Tyme For Tea & Co

Tacky and overpriced. For $ 33/​person (or so, I think) we got decent tea, scones, assorted mediocre sandwiches and a few desserts. Overall, nothing is really that good. I think most of the food is frozen? The only good thing was the scone. The sandwiches and desserts were just okay.
I see people call this place «quaint», «cute», «rustic», «darling», etc. No, it’s not. It’s more so rundown and unchanged for the last 5 years. The same old play hats are sitting in giant bin that may or may not be infested with lice. The tables aren’t that tastefully decorated and the service is just alright.
There’s better places to satisfy your cutesy tea craving. Try Lisa’s Tea Treasures, Tea @ The Neiman Marcus Rotunda in SF, etc. All similar prices.

What a cute tea spot. The smell of freshly made scones is intoxicating. I reserved the whole place for my beasties baby shower. Everything was set up perfectly and service was great. The scones, finger sandwiches, tarts, and deserts were delicious. Oh and the tea was not bad either.

I went here with my wife and mother-​in-​law on a random weekday. I was not sure what to expect,. My wife has been there before and she enjoyed the tea she really wanted to return to purchase some tea.
We arrived at our scheduled reservation, the place is quaint and rustic. It was during Halloween so it was all decked out in Halloween décor. We were sat immediately and my wife order for me, I picked my own tea. I believe it was a black raspberry tea. I love tea so I didn’t mind. First course was a scone, which was served warm and included fresh cream, a lemon cream and preserve. All were real good and complimented the pumpkin scone. The next course has all the real «meat» of the meals, sandwiches. A cucumber butter sandwich, chicken pecan salad sandwich, mushrooms, and Cristina. All were really good and I liked the chicken salad a lot! The meal ended with petit Flores, which were equally ok.
I really though this was a place for women, but there were a few men there on dates. The food appeared small but there was so much that I was stuffed by the end of the meal. If you are a guy bring your lady down and give it a try it’s not that bad.

I’ve always wanted to come here and do a Tea day. Saturday afternoon My friends and I came to do just that.
First, We were confused by the waitress and told that we each had to buy a 25.00 tea set.
This includes a pot of your choice of tea and a scone. 5 assorted sandwiches and then a couple of pastries to finish off.
So, We get 2 sets and an extra pot of tea.
We ordered the Blackberry Sage, Cinnamon Rose and Ginger Peach tea. The only one out of the three that had any taste whatsoever was the Ginger Peach.
Finally, the food arrives and we each get 5 tiny pieces. The sandwiches with cucumber and radish witch cream cheese was on wonder bread.
The rest of the food was pretty bland.
The only thing that was really tasty was the raspberry jam and the lemon curd for the scones.
The pastries at the end were pretty stale. We left most of them.
Totally not worth the price that they charge for such cheap and tasteless food.
We sat there for 2 hours and the waitress never once came to check on us and see how we were doing or if we needed anything.
Never coming back to this place.
There’s a lot of other tea rooms in the area with higher ratings.

«It’s sooooo pink!» said one of my guy friends that went with me. He had no idea what he got himself into… Lol.
This is probably one of the most decorated high tea places that I’ve been to. They even have hats for you to wear if you are into dressing up.
We ordered 3 Victorian high tea. The food didn’t not come out at the same time unlike other tea services that I’ve been too. Scones were first, then sandwiches and lastly pastries/​sweets. I was disappointed that we didn’t get the 3 tier stand. :(We got this 2 tier leaf stand instead… Lol.
Service was a bit on the slow side, but they were still nice. The sandwiches were okay. One of then was asparagus cheese on a piece of baguette… Lol. The berry blossom tea had a smell like cough medicine. Don’t get emperor’s choice tea because it tasted like water. Hibiscus watermelon tea was pretty good though.
Overall, it’s decent for the price; cheaper than some places, but not the best high tea that I’ve had.

My gal pal took me to tea for my birthday. We had a lovely time. The décor was darling from the silver sugar tongs to all the different tea cups. We had fun picking out hats and posing for some photos. The food was deelish and the tea steeped nice and long. Looking forward to next visit.

