English Tea Room at Brown’s Hotel – Mayfair

If you want to go for a traditional English Afternoon Tea, then you must try the Tea Room at Brown’s Hotel. It is quite formal and an excellent treat for a special occasion. This venue and its Afternoon Tea was awarded the “Top London Afternoon Tea 2009” by the Tea Guild.

Brown’s has an extensive range of teas; a total of 17 teas to choose from. We finally decided to go for the Cornish grown tea and Brown’s Afternoon Blend. I was intrigued by the Cornish grown tea as it is the first true English tea, which is grown in a tea plantation near Truro. Both teas were great and were served in silver teapots. We were given additional hot water and a jug of milk. The staff also replaced our cups and refilled our teapots halfway through our Afternoon Tea sitting.

The selection of sandwiches included egg, ham and mustard, cucumber, smoked salmon, chicken; all were really fresh. We could have had more, as the staff did ask us if we wanted another plate of them, but we thought it best to have some room left for the cakes and pastries.

Both the fruit and plain scones were delicious. They were just the right size and were perfect when topped with the clotted cream and strawberry preserve. The strawberry preserve was some of the best that I have ever had. Brown’s gets a lot of compliments about its strawberry preserve and the staff told me that they are now looking into ways to bottle it up, so that it could be made available to purchase.

There were a choice of two cakes from the cake trolley. One was a classic Victoria sponge and the other was a fruit cake. The Victoria sponge was light and was filled with cream and jam.

The final plate consisted of assorted cakes and pastries and we were spoilt for choice. The orange macaroon had the right crunchiness and a great chocolate filling. The other cakes were lemon tart, cream filled profiterole, chocolate cake topped with chocolate cream, and a rhubarb compote topped with cream. All of the cakes were yummy and it was a nice selection to have.

The English Tea Room has two open fires, wooden panels, soft lighting, big arm chairs and sofas. There was live soft piano music playing in the background which suited the relaxed atmosphere. It was nice that the Tea Room felt quite spacious.

The staff were excellent and very attentive. It is essential to make a reservation and on weekends, you are only allocated an hour and a half in the Tea Room. We still had not finished in that time, so it was really great that the staff allowed us to take our cakes through to the bar area. A bonus is that you are given a small sample of the tea leaves to take home with you.

English Tea Room, Brown’s Hotel, Albermarle Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 4BP

Rating: ★★★★★
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2 Comments Add yours

  1. Sarah Needham says:

    I was most dissapointed with my afternoon tea at browns. I am diabetic and we informed the tea room 2 days before we went, yes there was diabetic cakes for me to eat which i must admitt were of a very poor standard they were tasteless compaired to the diabetic cakes i had had on a royal carribean cruise. what was more dissapointing though the sandwiches did not have any butter or mayonaise yes i can understand no mayonaise but no butter i think this was taking it to the extreme as people with diabetis are allowed butter and also margarine

  2. I wholeheartedly agree with you about Brown's afternoon tea. And might I add that many of the tables are low, which is perfect for a proper afternoon tea.

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