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The granite front of Cup on Little Belmont Street, with hanging baskets and window boxes of flowers.
Aberdeen

Cup Tea Salon

A tea room on cobbled Little Belmont Street in Aberdeen, for loose teas, brunch and afternoon tea.

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Cup is a pretty tea room on cobbled Little Belmont Street, a step off Belmont Street in the centre of Aberdeen, and a lovely place for a long, lazy brunch or a treat of an afternoon.

Inside, one wall is papered with clocks and hung with signposts, straight out of Alice in Wonderland. Tea is the thing here, from English Breakfast and chai to Bonfire Toffee and Strawberry Champagne, with coffee, matcha and iced teas too. Come in the morning for eggs Benedict, pancakes, a big Cup breakfast or a vegan haggis muffin, or at lunchtime for soup and a toastie. The afternoon tea is the one to book: unlimited tea, mini rolls, soup, warm scones with jam and cream, homemade cakes and traybakes and a taste of pick 'n' mix, with gluten-free and children's versions too. It's open every day, afternoon tea is served until half past two, and dogs are welcome at the tables outside.

Round the cornerMa Cameron'sAberdeen's oldest pub, on Little Belmont Street, with a snug bar dating from the 1700s, cask ales, pub food and a rooftop beer garden.1 min by roadSee itMa Cameron's stone pub frontage with white door and bunting at number 6
Before you go

Open every day; afternoon tea is served until 2.30pm.

Where
9 Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1JG.
Open
Monday to Friday 10.30am to 3pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 10.30am to 3.30pm.
Afternoon tea
Until 2.30pm, for two, with a gluten-free afternoon tea for one and one for children.
Booking
Through its own site.
Children
Welcome, with their own menu.
Dogs
Welcome at the tables outside.
Phone
01224 637730

Opening hours

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Monday
10.30am–3pm
Tuesday
10.30am–3pm
Wednesday
10.30am–3pm
Thursday
10.30am–3pm
Friday
10.30am–3pm
Saturday
10am–4pm
Sunday
10.30am–3.30pm

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Where it is

On cobbled Little Belmont Street, a step off Belmont Street in the centre of Aberdeen, AB10 1JG.

Close byBelmont Street and the Merchant Quarter.
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  2. Weathered statue and gravestones in a churchyard framed by autumn leavesKirk of St NicholasAberdeen's Mither Kirk in the city centre, a church founded in the 12th century and rebuilt by Gibbs and Simpson, with the largest carillon of bells in Britain.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. Restaurant dining room with globe pendant lights and tall windows overlooking stone wallsMoonfish CaféA relaxed bistro on Correction Wynd in Aberdeen's Merchant Quarter, cooking a short, changing menu of modern British food since 2004.Under a mile 1 min by road
  4. Aberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen's great art gallery on Schoolhill, free to visit, with 700 years of art from Monet and the Scottish Colourists to Joan Eardley and Barbara Hepworth.Under a mile 1 min by road
  5. The glass pavilion of Common Sense Coffee House and Bar on the terrace above Union Terrace Gardens, with tables outside.Common Sense Coffee HouseA coffee house and bar in a glass pavilion above Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen, beside His Majesty's Theatre, with a terrace of tables outside.Under a mile as the crow flies
  6. Juniper shop front beside a stone church with a rose windowBelmont StreetA cobbled street of granite buildings in the centre of Aberdeen, between Union Street and the Art Gallery, lined with independent cafés, bars and restaurants.Under a mile 2 min by road
  7. Mural of a girl's face on a curved wall behind lit lamp postsThe GreenOne of the oldest corners of Aberdeen, a cobbled street below Union Street where people lived 8,000 years ago, and where friars later built two friaries and markets were held.Under a mile 3 min by road
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