Ferns and Flowers Tea House

This place is very different than many other places. The restaurant has a homey feel, with a bistro-​like menu. There is also outdoor seating in their garden area. I’ve been here for a casual ‘high tea’ where you get unlimited cups of tea (with many different flavors to choose from), finger foods, and desserts. Their lunch and dinner menu is very appealing, as well as their signature beverages. In the winter, definitely try the mulled sangria– It’s so delicious! And the main dining area is beautifully decorated around Christmastime!!!

I wish the portions were bigger. My boyfriend absolutely enjoyed his bloody Mary. It was garnished beautifully and tasted great (I’m not into bloody Mary’s but its yum here!) cozy little breakfast place.

If I could give it less than 1 star I would.
I went with a bunch of my friends for a Holiday Party. The décor is funky and cozy, though it was VERY warm in the room we were in.
I’m gluten free, I was prepared to just have a drink as I didn’t see anything on the menu I could have (and not an issue at all !) but the server said they had GF pancakes, waffles, and toast so I ordered the pancakes, a side of well done bacon, but no eggs. After everyone’s food had arrived, my bacon showed up, but no pancakes. Everyone had to send their food back, and I mean everyone, because it was all cold… after it all came back from being warmed up, she told me the cook had REFUSED to cook my order, I said don’t bother then, she insisted that the owner ‘would take care of it’. I said don’t bother, everyone’s already eating. Off she went.
My food came, there was a pile of runny scrambled eggs on the plate, I waited for her to come back and told her I really don’t like eggs, and I didn’t want eggs, and I certainly didn’t want them seeping into my pancakes. She said oh yeah you did say that. She took them back, brought my plate out again, you could tell they just scraped them off as the pancakes were still sitting in egg juice and there were still chunks of egg in the homefries. I sent them back as the pancakes were also not cooked in the middle and I was just done with the whole thing.
Now keep in mind, it was easily 10 – 15 minutes between the time she’d drop stuff off and come back. She said she’d take care of my bill. No, the bill arrived and she said she’d taken the pancakes off.
When I went to leave, I was passing by the front and she was there and said ‘this is the guy, the cook’ and a young man said ‘hey’ to me, and I just said I have nothing to say. All in all, it was VERY unprofessional.
I thought it was overpriced, $ 2.50 for one cup of coffee (mine was never refilled). The $ 7.50 bloody mary was okay, and it was $ 3.75 for 4 pieces of bacon. I paid out $ 22 towards my share of the food, and essentially did not eat. We were there for almost 3 hours. I would never go back, they should have comped my bill for all the nonsense.

I really don’t see the appeal of this place, though I have to say the tea house is better than the Treehouse Tavern that opens at night. The place is quaint, and the median age of the patrons seems to be about 74.
Food-​wise, it’s nothing to write home about. I tried the frittata, which was okay at best. The coffee was more mild than I typically go for, and the service was slow. I’m just not sold on this place.

Unique location to say the least. Great selection for foodies, great selections for anytime of day. Despite not being a tea aficionado, for those you are, this is a must!

Horrible experience! In spite of having a reservation, the staff was unable to seat my group for more than a half hour. They claimed there is nothing they can do about having tables available and complained that they worked until 1 am the day before and had been there since 7 am. Then the owner proceeded to give me a lot of attitude. This was a horrible, horrible experience and I will never go back. The previous owners were great abut this new owner is terrible and will not last long with the attitude she’s showing. Please avoid this place as there are so many other great restaurants around.

this was a weird experience all around.
The décor is… quirky, mostly in a good way, but sometimes too bizarre for eating near like the random stuffed bears in the sitting room and out in the yard, as well as lots of plants (good thing), potpourri type stuff (meh), and big somewhat tacky ceramic things (may remove now) hanging from the walls. Best part of the décor is the french doors everywhere that make you feel like you’re sitting outside in the yard even when inside.
My lunch date had lobster macaroni & cheese — looked like it came out of the childhood favorite blue and yelllow box and then they added in some lobster pieces and bread crumbs on top. far from delicious creamy mac & cheese i’ve had at other joints and disappointing at $ 17.
I had the soup salad and sandwich combo. as a renowned clam chowder critic i’m sad to say that this one did not make the cut. not the worst but far from the best. salad was lacking dressing and had weird clementines in it that felt like little slugs were hidden in your salad when they ended up in your mouth. decent deal for the quantity of food though $ 12.
Cool thing about the place is it’s all kind of a surprise when you walk in (the way it looks). the quirkiness of the décor adds the 3^rd star. also, our quirky (sorry, will get bigger vocabulary soon, promise) waitress accomdated our every picky customer need.

I have been here several times for lunch with ladies from work and we love it. There’s usually quiche and nice sandwiches on the menu. I’ve also stopped by just to pick up teas, homemade scones or dessert. It’s a very girly kind of place but the food and beer selection is good enough for men too. It’s unique. Also a nice place for a date.
Last night I went for dinner for the first time with my boyfriend. I had lobster stuffed crepes topped with bernaise sauce. 2 crepes filled with chunks of lobster & crispy asparagus. I loved it. My boyfriend had what is called Iron Steak, which he said was really good. Both entrees were about $ 19 and had good portions.
The entrée menu is limited though but they also have pizza & burgers.

