Washington's historic Willard InterContinental now offers Afternoon Tea in Peacock Alley. The new Afternoon Tea provides guests premium seating at elegantly appointed tables set in the hotel's Peacock Alley -- one of Washington's prime locations to "stroll, strut, see and be seen" for nearly a century.

Traditional Afternoon Tea

served Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
2.30pm - 5.00pm
Live harp music
Price per person $37.00
Champagne tea $47.00

As history states the seventh Duchess of Bedford (1783-1847) often grew hungry in the early afternoon where she took up the practice of taking a warm cup of tea accompanied by small sweets and subtle savory items –
long since known as “Afternoon Tea”.

Welcome to Peacock Alley

Choice of tea
Seasonal fresh fruit cup
Pineapple coconut & Sour cream and dill scones
Seasonal jams
Lemon curd and Devonshire cream

Tomato and Mozzarella
with basil sprouts

Pea Tendrils with Smoked Salmon
with cream cheese and pea puree

Corn sprouts with Shrimp Remoulade

Roasted Beef Tenderloin
Paquillo pepper with cilantro

Goat Cheese and Beet
with beet greens and chives

Lemon blueberry tart with candied lemon zest
Caramel diamant
Berry pain de gene
Peach melba panna cotta
Chocolate passion fruit cake

$37.00

Our traditional afternoon tea served with
a glass of Cremant de Bourgogne champenoise 

$47.00

 

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