Tea Rooms in London

Mayfair · London, UK

Brown's Hotel, founded in 1832, serves its historic afternoon tea in the wood-panelled Drawing Room, which has hosted royals, presidents and Hollywood figures over nearly two centuries. The menu features neatly crimped sandwiches, dainty pastries and pillowy scones with fresh cream and jam, paired with a tea library curated with the Rare Tea Company that spans bespoke blends and rare single-origin leaves. Plant-based, Champagne and children's versions are offered, and every Thursday evening the room becomes the 'Drawing Room After Dark' jazz speakeasy.

Mayfair · London, UK

Claridge's afternoon tea is prepared and served fresh each day in The Foyer & Reading Room, following the traditional combination of sweet and savoury courses. Sandwiches include smoked Scottish salmon, pastries change with the season, and the tea list features oolongs alongside the house Claridge's Blend. A children's afternoon tea and a seasonal festive menu are also offered.

St James's · London, UK

DUKES London, a boutique hotel established in 1908 in a St James's courtyard minutes from Buckingham Palace, serves afternoon tea in its elegant Drawing Room. The hotel is equally known for DUKES Bar, where martinis are mixed tableside.

Soho · London, UK

Firmdale's Ham Yard Hotel serves afternoon tea daily from noon to 4:45 pm in its restaurant and Orangery, on bone china designed by Kit Kemp. The menu offers 'a little something different to the traditional', such as a seafood bridge roll and a rose, strawberry and cream gateau, with gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan and vegetarian versions available.

Mayfair · London, UK

The Connaught serves afternoon tea in Jean-Georges, a room of contemporary art and stained glass on Carlos Place. Finger sandwiches pair British classics with South East Asian flavours, followed by warm scones with Cornish clotted cream and homemade strawberry jam and seasonal patisserie, with Saicho sparkling teas or Champagne to drink. A harpist plays Friday to Sunday.

Mayfair · London, UK

sketch is a multi-room Mayfair restaurant and bar complex whose art-filled Gallery serves afternoon tea by day before switching to dinner. Tea is served Monday to Thursday from noon to 4 pm and Friday to Sunday from 11 am to 4:30 pm, with the interiors, plates and carpet designed by a rotating cast of artists. The building also houses the three-Michelin-starred Lecture Room & Library.

Westminster · London, UK

St. Ermin's, an Autograph Collection hotel set in a quiet courtyard off Caxton Street near St James's Park, serves afternoon tea daily in its Tea Lounge beneath ornate original Rococo plasterwork. The menu is built around seasonal ingredients from the hotel's rooftop kitchen garden and bees, with freshly baked plain and fruit scones, clotted cream and homemade jam, savouries such as hot-smoked Scottish salmon and heritage beef, and pastries, all paired with award-winning teas from The Tea Makers of London. Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and children's teas are available, and tables are held for 1.5 hours.

Mayfair · London, UK

The family-owned Athenaeum on Piccadilly, opposite Green Park, serves a relaxed, unpretentious afternoon tea built on natural British produce and seasonal menus. Vegan and gluten-free versions are prepared with the same care as the traditional selection.

Mayfair · London, UK

The Dorchester serves afternoon tea daily from 12pm to 5.30pm in The Promenade, the hotel's long, mirrored lounge off Park Lane, with live piano played on Liberace's famous piano. The menu runs to finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones with clotted cream and jam (the pastry team bakes around 3,000 scones a week), seasonal pastries and cakes, all available for replenishment on request, plus a wide selection of teas. A children's afternoon tea in partnership with Atelier Choux is offered, and reservations open six months in advance.

Knightsbridge · London, UK

The Egerton House Hotel is a Red Carnation boutique townhouse on a quiet Knightsbridge terrace near the V&A. It serves a quintessentially British afternoon tea in its drawing room and is also known for its martinis and a programme of Martini Experiences and Salon Series events.

Belgravia · London, UK

The family-owned Goring has served afternoon tea for more than a century. It is taken daily in The Veranda overlooking the hotel garden, and on Saturdays in The Dining Room as well, with freshly baked cakes, warm scones and gourmet finger sandwiches paired with optional Bollinger Champagne. The current 'Timeless Style' menu is inspired by Queen Elizabeth II.

Marylebone · London, UK

The Landmark London serves its afternoon tea in the Winter Garden, a palm-filled restaurant at the foot of the hotel's eight-storey glass atrium. The room also serves breakfast, lunch and dinner with live piano in the evening; afternoon tea times and prices are not listed on the hotel's site.

