Number Twelve

Had a lovely proper English tea, using the Travelzoo deal for £29 for two. Included a pimms or champagne. Attentive service, wonderful selection of teas and a lovely tray of pastries and sandwiches.

There is a small terrace out front of Number 12 but it was genuinely too hot to sit outside and wasn’t particularly shaded so we were pretty happy when we were seated inside. Our deal this time round was afternoon tea for two including a glass of pimms each but I was pleasantly surprised to be given the option between pimms and prosecco because to be honest I’m not a huge fan of pimms.
Out afternoon tea platter arrived looking exactly as an afternoon tea platter should with a nice selection of cakes and scones, a separate plate of sandwiches and at least two of everything.
The sandwiches were a little different with pickled cucumber sherry vinegar and black pepper and salt beef, English mustard and watercress among their number but they were all incredibly bland. Even the smoked salmon number which is usually my favourite.
The scones were the best part although not warm. There was a choice of strawberry or raspberry jam and plenty of clotted cream to keep us both happy but this was flagging slightly in the heat of the day.
Sadly the cakes weren’t explained to us by the staff so I’m not completely certain as to what was on offer but there was a mini fruit tart who’s filling was suffering from the same fate as the clotted cream, a slice of fruit cake (blergh), a madeleine and a square of cake that tasted pretty good but we’re still not entirely sure what it was! There honestly isn’t really anything positive I can think to say about these cakes, they were below average in quality and very disappointing.

You know those restaurants which are priced slightly above average, but the food portions that come out are rather small, but then it turns out the the quality of the food is sublime?
That’s Number Twelve.
I was a little confused that everyone around me seemed to be eating ‘Dinner for One’, until my friend told me it was likely because of the hotel across the street.
Number Twelve has a bit of that hotel restaurant feel to it, but at the same time, the service is attentive and very polite, and the quality of the food is brilliant.
I got the smoked salmon for a starter which was both beautifully presented, and great on the palate, before the main course of a prime fillet of beef with chips and hollandaise sauce. The fillet looked small when it arrived, but it tasted very good — flavoursome and nicely cooked. The lemon tart for dessert was okay as far as desserts go — I wasn’t particularly in love with it; it just wasn’t anything memorable.
I’d used my tastecard to book the meal, and there was no fuss around this — the bill came with the discount applied and we went away having had a lovely meal.

Recently went for afternoon tea with my friend. Normally quite a pricey place to go for afternoon tea, a deal came up and I snapped it up.
We were greeted on arrival with a glass of champage and some dusted strawberries. This was shortly followed by a selection of sandwiches and a beautiful tier of delicious cakes. They then offered us a selection of teas. I chose the Mango, not normally a fan of flavoured teas it was delicious and refreshing.
Definitely good value for money on the deal we had and left feeling full and satisfied.

I was invited to a meal at this Resturant and was impressed. The staff were extremely attentive and helpful. The food was to die for. I highly recommend the chicken liver pâté followed by the steak. Enjoy…

Schönes Design, klasse Essen zum fairen Preis. Die Qualität vom Fleisch war Super mit passenden Wein. Könnte voller sein.