Glendeven Inn
Date Of Visit: January 6, 2018
Location/Contact Information
8205 N. Hwy 1, Little River, CA 95456
Mailing | PO Box 914, Mendocino, CA 95460
Phone 707-937-0083
Website: HTTP://GLENDEVEN.COM/AFTERNOON-TEA/
Date Of Visit: January 6, 2018
Location/Contact Information
8205 N. Hwy 1, Little River, CA 95456
Mailing | PO Box 914, Mendocino, CA 95460
Phone 707-937-0083
Website: HTTP://GLENDEVEN.COM/AFTERNOON-TEA/
RESERVATIONS:
RESERVATIONS ARE MANDATORY AND ARE TO BE PREPAID, GRATUITY INCLUDED, WITH CREDIT CARD, UPON BOOKING. AS THEY OFFER ONLY ONE SEATING, ON SATURDAYS AT 3:00PM, THE RESERVATION WILL BE CANCELLED IF THEY DO NOT RECEIVE AT LEAST 6 RESERVATIONS. THEY NOTIFY GUESTS BY 10:00AM SATURDAY MORNING IF THE MINIMUM HASN’T BEEN MET. (THEY KINDLY ACCEPTED OUR PARTY OF TWO RESERVATION IN ORDER TO ALLOW OUR REVIEWING VISIT.)
REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED IF RESERVATIONS ARE CANCELLED DUE TO INSUFFIENT GUESTS. MY TEA COMPANION NOTED THAT SHE APPRECIATED THE PAY-AHEAD FEATURE, AS NO MONEY CHANGES HANDS AT THE TEA ITSELF, MAKING HER FEEL LIKE A GUEST IN SOMEONE’S HOME. GLENDEVEN WILL ALSO RENT THE ENTIRE ROOM FOR AFTERNOON TEA PARTIES ANY DAY OF THE WEEK BY ADVANCED ARRANGEMENT.
RESERVATIONS ARE MANDATORY AND ARE TO BE PREPAID, GRATUITY INCLUDED, WITH CREDIT CARD, UPON BOOKING. AS THEY OFFER ONLY ONE SEATING, ON SATURDAYS AT 3:00PM, THE RESERVATION WILL BE CANCELLED IF THEY DO NOT RECEIVE AT LEAST 6 RESERVATIONS. THEY NOTIFY GUESTS BY 10:00AM SATURDAY MORNING IF THE MINIMUM HASN’T BEEN MET. (THEY KINDLY ACCEPTED OUR PARTY OF TWO RESERVATION IN ORDER TO ALLOW OUR REVIEWING VISIT.)
REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED IF RESERVATIONS ARE CANCELLED DUE TO INSUFFIENT GUESTS. MY TEA COMPANION NOTED THAT SHE APPRECIATED THE PAY-AHEAD FEATURE, AS NO MONEY CHANGES HANDS AT THE TEA ITSELF, MAKING HER FEEL LIKE A GUEST IN SOMEONE’S HOME. GLENDEVEN WILL ALSO RENT THE ENTIRE ROOM FOR AFTERNOON TEA PARTIES ANY DAY OF THE WEEK BY ADVANCED ARRANGEMENT.
FIRST IMPRESSION, EXTERIOR PARKING:
GLENDEVEN INN IS LOCATED RIGHT OFF A SPECTACULAR SECTION OF hIGHWAY ONE ON THE NORTHERN CALIFORNA COAST AND COULD NOT BE MORE ENTICING, WITH ITS PRISTINE 1867 CLAPBOARD FARMHOUSE AND SOFTLY WEATHERED WINE BARN SEEN DIRECTLY FROM THE DRIVEWAY. IT SITS ON EIGHT LUSHLY LANDSCAPED ACRES, INCLUDING A LLAMA PASTURE WHICH OVERLOOKS BREATHTAKING SEA VIEWS.
