Shakespeare’s Fine English Tea Room

This place should be looked at not just an English Tea Room, but as a wonderful place where you can eat a healthy meal in a beautiful environment here in Palm Coast. Great healthy options with class are lacking around here. I know if you order the spinach quiche and salad you won’t be disappointed. The loose leaf tea with strainers served at the table feels authentic and different. This place is a great experience! Also, the food comes out in a timely manner. So no lengthy waits if you are on a lunch break.

I plan to return to Shakespear’s Fine English Tea Room even after they ran out of scones by 3:00pm on a Saturday. They wouldn’t serve high tea because traditional ways dictate that if you’re missing one ingredient, tea won’t be served, we were told. I would return because we did have delicious quiche and salads. Both were scrumptious, fresh and delightful. The ambiance could be a bit more cosy but definitely a place to try again. The next time I hope that the scones on the menu are available and we can have high tea.

Highly recommend this restaurant.
Lovely decorated restaurant with food to match. It is a pleasant diversion from the noisy, chain restaurants in Palm Coast. Had dinner here on a recent Friday night (I don’t think they offer dinner every night) and it was very good. We were a party of 4 and two in our group had the Shepherd’s Pie, one person ordered the Cornish pasty, and one person had the Maid’s Lunch which had four different finger sandwiches. Each entrée included soup (on this day it was potato leek), and a well-​composed salad served with Vidalia onion dressing. Of course, the tea is wonderful. Wine by the glass is also available. We ended with dessert (English Trifle and Chocolate cake) and they did not disappoint. Our server was a funny and engaging. Cost of dinner per person including tax and tip was about $ 22.

After biking one of the Palm Coast trails that ends at the European Village one cold, dreary February afternoon we stopped in for a warm tea, scone, and to use the bathroom. What a gem! It was so relaxing found myself feeling guilty we have never tried this place before– especially it being so close to home.
We ordered the Afternoon Tea and my husband the scone platter. The presentation was lovely and the scones and preserves delightful. We enjoyed each of the sandwiches too. A few of the treats (carrot cake muffins) tasted as if they had used a box cake mix but the weather outside was damp enough to make anything baked turn dry in hours and they were decorated with care so this was overlooked. The scones were very good. A bit crispy on the outside but again, this was probably due to the dampness of the weather. Overall, it was quality food and we found ourselves eating the remaining preserves offered to us a with a spoon. Especially the orange marmalade one. Yum!
Tea: Fair. Granted it was loose leaf tea and there were sugar cubes on the table and cream offered, but to me those points are to be expected at a tea room– especially one with $ 5/​pot tea and such lovely interior décor. The dishes were pretty and fun, but overall the tea was fair. Maybe it is because it is imported it is not as fresh? However, again the damp weather made a warm cuppa the perfect choice.
Service: Excellent.
UPDATE ⁵⁄₁₁: I took my old college roomate here when she came to visit this month and we had a delicious meal. At the server’s recommendation, she chose the handmade tomato basil quiche which arrived with a nice portion size and delicious texture and flavors. I chose the pineapple chicken salad which arrived in a hollowed out half of a pineapple and plenty of REAL (not canned) chicken topped with a bit of toasted coconut. Nice. I again tried the hot tea and again, could only give it a fair rating. Also, being in Florida, I was hoping to find an Iced Raspeberry or Peach tea on the menu. However, we both had an excellent meal with great service and nice atmosphere to catch up with an old friend.
Advice: Best quality /​healthy lunch food in Palm Coast. GREAT place for a delicious business lunch or to take a friend. I would also recommend as the perfect setting for a wedding shower, girls day out, etc. Very nice décor. Always excellent service.