I took my friend to Le Chandelier for a birthday afternoon tea. After 5 minutes of being seated upstairs I had to go down to get menu, there was only 1 couple seated so hardly busy.. staff were chatting, no appology just handed me the menu without a word or eye contact.. then a further 15 minutes with the menu still no one came.. so down stairs again to request our order.. food was prompt but they never came back to ask if all was ok or anything else needed.. so down stairs we went again to order some coffee. 2 hours we were in there and had to go request everything ourselves. The waitresses looked moody and sour faced. I was embarrassed that I'd taken my friend there.. and would tell people to avoid the place. The women were being so moody they forgot to charge us for our double expressos.. a small pleasure for such a negative experience.. and obviously no tip! The food was a visual display of cake and sandwiches which when placed on a 3 tire cake stand does delight but once eaten you realise it isn't all that. A glass of coke is from a small bottle like the ones they use for mixers in expensive bars.. really not impressed with any of it! Spend a little more and go to Claridges or the Ritz... a fab experiece and a life time memory (if they're not your usual haunts)
