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Afternoon tea at Paris palace hotels

Prices, days, hours and what is served: we read the menus and official pages of eight Paris palace hotels, and every price is dated.

€75
Bvlgari Hotel ParisMandarin Oriental LutetiaHôtel Plaza Athénée
€85
The Peninsula ParisShangri-La Paris
€95
Le Bristol ParisLe Meurice
€108
Hôtel de Crillon

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Afternoon tea at Paris palace hotels, compared

From the cheapest to the dearest, by each hotel’s cheapest set: from €75 to €108. Three menus do not say “per person” (Bvlgari Hotel Paris, Mandarin Oriental Lutetia, and Hôtel Plaza Athénée): ask when you book.

Price, other options, days and hours, and the room it is served in, from each hotel’s menus and official pages.
HotelPriceOther optionsDays and hoursWhere
Bvlgari Hotel Paris8th arr. €75 Prestige: €95, with a glass of Ferrari Trento DOC Friday and Saturday, 2.30pm–5.30pm; Sunday, 4pm–5.30pm The Bvlgari Lounge
Mandarin Oriental Lutetia6th arr. €75 With a flute of champagne: €95 Saturday and Sunday, 3pm–6pm Le Saint-Germain
Hôtel Plaza Athénée8th arr. €75 Angelo Musa’s with champagne: €95; Le Goûter du Plaza Athénée: €95 (€115 with champagne); children: €35 Daily, 2pm–7pm La Galerie
The Peninsula Paris16th arr. €85 per person Prestige or Gourmet: €105 per person Monday to Saturday, 3pm–6pm Le Lobby
Shangri-La Paris16th arr. €85 per person — Not stated Les Salons du Prince
Le Bristol Paris8th arr. €95 per person A glass of Champagne included Daily, 3.30pm–6pm, booking required Café Antonia
Le Meurice1st arr. €95 per person Glass of champagne extra, from €36 Monday to Saturday, 1.30pm–5.15pm; Sunday, 4.30pm–5.15pm Restaurant Le Dalí
Hôtel de Crillon8th arr. €108 per person With champagne: €138 per person; children: €28 Thursday to Sunday, 3pm–6pm, booking required, until 22 November 2026 Jardin d’Hiver

Menus and official pages read from to · All sources

Hotel by hotel: what is served, and when

Each menu in detail, with its source and the date we read it.

Bvlgari Hotel Paris

€75 · The Bvlgari Lounge

A lounge with a fireplace

The “Italian Tea time” costs €75 with a hot drink of your choice, €95 for the Prestige version with a glass of Ferrari Trento DOC; the menu does not say “per person”. It is served at The Bvlgari Lounge on Friday and Saturday from 2.30pm to 5.30pm and on Sunday from 4pm to 5.30pm. On the menu: scones with jam and mascarpone, savoury bites, Italian pastries and an ice cream from the trolley.

Source: Tea time — The Bvlgari Lounge (PDF, FR/EN), read on

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Hôtel Plaza Athénée

€75 · La Galerie

Afternoon tea

Two afternoon teas at La Galerie, daily from 2pm to 7pm: Angelo Musa’s, pastries and a drink, at €75 (€95 with a glass of champagne), and Le Goûter du Plaza Athénée, which adds a finger sandwich, at €95 (€115 with champagne). Prices include VAT and the 5% staff contribution; the menu does not say “per person”.

Source: Thé & Goûter — La Galerie menu (PDF), read on

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The Peninsula Paris

€85 per person · Le Lobby

Le Lobby, under its chandeliers

The classic afternoon tea at Le Lobby costs €85 per person, hot drinks and water included, net, service included. Two versions cost €105 per person: Prestige, with a glass of champagne, a cocktail or a mocktail, and Gourmet, with a pastry. It is served Monday to Saturday, from 3pm to 6pm.

Source: L’Heure du Thé — carte du Lobby (PDF, FR/EN), read on

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Shangri-La Paris

€85 per person · Les Salons du Prince

The grand staircase

The Prince’s Afternoon Tea costs €85 per person, net, taxes and service included. Neither the menu nor the Salons du Prince page gives its days and hours: the restaurant is open daily from 12pm to 10pm, but ask when afternoon tea is served.

Source: Le Tea Time du Prince — carte (PDF, FR/EN), read on

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Le Bristol Paris

€95 per person · Café Antonia

The gallery and its orange trees

Afternoon tea at Café Antonia costs €95 per person, a glass of Champagne included, with a hot drink, savoury creations, pastries and scones. It is served daily from 3.30pm to 6pm, booking required. The price and hours come from the hotel’s questions and answers page.

Source: Questions & Answers, read on

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Le Meurice

€95 per person · Restaurant Le Dalí

Pastries and a sculpted fruit

Cedric Grolet’s afternoon tea costs €95 per person: savoury pieces, a sculpted seasonal fruit, a hot drink and pastries served throughout. It is served at Restaurant Le Dalí from Monday to Saturday, 1.30pm to 5.15pm, and on Sunday from 4.30pm to 5.15pm only. Prices include VAT and the 5% staff contribution; a glass of champagne is extra, from €36. The English menu says “per person”, the French one does not.

Source: Tea Time at Le Dalí — menu (PDF), read on

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Hôtel de Crillon

€108 per person · Jardin d’Hiver

A pastry counter

Matthieu Carlin’s Marie-Antoinette afternoon tea costs €108 per person with a hot drink and a “BLA” sparkling tea, €138 with a hot drink and a glass of Rare Champagne Rosé 2014. It is served at the Jardin d’Hiver from Thursday to Sunday, in two sittings from 3pm, booking required, from 3 September to 22 November 2026: after that date, the menu will change.

Source: Afternoon Tea — Marie-Antoinette menu (PDF), read on

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Photographs: Expedia. They show the hotel, not necessarily the room where afternoon tea is served.

Afternoon tea with children

Two hotels publish a set for children.

Hôtel de Crillon
Le Petit Tea Time, for children up to 12, with a drink: €28.
Hôtel Plaza Athénée
A children’s afternoon tea at €35; the menu gives no age.

The other hotels compared here publish none on the pages we read: ask when you book.

Method and sources

A documentary check, without a tasting.

We have tasted none of these afternoon teas: we read the hotels’ menus and official pages, record the date of each reading and keep only what they state clearly. Menus change with the seasons: check the price and hours with the hotel when you book. How we verify

Not compared here, as we have verified no fixed-price afternoon tea on their pages: Brach ParisHôtel Fouquet’s ParisFour Seasons Hotel George VKimpton St Honoré ParisMandarin Oriental, ParisMolitorLa Réserve ParisRitz ParisLe Royal Monceau – Raffles Paris

Sources, hotel by hotel

Menus and pages read for this page, with their consultation date.

Mandarin Oriental Lutetia
Shangri-La Paris
Le Bristol Paris