Dining at Lilli’s Victorian is like jumping into another dimension, but not just any, the one from Harry Potter. The entire decor reflects the magical world of the famous wizard: from the Hogwarts train station, to Dobby, to the giant Hagrid in the back who overlooks the dining room, as if he wanted to make sure all diners would behave. Lilli’s Victorian has an interesting menu, but what we wanted to try is their afternoon tea. For $50, you get assorted mini sweets (tier 1), scones with jam and pastries (tier 2) and sandwiches (tier 3). Two things happened when we ordered. First they told us that we need to choose two out of four sandwiches, a choice that is not indicated on their menu. That was fine, Jodi choosing the vegetarian ones, cucumber and honey mustard and egg salad with arugula, while I went for the prosciutto and fig jam, and the smoked salmon with cream cheese one. Then, we had to move tables because they realized that there was no way everything would fit on our tiny table. For tea, I chose the chamomile while Jodi went for the assam English. When the food came, we realized that, indeed, the first table would have been too small. There was a lot of food. The sandwiches were overall good, but the ratio of bread to filling was in favor of the former. Then, the menu said scones and we both only got a small scone with so much clotted cream. Yes, just one scone and then a bunch of sweets: crème brûlée, rugulach, lemon tart, macarons, danish…all of this leaving a sweet taste to my mouth. I admit that I wished they had more scones so the meal would be more a gradual succession from breakfast to lunch to dessert. It was good, but still, something was missing. We tried many afternoon teas in the city and this would not be on my top list. However, looking at the food people ordered, I would not mind going back…but not for the afternoon tea.