Bampot House of Tea & Board Games

Incredible prices and awesome selection of tea, with a selection unlike anything you can find at stabucks or david’s tea. I really enjoyed the Tibetan lavender tea. They also have hookah and board games. I love the sitting arrangement and the décor of this place and how intimate the place feels. I also love how the menu is entirely vegetarian and has vegan options. The staff are very friendly and welcoming. Location is close to Bathurst station. I will definitely be back.

This place is so unique and unlike anywhere else I’ve ever been! The best word that comes to mind is cozy: this place is just so warm and cozy, and would be a great place to chill on a chilly fall or winter day. I came on a Sunday afternoon with a group of 4 other friends around 1 PM — it was pretty quiet when we first came in, but was a lot fuller when we left about 2 hours later. I love the décor in this place, there are so many colours and different pieces (carpets, curtains, tapestries, pillows) and it’s so fun and eclectic, this place just has so much character. It is pretty accomodating for groups of various sizes, although I probably wouldn’t come with a group larger than 5 or 6. We sat on some couches around a little coffee table, but it looked like most of the other seating areas were meant to fit groups of 2 or 3. I didn’t actually look at the board game selection, but my group ended up playing one that I’ve never heard of before, so that was fun.
They have an extensive tea selection — I had the honey spice tea and it was kind of like a chai tea but a little bit sweeter and less cinnamon-​y. I also had a salad and added a side of pita and hummus. The pita was so good, it was so thick and soft, and my only complaint here would be that there wasn’t more. The salad was also pretty good, it had a lot of stuff in it like cashews and the vinagrette is house-​made and very flavourful. Vegetarians will be happy to note that all the food options here are vegetarian and most are also vegan. My meal ended up being $ 18 after tax.
I can definitely see myself coming back here, even if it’s just to chill and chat with some friends. I saw lots of small groups nestled in these little nooks all around the place, and some people had even brought knitting supplies with them. It looked so cozy!

TLDR; this place is a total hidden gem. Being at Bampot feels like spending an afternoon at your favourite Grandma’s house. Order the sharing snack plate!
Came here on a rainy Saturday and this place could not be more perfect. It beats all the other board game cafes in the city.
FOOD: We ordered the ballad salad, the shared snack plate and the homemade chai tea. I couldn’t pick a favourite if you forced me. They have a huge, high quality tea menu and a good selection of foods and desserts.
Ballad Salad: garlicky, nutty, and fresh. It’s a simple salad but the ginger garlic dressing is to die for.
Sharing Plate: Nuts & Bolts, Cheese & Crackers, Hummus & Pita. All ingredients are high quality, fresh and simple. Very well done.
Chai Tea: milky, spicy and sweet. Comes in a lovely clay pot and warms you up.
ATMOSPHERE
We sat on a raised platforms on pillows with our shoes off. Very unique, and great atmosphere for playing games. There are also regular tables if that’s more your style.
They have about 100+ board games and a large selection of books. We played Pandemic (the BEST 2 person game) & Mr. Jack.

I wish I lived closer so I could hang out here — they’re serious about their teas — I tried two and both were nice. I also really like the neo-​Moroccan décor which divides the place into a variety of cozy nooks and the board games are a nice touch (though they could branch out into more «hardcore» board games) and the relaxed, friendly atmosphere. Wish I hadn’t eaten lunch before arriving so I could tell you about the food…

I came here on a Friday night for a date and scored a lovely nook where we got to play games and recline on pillows to chat. Very chill atmosphere and the moroccon mint tea I had was lovely. They have an extensive tea list so there is sure to be something for everyone. My date had a salad which he said was fine and I had the daily curry which was a lentil sweet potato curry. The curry was decent but the pita that it came with was the star for me, it was chewy with raisins that was a sweet contrast to the curry. Overall, I really liked the atmosphere and after 9ish it started getting quite packed. I would definitely come back for a visit!

Super cool and chillax place if you are looking for something low key. We had some delicious tea and smoked some hookah and enjoyed the atmosphere. Not alot of main course items on the menus but it was still a good experience.

