Brumus

Thoroughly enjoyed our lunch prior to seeing Phantom of the Opera across the street. Lovely servers — attentive without being intrusive. Refreshing cocktails and well-​prepared and flavorful meal. Highly recommend!

I really liked this place. The ambience and the décor is really nice. The décor is really interesting and quirky!
Food: We went there for a pre-​theatre 3 course menu. The bread the bring in the beginning is really good. The food was really tasty, well presented and cooked well!
Service: The service was impeccable. Our server was very nice and answered any questions about the menu. He made a great suggestion for dessert when asked. I felt that I was really well looked after. Water was always topped up, whenever we need to get up he would help move the table. Really really great!
Price: For the type of food and that service I think that you really get great value for money with the pre-​theatre menu!
I highly recommend it!

Great friendly service for a nice afternoon tea that didn’t break the bank. Everyone was very accommodating and the food was very enjoyable. Nice options and plenty of quantity. Sweet and savory options as well as very good scones and clotted cream. Definitely enjoyed.

Went for afternoon tea in London. This place is the perfect mix of girly-​modern and traditional. I was alone, and my server Antonio was absolutely amazing — He took the time to chat with me, and I never had to wait more than a moment for his service.
I would say that there were definitely more sweets than savory foods on the tray… but I have a sweet tooth so it was perfect for me.
I will definitely be back!!!

Every time I eat at this resturant I always have a great dinner!
The service is always first class any day of the week!
A Brilliant Resturant and must when in London!

Very nice breakfast, and a good dinner. If you are staying at the hotel and do not feel like venturing out one evening (or morning), I doubt you will be disappointed here. Even if you are not staying in the hotel, this is still one of the best (if not the best) restaurants in the area.

The restaurant is set inside the Haymarket Hotel so you expect it to look very good. We were not disappointed the look and feel of the restaurant was opulent and quirky. They have some very interesting lampshades combined with Asian influences amongst the wall decorations.
We went into the bar area to have a drink before dinner. The range of cocktails is good definitely something for all tastes. Although some contain more ice than actual alcohol! The staff were all very courteous and helpful.
The menu gives you a good choice, we ate from a set menu, of fish and meats and a veggie option. The portion sizes were good, no chance of leaving here hungry!
It was surprisingly quite as there was only us and one other couple, the World Cup is on currently, so it could actually be a good time for you to go and try this place?

I wanted to like this place as their service was really kind, and the atmosphere felt upscale, so all roads seemed to lead to what could have been perfect… but then there was the food…
I ordered eggs benny over potatos — it came with oddly cooked poached eggs — firm center but runny whites, and included chewy fatty streaky bacon, with curdled/​lumpy hollandaise.
For a drink, I had the watermelon/​pomgranate juice — this was fresh and fantastic. The are solid on drinks, but food is another story. It wasnt just my food that was weird — a friend of mine ordered scrambed eggs, and it looks like… risotto. She ate it, but if it were mine… I wouldn’t have been able to stomach it on appearance, alone.

Everything about our dining experience was perfect, atmosphere, music, service, seating and most importantly the food. I had the best dessert of my life which is the caramelised pineapple, panna cotta with red pepper. I hope this stays on the menu forever!
Definitely returning!

My sister and I went here for drinks after a play. The building was lovely with pleasant enough décor. The drinks list is vast and the staff are very knowledgable and keen to help. It’s also good for a spot of celeb spotting because of all the theatres nearby. The chairs aren’t amazingly comfortable though.

This is a review for the bar.
I have never actually eaten in the restaurant, but I often end up here after the theatre for a drink. I ended up here last night in fact — along with most of the cast from the play I had just seen at the Royal Theatre Haymarket!
The bar is decorated really well, with lots of comfy seats and small tables. It’s really easy to get a large group in, and just as easy to find a nice cosy corner for two.
The cocktails are the real stars of the show, with an impressive list that covers pretty much any taste. Last night I made the mistake of ordering the «Smoked Cherry Margarita», not realising quite how smokey the taste was going to be — it was overpowering, but to be fair exactly as it was described on the menu, so completely my fault for ignoring that crucial word!
I then tried the «Pearls and Lace» which comes in a large champagne flute with a black ribbon tied in a bow around the stem. It looked really sexy and tasted amazing — who knew that cherry, chocolate and champagne could make such a fantastic combination? I also tried the «Cherry Orchard» (See the theme here?!) which was just lovely — though if I had to choose, I would go back to have another «Pearls and Lace».
The service is always absolutely lovely here, last night was no exception, with our waitress making us feel special and well attended to, even though the place was pretty packed.

