Afternoon tea in central London any recommendations

[megaflyer]

Originally Posted by katiec68

I definitely would not bother with the ritz.
It's tired and shabby and not what it should be. Probably the biggest disappointment ever!

Claridges or the Corinthia.

Both outstanding.

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Very True.

We feel Ritz is really for nouveau ruche visitors to Town.
Claridges defiantly has the class element (being the current favourite of The Queen and other senior royals). Corinthia is nice and a good spot to spot Hollywood Glitterati who tend to reside there and is far from shabby.

[martha]

Ham Yard Hotel do lovely afternoon teas - been a couple of times - great selection and accommodating to different dietary requirements

[FloridaNuts93]

We had afternoon tea at The Ritz on Wednesday (definitely not nouveau riche!). It was a great experience - food was lovely and plentiful, and the servers were on the ball. The Palm Court is lovely. Would recommend.

[JudyC]

The Charlie and the Chocolate Factory afternoon tea at OneAldwych looks amazing. It's �52 per person so quite expensive, but I've heard it's lovely.

[katiec68]

Originally Posted by FloridaNuts93

We had afternoon tea at The Ritz on Wednesday (definitely not nouveau riche!). It was a great experience - food was lovely and plentiful, and the servers were on the ball. The Palm Court is lovely. Would recommend.

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The problem we had is it was in the run up to Christmas and we had just left Claridges where there were Xmas decorations and a choir singing to those having afternoon tea - and a tea buzz to the place.

When we arrived at the Ritz we waited 20 minutes to not be served a drink, no decorations, no music and definitely no choir

For us that evening the Ritz felt like a morticians waiting room

[Pascaltimon]

cutter and squidge do a harry potter themed afternoon tea in their potion room.

My friend and I really enjoyed it �49.50 adults and �39.50 kids

[Floridag1rl]

Fortnum and Mason is brilliant afternoon tea with unlimited top ups of sandwiches and cakes.

[MichelleS]

Is Ruebens any good?

[Reunion]

Originally Posted by Colette-S

I�ve done 2 this year - the Pret-a-Porter at the Berkeley which was fantastic (link https://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/sho...light=Berkeley ) and I recently did the Science one at the Ampersand which was really good too. I have pics from that too if you want to see them

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Pret a Port Tea is my favourite too. My daughters take me as a lovely annual treat. So special

[DisneyDante]

Originally Posted by MichelleS

Is Ruebens any good?

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I visited the Ruebens for afternoon tea a few weeks ago. I had the vegan afternoon tea and it was fantastic! They had a live pianist too which created a lovely atmosphere.