The Mad Hatter

I’ve had the tea service here twice now and each time I very much enjoyed it. The first time I went with my mother; it was a present to her for her birthday. We looked around the whole house including the patio and the gift store. We were impressed with all the attention to detail. The second time I went with my mother and 2 of her friends; I was their driver. All the ladies liked the environment and especially the precious little tea cups.
We arrived just as they had switched over the menu to their summertime fare. We had the Royal Marriage tea, very fruity, with the full tea service. The scones were perfect — crispy on the outside and tenderly creamy on the inside. My favorite little sandwich was the cucumber sandwich –nice and simple — but my mother preferred the chicken salad sandwich. We didn’t vote on our favorite dessert because they were all so good! Chocolate covered strawberries, mini cupcakes, and tartlets.
Our server was very knowledgeable and funny. Made our visit very comfortable. I’ll definitely be returning.

We’ve been going here for mother daughter tea for years, dating back to their old location, and used to love it but that all changed today. The owner was incredibly rude to our party… very angry and confrontational which is the last thing we would have expected. In fact I assumed she was a disgruntled employee so asked our server who that person was and learned that she was the owner. Needless to stay, we’ll never go back and would not recommend this place to anyone.

Before last Sunday, we would have given it five stars. Not anymore. Last Friday my wife called for a reservation. Left a message for a day and time. Didn’t receive a reply. Called Sunday to see why we hadn’t heard back. They told her they didn’t bother to call back because the date and time we requested was booked up. Not acceptable.

4 of us reserved a table for the Queen’s tea. The tea selection was wonderful and a good variety. For $ 30 a person we each got 2 Mimi scones, 3 desserts and 1 each of 5 petite sandwiches. It didn’ t seem like much but by the time we were done, it was just the right amount of food… it would have been better if two of the sandwiches weren’ t cucumber. 1 cuke, 1 egg, 1 chicken salad, the anise cheese basil quiche. yum, and a 5^th of smoked salmon would have made this 5 star… the desserts were mini lemon meringue, carrot cake and I wanted a chocolate. scones came with lemon curd, orange marmalade and clotted cream… The two 90 year old English ladies we brought had a wonderful time. Service was impeccable. The building is wonderful. outside on porch in summer would be wonderful.

My friend and I had a wonderful lunch there yesterday. The service was superb, they were very attentive, and the food was awesome. I had the veggie skillet and it was delicious. The scones were really good and more like real scones than what we find here in the US. The manager came over and chatted with us and thanked us for coming. Nice touch! We’ll be back!

Food and service are amazing. Our favorite Anniversary dinner spot! The grounds are beautiful, the atmosphere is great. The food is fresh, my boyfriend commented how the vegetables tasted so fresh they likely came out of the ground that morning!
We LOVE everything about this place. Haven’t had the brunch or the tea service but hope to try both soon.

Full Disclosure: I’ve never been here. BUT, my daughter and her best friend have attended Tea Party’s here numerous times, and simply ADORE IT! As a mom, I’m just thrilled to see them so happy taking part in such a unique and sweet experience. But the photos I get back are almost too adorable for words :)
I follow them on Facebook and if the food pics they post are even half as delicious as they look, then I am fully justified for all of the digital drooling I have done. I’ll be planning to attend with my daughter and her BFF at the Mad Hatter very soon!

Oh my God this place is so good. Our server, Janet was amazing and our food was perfect. I am so coming back here!

I have been so excited to go to the Mad Hatter and finally took my daughter and granddaughters to dinner there and we were very disappointed. The place was not busy at all which was a nice surprise. It took an hour exactly for our food to arrive to our table, others that came in after us ate before we did. We ordered tea when we first sat down and our waitress never came back to the table the hour we waited for food to see if we wanted more tea or anything. She delivered our food and was gone again. I still tipped her well and paid a lot for the food that took forever to get to us. No one ever apologized or explained why our food took so long and again I want to stress that there were very few people in the restaurant, many empty tables so it could not be that they were so busy. The tea was really good! The food was okay.

All four courses were fantastic. A wonder full dining experience. I would highly recommended it.

