Anteaques - Edinburgh, City of

Amazing selection of teas, teastfull scones and sweets!! We try different teas every single time!!!! The antiques inside make you feel like you are in a different time! Lovely people runing it!!! You have to book a table!!!

I wouldn't have found this place myself, it's off my usual beat in Edinburgh, but a visiting friend booked us in. It's outside the city centre in a very mixed shopping area (quirky and quite studenty) on a busy bus route, and the frontage is blink and you miss it tiny. There are two little rooms, the front one with the counter, lots of tea containers and two tables at which five people would be the absolute maximum. The back room has seating for up to another five, crammed in between the antiques they have for sale furniture, china and curios. The menu is an awesome list of rare and lovely teas, extending to several pages with full descriptions, and there is a hilarious insert sheet with a few lines mentioning cakes and scones. No prizes for guessing the main focus of this place! But when my friend booked she requested a gluten free cake and one was put aside for her, a chocolate orange tart which she pronounced absolutely delicious. I had a scone served with proper clotted cream and a choice of jams the raspberry jam I chose had two whole raspberries in it so was clearly top notch. After consulting with the waitress we couldn't decide which to have, so we had three different teas between us. They arrived in very large glass teapots with separate infusers and cut glass bowls to put them in when brewed. Tea cups and saucers were antique china, of course. All the teas were for sale and I took home small packets of the two I had drunk there. They also sold lovely looking chocolates, and of course antiques. The music was mellow jazz and there was no customer bathroom facility, please note! After all that tea, you need to have a plan B so that where you go next have a loo!

Found this tea shop by accident. There's a large variety of teas to choose from to drink in or to buy and take home. Everything is so magical and special about this shop! Would definitely recommend visiting even if you just want to buy tea to take home! The staff were so friendly as were the other customers very relaxed atmosphere, I will definitely visit again.

I think this is the cutest place in Edinburgh to have amazing tea in an old fashioned way! Super cute place and very nice and polite people working there!

This is a tiny little tea room full of interesting antiques. They have a lot of knowledge about teas and can help you choose one from their extensive menus. The cakes are also very good! I tried the green-tea matcha- quite interesting! Make sure to book a table to make sure there is a place!