Knightsbridge · London, UK

The Lanesborough, the Regency mansion at Hyde Park Corner, serves its afternoon tea daily in The Lanesborough Grill (the room formerly known as Céleste). The current limited-edition menu is the official Bridgerton Afternoon Tea, with finger sandwiches such as Westcombe cheddar and spring onion or Scottish smoked salmon with caraway crème fraîche, home-baked scones with clotted Devonshire cream and preserves, four signature pastries and a wide list of teas including the house Bridgerton Blend. Vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and children's menus are offered, and live piano accompanies tea on Saturdays and Sundays.

Belgravia · London, UK

The Lobby is the light-filled ground-floor heart of The Peninsula London at Hyde Park Corner, with soaring ceilings, hand-blown crystal chandeliers and de Gournay murals of nearby Hyde Park. It serves an all-day international menu and is home to The Peninsula's signature Afternoon Tea, served daily from 1pm to 6.30pm with live music. The current seasonal menu is the Strawberry Afternoon Tea, built around British strawberries in creations such as a Strawberry Charlotte and a pistachio and strawberry millefeuille with strawberry consommé.

Mayfair · London, UK

The Ritz serves its celebrated afternoon tea in The Palm Court at five daily seatings (11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm), accompanied by live music. The menu runs to finely cut finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones with Cornish clotted cream and strawberry preserve, and seasonally changing pastries and cakes served from a guéridon trolley. Around 20 loose-leaf teas are offered, including the exclusive Ritz Royal Blend, with Champagne pairings available.

Victoria · London, UK

The Rubens at the Palace, a Red Carnation hotel directly opposite the Royal Mews of Buckingham Palace, serves what it calls the epitome of British elegance in afternoon tea, with refined teas and pastries in a quintessentially English setting.

Strand · London, UK

The Savoy's century-old afternoon tea tradition is served in The Gallery, a peach-lit room of marble and sculpted palms. Service runs from noon to 6:45 pm with a procession of finger sandwiches, warm signature scones and patisserie, backed by a list of more than 30 teas. An evening Twilight Tea (6:00–9:30 pm) adds a Berry Royale cocktail.

St James's · London, UK

The Stafford London, tucked into a quiet St James's Place courtyard, serves a seasonal afternoon tea under the culinary direction of Michael Caines. A 'Mini Royals' afternoon tea for children includes a take-home crown or tiara and a corgi teddy.

London Bridge · London, UK

Aqua Shard occupies the 31st floor of The Shard with panoramic views over London. Its Peter Pan-themed afternoon tea is served daily from 11:15 am to 4 pm alongside chef Mark Abbott's contemporary British lunch and dinner menus. The restaurant is listed in the Michelin Guide 2025. Hours listed are for afternoon tea service.

Covent Garden · London, UK

Brigit's Bakery is a family-run, French-influenced bakery near the West End theatres, best known for its afternoon tea sightseeing tours on 1960s Routemaster buses (running since 2013). The Covent Garden tea room serves afternoon tea prepared by French pastry chefs, with traditional, vegan, vegetarian, halal and gluten-free menus and a pre-theatre Paddington tea, plus a private party room.

Kensington · London, UK

Candella Tea Room opened in 2012 on Kensington Church Street to revive the elegant tea tradition in the neighbourhood, in a romantic, whimsical room. It serves loose-leaf teas by the pot, cream tea and a traditional afternoon tea, and retails its own blends in 80g caddies.

Covent Garden · London, UK

One Aldwych, at the edge of Covent Garden, serves a long-running afternoon tea inspired by Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with imaginative themed desserts and savoury bites presented with theatrical flair. Reservations are taken through the hotel's dedicated booking page.

Westminster · London, UK

Corinthia London serves afternoon tea in the Crystal Moon Lounge beneath a full-moon Baccarat crystal chandelier. Traditional and Champagne menus of sweet and savoury courses are offered, with final sittings at 3 pm on weekdays and 5 pm at weekends. Gift vouchers are sold for the experience.

Soho · London, UK

Cutter & Squidge is a sister-founded all-natural bakery whose Soho shop hosts themed afternoon teas (currently a Miffy afternoon tea) and baking masterclasses. Everything is coloured and flavoured only with fruit, vegetables and spices; the counter sells celebration cakes, brownies and hampers.

Bloomsbury · London, UK

Dalloway Terrace is the flower-filled, al fresco terrace restaurant of The Bloomsbury Hotel, named for Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. It serves afternoon tea and a children's afternoon tea in a garden-like setting, with set menus and private dining for gatherings.

Knightsbridge · London, UK

The Berkeley's afternoon tea is now Goûtea, served at Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley, the French pâtissier's first pâtisserie outside France. The format fuses the French goûter tradition of sweet snacking with a best-of-British afternoon tea, built around Grolet's signature pastries.