This place has really gone downhill. Im disappointed that we spent over $ 70 and barely enjoyed our experience. If it wasn’t for the amazing company I had — I would have been even more upset for wasting my money here.
Came here for a birthday get together — we arrived on time for our 1130 reservation. Place is really rusty and old. I feel like they don’t put in an effort in maintaining the place. Chairs were super uncomfortable, hats were dirty, old, and smelly. We were seated and were asked to select hats to wear. The tub that holds the hats had all kinds of garbage in the bottom. Yuck. We decided to skip wearing the «fancy» dirty hats and sat back down to to order our tea. We arrived 1130, played around with the hats and sat back down at 11:40. We weren’t approached to place our order until 12:05pm, which is quite a while for a place that was not packed. The tea was cold and not dark enough so when I added milk, it was like drinking milk water. I asked them to replace my cup. Poured myself another cup of cold tea and saw a piece of hair. So gross. The only thing I really enjoyed is the scone and the rest of the sandwiches food was so bland served on rusted trays. If your charging $ 22 for cold tea, 2 – 3 mini sandwiches, one pastry and piece of chocolate — please make sure your serving trays and china ware is in good condition at least. We totally felt out of place.

Taste of Food — Not impressed. Not very tasty.
The setting, tea pots and tea cups — not delicately decorated.
Environment — plain pink table cloth. Ewww.
Service — good but did not have a designated hostess.
Comfort level — wooden chair with no cushion. Hot! Its 90 degree outside. They only have a few tiny window mount AC. A commercial oven was operating all day long right next to me.
Selections of tea — good selection of basic tea.
Time limit on seating — nope, you can seat till they close at 4 pm.
Definitely prefer to go the English rose garden at Pleasanton.

Took my Granny for the Halloween High tea. She was really surprised! (She cried even!) The tea was so good and the small sandwiches (although small) are really filling! Loved the Halloween theme and seeing everyone dress up! They have tons of tea hats you can wear which is super cute! The desserts were Halloween themed. We were too full to eat them so took them home. A really fun afternoon with my sweet granny.

Awesome ambiance– great place to catch up with your girls or maybe some much needed alone time! I get to clear my head while sipping some great tea and good food!

What a cute place to have high tea/​wine w/​delicious dessert. I love the elegant pink classy table décor. You can bring your own wine for a $ 15 corking fee or buy wine there. I like to recommend that if you like hats to bring your own. Their hats are very old and raggedy looking. I will be back for ladies brunch again. The service is great and very accommodating.

Charm. Home-​y yet elegant. Pink walls. Crystal and black chandeliers. Fine bone china tea cups everywhere.
This place is reservation only so two weeks prior I made one for a Saturday at 2pm. Parking can take some time, especially with the farmer’s market. As soon as I walked in through the narrow old fashioned door, I was immersed in the sight of tea cups and teapots. I was directed to the podium stand and told they’d have to set up our table. Must’ve been busy for them. Turns out there was a table in the back corner. We were hidden on the left side. I got a good view of the place, but the ones across from me only saw a black curtain framed by fairy lights. I would’ve preferred the center table they were cleaning up. Want to borrow at hat? They’re located to the right toward the restroom in an old bathtub. Mirror installed above for convenience.
Our party of 4 ordered the 3 course grand sparkling Victorian Tea for $ 25/​person, including choice of tea. Instead of champagne, we requested sparkling cider. We ordered peach black tea, jasmine green tea, green tea, and Friendship blend peppermint chamomile. The first course consisted of a warm sugar dusted blueberry scone with raspberry preserves, lemon curd, and crème fraiche. The second course made us pretty full. The top tier had cucumber sandwiches, second tier had a cheese croissant and mushroom hors d’œuvre, and the third tier had pecan chicken salad sandwiches and melted cheese topped baguettes. Yum. By the third tea pastry course, I only had room to taste the petit fours and white chocolate covered peanut butter cups with a Butterfinger shell consistency inside. The brown sugar cookies looked like Spam slices, to my amusement.
The Middle Eastern lady that served us was very pleasant and accommodating. I regret not asking for her name. While polite, the male worker seemed a bit rushed. The blonde lady was very understanding and replaced the jasmine green tea in lieu of regular green tea halfway through when we realized we didn’t like it. Overall, I will return to bring some friends. I’ll probably skip the cider next time to avoid the sugar overload with the tea pastries.
Don’t forget to check out the charming merchandise in the front! You might find something exquisite.

