Zubair Shehraz

Review of sketch Restaurants & Bars

Came here for afternoon tea at the Gallery to cele...

Came here for afternoon tea at the Gallery to celebrate a birthday. I'd been once before but the day exceeded my already high expectations.

On offer are a fine selection of teas, the most enticing of cakes and a sumptuous assortment of finger sandwiches (the smoked salmon was my favourite). And that's all before the fruit scones with clotted cream and fig jam were brought to the table.

While the food was great, Sketch offers so much more. The art nouveau decor is swanky but has its quirks. Think pink sofas, luxurious domed ceilings, unique artworks which adorn the walls and charming crockery embellished with humble and heartening messages. Not to mention the striking sci-fi alien egg toilet pods from which you reemerge feeling reborn. All of these things make this place very Instaworthy.

Service was sleek and subtle (shout out to Oksana who was excellent) and overall we were very pleased we came and lived the Sketch experience.