TranquilaTEA Tea Room and Gift Shop — Restaurant in Waynesboro

My mom took me here for Valentine’s Day. It was our first time there and we drove about 25 minutes to get there. The outside of the tea house is painted a fun purple color. You enter into a very small, cramped foyer and we were greeted right away. They found our reservation and escorted us to our table, which was through the main room and into a smaller “back room” with just one other table. We were seated directly in front of the kitchen entrance. It was very cramped. I even just about knocked a bunch of tea sets off the wall trying to get my coat on and off. The tablecloth was pretty but the chairs are the cheap ugly black stackable ones. Rather than beautiful tea pots and dishes, each seat is outfitted with a small, solid colored tea pot (neither of us were fans of our colors) and a small plate and tea cup set. The tiny tea spoons were cute. Cloth antique-looking napkins were very cute but also very small. We were provided with a lengthy menu of teas to choose from and started our meal with our choice of tea. Now the food. I didn’t care for the salad and only took one small bite. Neither of us liked the tomato bisque which had tons of tiny cut up onions and a bad taste. It was also served in a tiny little bowl. Servers were fine but never asked if my (uneaten) food was ok. Next they brought out a 2-tier tray with a few tea sandwiches and some deserts. Overall, we weren’t fond of most of the sandwiches and left several untouched. We each had a strawberry white chocolate scone with cream, which was good. The other desserts weren’t eaten either. They served two cake pops and called them “truffles”. We took the desserts home to my children, who were only interested in the cake pops. The cost for this lovely meal was $40/person and then they added on an almost 25% tip automatically! Overall, very disappointing experience and we won’t go back.

UPDATE: the tip added was indeed 18%, my mistake. And yes, now that it has been brought to my attention, I recall there was a third table squished behind our tables. Otherwise, I stand by my review. I’m sorry you felt the need to discredit my review, rather than take the...

Vegan food options were salad and fruit and we were told that they had vegan options as long as they are given a day in advance. What they needed that advance for we do not know. Very cute place and the tea was great but that was it. It was a bit pricey. The vegan tea options were okay but they don't have any alternative milk so chai teas were not available.

Just to clarify for the readers, the "fruit salad" apples and oranges! 👎 Mixed green salad was just a fail! 👎The cucumber sandwich was way too salty! 👎 All of your passive aggressive replies to these poor people are horrendous!! Everything else was amazing the little sandwiches were delicious and wonderful tea but for a Vegan was AWFUL! 👎👎👎👎👎

My mom was asked by a waitress "how do you feel about honey?" Great question, because some vegans accept honey but others don't, my mom, not nasty at all repeated the question and said "No, honey is not vegan" which wasn't nasty and the waitress clarified that she was just checking to see. Saying that it was a nasty interaction is just foul behavior. Whether the waitress cried or not, which as a former waitress I definitely believe some tears were shed and i do NOT blame the waitress for that because that job is difficult. Your reply to me about the mine items my mom received made it a lot more impressive and tasty than it seemed, my mom didn't even eat it because she was immediately disappointed. Then to eat a salad, with cranberries, pecans and the same apples and a balsamic glaze, again disappointed. Then the cucumber sandwich she received just wasn't good and was way too salty. Her mango sorbet she received was very good. For a non-vegan this place was great! It was cute, the sandwiches were tasty and the tea was delicious! But as a vegan you will be certainly...

Worst tea room experience ever. They serve these tiny little chocolate chip scones. They had no other types they said. They had no clotted cream (not that I would put it on a chocolate chip scone I suppose anyway). I had to ask for milk three times and the sandwiches were minuscule. I think they gave us 10 sandwiches( for three grown women )and the sandwiches were about the size of a silver dollar. $89 bill. In case owner replies to this review: I did askif there were any other types of scones available and they said no. I asked what type of sandwiches they were three or four times not that it mattered because they were so tiny. They mixed the vegetarian sandwiches ( one of us pre ordered vegetarian) and the regular sandwiches together on a plate and that’s why I had to keep asking which sandwiches were which( the answer kept changing) . Just the worst experience. I wouldn’t have written a review at all if the bill was $30 but it was $90. Ripped off! Thanks for nothing 🥴 Follow up :The server spilt the lemon and almond cream.Noone spilt milk . She then spent several minutes trying to clean it up while we watched and waited. I asked for milk three times. I again asked while she tried to remove the cream and lemon from your carpet. Furthermore my 78 year old mother called and asked for a substitute for the bread. The person on the phone couldn’t conceive the concept of not eating bread . Your teeny tiny scones , if thats what you call them were terrible and not everyone eats chocolate , unbeknownst to you I suppose. We will...