Best Restaurants for Afternoon Tea in Cliffside Park

Empire Steakhouse, Times Square completely met expectations! The food (we had for starters, bacon and a shrimp cocktail. Entree was the Porterhouse for 2 (rare time where the picture we saw online prior to going to a restaurant totally matched what we were served, and it was spectacular!, plus Empire Home Fries, which are to die for. Ended with coffee and possibly the best Tartufo we have ever had. The chocolate shell was not overly hard which made it very easy to eat and the ice-cream was very creamy.) Service was excellnet (Lor was our waiter.) Yes, it's an expensive restaurant, but we knew that going in. One of the exceptions where we walked away from an expensive restaurant saying we would return - it was that good!

Fabulous experience. Just lovely and festive for the holidays. Great service, did not rush us in any way. Food was delicious and very very filling. Tea was wonderful. We really enjoyed the experience, highly, highly recommend.

Andrea was our waiter and she was very attentive, friendly and knowledgeable. I did a flight of their vodkas- very nice experience. I would recommend the Jewel of Russia. We had the stroganoff, duck and sea bass. It was all wonderful but the duck was over the top!! Dessert wise- very disappointed in the Baked Alaska but the blintzes did not disappoint. Abbey, manager made us feel very welcome and valued. Highly recommend!!

Awesome atmosphere, great food, and the staff was fantastic. Special shout out to Khalid during tea service and Lauren at the bar who made one of the best ever holiday specialty drinks, the “Holiday Spirt”. The doorman was especially helpful while hailing a cab and assisting with our holiday shopping bags.

Wonderful service. Wonderful atmosphere. Wonderful Anniversary celebration.