This was the first time we have visited McFarland house, and we're very impressed. We arrived early for our tea room reservation, so we took the tour of the house. The tour was great, the tour guide Lex was fantastic very informative, knew a lot about the house, John McFarland himself and also the Era. He was funny during the tour with some of the explanations which was great. The tour last 30 minutes, it starts from the garden and ends back in the reception area. Our table was ready when we had finished the tour, so we were asked if we wanted to go in early. We decided on Afternoon tea, there is a good selection of teas, we chose Lavender Earl Grey, and Peach Earl Grey which were both great. The staff are all in period costume and the tearoom is a glass conservatory attached to McFarland house. The tea consisted of eight finger sandwiches, with fillings of chicken, egg, apple and cheese. Next level there were four plain scones and two cheese scones, with these was jam, butter and whipped cream. The top level was lemon squares, chocolate chip cookies. To be more authentic the tea could have been in proper tea pots (which are sold in the shop), and the whipped cream could have been clotted cream. The service was good, there were refills on the tea (two cups per pot) The price for the Afternoon tea was $39.95 per person which is a bit pricey and not something to do everything, but compared to the Prince of Wales at $55.00 to start per person it is not bad. I would recommend the McFarland house and tearoom, and would certainly go to the tearoom again but may just have the cream tea. I would recommend making a reservation for the tearoom, we went mid-week so not sure how busy it gets on weekends as there is around ten tables.