【Sydney Food】Tea Cosy .::Devonshire Tea::.

The Tea Cosy (formerly Tara Tea Room) has been my go-to place in The Rocks when the markets are on for the past years.

Here, you can have a set of old fashioned Devonshire Tea or a Ploughman’s Lunch, with a pot of brewed Irish tea nicely tucked in their famous knitted tea cosy. I honestly never really liked scones before I had the scones at the Tea Cosy more than 6 years ago.

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Visited: Multiple times over the years. Review based on 18 April 2015 visit.

Food: 8/10 || Ambiance: 8/10 || Service: 8/10

What I loved: The tea cosy. The plain scones.

Will I come back: Definitely.

It’s Scone O’Clock! All their scones are baked daily on the premises by the Irish-Australian family owner.

Love their colourful tea cosies.

The cafe is at the back of the Irish Design Shop in the middle of The Rocks Market, inside a heritage listed building built in 1870. Here, you can get a sneak peek of what originally was a military residence for officers and an example of early colonial living.

It used to be a secret tea room hidden in the buzzing The Rocks Markets that only opened on weekends. However, as of 6 April 2015, they now open 6 days a week!

• Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Fridays 10am-4pm
• Saturday and Sunday 9:30am-5pm
• Tuesday closed

The courtyard at the back.

The menu.

My Devonshire Tea, $14 per person. It comes with a pot of tea, a basket of two scones together with cream and a jam of your choice. It’s a nice and simple traditional English afternoon tea experience.

They now have cute tea cup and saucer sets to go with their cute tea cosies.

I chose the plain scones with strawberry jam.

The double thick cream and gourmet strawberry jam on warm scones, yum.

The tea cosy is a surprise every time.

 

<3 tea time.

{Tea Cosy} 
Address: 33 George Street, The Rocks NSW
Website: http://theteacosy.com.au/