The Tearoom QVB

While visiting Sydney a friend decided to take us here and we had the most wonderful time! The Tea Room at the Queen Victoria Building is in the heart of the downtown hub. It’s hard to believe you’re in the middle of the bustling city! The space is relaxed, open and beautiful and located already inside one of the most gorgeous buildings.
We booked two days in advance for a 1pm seating and they were able to sit us early since we got there 30 minutes ahead of time. We chose the $ 50 AUS Cheapange team options which was perfect. All the teas looked amazing but I settled for their Vanilla black tea — which is my absolutely favorite.
We were done in roughly an hour but I wish we had stayed even longer! The service was fantastic and I was so stuffed I couldn’t even finish all my little cakes and teas (they were very generous with the options).
I absolutely loved High Tea here and would recommend to any native Aussie or visitor that they have to treat themselves!

Took a friend for the first time to High Tea and she loved it! I figured the best place to start would be to trial The Tea Room at the Queen Victoria Building in the city.
We were booked in for 11am for a 1.5 hour seating, although i highly doubt we would use that whole time!
I cant remember the names of most of the items but made sure to take a lot of pictures so you can feast your eyes on the deliciousness that is High Tea :). The wait staff was impeccable and pleasant.
We were done and dusted within the hour and desperately needed to walk off the many treats we just consumed.
Overall I love High Tea and always have a wonderful time sipping tea and eating the mini treats, I mean if you didn’t then this is something that you must get yourself into! With the year coming to an end i think you all deserve to spoil yourself ;).

I came here with my sister and it was a very nice experience!
The service was great (servers were very polite) and the food was solid for what it was. Specifically, the scones and sandwiches were really nice. While some dishes were either way too rich and sweet (the chocolate square cake) or salty and beyond oily (some spinach pastry) I forgot about the flaws because the atmosphere and service was just overwhelmingly satisfying.
This feels like a great place to have some light food while casual conversing with a friend.

We wondered in here because I wanted a tea.
Like a proper tea, in china cups and silver spoons for my sugar. What I didn’t realise is that every other time I’ve been here I’ve had afternoon tea, so therefore when I waltzed in with a tourist on my arm and asked for tea…
They told us they had already started our afternoon tea to come out.
Awkward. I just wanted tea! Well, listen up ladies and gentlemen, if you want proper tea without afternoon tea to go with it, this isn’t the place for you!
Thankfully the manager here totally understood my confusion and she actually changed our order around so that it suited us and there was a win on both sides.
I didn’t get to eat all the food that came out only because we’d had sushi not long before heading here and I couldn’t fit another thing in! However from experience the sweets, tarts, scones and sammiches here are lovely. If you do want an afternoon tea with all the bells and whistles and proper china, then this is the place you come to.
If you want tea with the proper china and silver spoons, find somewhere else. And when you do let me know so I can go there too.

I had a great experience just recently where my partner and I were browsing QVB and dropped in on Easter Saturday at 1pm with no reservation.
The maitre d’ was very pleasant and got us a table within 5 mins even though the place was full when we arrived.
Our waitress was very pleasant and the tea and food came out quickly. The tea was very nice (had Assam while my partner had wild cherry). Overall, the food was tasty with a couple of minor exceptions where a couple of biscuits were too sugary for me but others with a more sweet tooth may like this.
I found my experience to be contrary to the reviews, great service and good experience. The only pitfall for me was I dressed too casual (thongs, tee and unshaven) while all the other patrons seemed in more formal getup. Next time I’ll put in a bit of dress effort before enjoying the QVB high tea (I will be back there again)

Fully Chintz-​ed up to the max, this is a pretty traditional high tea. I’d say great if you’re going for a quiet event or taking your mum out, but if you’re on a girly afternoon somewhere more modern may be better.
Lovely food but we couldn’t finish it all, and i was with my boyfirend who’s a pretty big eater. Go for the champagne tea though, as all guests have a full high tea service so you may as well go all-​out!
They do have a fully gluten free high tea option as well.

Great spot for High-​tea (go for the «Champagne Traditional Afternoon Tea»).
Chintz city is how I’d describe the décor, but don’t let that put you off. Embrace the chintz, and pretend you’re in a country house hotel in the lake district or something.
I have to say, I’ve definitely had nicer high-​teas, although maybe I’m spoilt, as most of them were in Hong Kong, Having said that, the scones with clotted cream and home-​made jam are enough to kill a aman (in a good way, and you’d die smiling).

We had a great time at the Tea Room, but it was definitely everything to do with the company and not much to do with the Tea Room. I will say that the scones with cream were pretty delish… the food wasn’t bad, but the service was awful. Our waiter, Fabio, was just plain unpleasant.
I’m not sure if this is only the case on the weekend, but everyone was required to order a full tea (which was way too much food) — our bill came to $ 60ish dollars per person for a group of 7 people. Service was EXTREMELY slow. Our tea came only at the very end of our meal even though we’d asked for it a few times and then we were given the bill and ushered out before our plates were cleared — rude!
Absolutely love the idea of tea with the girls, but next time I think we’ll try the Victoria Room.

I write this review with sadness and disappointment. I was so super excited to make my mom to the Tea Rooms for her birthday. It was a surprise I had planned and even asked her boss in secret if she could finish work early… so hopefully you understand when reading this — it was a big deal…
So, i went with my mom to the gorgeous tea rooms… and let me tell you what a disappointment it was…
The entrance is beautiful but is deceiving because once you walk into the space you feel like you’re in a nursing home…
I love antiques and aged buildings, but this tea room felt lack lustre and sad… not the environment I was hoping for.
The service was ok but not amazing and I kind of felt at times like the waitress did not want to be there…
The food was ok and the drinks were ok but at the price — not worth it… they had the standard sweet and savoury — but nothing memorable…
Seriously disappointing experience — go to the Victoria Rooms instead for High Tea…