Harden's survey result
Summary
“Delicious sarnies and pastries keep on coming” at this elegant chamber, just down the road from its rival The Ritz, to which it is a close second in votes as offering London’s top afternoon tea. There is a huge selection of brews, plus “excellent homemade ice creams and sorbets” and “yummy savoury snacks as well”. “Take a friend from overseas and pretend you come here all the time!”
Summary
“Perfect for foreigners with high expectations of afternoon tea” – this “sedate” chamber provides “everything you would expect” of the occasion. Staff are “so accommodating” and the spread is “outstanding every time”: “the hot starters are delicious, the cakes plentiful and they keep arriving – take a little box home of the ones you can’t eat”.
Summary
This “classy – and very British – location for a refined afternoon tea” on the fourth floor of Fortnum & Mason – once the apartment where the Fortnum family lived ‘over the shop’ – spells “Treat! Treat! Treat!” (and is “better value than the Savoy or Ritz”). “I don’t even like afternoon tea. It was a gift, but who can resist those perfect finger sandwiches, delicious light scones and beautiful cakes…?”.
Summary
“Amazing, incredible, unlimited everything and WOW!” – for a “quintessential afternoon tea experience”, the “elegant, calm and bright” third-floor dining room of The Queen’s favourite grocer offers a “fine” (and “extremely filling”) experience, encompassing “a tea selection to die for”, “wonderfully inventive cakes”, and “delicious and plentiful sandwiches and scones”. “Yes, it is a bit pricey, but it’s an experience to be savoured, and the posh doggie bag they give you means dinner is sorted too…”
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Have you eaten at Fortnum & Mason, The Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon?
181 Piccadilly, London, W1A 1ER
Restaurant details
Prices
 Drinks |
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|---|---|
| Wine per bottle | £32.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.50 |
 Extras |
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|---|---|
| Bread | £0.00 |
| Service | 12.50% |
181 Piccadilly, London, W1A 1ER
Opening hours
| Monday | 11 am‑8 pm |
| Tuesday | 11 am‑8 pm |
| Wednesday | 11 am‑8 pm |
| Thursday | 11 am‑8 pm |
| Friday | 11 am‑8 pm |
| Saturday | 11 am‑8 pm |
| Sunday | 11 am‑7:30 pm |
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