Best Restaurants for Afternoon Tea in West Wickham

This is still my favourite spot in London for Sunday lunch. It offers fantastic food, a great wine list, the best view in London looking over the Thames at St Paul's, and the best staff anywhere in the world. I must say that great credit must go to Antonio, the manager, as you see staff who have stayed for months and years and seem genuinely happy to be working at Swan as part of the team. But I do want to single out Federica, who always greets you with a smile at the front of house and does everything she can to make you feel welcome into the restaurant, as well as Kevin. I took my sister for her birthday last Sunday, and he did absolutely everything to make our lunch memorable. Was fantastically attentive and sensitive, gave us time and space to order, recommended food and wines, bought a special birthday pudding (with candles!) out for my sister, and just looked after us superbly from beginning to end; thank you, Kevin, thank you, Federica, and thank you, Swan! And see you very soon!

I celebrated my birthday with afternoon tea at The Library at County Hall, and it was a lovely experience. From the beginning, all the staff were very attentive, friendly and responsive. They brought out a special birthday dessert with a candle, on the house, and wrote a thoughtful birthday message in a card - which was a lovely surprise and made my birthday special. The sandwiches were fresh and tasty, with different flavours, and the scones were fresh and not too sweet and tasted great with the fresh vegan cream and fresh jam. The other pastries and desserts were amazing, they tasted fresh and light. It was very relaxing sitting there with a view out to the Houses of Parliament and the Thames, and was fairly quiet though I did go on a weekday Thursday so may be busier on weekends. Thanks for a great birthday afternoon tea to all the staff at the Library!

Had a great experience. Our table overlooked Tower Bridge, we were attended to at the right times and given longer than the specified 2 hours at the table. Food was also excellent.

My wife and her 5 girl friends had a wonderful time. A lovely waitress looked after them from start to finish. The food, the service, the ambience, the decor - absolutely everything was superb - everyone loved it.

Because it is not a huge restaurant, I always feel that when I eat here it is more intimate and personal. You are able to have a conversation without it being too noisy and I’ve always found the food to be a good quality. Sometimes the service is slow but generally we always leave the feeling satisfied.