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Nestled within the iconic London Hilton on Park Lane, the Podium Restaurant & Bar offers a quintessential British dining experience infused with contemporary elegance. This distinguished venue, located in the heart of Mayfair, combines refined ambiance with a reputation for exquisite afternoon teas and classic British cuisine. Its prime location next to Hyde Park makes it an ideal spot for both leisurely brunches and sophisticated dinners, attracting locals and travelers alike seeking a taste of London's luxury.

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The tea and treats (mini sandwiches, pastries and scones were fabulous. Our waiter was the only one working in the afternoon tea section and soon was overwhelmed.  We felt sorry for him as a couple of the other patrons were getting upset with the wait time. The restaurant is in a great section of London located right next to Hyde Park.

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Great value for their afternoon tea. I was so stuffed beyond belief. The tea was amazing too. Service was kind and proper but struggling on speed because it was just one server trying to handle quite a few tables. Occasionally the manager came to help. I'm glad I chose this place as my afternoon tea option for my short visit to London.

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Podium Restaurant & Bar is located in the London Hilton on Park Lane, the upscale Mayfair five-star hotel. It is the main restauraunt serving the hotel, which serves the hotels cooked breakfast and Afternoon Tea, and a regular menu in-between

As expected with the central London, Mayfair location and the hotel it is located in, Podium is pretty high end but it is worth it for the experience, especially if you're staying at the hotel so might qualify for the discounted breakfast rate in with the room rate, or perhaps pick up a Groupon to receive 241 on Afternoon Tea, this is what I used and instead of paying £39 each, I managed to pick up my Afternoon Tea for the same price for two people.

The Afternoon Tea is highly regarded due to the pastry chefs here winning Masterchef Professionals recently, because of this I had ultra high standards and sadly they weren't met, they did do a good job in creating different pastries and unique ones, for my gluten-free diet and my friends regular one, but I found them to be a little sickly.

The Afternoon Tea was presented differently too, with a huge emphasis on the desserts with the open sandwiches served first, which I feel were probably the highlight, after removing a prawn and lettuce sandwich (I tried it in the executive lounge's afternoon tea and didn't like it) for the coronation chicken and pineapple, I was pleased with most of my sandwiches other than the smoked salmon and horseradish sandwich, which I feel wasn't a good combination as the horseradish' flavour tasted disgusting, and didn't go well with the smoked salmon I normally love.

I feel cream cheese would have complimented the smoked salmon better than horse-radish, however, the chefs come up with a cool and innovative sandwich of cucumber and cream cheese, with generous toppings of most making a fantastic sandwich.

The other sandwiches were a ham and tomato chutney, both home-made and great quality again and a coronation chicken and pineapple, the latter is another bold and maverick combination but one I still enjoyed.

The selection of teas were pretty much standard and nothing too exciting, bold or impressive which I've had before at other Afternoon Teas from Hilton or other hotels.

The decor of Podium is slightly old-fashioned, which definitely contracts the other Podium in the UK, located in the Hilton Manchester Deansgate which is pretty modern, I feel it could definitely do with a refurb of some sort, it does remind me a lot of the Hilton London Green Park's restauraunt which is currently being refurbished over a long period with the rest of the hotel,

The hotel breakfast served here was also good, and I really liked the fact there was freshly squeezed orange juice you can squeeze yourself in the machines, although maintenance of the machine could have been better. I also didn't like the fact the staff weren't proactive in offering to get extras including hot beverages straight away, but the staff here did seem friendly as I began speaking to a rather friendly Italian server about football, who supported Napoli.

I did have an issue in the waiting time for extras, it just took too long on my second day I ended up having to wait over 20 minutes for my omelette, which once served was far too gooey and cheesy despite asking for less cheese - dissapointing especially for the ultra high end price of £30 per person for breakfast.

Breakfast is served until 11 so that is a bonus if you enjoy eating later or sleeping in, or like me both!

It does have its' flaws but Podium at the London Hilton on Park Lane is a great hotel restauraunt, although it is a different class from the Glavin at Windows on the 28th floor (michellin starred restauraunt with better views compared to this one with no view), it still was pretty good none the less and anything less than a four-star rating would surely be an insult, I do think the price of certain aspects of the experience is too high however and it isn't matched by the waiting times and/or service which does let it down.

