teahouse

[ tee-hous ]

/ ˈtiˌhaʊs /

a restaurant or other establishment, especially in the Far East, where tea and refreshments are served.

Origin of teahouse

First recorded in 1680–90; tea + house

Recollecting this, Taro stopped at a teahouse and changed his rough cotton suit for the silken one.

Warriors of Old Japan and Other Stories |Yei Theodora Ozaki
On arriving at a teahouse which had been erected in the gardens, everybody rested and partook of tea.

Two Years in the Forbidden City |The Princess Der Ling
I found that there were 23 registered geisha, no joro, 50 teahouse girls with dubious characters and 55 sellers of saké.

The Foundations of Japan |J.W. Robertson Scott
The teahouse had been closed for some hours then and our wives were sitting in the dark on the teahouse porch waiting for us.

Those Times And These |Irvin S. Cobb

The likin-barrier is here, and a teahouse or two, and the guardian temple.

An Australian in China |George Ernest Morrison

teahouse

/ (ˈtiːˌhaʊs) /

a restaurant, esp in Japan or China, where tea and light refreshments are served