WINNER of the World’s Best Afternoon Tea… Is Chancery Rosewood REALLY That Good?

If you're looking for an afternoon tea that feels seriously special, this one might just be it. From the moment I arrived at the Chancery Rosewood, everything felt incredibly premium, from the beautiful setting to the attention to detail in the service. They even have their own tea sommelier, which is so amazing. The whole experience was really relaxing and impressive. I genuinely loved it from beginning to end. Keep watching this video for my full review and to find out why I think this experience is absolutely worth paying a visit to. Hello, everyone. Welcome back to the channel. Now, we are back in London again for an afternoon tea review. We're going back to our regular business. And this is an afternoon tea that I have wanted to try since this hotel opened. It's actually quite a new opening in London, which is very exciting. I think it opened last year. And that is Chancery Rosewood. Now, if you've watched my review of the Rosewood Hotel, the original hotel, which is located near Holborn, you'll know I absolutely loved that afternoon tea. I thought it was incredible. I really, really enjoyed it. Probably one of the best I've ever had. So I'm very excited to try their second property in London and to see what I think of their afternoon tea. Now, the hotel is behind me just here. You can probably see a little bit, I'll pan up, of the entrance just there. It's a lovely, lovely property. So I'm very excited to go in to have a little bit of an explore and to see what we think of their afternoon tea. It is a pricey one. This one is 95 pounds per person. So definitely right at that higher end of cost for afternoon teas in London. So I'm expecting them to pull out all the stops and for this to be incredible as an experience. So I'm going to head over there, head in for my afternoon tea. The earliest bookings they take are at 1 p.m. So that's the slot that I've gone for. Interested to see what I think and whether or not I think this is worth the money. Also worth mentioning, it's actually afternoon tea week while I'm here to film this. So I think they have a few special things on for that, potentially. We'll see what they've got to offer. But it's nice to be out to do an afternoon tea during this week. It's normally in the middle of August in London every year. So yeah, let's head in to Chancery Rosewood and see what we think of their afternoon tea offering. So I've just sat down for my afternoon tea here. They do have two options with the menu here. They have one for afternoon tea week and then their regular summer menu. So the only difference is with the afternoon tea week menu, it is a club sandwich versus the four different sandwiches you get to try with the regular menu. So I've gone for the regular menu just so I can give it a full try. And at least then it's probably more relevant if you're gonna come outside of afternoon tea week. This room is incredible. So the afternoon tea at the Chancery Rosewood is hosted in Jacqueline. It's stunning. There's loads of gold accents. The textures here on the chairs, it's like velvet. It's just gorgeous. I absolutely love it. Beautiful room. Probably one of the most beautiful rooms we've had an afternoon tea in, if I'm being honest. And they recently won best afternoon tea in the world for 2026, which is very exciting. So I'm excited to see what I think of the afternoon tea here. We have some of our fusions. In the summer, we've decided to do three different iced teas. Oh, nice. They've been cold brewed. So the first one that I'm going to show you will be all white tea. It's called Cristalla blend. All Cristalla blend has silver needle as a base, which is very high quality Chinese tea. A bit of peach and a sad flower. Then the second one will be our house blend. So this is a special blend created for Jacqueline. As we are a former U.S. Embassy, we wanted to tie the heritage with it. So we decided to make tea a bit smoky to resemble American barbecue. Nice. So it has a bit of sweetness from California and Guava, bit of rose, and then a mix of three different black teas. And the third one, we have our Hibiscus infusion. Hibiscus is picked in Greece. There's a lot of white in it, see? So we cold brewed this one with fresh mint, and we slightly, slightly carbonated it as well. So it's a bit more like sparkling tea now. So they do actually have a tea expert in-house here, which is very exciting for me. Sorry, I'm just shuffling along in my chair. I'm getting very excited about this experience before it's even begun. But I've got the menu to my side and they actually do over 150 different tea variations at Jaclyn, which is super impressive. And they do have a tea expert, as I mentioned, in-house that comes over and gives you a few different samples of tea to try because it's summertime. These are all iced. She did tell me what each of them is. I have recorded that video. So hopefully the sound is on that and you guys can watch that to know about each and every one of them. I cannot remember off the top of my head what she said each one was. I know that's so bad. I'm so sorry, but I will insert those clips so you can see her talk through each of the flavor profiles. I know the middle one is inspired by America. It's a bit more of a smoky, woody kind of flavor. The final one is more of a fruity one. I cannot remember what the first one is. So sorry, but I am gonna try it. They are