Ristoranti in zona Mira Mesa Square Shopping Center

As I am a UK immigrant, you would think I’d have attended an Afternoon Tea prior to now, but I haven’t had the opportunity. That’s why I was so excited to take my daughter and her bestie for Afternoon Tea at California English. We booked it for 11:30 so we could enjoy a brunch vibe as well. We were seated promptly. The restaurant is an open space with plants reminiscent of a garden room. Very relaxing and pleasant. Our server was friendly and explained all our various options. All three went with the tipsy tea option, starting with tea cocktails. The girls chose the Mermaid’s Pool with pineapple tequila, fresh blueberry and lime. They loved their choice. I went with the Chai Tai, a delicious cocktail of rum, amaro, pineapple and chai syrup. The towers consisted of golden raisin scones, toffee madelines, chocolate tart, a miniature waffle cone with a chocolate filling, a lemon panna cotta, and finger sandwiches with a chicken tarragon salad and a spicy cheese spread with pimento. In addition to the tower feast, we ordered the hot honey fried chicken scone, lobster roll and the “Sloppy Joe” (pulled braised beef in a BBQ sauce). We had a lovely time. Wonderful food, friendly service and a pleasant environment. Highly recommend for Afternoon Tea or brunch.

While I understand the experience of family style food offerings, what I would consider the price, to value and taste of the food is nothing special. One of the dishes we ordered was a little cold on the inside, and tasted of what I could best describe as having freezer burn. Most of the other food I would say was average at best compared to other Italian chain restaurants. Maybe it's because it was a midweek with barely any people in the restaurant, but will give them another shot at some point in the future and will update my opinion then.

We had a great experience all around! The service was great, the food was delicious and place is really cool. Huge selection of beers to choose from. Our server Matt was awesome!! Super friendly, very helpful with choosing beers we liked and on top of everything!

Nice experience, ala carte is the way to go to save vice the $54/ person AYCE