I had never never been for afternoon tea until I was brought a voucher for The Quarter. It’s something I’d wanted to do for a while, so I was super excited for the experience. The total cost was £19, reduced from £33.90 with a Wowcher code, which is great value for money.
Despite is being a busy Saturday afternoon, we were shown straight to our table, which was at the bottom of the staircase. It wasn’t the most ideal spot – it’s quite a squeeze as The Quarter is always busy, and I had to keep shimmying my chair every time someone needed the loo.
We were given a pot of tea, which we could have refilled unlimited times, complete with dainty little tea cups and saucers. Throughout the hour and a half we were there, Jake and I annihilated three pots of tea.
We were then bought over our Afternoon Tea stand. On the bottom layer was a selection of eight sandwiches, including four different fillings on an assortment of bread. We had ham, chicken, tuna and mayo and cucumber and cream cheese. I feel like we perhaps should have been asked if there was anything we didn’t like out of the options, since neither Jake or I like tuna, and I wouldn’t have chosen cucumber and cream cheese myself. Maybe a little pre-order menu might have been a good idea upon booking.
On the top layer was a variety of desserts, from strawberry slices and brownies, to freshly made scones with clotted cream and jam. Again, as lovely as they were, perhaps a little choice should have been provided, as in most places you will have the option of fruit or plain scones.
Our server at he Quarter was lovely and told us what was on our tea tray. She even told us to be careful with the profiteroles because so many people have spilled chocolate sauce down themselves before.
The food we ate was lovely. We were told that we could take the food we left home in a box. I think they must have thought we left though, as Jake and I popped upstairs for two seconds, came back down and they’d gone…
We then had our glass of prosecco to finish off the experience, which was a nice way to end it.
I’d love to try more afternoon tea experiences, particularly in somewhere like Manchester or Liverpool.
You an find more afternoon tea reviews here:
Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea at Hanley Park Pavillion Cafe
A Weekend Spa Retreat and Afternoon Tea in Shrewsbury
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Love afternoon tea, the food looks lovely and you as stunning as always ā¤ļø
Who doesn’t love a good glass of bubbly, yum! Sounds like you had a great time and I’m low key jealous – I also wanna go for afternoon tea soon!
Also, is your boyfriend’s name Jake short for Jacob haha? That’s my boyfriend’s name too! XD
I’d love to do something like this! They do a Japanese afternoon tea in Birmingham and I really want to try it out. I definitely think you should be able to choose from your sandwich fillings and stuff, it would feel a lot more personal. I’m cracking up at ‘Bess’ haha x
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