Silver Tips Tea Room

Horrible service. Went on Mother’s Day and had a reservation. We got stale sandwiches that tasted like they’ve been out for days. The tea was good but we kept asking for refills and they didn’t give us a pot until we asked them after the 10^th time! The owner seems more concerned about giving out free coasters than actually serving tables!!! The food was gross!!! Don’t go it’s a waste of $$$$

I have been dying to go here for awhile because I love tea! I finally made it down on Saturday and was pleasantly surprised. It had a very nice atmosphere and the service was pleasant. I came here with my fiancé and we decided to try the deal with a pot of tea, 2 sandwiches and 2 scones (a great deal for only $ 18!) They had a huge selection of tea! They also had multiple flavors and kinda of tea (each with a detailed explanation of it).
We settled for the mango chai tea (since I love a nice cup of chai) but we were also eying the coconut chai tea (going to have to come back soon to try it!). The tea was pretty good, although there was a little bit too much cream in it, so it lost a little bit of flavor.
We also tried the egg sandwich and the chicken sandwich and they were both very tasty!
For the scones we chose out the pumpkin and the apple scones. They came out nice and warm and with a little yogurt and jam to put on them. The scones by themselves were just alright. They were a little too doughy for me. However, putting on the yogurt and the jam did help.
I can’t wait to come back and try out the coconut chai tea!

The tea was ok (not exceptional), as was the sandwich. The scone was too sweet and very heavy. The service was ATROCIOUS!!! We waited at the door for well over 20 minutes without a single word from anyone. Then we were seated, and waited another 20 minutes for a waitress. She was very nice, and took our order. Then over 20 minutes before our tea came. REALLY!!! I adore little tea places, but even the décor here was mediocre. There has to be somewhere better than this to have tea.

Try the chocolate chai — tea. It is really good and the flavored come through real well. The sandwiches are a little dainty for my part and the service is a little lacking.

After many visits to Silver Tips, I have found the service has become increasingly annoying. From being overcharged to not being flexible about special (small) requests, the service comes with an attitude. This seems to come directly from the manager. Judging from feedback that I’ve heard from former employees, she is very difficult to work with, especially if she’s having a bad day and it spills over onto the staff and customers. Too bad. There’s been a lot of turnover. She’s lost some good staff and wonder if she’s lost a few customers along the way, too. The food is good but hospitality could use improvement. I give the food a 4 star rating but the service, maybe a 2. Oh yes, and if you want to pay with a credit card for a small bill (less that $ 15), it’s strongly suggested you pay cash.

Such a cute shoppe poppin with an intense selection 150 types of teas!!!
My friend and I were initially going to have tea, but bailed out on me last minute. So what to do? Skip? Nope…
I happily managed to relax, rewind and release and thought that I actually had to sit down, enjoy afternoon tea and definitely smell the roses.
Nice place with all the essential needs of a tea shop. The interior is ok and basic-it’s just not popping with anything out of this world,(for me).
However what you do see at Silver Tips, is a comfortable tea shop.
For me, everything is important– décor, service and most importantly, food. Since I’m here, it’s tea. Silver Tips is off the wall. I completely forgot about the lackluster décor and focused on their forte. Tea is their prized possession, their pride and joy, their baby. And that my friend, they do pretty darn well.
Their menu is freaking extensive and rich in substance. My palate settled on the decaffinated Chocolate Chai w/​crème and a blueberry (warmed) scone. When my sever brewed my Chocolate Chai, my olfactory sense kicked in the quickness and I was salivating.
Damn, if only you were there. When I took a sip of my Chocolate Chai, I almost felt intoxicated with total pleasure.
Service was great and on point and will definitely return to try their Mango decaffinated tea…

Cute place! I’ve never seen tea cozy’s before great way to keep the tea warm. They have a lot of tea options and something for everyone. Friendly service just not as knowledgeable on the tea options as I would have expected.
This place had interesting tea pairings and great for a light snack. Don’t count on the soup to be available as they run out really quick.

This place is adorable. I took my uncles here and it was a great place just to talk and hang out with a pot of tea. Amazing place!

Favorite place to go to in sleepy hollow ! If you’re into tea time this place won’t let you down, very charming and food is tasty too.

Really a very cute little place. My girlfriend is British and we go for afternoon tea every once in a while, and we always enjoy ourselves. I am not a huge fan of the Mediterranean sandwiches, but other than that, I have enjoyed every other part of this little place. I would even recommend for other Brits missing their tea at home!

