Well, worry no longer! I have been to both Harrods and The Dorchester in London for afternoon tea since being diagnosed coeliac and they were both absolutely excellent at catering for me- you just need to make them aware a day or so before you attend.
Harrods provide the standard afternoon tea items, finger sandwiches, scones and sweets. Their sweets were by far the best part of the tea... as you can see from the photo below, they were absolutely beautiful... a lovely meringue & chocolate mousse cake amongst others- the fiance was really quite jealous! Their scones were delicious as well and, pleased to say, didn't crumble like gluten free scones usually do. Unfortunately, the sandwiches did let them down a bit. The bread was odd... sort of sticky- got very stuck to the roof of my mouth, and for some reason, I did not have the same fillings as the fiance's 'normal' sandwiches.. a bit of a disappointment as his lobster sandwiches sounded lovely.
Overall, very yummy, just a shame about the sandwiches. Also, the setting (on the top floor, next to the dog grooming area) made it feel more like a shop cafe. 7/10
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The Dorchester also provides a gluten free afternoon tea. The setting is beautiful, lovely music and very attentive and gluten free knowledgable staff. Again, they provide the usual sandwiches, scones and sweets. Again, the sweets are the best part of the tea... you really feel like they make the extra effort with the gluten free sweets. However, in terms of the scones and sandwiches, they were the exact opposite to Harrods! Their sandwiches were lovely, absolutely delicious home made bread and I got the exact same fillings as my fiance, so no food envy there! On the other hand the scones weren't as good as Harrods... whilst yummy, they were really very crumbly which did make them quite difficult to eat.
Therefore, purely down to the slightly better ambiance/staff, and the fact that I do love a good sandwich(!), I would have to give the Dorchester the edge. 8/10
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