Absolutely the best place in Toronto. I’m so happy that such a unique, comfortable tea place exists! They have something like 80 different teas on the menu, and the cutest little nooks with cushions to lounge on while you hang out and relax. Equally awesome place for a fun get-​together or a comfy, quiet study session. Love it so much! :)

This is my new favourite place in Toronto. It isn’t somewhere you go for dinner, although it has very good food. Go here to lounge with friends, play board games, enjoy the casual ambience, and drink amazing tea.

This is a really cute place — was taken here on a date. Cozy little areas to sit and the staff is really friendly. They have an excellent selection of tea’s and board games — could sit there for hours! Definitely recommend this place when you’ve got lots of time and good people around.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Heartache of heartaches, THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR FALAFEL recipe. Their old-​school falafel patty, which was basically an angel sent from heaven in chickpea patty form is now a less flavorful, balled, ugly stepsister version of the original. Makes my soul cry :’(It’s still alright, but I long for the days of yore when the Scottish owner chef-​guy made them from scratch.
REST IN POWER FALAFEL PATTY.
Still love the place as always. They’ve got a rotation of new lovely servers and service has gone up just enough for me to not find any issues. Yes, it’s still a little slow at times, but I was there for over 3 hours sipping away and studying and I was impressed that I was checked up on a few times (huge difference from before.) The one server who had given me a touch of attitude is now gone and it’s softened the vibe visibly.
It was really lively on the Sunday afternoon I visited, a huge ASL group took up the front space signing away with vigor, to the right of me, a nuclear family quietly enjoyed tea, while university students kept the back jumping.
I live down the road from here and basically use Bampot as my second home.

This is a chilling haven! you know the times when you just want to sip on tea, sit crosslegged on a persian rug with a book or play board games with friends. The time when you don’t want to eat but nibble on your favorite popcorn and hummus dip! This is it, friends this is the place for you. The staff are fantastic too I want to steal their outfits and their accent (you get the picture!) very bohemian is what I am trying to say. The hookha here is tobacco free yet full of flavour seriously the best I have had and I have had way too many from the Mid East to Mexico. I didn’t feel sick after also the price is great $ 13. Popcorn was sadly soggy but the tea made up for it… how is it possible to get one type of tea here!!! Even after spending 15 minutes deciding!

We went to Bampot on a Friday to meet up, drink some tea, have some snacks and spend endless hours playing obscure board games. Of those things, they hit ²⁄₃. Board games were a ton of fun and the selection was great. We spent about 5.5 hours there and actually made it within 15 minutes of closing at about 1:30am. The tea selection is also pretty extensive; some of the teas are also hand blended/​mixed in-​house and may take a bit longer to prepare. I had the Bazaar blend (hand mixed) and it was excellent. The right balance of a strong black tea with a unique mixture of spices including saffron that brought a nice twist.
The downsides now. While the tea was good, the snacks were just okay. And we tried quite a few of them. Vegetarian curry, peppermint chocolate cake, boterkoek, hummus and salad and bowl of bits and bites (kind of like a trail mix). None of those were great and worth ordering again in my eyes. But it’s good to have some snacks while indulging in the tea and games.
Another downside was the service — VE-​RY SLOW. It’s a good thing the board games kept us distracted. Other than that, the seating is comfy and café is very Bohemian inspired. I thought it was a nice surprise to find out some of the art work on display can be purchased.
Overall, would recommend Bampot for a fun night of board games and great tea!

This place is heaven for the lover of tea, who is tired of going to cafes and ordering some bland unpalatable tea-​bag beverage, while their friends gush about their blah-​blah-​something-​latte. The atmosphere is relaxing and cozy and social, the tea selection is wonderful, and the owners are a great combination of laid-​back, friendly, and yet serious about their business. They clearly view the place as a community-​building hub. A couple of the staff are inconsistent and bring the café down, but please give Bampot another chance, if you happened to fall upon an aloof or surly employee.
Finally, it’s nice that their menu accommodates vegans and GF diets, but the food isn’t good or diverse, so don’t come here for dinner. Come for the fantastic tea and a chat, or a light board-​game with old and new friend (s).

