dean street townhouse

this place having one pros and one cons and the pros is the service is very good and ambiance is very nice and one cons is that food item need a small brief prices are ok some a little on the high side
p.s don't forget to order fruit salad or grapefruit on the side do come and try there fabulous highteaand don't forget to try matcha latte

dean street town house is pure class, from the doorway to the bathrooms! the staff and service are perfect. there breakfast and highteamenu is sublime! we love that you can order fruit salad and grapefruit for breakfast and not just one or the other. you want eggs and bacon? no worries. you want full english? no worries. you want salmon and spinach? no worries. dsth also do a cracker matcha latte it is lovely. there are so many lovely teas to choose from on the menu as well, and they offer you honey as sweetener if you want it instead of sugar! dsth also give you such generous servings! and so much toast!!! toast you say? yes sir, 4-6 slices instead of 2!!! plus you can choose your bread?!? they don’t put the toast on the plate so it doesn’t go soggy - amazing. also they bring out jam, butter, honey with the cute little sliver toast platter holder, if you didn’t want to eat it with your eggs?! we know it sounds like a dream come true and that’s because it is!

tip: do order the full english - it’s grand. don’t forget to order fruit salad or grapefruit on the side. do come and try their fabulous high tea! don’t forget your matcha latte!

we went there for a brunch on a sunday. we've booked a table intearoom but we end up in the common room. we've ordered eggs royale and a freshly squeezed orange juice. the eggs were absolutely amazing but the portion was really small. the juice was really awful very bitter and no orange flavour at all. in the end we've paid almost £20 each which i think it was definitely not a good value for the money.

afternoonteain london is showing no signs of disappearing, new twists are added all the time. there’s one for men (up our street), themed ones, route master ones, burger ones (surprised that took so long).

in case you’re wondering, the top 10 in london named by opentable are:

1) fortnum & mason diamond jubileeteasalon
2) the savoy, thames foyer
3) the orangery at kensington palace
4) palm court at the langham hotel
5) the delaunay
6) the criterion
7) fortnum & mason fountain restaurant
8) the wolseley
9) berners tavern
10) dean street townhouse

we popped down to dean street townhouse to try theirs, mainly because it’s somewhere that i’ve wanted to go for years and haven’t got round to it. plus we like an underdog (they came in at number ten on the above list). the option of mixing and matching with their highteamenu which sounded ideal to us too. on a lazy sunny sunday afternoon the place was packed, seems a spot inside the georgian townhouse is more appealing than a spot outside in the sunshine.

decor is rather ‘establishment’ or old school private members club mixed with the vibe of joe allen’s in covent garden. table setting is fairly formal, crisp white linen and sparkling glassware, but the atmosphere is relaxed. loved all the painting and artwork on display, if you run out of conversation (like the couple opposite) you can always admire what’s hanging on the wall. we perched at the bar sipping cocktails whilst waiting for our table (we were 15 minutes early – but any excuse for a cocktail). a fiery long soho mule (£10) for me and a griffin sidecar (£10) for him.

you gotta roll with it (this is the second time today i’ve written this caption)

we decided to share one townhousetea(£19.50) between the two of us as – finger sandwiches (salmon & cream cheese, egg mayonnaise and ham and mustard) scones with jam and clotted cream, a selection of fancy cakes andteaof our choice. first up was the items chosen from the highteamenu – a magnificent sausage roll (£6) served with a dollop of ketchup on the side of the plate and perfect scotch duck egg (£7.50) sat atop a creamy chive mayonnaise.

then the afternoonteaarrived, i was already worried about how we were going to get through it all, we’d popped into smoking goat earlier (another place on our list). we saw on instagram that they were testing a new dish and giving it away for free, we went along ended up ordering too many other dishes, great marketing, very clever.

anyway back to my bloated belly, i hate wasted food so hatched a plan to save a couple of slices of sausage roll for a homeless woman we saw just up the street, sadly she was no longer there by the time we got out.

often there can be restrictions on afternoon tea, it has to be for a minimum of two people etc etc. the townhouseteais flexible, we liked that. although as everything comes in threes these days (apparently it’s proven to look better aesthetically) we had to split sandwiches and cakes.

the only disappointment was the macaron which was hard and hollow. the waiter swapped it for a couple of fresh ones which were marginally better but still not quite right. the choice ofteais more than enough, all the old favourites are on there, my soothing jasmineteaand ade’s fave lapsang souchong, served in pretty navy ditsy floralteacups.

service was impeccable, our waitress was so efficient and kept a smile on her face, even after a few stroppy requests – yes, from the couple opposite! we were here to test the afternoonteabut i must admit that we had a chronic case of food envy every time a roast dinner with all the trimmings went by.

ade very nearly ordered a mac and cheese because they looked and smelt so good, but even his expandable belly was full to bursting. as well as the fab main menu and expertly made cocktails, dean street townhouse has 39 stunning bedrooms in which to stay, ideal after all that food. so off we went to try to find somewhere to sit and have another little cheeky cocktail in the sunshine – which is a lot harder than you would expect!

it's considered one of the bestteaplaces in london and i have to say that indeed, offers you a splendid experience.
the fresh scones and delicious clotted cream with a niceteain the beautiful ceramic and a great ambiance around makes everything very comfortable and relaxing.
i would recommend this place to all my friends.

i went for afternoonteaa few weeks ago, and although some of the cakes and pastries were excellent (particularly the dainty battenberg chequerboard and pistachio macaroon), my favourite was the humble scone. these were a near-perfect version - warm with a tender crumb and generous scoops of clotted cream and pots of jams. the sandwiches on the other tiers were the usual soft little crust-less rectangles, with cucumber, ham and smoked salmon fillings. we even snuck in an extra welsh rarebit for a little more savoury.

needless to say, i ate too many scones (slathered in jam and cream) and left in a bit of a sugar daze. i probably needed to sit in their lovely bar for a restorative cocktail to let it pass before leaving to the rainy streets of soho.

their afternoonteais good value at £17.50, compared to the fancier ritz type places at £45+, and as it’s part of the soho house group, it’s typically buzzy most of the day.

booked dst for an afternoonteawith my brother and husband - dainty patisserie was not going to cut it! this was spot on for us.

the success of an afternoonteahinges on a good scone and dst's were great. freshly baked with clotted cream and two preserves. perhaps a little on the big side but that's being very picky.

all the cakes were lovely- the banana and raspberry cupcake was delish (coming from someone who believes cupcakes have no place in an afternoon tea). sandwich fillings could have been bit more generous but the bread was fresh and the presentation was good.

the staff were fine and service was efficient.

all for £17 - in soho. what's to complain about?

afternoontea(i'm capping it up, because it's a thing) at dean street is brilliant. everyone should try it. think of a wintery afternoon spent near a log fire, with cakes, sandwiches, scones, jam and clotted cream. think of the blue porcelain china, the gentle clink of cups on saucers, the steamingteapoured by the politest, more attentive waiters i think i've ever met.