Mr. Gold's Gelato — Restaurant in Richmond

We purchased the elegant tea set for 4 (40 dollars a person) on Groupon. Because we ordered the elegant tea set, we were able to modify one of the sets to be fit for a Vegetarian which was good.

We were lucky and got the backroom to ourselves. Decor was very nice and fit the atmosphere.

The savory portion was definitely better than the sweet. The bread for the cucumber sandwich did feel a bit dry and the "bruschetta" was on regular bread toasted until it was very hard...not great. The scone was also a bit dry. Flavour wise though it was quite tasty and light. As a vegetarian, I am often given a completely different menu from others and it tends to be less inferior. At Gold's they mimic the "regular" menu wonderfully. I consider this a bonus! For example, instead of smoked salmon they gave me smoked carrot and they mimicked a tuna sandwich with a meat alternative. It still tasted very good. Visually it also looked similar.

As for the dessert portion I personally didn't feel it was anything amazing. It was very sweet and some of the desserts felt old. They do offer a cup of gelato at the end and it was very tasty. My personal favourite of the sweets.

Overall the food was acceptable.

My biggest complaint and reason for a deducted star is the tea. Selection was fine, they offered green, black, and floral/fruit options. But the quality and strength was severely lacking. The black teas came in a teabag which wouldn't be strong enough for a full pot (nevermind refills) and we felt the tea to be very weak from the get go. As we got refills this only got worse and it tasted like water... The fruit teas were loose leaf and were a bit stronger, just took longer steep time to get the full flavour. Either they need to use two tea bags/more tea leaves at the start, or offer a new teabag/change the leaves...

We had a very disappointing experience in Me Gold :( When we got into the cafe, we have double checked with the server about the minimum charge and we were being informed that there were no any minimum charge per person. However, after placing the order, the manager told us that we were not allowed to share the family tower set and insisted us to order more. We tried to cancel the family tower set but we were being rejected. The attitude of the manager wasn't nice, he even judged us about never having "high tea" experiences so that we were not familiar to the regular price of tea set. After the clarification, the manager claimed that their staff had mixed up the policy. We were very disappointed as they didn't try to help us to tackle the issue but forced us to order more. My valuable weekend mood was ruined by this cafe :( The manager end up offered each of us a small scope of ice cream to compensate our disappointment. We were actually quite full at that moment but the staff claimed that having the "free offered ice cream " from them were very rare. We should treasure this chance... Despite of the poor services, the food of the family set was not as good as expected. The taste was normal and the food was not fresh at all. Not really recommending this cafe to people who are hoping for a great "high standard afternoon tea"experience with...

First time at Mr. Gold's for their Elegant Afternoon Tea (regular $46 per person). Got a Groupon promo that also came with gelato, so ended up paying around $30 per person before tax (diners do pay tax on the non-discounted amount, however). It was a nice afternoon tea! We chose our tea, and the savoury and sweet treats were served on Royal Albert Lavender Rose china. As always with afternoon tea, small portions but a nice variety of bites. My favourites were the Avocado Prawn Salad (served in the avocado shell) and the Panna Cotta. We knew the gelato was coming, so couldn't finish all the treats and took a small box to go. We were able to sample some gelato before making our one scoop selection, and I had the Italian Tiramisu, which was creamy and decadent!

Water for our tea was attentively topped up by our server. My side of the white tablecloth was a little stained, so that was a small taint to the experience. Aside from that, the ambiance was nice and we had a bright window seat when it wasn't too crowded. The server kindly agreed to our request to see some of the private rooms, which is open for weekends and for parties. The venue and environment is good for groups! 3-hour parking can be found in a parking lot or on the street....