Caught in the wave of new daily deal sites, I bought a high tea voucher at Restaurant Manx on impulse. $59 for a high tea for two, valued at $166 sounded like a bargain! However, doing the math later, $30 per person for high tea is not really a good buy. Furthermore, the bottle of wine that comes with the deal is no good for non-drinkers like us. I have to admit that was partly my fault for not reading the deal clearly.
I was hugely disappointed when the 3-tier stand arrived. The ribbon sandwiches, scones, sausage rolls and petit fours looked like they had been prepared in a rush and just dump on the plate. Not to mention the measly amount of food on the plate. Surely a restaurant can do better than that!
High tea with champagne instead of tea is not what I would call a high tea at all. The effort to modernise the traditional high tea is a big flop in my opinion.
I have learnt an important lesson about impulse buying and will in future stick with the high tea venues I know and love.
We visited manx for high tea a fortnight ago and our high tea looked nothing like that at all. It was amazing and teeming with loads of hand made treats – chocoalte delice, mini tiramisu's, chocolate truffles, fritata, foie gras, duck liver parfait – just to mention a few of the little treats, all washed down with a glass of Moet and cup of fresh brewed tea or coffee. This was not a voucher it was $55 a head and well worth it, the waiter there mentioned that they had been burnt really badly by those vouchers and had caused them nothing but trouble. Manx did a fantastic job I have had high teas all over the world and theirs was right up there – it looked absolutely amazing not like that…. So to be fair I thought that I would put my comments forward for the wonderful experience that we had and will deffinatley be returning!!!
Thanks for the comments. I'm glad to hear that things has improved, at least in favour of the full-price paying customers. đŸ™‚