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Lovely decor and amazing variety of tea and snacks! I am not a tea connoisseur but even this place got me sit up and take a notice of the beverages th…
Kathakali Chatterjee
The Tea Lounge – The Lalit Great Eastern
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Been here for office work. Ambience is really soothing. Amazing food, both the English high tea and the bengali snacks. Extensive spread. Would visit …
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The Tea Lounge – The Lalit Great Eastern
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A very good place. The ambiance was awesome. I have tried bengal style fish finger with kasundi mustard. I went there with my friends. Its situated in…
Swarnali Roy
The Tea Lounge – The Lalit Great Eastern
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6 Reviews on “The Tea Lounge – The Lalit Great Eastern”
Lovely decor and amazing variety of tea and snacks! I am not a tea connoisseur but even this place got me sit up and take a notice of the beverages that were served!
Been here for office work. Ambience is really soothing. Amazing food, both the English high tea and the bengali snacks. Extensive spread. Would visit again
A very good place. The ambiance was awesome. I have tried bengal style fish finger with kasundi mustard. I went there with my friends. Its situated in near dalhousie and its very easy to recognise. Behaviour of every stuff was good and all were well mannered.
The Lalit Great Eastern has seen a magnificent revival since its recent renovations. How nice that this little tea room has found such a perfect home.A group of 7 of us embarked on a mission to the Lalit after having passed on the *other* boutique hotel in the vicinity. We ordered 5 different teas; 4 varieties of Darjeeling and one Assam. We also ordered a mix of veg and non-veg snacks.Let’s start with the good. The food was outstanding! Everything from the mutton samosas, nimki and chops were very tasty. On the sweet side, the scones with Devonshire cream, Indian sweets, and fruit tarts were also delicious. This was a bit more extensive than your typical English high tea but Bengalis will never complain about being fed extra.The tea, unfortunately, left a bit to be desired. Not a single one left me with a memorable flavor. A couple of them got bitter very quickly too. This tells me that the water was poured into the pot while it was too hot and the tea leaves were probably not stored properly.The thing that absolutely baffled me was that a couple of the teas were served in a French press. A French press is used for coffee! This made no sense whatsoever. Tea should be served in a pot. There are no exceptions to this. On another service note, we had to prompt the wait staff for milk and sugar, something that should automatically be served with tea.All in all, despite some glitches in the service, I’d give the tea room in the Lalit a second try. The food and the ambiance alone are worth a visit.
Lalit Great Eastern, Kolkata team is damn serious about their tea- origin and I am not boasting about it. This place, as the history says, was used to auction tea in the pre-independence british era and now its again getting into that feel. Luckily, I was invited there to cover their tea festival (or tea treasureas as they call it) and was bowled over.Let me explain the situation. Generally, by tea, I used to mean a hot drink with some tea leaves thrown in+ lots of milk+ cardamom+ bay leaves+…….. (boiled for a long, long time)which used to taste like a hot tea-flavored-soup, but is vastly different from what is called a proper tea (forget about the first flush- second flush etc). And when such a person was invited, I was frankly amazed. But once in, I understood that amazement for me is yet to be started.For a layman like me, I just roamed around the stalls, purchased a few packs of good quality and came out. Most probably, I was looking a little confused and a senior person from the Lalit team approached me. I met Mr. Rakesh mitra, the GM of the Lalit Great Eastern and moreover, a true tea connoisseur. And, thus, in the next 1 hour ot so, the mystery of a good tea was unfolded before me by the gentleman….. For those, who’ve not been there, Lalit has got a beautiful naturally lit tea lounge. the ceiling is made out of glass and hence, in this season, one can actually sea raindrops pouring, without getting soaked. So, if you have not been there, trust me, you’ve missed something. And the tea menu was presented before me. Actually it is something to be seen- the menu itself. The tea names are given, but beside there was a small sample of tea leaves so that a true tea lover can identify them instantly. Actually, even the tea menu is done in two ways. One was based out of the tea varieties and the other one was on the tea gardens- splendid, I must say- these guys take the tea thing seriously.Naturally, I took the help of Mr. Mitra in selecting my choice and he ordered Darjeeling first Flush. I found out later, its made from the young tea leaves and thus had a fresh pungent smell. The tea is brewed on the table, based on individual preferences (2/3/4 min) and the help of a cute sand clock was taken. I was suggested to take it with honey (instead of sugar) and happily I obliged. The tea was different from what I am used to. A subtle, pungent aroma was there- smoothness was the key and I was bowled over. The next option what I was offered was called Jasmine Tea. When the thing arrived, surprisingly found some flower was being brewed inside the teapot and I was served at 3 min. The flower was unwrapping itself with the help of the hot water and it was a spectacle to witness the same. Taste-wise, it was even smoother, pungent smell was replaced with a flowery smell and I liked it personally over the first flush. BTW, it was again served with honey.Some cookies were served along with the tea (which I didn’t bother to take) and needless to say, the service was meticulous and top-notch. I was taking a leave after the nice session (being converted into a fine-tea-drinker), where Mr. Mitra probably sensed that I’ll need some more learning on tea and invited me for the tea tasting session to be help the next day. moha-mushkil.com
Visited the tea lounge on one of the rainy Sunday and I was mightily impressed with the ambience and the service. I would not focus a lot on the selection of tea and coffee and on the food items as they were good but I wanted to mention is about the ambience and the service. The glass ceiling in the lounge in my opinion is the USP of the place, and it ensures abundance of natural light as against the dimly lit places. One can have a relaxed conversation while having a cup of perfectly brewed tea or coffee without much disturbance and theplace is also suitable for business meeting as well. The service there is impeccable.