Shakespeare's Corner Shoppe & Afternoon Tea San Diego

I’m a brit who’s been living in north San Diego for over a year now and have been craving an afternoon tea. Well I’m soooo happy I found this little gem ! My mum was over from the UK and as an early birthday treat I brought her here. Got an easy reservation mid week, great staff, good quality food, attentive, attention to detail was lovely and Jackie in the shop was also great to chat too. The food really was yummy & lots of it. Real China tea cups, small teaspoons ( which are hard to find in California I’ve discovered) and the ambience and theme surrounding us was beautiful. So much attention to detail. And the Tea Sniffing Bar was an original unique idea to smell your tea and choose it before being seated for your afternoon tea. I sampled the tea of the month too ( chocolate & strawberry) plus ordered the “Mr Darcy” tea. From fresh flowers in tea cups to sugar cubes in bowls, Alice in wonderland wall painting near the toilet & the sniffing tea station everything was truly quintessentialy British. Thank you for making my mums birthday so lovely. We are already planning our visit back as I feel it will be a real treat place for my little girl too. She is gluten free and I’ve already been informed they do a full GF afternoon tea also plus sell GF scones to take home from the shop! They’ve catered for all here at the Shakespeare Corner shoppe and Afternoon Tea.