Afternoon Tea -- Where to Go?

[Anonymous]

Where in the DMV can I get the afternoon tea experience? Traditional Brit style preferred, bonus points if you know of a place that serves cream tea with scones served with actual clotted cream...

[Anonymous]

The Peacock Alley at the Willard.

[Anonymous]

My European husband loves this place in old town
https://www.ladycamellia.com/

[Anonymous]

How many people? Hillwood has a tea for 10 or more.

[Anonymous]

I'm not sure if its traditional British but we love the Willard. We've also done the St. Regis but prefer the Willard. Holiday tea at the Willard is fabulous and I already made my reservations for this year. Get them now!

[Anonymous]

Just so you know OP I have 2 jars of clotted cream in my fridge.
I’m making scones tomorrow.
You can get it at Rodman’s in Rockville ( the one off Nicholson) or Wegmans.

[Anonymous]

Salamander (formerly Mandarin Oriental) by the Wharf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just so you know OP I have 2 jars of clotted cream in my fridge.
I’m making scones tomorrow.
You can get it at Rodman’s in Rockville ( the one off Nicholson) or Wegmans.

OP here. Ooooh, thank you! I will get some tomorrow!

[Anonymous]

OP here! Thanks so much y'all. The Willard has clotted cream! I made a reservation for Sunday, and made one for the week after Christmas as well (the week of was already booked).

[Anonymous]

There’s also a ‘Peacock Alley’ at the Waldorf-Astoria that does tea as well and has clotted cream:

https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/dcawawa-waldorf-astoria-washington-dc/dining/peacock-alley/?htmlMenu2ActiveTab=0

[Anonymous]

OP here, reporting back. Had tea at the Willard today, and it was so nice! Thanks everyone, and a big thank you to the PP who mentioned getting Christmas-time reservations. I'm looking forward to going back and seeing decorations and having seasonal treats!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Peacock Alley at the Willard.

Went there recently and it was terrible. Do not recommend!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, reporting back. Had tea at the Willard today, and it was so nice! Thanks everyone, and a big thank you to the PP who mentioned getting Christmas-time reservations. I'm looking forward to going back and seeing decorations and having seasonal treats!

Ooo, PP, tell us what was served at the tea!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure if its traditional British but we love the Willard. We've also done the St. Regis but prefer the Willard. Holiday tea at the Willard is fabulous and I already made my reservations for this year. Get them now!

OMG thank you for the reminder!! just made mine for xmas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Peacock Alley at the Willard.

Went there recently and it was terrible. Do not recommend!

Really? I'm the OP who was there today. We enjoyed it a lot.

I do admit service wasn't great (they didn't bring cream for the tea and it took me forever to flag someone down to ask for it, and when I asked for it the waiter snottily told me that cream doesn't go with the tea I ordered and I had to show him I'd ordered black tea and then he said "Oh, yes, you can have it with that kind" and went and got it, so yeah, that was super weird and annoying--I think I know whether or not I want cream in my tea). And I was thirsty and drank my water pretty much right after sitting down and they didn't refill it until I was about to leave. So I wasn't crazy about the service, but it certainly wasn't terrible. The scones were fantastic, the clotted cream/jams/lemon curd were excellent, the tea sandwiches fine (nothing to write home about) and the dessert pastries fine (again nothing to write home about).