This is a throw back must try!
The coconut almond tea was so amazing that I bought some to being home. I also bought a cup so I could remember it!
Often, tea rooms don’t offer healthy alternatives but this one did! They even had gluten free buns for their delicious burger!
Everyone at our table seemed to really enjoy their food!
If I were within 50 miles, I would definitely treat myself to this quaint little place again!

My rating is probably slightly higher based on the location, but overall I was very happy with my experience at The Mad Hatter. A large group of us had a reservation for lunch and they had everything ready to go when we arrived. The server was very friendly and gave us all the information we needed. You could tell everything was prepared in-​house, which is a refreshing change from all the chain restaurants and it all tasted very fresh.

I live this place! The patio is so beautiful and the food amazing! Server was very attentive. Risotto was delicious and their bread pudding with chocolate… best meal ever! Will definitely be back soon!

I was visiting my BFF and we make it a tradition to go to tea any time we get together! I’m SO glad we made the decision to try out this tea house. Being from CA I rarely come across tea HOUSES. Mad Hatter was everything I had pictured a tea house to be like equipped with a long driveway
No joke, when my friend and I were on the road we looked over and saw this magnificent estate and we both said «wow! Look at that house over there!», little did we know 10 seconds later our GPS instructed us to turn into the lot! We were sooo excited! But first things first, you have to park across the way from the main entrance because the driveway is under construction, and when you walk in there’s a set of steps on your right that heads up to the front door. Do NOT attempt to walk up the unpaved dirt drive way that my BFF and I did, and ended up walking around the entire house only to end up at the set of steps that were right there when we got through the gates! (Dammit!!)
The place is soooo incredibly cute!!! We dressed up for the event, complete with big hats! You should as well! It adds to the ambience and the experience.
For the spring schedule they actually open at 10– but you should always call to confirm. Their high tea service takes place in the various rooms throughout the house with the enclosed patio reserved for people who just want lunch I believe?
Upstairs they have a very cute gift/​tea boutique. I was introduced to and bought my first Dammit Doll! See photo!
The teas that we got to try were: Royal Wedding, Divine Temple, and the third one was Mango something. All were very good but my favorite was Royal Wedding (even though it’s a black tea — be prepared to make frequent trips to the little girl’s room every hour if you are like me with a strange reaction to caffeine and a small bladder lol) Anyhoo… The soup of the day was vegetable lentil and wild rice. Both were very hot and oh so good! You, Minnesotans really know how to make and serve your soups (hearty and super hot!).
The tea sandwiches were very good (they’re made there) and some of the desserts were made from a local well known hoity-​toity bakery that my friend really likes!
Service was wonderful, ambience was spot on and food was delicious! By the way, they serve real sugar cubes here! (I hate it when tea rooms don’t offer sugar cubes and would resort to packets!) I can’t wait to come back again!
Cheers!

I absolutely loved this place! Went with my 5 girlfriends for a birthday and had great service and experience. Would recommend this to everyone. Such a cute place and awesome tea and food! Will be going back very soon!

I fell in love with this place! Absolutely fantastic. Food was delicious, tea was amazing! I will definitely be regular. There were very reasonable prices and the location and establishment is just WOW.

So disappointed! I was so excited to bring my good friends to this adorable restaurant. I made a big deal about the Christmas tea! For $ 40, the portions were small and the food was just so-​so. (The tea was great).
To top it off, the service was terrible. We were told that they typically only take one card… (which was ridiculous), the waitress told me that she didn’t know how to split our bill into multiple cards (which she eventually did).
At the end we we’re literally told by the waitress that we were «getting the boot» because they had another reservation. So disappointed!

I really enjoyed this place and was pleasantly surprised. The shrimp and grits was very well seasoned. I also had the eggs Benedict with house potatoes. The eggs were slightly overdone but still delicious. Really liked the house potatoes as they were also well seasoned. I just wished the portion size was a bit bigger as I could count only 9 – 10 small potato pieces. For dessert I ordered the milk chocolate bread pudding which was amazing. The cranberries on top pulled it together very nicely. For drinks I got the Bloody Mary; it wasn’t spicy enough for me but that may just be my preference. Came with a stick of celery. Service was also great; our waitress was lovely and engaging. Overall a great experience and I’m looking forward to my next visit already.

Love this place. Second time here this week. The Shrimp and Grits were to die for. Amazing.