Emperor Georgiou's Tea Room 8237 North Denver Avenue, Portland, OR 97217

"The staff and atmosphere were wonderful. They were attentive and patient with us while we chose our tea. The tea was phenomenal - they have curated a fun and delicious list. The missing star comes from the food in general - it was catered toward vegan and gluten free pallettes which is fine, but none of it wowed me. The "meat" in the sandwich was a fun mushroom composition but the sandwich was kinda dry around the edges/wasn't filled well so you got a lot of just bread bites and the scone was dry and hard. Their sides, though, were delicious - this includes the two jams and clotted cream to go with the scones and crumpets. The amount of food was surprisingly filling but I was disappointed in the amount of tea you get for one person (32oz French press) since they said the tea was bottomless. I couldn't even finish one French press so I wasn't able to try more teas. I wish they'd advertised that they sold their tea by itself like I saw in another review, or that the server mentioned this when I asked where they got their tea from, because the Silent Night was amazing and I would have loved some for home. Overall it was a fun experience though."

"I have never felt so well taken care of at a restaurant of any kind! Heather, our server, offered to bring us a larger chair for our larger friend. They added glitter to our tea so that we could see the stars, brought us matching cups according to the colors of our tea, and was just an overall joy. I cannot recommend this restaurant highly enough. This is the best tea room experience I've ever had. Oh! And the food! Everything we tried was so scrumptious. The teas were delightful. They had so many offerings for different dietary restrictions too."

"My husband and I loved our experience here today. Everything from the tea, to the food, to the service, to the decor all were wonderful. The entire service is very reasonably priced for what you get. Be sure to reserve a table. The entire establishment only has about 10 tables and tea service takes at least an hour per group. I had the amazing purple rain tea and the fruity notes paired extremely well with the jams that came with the tea service. I was worried that I was going to still be hungry afterwards but the food was not only delicious but perfectly filling. I highly recommend it to anyone that wants a cozy and whimsical experience with their tea and crumpets."

"First off, the staff, vibe, and tea are amazing, and I would *absolutely* come here again to drink tea! The 3 star review is only for the gluten free food, but since food is a major part of the service, AND you're up-charged for GF food, I feel like the GF food should be good. Honestly, there's no excuse for bad GF food in Portland. The finger sandwiches were SOOOO dry. Like. I don't know if the GF bread was majorly stale or what, but even with the faint smattering of the filling (which was delicious), I couldn't swallow the sandwich. With such good GF bakeries like New Cascadia in the same city, there is no excuse for gross, stale GF bread. Also, there is no excuse for just how little filling there was in the sandwiches, as I peeked over and saw the normal sandwiches had a good amount of filling. You can see in the photo that they were mostly bread, no filling. I ate one tiny sandwich with a gulping of tea to get it down, but I left the rest. While the finger sandwiches were bone dry, the crumpet was very undercooked. Like. It was just wet dough inside, and it stuck to my teeth as I tried eating it. Ick. I ate two bites and was done. The scones were American style (hard) and had a very similar flavor profile to the cake. I wish they didn't taste so similar! But both of these were fine, and I loved that they had vegan clotted cream, (though it reminded me more of whipped cream than traditional English clotted cream). Staff was very kind and gave us a 10% discount, and we did love the tea so much that we bought some to take home. But the food? Sorry, really bad and definitely wasn't worth the price."

"The food, tea, and service was all top knotch! We loved the Star Trek setting. The atmosphere was welcoming and fun. It was the perfect way to spend our anniversary ❤️"