Overall excellent afternoon tea was had at 49F Cafe Gray Deluxe @ Upper House.

Service

Utterly professional.  Spills were taken care of immediately and all manner of communication was polite and courteous.  

When the sunlight streamed in brightly through the windows with a view, the staff were kind enough to lower the shades to a height just of our liking, to cover the sun but not the scenery.

Environment

We sat by the window and had an amazing view of the Hong Kong skyline.  The decor is upscale and unique, somewhere striding between modern zen and American steakhouse.

Everything is clean and comfortable and the restrooms are well fitted.

Food

I was not as impressed with their food, but in the overall scheme of things, it was not a big deal.

Bottom Line

Come for the professionalism, stay to chat with friends and glorify in the spacious and well appointed interior.

Absolutely fantastic experience!

Husband and I decided on some late sushi while in LKF and decided to try out Tokio Joe.  my husband wasn't hungry so I did all the eating and no one pushed us to hurry in any way.

I got the Hana Chirashi Don which was all the right portions of tasty fresh fish and good quality wasabi.  I also got the sweet potato tempura which had a delicious snap (not soggy at all!).  Sparkly water on the side!

Great meal, not too expensive, around 500 for quite large portion, and comes with appetizer, miso soup, edamame, and fruit to finish. 

Would definitely come back!

So, where to begin.

I am an absolute fan of afternoon tea, to the point of seeking a new tea place once per week...I've been to Alice's Tea Cup in NYC and Lovejoy's Tea Parlor in San Francisco and the British Tea in the National Restaurant and Galleries in England.  I enjoy my tea.

Overall impression: 4.5/5

Courteous service, delicious scrumptiously made unique tea treats (both savoury and sweet), good cream, cool lavender french decor.

Hubby and I were walking down Peel Street from the Mid-Levels when I spotted this purple room to one side of the sloping street.  A tea place, I marveled.

The next day, we decided to make a reservation for 4:30.  Upon arrival, there was some fumbling about and confusion, and needless to say, our reservation had been lost.  We wandered the neighborhood aimlessly for a while and came back around 4:50.  Being as there was still no table available, they moved 2 chairs outside and gave us some water.  I will admit I was a bit, er, irritated at this point.  Thankfully at around 5:10 we were able to go in.

I was feeling much more amenable after 2 complimentary peach proseccos found their way into the apology.  We ordered a ladies tea and a gentleman's tea, savoury and sweet tea for two.  The utensils and tea sets were interestingly manifested.  Food arrived on schedule.

The savory included a mini hamburger slider and pesto salmon pita triangles.  These were to die for.  The rose infused oven hot scones were the best I've had so far in HK, hands down. Jam and cream, in due measure were good quality.  The truffled popover and the mushroom filo pastry tartlette didn't hurt, nor did the 6-7 excellent quality sweets including raspberry cheesecake, mango mousse, portuguese egg tart, and rose macaron.  Everything was decidedly excellent.

We took our time and enjoyed ourselves.  I would recommend this tea place to others and would go back again.