@@maximhollandnederlandthene7640 .. Takes some simple math ( I hate math lol ) so what is 1/10 of 136.95 pounds ? That's how much the food in the food court in the basement would cost 3:34
Aunt Beth, What do you get for your £14? Serious question. In the older, perhaps better days, Tea was a necessary marketing expense. Merchants put out as nice a tea as they could manage at a not-off putting price, meant to reward customers for coming, hoping once fortified and properly plumped they might actually buy something. For example, Harrod’s back in the Olde pre-Fayed days offered Afternoon Tea. It was £5. and it was a dessert buffet with tea included. If there were scones or finger sandwiches, I do not remember them. What I do remember was an assortment of twenty or more pastries, cakes and sweets, of which you could have a serving of any, or all, with seconds. Coming all the way from the colonies, it was not an everyday treat. So I would skip Lunch on Harrod’s Tea day in order find the fortitude to leave a serious dent in the patisserie service after the second or third assault. Were those the good old days? Yes, I believe so. Repeated assaults.
Thank you for sharing your experience! It is an experience. The sweets look delicious, but the sandwiches look over the top, the fact the bread was a bit dry is unacceptable. You two make a lovely couple!
Albert € = Euros £ = Pounds As of this morning the Euro is 1.10 in the U.S. And the Sterling Pound = 1.29 So it was more expensive than you thought. 😳😱 You forgot to mention the Sandwiches 🥪 😉
$189 USD for afternoon tea for two at Harrods! You must be kidding! I do not consider myself a stingy person, but I can think of other ways to spend my money more wisely. While in Tokyo, my travel partner and I had absolutely delicious afternoon tea at a top-class establishment at Ginza for a lot less than this.
I´m so glad that I found your channel again!!!! I´m living the life through your experiences until I can get out there myself. Love it. Thank you for sharing!
I'll make it at home myself for that! I can make a couple tea sandwiches, a couple simple pastries. Or do both at once and spread Nutella on bread and top with sliced strawberries! However I'd love to see Harrod's sometime just because its' more famous than the Taj Mahal!
@@lizleapin1835 for sure,your pretty much paying that price to pay to keep the place up and running,I’d rather be out in the country side. I’ve been to England and Landon is overrated, rather enjoy the ocean view and country side and take pics🙂
This afternoon tea is really almost 137 pounds????? Wow! I can't believe it. For tea and scones and dryish sandwiches? Even if the scones are wonderful, that price is way too expensive. Even if it's all you can eat, that is outrageous. Who eats there? Are they executives, surgeons, royalty, successful people in the entertainment fields, owners of banks, etc.
Thanks for review. Definitely good to know! We're huge afternoon tea fans in my house ! If you ever come to Dublin, you must review The Westburys Hotel Afternoon Tea. It's situated just off Grafton Street! It's excellent. And served in a really beautiful relaxing lounge, you're not too close to each other, service is amazing, and the selections on offer really good! What struck me immediately from your video, was the noise and busyness of the room, with the strident piano playing, then being so close to the reception, the tables also very close together, it reminded me of an upscale canteen at a busy train station! I'm sure it's marketed to tourists and relying on the name Harrods! You're quite right, you can find probably much better in the price bracket. I quite liked afternoon tea at Sketch London, not so much pomp and ceremony and a little different. It was a while since I've been though... Any roads, I'm rambling. Thank you for your post and happy tea travels! Melissa
Thanks for the honest video. I spent time in London years ago and although I love tea, afternoon tea became a sort of attraction for tourists willing to pay irrational prices in order to live the British experience of afternoon tea. 59 pounds per person!
Absolutely agree. Would you believe that before the onslaught of mass tourism you could get afternoon tea at the Ritz for around 15 pounds? Ok that was 25 years ago but was far better value than it is now. There are still some very good value places that are not on the tourist hot spot list.
Thank you for sharing this" Afternoon Tea at Harrods" video with us. So sad to hear that the sandwiches missed the mark. Really, at those prices, there simply is no excuse for less than extraordinary fare. Wishing that you had done a two-fer & visited the iconic Savoy Hotel for afternoon tea. Would love to have a compare & contrast of these two places & which, in your opinion fared better.
Hi Cheryl, I did a separate video about Savoy last year. You can find it in the Afternoon Tea playlist. I am also planning to make some comparisons videos. Both my wife and I preferred Savoy. It is in the top of my 'best afternoon tea in London' list.