WELCOME, DECOR, AMBIENCE:
WE WANDERED INTO THE WINE BARN AND CHECKED IN WITH THE HOSTESS. SHE LED US TO THE FARMHOUSE WHERE A TEA TABLE WAS LAID FOR US IN FRONT OF LARGE WINDOWS, OVERLOOKING THE LLAMAS AND OCEAN VIEW. tHE ROOM, AS ALL THE SPACES WE SAW AT GLENEVEN INN, WERE BEAUTIFULLY AND TASTEFULLY DECORATED IN CONTEMPORARY STYLE. OUR SERVER WAS FRIENDLY AND ACCOMMODATING. THOUGH IT WAS HER FIRST TIME SERVING AFTERNOON TEA, SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. LIGHT JAZZ WAS PLAYING SOFTLY IN THE BACKGROUND.
MENU, VARIETY, TRADITION, SPECIAL DIET:
GLENDEVEN'S AFTERNOON TEA MENU IS PUBLISHED ON THEIR WEBSITE AND INCLUDES HOMEMADE FINGER SANDWICHED, SCONES WITH HOMEMADE CLOTTED CREAM, LEMON CURD, JAM, FRENCH MACARONS AND PETITS FOURS. THE TEA MEAL IS SERVED ON THE TRADITIONAL THREE-TIERED PLATTER. WE DIDN’T ENQUIRE ABOUT SPECIAL DIET SUBSTITUTIONS, BUT WE RECOMMEND MENTIONING ANY ALLERGIES OR SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME OF MAKING THE RESERVATION.
BEVERAGES, TEA SELECTION AND BRAND(S), CHAMPAGNE:
GLENDEVEN INN SERVES TEAS FROM FLYING BIRD BOTANICALS BRAND WHICH WERE NICELY BLENDED AND EXTREMELY FRESH. A CHAMPAGNE TEA OPTION IS OFFERD DURING THE RESERVATION PROCESS, AND WE CHOSE IT. THE CHAMPAGNE WAS SLIGHTLY SWEET AND APPROPRIATELY CHILLED.
TEA: QUALITY, STEEPED CORRECTLY, HOT, REFILLED PROMPTLY, APPROPRIATE TEAPOT:
FLYING BIRD’S ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA IS A TRADITIONAL, WELL-BALANCED BLEND. GLENDEVEN INN SERVES THE LARGE, PYRAMIDAL TEABAGS IN CONTEMPORARY WHITE CERAMIC TEAPOTS AND LEAVES GUESTS TO STEEP THE TEA AS LONG AS DESIRED. OUR HOT WATER WAS REFILLED PROMPTLY.
FOOD: TASTINESS, FRESHNESS, AS DESCRIBED ON MENU: QUALITY OF SAVORIES, SCONES AND TEA BREADS, SWEETS:
THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD AT GLENDEVEN INN WAS VERY HIGH. THE SANDWICH SELECTION WAS PARTICULARLY DELIGHTFUL TO THE EYE AND THE PALATE. AN ABUNDANCE OF GARDEN-FRESH CHIVES EDGED THE GOAT CHEESE SANDWICHES AND ADDED A FRESHNESS AND PEPPERY BITE. WE BOTH ENJOYED THE EGG SALAD WITH CAVIAR AND THE CUCUMBER SANDWICHES AND AGREED THAT THE DEVILED EGGS WERE OUTSTANDING. TWO TYPES OF SCONES WERE ON THE TIERED SERVER, BOTH OF GENEROUS SIZE AND PLEASINGLY WARM. I LOVED THE PLAIN CREAM SCONE, AND MY TEA COMPANION JUSTIFIABLY RAVED ABOUT THE CHERRY CRANBERRY SCONE. THE THREE SCONE TOPPING OPTIONS WERE ALL AMONG THE BEST WE’VE SAMPLED ANYWHERE, WITH THE CLOTTED CREAM PERHAPS THE BEST I’VE HAD OUTSIDE OF BRITAIN. tHE MENU LISTS THE JAM AS SHANDEL’S LOCAL BLACKBERRY JAM, AND I’D LIKE TO GIVE A WARM THANK YOU TO SHANDEL FOR A TRULY GREAT PRESERVE.
