Lady Gray’s Hidden Tea Room

The Hidden Tea Room is the best of the «domestic» underground restaurants I have been to and it is because she has got her concept right; high tea. Brilliant. Simple, and easy to maintain the quality.
A Time Out review has meant that getting a booking for this place is more than a little tricky these days but I ended up there a month ago with two friends and had a great afternoon.
As you find yourself in the front room, nestled around a table that touches every corner of the room you don’t forget for one second this is not a restaurant and that is part of its beauty. The service, the surroundings, the food are all at a tangent of your «normal» experience. I mean, we even spoke to the people sitting opposite.
The effort Lady Gray and her husband took to relax, feed and stuff you were laudable. The champagne to start was, well champagne. The cheese biscuits to go with it were the highlight.
The rest of the cream tea was good, not grand Hotel good, but good. Where they really stood out was on the teas, a selection of 10s and with each person getting their own little teapot.
All you can do when you meet such nice people as Lady Gray and her husband is wish them well and thank them for a great experience.
Price — £25 a head with all the tea you want