Please recommend some not-to-miss Tea Rooms in Vancouver and Victoria. Thanks!

Here is whole list of them in Victoria. I suggest James Bay it is quite good and the Empress Hotel also. <BR> <BR>http://victoria.about.com/aboutcanad.../aa090400a.htm

I was recently in Victoria, and looked for a tearoom that was pleasant and less expensive than the well-known Empress. <BR> <BR>The White Heather Teahouse fit the bill. The prices were reasonable...30.00 or so for two. The owner was a very warm and pleasant Scottish Woman with a jolly laugh. I had a wonderful time and would go back anytime.

Victoria likes to play up on its historical British charm which is why there are plenty of famous tea-rooms there, but Vancouver doesn't have the same British atmopshere, and therefor isn't really known for its tea-rooms. <BR> <BR>However, if you were interested in doing that in Vancouver, my mom has told me that Hotel Vancouver does an afternoon tea which is supposed to be quite nice. <BR> <BR>Otherwise, save the tea experiences for Victoria! And be sure to visit the Murchie's store there on Government street.

In Victoria, there is also a tea room at Mattick's Farm. The Empress is ridiculously expensive. <BR> <BR>It doesn't have the atmosphere and the acoustics aren't great but the best food by far, I think, is at the White Heather Tea Room in Oak Bay. The place also seems more hygienic than some of the others.

I should have mentioned that the White Heather is not exactly quaint, but go up the street a bit into the village of Oak Bay - the Tweed Curtain as they call it, for quaint shops.