Finished off 2024 with a wonderful afternoon tea at the 5 star Savoy Hotel in London.
This was my second visit to the Savoy as took my mum there for her birthday a few years ago.
You can understand why this is a 5 star hotel as from the grand entrance to the large reception area it is stunning and very posh looking .
The Christmas decorations were stunning and the large angel made of lights above the stairs was so beautiful
Afternoon Tea is served in the newly decorated Galley which looks much different to when I last visited. They pavilion in the middle that hosted the piano has now gone and instead the piano is to the side of the room. The sofas and chairs are in a cream and gold fabric with brown leather. The main feature of the room is still the glass domed ceiling in the middle.
Our table was to the side of the room in the corner and upon being seated we were handed the menu to choose the type of afternoon tea we wanted to order.
We decided to order a bottle of the English Nyetimber Rose Cuvee priced at £115 as it was NYE. The traditional afternoon tea is priced at £95 each however my husband wanted the High Tea which included an one extra dish to choose from below and cost extra £15
High Tea
Pan Seared Creedy Carver Duck Breast | Potato Mille-Feuille Chestnut | Grilled Chicory | Truffle Jus
Hand Dived Orkney Scallop | Yoghurt | Grapefruit Petrossian Caviar | Lardo
Pearl Barley Risotto | Squash Purée Winter Truffle | Burella
The waitress noted that I do not eat fish or seafood and I asked for an extra turkey sandwich instead of the salmon one.
The Rose Cuvee was lovely and went down well whilst waiting for the food to arrive. The room was very busy with just a couple of empty tables. The piano music in the background was a nice touch and not too loud. We felt very relaxed and very hungry. My husband ordered the Savoy tea blend and I ordered the Blackcurrant and Hibiscus as recommend by our lovely waitress
The sandwiches arrived on their own plate and looked lovely.
Coronation Larchwood Farm Turkey | Herbs | Cranberry Bread
Scottish Smoked Salmon | Lemon Cream Cheese & Chives | Spinach Bread
Hertfordshire Honey Roast Ham | English Mustard | White Bread
Somerset Oak Smoked Cheddar | Plum & Ginger Chutney | Granary Bread
Savory Bites
Parsnip & Carrot | Thyme | Parmesan Tuile | Savory Cake
Burford Brown Egg | Truffle Mayonnaise | Wiltshire Truffle | Brioche
I liked the turkey Coronation one in cranberry bread plus the cheese one with chutney was nice too.
Both little savory bites were lovely especially the Egg mayo with truffle.
Next came my husbands high tea choice of scallop in a bowl, he only got one scallop for £15 but said it was very good. Whilst he tucked into this I ordered another plate of sandwiches which was included in the price.
Once we had both finished the savory food the famous tea stand arrived . It included 2 scones each a plain one and fruit one along with Strawberry compote, lemon curd and of course clotted cream. The scones were unfortunately not warm but tasted nice and fresh. Not the best scones I have had but still very nice especially topped with the creamy lemon curd.
Along with the scones we each got a tiny bite size mince pie.
Finally it was time to tuck into the fancy looking cakes
We got one each of the 4 different ones as below
Mont Blanc - Chestnut Cream | Citrus Confit | Meringues
Santa - Bourbon Vanilla Cake | Chocolate Whipped Chantilly | Redcurrant Glaze
Chocolate & Tonka Bean - Cocoa Sponge | Tonka Bean Infused Chocolate Ganache
Christmas Bauble - Yoghurt Crémeux | Lemon Sponge | Blackberry Compo
Before tucking into them I ordered a cappuccino
Firstly I had the Christmas Bauble that was the waitress favorite one when I asked her.
Next I had the chocolate and Tonka bean log shaped one. This was OK but I thought it had a slight spice taste too it that I guess was the Tonka bean.
Following this was the Santa dome with chocolate belt around to look like Santa's belly. I liked this one too as creamy center on chocolate sponge.
Lastly I had the Mont Blanc which was nice and bit different with the Chestnut cream. Overall i thought they were very nice and not too sickly to eat. We did however feel very full buy the time we had eaten them all !!! I think the waitress was impressed too.
We had a lovely time and was very well looked after. Before leaving the hotel we had a few cocktails in the famous American Bar which I have always wanted to go too.
