When high tea is highway robbery: Hotels charging up to £85 for champagne and scones | dailymail.co.uk

But the delight of taking afternoon tea at a high-class hotel is now likely to be accompanied by another of the nation’s favourite pastimes: grumbling about the bill. Which? has denounced prestigious establishments for charging as much as £85 for little more than a cup of tea and a couple of scones, branding the practice ‘highway robbery’. The consumer watchdog found that the five-star Lanesborough hotel in Knightsbridge offers an £85 per...