Best Restaurants for Afternoon Tea in O'Connell Street

We had a really enjoyable afternoon tea experience in the beautiful Lord Mayors lounge at the Shelbourne Hotel.

Wonderful experience! The tea service is overwhelming. Very good food and really too much! The servers are delightful and know just when to check in. When the pianist is playing it is extraordinary. The regular lunch is also very good. The presentation and freshness of the food is noticeable. Enjoy!

The Grill is quite small, so I'd suggest you book in advance. We selected 2 different fish starters, which were beautifully flavored , served prompt with a smile. Opting for the Jasper Steak menu as our mains, both the fillet and ribeye were cooked to perfection. Being 8oz steaks, we were not over faced with giant pieces of meat, allowing us to eat well but leave not feeling too full to move. Highly recommend this restaurant if you can plan in advance.

Afternoon Tea was lovely. Plenty of food. Selection was varied and very tasty!! So much tea and coffee it was endless. Including latte and cappuccino. Tried the fruit tea too. It was lovely and refreshing at the end. Would come back again.

Beautiful place, lovely ambience and decor. Service was so slow though, we waited ages to order a drink, even though we were given the menus as soon as we arrived. Had to ask for a drink, and later to order food ( even though we had the menus already), then had to ask again for desserts) food was delicious and the one staff member was very nice, but obviously run off his feet. We were going to the theatre closeby