Tea 42

Tea 42 is a fantastic modern restaurant specialising in a large selection of hand-blended teas, locally-sourced cakes, great pies and a massive gluten free menu. There are mystifying black and white photographs of pretty people and horrible verse with puns and hash tags on the walls. The decorating isn’t my thing, but it hasn’t been designed to appeal to people who are happy skulking around Northern Quarter coffee bars full of mismatched furniture and odd smelling dudes. The food menu is surprisingly vast, offering sarnies and platters alongside substantial mains like pork belly and braised shin of beef. It’s not what you expect from a tea room, but despite the name this place has aspirations to be the kind of all-rounder where you come for a meal, a snack or some drinks. Overall it was a pretty good, if slightly puzzling, experience.

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Menu

Tea Bar

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Hm... What should I order?

Power Granate Smoothie

Lemon syrup polenta cake

yummy