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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 1, 2011 8:42:09 GMT
The Ritz, London We certainly can cater for coeliacs, please note we do require at least one day's notice. www.theritzlondon.com/ ...................................................................................................... back from the Ritz Posted by Jill on 23/8/2005 GF board well i had my weekend in the Ritz and it was fab - mind you cant believe i am now 40! They were prepared for me on the saturdya night and brought be gluten free warmed bread at the start. Clearly told me which of the vegetarian options were gluten free. As starters which fitted the bill were limited they told me what they could do instead. Got a little confused with dessert but soon cleared up and had a great pineapple flambe thing. The whole thing - food and setting was excellent. Champagne tea on the sunday also great - i had to leave food as there was simply too much. The favourite part was the selection of goreous meringues - different toppings and really done well. Did have a scone too - just for the clotted cream - but io have never been so full inb my life. Oh, and the rooms are abolutely fab too - highly recommend it for a real treat
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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 1, 2011 8:42:34 GMT
Frustration Posted by Annette on 20/10/2006 GF board
It was my mothers 50th birthday this year and we took her to The Ritz and, at £35 a head with 6 of us there, you'd think that somewhere as respectable as that would be accomodating..... We booked 3 months in advance and informed them of my coeliac disease both at the time of booking and a few weeks before. Yet on the day, they had prepared nothing.
If you've ever been to The Ritz you'll know that the entire menu is sandwiches, scones and then pastries and cakes. Absolutely everything has gluten in except the drinks!
They hurried off to prepare me a light lunch, which was salmon, salad and a few tubs of sandwich fillers. No deserts of fancy snacks.
What was I paying £35 for!? AAAAAHHH!
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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 1, 2011 8:43:01 GMT
Re: The Ritz Posted by Karen (Essex) on 21/5/2007 GF board
The normal tea is 5 small sandwiches (2 times 1/4 slice per sandwich), 2 scones with cream and jam and 2 dainty cakes and 2 cups of tea but you can ask for more. The GF tea will be similar but the cakes aren't as dainty. When we went we had to keep asking for ages until the GF food actually arrived. You will feel absolutely stuffed afterwards and it will take probably 1 and a half hours.
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Post by Silly Yak on Feb 1, 2011 8:43:29 GMT
Re: The Ritz Posted by Jill on 21/5/2007 GF board
i have been the champagne tea a few times. There is no restirction to what you can eat - if you finish what is brought out (and that will be impossible for the gluten free one me thinks as i had the same amount for one as people usually get for two) they bring out more! Some people finish quicker than others but io was there a couple of hours. have a lovely time
****************** Hv now been to The Ritz Posted by K on 24/5/2007, GF board
Hd tea at The Ritz yesterday. Didn't start off took well as very hot day and hubby not thrilled at wearing suit/tie - he did cheer up though. Out came a 3 tier cake stand with 3 plates. Waiter started waffling on abt what they contained as there were 10 sandwiches (salmon, egg mayo, cheese/cucumber, ham, chicken), 5 cakes. Sd mine was supposed to be G/F and waiter sd that what he had brought out was just for hubby. Then came bk with a plate for me cheese, cumcumber, houmous, pepper, tomato. When I had emailed asking for no egg mayo (just don't like it) they had assumed I may hv a prob wtih eggs too so hd come up with something diff. for me. They brought out a plate which had 3 things on. One was in a sherry style glass with strawberries/blueberries chopped up in the top and a gloopy fruity sauce at the bottom. One was a round very thin layer of plain choc with rasperries and choc moose with another layer of plain choc on top. There was then an orange cut in the shape of a large cube (abt 2 inches x 2 inches. They then brought out 7 huge strawberries with warm plain choc to dip in using cocktail sticks. I don't like strawberries in choc so pinched some of hubby's large pot of cream (there was a lot of cream/fruits of the forest jam for his scones) to hv with the strawberries. Hubby had 4 small scones and then (waiter's key phrase..I hv a surprise for you) a small little dish with rasperries/blueberries and cream. At any time you could hv more of anything you wanted - woman next to me responded I wouldn't mind another chicken sandwich when the waiter asked and he brought her another 5 sandwiches. Likewise you could drink as much tea/coffee/orange juice and it would constantly be refilled. It was certainly a treat at £32 per person! However, so nice to be able to know you could eat everything that was brought out and it was my own stupid fault I didn't end up with cake!
