Ruby Laine, one of the girls I work with was leaving us.  She is a wonderfully vintage girl dropped into a modern world and loves anything with a touch of old style charm. She doesn’t like too much of a fuss so rather than the usual leaving drinks I organised an Afternoon Tea farewell for her.

The venue of choice was the Atrium Lounge in The Westin Hotel.  They have two differant afternoon teas on offer.  The first the standard afternoon tea that everyone knows and loves with pots of tea and fresh scones and mini cakes. Ruby went for that one. She is a coeliac and I’m delighted to say that they were happy to cater for her needs without compromising on taste.  The second was entitled A Most Peculiar Afternoon Tea which I went for. A racy little number this one. (Laura from The Dublin Diary gave me that word)

It was a Hendricks Gin infused twist on a classic Afternoon Tea and came complete with a tea pot full of Victorian Mojito.

The Atrium Lounge is quite a nice little spot with a large glass roof that lets you look up at the sky.  It was a little warm however and I imagine on a hot Summers day you might down extra Mojitos just to stay cool. They also had a lady playing a harp and she played a little intro every time someone walked up the stairs which was quite fun.

I’ve never really had afternoon tea as such but always imagined you would be starving after it as everything is miniature.  I was happy to be proved wrong however.  Despite the size the three tiers of mini treats were suprisingly filling and it was a struggle to finish.  A struggle yes, but I did finish and then started sampling some of Rubys too.

Feast your eyes on these!

Naturally enough they also had an extensive range of teas and coffees available to suit all tastes.  Ruby went for the Green Tea to accompany her coeliac friendly selection.

I of course was being all sorts of classy with my teapot full of booze!!

All in all an enjoyable afternoon was had. Both versions of afternoon tea are available for €26 per person which I did find good value. It’s served Monday to Friday and Sunday from 2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. and on Saturdays between    1.00 p.m.  and 6.00 p.m.

Link to the menu here