COST: £20 per person with champagne* (*Special Offer price)
The Cavendish seemed a promising choice in central London. As the website boasts:
"The Cavendish Afternoon Tea includes an extensive selection of Fairtrade teas and coffees, accompanied by a selection of freshly-made free-range sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and organic preserves, mini pastries and tartlets. Finally, a variety of chocolate truffles add a little indulgence"
Maybe I've just been spoiled by having some fantastic afternoon teas, or maybe The Cavendish just doesn't deliver what it promises? Marc and I were sat in the "lounge" by the lifts - a very busy area which ruined the ambience. The whole afternoon tea package was delivered - a bonus as it meant we could mix eating the sweet with the savoury. However, the sandwiches really disappointed. They definitely were not freshly made and despite the flavours sounding nice (cheese and tomato chutney for example) they really did not deliver. Scones only came with raisins (I think Marc spent most of the time picking out the raisins) and we had the choice of one strawberry preserve. Tea on offer was either Clipper (yes, Fairtrade, but also offered in cheap high street fast food chains...) and... Twinings (which I would happily buy in the supermarket but I won’t pay over the odds for it for an afternoon tea). Hmm, well not quite the extensive selection I was expecting. I'm really starting to sound snooty now but having worked for a rather popular brand of tea, I think I'm entitled to be snooty about tea. To finish it all off, no chocolate truffles were offered. Probably not an afternoon tea to recommend...
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