Soho's Secret Tea Room

Great place! I come hear on and off for the last year. Never had a problem. Love the tea, the style, the staff and the cakes. Scones are home made and and for me spot on. As for smell of beer that is nonsense!

Nice place, except the smell of beer wafting up from below was a bit off-putting. The quality of the food, though, was poor. My scone was not only rock hard (inedible) but also actually burnt black on one side - any decent place would have thrown that one away, not served it. The blackcurrant jam was too sour. The rest was just about OK but not one item of the full tea was actually what I'd call good. Service was pleasant, though. Probably won't bother going back.

Had a terrible experience with them, we booked a private party with them and two weeks before (just before Christmas) they pull out because they got a better offer of a larger party! The place looks great, but I can't believe a company would be so unprofessional.

I'm really surprised by the bad reviews. This place has a sense of fun about it and the afternoon tea is a steal for £14.50 in central London (even more so if, like us, the charming staff let you share a standard afternoon tea between two). We went as a group of six, as an alternative hen do, and were brilliantly well looked after. Sometimes old school is good and we liked the no-frills (but tasty) sandwiches, and the cakes, which included a decent lemon drizzle cake. If you want fancy bread, fussy fillings or biscuits shaped like handbags there are plenty of other places that can offer those in London... usually at an extortionate price. Our main worry was that the retro thing would be a bit twee but it wasn't, just a tongue-in-cheek nod in that direction. All in all it was fab.

My friend I went to the tearoom today with some trepidations after reading a couple of rather negative reviews. Well, we loved it! The room was like a step back in time. The waitress was lovely and we thought it was great value for money. We chose the afternoon tea which comprised a pot of tea each, a selection of sandwiches (smoked salmon with cream cheese, cucumber and egg and cress) with the crusts off. A delicious, light, warm fruit scone with a little pots of clotted cream and jam, a slice of cake (choice was fruit, Victoria sandwich, chocolate or carrot) and a cup cake (lemon, vanilla or chocolate). Whilst maybe not a traditional afternoon tea cake selection the cakes were nice and fresh. A very pleasant few hours to chat and relax whilst the hustle and bustle of London continued outside. Well worth £14.50 each plus service.

I went to the tearoom with my mum the other weekend as she was visiting London and loved it. Everything was so vintage and sweet and i thought the selection of cakes were great. My mum said it was like walking back in time, we had a lovely chat with one of the staff members too about the history of the place and we thought she was very friendly.

Really awful, seemingly the people running it care little for food but rather focus totally on retro appeal. The sandwiches were appalling and made out of bog standard plastic bread, the small slice of cake which cost £3.50 tasted solely of almond essence, the cupcakes looked like a four year old had made them and who eats cupcakes as part of a proper afternoon tea anyway? Bad times.

Reluctant one star for what is the worst scone either of us had ever eaten. So many things wrong here - cake in the fridge going soggy, stale premade crustless sandwiches, school bake sale cupcakes. Only plus points were a decent cup of tea oand a lovely room - the effect slightly marred by inept service though.