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| - I love the Phoenician. The grounds are wonderfully maintained and beautiful, the staff is impeccable and the amenities are great. This review is for high tea, though, specifically. I enjoyed high tea yesterday with a girlfriend and it was wonderful. It's so fun to put on your sun hat, your tea gloves and enjoy feeling pampered and posh. They do a great job and their tea menu is very good with many different offerings, the settings are lovely and the food is very good. We both had the Grand Royale Tea which included unlimited sparkling wine and tea plus the three course tea menu.
Their finger sandwiches are very good, though, I wanted a little more salmon on my smoked salmon offering. I enjoyed the ham and asparagus one and the chicken salad was lovely. The scones were amazing and their homemade lemon curd went wonderfully on the cranberry one. For the pastry course, the paris brest was alright, I've had better, but the creme puffs were excellent. I could have had one of each of the amazing selection but I tried very hard not to give in to too much temptation.
It is pricey and gratuity, at 22%, is added in, but what a lovely way to splurge! Dress your best, bring your girlfriends and enjoy afternoon tea.
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