My family and I stumbled into this tea room based on a recommendation from someone walking out and raving about it. I’m confused by her recommendation and similarly confused by the good reviews on here…
While the tea selection is wonderful and the green tea that I drank was delightful (hence the one star), the service was incredibly slow and the food served to us was unacceptable. Perhaps I gave too much credit to the restaurant when I read in the menu that the turkey in the sandwiches was «cold cuts». At $ 8 for a bread and turkey sandwich, I expected it would at least be a decent quality. I was so wrong. The meat that I received was pink, so I questioned whether it was ham or turkey to the waitress who told me that it’s Oscar Meyer brand turkey.
Any restaurant serving Oscar Meyer cold cuts on sliced bread and charging $ 8 should really be ashamed. The décor and ambiance of being in a «tea room» lead you to believe that what you’ll be served will be of at least an edible quality, and I’m really shocked that this is the junk these people are serving.

Love the tea.
The service is always friendly
And the samosas are outstanding
They have about 30 diff teas to pick from
The location is cute

It’s so nice to discover a tea room in the U.S. This place offers a huge selection of teas along with scones, sandwiches and light meals. Although the concept is great, our experience there was a bit disappointing… we may have visited on an «off» day. The service was really slow, the tea was lukewarm, and the scones were served with something that tasted like vanilla yogurt. Also, they didn’t have plain scones only fruit ones. I am hoping this is not the norm. Having said this, it’s a nice place to relax, and enjoy a bite to eat. I’d like to visit again to try their other teas and hopefully it will be served hot next time.

3.5 stars. Cute tea room w fantastic service. The tea selection is great and they brew them to perfection. They also give you the covers for the tea pot to keep them nice and warm and the genius drip catchers. The food is just good though, scones and dessert were tasty. Sandwiches were pretty good. I’d come here again. Also a great little place for a girly meeting or meet up!
Yummilicious factor = B+

What a fantastic array of teas. Seriously they have an extensive selection and the descriptions in the menu are very helpful. They even make recommendations about which teas are good with milk and which aren’t. I had a great malty Assam cuppa. Very nice.
I also had a scone, but sent the first one back because it was microwaved. The second was refrigerator cold but I ate it anyway. Kind of disappointing to have mediocre pastry with such great tea, especially paying $ 6 with a small pot of clotted cream and some strawberry jam in a plastic container. Would have expected fresh pastry. The waitress said that they get the scones from a bakery.
I took a salad home for lunch and it was good. I still stuck by the 3 star rating since I’d really expect a tea house to have proper baked goods.
The service was not bad.

In short: If you want to feel cozy while drinking your tea, almost like you’re at home, Silver Tips is a cute place to go. But don’t expect 5-​star service — while the staff are friendly, they’re somewhat understaffed and not very attentive to «I’m hangry» glances.
In long: The best thing about Silver Tips is that it’s so homey. I don’t know if that’s due to the décor or because my go-​to tea partner in crime is my aunt, but either way you can’t go wrong bringing anyone from your grandma to your little kids. That’s another thing — from the looks of it, this is akin to Disney World for little girls. Every time I go I see smiley little things in awe over their teacup and tea cozy. P. s. don’t put those on your head… they’ll charge you $ 20 for sanitary reasons. If you have a father like mine, you know the possibilities of someone actually doing that aren’t very slim.
+ The teas: Their menu is not a menu. It is literally a novel. The teas take up more of the menu than the food selections. I can’t have caffeine, and I will be eternally grateful for their extensive supply of rooibos and tisanes. The best way to do this, especially when going with friends, is to do the afternoon tea ($ 19) or the tea deluxe ($ 22) — you get a selection of little tea sandwiches, pastries, and your choice of tea. Good for the highly indecisive and not too hungry.
++ Red African Rooibos: The coconut isn’t overbearing, and the vanilla creates a buttery, caramel-​like scent and taste. $ 2.50 for a 2-​cup pot (which actually turns out to be more like 3.5 cups — win!) is the perfect price if you ask me.
++ Temple Chai: According to my aunt’s connoisseur-​like knowledge, this stuff is almost holy — good straight up, no milk, no sugar. Badass. Even though she usually orders a darjeeling at the table… then goes to the counter and stocks up on about 7 – 8 bags of Temple Chai. Just in case the world ends, you know.
+ Scones: Literal creatures. HUGE — not the small little round things you get at most places, and drier than I would like, but nothing that can’t be treated with a little clotted cream and jam, right?
+ Quiches: Do not be disappointed when these arrive to your table smaller than your brain had anticipated — they are FILLING. The crust is buttery, but the filling was a little oily for my taste — I prefer mine to be more eggy. Not the best I’ve had.
+ Sandwiches: the smoked salmon? Not worth it. Store-​bought pumpernickel with the tiniest sliver of store-​bought salmon and barely visible cream cheese. Go for something you can’t exactly make at home — egg souchong.
The bottom line: If you want a place that really knows their teas as opposed to a restaurant simply offering high-​tea, Silver Tips is well-​worth it. But that’s what their known for — not their food.

