Calico Cat Tea House
1081 Haliburton St, Nanaimo
(250) 754-3865
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Overdue review and we miss this place! Great services, food, atmosphere and baby approved!š
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
My daughter had a reading with Heather! She was spot on! ??
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
What a great place. Will definitely return for more. Had tea leaves and palm read. I was pretty impressed.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tea Leaf Reading
Food was bland but I gather itās made for the taste buds of older customers. Reserved Heather for 2 - 20 minute tea cup readings @ $60 each. Mine was less than 10 minutes but was charged the full amount. My friend had her reading and was asked if she had a question- I was not asked.
Disappointed and for the price, not worth it.
Staff were lovely but I cannot recommend this place.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 5
Iāve been here three times now. The service is generally good. When they get busy, there are tea leaf readers that can get a bit short with you. Not rudeā¦. Just rushed. I wouldnāt say my readings blew my mind but they are interesting and fun to do. The food is delicious though a little pricey for the serving size. Cute place. Old character home from a bygone era with a large array of knickknacks all around you, a little tight for space around the table so if you have a walker that may be a problem. Some jewelry and art for sale as well. There is outdoor seating when the weather permits and a resident kitty may come say hello. Itās kinda like going to grannyās to visit
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: High Tea, Cream Scone with Jam
Good tea leaf reading. I recommend going earlier. Felt rushed.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Tea Leaf Reading
An absolute must do. You will be so glad you did!!! The tea reading is the highlight, but the food and overall experience are priceless ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: High Tea, Scones, Cream Scone with Jam, Tea Leaf Reading
Delicious food, but rude service. A friend booked for us and assumed I would want a reading. I did not, and even though my friend did get a reading for herself (thus still making a good price off our table), the server was very rude when I asked for a strainer (loose leaf being all that was available because they push the readings HARD, and she told me I should have brought my own) and had an attitude the rest of the time we were there. She made it very clear that the reading was the main point of the business, not the food. The reader pushed hard on me to buy a reading as well. Wish I could go back for the food but honestly it was just a very unpleasant experience and felt like being in one of those high pressure timeshare sales pitches.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 1
We went for High Tea for an early Motherās Day treat and it was absolutely wonderful! Between the large assortment of fresh fruits, sandwiches, desserts and scones along with our tea it was a perfect lunch.
This place is special. Itās like going to grandmas house but to get you tea leaves read. These people are the real deal for those on the fence just leap. You wonāt regret it.
Vegetarian options: The day I went there was a vegan tomato soup that was so tasty paired with the veg sandwich on GF bread. So tasty.
Dietary restrictions: I have a dairy and gluten intolerance. They were amazing about handling it.I donāt often feel at ease eating out but do here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: High Tea, Tea Leaf Reading, Soup and Salad Combo
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Such a quaint place. They serve amazing lunches, deserts, and a pot of tea in a real tea pot. Love this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
The young server is cute. Great Service!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We are from out of town and have always enjoyed this place but we had an appointment on a Wednesday and received a message the day before that appointment was canceled due to the readers illness. Their message said I could rebook for the Friday. That was okay I understand her being sick, but tried all day Wednesday and Thursday left more than several messages asking to rebook for Friday at 11:00 and not a single response until mid morning of Friday, a little late, but worse just to tell me they were booked.This also happened to my daughter about a year ago. Errors happen, but seems to happen frequently.Communication with customers is deplorable.
Food: 1
Service: 1
I loved the old Nick knacks on display. The food was great, and the server was wonderful. I would highly recommend this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had booked for tea leaf readings but the lady was out sick so they asked if we would like to do tarot card readings instead. It was horrible. It was not a tarot card reading so much as fortune telling. She told the three of us the same thing back to back. My sister and I had the exact same āfortuneā. She switched up slightly for our mom. It was remarkably vague and included things like ācheck your bank accountā. Typically with tarot card readings⦠they read the cards. This card means this, this card is upside down because this, etc. There was none of that. It was ridiculous. Which would have been fine, but itās expensive as is, and they charged us double. $180 for three people for twenty minutes each. We only had ten minutes each, which was more than enough as none of us were interested once she started. I did reach out after to let them know they charged us double, no response and itās been almost a month. Theyāre typically very responsive but are ignoring this of course.The tea is good but youāre drinking out of chipped cups/pots. And for the high tea, it is decent but you pay per person but there isnāt even enough of everything to go around. Itās a very cramped space.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
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