************** Ritz update . . . Posted by Nicola (Ess ex) on 8/10/2007
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Lots of positive feedback from attendees to our 30th anniversary celebration yesterday at the Ritz, London. GF food came out on separate plates - open sandwiches of cheese, ham, tuna mayonnaise, salmon, cucumber and cream cheese. Then plain, and sultana scones were brought out with other desserts/cakes: fruit meringue, carrot cake, lemon mouse/syllabub type, chocolate meringue and cream stack. We all ate far too much . . . . My daughter (aged 7 and had the GF food) thought the bread was lovely and has asked me to check with the Ritz what brand it was. The cost is £36 per person aged 12 and over and £18 for under 12's. For that you get a selection of sandwiches, scones (with cream and jam), and cakes/desserts. I presume they would fill your plate if you so wanted, but none of us had space for more . . . You also get endless pots of tea/coffee (about 20 teas to choose from), or fruit juices. And a man playing the harp in the background - lovely. Just make sure when you book that you state your dietary requirements.
Re: Ritz update . . . Posted by Karen (Ess ex) on 8/10/2007
Thanks to all the members that organised that event. It was great to eat without lots of querying, waiting and worrying. We discovered on the way that the cafe in Hamleys Toy Shop in Regents Street stocks Honybuns GF cakes. Needless to say, we didn't have any - just made a mental note for future reference!
********************* Re: Afternoon teas in a London Hotel Posted by Gwen Sena on 19/1/2008
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I went with three others to The Ritz - me the only coeliac. Cannot believe most people thought the sandwiches were fine. Lovely fillings on open sandwiches but the bread was yuk. How difficult can it be for them to have gluten free frozen bread in their freezer. I have my Glutafin fresh bread on prescription - the only thing I do - and though not still like the real thing it would be a great improvement. Would mention scones and cakes were lovely. But I was most disappointed by the sandwiches and thought the Ritz would be able to supply sandwiches as good as I used to enjoy ( like three years ago ) before I was diagnosed. ....
*************** Posted by Suzanne on 17/1/2008
I have been to the Ritz for afternoon tea but I personally perfere Park Lane Hotel Piccadilly.They offer a lovely gluten free tea in the palm room, cannot remember the cost but it was cheaper then the Ritz.
Contact details 0207 499 6321
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Afternoon Tea at the Ritz Posted by Trish on 24/6/2009
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Other half and I took his mum for her birthday treat at the Ritz last week, and I have to say that I think they have the GF menu very well sorted.
We reminded them by email about the GF a couple of days before. They responded by sending a copy of the GF menu. When we sat down they asked once who was GF and then just brought me my own plate of food. Same fillings as the normal menu but done on GF bread (okay) as an open sandwich. Other half decided 6 little sandwiches wasn't enough for me, so he asked for some more and they brought another 6!
You don't get the warm scones but you do get three cakes and a huge plate of really nice sliced fresh fruit (papaya, pineapple, kiwi, raspberries, strawberries, melon). Enough to share around and quite refreshing after the cakes.
Ideally they would get some nicer Gf bread, and the carrot cake was a little dry, but other than that it was lovely.
A very nice treat that needs to be booked well in advance but so nice to eat out without all of the checking and double-checking about GF.
Trish
*********** From Jill:
I think it depends on when you go and who the chef is etc. I have been 3 times and twice i have had scones, once not. Once i had some lovely meringues with cream and fruit on too
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