DESSERT SELECTIONS INCLUDED DELICIOUS FRENCH MACARONS AS DESCRIBED IN THE MENU, BUT SADLY THE PETITS FOURS WERE REPLACED BY BISCOTTI. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MAKING THE FAMOUSLY LABOR-INTENSIVE PETITS FOURS FOR JUST TWO GUESTS BORDERS ON MARTYRDOM, AND THIER ABSENCE WILL THUS BE OVERLOOKED.
OVERALL FEELING, RATING OR STARS:
ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN EVERY CATEGORY MAKES GLENDEVEN INN STAND OUT AMONG TEAROOMS. FROM THE PHYSICAL BEAUTY OF THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TO THE INCOMPARABLE OCEAN VIEWS TO THE INVITING FARM HOUSE SETTING TO THE FRIENDLY SERVICE AND EXCELLENT FOOD TO THE BUCOLIC VIEWS OF PASTURED LLAMAS, GLENDEVEN INN IS A NOT TO BE MISSED DESTINATION ON THE MENDOCINO COAST.
A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SERVER FOR SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE OF WHALE WATCHING. RIGHT FROM OUR OCEAN VIEW TEA TABLE, SHE SHOWED US HOW TO SPOT DIFFERENT COURTSHIP BEHAVIORS OF MIGRATING GRAY WHALES. MY TEA COMPANION, BEING FROM THE EAST COAST, RIGHTLY RANKED THIS AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HER CALIFORNIA TRIP.
GLENDEVEN INN IS LOCATED RIGHT OFF A SPECTACULAR SECTION OF hIGHWAY ONE ON THE NORTHERN CALIFORNA COAST AND COULD NOT BE MORE ENTICING, WITH ITS PRISTINE 1867 CLAPBOARD FARMHOUSE AND SOFTLY WEATHERED WINE BARN SEEN DIRECTLY FROM THE DRIVEWAY. IT SITS ON EIGHT LUSHLY LANDSCAPED ACRES, INCLUDING A LLAMA PASTURE WHICH OVERLOOKS BREATHTAKING SEA VIEWS.
WELCOME, DECOR, AMBIENCE:
WE WANDERED INTO THE WINE BARN AND CHECKED IN WITH THE HOSTESS. SHE LED US TO THE FARMHOUSE WHERE A TEA TABLE WAS LAID FOR US IN FRONT OF LARGE WINDOWS, OVERLOOKING THE LLAMAS AND OCEAN VIEW. tHE ROOM, AS ALL THE SPACES WE SAW AT GLENEVEN INN, WERE BEAUTIFULLY AND TASTEFULLY DECORATED IN CONTEMPORARY STYLE. OUR SERVER WAS FRIENDLY AND ACCOMMODATING. THOUGH IT WAS HER FIRST TIME SERVING AFTERNOON TEA, SHE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. LIGHT JAZZ WAS PLAYING SOFTLY IN THE BACKGROUND.
MENU, VARIETY, TRADITION, SPECIAL DIET:
GLENDEVEN'S AFTERNOON TEA MENU IS PUBLISHED ON THEIR WEBSITE AND INCLUDES HOMEMADE FINGER SANDWICHED, SCONES WITH HOMEMADE CLOTTED CREAM, LEMON CURD, JAM, FRENCH MACARONS AND PETITS FOURS. THE TEA MEAL IS SERVED ON THE TRADITIONAL THREE-TIERED PLATTER. WE DIDN’T ENQUIRE ABOUT SPECIAL DIET SUBSTITUTIONS, BUT WE RECOMMEND MENTIONING ANY ALLERGIES OR SPECIAL DIETARY REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME OF MAKING THE RESERVATION.
