• Mackintosh at the Willow

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Tea room offering a vegan afternoon tea platter, in addition to starters, salads, sandwiches and cakes. Open Mon-Sun 10:00-17:00.


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4 Reviews

First Review by TheMolches

twidge

Points +16

Vegan
04 Sep 2024

Good tea and pastry but would not recommend the vegan scones.

We booked in for some tea and cake, and whilst the service, setting and tea was great we were let down by the vegan scones (the danish was great however!). The scone was warm but had the consistency of steamed a cake? It was so stoggy and dense and not bread like in the slightest. I have never eaten anything like it before. The 'cream' was coconut based cream cheese which had no sugar added into it - making it pretty savoury/sour. It didn't spread on the the scone very well and was quite waxy. What I don't understand is that vegan scones come out pretty much identical to a regular scones - if you just change two ingredients in a recipe - so not too sure why this tea room has tried to complicate things with such weird substitutions. They could be serving the best scones ever! I would avoid if you want a scone but has other options like a danish which we would have again! :-)

Pros: Lovely setting, Great pastry, Wide range of tea

Cons: Consitency of the scone, The savoury 'cream'

HowardWorton

Points +169

Vegan
30 Dec 2023

Fantastic Afternoon Tea

Not exactly inexpensive but neither should it be - superb quality and a lot of fun too in the lovely surroundings that Charles Rennie himself would approve of 🦄🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😸👍 #Veganuary

Pros: Vegan afternoon tea, Surroundings, Service

Cons: Slightly expensive

ayjay3

Points +92

Vegetarian
24 Apr 2023

Excellent place in the centre of Glasgow

Stunning surroundings in the reconstructed tea rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh an otherwise. We had the vegetarian afternoon tea, vegan version available. Excellent food and service.

Pros: Very used to vegetarians and vegans

Cons: Can be busy - book ahead

TheMolches

Points +136

Vegan
26 Sep 2022

Great tea time

They have a wide variety of different teas, the staff is very nice and they do offer at least 4 vegan sweet treats and 3 vegan savoury food options.
I had the vegan scones with cream and jam, whoch was very nice. It definitely hot the spot, although it was quite sweet.
I would definetely recommend having tea time here, but at least book a table the morning when you want to go.

Pros: Vegan scones, Very friendly staff, Nice atmosphere

Cons: Need to book in advance




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