This place reminded me of my grandma. She loved tea sets and everything from what they were selling in the gift shop part of the business to the hats they had for customers to wear during tea reminded me of her. On that note, when I stepped inside on a Saturday afternoon for my friend’s bridal shower, I was pleasantly surprised. I’m not sure what I was expecting, I mean… I suppose when I would envision a tea room, it would look like this. I’ve only been to one other tea time and it was a «teddy bear tea time» and I took my four year old twins. This was a step up from that tea time, in a different way… and positive.
This was the weekend of the car show that they hold, I guess in the summertime. I’ve literally only been to Niles maybe two or three times, if that. I knew where it was… the vicinity of Niles, but I hadn’t ever been to this place in particular. Half of the business is the gift store, the other half is the tea room. My friend had three tables reserved for her party. We sat down and they brought us the tea. First served was lemon-​blueberry scones. I love scones and these were delicious with the berry spread. Next, they brought out a three tiered tray of appetizer sized treats for us to munch on. My favorite were the spinach pinwheel, it reminded me of a delicious quiche. Last, we were given three desserts. I only had two, the one filled with peanut butter and the cookie. I could have eaten a lot more food, I wish that I would have sat at the table where no one was eating!
Overall, it was a really fun bridal shower. I want to bring my girls back here to have a tea day with them. I think they would really enjoy it. It is a perfect place to have a girl’s day or a bridal shower. It’s decorated very feminine, but don’t let that discourage you from bringing guys here! If they like tea and some good food, they will have fun as well. The only bummer during our visit was that it was probably the hottest day of the summer and they do not have AC in there. I get it, AC is expensive and the building is really old. They do have a window unit that you can stand by if you’re feeling warm. Other than that, I look forward to visiting this business again.

Super cute place in a part of Fremont I didn’t know existed! My group of girlfriends and I wanted to get some tea to catch up and dress cute. We originally wanted to go to Lovejoy’s in the city but there were no reservations available. We decided to just stay local and try this place out. It was easy for us to make reservations for 5 beforehand, I say we made reservations on Tuesday for Saturday? When I arrived, there was still plenty of space available although it did fill up immediately after we sat down.
As for the food and service, it was impeccable. We all got the regular Victorian tea (w/​o the $ 3 glass of champagne, haha). It was $ 22 — aka super cheap for high tea. The food came in three courses: 1) scone w/​lemon curd, rasberry jam, and their homemade crème fraîche 2) a 3 plate platter full of cucumber sandwiches, chicken salad pecan croissant (more like a sandwich), mushroom empanada, quiche, and jalapano cream cheese spread over sourdough bread, and 3) butterscotch cookie, peanut butter chocolate crunchy tasting thing, and petit fours. We were super stuffed by the time we got to dessert. But everything was soooo good!
As for the teas, we tried the Thyme for Tea blend, hibiscus watermelon, and ginger peach. Everyone in my group favored the Thyme for Tea blend and we were partial to the hibiscus watermelon (artificial looking…) and ginger peach (tasted like fancy soap).
Definitely coming back for a more laid back high tea atmosphere!

This tea place is definitely the cheapest afternoon tea place I’ve been to with some of the best food too! All other places require each person to get a tea set, but at this place, you can split the tea sets and just get extra teas on the side. Me and my mom came here after eating a huge lunch so we didn’t want to spend another $ 20/​person on food. What we did was get the Victorian Tea Set ($ 22) + a teapot ($ 3). It ended up being around $ 12.50/person– such a good deal!
For the tea, we got the Almond Coconut Macaroon and the Thyme for Tea blend (black tea with strawberry and kiwi). The almond one was really good! The thyme for tea blend was just okay. I wouldn’t get it again.
The Victoria Tea Set came with:
— a scone– this was really good. I loved the lemon curd it came with
— 5 tea sandwiches– all of these were good. loved the cheesy jalapeño bread
— 3 tea pastries– this was one brown butter cookie (I really liked dipping this in the lemon curd), a chocolate pastry and a peanut butter pastry which were just whatever.
Overall, the food here was way better than when I came here a long time ago and they only served Costco food. If you don’t feel like eating a lot and just want to come for the experience, it’s great that they let you share tea sets! If you are deciding between getting only the tea sandwiches or only the tea pastries, definitely go with the sandwiches! And lastly, don’t forget to look in the back of the place. They have a bin of hats that you can try on and wear while you sip on some tea, so you can get the complete English afternoon tea experience!