The days of Harrods being an “exclusive” store are long gone. The only things exclusive now are the ridiculously high prices. I’m pleased you gave a fair and honest review and not some P.R. push. As a Londoner it would be way down on my recommended list for visitors wanting to experience a good quality afternoon tea. The store is simply a tourist hot spot and just about the last place in London you would want to buy anything from, unless of course you’re as pretentious as the place itself - lol
Thank you for your honest assessment of you and your wife's experience at Harrods. I would love to see you go to some of the little inexpensive tea rooms in London. Oh how lovely and charming that would be to say the least more affordable.
The Hilton in York near the York museum was the best afternoon tea we’ve had we stayed their when we got engaged in a lovely Greek restaurant down the shambles which my hubby to be got down on one knee we stayed at the Hilton before jetting to New York for our honeymoon they put on a private table with white tablecloth and a red rose with champagne with afternoon cakes sandwiches and fresh scones with cream they did us proud that day all for free and a bottle of champagne to take back to our room even if you payed for the pleasure it was well worth it and the view of the castle while eating was a pleasure I would highly recommend staying there if in York
Yorkshire is amazing, I trained in York when I worked for a certain Bath Bomb company, its sort of like Chester, very historic, elegant and of course super friendly, am so glad you had a lovely time there. Nothing is more amazing than the North.
I honestly can't believe you don't have more subscribers. I have a feeling you will get very popular soon, the youtube algorithm suggested you and I am glad I clicked. You're informative, creative and authentic, traits hard to come by on RU-vid. Your videos are nicely edited and fast but not too fast, just really good content. Probably one of the most underrated channels on RU-vid related to desserts/food content.
I am so glad I found our videos, I visited London a few years ago and loved it! I've had afternoon tea quite a few times in the states but had to go when we were in London. We had afternoon tea at Grosvenor House. It was amazing! I definitely recommend. When I make it back there I want to try out more places, so I appreciate these videos :) And thanks for the quality of your videos as well, no shaking at all, very well made :)
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Took my mum to The Ritz for afternoon tea for her 80th. The food was just basic standard finger sandwiches scones with cream and jam and small cakes. We paid extra for a birthday cake. For 4 of us it was just under £200 7 years ago. But the surroundings were absolutely beautiful such a gorgeous hotel. My mum loved it.
I have my 5 o'clock tea at home, with selfmade clotted cream, jam, scones and sandwiches, for much less money. With Harrods, you pay the show. This I don't need.
@@mrsTraveller64 hello, 2 possibilities. Buy bio cream, let it in the fridge for 10 days, than you can take the liquid for cooking, and up, you have nice thick clotted cream. Or watch "Chef John" at YT, he is baking the cream for clotted cream, but this needs lot of time.
Thank you for sharing this with us. All of my food experiences at Harrods have been pleasant. The manager who appears on the right side of the screen @3:25 has been there a very long time - very pleasant in all of the times that I've eaten in their restaurant (They had a prime rib and Yorkshire pudding buffet some of the time). PS: That gentleman is the one who taught me that a slight dollop of English mustard goes great with turkey - he's right!
I appreciate your time to purchase and display to RU-vid, these assortments of Afternoon tea all over London and so on. Especially when you explain every historical aspect and put in the effort of description in the food along with the Tea’s. Much gratitude for your obligations.
Harrods was once an “exclusive” store but no longer. Now it’s more like a shopping mall with all the usual concessions and a real tourist hot spot. I can’t imagine many places with high prices like Harrods being a less pleasant shopping experience. Can’t comment on the quality of the afternoon tea but totally agree that there are many much better options in London if you want a genuine experience.
That's good to know. I liked shopping at Harrod's online. lol I don't live anywhere near there at all. One can dream, I guess, and have afternoon tea at home. lol
Missed you ,happy to see you and your wife enjoying afternoon tea but not it seems as much as other places. Thanks for the critique,always helpful for our next visit as we love the pleasures of afternoon tea.😊
@@TimeToDessert The most memorable are The Dorchester - The Atheneum Hotel - The Park Lane Hotel and the Ritz. But to be honest, the best for me is Fortnums and what's so good about that place, is that you can buy those excellent teas and all kinds of other goodies as you know.
You could have had a genuine afternoon tea at a road side cafe. Chip butty, bangers and mash, jumbo sausages, crubeens and to finish up deep fried Mars bar. Your wallet will still be heavy with cash for spending spree.
