Yesterday my friend Natalie and I popped along to Drink, Shop & Do in Kings Cross to use the Groupon voucher I bought a few months ago. A full afternoon tea for two, with cocktails, finger sandwiches, cakes, a pot of tea and ice cream for the bargain price of £15.The setting is just beautiful. It's much, much bigger than I thought it would be, light and airy and as you can imagine the decor is a vintage/kitsch/retro-lovers idea of heaven.
The food was simple and perfect- cucumber, cheese & pickle and ham & mustard sandwiches (sans crusts no less!) carrot cake, sticky lemon & almond cake and a scoop of handmade honeycomb ice-cream to finish off with. They even gave us a mini selection of pick 'n' mix to take home with us.
Drinking our pot of tea and observing the knick-knacks, we decided to have a quick game of Connect 4. They had so many board games to choose from so it seemed a little rude not to- the ladies on the table next to us were deep in thought during a game of Scrabble.
If you get a chance, do go visit. You can have just a drink or a full meal, or even just pop in to see their amazing sweet and gift shop. A pound of rhubarb & custard anyone?
This looks lovely, groupon is brilliant!
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ReplyDeleteOh I love afternoon tea, this looks like a lovely quirky place too!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fantastic day, must go and have a look next time I´m in London! And I died a little when I saw the owl/cat brooches!! <3
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This looks incredible! I love cheese and pickle sandwiches and the almond cake sounds delicious! Such a bargain too :)
ReplyDeleteMaria xxx
Wow, that sounds like such a lovely place to spend a couple of hours with a friend!
ReplyDeleteI went here on Friday with my mum for her birthday treat! The shop is so cute and our food was lovely :) x
ReplyDeleteThat looks like my kind of afternoon :)
ReplyDeleteAh, this place is so nice and what a bargain! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic way to while away an afternoon. I love the stag's head. xxx
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun, I wish Groupon (or any of the other deal sites!) did things like afternoon tea in Bristol instead of hair styling offers. Theres only so often I can get my hair done!
ReplyDeleteThat just sounds like the perfect afternoon to me!
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How lovely! the food looks delicious and I find it so cool that you can play games too!
ReplyDeleteI'd definitely like to check it out! You always know all the cool places in London hehe :)
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This sounds like a perfect place to sit and drink tea x
ReplyDeleteLove afternoon tea and cakes places, these all look yummy! x
ReplyDeletegreat bargain. would maybe fare better with it here in croatia
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to eat there in May!
ReplyDeleteUm, you just described my dream afternoon!
ReplyDeleteamond cake + connect 4 + retro teashop = my kind of heaven. definitely going to put this on my list of things to do! x
ReplyDeleteoh wow, you got a great deal with the voucher. I saw something like this mentioned in Oh Comely magazine(you should get this magazine it's amazing)
ReplyDeleteThis is on my list of places to visit when I go to London next xx
This looks so lovely! I love little cafe's with little bits & trinkets everywhere! Even better with connect 4, ahah :)
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sounds like a perfect afternoon! those animal brooches are lovely! were they ceramic?
ReplyDeletei live right next to there and love it, it's so old fashioned! x
ReplyDeleteoh the beauty of groupon!
ReplyDeleteWhat a yummy tea for two, perfect.
Looks amazing and your photographs have captured the event really well. I may have to go! :)
ReplyDeleteThe shop looks lovely, I definitely want to check it out at some stage!
ReplyDeleteHannah xx
This sounds amazing!
ReplyDeletethis looks so lovely, i like the stand of brooches especially! xx
ReplyDeletethis looks so lovely, i like the stand of brooches especially! xx
ReplyDeleteLooks so lovely, cuteeeeeee! xx
ReplyDelete*comes screeching in at the very mention of rhubarb and custard*
ReplyDeleteThat looks absolutely wonderful! Such a bargain too. I don't think I could have any of it except the cocktails and the board games but I want to go!
This place looks beautiful and the board games are such a lovely touch too xx
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a perfect place for afternoon tea. So cool tat they had games on the table!
ReplyDeleteAnd the food looks delicious. I'm a sucker for food those cakes!
think this one needs to go on the map of to-go places, you should start one on your blog, you're always finding nice places.
ReplyDeletefood and games, winning combo
I need to check Groupon more often, they have some great offers. £15 is a real bargain.
ReplyDeletei was just reading about this place in the new Red magazine this morning! it sounds fantastic!
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Oh how lovely, it looks like you had such a lovely and very yummy time !
ReplyDeleteSo lovely. x hivennn. p.s enter my giveaway?
ReplyDeleteadd this to my list of places i have to visit!
ReplyDeletegadz that place looks amazing. cat broaches and honeycomb ice cream. well colour me envious. let's swap cities?
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that looks amazing :)
ReplyDeleteand your photos always look so lovely xx
Lovely place! I love drink tea and eat cupcakes.
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OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG lovee this so much!!!perfect!:)
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I really want some of them old fashioned sweets, they look so cute in those jars. Thank you for your lovely comment, I really hate my eyebrows actually. They've always been very prominent and dark compared to my light hair ha! They're also very hard to maintain! xx
ReplyDeleteThis place looks amazing!!
ReplyDeleteWe're so going to bump into one another soon Eleanor! I'm so amazed at your groupon deal, you got so much for £15! What a perfect afternoon. Sally x
ReplyDeleteaww! This looks like a brilliant place!
ReplyDeleteOh, this place sounds like my idea of heaven! The board games (especially Scrabble) just make it even more special. I must visit next time I'm down. xx
ReplyDeleteI am nutty about afternoon tea and you look like you had a brilliant one!
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This has been on my To-Go-To list for a while. Must get there, looks lovely.
ReplyDeleteOMG this is one of my favourite places! I've been 3 times now. The first time I went, my friend and I both ended up drunk and spent most of the time declaring 'This place is so amazing that I want to kill myself!!'... I've managed to be much cooler on my following visits!
ReplyDeleteWill definitely check out the afternoon tea (as opposed to just the wine and cocktails) in future!
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this looks like the best place on the earth!!! xx
ReplyDeleteDear Eleanor, I keep hearing people talking about Groupon, I must check it out.
ReplyDeleteI love afternoon and I'm starving now after seeing your pictures. Kings Cross you say? xx