Applecake Tea Room — Restaurant in Farragut

I loved the atmosphere of this restaurant, which was very old-fashioned rustic southern charm. The iced friendship tea was delicious and mini bran muffins were cute. Our server was nice. Unfortunately, the food was comically overpriced and left much to be desired. I came with a group and ordered the tea room medley, which came to almost $14 before tax and tip. I also tried the bravo beef and gravy (with the turkey option instead of beef) and tea room club, which my friends had. None of us were impressed with any of the dishes. The tea room medley was a plate almost half full of ruffle potato chips typical of a grocery store's, with a scoop of plain chicken salad and banana bread finger sandwiches and fruit on the side. The banana bread and cream cheese was a nice combo, I will say. The tea room club, unfortunately, was piled even higher with ruffle potato chips in the center to make up for the lack of actual sandwich (placed on the edges of the plate). We agreed that the beef and gravy tasted like bland lunch meat from a tin that was drenched in gravy. I was planning on trying the apple cake for dessert but we were disappointed and opted to just leave instead. I really wanted to love this place but my takeaway consists of small portions of overpriced, bland food on a plate with large portions of ruffle potato chips to visually fill the space. I don't see...

I wanted to like this place, but I was severely disappointed. I came upon this place after realizing kraken’s cup was closed. They call themselves a room, so it was very surprising to see they only have three types of tea. I ordered an orange spiced tea, and when I took a sip it was extremely sweet. I couldn’t finish the pot due to the sweetness. I ordered a bowl of potato soup and it came out lukewarm and tasted like a cambells chunky soup was topped with bacon and cheese. I also ordered a side of glazed fruit thinking it would be similar to the type you see on top of a tart. Maybe this is a dish I’m unfamiliar with but it was fruit covered in a grainy thick sauce that did not taste very good. 20 minutes in and with none of my food done or even my first cup of tea done my waitress Kayla comes with the check, which I felt was inappropriate. She passed by my table several times after to see if I’d paid ( I didn’t want to be rushed out). She started clearing my plates of unfinished food (which I also thought was inappropriate without asking). She eventually let up, and in the end I walked myself to the cashier to pay the bill. Although the decor is lovely and the lady at the cash register was very sweet, I will not...

My mom and I stopped here on our way through town. We were excited because, with it being called a tea room, we were expecting a variety of piping hot teas in large teapots, delicious English inspired tea cakes and sandwiches, etc. We ordered English breakfast tea and it came out in a small pot, string bags already in the mugs and lukewarm water at best. It tasted like Twinnings or Lipton instead of a lovely English tea. The pot held about two cups. The fruit salad with glaze on the Medley tasted like can fruit and some kind of pie filling. The pumpkin bread with cream cheese filling was ok, but didn’t taste homemade and the bread seemed like it had been refrigerated instead of baked in house. Thr chicken salad was pretty good but instead of cracker varieties to eat it with, it is served with Ruffles potato chips. It would have been ok if the price wasn’t as high as it was for what it was. We also had soup and but the French onion and potato soup tasted like a package instead of in house, and both were cold. . Again, for the price, we expected something more authentic. We...