Tal-Y-Tara Restaurant (Closed For Renovations)

I wish they could add more kosher ???? options.

Great place for afternoon tea

Excellent unique atmosphere family run interesting dialogue about the
city of SF they are family founders. Wonderful homemade scones and
tea sandwiches along with a great variety of teas. Outdoor bistro in the summer months. carole kealy

I invited a friend to a birthday afternoon tea at the place when a reservation opened up a few days before. There aren't many tables so reservation is a must on weekends. The polo riding stuff is a bit kitcshy. I thought that it was over cluttered since they used the bathroom to store stacks of extra shoe boxes of boots. The best part of the tea was the blackberry and vanilla scone. My friend enjoyed her Ghiradelli chocolate chip scone. Service was courteous. What I disliked was the micro sugar cube sized shortbread biscuit (crumb). They could have tried to bring us each a normal sized cookie for presentation and satisfaction. That micro cookie delivery made me burst out with laughter.

Hugh has a wonderful shop. We ordered the Prince Harry tea set. It came with endless pots of your choice of tea, Scottish shortbread cookies, a classic Motorloaf (loaf of bread with the middle removed and replaced with small savory sandwiches), and a choice of two marvelous scones with apricot and raspberry preserves. The atmosphere is perfect, and Hugh occasionally relates stories of growing up in England. Loved it. Will definitely recommend.