Palm Court

Love love love!!! To start, this place is so picturesque, with warm gold decor, amazing staff, beautiful plating. Right outside the dining area, there was a harpist placing musical numbers from Les Mis, Wicked, and classical pieces that made the experience incredibly charming. The Ritz and the Palm Court know how to do atmosphere perfectly.

This was my first time doing afternoon tea and I could tell how every bite was intentional and thoughtful. The sandwich assortment was incredible and I found a new love for scones that day. I also got the Oolong Formosa Tea with my meal and while it was weaker than the teas I usually drink (maybe understeeped), the flavor itself was rich and fragrant!

Afternoon tea was an absolute delight! Piano man was so nice to listen to him play renditions of many classic songs. The tea and food were just wonderful. The scones, and desserts were something of a dream. Nice to see how teas complement certain food items. Our waitress was very helpful in selecting our teas since we were clueless and not much experience in the tea world. Would love to come back and experience dinner here. We had other afternoon teas while visiting London but this was by far our favorite!

We're Americans with questionable taste so maybe don't trust us LOL. But this was perfect! Sandwiches were soooooooo good, I could eat them everyday of my life. Service impeccable, they really made us feel at home. Beautiful room and ambiance. Really great place for your first afternoon tea experience :) highly recommend

Amazing! Top Notch! This is definitely a splurge afternoon tea in London, but from start to finish 5 star service! They offer a menu for children too! It was a beautiful way to kick off my husbands birthday, and we all enjoyed the food, service, and everything. It was an experience we won't forget and we might always come back when we visit London!

The most wonderful afternoon tea with a complete halal menu to accommodate for my family (available upon request). We truly felt so special at the Palm Court. The service was impeccable, as was the ambiance. And best of all were the scones and the assam tea. Highly highly recommend!

By far the best Afternoon Tea experience We've had. From the moment we walked through the door we were treated like royalty. They seated us in front a live Pianist, which was perfect and added to the ambience.
They provided a stool for our pocketbook and pulled out my chair every time I got up to use the restroom.
Our server Alex was incredible; excellence is what comes to mind when I think about the service he provided. The level of attentiveness and engaging personality he brought to our table was outstanding.

Now the food:
The tea sandwiches were so scrumptious, that they provided us with extras of our choosing. My favorite was the smoked chicken, the cucumber cream cheese, and the cocktail prawns. I paired it with the Langham blend which was malty and so smooth, that I drank it without milk.

Pastries and scones was served next; we were still in awe of how delicious the sandwiches were that we neglected our scones. But no worries here comes Alex insisting on bringing us fresh warm scones, because he wanted us to have an authentic experience.
We were slowly coming down from our sandwich and pastry high only to be elevated again by these delicate yet firm buttery scones.
To top it off, Alex surprised us with complimentary pours of sparkling rosé.

This experience has truly been the highlight of our holiday, thank you for making two ladies from the USA feel like queens for a day. I look forward to coming back.

We stayed at the Langham and had a very nice breakfast here. The staff is lovely. The room is beautiful. During tea the room is always filled.

Ihigh tea service is definitely a must do if you are in the London area. Since we were staying at the langham hotel, we opted try this place. When we made reservations, we told them that we had a few dietary restrictions and I myself am vegan and gluten-free. They said it was no problem at all and the chef can make a variety of items to accommodate so we proceeded with the reservation and was excited to try this place. When we were seated, it took nearly 15 minutes before anyone greeted us before we had to get up and ask for our server. The service was quite slow to begin and we had to flag down a few different servers before ours ended up coming to us. The options for the sandwiches and Tea snacks were decent but not what I was expecting. When my gluten free vegan ones came out, they were all smothered in hummus with just cucumber or pepper and lacked imagination, creativeness or any kind of thought other than just hummus. To my disappointment, I asked the manager if they can speak to the chef and incorporate other things into the sandwiches such as may be a pea purée, a vegetable of some sort or maybe some grilled vegetables, vegan cream cheese with the jam, just anything other than just hummus! There was even hummus on just lettuce cups. I was disappointed that I was giving the chef ideas on what should be more of a variety instead of just hummus between gluten-free bread. The sweet snacks included some decent ones like the rice pudding. On the regular tea sandwiches and high tea sweets, my partner was not impressed with any of them and took a bite and opted out of getting anymore which is a rarity because he has quite a sweet tooth. The gluten free scone was also sad and very mushy.

It was just okay overall for high tea service.

As soon as you walked in to the foyer of the hotel to enter the Palm Court, you are stepping into beauty and luxury. It is a very welcoming and relaxing place with plush art deco. You cannot go wrong with the Wedgewood Afternoon Tea (with complimentary glass of champagne, booked through afternoontea.co.uk)

Of all the luxury places I have been to so far to indulge in afternoon tea, this is by far the best. The service is excellent and the sandwiches are fresh and not your usual sandwiches. I like the specialty sandwiches, each one is something to savour and explore, and then you can have more! I really liked the truffled duck egg brioche, and the corn-fed chicken and golden sultana on carrot bread. The warm scones are really good too with nice thick Devonshire clotted cream, and of a good size, one plain and one with fruit. The selection of pastries and cakes are absolutely exquisite, and looks too good to eat. After having our fill of sandwiches and scones, we just could not eat any more and we were able to pack these away in lovely take away boxes to enjoy later.

They also start you off with a Lemon Posset with strawberries to whet your palette, and there is a large choice of blends of teas to choose from, something for every taste, and even decaf, not just a herbal or fruit alternative when you ask for decaf,

We never felt hurried even though there was a 2 hour sitting requirement.

As a special treat, this is ideal. And if they know that you are celebrating a birthday, out comes a special birthday cupcake accompanied by the pianist playing the happy birthday tune.

Lovely and relatively calm place for afternoon or high tea. The room is modern meets art deco and during the holidays it's quite festive with a huge gingerbread mansion front and center.

The scones and clotted cream were some of the best I've ever had, and the tea was lovely. You will want for nothing with the service and the magnitude of detail and tastiness packed into a few lovely hours.

If you time it for later in the day, you will enjoy their traditional Champagne Charlie toast. As I finished my tea, my boyfriend joined me and had an actual meal.

I recommend setting your reservation at least several days in advance, and maybe even a week or more if seeking a weekend tea time.