Cederberg Tea House - Queen Anne

Cederberg Tea House

1417 Queen Anne Ave N

Seattle, WA 98109

(206) 285-1352

Hours: M-F 8:30am-6:00pm | Sat 9:00am-6:00pm | Sun 10:30am-6:00pm

Rating: ★★★★☆ Great place. They are not open early or late.

Website:
http://cederbergteahouse.com/

Facebook Page: 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cederberg-Tea-House/141432225947632

Who is it for?:
South African ex-pats, QA residents, people who to make the trip to QA for a really, really nice coffee/tea/bakery experience.

Type: Tea house & pastry shop 

Neighborhood:
Queen Anne. W. Galer St. and Queen Anne Ave.

Ease of Location:
Not great. Place is super-easy to find, it's on one of the main-est main intersections in Queen Anne, But again, it's in Queen Anne, one of the most difficult neighborhoods to access in the city.

Local: 
Yes

Multiple Locations:
No

Transit: 
KC Metro 13, 2

Parking: 
On street - really tough, or their garage - really small.

Price: 
$$

Coffee Brand: 
Roobios

What I Had: 
Iced cappuccino. No drip available. Not really happy about that.

How Was It?: 
Very good!

Staff: 
Very, very friendly, polite and professional. Upscale. No piercings, tattoos or rock concert t-shirts.

Crowd: 
South African. The place is owned and run by a family from South Africa. I heard at least three different parties speaking in a South African / British accent.

Food: 
Super fancy pastries and sandwiches.

Seats & Tables:
5 4-person tables
1 3-person tables
3 comfy chairs w coffee table
1 bar counter with 3 bar stools

Wooden tables
All chairs are padded (thank you, owner of the shop)

Outdoors: 
2 2 person tables
1 4 person table

All metal

Recycling:  
Yes. No composting.

WiFi: 
Yes. Free.

Power: 
Good. Outlets on all walls. Not near the middle tables, but it's not really a hang out on your lap top kind of place.

Music: 
Pandora Africa channel. Perfect volume. You can hear it, it won't blow out your conversation.

Decor: 
Very nice. Good deal of wood and wood paneling on the walls, with pastel colored dry wall, tile floors and wood tables.

Temperature: 
Good - but again, same as outside. Perfect sunny day.

Heat-A/C: 
Central air.

Lighting: 
Recessed incandescent. Lots of natural light; 1 1/2 walls are glass.

Special/Extra: 
They have South African flags hanging up outside. Very proud of their country of origin.

Other Notes: 
Just a really nice place. My friend was served her drink on a silver platter (literally) by an employee (ok, it was silver coated, but still).