Lovejoy's Restaurant & Tea Room

Adorable little place, great atmosphere, very peaceful and welcoming not to mention the best crab cakes I have ever had. Loaded with flavor from the first bite to the last. The service was friendly the armchairs were comfy. We will definitely be back.

I 💕 the delightful surroundings as soon as I opened the door. I 💕 my homemade currant scone with clotted cream and lemon curd. The tea list is extensive. They serve coffee. My husband enjoyed his decadent chocolate cake, therefore, it was truly a love-joy encounter. All the visitors appeared to be happily engaged in table conversation with rare exception to those on their phones.

Our first experience at Lovejoy's and we'll be back again for sure!. Shared their special Indian Curry cuisine with friends in a cozy cottage dining room next to a faux fireplace. Staff was very attentive and super friendly. The owner had wonderful stories to share and made us feel right at home like we were with old friends. What a blessing!

My daughter had found this place on Google maps before we even got to Florence for vacation and wanted to go here. So on Wednesday, we went in for lunch. She got their Salmon Cake and rice lunch, which came with Tomato soup, which she really loved. I got the Roast Beef finger sandwich along with a Scone that had fruit preserve and clotted cream (which my daughter got the scone, as well) and they were scrumptious! We also got Earl Grey tea, Sour Cherry tea and then Rose Petal tea. The Rose Petal tea was soooo good, that we ended up buying a few grams (or ounces) of the loose tea and a diffuser. Then, on our way out of town on Thursday, we went back to buy a tea pot, a couple of cups that has their logo, and my daughter got the Mango Black tea leaves to take home with us, which she loves both iced and hot. I am not one to leave reviews often, but when a place truly deserves it, I do. Lovejoy's is a phenomenal place to go and have tea, scones and lunch! Plus, their little shop offers a lot of awesome items and 2 or 3 dozen of different loose teas you can choose from! Also, you don't have to dress fancy to go for high tea, though I had wished we had packed dress clothes to wear there lol Maybe that is just because of how I was raised (to dress nice to fancy places) and also the historical fiction and non-fiction books I have read lol Thank you to the wonderful waitress there, Chrystalina (such a beautiful name, btw!). She is phenomenal at what she does there, as well as at another place she helped us at! Thank you for such a great experience there!!!!!

We went for "high tea" for fun. We dressed up. It aas supposed to be a fancy excursion. While the decor is quaint and the affair did eventually reach a pleasant conclusion, it was -not- without major speedbumps.

One of the servers was prompt, attentive, and polite. She took our orders and brought us our first course of the high tea without any issues.

Then a new server arrived.... and she was huffy, loud, and obnoxious. Our tea... was nowhere to be seen... we'd finished our first course..... sandwiches came.. with our one vegetarian guest's sandwiches missing. The obnoxious server stars yelling at us about the order being messed up... it took 15 minutes for her to figure out what she was wrong because she wasn't listening to us. She clearly didn't understand what high tea is or how it works on their own menu. Our tea still didn't arrive.

It took another 15 for her to figure out we needed our tea... and then kept coming to our table and asking us if we wanted to pay, or order things that we'd already ordered as part of the high tea ..

The reason I've given 3 stars and not 2 is because the host apologized to us and took an order off our ticket as restitution. My message to the host here if you read this is :

Make sure the staff is trained for when things go wrong. No yelling. No visible frustration. No approaching the guests unless absolutely necessary. Don't ask guests to pay until they signal they are finished.

Unique " tea" room atmosphere, friendly employees with great servevice. We loved our food, curry chicken salad, tri tip, gravy, garlic mashed spuds, chocolate torte, & an excellent piece of chocolate. Wonderful quaint perfect decor.
I t was a fabulous 4 starexperience. We will return & recommend it to all.

If this place doesn't inspire you to take a trip to Great Britain it means they have replicated it so meticulously. The teas were brilliant, and the food delicious- served in an Authentic English Atmosphere. Attention has truly been paid to every detail in this place.

GREAT place to relax and have a cup of coffee or tea! Beautiful atmosphere, lovely and DELICIOUS Menu. The staff is friendly, and attentive. Must stop while in Florence, and will definitely come again!

10/2022 - Return visit after a 4-year gap. Just as wonderful as the first time! 👍

10/2018 - What a delightful find! We loved everything about this. 😊

Sweet atmosphere, delicious teas served in the pot, excellent service, and in the words of my husband... "probably the best French Press coffee I've ever had!" We ordered Earl Grey, Blooming Jasmine (pictured), and French Press. All very tasty. Plan to go back again and again! If only Salem had a place like this.