Been there recently after hearing much and reading reviews on it. Yet it was such a disappointment. My friend and I ordered a cup of Queen's breakfast tea and a Liquor Cake - a Bailey's. It was such a let down. Firstly, the cake was just a normal butter cake soaked in coffee, topped with cream and poured over with a tiny whiny bit of Bailey's. I think it is really overpriced for the standard of cake, tastes pretty normal. Perhaps we were too picky due to our occupation.

However, the most disastrous part was when the staff was serving us our utensils. She gave us a small plate and topped it up with one miserable piece of cookie for us to try. How bad can things get when there's 2 of us and yet only one piece of cookie was placed.

So in conclusion... despite the good ambience and the friendliness of the staff, it is still not worth that much... =/

As a hawker kid for the first twenty years of my life, I’ve never seen the point of visiting a restaurant. I can never understand why I have to pay over ten dollars for a meal when I can get it at one fifth of the price at hawkers. Until my friends pulled me into one, I realised there’s a quality difference between standard of food.

I stubbornly don’t believe it fully justifies the price we pay for food. Nevertheless I came to terms with the ambience, layout and the quality time we spent with our treasured companions. Now that makes it worth the penny I pay at restaurants.

When I first stepped foot into Cookie Museum my eyes squinted at the price of ‘35’ per tin I hoped this better worth my time. The Victorian setting impressed me on first impression. I guess 35 bucks for cookies was acceptable.

We were served by a polite, nice lady who patiently introduced their shop’s specialties knowing it’s our first time here. A trolley filled with cookie bits were presented right before us as we requested to test taste different flavours they have in stock.

I can’t remember which ones we tasted but I could remember each and every one’s taste was a genius fusion of different flavours into one. They blend in so well like beautifully orchestrated music that swept my senses away with such intensity I didn’t know where I. Returning was to reality for a moment, I looked blankly at the other cookie jars hoping to get that feeling again.

A must mention is their local delicacy, ‘hebi hiam’, ‘ikan billis’ and ‘nasi lemak’. These cookies are so improbable you’d have to taste it to believe it. No words can ever describe the genius(es) behind the making of these cookies.

We settled for mango and cranberry in the end. Despite being a bigger piece the taste was not as concentrated as the bits we tried earlier. It was well distributed and soothing to the taste buds. Nevertheless those with sweet tooth will be utterly disappointed because the cookies here are all about the beauty of taste.

This place is girly with all its Victorian decor , delicate decoration and so on.
But what the heck!
The Service is one of the best I have ever gotten in my entire life. They are attentive, patient and polite without being pushy or intrusive.

The range of Tea is great.
The cookies, I tried the almond, the lavender they are delicious.
On second time I went, I tried one of their cakes, it was sublime.

It is always very relaxing to be here. The only down side is that is pricey.

Great place to come for afternoon tea or deserts.

Was at Esplanade with parents and daughter and decided to drop in on this oft-praised tea place. Was impressed with personalised and great service as well as the decor. Was even more "impressed" by the prices for the cakes and cookies! My mum shocked me when she ordered the D24 cake without looking at the prices - thought it was quite daring of her even if it was moi footing the bill! I bit my tongue in a bid to swallow any warning in the presence of the service staff and gave a brave smile as I confirmed the order for the cake.

At $22 a slice, it better be from Mao Shang Wang at least! When I told my mum the price later, she wanted to withdraw the order, but I waved her protests away as I was also interested to try out this $22 durian cake. Besides, how many times can you afford to act so generous with your parents esp. since Father's day was around the corner? Unfortunately (or fortunately pocket-wise)they came back to say they've sold out the durian cake. After tutting abit to show my "displeasure" at not being able to demonstrate my filial piety, I declined to order any other cakes.

Instead we had 2 liquer coffees (a Bailey's and an Amaretto) and 1 hot chocolate (made from Italian chocolate). The highlight, to me was the hot chocolate which was on par with that you can get at 2am dessert albeit more value-for-money as it was at least double the amount for about the same price. The 2 coffee liquers were alright and not overly expensive.

Had a great time trying out all the cookies though and my personal favourite was the Laksa one. Bought my mum the hae bee hiam one as she loved it. She said it can be a Father's day gift although she was the one wanted it...go figure! Of course my dad leveraging on the many years of marital experience, wisely did not protest.

All in all, definitely a place to bring your loved ones but not for kids as the idiom "bull in a china store" comes to mind where young ones are concerned. Oh yes, for every $50 spent with Visa at Esplanade, you get to redeem a $10 voucher at the Esplanade Shop opp. of Hagen Daz.

Bon apetit!

An afternoon tea in a Victorian setting, what more can one ask for? :) This aint my first visit but this place never fails to entice me.

This time, I had the Pomegranate Ruby tea and shared a Bailey Irish Cream liquer cake with MN. Tea had that light tinge of Pomegranate fragrance which was uplifting. :) The dessert had that strong taste of baileys but yet goes well with the cake. Yums.

We also get to taste the various cookies on sale and the varieties were really WOW! The few that caught my attention were American Breakfast, Ikan Bilis, Nasi Lemak and Lavender flavours. :) Am considering to purchase some already. :P

A special mention on the service here, its great! Always polite and very attentive. Also well versed with the product knowledge.