Reviews for McHugh Tea Room & Gifts in Bellaire, TX
Today I had the chicken salad sandwich with fruit, both excellent. Last time had the gluten free quiche (amazing hash brown... crust) and gluten free scones, also excellent. Both visits included a variety of white tea. Service was excellent, too. Read more
Cute little shop with friendly service, but I came here because I wanted a good cup of tea and their website made it seem like... they were more knowledgeable than average. But when I saw that they were serving ?culinary? grade matcha for drinking it wasdisappointing (culinary grade is for smoothies and baking, it is not suitable for drinking). This place is more of an Englishtea shop than an Asian tea shop, but I would still expect more knowledge from a place specializing in tea. They also don?t haveany non dairy creamer and only one non dairy milk. So if you?re looking for a very traditional English tea experience this isprobably a good choice, but if you?re looking for anything outside of that there are other better tea places in Houston. Read more
What a nice experience. The tea room is a charming little spot with some beautiful China. I want to buy it all! The sandwiches... were a little on the simple side but they were good, as were the desserts. There was a great selection of teas, some of which Ihaven?t seen anywhere else. The scones were small but good. I do feel like there could have been more cream/jam given per tableas I asked for more but it never came. The lunch food that others were ordering around us looked absolutely delicious. I willsay that it was very loud inside the restaurant, it was hard to hear each other talking. But service was good and the pricingwas right. Great little place! Read more
A hidden and remarkable gem tucked away near Chinatown! Ever since having high tea at Balmoral in Edinburgh, our expectations... for high tea have been elevated. McHugh Tea did not disappoint and we are excited to have something like this in Houston! Wewent for afternoon high tea on a Saturday for our anniversary. I called the day before to make reservations over the phone andit was super easy. Parking was plentiful in front of the shop (they have a large parking lot). My husband is vegetarian so werequested that the high tea have vegetarian sandwiches. There were three types - cucumber/cream cheese, savory cheese and avegetarian salad sandwich instead of chicken salad. The sandwiches were all yummy and the savory cheese was as authentic as itcomes. It also came with two scones (a bit bigger than macarons) that were cranberry/orange and matcha. They came with clottedcream, strawberry jam and lemon curd. The scones were very light and fluffy and served warm. While I?ve had clotted cream andstrawberry jam frequently, I have never had lemon curd and it was a pleasant combination! The small desserts were a goodaddition to the teas. I?m terms of the teas, they had a great selection of white, black, oolong and green teas. We picked theSilver needle (white tea), Honeysuckle Fig (oolong) and Pu-erh teas. Our waitress guided us on the order to drink the tea and itwas very helpful because we enjoyed the flavors more. The Honeysuckle Fig was unanimously our favorite as it had a naturalsweetener. Overall, we had a great time and plan on being back again! Read more
Very cute. Had an afternoon high tea with some friends. Our server was very sweet and kind. Tea smelled excellent and was... overall tasty. Like that they give you three picks so you can sample different teas and not worry about committing to the wrongone. Pastries were good, not overly sweet. I was appreciative of their nonmeat sandwich choices. Read more
What a great afternoon tea experience<3 The staff was amazing and very friendly. I got to enjoy a great afternoon with my... favorite gal pal. Teas and food served was delicious! Read more
The atmosphere was really nice, very relaxed and I love the big windows and no direct sun. The decor is fantastic, everything... has so much thought put into it. I mean, even the hanging lights above the tables have teacups! The gift shop portion is reallyneat, if you have a tea geek, or are one yourself, you could definitely find something. Everything was super clean too, thebathrooms were well-kept and each table was neatly taken care of. The staff is great, they know their menus and teas very welland are super chill. Our waitress was very patient and nice, she was totally willing to start up mini conversations about teacups or give you more information about tea. I even had a long, in-depth coversation with the manager (i wish i could rememberhis name) just about tea and the buissness, I really enjoyed it too. He could tell you the history of the store and some ofthier decorations. You guys should really check out their website, it has the full menu and a whole bunch of other resourceslike donating old tea sets or purchasing more teas. The teas were awesome, the asortment and blends that they have are amazing. If you like a particular tea, you can buy a bag of it, the pricing of the tea is fair when you consider that a professional teablender (not kidding, that dude actually took a class and everything) made that flavor. There is a wall in the entry that has awhole bunch of tea blends that you can smell, i didn't get a picture of it unfortunately, but its super cool. I got the MasalaChai (a lovely spice tea that tasted amazing and is probably my favorite), the Blood Orange (a citrus tea that didnt quitestrike my fancy), and the black currant (an amazing floral black tea with a slight berry flavor and very rich in tone). Keep inmind that certain teas are sold seasonally, I really liked the Hojicha tea but they were going to stop making it because itdidn't go over well with some people, so i bought a bag of it and it'll last me ages. One thing I really l Read more
Had a girls brunch there recently?bottomless teas, mimosas & a nice selection of food! The ambience was cool and staff was... attentive. Read more