all in these gorgeous little glasses that are shaped like petals or like flowers. Just absolutely stunning. I love all of these types of details. I actually didn't even talk you through the table layout before we got into this because I got overexcited about the teas. But everything is very beautiful here. Like this is the teacup. It's got this gorgeous gold trim around it. This is Bernard Aude and it is porcelain made in France and the saucer matches that perfectly. My napkin has a cute little J on it for Jacqueline, which again, I really love. I love all these details. And the plate is like a burgundy color but with the same sort of gold trim from the same place that makes the teacup and the saucer. The cutlery is all silverware, gorgeous. And then I've got a little water glass as well because I did ask for some water when I came in. And again, this is just really pretty, just lovely. Everything's laid out beautifully. So I'm gonna try the teas that she brought over. As I mentioned, there are three. So we'll try the first one, which is a really nice, delicate, pale yellow color. Let's see what we think of the flavor. That is really nice and light and delicate. So refreshing. I'm gonna try the second one. This is the one that they said was inspired by their American roots. So I'm excited to see what I think of this. It definitely does have more of that kind of smoky, woody flavor to it. If you like that, you'll really like that. It's kind of almost like a bourbon-y or like whiskey sort of flavor, obviously without the alcohol, but it's got that nice smokiness to it. I don't think I've ever had that in a tea. It's very unique. So I really like that. And then we've finally got this one, which is the most fruity one. And she also said that this is lightly carbonated as well. So again, I'm excited to see what I think of this. I think this will be my favorite of the three. That is really lovely. I do love an iced tea. They're delicious. And I love when they offer complimentary things like that, that you're not expecting, that just really add to the experience and just make it feel a bit more elevated and exciting. So I actually did order my tea. I went for a green tea to try, to start with. So I went with their Sakura fruit tea. So this is sencha, cherry blossom and pineapple. It's going to be a slightly more fruity green tea. Very excited to see what I think of that. And then I think we will move on to the chocolate velvet tea when the scones come out, because again, that was recommended to me to try. So very excited to fully get into this experience and to share it with you. I think this is going to be one that we're going to absolutely love, and it's going to be such a fun video to create for you guys. So the first food item has now arrived with us, which is the caviar and barbecue bellini. It looks gorgeous. I'm really excited to try it. I'm going to pop it on my plate to try in a bit. But also the tea has arrived and I thought I would just show you quickly the teapot that it comes in. It is a glass teapot, which is very pretty. This obviously isn't probably going to keep it warm for very long, but I like that you can change the teas regularly. So I don't have to worry too much about that. And I'm going to try at least one other tea. So this is the Sakura fruit tea. They poured it out for me into the teacup as well, which is really lovely. So excited to see what I think of this flavour. I'm sure it's going to be really lovely and delicate and fruity. That is a really lovely, delicate flavour. I love the vibrant coral pink colour of it as well. It's gorgeous. It's going to go so perfectly with the savoury items at this afternoon tea. So definitely a really good choice to start with. And now I'm going to get into trying the bellini, which I'm very excited about. I'll hold it up to show you, but I will have filmed some closeup clips of this as well. It looks absolutely gorgeous. And they said to just eat this with your fingers as well, which when things look this good, it kind of feels a bit like a crime to do that. But of course I will. So I'm going to bite into this and see what I think of the flavours. That is very indulgent and delicious. It's got a bit of a spicy kick to it as well, which I wasn't expecting, but I'm really enjoying. So I'm going to tuck into that. And then once I'm finished with that, the sandwiches will arrive with us and we'll try those as well. I finished with the initial food, which was really, really good. I really enjoyed that bellini. It was delicious. The barbecue flavour in there was also just really different and unique. I loved it. So that was kind of inspired, I feel like, by the US. And then the sandwiches are very British. So they said it's a bit of a journey around the world with this afternoon tea, which I think is such a fabulous idea. And it's so lovely when they can talk through all those inspirations behind an afternoon tea experience and how they brought it to life. So we've got four sandwiches today. We don't have a cucumber sandwich, which makes me very happy because, you know, I'm not the biggest fan of them, but I do have a courgette one. So I'm going to go left to right and we're going to start with the courgette sandwich. I've got the menu down here so I can refer to it as we're trying everything, but I'll show you this one first. So this is the chargrilled courgette with minted sheep's curd and lemon on white bread. I don't think I've ever heard of