I’m resurrecting this post (4 Jan 2014) with an update on afternoon tea at Neverland Tea Salon.
I had afternoon tea (I refuse to call it High Tea) at Neverland Tea Salon last November with my friend. Four years ago, I mentioned that their afternoon tea was $30. There is now Demi Tea for $25 (with a vegan option for $26) and High Tea for $38 (also with a vegan option for $40). For financial reasons and from my previous experience (one’s eyes are bigger than one’s stomach), we opted for Demi Tea. Demi Tea includes up to two pots of tea per person, three sandwich varieties, two types of sweets, and one scone. It’s interesting to note that this is one of the very few places I’ve been to which serves scones last but it’s clever because scones usually take up so much room.
Picking tea is always difficult, especially when there’s an array of tea blends that all sound delectable. It took me a while before I settled on Summer in Provence (sweet tea with lavender and vanilla) and December Rose (lavender, mint, rose, verbena, elderflower). By the way, I’ve also tried Heavenly Cream (creamy vanilla and bergamot) and it’s the perfect tea blend with milk and sugar.
I was satisfied with the food and quantity although I would have preferred more than two types of dessert. Otherwise, I was happy with the price of the Demi Tea.
It’s no surprise that Neverland Tea Salon continues to be one of the most popular venues for afternoon tea!
On New Year’s Eve 2013, I visited Neverland Tea Salon with my friend, who is also a Oncer fan.
The sign above the tea salon
Neverland is a new English-inspired tea salon in Kitsilano with a Peter Pan (by J.M. Barrie) theme. It has its own tea selection, many of which bore Peter Pan-inspired names. I did not get the chance to smell each caddy, though I would have liked to. I settled for ‘Take Me To Neverland’ tea latte, which tasted similar to London Fog.
A wall of tea caddies
This was a rather small tea salon, much like La Petite Cuillère, but very popular. I would recommend reserving a table in advance. Since I did not have the chance to try their afternoon tea ($30 for ‘High Tea’), I can’t really recommend anything specific. I had a breakfast sandwich (with green salad) from their Brunch Menu, which was good but I felt the price was a bit more than I would have liked to spend. I’d initially though it was soup and sandwich but I ended up with salad instead of soup. 
The average item starts from $11+. Aside from tea, Neverland also has a Lost Boys’ Bar with tea-infused cocktails (looks like Urban Tea Merchant isn’t the only one anymore!), as well as beer and wine.
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This is a cute place to take your little ones to or to enjoy some tea with your friends. I hope there will be more like it for it’s always nice to be transferred to another world. 🙂
The Lady and the Rose 
After we do all the VC ballet options, let’s go HERE!
We could! I’ll have to take more photos of the tea salon. There’s one charming one I’m planning to go to in Steveston, where Once Upon A Time is filmed. I think you’d like it too!
I’ve never been to Western Canada! [In fact, I’ve never been anywhere in Canada save Niagra Falls, Montreal and Toronto. Each one was only for a day.
Plus, I’m starting to miss snow. And winter. You write about dry skin and I get jealous!
I didn’t know you did ballet beautiful…gives you that great leg strength, huh? What other on-line/DVD ballet workouts do you do? I’ve got the NYC Ballet Workout…it’s good, but sometimes I miss doing my pliés etc. by the bar like the old days!
Oh, well, if you miss snow, don’t visit Vancouver. However, if you do visit during winter, the mountains will or should have snow.
This year, I have to say my combination skin’s been doing quite well! No dry patches, and only slightly oily eyelids.
I started trying out some workouts on YouTube, thanks to you! You’d recommended Ballet Beautiful last year but I didn’t check it out until this month. I’ve tried Rebecca’s workouts. Don’t remember her surname. I should look into the DVDs at my library. Then I wouldn’t have to squint at my laptop! 😉