The Courtyard Tea Room

Beautiful setting for an afternoon tea at the Boston Public Library. For a set price, you get champagne or a non-alcoholic sparkling beverage, an assortment of tea sandwiches, scones, and desserts. Everything was tasty especially the scones - they were to die for! There’s a wide selection of tea as well. It’s a perfect place to catch up with friends or just to soak in the history of Boston.

August 2022:
Enjoyed the tea menu at the courtyard tea room inside the Boston public library. You have to walk through the Map room to get to the courtyard room which gives you a view of a beautiful room.

There are many tea to choose from and I chose the white peony tea. It went well with the food.

My favorites were the white cake and all the sandwiches 😀. The cucumber 🥒 sandwich was refreshing. The chicken sandwich was really good. The lobster 🦞 sandwich tasted very fresh.

All the scone toppings were great 👍 (lemon 🍋 curd and raspberry jam).

For starters, they served a corn 🌽 gazpacho which was delightful and it was accompanied by a salad with potatoes, pea and pickled onions! Delish 😀👍.

Service was friendly. Would come back again for afternoon tea!

We very much enjoyed our experience here. Our toddler daughter loves tea parties and we pretend it was a royal tea event 😉. It really was a highlight in our family Boston vacation. The tea and refreshments were delicious and we could enjoy some nice grownup quiet experience with her enjoying the kids menu.

This was an exceptional experience and hope to do this every time I visit Boston. As a book lover the menu ticked into books was an exceptional touch. Of course given this place is located at the beautiful Boston public library it makes sense. The food was more filling than expected and was very tasty!

What a great treat! We enjoyed their “holiday tea” and were blown away by the experience. All of their food was excellent and I appreciated that we could order as many pots of tea as we wanted. I would definitely reserve another tea experience here the next time I come to Boston. It’s also nice that they’re located in Boston Public Library so you can walk around the library after tea.