The Irvington Iris Tea Room: Mad Hatter Tea Party

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Mad Hatter Tea Party

The Iris Mad Hatter

The Iris Tea Room now offers a "Mad Hatter's Tea Party" complete with our very own Mad Hatter sure to delight and entertain your guests. Appropriate for children age 4 and up.  Guests are seated at a long table complete with stuffed arm chair for the guest of honor. Choose your tea cup and saucer from mis-matched sets turned upside down to hide the missing Dormouse while songs from Alice in Wonderland play softly in the background. Dine on sumptuous finger sandwiches, desserts and tea fit for the Red Queen!

                                         Menu:
Beverages:
Alice's Fruit Tea
The Knave of Hearts Lemonade

                                             Finger Sandwiches:
                                             Mad Hatter's Pinwheels
                                             Queen of Hearts Tarts
                                             Talking Flower Cheese Rounds

                                             Sweets:
                                             Caterpillar's Mushroom Meringues
                                             "Eat Me" Cakes
                                             Shortbread Hearts

Call today to made your reservation - 356-4400

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The Iris Tea Room Lunch Menu

Daily Lunch Menu*

$9.50

Iris Chicken Salad - laced with apples, grapes, onions and pecans presented on a flaky croissant or bed of spring greens

The Queen's Quesadilla - a colorful trio of shredded cheeses topped with fresh spinach and nestled in a grilled tortilla accompanied by a dollop of fresh guacamole anhd salsa

The Duchess' Delight - Hummus, avocado, and provolone rolled in a wrap or served sandwich style on whole wheat

Royal Salad - a colorful blend of chopped turkey, ham, roast beef, and a sprinkling of shredded cheese, pecans and dried cranberries served on a bed of mixed spring greens and spinach dressed with a balsamic vinaigrette

Majestic Melt - Sink your teeth into this hearty grilled wrap layered with turkey, spinach tomato and our special herbed cream cheese. For extra zip, dip it into Bistro sauce.

Butterfly Grill - For finicky little ones, or those adults not particularly enamored with salad, order the grilled cheese "butterfly"on whole grain bread served with fruit cup and cookie (little boys are served a "dolphin" or "dinosaur" grilled cheese)

*All choices include fresh green salad (except butterfly grill), fruit cup and tea bread slice

Tomato Basil Soup or other soup du jour - additional $2.00 with lunch or $4.50 as entree with garlic toast

Desserts du Jour:

Fresh lemon zest and dried cranberry scones served warm with our special Iris Cream

Cake du Jour (currently serving Pumpkin Roll)

Cannoli - Delicious rolled pizzelle cookie infused with our Iris cream

Teapot Shortbread Cookies

Confections

Indulge your love of chocolate with a decadent milk chocolate caramel and pecan turtle, or bear claw with cashews hand made by J. Evelyn Confections.

OR - Buy an award-winning box of their Sea Salt Caramels. J. Evelyn Confections has been accepted by Indiana Artisans for culinary excellence

The Iris serves over 15 varieties of fine loose leaf tea from all over the world. Coffee, hot chocolate and lemonade also served.

About the Iris Tea Room

130 S. Audubon Road

Indianapolis, Indiana 46219 (one block south of E. Washington St. and Audubon Rd. in Historic Irvington District)

317-356-4400

Fall Hours: Open Monday through Saturday for Lunch 11:00 - 2:00 pm and starting October 1st, Breakfast from 8:00 - 10:00 am. Reservations Recommended. Or, come in for tea and dessert anytime between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.

Full Afternoon Tea - 2:30 pm - join us for a very special tea to include an assortment of finger sandwiches, mini-desserts and chocolates, and of course, all the tea you would like. Reservations Required.

The Iris is available for reservation for meetings, special occasions, etc. by calling 356-4400.

Planning your child's birthday party? - ask about our "Mad Hatter's Tea", "Etiquette Tea" and more.

Comments from our Guests

The following are comments from the Iris Guest Book:

Mad Hatter's Tea Party for 4 year old's birthday:

We had a wonderful time at the tea party. You did such a great job and really went the extra mile. The food and tea were delicious, and the service unmatched. I appreciated all the little touches that were so thoughtful and really made the party special. Thanks again! Heather H.

Wonderful lunch and lovely tea room! Patty and Amber R

Lovely lunch in such a beautiful setting! Irene K

Lovely tea room and great service Sue S

Cutest tea room - enjoyed ourselves! Linda

Love this place! Great food, great atmosphere! Helen

Food and room are fantaswtic, friendly and welcoming Linda D
I liked the room set up - so spacious! Wonderful selection of teas!

Wonderful experience - great food - welcoming environment Cindy.

Thanks for a super luncheon. I really enjoyed it and will return soon!

Lovely relaxing and excellent chicken salad and teas

Lunch was lovely and we enjoyed the ambience of the tea room itself. Look forward to the next time.

Very sweet, very pretty little tea room! Everythinhg was delicious!

What a wonderful time with delicious treats! Thank you! We loved everything! Thank you so much!