BEVERAGES, TEA SELECTION AND BRAND(S), CHAMPAGNE:
GLENDEVEN INN SERVES TEAS FROM FLYING BIRD BOTANICALS BRAND WHICH WERE NICELY BLENDED AND EXTREMELY FRESH. A CHAMPAGNE TEA OPTION IS OFFERD DURING THE RESERVATION PROCESS, AND WE CHOSE IT. THE CHAMPAGNE WAS SLIGHTLY SWEET AND APPROPRIATELY CHILLED.
TEA: QUALITY, STEEPED CORRECTLY, HOT, REFILLED PROMPTLY, APPROPRIATE TEAPOT:
FLYING BIRD’S ENGLISH BREAKFAST TEA IS A TRADITIONAL, WELL-BALANCED BLEND. GLENDEVEN INN SERVES THE LARGE, PYRAMIDAL TEABAGS IN CONTEMPORARY WHITE CERAMIC TEAPOTS AND LEAVES GUESTS TO STEEP THE TEA AS LONG AS DESIRED. OUR HOT WATER WAS REFILLED PROMPTLY.
FOOD: TASTINESS, FRESHNESS, AS DESCRIBED ON MENU: QUALITY OF SAVORIES, SCONES AND TEA BREADS, SWEETS:
THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD AT GLENDEVEN INN WAS VERY HIGH. THE SANDWICH SELECTION WAS PARTICULARLY DELIGHTFUL TO THE EYE AND THE PALATE. AN ABUNDANCE OF GARDEN-FRESH CHIVES EDGED THE GOAT CHEESE SANDWICHES AND ADDED A FRESHNESS AND PEPPERY BITE. WE BOTH ENJOYED THE EGG SALAD WITH CAVIAR AND THE CUCUMBER SANDWICHES AND AGREED THAT THE DEVILED EGGS WERE OUTSTANDING. TWO TYPES OF SCONES WERE ON THE TIERED SERVER, BOTH OF GENEROUS SIZE AND PLEASINGLY WARM. I LOVED THE PLAIN CREAM SCONE, AND MY TEA COMPANION JUSTIFIABLY RAVED ABOUT THE CHERRY CRANBERRY SCONE. THE THREE SCONE TOPPING OPTIONS WERE ALL AMONG THE BEST WE’VE SAMPLED ANYWHERE, WITH THE CLOTTED CREAM PERHAPS THE BEST I’VE HAD OUTSIDE OF BRITAIN. tHE MENU LISTS THE JAM AS SHANDEL’S LOCAL BLACKBERRY JAM, AND I’D LIKE TO GIVE A WARM THANK YOU TO SHANDEL FOR A TRULY GREAT PRESERVE.
DESSERT SELECTIONS INCLUDED DELICIOUS FRENCH MACARONS AS DESCRIBED IN THE MENU, BUT SADLY THE PETITS FOURS WERE REPLACED BY BISCOTTI. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MAKING THE FAMOUSLY LABOR-INTENSIVE PETITS FOURS FOR JUST TWO GUESTS BORDERS ON MARTYRDOM, AND THIER ABSENCE WILL THUS BE OVERLOOKED.
OVERALL FEELING, RATING OR STARS:
ATTENTION TO DETAIL IN EVERY CATEGORY MAKES GLENDEVEN INN STAND OUT AMONG TEAROOMS. FROM THE PHYSICAL BEAUTY OF THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS TO THE INCOMPARABLE OCEAN VIEWS TO THE INVITING FARM HOUSE SETTING TO THE FRIENDLY SERVICE AND EXCELLENT FOOD TO THE BUCOLIC VIEWS OF PASTURED LLAMAS, GLENDEVEN INN IS A NOT TO BE MISSED DESTINATION ON THE MENDOCINO COAST.
A SPECIAL THANK-YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SERVER FOR SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE OF WHALE WATCHING. RIGHT FROM OUR OCEAN VIEW TEA TABLE, SHE SHOWED US HOW TO SPOT DIFFERENT COURTSHIP BEHAVIORS OF MIGRATING GRAY WHALES. MY TEA COMPANION, BEING FROM THE EAST COAST, RIGHTLY RANKED THIS AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HER CALIFORNIA TRIP.
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