English Tea House & Restaurant

English Tea House & Restaurant in Sandakan is located on a little hill overlooking the majestic Sandakan Bay, this unique place is also housed in a meticulously renovated colonial English house and is surrounded by 1.5 acres of perfectly manicured lawns complete with a Croquet Pitch and outdoor seating. Anyone visit Sandakan should at least visit this place for some good old traditional English cooking or for a tea and scones session. The English Teahouse is also run by a non-Malaysian which gives the place a lot of character..

7 / 10
118
ratings
  • Phone

    +60 89-222 545

  • Website

    englishteahouse.org

  • Type

    English Restaurant

Address

No. 2002, Off Jalan Istana 90000 Sandakan , Sabah Malaysia

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes (incl. Visa & MasterCard)
Wi-Fi No
Outdoor Seating Yes
Wheelchair Accessible Yes
Smoking Yes
Music Jukebox
Dining Options Table Service
Parking Street
Restroom Yes
Menus Breakfast, Dessert, Bar Snacks
Drinks Beer, Wine, Cocktails

Comments / 43


Keywords:

scenic views tea good service great value beef rendang casual quiet club sandwiches trails good for a late night pies lamb brunch food mashed potatoes vegetables lunch good for special occasions cheese palaces apples
Stacy Bo Bacy

Beautiful place with a wonderful view of the ocean. Have a tea set or a meal.

Nat™

This is confirm the best place to chill & especially for dating at Sandakan.. Highly recommended.. :p

Serena Ng

Beautiful view of Sandakan and a wonderful place for high tea !

Oren Arluck

Very nice setting. Professional service and big smiles! I recommend this place for an afternoon drink or even lunch .

Aran Chandran

The Borneo Tasting Plate is a good dish to sample local flavors for foreigners. For locals the crumpets and tea set is a good bargain.

Wiebe Tijsma

We tried the beef rendang and fried noodles (chicken ), both very tasty and flavory

Tamás Molontay

Pleasant garden with sea-view, enjoy a glass of Pimm's & Sprite on ice...

GieGie

SHEPHERD'S PIE..a rich helping of succulent lamb , mashed potatoes , cheese & served with buttered vegetables ..are worth a TRY..!

Jean Ivy

Loving its ambience and such a beautiful place for families get together. Fall in love with its concept in instant!

Peter Kloprogge

Great place to sit and relax. Some criticise the scones and service but my experience with both is good.

Sharon Lim

Shepherd pie is one of a kind. Cheese on top, harvesting lamb and potatoes and tomatoes inside.

Fadhullah Zamir

Awesome sheperd's pie .. Should try the english tea set as well .. But dont order with other dishes..

Joris van Gelder

Nice spot for a morning brunch (club sandwich , royal tea set ) and to play some croquet :-)

L to the F

Food can be much better, pretty much everything lacked flavour. Nice environment though, very picturesque

Angie

try their coffee ..PREMIUM FILTER was fab!!

Baby Shalihin

Wonderful view . Nice place to relax

Anastasia Neto

Shepard's pie was good, but the veggies were there probably for a week though. Looked dull and fermenting (( Service slow and not efficient.

rick

Happy hour from 2100 till 2300 daily.. :p

Putri Ari

Nice palace and good view , having tea time here is the best place....

Honglim Lim

This place is quite mismanaged. Grass cutting when I’m having my tea , the scones are not freshly baked, uses low quality jam and the utensils are not clean

Tiffany Pang

The apple crumble is a must try! It's heavenly nice!

Alex

Food taste average but worth the visit

Lee FC

Nice place for relax, great view of Sandakan town

ta bib

Sunset at ETH

Cik Ieyna Kecik Noorzain

~ trip omputeh..hehe.. ~ ????

Sabrina MS

Nice place to relax after finishing the Heritage Trail

ta bib

my wife loves the scones

Ivy.S

Food is not so satisfying but it's a windy chilling place.

Affiezul Ahmad

always relaxing

Artem Romanov

Slow but free wi-fi. Please note: drinks are on your own cost!

Teena Philip

#chengandhenrybigday

Elaine Lo

They don't really serve Chinese when there's foreign country 's customers... Should improve the service

Darth Maul

Nice view ...

Bahrayn

Very nice and calming place ..

Cindy Lim

The ambience is nice. But on close up everything's old and fading. The food is really bad though. Nothing English about the tea or scones .

Faye Fei

1) scones are terrible. 2) iced chocolate is tasteless. 3) pricing is CRAZEE & superb crazee! 4) REFILL hot water for English B/fast Tea needs $! Come here to take a photo & you may leave this place!

Melissa Newton

Fish & chips and chicken shop was terrible. Not worth the price. I ordered scones but it tasted like stone. Horrible!

Amin M

Ojan best was here!!!

Farihah

Doesn't meet expectations. Hmmm.

Lyn

Scones looked better than the taste. It was so-so.

Suzhie Hanna

nyam2 !! .....

LILIAN CHONG

Service sucks~~

DanielLe Biru

Tips nya snang saja. Jalan2 ja ko sNA

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