TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF BOOKING

Afternoon Tea at Almondine is by booking only, and is available Tuesday to Sunday’s from 12 til 3pm. To secure a booking we require a deposit of £10 per person. When using a gift voucher - please select ‘Afternoon Tea With Voucher’. Card details are stored and will only be charged in the event of a no show or late cancellation. Please note, to amend or cancel a booking a minimum of 48 hours notice is required to do so. We cannot accept responsibility due to illness or weather conditions. Failure to give sufficient notice will result in deposits being withheld. To amend/cancel a booking please email us at info@almondine.co.uk - we do not take cancellations through our social media channels.

Afternoon Tea is a set menu. Unfortunately we are unable to offer a vegetarian, vegan, gluten, nut free or dairy free option for our Afternoon Teas. We specialise in French Patisserie and many of our products do contain gelatine, we pride ourselves on the quality of our patisserie and this is an element which cannot be substituted.

For all allergies and dietary requirements please let us know in the booking comments box when booking your table as these must be communicated at the time of booking. We do not offer a children’s menu so please ensure you only book for the amount of Afternoon Tea sets you would like and then write a note in the additional comments box that you require space for a child at the table also.

It is the responsibility of the customer to enquire as to the terms and conditions of booking at Almondine, we cannot accept responsibility for amended bookings or cancellations that are made within the 48 hour notice period. We cannot accept responsibility for illness or weather conditions.

 

MORNING COFFEE

At Almondine we take morning coffee bookings everyday from 10am. We respectfully ask that your table is vacated by 11.30am. 

AFTERNOON TEA

With a selection of freshly cut sandwiches, warm savouries, scones and preserves, patisserie miniatures, tea and coffee. Served from 12 midday Tuesday to Sunday. Online pre-booking is required.
£27.00 per person

Current Patisserie Miniatures Menu is a set menu and consists of the following:

- Gingerbread & Pineapple Petit Gateaux
- Pear & Butterscotch Verrine
- Chocolate & Hazelnut Macaron

- Filled croissants with cheddar and plum chutney

- Gougère with a truffle and béchamel sauce

- Selection of traditional hand cut sandwiches 

- Plain scone with clotted cream and preserve

The quintessentially British tradition of Afternoon Tea is said to have been invented in 1840 by Anna Russell, the seventh Duchess of Bedford. Quite often the Duchess would become hungry around 4 o’clock and would have a long wait for dinner to be served at 8pm. She began to request bread & butter, tea and cakes to be brought to her room late afternoon. This became a regular habit and she began to invite her friends over to join her. Thus the experience of ‘Afternoon Tea’ was born.

Almondine’s Afternoon Tea is lovingly handmade daily by our team of pastry chefs. We like to keep to tradition and serve an assortment of finger sandwiches, miniature savoury tart, gougere filled with a bechamel sauce, scones with clotted cream & preserves, and the piece de resistance – seasonal patisserie miniatures. The colourful array of cakes are served on our fine, duck-egg blue china and copious amounts of tea and coffee can be enjoyed.

EVENING BOOKINGS (Saturday's only after 5pm)

Evening table bookings are available on Saturday's only from 5pm (cafe closes at 8pm). Serving tea/coffee, wines and cocktails and some evening light bites including:

- Continental cured meats and cheese platter for two people sharing - £18

- Baked camembert with freshly baked bread (for sharing...or not!) - £12

- Bread and oils - £6.00



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