A first try at an actually posh hotel and experiencing a pricey afternoon tea meal. Relatives came here for afternoon tea when they were on holiday in London and were given two envelopes for their next visit. They could only be opened on the actual day. So we thought we'd make use of the envelopes and booked a table for late lunch at Chesterfield Mayfair.
The envelopes contained 10% off the entire bill and could only be used once. Since I opened both envelopes I could only use one voucher per transaction. The dining area consists of a small bar area, a restaurant area and a tea room. We were lead to the tea room which had a lot of flowers and green plants surrounding the place.
We ordered afternoon tea for two plus an extra tea for the third person and shared the food together. You could also get a top up of specific foods. A possible mistake we made was ordering afternoon tea for two since that meant we were charged twice. I should have just asked for one afternoon tea and two separate teas instead (one pot of tea is £5). One afternoon tea is £38.50 plus service charge of 12.5%.
This may explain why the manager was giving us a quizzical look and didn't offer as much customer service to us as he did to the other customers who seemingly dressed better or were obvious tourists staying at the hotel as guests. Given this was our first time in a more 'posh' setting, hopefully this will be a lesson to learn. Unless the menu stated the price was for two people then that's fine but oh well.
The food itself was fresh and the teapots huge enough to last throughout the meal. The teas we ordered were all different. One afternoon tea, one Moroccan Mint and one Earl Grey. The tea was all leaves-based and we all had a special sieve to use when pouring the tea to catch the leaves properly. Between the three of us we were able to eat in a relaxing manner. Once we finished, we were allowed to take some sweets home from jars by the front desk of the restaurant.
Downstairs where meeting rooms and offices are based.
Starter was a sweet, fizzy cranberry juice
The Afternoon Tea trays. I didn't try everything as it was shared between the parties.
Finger sandwiches:- egg mayo and cress on basil bread, honey roast ham with cheddar cheese and tomato chutney on onion bread, roast chicken with grain mustard mayonnaise and almonds on white bread, scottish smoked salmon with horseradish cream cheese on beetroot bread and cucumber and cream cheese on white bread
Chocolate chip scones and fruit scones along with clotted cream and strawberry jam
The dessert plate consisted of blueberry macaron, bubblegum éclair, fizzy lifting cake, fruit tart, Oompa Loompa cupcake, white chocolate golden egg and a milk chocolate Wonka bar with rice crispies
How the Oompa Loompa cake looked inside. It actually was too cute to eat.
Their website can be found here . Do check out their menus because they cater to vegetarians and for those who want gluten free food.
The envelopes contained 10% off the entire bill and could only be used once. Since I opened both envelopes I could only use one voucher per transaction. The dining area consists of a small bar area, a restaurant area and a tea room. We were lead to the tea room which had a lot of flowers and green plants surrounding the place.
We ordered afternoon tea for two plus an extra tea for the third person and shared the food together. You could also get a top up of specific foods. A possible mistake we made was ordering afternoon tea for two since that meant we were charged twice. I should have just asked for one afternoon tea and two separate teas instead (one pot of tea is £5). One afternoon tea is £38.50 plus service charge of 12.5%.
This may explain why the manager was giving us a quizzical look and didn't offer as much customer service to us as he did to the other customers who seemingly dressed better or were obvious tourists staying at the hotel as guests. Given this was our first time in a more 'posh' setting, hopefully this will be a lesson to learn. Unless the menu stated the price was for two people then that's fine but oh well.
The food itself was fresh and the teapots huge enough to last throughout the meal. The teas we ordered were all different. One afternoon tea, one Moroccan Mint and one Earl Grey. The tea was all leaves-based and we all had a special sieve to use when pouring the tea to catch the leaves properly. Between the three of us we were able to eat in a relaxing manner. Once we finished, we were allowed to take some sweets home from jars by the front desk of the restaurant.
Downstairs where meeting rooms and offices are based.
View post on imgur.comStarter was a sweet, fizzy cranberry juice
View post on imgur.comThe Afternoon Tea trays. I didn't try everything as it was shared between the parties.
View post on imgur.comFinger sandwiches:- egg mayo and cress on basil bread, honey roast ham with cheddar cheese and tomato chutney on onion bread, roast chicken with grain mustard mayonnaise and almonds on white bread, scottish smoked salmon with horseradish cream cheese on beetroot bread and cucumber and cream cheese on white bread
View post on imgur.comChocolate chip scones and fruit scones along with clotted cream and strawberry jam
View post on imgur.comThe dessert plate consisted of blueberry macaron, bubblegum éclair, fizzy lifting cake, fruit tart, Oompa Loompa cupcake, white chocolate golden egg and a milk chocolate Wonka bar with rice crispies
View post on imgur.comHow the Oompa Loompa cake looked inside. It actually was too cute to eat.
View post on imgur.comTheir website can be found here . Do check out their menus because they cater to vegetarians and for those who want gluten free food.
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