I love the décor, and the fact that it’s local and noncommercial, and I admit the food is good — but sadly that’s where it ends.
Majority of staff have absolutely NO customer service skills. I went in while I was pregnant only to basically be insulted by a staff member, then decided to take my chances and go back with a bunch of ladies and our infants for tea… First, if someone tells you they’re bringing a 5 month old you do not place anything breakable in front of them, secondly do not place a scolding pot of tea or food in front of them… It’s just common sense. To add insult to injury, it was also over priced for what you got… tiny sandwiches and bad service with potential injury to your child!
The final straw was when my husband and I showed up for brunch. We stood in the door way for over 8 minutes while 5 different staff members walked by and completely ignored us. Not one person acknowledged our existence until a crowd of about 6 old ladies crammed the walkway — at this time we decided to leave only then to be recognized!
My husband politely said «we’ll come back, and I loudly corrected him that we would NOT be back, thanked them for the lack of service.
I’m the type of person that you could serve bad food to, but as long as you make it a pleasant experience I won’t say anything bad. That time has long since passed!

Very good beer selection. Good food. Live piano at night. Interesting place. Currently has a lot of potential that I’m hoping it meets. A bit confusing to go here because it has about 3 – 4 identities (tavern, bistro, tea house, flower shop).

It pains me to have to give such a bad review. I’ve previously gone for high tea and loved it so when it came time to plan my baby shower my mother-​in-​law thought a tea party would be a great idea.
Upfront, she was told they would do three courses: scones/​tea, tea sandwiches/​tea, and desserts/​tea as well as the option to have a cake provided or cupcakes and the price included flower centerpieces which she was told would be blue since I’m having a boy. We paid extra for a private room.
On the day of the shower, we sat around for at least 30 minutes before they brought out the tea. One of the pots at my table was cold and the tea hadn’t steeped. They took too long in between courses to serve the food, and they brought the cupcakes out AFTER people were starting to leave and only because we mentioned them. On top of that, they double billed my mother in law for the built in gratuity, and the flower centerpieces were nothing like she had discussed with the owner/​manger.
It’s not that I didn’t have a good time, but this party was *not* cheap and I felt for the cost it should have been a much better experience. When my mother-​in-​law called to have the bill corrected she mentioned the centerpieces to the manager and was told that she wasn’t there that day so she had no control over what happened. I don’t think that was the right way to handle the situation either. Poor service all the way around.

SO… I arranged to get together this week for a long-​postponed lunch with two friends, and needed a convenient location for one of us coming from work. Having driven by F & F many, many times and having never once stopped there, but always noticing its cuteness, I chose this venue because of its proximity to that friend’s place of business. We were not only NOT disappointed, we were extremely and PLEASANTLY surprised at this wonderful restaurant and tea house. First of all, the property is on a large bucolic piece of land (with PLENTY of parking) which appeared to be in the Washington County countryside rather than being conveniently (and unbelievably) located on Centerville Road and just off Route 2 in Warwick! There WERE ferns and flowers growing everywhere, and where they were not growing right out of the ground — there were hanging baskets of them on porches, and on antique-​y rusty brackets attached to the very quaint house and flower shop! The site was bursting with color even though it was a very chilly Rhode Island day at the end of May. Our spirits were lifted high even before we entered the darling restaurant. F & F has two rooms for dining — the room at the center of the «house» is for lunch, the back room (with lovely bar, antiques and artifacts and walls which appeared to be very old and sort of barnlike) is reserved for dinner. We LOVED the back room and prevailed upon the owner and our waitress to allow us to have lunch in there. And we did! Now to the most important part — the food. The lucheon menu is mainly American bistro type food. Salads, delicious-​sounding sandwiches and soups, and the like. I ordered the «black and blue salad» which is a salad with steak and blue cheese. It was very good. The salad was made mainly of spinach, which is my favorite. The steak was not cooked medium rare as I had ordered it, but it was tasty nonetheless, as it had been cooked and presented with lots of flavorful onions and mushrooms. The dressing was a delicious balsamic vinaigrette. The salad was accompanied by a less-​than-​auspicious roll, but I devoured it anyway! One friend ordered a salmon and salad dish, which she enjoyed very much, and my other friend had what she described as a very delicious chicken salad. We all had home-​brewed iced teas, and they were excellent (not to mention flavored with peaches!). A beautiful dessert tray was brought to the table, but we were too full to partake. We plan to, though, the next time we go to
F & F! Ferns & Flowers also serves high tea. One group of women leaving the restaurant that day said the tea and accompaniments were fabulous, and though she didn’t know if the food would be enough when she saw it, she left with two doggie bags nonetheless! I will definitely return for high tea as well as dinner. The food is very good, high quality, homecooked food. Mind you, this is not a five star Alain Ducasse luxury restaurant, nor does it purport to be. What it is, however, is a welcoming, charming and lovely locale in which to have a delicious meal that you will never regret. I give it four stars because my steak was a tad over-​cooked, but my friends and I still enjoyed our meals, and our fun time there very much! The restaurant is perfect for a ladies’ lunch, an event such as a baby shower, etc., and they also serve dinner. I will be back!