Let me be the devil’s advocate and just say that this café blows. In all my years of reviewing, this takes the cake as one of the worst places I’ve been to.
PROS:
+SEATING: Comfy, somewhat spacious. The have little seating areas with pillows that look really comfortable to play board games in.
CONS:
— FOOD: My spicy peanut soup was neither spicy nor soup-​y. It was basically rice with vegetables and some peanut sauce drenched on the rice. So disappointing. I also didn’t order a salad, but was happy because I thought it came with my $ 9 meal. I learned afterwards that they made a mistake which I realized at the cashier. Reluctantly, the cashier took the salad charge off my bill but she made the most horrendous gestures.
She slammed the interact machine in my face and ultimately did not look pleased. Even if she wasn’t being the best cashier, there’s something called BASIC HUMAN FUCKING DECENCY. So rude.
The food selection is both limiting and ultimately disappointing. The pita bread was yummy though, and sweet, but not worth $ 9 as part of any entrée set. Looking at my friends’ meals all around, nothing truly appealed to me.
Ultimately, I recommend Bampot if you’re a tea connoisseur. If not, go somewhere else where your consumerism is more valued.

I’ve been here twice and love love love it (yes, it requires 3 «loves» lol)! I honestly think it’s probably a good thing that it’s so far from my house otherwise I’m sure I’d be here nearly every day enjoying the endless selection of teas, vegetarian tapas and awesome selection of board games. Not to mention the homey and inviting ambiance.
When you first enter you instantly feel like Bampot is somewhere you can spend hours in without realizing it. The décor is eclectic and bohemian with mismatched throw pillows and wicker furniture along with both normal sized seating and coffee table style seating.
So far I’ve tried most of the iced tea selections which are all delicious. My favourite is, by far, the «dreamsicle» iced tea which tastes exactly like it sounds — a creamsicle! The rest of the teas are very strong in taste and not watered down at all, which I have experienced at other tea houses. They also come with cut up fruit and berries. If you feel like the tea is too strong you can easily just dilute it with water, which is provided from a small table close to the cash register.
The games selection is pretty good in my opinion and are all listed in the menu book along with skill level, number of players, and how long each game would take. Such a useful list!
Now onto the food, I’ve tried the hummus with pita (yum!!), falafel (meh), and the cheese plate (double-​yum!). All food is vegetarian so I wouldn’t recommend coming here for an actual meal but it’s good to munch on while playing games or catching up with friends. I’m already planning my next visit to this lovely little gem. And the best part, not that amazing tea and board games isn’t enough — you can make reservations! Hallelujah!
Parking is a bit hard to find during a busy weekday or weekend evening but it’s very close to Bathurst station so it’s easily accessible.

Heard about this place through my work. I was definitely not disappointed… This is simply the most adorable tea house ever, with very friendly staff. They have an incredible tea selection. I especially like their Fairies’ Blood: the name picked my curiosity, and the drink did not let me down! They have great food, and very fair prices. It is all vegetarian, with GF and vegan options, and some items can be made GF and/​or vegan as well. Game selection is great too. It’s also a great place to read/​knit/​smoke shisha as well, and it’s very cozy.
I think it’s fair to say I’ll be a regular here… And the owners can probably already tell! I’d give this place more than 5 stars if I could!!!

When I first heard about Bampot through social media, I knew I had to check it out and bring my boyfriend along. We both love tea and board games so it was the perfect combination. We went to check it out a couple of weeks after it opened.
The environment of the café definitely suits the name. The café is decorated with yellow, orange, and dark red walls, reminding me of the Indian culture. There are some areas where you can sit in the nooks and crannies of the café with only pillows and drapes, giving off that bohemian vibe. The space gives a lot of intimacy compared to most places I have been to; which is nice and unique to Bampot.
Bampot serves a vast selection of tea, some with free refills. Like most places, it has a $ 5 sitting fee if you would like to play the board games. However, it only costs $ 3 if you decide to order food. My boyfriend got the soup of the day, which was some sort of Thai curry soup the owners whipped up. He absolutely loved it and I enjoyed it as well. It had that spicy flavour that curry lovers would be familiar with. I had the Quangzhou Milk Oolong tea, which tasted exactly what you would expect a milk tea would taste like. It wasn’t my favourite, but I didn’t mind drinking it either. For each pot of tea you receive, you get a timer as well, so you know when the tea is perfectly steeped. Between my boyfriend and I, we pretty much drained all the hot water they had for our free refills haha.
There are currently about 160 games available and when I was there, many of them were unopened. My boyfriend was in heaven for a short period of time after I found a brand new Firefly board game towards the end of our stay. Unfortunately it was a two hour game and we were already there for about two to three hours. He sadly had to wave goodbye to it.
The café hosts different events here and now. They have Scrabble Night on Mondays and free knitting lessons often. They planned on having a Dungeons and Dragons game night as well. The owners said that they were looking for games to host events for. If you are a game enthusiast and would like to bring an event to Bampot, definitely reach out to them!
Overall, I highly recommend Bampot. It’s so good that it’s now my boyfriend’s favourite board game place, knocking Snakes and Lattes to his second favourite. This is definitely a great date location to spend with your significant other. Also if you are a tea enthusiast, it is a must to visit! The café is very intimate and cozy with such a lovely staff. I don’t recommend coming in with a large group of friends unless you are willing to break the group down. It’s best to have no more than three (or at most four) other friends with you because of the space. The café also has hookah available as well.

