The Secret Garden was honoured to be voted Best Teahouse in Vancouver in the Georgia Straight Golden Plate Awards this year!

This marks the 10th year in a row that we’ve won. Thank you to all of our incredible customers who voted for us!

Last month The Secret Garden was featured in two local blogs!

Curiocity Vancouver named The Secret Garden as one of their top 8 Weekend Things To Do. They say:

“A Saturday high tea date is the most darling activity for a rainy weekend, and Secret Garden Tea Company is Vancouver’s most popular place to get sipping. Order breakfast, lunch, brunch, afternoon tea, or sample their beautifully homemade miniature sweets and scones.”

West Coast City Girl recommends The Secret Garden as part of her top 13 Ideas for Giving Experiences This Christmas. She writes,

“This is a great girls’ day or female family members outing. Secret Garden is always a winner (and is very good value for money!)”

This month, the Secret Garden was voted Best Teahouse in Vancouver in the Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver Awards!

This marks the 10th time we’ve been voted #1 Tea House in Vancouver. Thank you to all of our loyal customers for honouring us with this award.

Recently local blogger Annalise at Discoverher reviewed The Secret Garden as a perfect place to take your mom for Mother’s Day.

“If you are looking for a cozy, traditional high tea experience, look no further than the Secret Garden Tea Company. Inspired by their own Grandmothers, owners Kathy and Erin Wyder have reflected their values throughout the establishment. I definitely felt at home in this warm and welcoming restaurant.

“The food was very yummy and the tea was certainly soothing. Everything was very cute, from the teapot cozies to the painted china cups to the delicious, delicate desserts. I’m getting hungry just writing this!”

Read the full article at Discoverher

The Secret Garden was recently featured in I Like Her Style Vancouver, highlighting how to celebrate Mother’s Day with your mom. Author Codi Lynn recommends Secret Garden’s Mother’s Day High Tea To Go as a special way to treat your mom. She said,

“The portable High Tea Service that they offer is so unique. I was able to treat a friend last summer on a little mama date (images featured) to High Tea on the beach.”

The Secret Garden was recently featured in the Kerrisdale Insider:

Mention Secret Garden Tea Company and an instant calm washes over people. They remark how much they love the tearoom and quickly follow with “We should go for tea together!”

In October 1995 the original Secret Garden Tea Company opened on West Boulevard. It was cozy and quaint and introduced many Vancouverites to the pleasure of high tea. Sister-in-laws Erin and Kathy Wyder are the owners; both were practically weaned on tea by their grandmothers.

“People crave a little beauty in their lives. I love that Secret Garden has become that place where people can slow down and connect with others.” – Kathy Wyder

Kathy and Erin Wyder, sister in-laws and co-owners of The Secret Garden

And what a beautiful light and airy space it is. The moment you walk in the door you feel at home. The signature Secret Garden colour scheme remains (yellow, green, with accents of white and blue) which evokes memories of the former location, yet this is a fresh space and has a wow factor all its own. The square footage has increased dramatically; it is two thirds larger and seats 86 guests (as opposed to 40 previously).

…Testimonials for Secret Garden abound. Common themes include valuing time spent as a group celebrating an occasion such as an anniversary, birthday, bridal or baby shower, or an engagement. It’s also a place to spend one-on-one time with a friend, sister, daughter, mother, grandmother or husband.

What it boils down to is a visit to Secret Garden offers an opportunity to slow down and be present with others, away from the hustle and bustle of daily life. Tea anyone?

Read the full article in the Kerrisdale Insider

Recently Erin Wyder, co-owner of The Secret Garden, participated in a feature by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada addressing Canadian Entrepreneurs Engaging With Asia.

“Usually people look to Asia for tea, yet customers from Asia go to great lengths to get tea from Vancouver’s Secret Garden Tea Company. “We have our own brand of tea,” says Erin Wyder, who owns the company with her sister-in-law, Kathy Wyder. “Some of the blends, we blend in-house. We are also a restaurant that specializes in afternoon tea.”

“Clients from the Asia Pacific are most often introduced to Erin and Kathy’s artfully blended teas while visiting Vancouver, or through gifts from friends returning home from Canada. “We have a very loyal clientele from Asia who will come and visit us,” Erin explains. “Some will purchase 20 bags of tea and take them back on the airplane.” Word spreads and soon others from Asia are ordering their teas online, particularly in the coveted Secret Garden fancy tea tins. Erin and Kathy have also developed a wholesale relationship with the Klondike store in Hong Kong.”

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Recently, local blogger Cindy Yu at The Vancouverite hosted a High Tea To Go party at her home. She shared:

“Secret Garden Tea Company… arguably pioneered the art of Afternoon Tea in Vancouver over the course of several decades. So it comes as no surprised that this institution would pioneer HOW we consume Afternoon Tea – by offering it “to go.”

“I recently had the opportunity to host Afternoon Tea at my House. Over 3.5 hours later, we felt content and more connected with each other. It was so lovely and in the end, I think we realized how much we needed this… Thank you, Secret Garden Tea Company for making this happen and teaching us the importance of human connections.”

Read the full review by The Vancouverite

Hosting a holiday party? Our Treats By the Dozen and High Tea To Go make holiday party planning easy.

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