The most decadent afternoon tea I ever had wasn't in The Ritz or The Savoy - no none of those traditional afternoon tea authorities - but in a jacuzzi on a cruise ship. Only a Thomson one mind you, not P & O or QE2, but absolutely delicious all the same... I probably shouldn't have, but it was one of those afternoons when I was on a cruise and out on the deck - there was nobody about, I'd brought my afternoon tea (consisting of the quintessential cucumber sandwich with crusts removed of course, scone with cream and strawberry jam and cuppa in a pretty white tea cup with saucer) out to my sun lounger on the deck and seeing as nobody seemed to be about to witness if .  Read the complete review

Afternoon tea – I just love it! It’s so me! A refreshing little pot of tea, yummy scones and cakey things....Mmmmm! Since my wonderful family treated me to afternoon tea at the Lanesborough Hotel for my birthday last month, I’ve acquired quite a taste for the whole thing. So when a friend suggested we meet up in London this week, instead of the usual bar crawl we normally end up arranging, we decided to ‘take tea’ at one of the other London hotels – the Athenaeum. **** SETTING The Athenaeum hotel is a beautiful hotel situated in Mayfair, about five minutes walk from Green Park station and ten minutes from Hyde ...  Read the complete review

As my daughter's birthday is in the middle of the week, and we are going out in the evening of the previous Sunday (Neil Diamond is in town!!), she decided that instead of going out for the usual evening meal in a restaurant, we would instead go for Afternoon Tea at the Lanesborough Hotel, located at Hyde Park Corner. She chose this one for 2 reasons. a) because it is close to the underground, so we can quickly get to Earl's Court for Neil Diamond! b) I think she fancied the strawberries and champagne upgrade! WHERE DID TAKING AFTERNOON TEA ORIGINATE? Afternoon Tea is recognised around the world as being something traditionally ...  Read the complete review