My favorite tea house in the East Bay, but I could be biased being a Fremont native. SIituated on the cutest corner in historic Niles Fremont, this shop sells tea items and antiques up front and then opens up into a full service tea room in the rear of the shop.
I’ve bern here on numerous occasions for group events like bridal/​baby showers, and also just casually with friends. It’s fun and affordable all around!
The scones and tea sandwiches always taste great! I never have enough space to make it to the petit fours, but one of these days…
P. S. There’s a box full of large hats that you can wear while you have tea — have a little fun with it!

Oh, this place is just absolutely darling hahaha…
Came here a few weeks ago for my future cousin-​in law’s surprise bridal shower… super fun!
It was a busy Sunday afternoon, so I ended up parking my car at the lot a little way’s across from Tyme for Tea.
When you first walk in, you’ll come across the gift shop, which have tons of neat stuff in it…
Further in, you’ll see the dining area/​tables where people have their tea and such…
The MOH reserved a table for 10 I think, and the customer service overall was pretty good from what I remember… I forgot what package we got, all I remember is we had three different types of teas, appetizers, hot finger foods/​sandwiches, and petit fours (desserts). The hot pinwheels and quiche were the best tasting snacks for me, but everything else was quite tasty as well…
Our theme that day was to wear floral… and on top of that we got to wear tea party hats… there’s a tab full of hats to choose from… makes it much more festive when you wear them haha… only thing is… I don’t know how often they clean those hats :/​
Definitely a fun experience… great for bridal showers, tea time with friends and loved ones… and it’s NOT only for women… men come here and definitely share in the experience as well.

Decided to go here to celebrate the first Saturday of 2015 with my girls. Reserved a spot for tea at 11 am for 6 and they saved a table for 5. This review is based on their service or lack there of.
The waiter was very unenthusiastic along with being unhelpful. For our table it took an extremely long wait for service, menus and the tea itself. I had a wonderful time with my lovely ladies however was disappointed with their service. I have been here before and their customer service was wonderful so this was a shocker. The waiter did not refresh our teas during the wait or leave a menu for us to order more items because they did not have enough.

New to Fremont, this was my time to Niles as I live on the peninsula. This area is quite charming and perfect place for afternoon tea. I definitely recommend stopping by the area to window shop at the antique stores and then heading over to Tyme for Tea for some afternoon refreshments (or lunch).
The inside of this place is decked out in lights, fake chandeliers, and tulle. While not the fanciest place, it is quite quaint and prices are a lot cheaper than going to the large hotels in SF for tea.
Basically it’s about $ 22 for a full tea set that includes sandwiches, scones, and desserts + the obvious pot of tea. Just based on price as we weren’t looking to spend a lot of money, we opted for sharing the tea + sandwich combo and the second person got a tea + dessert combo for about $ 17 each. The only thing that was missing was the scone. I enjoyed the sandwiches which consisted of both hot and cold items — a nice change from some places that only do cold sandwiches. The pastry and tea combo was really more desserts than pastries. I expected to see more pastries or little cakes, but ended up being more sweets like a brownie, peanut butter cup, lemon pound cake, cupcakes, and a few other treats.
Towards the end of the meal I noticed that there was literally a bathtub full of hats — I suppose if you are looking to dress up.
While the food was good, minus 1 star for the length of time it took to actually get our food which was about 25 minutes after ordering. I understand some items are hot, but most are pre-​made or should be pre-​made. However, despite the service lack, we still enjoyed our experience.
While too far for someone coming from the peninsula, I do recommend this for others who live or are in the area.

My friends and I come here quite often for tea service. We have never been disappointed. The food and tea is always very good. They have a good selection of food and teas. We love all of their savory items — chicken salad sandwich, spinach and mushroom pastries, artichoke toast. And the sweet items are great too — scones, cookies, petifors, peanut butter pastries. And this time was no exception. Everything was delicious.
The staff was very attentive as usual, checking on us often. They always let my friends and I sit there for a couple of hours talking when we are long done with our tea service. And they will bring you a 2^nd pot of tea if you ask. We definitely will be pack.
We did pick a weekend where Niles Blvd was closed for a car show so we had to park a few blocks away. Always good to check on the road closures and festivals before making your reservations.