Easter is the ultimate excuse ever to indulge and the best way to do that is at an Easter High Tea in Brisbane with plenty of chocolate and other sweet treats. Here are some of the best Easter High Teas in Brisbane. Pick a Brisbane chocolate High Tea and take your children, get the girls together, or have a mother and daughter afternoon and just enjoy good company, great food and fabulous surroundings.
Above: Easter High Tea at Brisbane Marriott.
Easter High Tea in Brisbane
Easter Delight at Brisbane Marriott
The Brisbane Marriott Hotel Easter High Tea in Motion Dining is packed with sweet and savoury delights, a 3-hour beverage package and an Easter Egg Hunt for kids! It starts with a Toblerone Cocktail served in a delicious Chocolate Bunny, with more drinks to enjoy while you feast, including a Moet & Chandon Rose Champagne, Pizzini Brachetto ‘Rose Styled’ Moscato and Miraval Rose.
Carefully crafted by Motion Dining Executive Chef Peter Iwanczyk, it features sweet treats such as Chocolate Hazelnut Tart, Passionfruit Dark Chocolate Sandwich, Jasmine Tea Mousse and Strawberry Cream Groove Tart. Savoury bites include Shrimp, Cucumber & Dill Smoked Turkey, Watercress & Apple finger sandwiches. Quintessential high tea classics have not been forgotten with Chocolate Scones with Rose, Lychee and Strawberry Reserve & Spiked Baileys Cream plus shaved Ham, Heirloom Tomato & Relish and Free Range Egg & Baby Herb finger sandwiches.
- When: 12.30 pm to 3.30 pm – April 8 and 9
- Cost: From $149pp ($74.50pp for kids aged 2-12 years)
- Where: Book a table through Motion Dining Brisbane Marriott
Easter High Tea Dandelion & Driftwood
Known for their penchant for gorgeous cakes and delectable morning and afternoon teas, Dandelion and Driftwood have come up with a special Easter High Tea stand that everybunny will enjoy. It includes an Ink Gin Easter Cocktail, cotton candy cupcake, Easter macaron, housemade pink marshmallow, mini choc raspberry tart, baby choc flourless cake, and speckled chocolate eggs. The second tier has hot cross buns with whipped smoked butter. The savoury layer features a croissant with brie and quince, cheese twist, Easter spinach pie, curried devilled eggs, salmon gravlax and cream cheese blini, tuna melt brioche sliders, salmon and egg ribbon sandwiches. It comes with a hot beverage per person.
- When: 11am – March 20 to April 6.
- Cost: From $75 pp
- Where: Book a table through Dandelion & Driftwood, 20 Doncaster Street, Hendra.
Above: Easter High Tea at Brisbane Marriott.
Above: Hyatt Regency High Tea
Lennons Sweeter for Easter Afternoon Tea
Get a little fancy this Easter and indulge the family in Lennons Sweeter for Easter Afternoon Tea. From delicious warm Hot Cross Buns to savoury delights like Moreton Bay Bug and Prawn Roll, your traditional Egg, Mayo, and cheddar on Rye and Chicken and Truffle Wrap. Decadent sweets include White Chocolate Carrot Cake, Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and chunky Rocky Road. This Afternoon Tea includes barista coffee and specialty teas and serves your choice of Lennons Signature Chocolate Martini or Prosecco – this is the perfect treat to enjoy this Easter!
- When: Available Saturday, Sunday and Easter Monday from 1 April – 10 April, 2 pm to 4 pm
- Cost: $55 pp
- Where: Hyatt Regency Brisbane, 72 Queen Street, Brisbane
Lennons Easter Lunch
Gather the family for a feast of seafood and seasonal produce, with a lavish 3-course lunch at Lennons Restaurant & Bar. Offering only the freshest seafood, mouth-watering roasts, and decadent chocolate desserts. Help yourself to a seafood plate for Entrée or Buffalo Mozzarella with Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes, Basil Oil, Gran Reserva 25 Anos Balsamico XO. Indulge in your choice of Lemon & Herb Half Roasted Chicken or Rosemary & Garlic Marinated Pork. Save room for dessert, Dark and White Chocolate Tart with Spiced Plum and Cinnamon Ice Cream.
- When: Lennons Easter Lunch is available on Easter Sunday, April 9, from 12 pm.
