It was my daughters 30th birthday and for her present I took her for a Spa day at Cottonmill Club at Sopwell House in St Albans . It was a lovely day complete with relaxing treatments and afternoon tea.
This is the second afternoon tea i have had here and it did not disappoint. For us it was included in the spa package but the menu price is £37 for weekdays and £44 weekends. ends.
We had the afternoon tea in the Brasserie in our white robes. As it did not include champagne we both ordered a Bellini each and my daughter a bottle of coke which came to £34.
It took a while for the tea stand to arrive and service was slow. I had to ask the waitress what the sandwiches and cakes were as not stated on the menu.
We got 4 finger sandwiches each that consisted of Chicken one that was our favorite , Egg Mayonnaise and a Cucumber one in different types of bread. As we do not like Salmon we got extra chicken sandwich each. They were nice and fresh and tasty. We did not get offered extra but I noticed that a few tables did request more sandwiches and got them.
Before starting on the scones I ordered a herbal fruity tea.
The scones were freshly baked and we got a plain one each and a fruit one each. I ended up having both fruit ones as my daughter only likes the plain ones.
They were tall in size with a lovely shiny top and served with strawberry jam and clotted cream.
Its been a while since I have had a scone so really enjoyed them.
Lastly came the cakes that I just had enough room for ......
I think they looked very nice and we got one of each of the four types.
Strawberry Macaroon
Lemon mouse on biscuit base
Rich chocolate mouse with sponge and crunchy base
Coffee cake and mouse square.
I struggled to eat them as so full up. My daughter had to take hers away in a box to have later in the day.
My favorites was the coffee one and chocolate one but I think they all tasted lovely.
Overall a lovely Afternoon tea however the service was slow and not attentive.
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