Felicity's Café at Quex — Restaurant in Thanet

With the weather being so glorious, a spot of afternoon tea outdoors was in order. We took a trip to Felicity's Cafe at Quex Park.

After performing the, what has become normal, NHS track and trace scanning we were walked over to a table situated perfectly in the sun.

We were offered a choice of tea or coffee and told the food would be out shortly. Within a few minutes we had a stack of savoury and sweet treats presented to us.

On the lowest tier were 4 sandwiches: salmon and cream cheese, chicken and tarragon, cheese and tomato (amazingly tasted like pizza) and finally egg mayonnaise.

On the next tier we had a scotch quails egg, caramelised onion quiche and piccalilli.

Finally, the top tier included a chocolate brownie, red velvet, bakewell and carrot cake topped off with a few strawberries.

We've had many afternoon teas over the years, it's always great to experience the same sort of meal with differing menus or twists. In this case, there were several elements on offer that wouldn't have been my choice. However, the empty plates at the end speak volumes. The food was great!

The cheese and tomato 'pizza' sandwich was amazing. The salmon sandwich fantastic. The scones crumbly, with lashings of clotted cream and a blob a jam. The red velvet light and fluffy with icing that was sweet and creamy.

It was the perfect amount of food that left us just to the comfy side of stuffed.

Service was great. We were offered refills of tea several times and didn't have to wait long should we require anything else. The staff were all very friendly and attentive.

Feeling secluded from the rest of the world and all its chaos, it was a satisfying and peaceful way to let time tick by.

If you're looking for a good quality afternoon tea in a relaxing setting, give...

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