Great spot right inside the library. Food is very filling, don't let the preset menu fool you. Ambiance is A+, great date spot for brunch
A very warm setting. Makes you feel special. The teas and sandwiches were great! Lemon Poppyseed scone was a bit dry but all in all, a wonderful experience!
This was the most perfect way to celebrate a birthday! Everything was amazing and I couldnât thank the staff enough for making being so welcoming and making it such an amazing experience. I would absolutely recommend the tea room for any special occasion and I will definitely be coming back!!! :)))
Lovely for tea. The Map room had a great vibe and wonderful service. The scones were nice and the cheesecake was one of the best Iâve had in a while. They were also very accommodating on my dietary preferences.
The ambiance and the decoration were amazing. The tea was very good and they had a great selection of specialty drinks. The little sandwiches were also very tasty. However, the desserts were horrible. We could only eat the peach cheesecake. The rest was too sweet like you're just pouring sugar into your mouth. The texture of the macaroon was also horrible and is not definitely how a macaroon should be. I wish we can just stay there to drink some tea and eat just the little sandwiches. It is required for you to order the whole afternoon tea experience to be in the room.
Definitely a must do, touristy but super fun!
My girlfriends that came to visit town I had met studying abroad in London- obviously, we had to do an afternoon tea to reminisce! The Map Tea Lounge did not disappoint! The mood, service and spread were all incredible! I am a vegan and they accommodated EVERYTHING. I didn't feel like my experience was any less than, if anything, it was even better knowing that I could fully enjoy the experience. I will literally bring everyone that comes to visit here.
They thought of everything! Starting with a generous glass of champagne and ending with the delicious dessert plate. The tea was the star of the show, but everything else was so nice and wonderful that it blended right in. The Map Room is beautifully decorated and made us feel like we were really in an fabulous old library. A glance into the Copley room next door showed that it was much brighter and with more natural light. I would recommended the Map room for evenings or cold winter days, while the Copley room would be perfect for a sunny summer or spring daytime activity.
The Map Room Tea Lounge was one of the most special amazing experiences Iâve ever had. I wish I could go there every day. Unlike anything
My wife and I came here to celebrate something special, and it turned out to be the worst fine dining experience weâve ever had due to the absolute negligence of the crooked Catered Affair. Being vegan, we contacted them in advance of our reservation, so they have no excuse. Our total for two was $145, and itâs not an exaggeration to say this wasnât even worth $20. The attached photos show the savory and the dessert plates. Your eyes arenât deceiving you â more than half of the sweet plate was just plain fruit, and the savory plate was just as insulting with a couple pieces of mushrooms thrown on top of some bread. The cherry on top was that they notified us in the middle of the service that an entire course (the scones plate) will just be completely omitted for us (and yet they charged us the same). The attached email shows our correspondence where they misrepresented that they offered a vegan option. This email included multiple representatives of the business, including the general manager, which confirms their ineptitude goes all the way up to the top. This makes them guilty of fraudulent advertising, as they misled a customer into believing they had a vegan option of the full tea service they market on their website. As if things couldnât get any worse, the service was equally egregious. The service folks had no idea what vegan even meant when we told them we had arranged a vegan option ahead of time â they even brought us a salmon dish, and when we sent it back they became rude and visibly irritated and never came back to check on us. All in all, the difference in food and service between us and the non-vegan customers was like night and day. The Boston Public Library is a gorgeous historic place, and they should really consider hiring a different catering company.