At the beginning of the month, I went to the Sherlock Holmes Escape Rooms at London's Shepherd's Bush in order to indulge in the Sherlock Holmes Boozy bottomless Afternoon tea with unlimited Prosecco. The escape rooms are served in a room laid out like a Victorian-era library and includes a tabletop puzzle to solve to unlock a couple of treats.
Finding the venue was a little difficult as the front is designed to appear as an optician's shop. It's located in the older mall at Shepherd's Bush.
After entering, we were led into the library to have the afternoon tea, and at the table was a quiz for us to complete to unlock the code on the book.
The book held two brownies with the address of Sherlock Holmes inscribed with icing.
Of course, we solved the puzzle while we were indulging in the bottomless prosecco and sandwiches.
I had the vegetarian menu with a selection of sandwiches, and this included cucumber and cream cheese, cheese, tomato and mozarella on pretzel bun (salmon for those non-vegetarians), a cream avocado choux bun, and a feta and pepper quiche. My favourite was the quiche as it was full of flavour.
Next up was the scone, which was served with jam and clotted cream. The scone was a little bit too dry for my taste.
To complete, there was a ginger and orange choux bun, a caramel breton, and a pumpkin tart. The pumpkin tart was my favourite. There was also the fourth sweet dessert in the locked box.
We also could order our own choice of tea with Earl Grey, breakfast, lemongrass, and green tea.
After the afternoon tea was finished, we went to play a couple of games that they had in the bar area. Solving one of the puzzles would give us 5% off of the bar bill, so we did this.
We ordered a couple of drinks. I had the Watson's Remarkabl Remdy cocktail - tequila, pineapple juice, mango, bitters, and a choice of a red or blue antidote. I selected red. My friend had the Moriarty's Bitter Revenge with cherry syrup, Campari, cranberry, and bitters.
I also tried to special mystery cocktail where the cocktail became free if I could write down all fiv flavours. I guessed two correctly and was close on a third, but it was not meant to be.
Overall, I enjoyed the experience and would like to visit again to do the escape room experience.
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