Islington · London, UK

Katsute 100 is a Japanese tea room at the Angel end of Islington High Street, furnished with antique Japanese pieces and built around the idea of 'nostalgia, history, moments in time'. It serves Japanese loose-leaf teas and matcha with homemade matcha and yuzu cakes, and takes whole-cake orders; the group runs further rooms in London and Edinburgh.

Fitzrovia · London, UK

Sanderson's Alice in Wonderland-themed Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea is served daily from 12:30 pm to 7 pm in the Philippe Starck-designed hotel off Oxford Street. The menu pairs traditional scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserve with character-inspired bakes such as 'Grow Me' and 'Shrink Me' cookies and Red Knight Army shortbread; there is a children's menu for ages 4–11 and no dress code.

Covent Garden · London, UK

Mariage Frères, the Paris tea house founded in 1854, runs its first London flagship on King Street in Covent Garden across four floors, with a tea counter, a restaurant and tea room, and a tea museum. The restaurant and tea room serve daily from 12pm to 7pm (the tea counter opens 10.30am to 7.30pm), with tea-infused savoury dishes, Parisian scones with tea-infused chantilly, tea-infused patisseries and tea-time sets, all brewed from the house's range of black, green, white, blue and rooibos teas such as Marco Polo and French Breakfast Tea. The shop offers counter sales, dine-in or take-away and private events.

Camden Town · London, UK

Mei Leaf, established in London in 2006 (formerly chinalife), runs a teahouse on Camden High Street dedicated to what it calls 'true tea': a tea shop and tea bar where every pure tea in its range can be tasted gong fu style, alongside house tea concoctions mixed at the bar, with a seated area and take-away. The range covers white, green, matcha, yellow, oolong, black, raw and ripened puerh and tisanes sourced from small producers in the East, plus gaiwans, teapots and other teaware. The teahouse shares its space with a Chinese medicine clinic and herbal skincare shop, runs events and workshops, and is closed on bank holidays; reservations are taken for parties of six or more.

Holborn · London, UK

Rosewood London's Mirror Room serves an art-inspired afternoon tea daily from noon to 5:45 pm, currently themed around Monet, with Champagne service. The room also runs breakfast and a refined British dinner menu Tuesday to Saturday. Hours listed are for afternoon tea service.

Barnes · London, UK

Orange Pekoe is an award-winning neighbourhood tea room and tea merchant in Barnes, founded in 2006 around hand-picked loose-leaf teas from around the world. It serves breakfast and lunch (kitchen until 3 pm) and an afternoon tea, alongside house blends such as Breakfast, Afternoon, Earl Grey and Citrus Grey and single-estate teas sold to take home.

Marylebone · London, UK

Palm Court at The Langham describes itself as the birthplace of afternoon tea, having served it since the hotel opened in 1865. Tea is taken in a light-filled room with daily live piano, with menus created by Michel Roux and executive pastry chef Andrew Gravett and served on Langham Rose teaware by Wedgwood. More than 30 tea blends are offered with sommelier guidance, and dedicated vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free menus are available.

Kensington · London, UK

The Milestone, a Red Carnation boutique hotel opposite Kensington Palace and Gardens, serves a classic British afternoon tea in its antique-furnished Park Lounge. The hotel also runs Cheneston's restaurant and the Stables Bar.

Mayfair · London, UK

Postcard Teas is a specialist tea shop off New Bond Street that calls itself the pioneer of tea provenance, sourcing single-origin teas from small producers in China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. The shop stocks regional oolongs (Wuyi, Phoenix, Anxi), aged puerh and 'Auld Tree' teas, plus ceramics from the Asahiyaki kilns and Kaikado caddies, and runs a bookable Tea School. Closed Sundays and bank holidays.

Mayfair · London, UK

The Chesterfield Mayfair, a Red Carnation townhouse hotel off Berkeley Square, serves an award-winning Sweetshop Afternoon Tea: a playful array of treats with a nostalgic confectionery twist alongside the traditional courses.

Vauxhall · London, UK

Tea House Theatre occupies an 1886 Victorian pub on the former site of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. It pours loose-leaf teas alongside proper sandwiches, homemade cakes and marmalade, and a full English breakfast made with meat from the local butcher and produce from nearby market gardens, and hosts events and a debate club.

Notting Hill · London, UK

A traditional Chinese tea room and shop in the Portobello Green Arcade, panelled in wood and lit for an authentic tea-house feel. It stocks green, white, oolong, puer, dark and herbal loose-leaf teas with Yixing and Chaozhou teapots, and runs private gong fu tea tastings, classes and group tea events. Open Wednesday to Saturday.

St James's · London, UK

Fortnum & Mason's tea salon on the fourth floor of its Piccadilly store serves the house afternoon tea of precisely cut sandwiches, freshly baked cakes, scones and Fortnum's teas. Classic, Savoury and High Tea menus are offered, plus a Caviar Tea Experience, with sittings lasting around one hour and forty-five minutes. Reservations run through SevenRooms or the store's reservations team.

