Afternoon Tea with Bubbly for Two

Celebrate a quintessentially British past-time with a modern twist and indulge in a spot of Afternoon Tea with Bubbly for Two.

Afternoon tea has been a British institution since Anna Maria Russell - the seventh Duchess of Bedford - asked her footman to bring her a pot of tea with light refreshment one afternoon in 1840. The ritual caught on and afternoon tea became the corner stone of high society dining. These days taking tea as a light afternoon meal has become much more accessible, without losing a crumb of its wonderful charm.

This experience offers you and a guest the opportunity to indulge in a sumptuous selection of sweet and savoury treats with tea and bubbly in some of the most lavish hotels and tea rooms in the country. With a wide selection of carefully hand-picked afternoon tea locations to choose from, there’s a venue to please all for any occasion. Whether you’re looking for an elegant country manor house or a trendy boutique city hotel to enjoy a stylish and sophisticated dining experience, or for a more relaxed and contemporary affair, maybe a homely independent tearoom is more your thing. Wherever you choose, you are spoilt for afternoon tea locations to pick from.

Your afternoon tea may vary slightly depending on which location you have chosen. You could be treated to a pleasing array of freshly made finger sandwiches, yummy scones served with cream and jam, or even something quite unique like a trio of burgers. At most locations, you will also enjoy a choice of mouth-watering cakes or pastries and most importantly, accompanied with an elegant glass of either fizz or sparkling wine.

Whether you are celebrating or simply relaxing, this is the perfect way to spend an afternoon.

• When can I go?

  This experience is available Monday to Sunday, throughout the year, depending on location.

• How long will my experience last?

  Your experience will generally last for 2 hours.

• How many people is this experience for?

  This experience is for two people, there may be other people there on the day.

• What else do I need to know?

  • The minimum age for this experience is 18 years old.

  • If you have any dietary requirements, please notify the venue on booking.

  • This is for a voucher entitling the holder to any of the activities supplied by Activity Superstore up to the value stated.

• How will I receive my gift experience voucher?

  On the basket page, you can select from the following delivery options:

  • eVoucher: within 15 minutes ( Free ) 
  • eVoucher: direct to recipient on a specific date ( Free ) 
  • Royal Mail 1st class: 3-5 working days ( £2.99 ) 
  • Special Delivery: Next Day when ordered before 2pm Monday to Friday ( £7.99 ) 

• Disappointing

  Aliweb - verified purchaser

  No I do not recommend this product

  9/11/2020

  Not value for money for 3 small finger sandwiches 1scone and jam and 2 very small pieces of cake and prosecco. Not what I expected at all.

  When did your experience take place? September 8th 2020

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? BrookCountry house Edinburgh

  • Response from Activity Superstore

    Grace - Supplier Team

    Thank you for your review, I'm very sorry to hear that you did not enjoy yourself. Afternoon Tea is one of our most popular experiences and we only expect the best from every supplier that we work with, so I can only apologise on behalf of the location if you felt it did not meet your expectations. When you chose the Brooks Country House venue, it does give you an overview of what you will receive in the activity information and it does match your explanation. I'm very sorry if you did miss this information or it was not clear, however you did receive everything that was promised. I will pass on your feedback to the venue to be looked into. Thank you for your feedback.

• Modifiedmilk - verified purchaser

  Yes I recommend this product

  3/30/2020

  I wanted to spend my voucher on afternoon tea. I choose this particular venue due to my current location having never heard of it before. Easy to arrange and book a date. We were greeted pleasantly and seated. A drinks menu of the range of teas already on the table which I thought was a nice touch. We ordered our teas and waited for our food to arrive. Lovely sandwiches, very nice warm scones but could have had more preserves for two of us and nice cakes. We had prosecco as part of the voucher which made it that bit more special. My only gripe that I could say about this afternoon tea was that we were only offered one tea. Once staff delivered your food you didnt see them again unless they cleared your table. I have been to other afternoon teas and was topped up or asked if I needed another tea. It wasnt clear if I could have had another anyway but as we had prosecco, we were adequately hydrated.

  When did your experience take place? February

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Number Twelve

• We booked it in 2 days time and that was good.

  Palam - verified purchaser

  Yes I recommend this product

  2/11/2020

  We mentioned the day we chose was our wedding anniversary and that info didn't reach to the venue. The snacks were alright and the bubbly was average.

