On Sunday, one of my friends who was visiting me and I went to The Montague on the Gardens hotel near the British Museum to indulge in bottomless champagne afternoon tea. The theme of the tea was the Chelsea Flower Show, which brings colour to London each May. I have not seen my friend for many years, so this was a perfect way to celebrate his visit to London to see me.
The hotel is located a street away from the British Museum, and I thought about visiting the museum after the tea, but the weather was so nice that we decided to head to my house and have some drinks in the garden.
We were sat in a small room and were the only guests. There was another room that was a conservatory, but it did not feel very nice and felt more like picnic tables, and we could not see outside in that room as there were screens up. The rooms are meant to overlook the gardens.
I had the chocolate spice tea, which was Assam black tea and winter spices and did taste good with a very slight hint of chocolate. I had the bottomless champagne.
We were served a selection of sandwiches, and I had vgetarian options. My friend had the standard, and this included roast ham and cheese, smoked salmon, chicken with mayonnaise, and cucumber and cream cheese.
I had egg, cheese, and cucumber sandwiches.
Next up were the scones, and they were served with strawberry jam and clotted cream.
We were served a selection of pastries, which were themed around the Chelsea Flower Show. The fruit tart one was my favourite.
After tea, we peeked into a couple of the other rooms.
Overall, we enjoyed the afternoon tea and liked that we could upgrade to bottomless champagne. In terms of food, we both enjoyed the sandwiches, but the pastries were not as tasty and missing the polished and perfect look. The venue was alright, but we were in a small room and there wasn't a view of the garden. It was a sunny day, so it would have been good to have a nice view.
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