The English Rose Tearoom is located in beautiful Carefree Arizona. They serve authentic English foods and loose teas seven days a week 11am-4pm. They are very busy and you usually need a reservation to be seated indoors. They offer English Style Patio seating.

They offer seating indoors in the gift shop.

Seating in the main dining room is the picture below.

The small but energetic restaurant is full of bone china, chandeliers, roses and loose tea. There are glass topped table clothes that protect antique photos lace and other things. It’s sort of a magical atmosphere ladies of all ages from two to a hundred and two go dress up with fancy hats and feel like a princess for a day.

We tried a small pot of darjeeling loose leaf black tea.

It’s sort of floral….but there is something strong to it…..not bitter….but something strong. It’s relaxing.

I decided to try the soup and sandwich selection ($14.00 subject to change)

I start with the soup of the day creamy tomato basil. I like the fresh basil flavor in the soup. It’s not too heavy but flavored very nicely. I start with a English cucumber and orange mint butter sandwich. This sandwich is trimmed of crust. It has some texture to it but doesn’t fall apart when you eat it. The cucumber is the main flavor in the sandwich. Next I try the smoked salmon, lemon cream cheese. It’s on a darker bread with trimmed crust. It’s very smooth but with small flecks of fish. Last is the chicken, nutmeg and tarragon on walnut edged bread.

The chicken filling is very smooth and laced with nutmeg and tarragon….The nuts add interest to the bread. The plate also includes a bunch of small sweet seedless red grapes, a strawberry and orange slices.

My husband tries the cottage pie ($16.00 subject to change)

He recived a crock of lean ground beef cooked with vegetables that was topped with piped mashed potatoes with a mixed green salad on the side.

We decided to try a dessert and went for the house specialty…..The scone with jam and cream. ($10.00 subject to change)

The scone is almost like a substantial rich denser cake with less sweetness. The Devonshire Cream is sort of like a milky butter and strawberry jam gives the scone that just right strawberry flavor.

This was fun and different….a little magical…….in a lovely atmosphere.

English Rose Tearoom in Carefree is Worth a Fork!

www.CarefreeTea.com

Every Forking THING is subject to change and your experience may or may NOT differ.