London Afternoon Tea Costs Between Twenty and Sixty Pounds Per Person; Here Is What You Are Actually Paying For
From Bohiney and The London Prat.
By Fiona MacLeod | UKLondonInfo.com
The Cost
LONDON — London afternoon tea has a cost range that runs from approximately 20 per person at respectable hotel tearooms to 60 per person at the Ritz, Claridge’s, and the specific establishments whose afternoon tea is a heritage brand in itself. The specific value calculation for each price point: at 20, you are getting a pot of tea, finger sandwiches, and scones with clotted cream in a pleasant room. At 60, you are getting the same plus the specific Claridge’s experience of Art Deco grandeur and the social capital of having had tea at Claridge’s. Whether the Claridge’s experience is worth an additional 40 over the 20 version is the specific luxury goods valuation question that individual preferences determine.
The 20 Option
The 20 option: the Fortnum and Mason Tea Bar (F&M’s department store on Piccadilly has a more accessible-priced tea service alongside the full afternoon tea), the Bettys equivalent if you are in Yorkshire but not in London, and the specific hotel teas outside the central London premium zone — the Pullman London St Pancras, the hotel teas in Bloomsbury — that provide the format at the price point that the central location premium has not reached. The quality is genuine. The setting is pleasant. The scones are correctly made.
The Honest Alternative
The honest alternative to afternoon tea: the Neal’s Yard Dairy on Short’s Gardens in Covent Garden sells world-class British cheese, bread from the Monmouth Coffee bakery around the corner, and the specific combination of British dairy produce and good bread that the afternoon tea sandwiches aspire to recreate at a fraction of the cost. The Monmouth Coffee Company on Borough Market sells the best filter coffee in London. The combination of Neal’s Yard cheese and Monmouth coffee, assembled and eaten in the adjacent covered market or in the nearby garden, is the specific British food experience that afternoon tea is the expensive formalisation of.
The Recommendation
The recommendation by budget: below 25 per person, find the specific hotel or tearoom in a non-premium location that does the format correctly. Above 25, the Fortnum and Mason full tea provides the heritage brand context that justifies the premium without reaching the Ritz level that many visitors find the expense hard to justify. The Ritz if you are celebrating something specific and have decided that the Ritz is the right setting for that specific celebration. The honest alternative always.
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