Take afternoon tea at The Landmark Hotel

Push the boat out and splurge an afternoon tea!

Our top pick is The Landmark, as it has an amazing atrium with palm trees in that feels super fancy. But there are loads of London hotels and restaurants that offer afternoon tea.

Afternoon tea typically refers to a selection of sandwiches or similar savoury treats, sweet treats or pastries (sometimes called viennoiserie) and of course – scones with jam and clotted cream. Not forgetting the key element – a pot of tea.

Now you’ll get variations, and sometimes venues do really cool themes or use international flavours, but this generally the sort of thing you’ll get. You can usually pay a bit more to have a glass of fizz too.

Now, afternoon tea often comes with free refills – not just for your tea, but for the food too. Bear in mind there’s plenty of it, so you might not need to request anything extra. But even if it isn’t proactively offered – if you want to try more of something, when you ask they usually oblige.

And if you can’t finish everything, don’t fret – they can pack you up a little doggy bag to go.