My wife and I go to London a couple of times a year and always try to get Afternoon Tea. We usually go to The Browns but this time we tried Brumus on a recommendation from somebody we shared a taxi with and we weren’t disappointed. Centrally located just off of Trafalgar Square (and close to theatres), comfortable dining area, great service and great afternoon tea at a reasonable price. They also have a full menu and great drink selection giving lots of options. Scones were freshly baked, sandwiches were fresh and tasty, and deserts were varied and also tasty. We also feel a connection to the restaurant because its name is derived from a pet dog that was a Cavalier King Charles Spaniels which is our dog of choice. Definitely can recommend Brumus.

Great place to take a break after viewing paintings at National Gallery. We came here on a rainy Saturday afternoon and got so comfortable we didn’t want to leave!
As it’s inside Haymarket Hotel, the restaurant is very chic and luxurious. I love the décor with cute umbrella-​shaped light fixture etc.
3 of us had Traditional Tea witch came with tea (or apparently hot chocolate) of your choice, finger sandwiches, scones and sweets. I believe it was £21 per person, reasonable compared to some places that charge around £40.
It was a great afternoon tea experience. My darjeeling tea came in a pretty clear glass pot with extra hot water and a strainer. Our server accommodated vegetarian sandwiches for some of us who did not eat meat. Regular sandwiches were also nice, cucumber, smoked salmon and cream, egg salad and ham. The dessert pieces were all pretty big, banana glaze cupcake, chocolate brownie and raspberry cream éclair were a too sweet for my taste. The best of all were the freshly baked raisin scones, crispy outside and soft inside, yummy.
There was a surprise at the end of our meal. A server brought some tiny ice cream samples, very cute!

My favourite all time belini’s are served here, I love the lichee cocktails, they are to die for!
THe décor is French boudoir, but it is comfortable! The restrooms are through to the hotel and are beautifully decorated.
I have not stayed at this hotel, an oversight I wish to rectify.

Nothing amazing but definitely did the trick. Great pre-​theatre spot. They have a £20 3 course deal with a glass of prosecco. We ate:
Fig and priscuitto starter: Not great, OK but would not get again.
Lamb main: Very good — tended and tasty with a good salsa on top.
Dessert — cheese plate and banana tart thingy: Banana thing was superb — would order again and again. Cheese plate was fine but not fantastic.
The prosecco was really good as well.
Also, the service was superb. We were a little late for our reservation and they expedited so we had plenty of time to make it to the theatre and even offered coming back after the show to get the dessert if they couldn’t do it in time. Really excellent service and atmosphere all together.

Beautiful cocktails. Nuff said.
Brumus at The Haymarket Hotel is one of those classy joints that you’ve probably passed many a time without really realising. It’s opposite Her Majesty’s Theatre where The Phantom of the Opera resides at the bottom of Haymarket. Many a time I’d passed by and seen paps snapping away and wondered where it was and my friend who adores the place exclaimed it’s the Haymarket Hotel don’t you know!
I’ve only ever been on three occasions, each time only for a cheeky couple of cocktails or a red wine (to be honest that would be enough damage for my purse to endure!) The cocktails are simply divine and there are so many choices, and they seem to change the menu frequently. The wine was beautiful, though when we went just before Christmas time the waitress who served us charged us for the wrong wine — a more expensive one — and then tried to insist we ordered this but this was quickly rectified. This aside the service has been good when we’ve been and quick.
I’ve never seen any famous people in there but it seems to be full of media types and an older clientele but also there is a mix of younger people and the atmosphere and décor are low lighting and fairly cosy.
I would say it’s the sort of place for a nightcap or a couple of drinks for a special occasion or to treat yourself. Just ensure you give yourself enough time to peruse the cocktail list and make the right choice!

