Tuesday 13 September 2022

Scoff & Banter tea rooms Oxford Street London - Customize your afternoon tea

 Had a lovely afternoon tea on Saturday with my mum that we customized to suit our taste. This is the only afternoon tea that I have had so far that you get a choice from the menu for each course.



It is situated inside the Radisson Blue hotel in Oxford Street London just by Bond Street station. There are also 3 other London branches in Canary wharf, Kensington and Bloomsbury  

I booked it via open table as they had a great offer of free bottle of prosecco per 2 afternoon teas booked. We paid £34 each for the afternoon tea and the prosecco would of cost us additional £38. Not sure how long this offer is on for as it does not say so if you fancy it book up soon!!!!

Our table was booked for 1pm and the restaurant was empty when we arrived but by the time we left 2 hours later it was very busy. 

The restaurant is on the 1st floor of the hotel and large in size with lots of tables and brown leather chairs. We were shown to a table for two next to a window overlooking the street below 



Before we sat down we used the bathroom which was nice and clean and I was impressed with the little white cotton fannels  rolled up on a large dish and the nice smelling hand wash and matching hand lotion. It's these little things that make a hotel stand out and feel luxurious. 

 The table was laid with pretty pastel cup and saucers and a crisp white napkin plus a sugar pot and silver tea strainer.



 The manager handed the menu to us and explained that we could choose 2 items each for each of the four menu sections below

OUR HOT KITCHEN

Spiced scallops and cauliflower beignets

Lobster brandy bisque with a warm cheese scone

Oysters Rockefeller

Sticky Beijing beef fillet

Poached free-range egg Florentine

Lamb cutlet, mint, lemon and Cyprus parsley crust

Wild mushroom arancini with creamy spicy mayo

SCONES All served warm with country preserves and Devonshire clotted cream

Pecan and apple

Maple and sultana

Vanilla

Seville orange

Valrhona chocolate

Cheddar cheese

SANDWICHES

Chicken Caesar with rosemary focaccia

Oak-smoked ham with English mustard, rocket and tomato bread

Free-range hen’s egg and watercress

Rare venison gin and tonic

Cucumber with a white bloomer

Steak and balsamic onions with toasted sourdough

Smoked salmon, crayfish and dill crème fraîche with a toasted bagel

Croque madame

DESSERTS

Strawberry shortbread with whipped cream

Chocolate whisky cake and candied orange

Lemon meringue, blackberry compote and lime syrup

Strawberry tart with crème Chantilly

Sticky toffee pudding, brandy snap and clotted cream

Poached rhubarb with custard and a gingerbread biscuit

Dark chocolate crème Chantilly

Raspberry and prosecco jell


I mentioned that I had booked the afternoon tea offer with free bottle of prosecco, and he said that he would sort this out for us. About 5 minutes later a silver ice bucket and stand appeared along with a nice, chilled bottle of prosecco. Whilst deciding what to order we sipped on our prosecco which was very nice. 

Whilst the manager took our order we chatted to him and I mentioned to him about my blog and how impressed I was with the menu choice. He was very friendly and interested in our opinion's. 

I found it hard to choose from the menu as it all sounded nice. In the end I decided to have the beef fillet and mushroom arancini balls to start which was a very good choice. The steak was in stripes in a soy flavor sticky glaze and was so tender and the arancini balls were crispy on outside and the spicy mayonnaise was perfect with them. The potion size was bigger than I expected too.



Our prosecco glasses were kept topped up from the bottle and the manager and waiters ensured we were happy with everything throughout the service. 

For the next sections on the menu I found it difficult to choose which scones to have until the manager explained that we got two small scones of each flavor so that meant four scones each, so we decided to order four different ones to share.

We ordered Apple and pecan, maple and sultana, seville orange and then chocolate. These were freshly baked and small in size, but we did get four each!!!!  They tasted nice and each one different in flavor. We both liked the orange one best as was lighter in texture than the others and just the right amount of orange flavor. 



For the sandwiches we both had the steak on sourdough and Croque madame which was a small, toasted cheese sandwich topped with a fried egg.  It was lovely and we were both glad we choose it 



Then desserts, I had my favorite stocky toffee pudding and then Lemon meringue pie. 



These were all brought out to us on a three-tier cake stand with a pot of clotted cream and two different jams. The jam was strawberry and also rhubarb however they were more like a compote than jam as a bit runny. Anyway, we did not mind as they tasted nice.

The sticky toffee pudding was in a small teacup with a dollop of clotted cream and brandy snap biscuit on top.....Wow it tasted so good. 

The Lemon meringue tart was delicious too. 

My mum had the strawberry tart and strawberry shortcake which she said were lovely  



The food was all top notch, and the service was excellent, we could not fault it in anyway. The manager was very friendly and took time to chat with us which made us feel special and welcomed. 

You must give this a try and you will not be disappointed......


 

Nearest Station :        Bond Street Station   - about 4 minute walk 
Best bits : The fact that you can choose from vast menu and the excellent service. Plus all the food tasted very nice.   
Worst bits :  Nothing     
Value for money : Yes it is as you get a lot of food for your money and the hotel is nice. Excellent value if you can get the free bottle of Prosecco currently on offer !!!! 
would I go back? :  Yes defiantly want to take my hubby there.  






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