Afternoon Tea at Parker's Tavern

I had heard nothing but great reviews about Parkers Tavern and was very excited and had been wanting to go here for afternoon tea for a long time now. The perfect opportunity finally came and it was my baby shower with my family who had all visited from 200 miles away. Upon arrival we waited for about 6 minutes to be taken to our table. Our initial waitress was great but her shift ended soon after she took our order. From then on, it was disaster after disaster. Firstly, the table service was appalling, we were not attended to despite being promised to check in on top drinks and sandwiches... we had to call the waitress for follow up service. Sandwiches felt a little stale which we were happy to overlook if we had good table service and experience. After only being seated for 1.5 hours and we hadn't even finsihed our food they began to clear our table and bring us boxes to pack left over cakes. We felt rushed and it became apparent this was because they needed the table. We were not informed of this upon booking nor was it mentioned when confirming the booking 30 minutes before we arrived.

Upon booking my sister in law also confirmed that there would be some sort of aknowledgement/ arrangement regarding it being my baby shower which they confirmed. This never happened. After we paid, i expressed my disappointment with the service and explained it was my baby shower at which point we got moved to the library to another table for some drinks. Whilst we were having drinks, a waitress came over with 2 plates to say "is it someone's birthday today".. no... then "someone celebrating an anniversary"... no. This was very embarrassing! She placed the plates on the table and said "ohhh, well please enjoy the truffle chocolates" and left. No apology, nothing! It was not a great experience.

Very disappointing Afternoon Tea. Unexciting sandwiches with ordinary cakes. The service was almost non existent. We had to seek out staff for coffee/tea refills. At £81 (including service charge for no service) we expected so much more.

Thanks to Charlotte...it was lovely!!!!

(Translated by Google) Ideal for those who want to experience the traditional English tea, or traditional Sunday lunch in Great Britain "Sunday Roast". Requires advance reservation. Excellent service and quite an experience. Fair price.

(Original)
Ideal para quienes deseen experiencia del tradicional té inglés, o bien tradicional almuerzo de los domingos en la Gran Bretaña “Sunday Roast “. Requiere reservación anticipada. Excelente Servicio y toda una experiencia. Precio justo.