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Dalloway Terrace

JTust a stroll from the British Museum, and in the heart of Bloomsbury, Dalloway errace at the Bloomsbury Hotel is a lovely place to enjoy a traditional afternoon tea. The terrace is named in honour of Virginia Woolf and her best-known novel, Mrs Dalloway, which was published in 1925 whilst the author was living nearby at 52 Tavistock Square. Inside, the hotel itself is evocative of the era when Woolf and her fellow artists and writers, all members of the ‘Bloomsbury Set’, lived and worked in the area.

The inside-outside terrace is like being out-of-doors, but without the risks. It’s an all-seasons terrace, serving all-day food as well as afternoon tea, and is lush with greenery, warmed by the sun in summer, fully protected from rain, and equipped with heaters and lovely, cosy rugs for cooler days. Come Christmas, it gets transformed into a winter wonderland. Given that you are not far from the bustle of Oxford Street, this is an oasis of calm in the heart of London, and a very good place to rest awhile.

Your tiered cake stand is delivered with four kinds of sandwiches, each on a different artisan bread. Think tomato, beetroot, ‘pain de mie’, and multigrain, and by all means ask for more. Freshly baked buttermilk scones served with clotted cream and homemade preserves follow, and then come the sweet treats, with a nice mix of patisserie and miniature cakes to tickle the taste buds. Rare Tea Company supplies the leaf tea here, with something to suit everyone, from black, white, and green teas to caffeine-free herbal infusions. The lemon verbena from Provence makes a wonderful digestive, whilst the second flush Muscatel Darjeeling is highly fragrant with a heady floral aroma and soft notes of muscatel grapes.

ADDRESS: 16–22 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3NN

TEL: +44 (0)20 7347 1221

EMAIL: info@dallowayterrace.com

WEB: www.dallowayterrace.com

OFFERS: see www.afternoontea.co.uk/uk/london

AFTERNOON TEA SERVED: daily 12.00pm–4.00pm

SET TEAS: traditional, with sparkling and champagne options. Seasonal special menus available.

NEAREST UNDERGROUND STATIONS: Tottenham Court Road

PLACES OF INTEREST NEARBY: British Museum, Oxford Street, Charing Cross Road, Cartoon Museum