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| - I have been meaning to visit this place for a while. Wanting to celebrate Mother's Day here, but the place was already booked both Saturday and Sunday, so I made a reservation on a Thursday afternoon. The atmosphere was very quaint, homey and the decoration was true to its name "English Rose Tea Garden".
There were two adults and two kids, so we ordered quite a bit of food. We got Duchess of Bedford Formal Afternoon Tea (petit fours, scones, tea sandwiches and a pot of specially blended black tea: English rose petals), soup & scone (butternut cream soup with homemade cheddar & dill scone), smoked salmon quiche, Hampshire chicken salad (diced chicken breast mixed with dijon mustard, mayonnaise, grapes, celery & mandarin orange segments on a bed of mixed greens and topped with toasted almonds) and Baker's jacket (slow baked Idaho potato served with a side of salad of mixed greens, tomatoes, celery & cucumber and with potato filling of tuna salad, dill pickles and mayonnaise). Everything was delicious.
The service from making the reservation to the end was splendid. All the staff was friendly and full of smiles. Overall, it is a very neat and lovely experience not only for adults, but most certainly for little ladies. A little side note, there are also many hats you can borrow wearing while you dine in.
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