Boston Tea Party

Boston Tea Party on Whiteladies is a buzzing little café that has as much atmosphere as it does gluten free cakes: a lot!
I rarely go out for tea or coffee, its just not something I do. But I thoroughly regret my lack of caffeinated enthusiasm when I go to places such as Boston Tea Party. I had a bit of time to kill earlier so dropped in for a brew. I luckily managed to find a table as it was really busy. Looking around and sussing the place out, it was full of students with text books and macbooks, creative types with moustaches and macbooks and young mums with cake, but without macbooks! Everybody looked as comfortable as if they were in their own living rooms and the sound of everyone chatting really made you feel the atmosphere as soon as you walked in. It was great!
The venue is split into 2 levels and the décor is light blue with lots of wood paneling, which works really well. I can imagine it feels just as comfortable in summer and winter.
I had a Organic Dragonwell Green Tea which was amazing. I sometimes find green tea to be a little earthy, but this was really light and a little bit citrusy. I definitely recommend it.
I’ll be coming back to Boston Tea Party very soon!

While this lacks the nice garden seating of their Park St. location, it also lacks (fortunately) the massive amount of touristy traffic. There’s a cosy Chesterfield in the lower level where you can relax with a beautifully made latte. Good ethically sourced food and a cosy environment give this BTP 5 stars.

Ok so me and some friends came from Norwich to visit 2 friends who have recently moved to Bristol, and after two quite drunken nights out, we were in need of a hangover curing brunch! The girls hadn’t sampled brunch locally, so with the help of Unilocal,we decided on Boston tea party, and it was a great choice! I had chorizo with baked eggs, and coca cola in a glass bottle (the go to drink when feeling delicate) it was really nice, my only complaint would be that some of the potatoes that came in it were a touch overdone. The others in my group had full English, Cornish stack, eggs Benedict and eggs royale, and everyone enjoyed their food. My friend said the chai latte was the nicest she’s had! The restaurant itself is nice and relaxed, with mismatched furniture, news papers, friendly staff. Oh and the cakes looked amazing, we were all pretty upset with ourselves a couple of hours later for not getting any «to go». All in all a good place to spend a lazy Sunday morning!

GREAT coffee and treats, so would recommend this on the move.
Its usually full of yummy mummies with screaming kids or annoying loud yuppy Uni students (ok yaaaaah).
Plus the WiFi is crap so I tend not to hang around.

My first experience of Boston Tea Party was at its original location on Park Street so I was interested to she what it had done with its space on Whiteladies, previously owned by Fopp.
The interior is a lot more modern compared to other BTP locations but the delicious food and great drinks are the same. White hot chocolate and a slice of something rich and gooey are normally what I go for in here although sometimes I splash out of one of the delicious handmade sandwiches if I’m here around lunchtime.
The split level seating allows for plenty of space though as I’ve come to expect with BTP, space are hard to find as the café is so bloomin’ popular. If you do manage to get a seat, or better yet a sofa, then you are now in the perfect spot to get comfortable and glance at the art covering the walls, all by local artists of course.
There are a few chairs and tables outside the café which is nice when the weather is good but these are rather too close to the nearby bus stop for my liking as passers by will often try and read the Sunday paper over your shoulders.

I think Boston Tea Party’s are spreading faster than Starbucks, which is not surprising. This is a coffee shop with a winning formula; they have got just the right mix of art, atmosphere, beautiful venues, cool customers & staff, tasty traditional food and of course, great coffee!
Even each piece of furniture is a work of art in its own way with no two pieces alike. This intentional mix of styles creates a messy, free spirited style that suits Bristol. Even the fact that they often seem slightly understaffed (or extremely busy) adds to this hectic, bustling effect, creating a hive of activity and creativity.
The art on the wall is by local artists and worth a look. But really it’s the mixture of people that works so well; you have families & friends chatting away next to people in business meetings and individuals working away on their laptops or reading the newspaper.
If you go, you have to have one of their beef burgers with onion marmalade, amazing, just be prepared to get stuck in and get your hands messy. The salads are great in the summer too, with crispy bacon and rich dressing. They sell their house coffee to take home, which is the best I’ve found.
I can quite often be found enjoying a lady boy in this Boston Tea Party on a quiet weekday afternoon (that’s one of their ‘girly’ sandwiches, I presume named as such because of the nuts it has in it). They also do The Notorious BLT, brilliant.

The Originally named Boston Tea Party is a Bristol based chain that revitalises everything that you may have once thought about coffee chains. Each shop does not try to be individual, but they do what you expect of them and they do it well. They make a good breakfast, which is what I would expect from a coffee shop. The multi-​storeyed nature of this branch makes it makes it easy to spot someone you are meeting if they are late!

If ever the phrase «would be more popular if they weren’t so busy» applied to a café, it would apply to The Boston Tea Party. It helps if you’re an eagle-​eyed seat spotter as nearly every time I’ve walked through its doors the café has been packed to the rafters. But don’t let that put you off — it’s busy for a reason! Located in Queens Street, it is the perfect place for a cup of coffee and a sit down after a laborious day of shopping. Or after a laborious walk up from Park Street, depending on your level of fitness.
This particular shop is one of just seven family run West Country café’s who pride themselves on using local produce and fresh ingredients — all served at fair prices. As soon as you walk through The Boston Tea Party’s blue doors your senses will be lifted with the smell of coffee beans grinding and Panini’s toasting.
It’s probably not the best place if you’re looking for a quick caffeine fix as I often have to wait a while before my order is read (giving me time to pounce on the next available chair). Make sure you try out one of their homemade sweet treats: the individual cheesecakes will guarantee you make a return visit.

This Boston is not in such a grand building as it’s Park Street counterpart, but they have all the same coffees and cakes so it can’t be too bad! I particularly LOVE cupcakes at the moment, and their celebration cake is pretty awesome too. If you need a reliable café, then this is the place to come, though the surroundings aren’t as pretty as the Park Street branch.

Boston Tea Party is a central focal point for Park Street, so this offering on Whiteladies Road had a lot to live up to. The best feature of the other one is the garden — which this branch lacks. But they’ve tried to make up for it with indoor ambience.
It’s clearly a more modern affair than it’s counterpart down the road, with wooden flooring and a large, spacious counter area to order your drinks and food at. There’s 3 levels of seating — the ground floor which has a few tall tables and stools, a lower floor which has some comfy sofas and is generally the most pleasant and peaceful area, and a mezzanine level which has more sofas and some standard tables.
As a coffee shop it does a fine job, ticks all the right boxes and has a nice atmosphere, but in comparison to it’s Bristol father shop, it’s got a long way to go.