Le Chandelier

Try to nab a table in the front section of this pretty salon de thé to appreciate its charm. With glass chandeliers, antique mirrors & a distressed dresser stacked with glass tea jars, Le Chandelier is the epitome of Gallic girlishness. Out back, the café opens in to a tiled room, full of mismatched furniture, with a confused, vaguely Moroccan feel. Although there’s a menu of breakfasts & French bistro food (pâtés, salads, duck à l’orange), & the odd north African dish, this venue is really all about the 30-plus varieties of tea, to be sipped while eating fancy patisserie. Choose loose-leaf organic lapsang, yellow gold oolong or one of the gorgeous flowering varieties, perhaps with a pear tart or coconut cake. Service can be haphazard & a little off-hand.