First of all, the Mandarin Oriental is a beautiful hotel in City Center with NO CASINO. This means NO SMOKE! The Tea Lounge is an 8 table area on the 23rd floor. The furnishings are exquisite. The hostess was brand new and apologized for having to repeat one item. I thought she did fantastic. Besides the tea they have tea cocktails! Mine was a green tea fizz and was wonderful. The hostess recommended an Oolong team that I loved. It came in a glass pot on a warmer. They also delivered the delicious jams and clotted cream.
The food was set up on a stand that was on the floor and the plates were above the table. I loved the stand. As you can see, eventhough I was alone, I had a table by the window. There were 8 tables, 3 small and 5 larger ones. So the place was very serene.
Close ups of the desserts and finger sandwiches. I thought the presentation was beautiful. Everything was very good!
Here is what my plate looked like afterwards.
This is a closeup of the table base.
And here is my view taken on the paroramic setting on my iPhone.
