Afternoon tea, the good the bad and the ugly!!

I like to consider myself a bit of an expert when it comes to afternoon tea! Its one of my guilty pleasures, I love it even more with a glass of bubbly!

Anyway I thought I would give you a little insight on some of the afternoon teas I have tried and tested on board.

I’m going to start with in my opinion the ugly! I love the ship and had no problems any where on board and the food everywhere else was fantastic but Ventura your afternoon tea was a disappointment! I was on board back in June and I was pretty disappointed with the whole afternoon tea experience. It took place in the main dining room, the service seemed rushed but the worst thing was the food. The sandwiches were dry, small selection of cakes tasted funny!!  and the scones were as flat as pancakes. Come on P&O pull your finger out you know us Brits like a good bit of cake and a cuppa!!

Next on my list I wouldn’t say it was bad however it certainly didn’t exceed my expectations (maybe they were a little too high?) Back in August I headed off to South Queensferry just outside of Edinburgh for an afternoon on the Queen Elizabeth. The atmosphere was fantastic. Afternoon tea is served in the Queens room, there was a harpist playing and the staff were all with their white gloves on but…. where was the cake stand?? There wasn’t one!!! So we have a little hiccup maybe they had just forgotten about us? No they don’t have any so the waiters bring round trays of sandwiches and cakes and you chose what you would like the downside with this was that I saw someone on another table get something which I would have liked to have tried but when they came to me there was nothing left. Opinion on Queen Elizabeth it was nice but with a few changes it could be great.

Now onto my favourite and in my opinion one of the best afternoon teas I have experienced. Top marks go to Azamara. It was a couple of years ago I was on board Azamara Journey but I have been reliably informed it hasn’t changed and is still as good!

Off we headed to the speciality restaurant Aqualina we were taken to our table whilst a harpist played in the background. There was a huge choice of teas to choose from and then the waiter brought over two full cake stands between four of us. Everything was really tasty and when we managed to empty both cake stands the waiter brought over another!

I really loved my afternoon tea on Azamara!