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Too sweet for me but staffs were really kind so I had a nice time there. Normally we can drink a pot tea but this restaurant serve two pods of tea, which made me more enjoyable.

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Went this afternoon for tea. 
Podium is located Inside the Hilton hotel on Park Lane.
Waiter -Bogdan he was originally from Romania, he was very attentive, helpful & polite 
The food was very good - a lovely selection of open faced sandwiches which is a brilliant idea. (Not too much bread) The pate/ham & prawn cocktail were my favourites. My husband loved the cucumber & cream cheese. The smoked salmon was super fresh & melted in our mouth. Devine 
They offered more sandwiches if you liked which was a nice surprise. 
Then the cakes & scones came on a pretty 3 tiered tower. I had requested gluten free & my bread & scones were delicious. This was the best desert tray I think I've ever been served as it was packed solid of goodies - there was a winter wonderland theme & it was pretty spectacular. It had layers of chocolate & endless little icing treats.  There was a little edible fence that sat on chocolate layers, adorable sweets to look like toadstool, trees & pretty shapes. Every inch was edible.
We weren't able to eat it all and so they packed up what we had left in an adorable box for us to take home.
I would very much recommend eating here. 

The only thing that spoilt our afternoon & the reason I deducted 1 * was as you walk into Podium the bar is on your right  - a large crowd went into the bar & stayed 35 - 45 mins - they were very drunk, extremely noisy, screaming, cursing & overall very offensive -  we were baffled that no one told them  to leave or at least quieten down, yet there were plenty of staff. 
I got up to use the bathroom & literally had to push to get past them as they were so drunk they didn't see or care to see me. 

It was a shame as it totally put a damper on our afternoon having to listen & put up with such ill behaviour. 
In fact I am finding it extremely hard to believe that a nice hotel as the Hilton on Park Lane in Mayfair allowed that kind of behaviour.

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I am staying at Hilton park lane and decided to stop by the breakfast buffet.   They offered scrambled eggs, potatoes, mushrooms, baked beans, grilled tomatoes, black pudding, sausage, miso soup, porridge, fruit, yogurt, baked goods, a half dozen types of smoothies.  My description isn't doing it justice.  There are lots of options.  Everything I tried was very good.

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Came here for an evening meal using a Groupon voucher which made it excellent value. Decour and atmosphere could do with a bit of work, but other than that it was a lovely meal.

Food was excellent (scallop starter, duck and lentils for main and apple creme brulee for dessert)

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Podium is the hotel restaurant at the Hilton Park Lane.  They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I went there for both lunch and dinner.  As far as the food goes, it is all very basic stuff, but they do a good job with the execution part.  The breakfast was the typical big hotel buffet spread and the service was very attentive.  When I went for lunch, the service was also very good.  I had a chicken club sandwich with a side of chips.  Nothing special, but the sandwich was very good.  The prices here are on the high side, however.  My lunch for a sandwich, soda and water was over £23, £17 for the sandwich.

The one downer on this place aside from the prices is the décor.  It is straight out of generic hotel restaurant central casting, very sterile and not much atmosphere.   However, the food and service was very good and I guess they are well known for their afternoon tea service.  It is always a good thing to have a solid restaurant in your hotel.

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Nice afternoon tea! 

Started off with the sandwiches, which were all fantastic. They are also unlimited so I did get a second tray of sandwiches. Then, they brought out the tower of scones, pastries and desserts. Scones were very fresh, and I enjoyed the various textures of the desserts and pastries. The champagne was very good, and so was the tea. Make sure to try the nutty chocolate tea, as It compliments the desserts nicely. Maybe this place isn't as upscale as the Ritz, but it was still good.

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This was a lovely taster of the Podium Resurant. The bread was delishous. Half Brown and half white and both as scrumptious as the other. I had deep fried seabass with coleslaw for start with was so yummy the fish was beautifully cooked and salmon with samphire and squid ink pasta which was very nice and very filling. The evening was enjoyable the music wasn't too load so you could talk easily. The service was good and everyone was friendly. I think i would recommend this but there was a bit of an air of superiority coming off the other dinners which was a little off putting.

Podium Restaurant & Bar in Mayfair, London — Luxury Afternoon Tea & Fine Dining Near Hyde Park

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Podium Restaurant & Bar in Mayfair, London — Luxury Afternoon Tea & Fine Dining Near Hyde Park

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