LONDON'S Most Expensive vs Cheapest AFTERNOON TEA

2​ daugther​s​ are​ very​ cute...

The cheaper Tea for me

Afternoon tea and ☕️ with cheesecake

I went to boarding school in England. After classes ended we had “Low Tea” it consisted of tea and some snacks like fruit cake and cookies. Dinner was called “High Tea”, still not sure why.

gibbonok is teáznak?

It says that the Fan Museum is permanently closed (2023) :(

I would prefer Selfridges.

Unfortunately I love “Far from the Madding Crowd” and someone thought I wanted to raise sheep so I need to be way way way more specific or I may end up in the wrong movie again. Shall I pour?

This has probably been answered but how do you arrange school with that many trips?

Devon cream teas with clotted cream,great

We got back from a first trip to UK at the end if May, 2023. Loved "tea time". Our hotel in Bath included cream tea upon arrival...simple but lovely. We loved the experience at Fortnum and Mason and our favorite (and most expensive at $114 pp) was the Milestone Hotel in South Kensington just across from Hyde Park. Thanks for the review, what a lovely family! Carry on!

Thanks for he heads up about the Greenwich fan museum!

Loved it for the information!!

I prefer an Italian sparking wine to Don Perignon which is overrated - à mon avis. il italien è molto Bella.

what on earth do people do for a living that they can take 22 trips in one year.

dont worry ur ettiquette is fine plus we say scones with the cones pronounciation too only some say scon, i myself think its silly 😂

Tea at the Ritz or Fortnum & Mason is a great British tradition going back over many generations and one that any Brit of a certain age would recognize as the real deal. These days most hotels have zhuzhed up their tea menus to justify the prices, attract the tourist trade and keep the staff busy in the lull between lunch and dinner plus it's very profitable! These latter day hotel tea menus are fabulous, but I imagine most visitors are hoping for an authentic English tea experience. If you want to see what that is really like, it's worth looking at food histories and recipe books prior to 1980. Probably the best places to experience that sort of tea is in places like Rye, York and the West Country. If you're in the West End and want delicious cakes and pastries with a cup of tea in the afternoon, try Maison Bertaux. Of course it's French not British, but it's frequented by students from Central Saint Martins, theatre and film business professionals plus others who work in the area and it's a fraction of the price of a hotel tea. I guess it depends on what you want. All these options are of value but I think it's important to understand what an authentic experience is when we're abroad. Otherwise we lose so much of - in this case quite literally - the flavour of a place.

What was the name of the museum?

Thank you, very nice.

$1000 USD for one meal, for a family, for one day: WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?????????????????????

I think i would steal the tea pot and plates----PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

okay...Im done; I DO NOT WANT DINNER

This is a ridiculous comparison you are comparing a full afternoon tea with scones and tea! What nonsense!

JAM then cream NZ way

Afternoon teas in London? Varied but in my experience they all have one thing in common; they are ludicrously expensive.

Not London, but I can recommend afternoon at The Seamill Hydro in West Kilbride on the Scottish West Coast. We had savouries like mini burgers and chicken skewers, then sandwiches, cakes and scones. Really good value for under £14 per head.

I do enjoy afternoon tea when in London. However ..my pet hate is over fussy servers " hovering " constantly around the
table. I am more than capable of filling my own tea cup or
requesting an extra sandwich if needed. !! I blame it on their inadequate training . " Good Service " is Discrete !! It does NOT consist of incessant requests " is everything all right ? "
and constant interruptions !! Hotel managers please take
note ?!?!?

Just Cornish. Not Cornwallian.

Great vid. Really enjoyed it. It's 'Cornish', just fyi (not 'Cornwallian') 😘

We love a cream tea. The worst has to be the Ritz at Christmas. Really rushed, robotic staff and very snobby towards us. The best has to be Fortnum and Mason for food and staff, Hilton Park Lane for cakes, The Worsley for good portion size and fab Art Deco and Cafe Royal for luxury decor.

Thanks for the perfume smell info as I am very sensitive 😀

Thanks for the history of tea. Nice to know how it all got started. Loved how you did a comparison.

these two girls tasting the fancy pastries just made my day!

The Westburuy Grafton Street, Dublin. £300 for two.

I liked the Westburuy Hotel Grafton Street, Dublin.

For the Fan Museum's afternoon tea, it's 6 pounds. but you need to pay the Fan Museum entrance fee first before you can have their afternoon tea/meal. Admission to the museum is 4 pounds... so it's now 10 pounds total per person (as of Jan 2023).

Cornwellian ? No. Its Cornish darlin

After having afternoon tea at the first place, i think you guys dont need to have dinner anymore 😅😅😅

Taking 'Tea' is something I (and my husband) do when traveling both here and abroad. At home, I drink my loose tea from a bone china cup and saucer (or cappuccino in a demitasse). Love to have a tea parties at my home. I like to serve MANY more savory finger foods like salmon or crab on petite pieces of bread or biscuits with flavored butter, layered ribbon sandwiches, watercress and radish open sandwiches with flavored cream cheeses, and fresh fruit compote. This of course includes freshly made scones/w clotted cream, and a lovely array of fancy sweets treats. Break out your punch bowl (that YOU never use) for a fresh fruit and champagne punch! Use all of your refinement. What are you waiting for? Several of my husbands' male friends LOVE to be invited, too! We are so lucky that we can live in beauty, savor the moment, and be TRULY grateful. Don't take anything for granted.

In addition to the vulgarity of scones (although I think some parts of the UK do pronounce it that way?) your "basil" was also "incorrect", but I'm sure we'll forgive you! And about the correct usage of cups....... don't worry about it!! The rest of us certainly don't. Most of us wouldn't know how to eat and drink "properly" in those situations, and usually have tea/coffee in mugs anyway 😜. Great vid, looking forward to some more about different places 😁

Love your channel! Travelogues are so addictive. I worry that afternoon tea means quite a lot of food is wasted per head. I wonder what they do with all the cakes that are not eaten? x

As you mentioned in the video, in the original version of the cream tea at Tavistock Abbey the cream was served on bread. Scones are a relatively modern introduction and originate from Scotland. In the past, in Devon, the cream and jam would have been served on small, round, light white bread rolls known variously as splits, toughs or chudleighs. Staying with farming relatives as a child I was occasionally given bread and cream topped with a drizzle of golden syrup for breakfast. This combination was known as "thunder and lightening". In Cornwall, saffron cake, a delicious
(and expensive on account of the saffron) fruited yeast cake baked in a loaf tin, is sometimes eaten topped with clotted cream instead of butter.

Gosh! What a beautiful family.

You and your daughters have endearing personalities!

What do yall do for a job? I'm trying to do what yall do so I can afford anything other than bills lol

My lord such a beautiful family. May God bless yall.

Surely the scones were smaller at the 1st place because you're stuffing your face with many other goodies, did you Really need them to be super sized along with 3 layers of desert plates? Please. Really?

I say 'scone' the 'vulgar' way too! ;) There are always arguments between Brits about which way to say it so you're not alone and yep, the whole jam and clotted cream debate gets people going too! lol I hold my teacup that way as well. You should check out the cream teas at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall if you ever go back. It's an epic open-air theatre hand carved into the cliffs and they have a very tasty cream tea there and stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean. P.S I love the way you're creating these experiences for your kids. It's something they'll never ever forget and learn from so much. Have fun on your trips! :)

Thank you for sharing your experiences on London. You have a delightful family. 👍😊

Stuff the etiquette, I'm holding the cup however has least potential to dropping it.