The Charleston Tea Room Cafe

I’m giving this place 2 stars bc it has the worst ambiance for a tea room. Majorly lacking in decor. No background music playing. The food here is pretty good with the exception of Mac and cheese…they serve you velveeta from the box. I would expect it to be homemade.

Extremely small portions compared to the past sandwiches small and very little filling. . . and SAMPLER felt like it was made of leftovers on a Monday morning. Super disappointed after the anticipation of visiting an old Friend . Baked potato soup was mush. Best part of the SAMPLER . . . toast points really good!

I called ahead to see of there was dine in available, never got an answer. I arrived about 1 pm to see and the place was packed. I was seated after 10 min of waiting, my order was taken only to tell me later they were out of potato soup and they substituted with what tasted like canned chicken noodle... and my plate was not served to greet the eyes like it has been served in the past. Wait staff was nice and attentive but experience was not as nice. Perhaps because they were swamped it showed in the service. May try again but not so soon.

Food was awful. Every dish. The egg salad was sliced and drenched and mixed with an off-brand salad dressing and put on a low budget croissant. Their corn chowder was bland with no flavor. The pumpkin bread was dry. The shrimp salad was boiled shrimp drenched in an off brand salad dressing with no seasoning. The chicken salad tasted like canned deviled spread. Pimento cheese didn’t taste homemade. Everything seemed to be low budget store bought slapped together. No attention to detail. Olive green plastic table covers. No China ... cheap white restaurant plain plates. Their signature Charleston Delight desert served on almost every plate in plastic jello cups, was nothing to write home about. If you delight in an awesome tea room experience, then skip this place! Wish I could give them zero stars!

I really enjoyed this quaint little sandwich bistro. The chicken salad on a croissant was delicious! I drank hot tea with mine. Service was excellent; very attentive and friendly waitress but not intrusive. I'd go back and take guests with confidence in a good return on investment. Highly recommend.