The Dorchester Hotel is one of London's most iconic hotels which is set on the prestigious Park Lane and as such it seemed the perfect place to celebrate her special Birthday in style.
London recently has had weeks of torrential rain. This day was no different so we arrived as a family like sodden rats, but were greeted by the warm friendly staff and sunshine in a vase. My niece aged 4 was mightily impressed when the maître d' greeted her as a princess.
I love the stunningly beautiful Dorchester hotel with its classically British archictecture and furnishings.
The award-winning afternoon tea begins with chilled Laurent-Perrier NV Champagne and an abundance of sandwiches.
Sandwiches come in classic smoked salmon, egg, chicken with mustard, cheese and cucumber.
This hotel is totally family friendly which I love. The waiter directly asked my niece what she would like in her sandwiches, to which she quickly responded with cucumber. The waiter doesn't question her further and soon a huge amount of cucumber sandwiches appear greeted with an almighty smile.
The sandwiches were followed with something to cleanse the palate. A mint and chocolate ganache.
Next comes the tea...
Tea is an event in itself at the Dorchester, with such a large selection of grand and rare teas to choose from. The entire table opts for something different which means we all get to have a try of different teas. The Dorchester Blend is lovely and refreshing.
When having afternoon tea I am always cautious
about how many sandwiches I eat, after all I have to leave room for the scones.
The scones came with clotted cream, strawberry jam and cherry jam made on site.
More cakes and pastries arrive next ...
The banana cake and strawberry pastries were my personal favourites.
A wonderful afternoon tea was had by all and my mother had a wonderful Birthday.
The Dorchester Hotel is definitely one of my top five places to have tea in London.
Afternoon Tea at the Dorchester is served five times daily, 1:00pm, 2pm, 3:15pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm and 6:45pm.
I would never thing to go to a place like this, but it looks lovely! And those flowers are amazing. What a lovely birthday gift!
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The flowers were beautiful every central table had a big bouquet of lilly's and roses they smelt wonderful. It is a beautiful hotel. The doormen are my personal favourite top hat and green tails amazing Lucy x
DeleteWhen I first moved to London my parents came to visit and treated me to afternoon tea at the Dorchester, it still is one of the best afternoon teas I've ever had! Absolutely gorgeous and such a pretty setting. My Dad was extra impressed as he greedily asked for extra cakes and they didn't bat an eyelid!
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It is a lovely place to have afternoon tea, it is a beautiful hotel. The French pastries were not the best this time but the scones and tea were lovely. Your dad is a man after my own heart I would definitely ask for seconds if I had an ounce of room. Lucy x
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ReplyDeleteWildly jealous! That all looks incredible, those are some of the prettiest, shiniest, most symmetrical scones I've ever seen. x
ReplyDeleteThe scones were lovely and warm, so fresh and the clotted cream and jam so yummy. They even gave us some to take home with us Lucy x
DeleteThose are some good looking sandwiches! Yum! I love it when they're inventive with Afternoon Tea, looks like you had some lovely sweet treats! x
ReplyDeleteI am with you a boring afternoon tea is not an afternoon tea, pretty cakes that are inventive are the best Lucy x
DeleteThis looks absolutely delicious - and such a good variety of treats!
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It was a lovely afternoon and most importantly my mum absolutely loved it Lucy x
DeleteWow The Dorchester Hotel looks incredible - I have never been but all the food looks so yummy! xx
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Such a wonderful hotel, really beautiful and the food is perfectly matched Lucy x
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It is a treat x
DeleteMy mouth is watering! looks absolutely amazing!
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Hope you are well Sammy was a great afternoon of indulgence Lucy x
DeleteIt looks too wowwwww for me. I love chic places, but I am not that lucky as you are :)
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a cup of tea at The Dorchester Hotel, love the their cups :)
Have a great week darling and stay happy yourself!!!
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Thanks Liuba, I think we should start an afternoon tea at home club, incentive sandwiches and cakes. Hope you are having a good week x
DeleteOh, how absolutely lovely! I am embarrassed to say I've never done a formal afternoon tea. I'm sure they aren't as grand in America as in England. Everything was so beautiful, and the hotel looks amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteAn afternoon tea at home it is then. I am sure that you could put a lovely spread together. The Dorchester hotel is absolutely beautiful. Lucy x
DeleteThis looks so lovely, such a special treat! Glad you all enjoyed yourselves x
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It was a lovely family outing really brilliant my mum had a lovely time. I hope that your brother is on the mend Lucy x
DeleteHappy Birthday Lucy!! Looks like you had an awesome day out. I made scones yesterday, they're a little more 'well done' than these but still taste great. Well the secret to great baking is just to practise, practise, practise so I will x
ReplyDeleteMe and my mum had a lovely birthday. I am with you on the practise makes perfect. You will have to share a post Lucy x
DeleteHappy birthday to your mom! The pictures were lovely and everything looks so scrumptious. I must admit, I've never seen clotted cream before (I had to look it up on Wikipedia). Also, that is quite an assortment of pastries.
ReplyDeleteProbably good that you haven't heard of clotted cream it is a very wonderful food but very rich and certainly calorific. The pastries were lovely Lucy x
DeleteWow! This looks absolutely scrumptious! Your photos make me want to lick the screen! x
ReplyDeleteThe cakes really taste as good as they look this is a seriously good afternoon tea Lucy x
DeleteHappy birthday to your mum :-) The hotel looks lovely; beautiful flower arrangement too. We're big fans of scones, coming from Devon we do love a Devonshire tea/Devon cream tea!
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The flowers are seriously impressive they are hue bouquets and the smell is wonderful. I am a Devonshire lass too at heart and love nothing more than a cream team. My grandparents were from Kingston and I have many happy memories of Modbury. Hope you are both well Lucy x
DeleteThanks for stopping by my blog! This place looks wonderful, I really want to try all the afternoon teas that London has to offer as it's one of my favourite things x
ReplyDeleteLondon has some amazing afternoon teas you are in for a treat Lucy x
DeleteLovely place! I think I want to eat absolutely everything... haha
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It was a superb afternoon tea and struggled to know when to stop Lucy x
DeleteThis looks amazing! What a wonderful afternoon. I'm totally gushing here for your niece - it is so nice to see such an upmarket place be totally "princess friendly".
ReplyDeleteIt seriously made her day she was gushing. The Dorchester is a wonderful place for a family afternoon tea Lucy
ReplyDeleteAfternoon tea is my absolute favourite indulgence and this looks amazing! I need to find some baby friendly places because I would be so nervous taking our baby girl to a couple of our favourite places. X
ReplyDeleteThe Dorchester is so family friendly I guess they must be in this day and age. We sat with my two nieces one of which one was a month old at the time and the staff were very attentive Lucyx
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