Afternoon Tea

I have no opinion on the “best place”, but we very much enjoyed The Orangery @ Kensington Palace. After a lovely autumnal walk through Hyde Park, the afternoon tea there truly hit the spot. It was also a big winner for us because it was much less expensive than the other places we researched and it was not super fancy.

I agree The Orangery at Kensington Palace is a great place for afternoon tea. We always go there at least once when we are in London.

We also enjoyed The Orangery. After tea we toured Kensington Palace, which is right there.

Here's another vote for the Orangery at Kensington Palace. My wife and I had tea there last week and we both enjoyed it very much. The setting was beautiful.

We did tea at Harvey Nichols and at Harrods. Both were nice and we enjoyed them.

Somewhere on here there's a whole thread about where to have tea in London. If you can find it, it should be interesting for you. Some friends of mine went to Brown's and loved it.

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I gave my wife and her friend tea at the Ritz for Christmas but at now $60 dollars each ( an estamite but not far off I bet ) she said dont do that again fun but not worth it and( we can afford it ---) I have heard good things about the Orangie experiece and that is what we are tlking about ombience . i how much are thin little wonder bread type sandwiches with crust cut off with a tart really worth ????

I recently visited Kensington Palace for the first time. The palace and gardens are beautiful and a pleasant walk from nearby Tube stops. I didn't go to the Orangerie, which is about 100 yards from the palace, but maybe I should have stopped in for tea. It has a good write-up and the setting couldn't be more pleasant.

In early June, my family had afternoon tea at the Orangerie and Harrod's. We enjoyed both, but actually preferred the tea at the Orangery--pretty setting and less expensive.

I will also say that afternoon tea was our favorite dining experience in London and that you can share portions, making the afternoon tea experience more economical.

My wife put in her request for afternoon tea at The Dorchester during our planning for our 3-week visit to England. This particular tea included a fashion show. The promenade inside The Dorchester is absolutely beautiful. But you will pay for this. 108GBP ($170) was our bill. We budget for 1-2 splurges per 3-week trip. This was one of them.

The Orangery offers a great cream tea. Afternoon tea at Browns Hotel is one of my favourites but its hard to beat the scones at the Ritz. Plus all of the big hotels are just too expensive and IMHO you can get just as good at one of the big department stores. Liberty or Harrods or F&M. Has any one ever tried Harvey Nicks? On the advice from many posters we went to the crypt for afternoon tea. Very disappointing. Luckily it's cafeteria style so we just had the cream tea.

You might also ck out Fortunum and Mason, the gourmet classic retailer in London. Going off hours there is alot less than at high tea time.

I've had afternoon tea at the Ritz and at Brown's - both were very elegant and lovely.
Also pretty pricey.
But they are both wonderful memories.