anything like that before. So I'm very excited to try this and to see what I think of the flavour. That's got a really lovely, subtle flavour to it. It's nothing too strong or overpowering. I really like the courgette in there. It's really tasty. And then that curd and the lemon has a nice tang to it that really balances out the flavour well. Second up, we have the crab sandwich. I don't think we've ever had a crab sandwich at an afternoon tea before. Let me just look over at the menu. So this has baby gem lettuce, Marie Rose sauce, and is on a Japanese milk bread. I can tell it's a Japanese milk bread because it's very soft compared to a normal white bread. So I'm going to try this now and I'll let you know what I think of the flavours. That is really, really delicious and tangy. That Marie Rose sauce is delicious in there. The crab is really nice and fresh. I actually really love that. It's rare that we have two fish or like seafood sandwiches within the afternoon tea. Normally we have a salmon one or a trout one or maybe a prawn or a crab, but we don't normally have two. So I'm really happy with that. And I really, really like the flavour of that. It is delicious. Third up, we have our smoked salmon sandwich. So this is smoked salmon with horseradish cream and watercress on a rye bread. I do love a smoked salmon sandwich on a rye bread. So I'm sure I will absolutely love this one too. That is really tasty as well. I love the taste of that smoked salmon in there. It's delicious and perfectly balanced with the cream cheese and also the rye bread. I feel like a rye bread with a smoked salmon just adds to the flavour. It's the perfect accompaniment. So I really like that. The last two sandwiches are definitely my favourite so far. And then the final one we have to try is their chicken sandwich. So this is actually roasted corn fed chicken breast, Parmesan cheese and Caesar dressing on a granary bread. It's their take on a chicken Caesar salad sandwich. So hopefully I'm gonna like this one too. Normally we get a coronation chicken sandwich, but let's see what this one's like and whether or not we think it's as good as the other chicken sandwiches we've had at an afternoon tea. That is really, really delicious. It's got a lovely tang to it as well. Absolutely love the flavours in that. Overall, I think the sandwiches here are really, really good. They all have something a little bit different about them. You do have the more classic ones like the smoked salmon, but I really love that they've kind of put their own spin on it and they really all have a unique element to add. So overall, I really rate those and I've absolutely loved the savouries here. It's making me very excited for the scones and the sweet items to arrive so we can see what we think of those too. Okay, we've finished with the sandwiches and I've got a bit of a palate cleanser now. So this is a watermelon gratina, which is in this gorgeous glass bowl. It looks stunning. I filmed them presenting it for me and this is now taking inspiration from Japan. So we've gone from, I think the US to the UK to Japan, which is all really lovely. I'm really enjoying the experience so far. They did say with the sandwiches that I could have extras of those if I wanted to. I didn't opt for that because I'm on my own and also I'm heading off somewhere else after this. So I was just like, I can't have too much food, but the sandwiches were lovely and also good for you to know if you did come to this, you do get extra sandwiches so you can enjoy more of your favourites from the experience. But I'm gonna try this watermelon gratina now. So I'm gonna get a little bit onto my spoon to try. I'm sure it's gonna be really delicious and refreshing. It looks so good and just perfect for the summer as well because at the moment in the UK, we have had the most insane hot weather that we are just not built for. So anything to help me cool down and that is refreshing is a win in my books. So I'm gonna try this and I'll let you know what I think. That is so delicious and fresh. I love it. It's so good. I am gonna wolf that down and then we're gonna get into the scones and the sweet items as well and I'll let you know what I think of those. So my new tea and the scones have both arrived with me and they both look so good. So firstly with this new tea, I'm gonna grab the teapot because I have to show it to you. It's slightly different from the one that we just had and it's so beautiful. Look at this design on it. I think it's absolutely stunning. I think they do these porcelain teapots for the more traditional teas or the black teas and then maybe they do those glass ones for the more kind of green teas or the fruity teas. It's nice to have different teapots for different teas and to really have a full on experience with them. I truly do care about you having an amazing experience here and also about just giving you as much variation and options as possible. So I'm gonna try this tea. This is their Velvet Chocolate Tea. It smells heavenly. So I'm sure I'm gonna absolutely love it. It's delicious. It's got a chocolatey flavor to it, a bit of caramel in there as well. Perfect to have with the scones. They have also now arrived with me. So they come in a little napkin to keep them warm. I'll show you how they're shared over to you. So they come in this little pot here as you can see. Try to hold that a bit closer. That's how they're brought over to the table. Really beautifully