A Lovely Champagne Afternoon Tea…
This is a review about a Champagne afternoon tea experience I had recently at Runnymede. I had had lunch several times previously at the Runnymede some time ago and had been impressed with the service levels and quality of the food, so when a dear friend gave me a birthday voucher for Champagne afternoon tea, I was looking forward to the experience.
I called and made the booking approximately 4 weeks in advance for 5 November 2021 for 2.30pm. As it turns out my cousin and I were planning to arrive a bit later so I called and changed the time to 3.30pm which was very easy to arrange.
On arrival we were actually 40 minutes early, but this wasn't a problem and we were seated at a table reserved for us by a lovely young waitress called Millie aka Amelia who was ever so friendly. I think she must have been at the end of her shift as we didn't see her again. A chap called Alfie then looked after us, who I believe is an assistant manager. Alfie was so efficient, cheerful and friendly. He asked if we'd like our champagne brought over right away and gave us the choice of rose or brut. We went for the brut. We also said we'd like our afternoon tea asap as my cousin hadn't eaten that day and I'd had a very early breakfast.
We were absolutely delighted when our selection of sandwiches and cakes and scones were delivered to our table. Alfie and the rest of the team were very attentive to our table as well as neighbouring visitors having the afternoon tea experience. Everyone seemed happy and relaxed.
We opted for a pot of breakfast tea and later had a pot of Darjeeling tea, all served in very pretty crockery, the tea tasted just lovely.
We enjoyed ALL of the sandwiches which were quite filling compared to an afternoon tea I had elsewhere a month or so ago. the salmon sandwich was delicious as were the chicken, cheese, aubergine, cucumber and ham sandwiches.
We managed to demolish the scones too and made an attempt at the cakes but sadly there was no room. The staff were more than happy to pack the rest of the cakes up for us to take away.
We moved to another table after finishing the afternoon tea as we were very full and wanted to sit at some comfortable sofas and spent another hour or so with a couple more drinks.
The whole experience felt very luxurious and we felt the staff couldn't do enough to make our visit really pleasant and enjoyable, so kudos to the whole team at the bar and lounge area.
I look forward to visiting again!
8 de noviembre de 2021
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