The Ritz London

Lovely stay here for a special night away. It is beautiful - old style glamour with lovely service from all staff who are friendly. The restaurant is a lovely room and there are nice areas for coffee. Bar also super.

I do believe that any food lover should once in life experience what The Ritz is offering. I went with a friend, make sure you book a table in advance. There is a dress code, male can not entrance the restaurant without a tie. We have been seated with all the honours. The food is tasty and well presented. You can really travel back in time. You can choose a glass of champagne from the champagne trolly. Quality of products is up to standards. The service is professional and extremely polite. This is the place for a very special occasion. Of course the down side will be the price but as I did mention before.

Came here for my 21st birthday present and everything was amazing !! Would definitely recommend this. Catering for my gran who was a vegetarian was also, a plus side. The atmosphere was most enjoyable and the service was excellent. I can’t fault tea the ritz for afternoon tea. ��

I visited The Ritz for afternoon tea on a Monday after having booking it 4 months in advance. I have already tried afternoon tea at The Dorchester so was eager to see how the 2 compare. The setting was beautiful, bright and comfortable. We started off choosing our tea and asked for some tap water for the table. The tea arrived, was placed on the table and our waiter rushed off without having given us water. I expected the tea to be poured for us as this was the treatment we received at The Dorchester but this didn't seem to be the case here. Our waiter came back with our sandwiches which turned out to have the wrong plate as I was a vegetarian. This was quickly rectified. Still no water. The food was delicious and our first course was swiftly followed by fresh-out-of-the-oven scones. We asked again for more water, the waiter offered us ice and lemon with that but we were let down again. By this point we were stuffed but that didn't stop me trying something from the cake trolley to finish off. Overall, the food was delicious but the service let me down a little. Having gone to The Dorchester where we were assigned 1 waiter for the entirety of our time who did everything for us including pouring our tea, I found we were maybe a little spoiled but nonetheless it added to the experience. Also both settings were fabulous but layout of The Dorchester offers a little bit more privacy between tables unlike The Ritz where it is completely open and the tables are quite close together. If recommending 1 out of the 2, I would say go with The Dorchester.

Having been fortunate to have had afternoon tea here several times before it was the logical place to arrange a surprise celebration for my niece's 40th. The afternoon tea is delightful. An amazing selection of beautiful teas to choose from or filter coffee should you not be a tea lover. The sandwiches were lovely and fresh and made with a variety of different breads. These were replenished speedily once we had finished our first round. The freshly made warm plain and fruit scones were divine and before we had a chance to move onto the beautiful fancy cakes along came a cake trolley with the most gorgeous chocolate torte and an apple cake to add to our delights. All of this was topped off by the beautiful chocolate and hazelnut birthday cake we had ordered. It was a work of art in itself. The building itself is iconic. It's not selling itself as anything new or hip or trendy. It is, quite simply, The Ritz and it is amazing. The staff and the service we encountered are incredible and really you are paying for that and the experience as much as, if not more than, the actual food itself. It's so lovely in these days of stressful and busy lives to be able to go somewhere and feel like you have stepped back into a gentler more genteel age, even if only for an afternoon. We all of us loved our time there and it certainly won't be our last visit.