presented. They are warm as well. You guys know I absolutely love that. That's one of the things that gets these places brownie points for me. So we've got a plain scone. Here you go. And then we've got a fruit scone, which is absolutely packed full of sultanas. They are on the smaller side, but I don't mind that because with this afternoon tea, we've had a few different things additionally to the service that really helps to elevate it and make it worth the price point. The smaller scones for me actually works quite well because by this point I start to get full and I want to make sure I've got space for the sweet items as well. Talking about what you get with the scones, I am really impressed and happy with this. So you do get two different kind of jams. You get an apricot jam, which is in here. I don't want to tip it towards you because I don't want it to fall out. It is quite liquidy, but they serve the apricot jam warm because the chef that puts this afternoon tea together has memories of his grandma making him apricot jam and him being so excited to eat it that he would eat it warm, basically just out of the pot. And I love that personal touch. I'm really excited to try that on the scones. And then we've also got the clotted cream here. We've got a beautiful dome of clotted cream that looks absolutely divine. And then there is a strawberry jam and I'm just going to check the menu on this one. So this is strawberry and tiara gar... I don't think I pronounced that right. Let's have another go at that. Strawberry and tiara gardenia jam. Bit tricky to say, but basically it's a strawberry jam with gardenia in it, which is going to add a little bit of a vanilla flavor to it. So they do bring you three different spoons to use. So you've got one for each of the condiments. So again, brownie points for that because I really don't like when they just give you one spoon to use with everything. I just think it doesn't make it feel premium, but I'm going to try these all on both scones. I'm probably going to put the apricot jam on the fruit scone and the strawberry jam on the plain scone. I'll load them all up and then we'll try them and I'll let you know what I think of the flavors of everything. Okay, I've got the scones in front of me now all loaded up. So I'm going to try the plain one first. This is what it looks like with the strawberry jam and the cream on it looks so delicious. I'm excited to see what I think of this one. That is so tasty and fresh. I love the strawberry jam. It's got a nice tang to it actually that I wasn't expecting and it just tastes so premium and delicious. Honestly, one of the best strawberry jams I've ever had. And then on the fruit scone, we've got the apricot jam, which is dripping everywhere because it is served warm, which I do love, but it's making a little bit of a mess. Hopefully I'm not going to drop it on myself, but I'm going to try it now and see what I think. That is lovely. I really love it being served warm as well actually with the story behind it. Overall, I think those scones are fantastic. They're so delicious. They're served warm. It's a story behind them. I love everything that comes with them. Really delicious. Perfect size to have at this point in the afternoon tea. So I'm going to finish these off. Then we're going to get into the sweet items and after that, I will give you my full and final thoughts on whether you should book afternoon tea at the Chancery Rosewood. Thank you. Here is a journey around the world. We have at the top our Tropez Nian from French Riviera, which is made of rose cream and then you have peach ganache as well. And here is our exotic cake from Bali. There's a coconut mousse with a passion fruit jam inside and you have a pineapple chip at the top. Yeah. Here is a panna cotta from Italy. We have a fig leaf panna cotta with a shallot sponge on the outside and a fig leaf jam flower at the top. And last but not least, the chocolate one. It's a Juan Primerio from Mexico, Copacabana. It's a chocolate brownie with a chocolate mousse and it's made of Bunajau, which is a premium chocolate. 70% chocolate. So the sweet items have now arrived with me. They are presented beautifully on this stunning stand. They bring them over, they talk them through with you. They are all inspired by different areas in the world, which is really lovely. And I'm very excited to get stuck into them. So we do have four. I've got the menu by my side here, so I can refer to it as I review each one and I'm going to take them off the stand. I'll show them to you and then we'll try them and I'll let you know what my thoughts are. So we're going to start with the peach trapezium, which is the one right at the top. And this is inspired by France and French flavours. So this is a rose cream and brioche and then with the peach as well. It looks absolutely gorgeous. Look at that. How beautifully is that presented? I think it looks incredible. I'm kind of sad to be cutting into it, to be honest. Looks too good to ruin, but we're going to have to do it to try it. So I'm going to get a little bit onto my fork, try to be as delicate as possible, but it's kind of hard to when you're doing these reviews, but I'm going to try some of this now. I'll let you know what I think of the flavours. I'm sure I'm going to absolutely love this because it looks delicious. That is so delicious and fresh. The peach is so nice and juicy. You've got a little hint of rose in there as