Afternoon Tea at Sketch London

Sep 26

Written By Erica Taylor

Spending the Afternoon at Sketch London

all you need to know

ENTRANCE

Reservations strongly required (secured by payment)
Dress code: Art smart (their words, not mine) “We ask our guests to dress with a sense of style and character.” Shorts are not permitted.
Your table is reserved for exactly 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Sketch has four areas of the restaurant that you can book a reservations for; The Gallery, The Parlour, The Glade, and The Library.

RESTAURANT DECOR

POSH PRETTY IN PINK

“CLINK CLINK”

Sketch boasts a comfortable relaxed atmosphere. The space is classy and yet playful. The plush velvet seating, soft lighting, mixed metals and pops of color just work! The perfect setting to the soundtrack of champagne corks popping off their bottles, glasses clinking, and exciting chatter. Dont walk, run here!

AMBIANCE

*Every tea group on the menu is served with champagne. And they make a fabulous show of it!*

*“The Champagne Life”*

The gallery is very pretty. It’s the perfect place for fashionistas.
Female staff are dressed in fun Jacquard dresses with matching headpieces. The gentlemen are dressed in black tie with cufflinks and slick hair to match:)
The waiters know how to serve you, offering a luxury experience.

ON THE TABLE

the menu

CHILDREN’S HIGH TEA

*Little girls, little sandwiches , little treats, & little bears, oh my!*

Sparkling Grape Juice

Ham & Cheese Sandwich
Truffle Brioche Bun
Egg Gougére
Jam Penny Sandwich
Chicken Sandwich
Blackberry Marshmallow
Chocolate Choux
Orange Tart
Citrus Biscuit

“Years on…not just a sketched afternoon tea, more like a sketch tea ritual, a ceremony in many acts, at the helm of our pink routine there is:”

first course

THE TEA MASTER

For the first course you select a pot of tea from an array of collections. You have the option to pick from Herbal/Floral, Oolong, Black or Green. On the menu they specify the different brewing times for each tea. Of course I went for matcha.

Sorry I didn’t get many photos :(

COCKTAILS

HOTLINE BLING
Tanqueray Gin, Aperol, Blood Orange puree, lemon, cinnamon syrup

MANGO TANGO
Mango, lime, grenadine & honey syrup, oak smoke droplets Prosecco

second course

THE CAVIAR MAN

EGGS AND SOLDIERS

Ohhh We Fancy Huh!?

For the first course a man in a pink suit approaches each table as the Caviar Connoisseur. We were given mother of pearl spoons with a serving of caviar. (The Caviar is served on a mother of pearl spoon as stainless steel tarnishes the taste.) Placed in front of us was the dish called “Eggs & Soldiers.” A dish with warm toast strips and and a semi cooked egg and cheese mixture. We were told to enjoy some caviar on a bit of warm toast then dip it inside the egg pudding. The taste was superb!

TASTY TIER

third course

SANDWICHES

Assorted Sandwiches

Egg Gougére

Coronation Chicken

Cucumber & Asparagus

Salmon & Ricotta

Truffle Brioche Bun

CAKES FROM THE TROLLY

Desserts

Orange & Pistachio Globe
Peach and Verbena Cheesecake
Mara de Bois Battenberg
Blackberry Marshmallow
Chocolate Choux

We ended up boxing our cake slice to-go for enjoyment later.

BATHROOMS

The bathroom looked like something out of Jurassic Park. There’s a pink door that leads to an all white led staircase and on top are toilet pods. The restrooms were amazing, super clean with lots of Diptique candles.

Sketch was such a fun food experience. I especially enjoyed the champagne & cocktails. The food was was bite sized but packed with flavor. I can’t wait to come back and try the other three tea rooms.

Hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading :)

-J.

Erica Taylor