"This was my 3rd visit for afternoon tea at The Peninsula--the food left much to be desired and the service was FAR too rushed. The savory and sweets look pretty but lacked in flavor. Overall, we feel ripped off to be completely honest. Our friends had just sat and we were catching up when someone rushed over to take our order. We hadn't even opened our menus. Nobody bothered to pay attention to this detail? We asked them to come back as we were not ready. No water was served and we were sweating from the lack of air conditioning in the room. And they cleared the plates of 3 of us when the 4th person was still eating--it is customary of high end establishments to wait until EVERYONE at the table is finished before clearing the table, however, they were clearly in a rush. It was awkward. Our final bill ended up being over $600 for 4 traditional afternoon teas--not how we remember our previous visits over the years. The quality has gone down while their prices have gone up. We were celebrating our friend's birthday and wished we had taken her and her husband to an amazing, fancy dinner instead. To add to the disappointment, as we were finishing our glass of champagne, they politely asked us to leave because their next seating was happening soon. 95% of the Living Room was empty and there was only one party of two waiting to be seated so they did not need our table that quickly and could've given us another 15 minutes or so to finish our champagne, especially since it was 3:30 and their next seating was not until 4pm. We did not appreciate being rushed out like this. Sadly, we will not be returning for afternoon tea at The Peninsula."