I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to write a review of Silver Tips, as it’s probably the place that we eat at more regularly than anywhere else in Tarrytown, with possibly only Little B’s (which I also owe a review to) coming close.
Now, I am from England, so I fancy I know me a thing or two about tea. But I have to confess that there are nations that out-​do us when it comes to tea, especially those that we acquired the taste from such as China, and of course, India. Happily the Silver Tips is owned by an Indian family and they actually source some of their tea from their own family plantation in India.
To say that the tea menu is extensive would be an understatement. You can get pretty much every type of tea here from lapsang to earl grey to more exotic teas such as roibos or honeybush. My personal favourites include their lapsang souchong, which admittedly is not everyone’s cup of tea (see what I did there) but I hope I won’t get my British passport revoked for saying that my top blend is their Boston Tea Party which is a lovely strong but flavoursome blend.
The food is very good too — the egg souchong sandwiches are fantastic, and it’s always worth checking on the soup of the day as these are usually very good (especially the lentil), They also do some killer samosas.
The only criticism I have is that when they are busy sometimes the food can be a little bit slow in arriving, whereas the tea isn’t so you can find yourself having drunk most of your tea before your food arrives. However this is perhaps a measure of how good this place is — it’s always full at lunchtime.
Long may Silver Tips prosper!

This place is great for brunch or lunch on a Sunday afternoon and their extensive list of teas gives a nice variety of options to always try something new.
The food is very good, and somewhat unique — but I can only speak for their sandwiches and scones. The tuna provencal and the balzac with either ham or turkey are my recommendations and you should definitely save room for a scone.
The only drawback is the sluggish, slight attentiveness from the servers. This really needs to be improved because it doesn’t seem to matter how busy or quiet they are, you might have to take a walk over to the counter to get your server’s attention.

I was a bit out of my element as I know little to nothing about tea and rather than slip the word «tea» into their name, they actually are pretty serious about it. The tea seems to be the main event but the food is excellent as well.
I played it safe at first and as one who appreciates a good Irish Breakfast you can probably guess which pot of tea I got. Another one we ordered for the table was some Chocolate-​mocha-​chai something… I dunno some other nonsense. Both teas ended up being a good choice though.
I got the Balzac sandwich which was ham and swiss with honey mustard which thankfully was not sweet and I tried the tea-​infused Egg Souchong sandwich which was CRAZY good. I love egg salad and am kind of regretting my choice in retrospect. My sandwich was fine though and a decent size for a light lunch before walking Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow. The thing I was also impressed with was the dressing that comes with the greens that almost look like a garnish. It had this nice, fresh citrus-​y bitterness to it that grabbed my attention quickly.
Service was attentive, though not very personable, but everything was served in a timely, relaxed fashion. There’s a lot of unique and interesting flavors going on here. I’d definitely return and recommend Silver Tips to others.
BTW. cozies are used to keep your pot warm. The menu reads explicitly, «Do not put tea cozies on your head. They need to be disposed of for sanitary reasons at a charge of $ 20 per cozie». Our server assured us that people actually do this and it is primarily men. Guys, don’t put the cozie on your head.

Clotted cream all day, oh baby!
Yes, I have to admit that I am a fan of all things caffeine. Coffee and tea — yes, I go both ways. So when on a weekend visit up in Sleepy Hollow and we had to check this place out for some High Tea action.
When we walked it we were greeted by a host who let us pick out any table we wanted as it was not too crowded when we arrived mid afternoon, but slowly filled up as the day went on. The place is bright, spacious, and airy. We were handed menus and quickly noticed the terrific selection of teas they have. Over 160 varieties! The food menu is not as large but has a decent amount of sandwiches, salads, wraps, quiche, scones, and a few vegetarian options to choose from. We settled on the Tea Deluxe that for $ 22.00 offered more than enough to satisfy. It came with two sandwiches of your choice and any two desserts of your choice, plus two 2-​cup pots of tea.
For the sandwiches we chose the Tarry Chicken which has a hint of barbeque flavor to it, and the Balzac which was turkey, swiss cheese, and honey mustard. For the scones we had the blueberry and the cranberry with clotted cream and preserves. Our teas were a cranberry orange and a peach apricot — both had outstanding flavor. Each pot had a cloth cover put over them that kept both hot the whole time we were there. The sandwiches were good, not spectacular, and I liked the Tarry Chicken better.
The scones are amazingly delicious! Soft on the inside with a harder outside and just so fresh and large! These were terrific, especially slathered with clotted cream and fruit preserves. Definitely worth the extra calories on a lazy Sunday.
We ended up purchasing a few bags of tea to take home, plus those pot warmers. It’s a nice tea house with pleasant service and is worth a visit if in the area. I am sure we will drop in again next time up there. I want another scone with clotted cream!
Is the Earth shaking, or is that just me?