Astor Lounge

I brought a friend here for afternoon tea as I was staying at the hotel, and it was such a great experience. First, I’m diabetic, so I sent a note saying that I would need a box for my friend to take home all of the desserts. They surprise me by making all of this weeks sugar free using sugar alternatives and even gave me the recipe for their amazing scones. The ambiance was just perfect, great choice of music, which sounded like Billie Holiday, not too loud that you can actually really catch up with the person you’re seeing. Magical overall experience and I’m about to dig into the extra scones they gave me. The price is totally fair.

June 19, 2023 on Google

4.5/5 Went for the afternoon tea at the Astor Lounge recently. At $95/person, it’s on the higher end for the city, but I felt like the value was there. They were accommodating of dietary restrictions. We got to smell the teas before choosing one, which was a nice touch. Tea selection was average. The St. Lawrence Market parmesan scones were SO good. We had to wait an hour before the tower/main food arrived, but once we spoke to a manager about it, it was rectified quickly and we were offered some free bubbly. My favorite savory bites were the Kensington Market chicken taco and Chinatown West pork belly bao. There is a dining limit of two hours, even though we had to wait for our food, so I didn’t get to try many of the desserts (gave them to my friend to take home), but my friend said the Chinatown East raspberry lychee tart was excellent. Portions were good, and I recommend sitting by the little secluded area near the window in the back. Overall a solid experience.

April 22, 2023 on Google

The Valentine’s day high tea was absolutely TO DIE FOR! I highly recommend the heavenly cream tea, it was the perfect blend! The scones reminded me of shortbread cookies in the best way - soooo buttery! My favourites were the wagyu beef for savoury, and the strawberry verrine for sweet - but everything was absolute delicious! The vibe was also very refined yet relaxed. I worked for a few hours after at the bar and felt completely at ease. Also the service was amazing and everyone was so kind! 10/10

February 3, 2023 on Google

It was absolutely an experience to remember. I went for my birthday, and Annie was extremely helpful, kind, knowledgeable, and professional. She gave us great recommendations, and made it an afternoon to remember. The ambience, quality of food, and presentation exceeded our expectations. I highly recommend for special occasions, professional meetings or a relaxing afternoon with great company.

January 26, 2023 on Google

This is a long overdue post. I had my bachelorette at Astor Lounge on September 24th. The staff went above and beyond. We had a large group (I think about 17). My friends had a wonderful time. Big shout out to Tristan who took my DSLR (asking of course) to take photos of the day. He even took out a chair for me while we posed in front of the floral St. Regis display by the elevators. And he created my latte portrait. My friends adored him! Seriously the best service we ever had. Will definitely go back for a special occassion.

November 24, 2022 on Google

It’s a one star based solely on the high tea experience I had here. It was booked months in advance. When we arrived , we were seated and given menus relatively quickly but things went downhill shortly after . It took 30 minutes to get our tea and BURNT scones … I couldn’t even finish them. Another 30 minutes had then passed since and we still had not gotten our food. Also in that time, nobody came to refill our water or offer us more hot water for our tea. All other tables had been served at this point as well. At the hour and 15 minute mark , we made eyes with someone at the bar. She then came over and said “there was a personal matter in the kitchen so our food would be delayed” and failed to offer us anything for delay. There was no initiative either to let us know that there was going to be a delay. We asked just to pay for the tea and burnt scones and forget the meal. She brought the manager out who was reluctant to do this for us and kept pushing us to wait for our food . Finally he agreed to get us the bill and we still had to pay $40 for tea and mini burnt scones, without any offer to compensate us for our time or horrible experience. I’ve done many high teas and this was the worst experience by far. It is also the most expensive one so I had higher expectations than this. I would never book this again. If anyone is looking for a great high tea experience in Toronto, I would strongly recommend the one at Casa Loma when they offer it .

July 29, 2022 on Google

Located inside the St Regis hotel, Astor Lounge offers afternoon tea in their modern yet elegant lounge space.⁣⁣ ---⁣⁣ 🫖𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚 $𝟕𝟕/𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧⁣⁣ Toronto's afternoon tea has always been rather disappointing for me but thankfully this set was one of the more enjoyable afternoon teas I’ve had. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ You are first introduced to a fine selection of Sloane ⁣Tea samples where you can smell bottles of tea leaves and pick the one you wish to drink.⁣ ⁣ The overall presentation was beautiful but with the limited space available, there was no room for the plate ware and cutlery... They had to put the tea set on a stool, which made it quite difficult to eat. ⁣ Nonetheless, I very much enjoyed the canapés and desserts—especially the dill cucumber sandwich and baked peach panna cotta. ⁣

June 22, 2022 on Google

Lunar new year afternoon tea was delicious. The desserts were perfect. The flavors and textures were spot on. The flavors had Asian inspiration but the presentation was more valentine's. It comes with free glass of champagne. The sencha tea I had was medium grade..I could tell by the color and scent. Service was good. The plates were a bit too small but cutlery were dinner ware so was kinda weird to cut things. I suggest smaller tea spoon, butter knife etc or bigger plates. The platter has a modern rectangle shape and the sweet and savory were mixed. I suggest putting all sweets on one tier and savory on another. It was hard to reach and maybe have small serving tongues. We dropped a few things. Also, clear out used cutlery and plates so the table is neat and provide more cutlery. Our server was very nice and provided them but it should be more of a common practice. One minor note, the delicious SMOKED DUCK ON BRIOCHE was placed on top tier and the honey was dripping on the other stuff. Better to have it at the bottom tier. Overall, amazing food, service and worth the price. Even though, it's all small bites you will be full.

February 7, 2022 on Google