Afternoon Tea, Gravetye Manor
On Saturday 29th Feb, we spent our leap day having afternoon tea at Gravetye Manor.
The afternoon tea was held in a beautiful wooden clad room and had the most incredible fireplace, which was lit when we went in. The room was so cosy and had a very chilled vibe as there are only a handful of tables per sitting. We could have quite happily sat in there all afternoon drinking tea and keeping warm by the fire.
As a group of 4, we were a fussy bunch in terms of food and out of the 4 of us, 3 had special food requirements. Even though we let know before we arrived, I was extremely impressed with how each person was catered on the day.
Two of us upgraded to the Champagne Afternoon Tea for an extra £15 which meant we also had a glass of Taittinger with our tea. Standard Afternoon Tea is £30 per head and you can also opt for the 'Ridgeview Afternoon Tea' which is £42 per head and includes a glass of Ridgeview sparking wine.
For the savoury course we had sausage roll, coronation chicken sandwich, salmon sandwich, eggs sandwich and cheese and pickle sandwich. All of which were delicious, the sausage roll was also served warm which was a really nice touch. One of our group doesn't each sandwiches at all so they swapped these out for cheese scones.
On to sweets, and of course there were traditional scones with jam and clotted cream. Then for patisseries we had a coffee and caramel cream choux, an apple flower, a bakewell tart and a macaroon, I believe the macaroon was lemon based, but I can say it wasn't to my taste so I had a small bite, but didn't finish it.
We had a lovely afternoon at Gravetye Manor. I wouldn't say it was the best afternoon tea I have ever had, but it was very nice. I have to admit, given that their Dining Room has one Michelin Star, I was expecting a little more from their Afternoon Tea. I appreciate that Afternoon Tea is priced in line with other venues in the area, but I would have happily paid more to have something a little bit special.
The venue is stunning with the most beautiful grounds and the staff are wonderful so I definitely want to go back and each in their Dining Room at some point.
The afternoon tea was held in a beautiful wooden clad room and had the most incredible fireplace, which was lit when we went in. The room was so cosy and had a very chilled vibe as there are only a handful of tables per sitting. We could have quite happily sat in there all afternoon drinking tea and keeping warm by the fire.
As a group of 4, we were a fussy bunch in terms of food and out of the 4 of us, 3 had special food requirements. Even though we let know before we arrived, I was extremely impressed with how each person was catered on the day.
Two of us upgraded to the Champagne Afternoon Tea for an extra £15 which meant we also had a glass of Taittinger with our tea. Standard Afternoon Tea is £30 per head and you can also opt for the 'Ridgeview Afternoon Tea' which is £42 per head and includes a glass of Ridgeview sparking wine.
For the savoury course we had sausage roll, coronation chicken sandwich, salmon sandwich, eggs sandwich and cheese and pickle sandwich. All of which were delicious, the sausage roll was also served warm which was a really nice touch. One of our group doesn't each sandwiches at all so they swapped these out for cheese scones.
On to sweets, and of course there were traditional scones with jam and clotted cream. Then for patisseries we had a coffee and caramel cream choux, an apple flower, a bakewell tart and a macaroon, I believe the macaroon was lemon based, but I can say it wasn't to my taste so I had a small bite, but didn't finish it.
The choux, pictured below was light and the cream was velvety and indulgent, the perfect combo.
The bakewell was nice, but it was a little dry.
And the 'apple flower' was very nice however I would say it wasn't overly memorable.
The venue is stunning with the most beautiful grounds and the staff are wonderful so I definitely want to go back and each in their Dining Room at some point.
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