  When did your experience take place? 29/01/2020

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Hilton Bloomsbury

• Disappointing

  CS61 - verified purchaser

  No I do not recommend this product

  2/9/2020

  This was a long-overdue Valentine's Day treat which we ended up taking on the day the voucher ran out because, despite the Activity Superstore literature promises we found it very hard to find a location which we wanted to visit - most of them do not seem to be in towns - hence ending up at the Chimneys Hotel, Sandbach, a hotel just off the M6. The staff were lovely and very welcoming however the overall experience was disappointing. The room was large and more suited to functions such as weddings or mid-week breakfasts for business people. We were the only ones in it. The tea was sliced bread sandwiches, from-a-packet biscuits and cakes and only one choice of tea; although there was no problem with re-filling the pot when we asked.

  When did your experience take place? 1-2-20

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? The Chimneys Hotel, Sandbach

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  • Response from Activity Superstore

    Grace - Supplier Co-Ordinator

    Thank you for your feedback. I am pleased to hear that you managed to book and take your experience before the 12 month validity had ended. Afternoon Tea's are one of our most popular experiences and each venue will offer you something different in terms of refreshments. I am disappointed to hear that this experience didn't impress you and the refreshments you were served were shop brought. I will pass your comments on to The Chimneys Hotel. Thank you for your review.

• Average

  Not impressed 12 - verified purchaser

  No I do not recommend this product

  1/11/2020

  Food was average, nice decor, one pot of tea with teabag for 2, when asked for more tea ( another teabag) was told this wasn’t included in voucher .

  When did your experience take place? November

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Bloomsbury

• Friendly staff also willing to change things to su

  Pod69 - verified purchaser

  Yes I recommend this product

  1/7/2020

  When did your experience take place? October

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Can not remember as was a gift

• Dry and plain

  Teatwo - verified purchaser

  No I do not recommend this product

  12/21/2019

  If I had paid for this afternoon tea I would have complained about it on the day. Firstly the place was absolutely freezing; we had to keep our coats on it was so cold. The afternoon tea itself was dry and plain; in particular the sandwiches which were ham, tuna and egg. There was no pickle/chutney/mustard/cucumber/mayo or anything to add any interest or moisture to the dry bread and filling at all. The scones were similarly dry and the cakes over-sweet.

  When did your experience take place? November 22nd

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Chimney house hotel

  • Response from Activity Superstore

    Grace - Supplier Team

    Thank you for your review of the Afternoon Tea with Bubbly that you chose to take at Chimney House Hotel. I'm sorry to hear that the venue that you attended was cold, I'm sure if you had mentioned that to the staff they would have tried to accommodate you, however I can imagine that this did not start your experience off well. In regards to the food that you were presented, I can only apologise on behalf of the venue that the food was not up to standard on the day and I shall be passing your comments over to them. Thank you again for your comments.

• Disappointed

  Flossie12 - verified purchaser

  No I do not recommend this product

  11/25/2019

  The room had no atmosphere. We were given a choice of only 2 kinds of tea. The sandwiches were boring and the cakes did not tempt us. We received no further service or a farewell from the staff.

  When did your experience take place? September

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Doubletree by Hilton

• nothing special

  oldlady - verified purchaser

  No I do not recommend this product

  9/20/2019

  unfortunately it was a mediocre affair. The food lacked any imagination

  When did your experience take place? 29/08/2019

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? The chimneys hotel

• Lack of service and appalling afternoon tea

  Donzo - verified purchaser

  No I do not recommend this product

  9/15/2019

  On arrival the receptionist said sit at any table and someone will see to you. After 20 minutes we had to find someone as they weren’t coming to us. The food arrived and it was not what I expect from an afternoon tea. The cakes were 3 tiny cakes which were clearly out of a Iceland type frozen cake pack (small frozen eclair etc). My mum was brought a mug of coffee as they were waiting for the machine to warm up before bringing out the afternoon tea coffee in the cups but it never arrived. I could go on...appalling. Do not go! This is not an afternoon tea experience!

  When did your experience take place? August 2019

  What was the name of the venue where your experience took place? Mollington Banastre Hotel & Spa - C

  • Response from Activity Superstore

    Tilly - Supplier Co-ordinator

    Thank you for your review. I would firstly like to apologise that you were not seen to by staff when you arrived at your experience. This is not the standard of service we expect for customers and I will be sure to take this up with the venue in question. Our afternoon tea experience is one of our best sellers and we are always concerned when we receive negative feedback regarding it. I will pass your comments on to the relevant department and be sure to look into them and work on improving our offers.