What was your experience for high Tea at GF?

[DisOrBust]

Considering this and am wonder what Disers thought. Which "tea" did you order? Any one do the Prince Edwards or Grand tea? How were they? How is the atmosphere?

 

[helenk]

My mother, son and I had the grand tea, very filling. My son and I had earl grey tea but I forget what my mother had. The tea sandwiches were good, the scone with raspberry jam and cream delicious and dessert was very good too. My mother and I had a glass of sparkling wine and my son had sparkling juice. we were truly stuffed, we ate this as a late lunch as we were doing the hoopdedoo at 9:30.
We all enjoyed the atmosphere, you really felt relaxed, you were not rushed it was a nice experience.
My son and I will be in WDW in December and I am would love to fit the tea into our schedule.

 

[amw5g]

It's an afternoon tea, not a high tea. Here is our review from when we ate there for a post-wedding snack with our 8 guests:

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Heather- Buckingham Palace - Our traditional tea sandwiches, scones and jam tarts and an assortment of pastries on request w/ Earl Grey - Four types of tea infused with Oil of Bergamot and a touch of citrus flavoring.
Andrew- Prince Edward's Tea- duck liver en croute, country pate, potted crab crostini and marinated fresh berries, served with a cumberland sauce. Then a fresh baked scone served with fresh Devonshire creamw/ Garden View Bouquet - A unique mixture created by Harney and Sons exclusively for the Garden View Lounge. Glass of Sandeman's Founders Reserve Port

If we had it to do over again, we’d skip this. Not only did it kinda interfere with our cake cutting reception, but it was overkill on the food since we had dinner that evening at V&A. Our server was nice, but he forgot forks for the Prince Edward teas and spilled something which, luckily, didn’t land on our wedding outfits. The Cumberland sauce on the berries soaked all the remaining plated foods. The tea itself was good, but I did not like the duck liver en croute, and I’m a big fan of duck liver. The crab crostini was acceptable, as was the country pate. Heather found her sandwiches to be dry and the bread a little too firm. Truth be told, we’ve had some gorgeous teas in London and we must have been spoiled by them. This did not live up to our expectations. The presentation was also lacking. At the teas we’ve been to in London, they serve three plates on a three-tiered service, so that you get all of your courses at one time, but with sandwiches on the bottom, scones in the middle, and pastries on top. The Garden View Lounge served the courses one at a time, on regular plates, so it lacked that interesting touch.