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Tea Box Café

693 Fifth Ave., New York, NY, 10019
nr. 54th St.
212-350-0180

10.0 "Highly Recommended"
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Food: 10.0
Service: 8.5
Décor: 10.0
Value: 10.0
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The best place for lunch

Chloe4 from 10024 | Posted on 12/6/08

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 10
Décor: 10
Value: 10

This is by far one of the most relaxing places to have lunch. It is generally very quiet, the people who work there are friendly, and it it fast service. I almost always get the vegetarian bento box and some type of tea. The portions are perfect size for one, and it is a place that you could either eat at alone or with some friends. Great after a day of shopping or treatments at the Red Door Salon, which is right next door.

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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Extraordinary

food_is_amazing from 10019 | Posted on 4/28/08

Overall Rating: 10 (Highly Recommended)
Would you go back? Yes
Would you take a date? Yes
Would you take kids? No
Would you go on business? Yes
Would you go on a special occasion? Yes
Food: 10
Service: 7
Décor: 10
Value: 10

Thanks to New York Magazine, I have found my new favorite daytime spot in New York City: Tea Box Cafe. It is simple and elegant, without breaking the bank. As part of the tea assortment, I had the salmon and cucumber sandwiches on pressed rice (which are just wonderful--gluten-free, deceptively small, and delicious), along with some fresh fruit (actually fresh), butterscotch pudding, and a less-than-gluten-free (but well worth it) marble cake. My friend ate the cookies, which, by her account, were a little bit of Heaven. The tea comes in delightful little pots, to be poured into large jade-green cups on saucers. The best part, though, is that it is quiet, unassuming and uncrowded--right on Fifth Avenue. America needs to embrace Afternoon Tea, and the embrace needs to begin in the basement of Takashimaya.

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10 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

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