Afternoon Tea?

Fancy Afternoon Tea?

If you fancy dressing up posh and going for Afternoon Tea then Branston Hall in Lincoln is the place to go.

Driving up the long, winding road the opening shows an old hall, with grand doors and a very elegant feel about it.

The door to the hall was opened for us and the staff was very welcoming. We were shown to the pink lounge where they hold the afternoon tea.

The lounge certainly was pink and the furniture was stylish, old fashioned but somehow it worked.  The view was beautiful, looking out onto the lake and the large grounds surrounding the hall itself.

We were brought our tea to share and each had a cream porcelain cup and saucer and not only did we have milk but we had the option of cream as well! This was only the start of the naughtiness!

After about five minutes they brought out our food on a tiered stand, with finger sandwiches, with the crusts cut off on a side tray.  The options of sandwiches were tuna mayonnaise with cucumber and cheese and tomato with delicious sweet onion chutney.

To start with, although the food looked scrumptious, it didn’t look like there was very much, how we were wrong!

After sandwiches with our tea, the four of us started on the array of cakes that were on the stand.  There was a very gooey chocolaty brownie which you certainly needed no more than a finger slice of.  

Next, I tried the tiny lemon curd which was in a buttery pastry and was extremely rich.

A cake which we all loved was some kind of moist plum bread which had carrot and lots of nuts in it.  One of my companions even spread butter on this cake saying “I’m having afternoon tea, s it’s allowed”.  I’m sure she will have suffered later on!

The final cake that was on our tier of food was the piece de resistance, the scone.

A scone is the perfect accompaniment for tea and the desire for a scone is only increased if clotted cream and strawberry jam are available as well.

We had it all for £8.95 and it was very worth its money.  Branston Hall provided a beautiful setting, lovely tea, delicious homemade food and comfortable furniture.

4 cups from me!

Branston Hall Hotel
Branston, Lincoln
England LN4 1PD, UK

01522 793305

www.branstonhall.com