- Cost: $79 pp, $20 per child (5 – 12 years), 0 – 4 years complimentary
- Where: Hyatt Regency Brisbane, 72 Queen Street, Brisbane
Above: High Tea at Belle Epoque
Easter High Tea at Belle Epoque
Next to the Emporium Hotel entry on the ground floor, Belle Epoque‘s Easter High Tea will transport you to Easter in Europe with a special high tea. It features treats such as Roasted Baby Carrot Frittata, Marinated Prawn on Rye, Caramelised Onion & Potato Cheese Tart, followed by Chocolate Chip Scones, Chocolate Egg Nest, Bunny Cookies and an Edible Garden.
- When: March 15 to April 12
- Cost: High Tea is $80 with tea or coffee
- Where: Belle Epoque, 267 Grey Street, South Brisbane.
Easter High Tea at W Brisbane
High Tea in Bloom, W Brisbane
The chefs at W Brisbane’s Living Room Bar have curated an Easter rendition of High Tea with three tiers of treats highlighting fresh local produce and flavours. Expect a creative Sunshine State spin with Queensland rum and banana cake with crunchy pecan, which comes topped with edible moss and mini egg nest, to Carrot, ginger and kumquat petit gateaux. Of course, there will be classic Hot cross buns with cream and spiced plum jam. The high tea’s showstopper is a cracked open gold easter egg that reveals pieces of an Easter-inspired puzzle on Belgian white chocolate. To keep the sweet treats rolling guests can pair their high tea with a Pink Cottontail Martini made with Absolut vanilla vodka, white chocolate cream liqueur and strawberry syrup. Savoury delights include Smoked duck mousse with cognac, shortcrust pastry and sumac, Townsville farmed lobster on brioche with cos lettuce and heirloom tomatoes, and Yeppoon spanner crab and wakame on rye.
- When: Available 11 am to 3 pm, Thursday to Sunday from March 30 to April 2, and April 6 to 9.
- Cost: From $70pp for High Tea with endless TBAR tea and barista coffee package, $90pp for high tea with Pink Cottontail Martini, or $99pp for High Tea with a glass of Veuve Clicquot NV Brut
- Where: Living Room Bar, W Brisbane
Easter High Tea at W Brisbane
Room with Roses Chocolate High Tea
Although it is not Easter-themed, the Room with Roses high tea has enough chocolate to keep everyone happy with four chocolate themes treats in addition to their scones, sandwiches and savouries. There’s also a Chocolate Fondue High Tea if you need more. Gluten-free and vegetarian versions are available.
- When: Available by booking
- Time: High Tea is of two hours duration from the booking time.
- Cost: Chocolate High Tea $52 per person, Ultimate Fondue High Tea $58 per person
- Where: Room with Roses is located on the balcony level of Brisbane Arcade, 117 Adelaide Street, Brisbane.
Easter High Tea at Queensland Parliament House
Easter High Tea at Queensland Parliament House includes children’s activities with colouring in, a scavenger hunt, prizes and a visit from the Easter Bunny. There are sweet and savoury treats with Madura tea and coffee, babycinos and hot chocolate. A delicious 3-tiered Easter-themed selection of delicacies made by the Parliamentary chefs (one for you & one for the children) is included. An optional tour of Parliament house is also available.
- When: April 4
- Time: 11.30 am and 1 pm
- Cost: Adult $55, Child $29.95
- Where: Strangers Dining Room, Queensland Parliament House.
Above: Hot Cross Cruffins from Lune. IMAGE Peter Dillon
Special Easter Treats
Lune Croissanterie
Lune has brought back their infamous Hot Cross Cruffin (lovingly referred to as “the HCC”). This decadent “hybrid of a hybrid” takes the very best parts of a traditional hot cross bun, a croissant, and a muffin and rolls them into one extra special pastry. Filled with a spiced custard spiked with the traditional Hot Cross Bun dried fruit mix –sultanas and candied citrus peel – and topped with the characteristic cross, and finally finished with a sugar glaze. They are vegetarian and Halal friendly! Find them for $10 each or pre order three days in advance from Lune at South Brisbane and CBD stores in a half dozen box.
Belle Epoque Take Home Treats
Belle Epoque has a charming array of take-home treats such as freshly baked fruit or chocolate hot cross buns ($5 each or six for $26), handcrafted chocolate eggs filled with chocolate pralines in dark or white ($20) or bunny sable cookies sandwiched with chocolate cream ($6). Last orders on 8 April.
More Brisbane High Teas
Of course, you don’t need a special reason to do high tea. It’s a favourite any time. Here are some that I can personally recommend.
Chocolate Egg Emporium Hotel
