Update: In 2018, Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts bought the Mandarin Oriental Atlanta, and began offering afternoon tea in 2019. See our Atlanta directory for details.
Where: Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia
Style: Classic luxury
Tea Selection: 12 loose leaf teas by Tealeaves
Teatimes: Thursday to Sunday, 2:30-4:30
Reservations: Required
Contact: 404-995-7500 or online
Cost: $38 Traditional Afternoon Tea
Destination Tea Tips: Though the Mandarin has a Peachtree Road address, you’ll actually turn onto Stratford Road to enter the hotel driveway. Reminder to bring cash to tip the valet.
Prices and teatimes are subject a change. Please see our Atlanta afternoon tea directory for the latest details.
Destination Tea Notes: We celebrated when the Mandarin Oriental Atlanta reinstated its afternoon tea service this summer, especially given that an icon of afternoon tea – the Ritz-Carlton – closed its Buckhead hotel earlier this year. At the Mandarin, you will find every component of a traditional afternoon tea at an upscale hotel: gracious service, leisurely pace, elegant decor, luxury tea selection and an elevated culinary take on the standard sweets and savories. Fancified girlfriends laugh over their royal teas (champagne added) in the ivory rotunda while other guests step through to the sunlit, charcoal grey bar room to take a late lunch or cocktail. As our servers encourage an unrushed affair, we happily settle into our quiet alcove for a private, uninterrupted teatime chat.
Tea Service
Scones & Spreads, Sandwiches and Savories