I have nothing but wonderful things to say about Bampot. It’s amazing in so many different ways.
Bampot’s selection of board games is like it’s selection of teas: vast and awesome.
They have their board games split up into sections (strategy, casual, etc.), and in your menu will come a sheet with the board games listed into sections, with the average playtime per game listed, too. Since Bampot is brand new, the board games are too! I broke open seasons to find that the game hadn’t been played yet since the cards were still in their packages! No ratty old board games here!
The cover fee to play board games is $ 5 if you don’t eat, $ 3 if you do.
There are, I believe, over 70 different teas you can try here. I’m not a big tea person, but I sipped some of my friends teas (apple mint, and faerie’s blood), and they were both delicious (especially the faerie’s blood, which is steeped with not only the tea but fresh fruit also.) Many of the teas also have free refills :)
They have a non-​tea menu for people like myself, with items like Maple Milk & Hot Chocolate. I paid about $ 3 for not just a cup but a POT of DELICIOUS hot chocolate — some pretty great value there.
The food kicks some serious butt too. I gorged on Poutine SOUP (yep, it IS as amazing as it sounds), Chocolate Strawberry Cake (chocolatety, decadent, delicious), and a yummy yummy «posh» cheese board.
The staff are extremely nice, they are happy to chat, help you wade through the giant tea menu, provide both tea and board game reccomendations, and more.
The décor is also cozy and adorable. It gives off the feeling of playing board games and/​or enjoying some tea in a friend’s living room.
There is also shisha available, a Monday Night Craft Circle, and other events in the works.
I can’t wait to come back. I will definitely be returning. What a gem!

What a gem! There is nothing else like it in the city. Easily my new favourite place.
ATMOSPHERE — Outstanding atmosphere! So cozy and colourful, the Morrocan-​themed and earthy-​inspired décor is so well selected, with great attention to detail. There are a variety of seating options — from seated platforms, to the standard table & chairs, to armchairs and couches.
TEA — They have more than 50 teas of all kinds of varieties — including specialty blends with hand-​blended herbs and seasonings — which come by the pot at reasonable prices (which vary depending on the tea). Give yourself some time with the tea menu! It will tempt you in all different directions.
FOOD — Plenty of options to nosh on. Daily main, usually a curry, and a daily soup. Nice selection of both savoury and sweet snacks. All at decent prices. I had the best chocolate cake I’ve ever had! Check out the much-​loved Bampot original: poutine soup!
GAMES — Good selection of board games! Nicely organized and categorized in the board game library.
* Bonuses *
— HOOKAHS — Tobacco-​free shisha in many flavours!
— ACCESSIBILITY — Barrier-​free entrance (ramp to doorway) and barrier-​free washroom on main floor.
— Such a great place to bring DATES!

I am really impressed by this new tea house! The building is so cute on the outside, but there is lots of space inside!
The décor is really warm and inviting. You can go in find a place to settle and the owners are incredibly friendly and helpful.
I tried the faerie’s blood tea and it was full of flavour! This is not your run of the mill tea shop. When you get tea here expect a well crafted tea with depth. There are lots of teas to choose from, I look forward to coming back and trying more!
I had the pita and hummus with a house salad and a decadent chocolate cake. They pay attention to detail even with their food!
They are starting a Monday night craft circle. I was able to participate and learned some great knitting tips!
I didn’t play any games this time, but they seemed to have a great selection.
I will definitely be coming back.