St Regis Tea

It's been a while since I had tea at St. Regis, especially since the hotel got bought out by Marriott.

We started off with amuse bouche of salmon foam version of deviled egg

I always love the tea set, so fancy and pretty.

Here's our tea sets.

We have here: (top) pimento cheese sandwich, salmon sandwich, cucumber sandwich, chicken salad sandwich, and ham and swiss sandwich.  Frankly, my favorite was the chicken salad, it was freshly made and then the second is the salmon sandwich.

Then, they brought us the cranberry scone.  The clotted cream was not super fresh, but the scone was warm and it went well with the jam.

In between, they were serving us Earl Grey, which they gave us a choice of Earl Grey or a non-caffinated tea, subject to the season and availability.

For dessert, we got: (top) fruit tart - the shell was soft.  The chocolate banana cake, which was pretty delicious and then the round tart was a mini apple tart.  The apple inside was ok but the shell was too hard for my taste.  To bring home, we were all sent with a box of macarons too.  How lovely!

You definitely need to book in advance, and tea starts at 3pm, and is expected to come and be seated then.  They have 2 butlers, but definitely not as good as service as the one I've had before.  These two were missing our queue for needing our tea refilled, or ready for the next course.  

In terms of the food, some were good and some were not.  That, to me, is their quality not being to maintain their once top notch quality.  I used to enjoy all of the food that were sent with the set, but this time I find myself either trying to trade or pick at what was in front of me.  Either way, this is an unique experience and if you like tea, you should at least come and enjoy the harpist which you have your tea.  Even the valet guy was kind to us tea patrons.

Tea at St Regis

1919 Briar Oak Ln

Houston, TX 77027

713-840-7600

https://www.marriott.com/hotels/hotel-information/restaurant/houxr-the-st-regis-houston/