Mother’s Day is approaching, and deciding where to take your Mum is always a tough choice. Wherever you choose, we’re sure it will be wonderful. If you’re still weighing up your options, we’ve found three perfect places where you can show your mum just how much she means to you.
What’s on offer at Sopwell House in Hertfordshire
Mother’s Day Sunday Lunch
For a relaxed family lunch, The Brasserie is the perfect location with its Mothering Sunday Buffet. A delicious selection of dishes will be available including amazing desserts that you can treat your Mum to a tasty lunch surrounded by her loved ones.
Lunch includes a glass of prosecco and a special gift for Mum. Available from 12-4 pm, and priced at £62.50 per person or £31.25 per child under 14 years.
Champagne Afternoon Tea
High in demand in The Restaurant, Cocktail Bar and Conservatory is the Mother’s Day Champagne Afternoon Tea.
A sumptuous spread of sandwiches, home-baked scones and intricate cakes is paired with a glass of Taittinger Champagne for additional indulgence.
Mothers will also receive a special gift. Available from 1-5 pm, and priced at £49.95 per person or £24.98 per child under 14 years.
Mother’s Day Buffet
To entertain the whole family, Sopwell House is offering an extravagant, grand buffet lunch in its impressive banqueting space – the St Alban Suite. Guests will be entertained by a live four-piece band playing Mum’s favourites whilst enjoying a selection of delicious buffet lunch options and a glass of prosecco, plus an exclusive gift for Mum.
Available from 1-3.30 pm, and priced at £67.50 per person or £33.75 per child under 14 years.
Sopwell House is a stunning 18th-century Georgian house located in the city of St. Albans, deep within the Hertfordshire countryside. Located only 20 minutes from London St. Pancras, the hotel is the idyllic getaway just outside of the hustle and bustle of the capital.
The hotel is the perfect place to dine, boasting a 2AA Rosette restaurant, a vibrant Brasserie, an elegant cocktail lounge, and a conservatory bar, all of which look out on 12 acres of beautiful gardens.
Sopwell House, Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, AL1 2HQ
For reservations, please call: 01727 864477
www.sopwellhouse.co.uk
Mothering Sunday 2018 at Royal Lancaster London
In celebration of mothers, step-mums, and grandmothers everywhere, Royal Lancaster London has created an indulgent Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea, which is available exclusively on Saturday, 10 and Sunday, March 11, 2018.
Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
To celebrate the leading ladies in your life, the Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea will be served in the elegant surroundings of the brand-new Hyde Lobby Bar.
An array of delectable sandwiches includes a Cornetto of Home-Smoked Salmon with Caviar, Roast Oxfordshire Beef with Horseradish on Onion Bread, and Grilled Aubergine with Courgette, Red pepper, Hummus and Rocket.
A warm tartlet of Coronation Chicken and a Choux bun filled with Barradale Free-Range Eggs, light Mustard Mayonnaise and Wild Cress elevate the savoury selection and are sure to be Mum’s favourites.
Fresh scones (take your pick of plain, sultana or raspberry) are accompanied by Homemade Strawberry Jam and Jersey Clotted Cream, whilst a spread of sweet treats includes a Bitter Chocolate and Macadamia Nut Financier, a Fresh Fruit and Lemon Curd Tart, Mango and Coconut Éclair; and a tangy Seville Orange and Grand Marnier Lollipop.
Each booking over the weekend will be entered into a prize draw to win day spa access at K West Hotel & Spa, including a complimentary treatment – Mum’s choice! Every mum will also be gifted a bag of homemade chocolate truffles to take home with them.
The Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea is available to book between 2 pm and 5.30 pm, and is priced at £35 or £45 with a glass of Moët & Chandon Brut Champagne. For an extra luxurious treat for mum, the tea is available with a glass of Moët & Chandon Rosé Champagne for £50.
Royal Lancaster London, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY
Reservations on 020 7551 6000 or visit www.royallancaster.com
Mother’s Day at The Arch London
The Arch London has got you covered with the perfect treat for a deserving mum. Instead of buying a bunch of flowers and a box of chocolates, take your lovely mum for a long luxurious lunch or an indulgent Champagne Afternoon Tea, each served with a complimentary gift for mum.
Mother’s Day Champagne Afternoon Tea
Sipping on a glass of bubbly is the perfect accompaniment to enjoying sandwich classics and quintessentially British desserts.
The Arch London’s Royal Afternoon Tea will feature savouries such as Coronation chicken on toasted sourdough and English Cheddar with apple and raisin chutney on sun-blushed tomato bread, as well as plain and fruit scones with strawberry jam and clotted cream.
Scrumptious sweet treats will include rose and lavender macaroons, white chocolate and passionfruit brûlée, and lemon curd, strawberry and pistachio tartelette.
Your mum will feel truly spoilt as she gets treated like Royalty whilst enjoying a British favourite pastime served with a luxury gift.
Mother’s Day Champagne Afternoon Tea is priced at £45, including a glass of Taittinger Brut Reserve, and can be taken in the Salon de Champagne, the beautiful Martini Library, or Hunter 486 from Noon until 7 pm.
Mother’s Day Lunch
For the ultimate indulgence, treat mum to a three-course Mother’s Day menu featuring delicious starters such as a seafood cocktail of tiger prawns and Dorset crab with cucumber and avocado, and pressed ham hock terrine and sticky apple compote.
Main course choices include Norfolk roast black chicken with crushed Jersey royals and poached salmon with asparagus, Burford brown egg and blood orange hollandaise with Yorkshire rhubarb jelly, white chocolate and passionfruit crème brûlée, and bread and butter pudding with marmalade ice cream for dessert.
Priced at £35 per person, the three-course Sunday lunch is served in The Arch London’s stylish restaurant Hunter 486 from Noon until 10 pm. A children’s menu is also available for little ones during their visit.
Named after the 1950s dialling code for Marylebone, Hunter 486 has been designed with an air of nostalgic London glamour fused with contemporary touches.
The restaurant features gleaming leather booths, blown glass chandeliers and statement artwork, plus an adjoining chic Salon de Champagne bar.
The kitchen is delightfully open-plan and airy, allowing guests to watch the skilled chefs at work amongst the gleaming selection of copper pots and pans suspended from the ceiling.
Light streams through the large windows, treating guests to a charming view of the neighbourhood mews, and come the evening, the softly lit restaurant is an intimate setting for dinner and drinks.
The Arch London, 50 Great Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, London W1H 7FD
For reservations, please call: 020 7724 4700 or www.thearchlondon.com
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