Off I go to look up crubeens. Never heard of those before. My lockdown education of British history and cooking has taught me the rest already. We do have some similarities in Australia though so it wasn’t all completely new to me.
I have afternoon tea before at a tea party in a women’s house called the Bowery that I stayed. Everything was baked from scratch by one of the ladies, and we bought all kinds of teas.It was priceless. But if I’m in London, Fortnum and Mason is the best place I would go. 😍🇬🇧
We have been to tea at Harrod's twice on our visits to London. I found his negative comments about regarding the tea sandwiches interesting because ours were perfect on both occasions. It is truly an experience not to miss when visiting.
My fancy meal at Harrods was a glass of champagne +oyster 🍾....mama mia. My Holiday 10 days in UK in 2014. And I brought a micro scooter €60 + red angry bird plushy toy €15.
@@iseley exactly. I paid 3 times more for a "expresso"( petit cafè) at Champs Elysées in Paris for the marvelous experience, once in a life time! Well spent! We only live once!!!!
Thank you. I've gathered some energy and will hopefully start releasing videos more often again. There is some good stuff out there that needs to be reviewed :-)
£136.95 - what? I know it's Harrods, but still! I'll stick with my own scones etc! one thing that struck me with Harrods were the toilets - as soon as one went a lady would zip out of a room with her spray and clean them - I was well impressed!
So did I, but it was an extensive buffet, and if I remember, was 17£. I had never seen so much food displayed so brilliantly. It was well worth the price.
About 25 years ago I traveled to London to visit a friend and she and I went to Harrod’s for tea. Even then it was pricey but I expected that - it’s Harrods after all. But, I didn’t travel with many dressy clothes and noticed that the host gave me what you would call “the once over” (I believe because I was dressed in jeans). This happened again when he passed our table. 🙄 That is the memory I hold from my experience - can’t even remember how the food tasted. 😂
Interestingly, the Duchess of Bedford needed to combat afternoon slump so she was served caffeine and simple sugars in varied and very tasty forms. Eventually Afternoon Tea became a 4pm ritual in the daily life of the nation, and then later, a high-priced experience in elegant surroundings. Every one of these tea rooms has exquisite ambiance and stellar service.
All should try the Sushi restaurant at Dubai airport tax free area. It's a bit expensive but it's high quality and fresh ! It's served on a moving line from where you can take what you like. The plate colour tells you what to pay for every specific dish. Me I loved it and will go again next time I visit Dubai.
will try when i visit London... its an amazing city... i can't imagine how amazing it will be when i actually visit the place.. it will be a dream come true ❤️
That’s such a ridiculous statement firstly a majority of Londoners can’t afford these places and the one that can go wherever they want. Basically real Londoners just don’t take pictures of themselves in these places.
Harrods restaurant was called Georgian (as in - of the time of the Kings called George) rather than Gregorian, which is a form of plainsong sung generally by monks.
Afternoon tea at The Ritz Hotel in Piccadilly is much better. Same price if not a little cheaper. Impeccable service and ambience. Reservations needed.
I took my teenage daughter for afternoon tea and scones. Definitely doesn’t have the intimacy anymore. People walking past to do their shopping. We were sat right near the pianist and it was so loud and grating I asked to be moved as it was giving me a headache. When the scones came hardly any jam and cream to be shared then asked if we’d like some more scones after. I would’ve appreciated more generous portions for original serving as I cannot eat more than 2 at a sitting and for £40 each it definitely wasn’t the treat we’d hoped for. Ticked off my bucket list but wouldn’t really recommend it to others.
It is most of the times it is the experience ......you can eat a tart on the street. On a bus. In a park. But how many times in a lifetime you get the experience of being " served " at one of the great stores in the world..........just sayiin
I worked in The Georgian Restaurant, It's not the Gregorian as the presenter said. It was much better 20 years ago when I worked there under the previous owner.
I had a gateaux saint honore there for afternoon tea and the caramel was burnt tasting. Never again. I definitely wouldn't pay that ridiculous high price.
There's nothing quite like a Boiled Chop with a humble onion and a liberal shake of Dill,some oxtail soup to thicken,served with potatoes, there's a Greek lad there serving the table Watch him, he's inclined to break wind freely as he passes your table,rather pungent reeking of curry !
