LAVINIA Cakes'n Buttons — Restaurant in The Hague

We visited Lavinia’s beautiful café yesterday for my son’s 7th birthday high tea, and I couldn’t be happier with the experience. Lavinia organized everything wonderfully and was an excellent host, welcoming us warmly into her stunningly decorated space. Her lunchroom feels like a fairytale—almost like stepping into Alice in Wonderland! The high tea selection was incredibly varied, with everything handmade and crafted with care. Each bite, especially the mousse treats, looked straight out of a food magazine. The homemade cake with mousse filling was divine…. You won’t easily find this level of quality anywhere else… for a special birthday cake, Lavinia is definitely the one to go to!

She even takes care to present everything beautifully, and the coffee was great too. She truly goes above and beyond to pamper her guests.

Lavinia also offers workshops, and I’d love to join one to learn how to set a festive table for my own guests at home. Being there gave us such a wonderful feeling; I genuinely felt happy in that space. Her cakes and pastries are unique, exclusive, and absolutely delicious. All the praise to her! We’ll definitely be back...

Oh, a must-do once in a life time memory we will never forget. So beautiful! We all felt like we were in Alice in Wonderland.

For a special birthday celebration, we ordered the high tea -- rose petal tea, ginger and lemon and divine black coffee -- highly recommended -- which was served in priceless Royal Albert China (we peaked under the cups), hand-embroidered white-lace tablecloth, on top of which were served exquisite sumptuous savoury and sweet divine perfections -- all made with natural ingredients. We were in heaven!

I highly recommend visiting Lavinia when in The Hague, bookings in advance via text, indicating time and number of persons was well received.

A perfect birthday experience that will definitely never be forgotten.

Thank you, Lavinia, for making it perfect.

Forever...

This is a review of the high tea I had here.

I don’t understand the positive reviews here, but maybe I have a different palate. While the interior, the table and the food looked absolutely amazing, the taste of both the savoury and the sweet foods were totally bland. All the food was already on the table as we arrived, which I don’t like but that is a personal preference (how long has the food been sitting out there? The toastie with the fish??) The sweet foods consisted mostly of mousse. No cakes, scones or anything else that actually had flavour. Just things that looked like fruit (it did look fantastic) but was actually mousse and tasted like nothing much. The tea was good, the cappuccino was...