Will not return…read more
Afternoon tea at the Montague on the Gardens, with three tiers of sweets, sandwiches, scorns, and savories. We don't have a reservation, but are accommodated in their modest 5-table conservatory with a skylight. The patrons are mostly, if not entirely, Americans.
The location: 5 /5
The hotel lobby and bathroom 4
The conservatory 3.5
The service 4
The menu cover 5
The tea 3
The food 3
The cover of the thin menu is charming, far more attractive than the venue and food. They offer two kinds of tea: black and green, which includes mixed. I tried the Herbal Infusion, which is ok, and Jasmin, which is inferior, a mere supermarket issue in the eyes of a Chinese tea drinker.
The food, except for the smoked salmon, is slightly below average, feeling old and tired, despite being a fan of scones and shortbread. I hardly touched the £8/$10.69 Kingsdown still water, it's really unnecessary.
It's our museum day. Between the army museum and the British Museum, we're hunting for lunch near the latter. The elegant Georgian townhouses, dating back to 1860 in the heart of Bloomsbury, caught my eye.
They're next to the British Museum, on the quiet Montague Street. The hotel is part of the Red Carnation Hotel Collection.