Bei meinem letzten London-​Aufenthalt war ich hier zum Afternonn Tea. Da das Restaurant zum doch eher teuren Haymarket Hotel gehört, waren wir vom Preis positiv überrascht. Wir hatten den Haymarket Tea für 21,50 Pfund. Kein Schnäppchen, aber im Vergleich zu anderen doch noch angemessen. Außerdem gibt es hier auch keinen Dresscode. Jeans sind kein Hindernis :)
Der Afternoon Tea bestand aus den üblichen Scones mit Clotted Cream und Konfitüre (sehr zart und lecker), einer Auswahl an Törtchen (ein Fest fürs Auge, teilweise etwas zu süß) und verschiedenen Sandwiches als herzhafte Komponente (alle ganz wunderbar). Alles serviert auf einer hübschen Etagère und dazu natürlich Tee nach Wahl.
Wir waren vor allem mit dem Essen rundum zufrieden, wenn auch die Atmosphäre leicht erdrückend war. Es ist doch sehr pink und plüschig, aber gleichzeitig relativ düster da drin.

I came here with the girls for an afternoon tea and on arrival, it looks fancy with beautiful decoration and seated at one of the big wooden table.
As people say, don’t judge its book by its cover and I totally agree. The service was extremely slow, there weren’t that many people in the restaurant, and the food was not up to its standard. I had afternoon teas at different places and this is by far the worst place I’ve been too.
The sandwiches which were suppose to have fillings… it seems there were none. All I could taste was bread & butter. Where’s the smoked salmon and ham and eggs that you said were part of the fillings of the sandwiches. The macaroon was way too sweet and doesn’t taste that great.
I bake my own scones and I do a better job than Brumus. Theirs were dry and didn’t feel freshly baked.
My friends had the pink champagne afternoon tea and paid an extra £5-£10. They were more than happy to settle for the normal afternoon tea as their champagne taste anything but an ordinary cheap champagne and they had a different variation of cakes (they didn’t even get any macaroons!!!)… so nothing fancy about this pink champagne afternoon tea menu.
If you want to have a good afternoon tea, please make sure you’re not coming here if you want to try good sandwiches/​cakes etc and good services. The 2 stars are for the decoration in the restaurant and the somewhat decent tea.

Continuing what has accidentally become my ‘Year of the Afternoon Tea’, I went along to Brumus (part of the Haymarket Hotel) for a friend’s birthday to sample their tea/​cake/​scone/​sandwich offering.
We had a fantastic afternoon, but I give it a 3 star rating purely based on my afternoon tea experiences at other hotels in London.
At Brumus you get a huge pot of tea to yourself, although the selection of teas isn’t that huge (no Rooibos, boo!). The sandwiches were tasty, but the crab ones still had little bits of shell in them. The scones, however, were amazing, and they were extremely generous with topping up our sandwich and scone supplies when we were running low. I ate way too much clotted cream, evening spreading it on a chocolate brownie at one point. Oh dear.
The service was sweet, but somewhat frazzled, and when they brought everything to the table — being quite a large group — it wasn’t made very clear which tea was which and how many people were sharing a cake stand of goodies. But all in all it was good value for money and a great setting and location.

Brumus at Haymarket Hotel — Thoroughly decent afternoon tea.
I came with a ladyfriend on a rather horrid, sleety day, so we were extra happy to be cosily ensconced in a window table at Brumus. I think the burgundy colour scheme was designed for days like that! The room is remarkably quiet, given the chaos of Haymarket just beyond the panes.
We had the Haymarket Tea (£18 (plus service)). Proper afternoon tea with finger sandwiches, scones and clotted cream, and little desserts. Everything was as it should be — sandwiches savoury, cream thick and yellow, desserts cute, varied and moreish. The scones were perhaps slightly too crisp on the outside for moi, but I don’t consider myself a scone connoisseur. A sconnoisseur?
Service was not entirely attentive — we had to flag them down once or twice — but extremely friendly and helpful, so they were forgiven. We were offered refills of tea and sandwiches without asking, which is great because you don’t feel like such a greedy guts.
I have to say that it was not up to the standard of tea at Claridges — but at nearly half the price, that’s fair enough.
We spent three hours there, and left stuffed. Result.

Awesome.
Great food, good wine, friendly, knowledgable service, very clean.
Food was well presented, reasonably priced. Chef also isnt scared to season food which is refreshing.
Yummy bernaise sauce.
Highly recommended.