To A Tea | The Liberty Cafe
If you
you may have noticed I have a *slight* obsession
for London's department store, Liberty.
And of course, when I say "slight obsession"
I actually mean,
"I want to lick the floors of it and caress every single item inside its walls."
After a long time of forgetting to try out
I decided it was time to for two of my life's great loves
(tea & Liberty)
to merge.
I have to say...
I was slightly underwhelmed.
Let's walk through my time there.
Location:
Hard to find in the store
(on the second floor in a room to the side).
The room itself is fairly plain
with a good dose of subtle quirks
that are oh-so-Liberty.
Food:
It was... meh,
and it wasn't cheap.
I ordered lunch
followed by a cream tea.
After all, this was research
and I had to get a good sampling.
Let's start with the Cream Tea
since this is a series on tea rooms in London.
The scones were dense.
After I polished off the first,
I actually kinda dreaded having to work through the second.
Which is not a normal feeling.
{Plus, they weren't fresh or warm.}
And it was £10.50...
which makes is one of the more expensive cream teas
I can ever recall seeing listed on a menu in the UK.
The goats cheese, caramelised onion & asparagus tart was pretty tasty.
On the upside,
it made hitting the end of the summer sale really easy.
In fact,
I walked away with some amazing steals
and it played perfectly into my errands at Oxford Circus.
So, would I go back?
Sure,
but maybe just for a drink
or a light nibble.
I wouldn't save up a tasty meal for it...
or splurge on my souvenir tea time there.
Have you been?
Did you have a better experience?
(I really do hope so! I would love to think I experienced an off day.)
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Not your cup of tea?
Check out some of my other tea times
at some of London's finest places on Aspiring Kennedy.
Fortnum & Mason | The Ampersand Hotel | Cocomaya | The Orangery | V&A
Primrose Bakery | Bea's of Bloomsbury
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