Westminster · London, UK

The Drawing Room is a classically appointed British room inside the former Old War Office, with mahogany sash windows overlooking Whitehall and the mounted guards. Afternoon tea is served daily from noon to 5:30 pm with curated fine teas, pastries and savouries, a vegetarian menu, and a Heritage Tour-plus-tea package; jazz evenings run 5–7 pm.

South Kensington · London, UK

The Ampersand Hotel, near the South Kensington museums, serves two themed afternoon teas in its Drawing Rooms: a Science Afternoon Tea, where physics, chemistry and gastronomy meet, and a Jurassic Afternoon Tea. Both can be booked for private events.

Kensington · London, UK

The Orangery, designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor in 1704 for Queen Anne's orange trees and restored as a restaurant by Historic Royal Palaces, serves afternoon tea, breakfast and lunch daily from 10am to 6pm (last entry 4.30pm) beside Kensington Palace, with a terrace overlooking the palace when the weather allows. The afternoon tea stacks a classic Victoria sponge, apricot cheesecake, dark chocolate tart and Orangery choux above traditional scones with clotted cream and strawberry preserve and a tier of sandwiches such as cucumber cream cheese, smoked ChalkStream trout bagel and coronation chicken wrap, served with a pot of the house organic blend from Hope & Glory with free refills. Vegan, halal and children's teas are offered and Historic Royal Palaces members receive 10% off.

Kew · London, UK

A historic English tearoom, bakery and shop opposite Kew Gardens that has kept traditional baking alive for more than 150 years. Its namesake Maids of Honour tarts trace their story to the Tudor court; the kitchen also makes pies and savoury pastries, celebration cakes and vegan bakes, and serves afternoon and high tea.

St James's · London, UK

The Rose Lounge is the afternoon tea salon of Sofitel London St James, a Grade II-listed five-star hotel on Waterloo Place near St James's Park. Afternoon tea is served daily from 12pm to 5.30pm, currently as the Phantom of the Opera Afternoon Tea, a three-act menu by pastry chef Lerrick Coelho that pairs warm scones with themed savouries and petits fours; gluten-free, plant-based and vegetarian versions are available. Teas are black, white and green selections from Camellia's Tea House served in the lounge's signature teapots, and a dessert menu and 'cake of the day' run from 12pm to 6pm.

Knightsbridge · London, UK

The Rosebery is Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park's afternoon tea room, serving tea from 12pm to 7.30pm daily alongside all-day dining and Champagne cocktails. The pastry team adds a seasonal twist to the tradition with delicate sandwiches, curated pastries and freshly baked scones served from hanging cake stands; the current 'History of Royal-Tea' menu reimagines the favourite savouries and sweets of past monarchs. A bespoke list of 29 loose-leaf teas is offered, with wine, sake, beer or sparkling-tea pairings, and the adjoining Mandarin Cake Shop sells the pastry team's cakes to take away.

Richmond · London, UK

The Teahouse sits among the glasshouses of Petersham Nurseries in Richmond, serving wholesome seasonal food, homemade pasta and salads, hearty cakes and whole-leaf teas on a walk-in basis (final seating 4:30 pm; open from 11 am on bank holidays). A bookable Garden Afternoon Tea runs Thursday to Sunday and bank holidays from noon to 5 pm (final seating 3 pm), with children's, vegan, vegetarian and gluten-and-nut-free menus.

St James's · London, UK

The Wolseley is a grand all-day café-restaurant in a 1920s former car showroom on Piccadilly, next to The Ritz, following a rhythm of breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Afternoon tea is served Monday to Friday from 2:30 pm to 6:30 pm and at weekends from 3 pm to 6:30 pm. Hours listed are the restaurant's full opening hours.

London Bridge · London, UK

TĪNG sits on Level 35 of The Shard inside Shangri-La London, serving a contemporary Asian-fusion menu built on seasonal British ingredients with floor-to-ceiling views over the city. Afternoon tea is served alongside lunch and dinner service. Afternoon tea times and pricing are not published on the venue page.

South Kensington · London, UK

Tombo is a Japanese café and tea retailer on Thurloe Place, opposite the South Kensington museums, built around matcha, Japanese teas and traditional teaware. The café serves matcha and hōjicha drinks and Japanese food, and the shop sells curated teas, ceramics and Japanese lifestyle goods.

South Kensington · London, UK

Town House is the all-day restaurant of The Kensington, a Doyle Collection hotel in a row of Queen's Gate townhouses near the museums. It serves afternoon tea daily from noon to 5 pm alongside breakfast, lunch, dinner and a Sunday roast. Hours listed are for afternoon tea service.