Tal-y-tara Tea Polo Shoppe

Delicious food but recommend going w/ a groupon or else it's pricy

If you like English tea and equestrian decor, this is the place! An out-of-the-way neighborhood treasure for San Franciscans.

We turned up and to be fair it was pretty full. It took them about 15 minutes to seat is despite our table being ready. They then took a long time to serve is our first dish and they seemed pretty distracted with music and everything but looking after their customers. I found it impossible to get their attention even when they didn't provide us with appropriate cutlery, and there were a few similar issues, so in my mind the service was a bit below par. However, they do put on a nice spread and selection of food, so if you can tolerate the service it's worth it.

I was pleasantly surprised when I had afternoon tea here last week. We had the Prince Harry Tea for Two. It came with a variety of sandwiches, choice of two scones and a pot of tea. We loved the sandwiches. They are classics with a twist and good size too! I have to say that the scones were the best ones I have ever had including the ones I had in London. The red raspberry tea was fragrant and fruity. I already emailed a friend about having tea!

This place is sweet as the tea is served in a polo shop. It's not elegant but the service is great and the food is unique. They bake old fashioned brown bread the kind your Mom used to buy in a can and use that for the tea sandwiches. They also use the inside of the loaf that has been cut out to serve the sandwiches in. It is nice too as you are not overwhelmed with too much food unless you want it. You can order the whole high tea experience or as my friend and I did only the sandwiches, scones and tea. Not having the sweets at the end was actually nice!