well. Nothing too dramatic or too strong, which I really like because rose can be a bit overpowering sometimes or a bit much. You definitely don't get that with that. It's so tasty, so light. Perfect for this point of the afternoon tea. Next up, we're going to try the Fig Charlotte. Now I can't remember where they said this was inspired by, but I did film a clip when she was showing them to me. So hopefully I've got the sound from that so you can hear exactly what she was saying, but that's what it looks like. I've just taken the actual stand off so I could show it to you a bit closer. And this is fig leaf panna cotta and marmalade inside. So again, I'm very excited to try this and to see what my thoughts are. It sounds incredible. I really love how unique these all are. They look beautiful, but I'm sure they're also going to all taste delicious as well. Okay, this one was a little bit trickier to cut into, but I've got some on my fork now. So I'm going to try it, see what I think. That's got a very light and delicate flavour to it. Sometimes I find with fig, again, it could be a little bit heavy. You definitely don't get that with that. It's really nice and delicious and tasty. I really like the flavour profile. It's much more mellow than the first one. With the first one, the peach gave it a little bit of a tang, but that's a more subtle, mellow flavour that I really enjoyed. Third up, we have the passion fruit tart. So this is inspired by Fiji, I believe. And this has coconut ganache and pineapple tuile, I think. So we're going to try this and see what we think. Again, I'm going to cut into it. I love that these are all inspired by places around the world, and they've not just stuck to the classics like the US and France and England. They've actually gone for some more unique places as well. Really lovely to try some different flavours from around the world at this afternoon tea. Hey, I've got some of this one to try now as well. Let's see what we think. I'm sure I'm going to love it. I love fruity, tropical flavours. That is actual heaven. The coconut is so light and creamy. You've got a bit of the passion fruit that cuts through that as well. Absolutely delicious. If you love a tropical flavour profile, you will absolutely love that. And then the final one we've got to try is the chocolate brownie, which typically is not my favourite because I find chocolate at this point a little bit overpowering, but I'm sure this will be delicious. It's beautifully presented. That flower on the top is so pretty. So again, I'm sad to be kind of cutting into it and ruining it, but we have to to try it. So I'm going to get a bit of this onto my fork as well. So sad to be cutting into this. Honestly, all of this has just felt like such a work of art, but I'm going to get a bit to try and then I'll let you know what my thoughts are. Okay, I managed to get some onto my fork. This looks so indulgent. I'm excited to see what I think. That is chocolate heaven. If you love chocolate desserts, you will absolutely devour that. It is delicious. For me at this point, it's just too overpowering, too overwhelming, but it's really, really tasty. So definitely one for the chocolate lovers. So now that I've finished this afternoon tea, I can share my final thoughts with you all. I don't think it's a surprise, but I have absolutely loved this experience. The original Rosewood afternoon tea that we went to, the Monet-inspired one was incredible. I was really wowed by it and I really, really enjoyed it. This is actually a level above that and I've been seriously impressed. Service has been incredible. They're so lovely and attentive here. It's a real experience all the way through. There's loads of different things to try, which I really appreciate. I love that they can advise you so much and in so much depth about the different teas to try. You really can grill them and ask them loads of questions about them and find your perfect tea here, which I think is so brilliant and so unique. I've never been to an afternoon tea where you're able to talk to someone that is a tea connoisseur and ask them their personal recommendations based on what you already like and also what's going to work well for the service. The food has been amazing quality as well. Really well-paced, really lovely and relaxing in here. Beautifully presented. So do I think this has deserved winning the world's best afternoon tea for 2026? Absolutely. This is definitely, I think, the best afternoon tea I've been to in London, which is saying something because I've tried so many. And this is definitely giving the classics like the Dorchester and the Ritz a run for their money. So if you can book in here for afternoon tea, I highly, highly recommend doing it. It's a beautiful experience, really nice and relaxed, really well-paced. It is pricey, but I think it is well worth the money spent. So let's have a look at where that place is, the Chancery Rosewood, in our rankings. And oh my goodness, we have another entry into the top five. This afternoon tea is incredible. If you've not experienced it yet, you absolutely have to. It was an amazing experience. So I hope you've enjoyed watching this video and seeing my review of the Chancery Rosewood's afternoon tea. Let me know in the comments if there's any more that you want me to try in London. You guys always have the best recommendations for me to go and check out. I will see you in my next video. Have a lovely week.