Welcome back to Tea With Me and Friends - we hope you're well today!
This post we are joined by the lovely Melissa, who is sharing her recent afternoon tea adventure at the Urban Retreat Cafe at Harrods. The cafe is on the 5th floor of Harrods and is part of the Urban Retreat salon and spa. Melissa was enjoying her afternoon tea before heading off to see the Mariah Carey concert at the O2.
The Urban Retreat Cafe serves light refreshments from breakfasts to small plates, salads and sandwiches to full afternoon tea feasts or cream teas.
The afternoon tea menu includes:
Selection of open sandwiches
Spiced Coronation chicken
Smoked salmon, lemon mayonnaise
English cucumber, cream cheese & herbs
Freshly Baked Scones
Cornish clotted cream & strawberry preserve
Miniature treats & fancies
Strawberry Eton mess "cheesecake" pot
Rich chocolate pot, salt caramel, hazelnuts & honeycomb
Mango & passion fruit slice
The Chocolatier's truffles & macaroons
Here are Melissa's thoughts: We had open sandwiches on nice rustic bread but there was only one of each variety. We also had one scone each, which was warm and fluffy and delicious - but there was only one tiny pot of jam and a dollop of cream between us. We asked for some butter which took about 10 mins to arrive and unfortunately we had to ask for it twice.
The dessert pots, cake, macaroons and chocolate were all really gorgeous.
We had a choice of tea from the menu, we both had Royal breakfast blend. However I asked for another pot and didn't realise we were charged an extra £5 for it. ( I've never had to pay for more tea at afternoon tea anywhere before!)
I would go there again for an informal tea, it was enjoyable but definitely nothing special. Most customers were people who'd had treatments in the salon or staff on lunch.
This afternoon tea is £20 per person, and so for the price offers a good, informal afternoon tea adventure - perfect for enjoying with friends on a shopping spree maybe?
For more information pop by the Urban Retreat website.
We'd like to thank Melissa for sharing her afternoon tea adventure with us - we always love to hear about the scrummy afternoon teas you've been enjoying!
Thank you for popping by today,
Rachel & Lorna
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