Amazing experience, me & my brother took our Mom here. She enjoyed the entire tea & food. Staff was helpful and the food was delicious! Would go again & would highly recommend it to anyone who likes
March 2024
Is a wonderful place with great events or just for afternoon tea. It's creative but it is pricey but I do recommend it if you
March 2024
The best high tea experience I have ever had!Vegetarian options: The only high tea I've been to that offers a vegitarian tower.
*The only restaurant in New Mexico to be included in Yelp's "Top 100 Restaurants in America" for 2024.
*6+ Top Workplace Awarded (employee-voted).
Considered the 'Grande Dame' of tearooms in New Mexico, the award winning St. James Tearoom has delighted guests for almost 25 years with its sumptuous three-course traditional Afternoon Tea experience in an elegant parlor setting. Group dining events, birthdays, showers, anniversaries, and business meetings are all welcome. Gluten-Free and Vegetarian menus are available. By reservation only, via phone or online. We look forward to serving you!
Other Information
Parking: Lot, Private
Attire: Dressy
Cuisines: Fine Dining, Tea Room
Alcohol: Beer, Wine
Hostess Mary Alice Higbie has kept her British-style tea house thriving in the Southwestern desert on the strength of its food and lovely ambience. In its present location, each nook and cranny is named for a historical personage or estate and decorated accordingly (from Beatrix Potter's Hill Top Farm to St. James's Gate, the famed Guinness brewery in Dublin). The three-course tea, served on a traditional three-tiered platter, changes monthly, but it always blends old-fashioned and modern sensibilities: think lamb-and-sweet potato pasties, smoked chicken-blueberry salad, and honey-thyme panna cotta, as well, of course, as scones with clotted cream and lemon curd. It's paired with elegant teas and tisanes, hand-chosen by the proprietress for flavor and variety; in addition, Higbie offers a small selection of sparkling, dessert and fortified wines. Lingering over this meal for a full two hours while engaging in the lost art of conversation amid antique furnishings, artwork and striking flower arrangements is the ultimate in relaxation. Inquire about the special events hosted here as well, including seminars and costume parties; the annual Cigar Tea, with classic digestifs, is a local favorite.
