price point for children’s tea but they only got one sandwich vs the 3 we got. Unfortunately we thought the food was not very good overall. The chicken salad was good but the scones were overly sweet. I appreciated that you got both clotted cream and lemon curd but the scones were too sweet to add anything to them. They were more like soft baked, sticky cookies. If I could make any suggestions it would be to offer more child friendly cups to the children and to maybe play some background music and add some color to the room. Afternoon tea cost $150 for 2 adults and 2 kids with 20% tip (they also charge you $3 for using a debit/credit card). In comparison, Johnston House is $43.75 a person regardless of age and also state on their website “we prefer an age limit of 12 and over and so do our customers”. While the atmosphere and food is higher caliper at the Johnston House, the Tea House on Main is clearly much more welcoming to children. We were also disappointed that they didn’t acknowledge our daughter’s birthday in any way. Overall, we appreciated the care and consideration towards children compared to other tea houses but feel they could make a few tweaks to make it more “kid friendly” as advertised and will probably not return as it wasn’t worth the cost."

"My sister and I took our mom for any early Mother's Day. We all agreed the food was plentiful and we all left full. The apricot scone was amazing! I would've loved more of those. The chicken salad and ham and apricot wrap were our favorite of the sandwiches. We all enjoyed our teas. It's a cute place and we will definitely be back to try other menus."

"I LOVE to go for tea when Mum is in town. We decided to try a new (to us) place... Serendipi-Tea in Saxonburg. First... this street is so cute and olde timey!! Very charming location! We had reservations and were pleasantly greeted and seated. Our server, who typically works in the back, was lovely. Mum chose English Breakfast Tea and I chose Tropical Fruit Green Tea. They were both delicious, but came in clunky ceramic tea pots. This was disappointing, because we had delicate china plates & cups and noticed other china tea pots on other tables. I like Fiestaware in general, but the mix and match wasn't appropriate for the space. Also, the table cloths were plastic. Why?? The Savories: The Cucumber sandwich was tasty, but could have used more cucumbers. One more layer of thinly sliced cukes would have been so much better. The Chicken Salad was good, looked beautiful but really unremarkable. The Ham & Apricot Wrap was awesome! I'd love to pack these for a picnic! YUM! Next up Scones: I LOVE a savory scone, but sadly the Cheddar Chive Scones were totally gooey and raw in the middle. The Lemon Poppyseed Scone was good. The drizzle was great! The scone was moist. It was good. I wouldn't be disappointed about buying it in a coffee shop, but I wouldn't be excited about it either. The Clotted Cream & Lemon Curd were both DELICIOUS! The Sweets: The Carrot Cake bite was yummy. When I say bite, it was a bite, maybe half a bite in size. The Vanilla Tart was also yummy, but really not special. It was pretty. This was less food than I've typically had at other teas I've been to, but that's a plus!!! I don't want to leave tea totally stuffed. The serving sizes were perfect! (but that carrot cake bite could have been a smidge bigger) If this was the only tea house around, I would not be disappointed to go here. The ambiance (especially if you don't get a clunky ceramic tea pot) was great. But none of the food made me say OMG THIS IS SO GOOD! The ham wrap was close though! I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could, so I rounded up to 4 stars."