Sketch
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To try to describe Sketch is like trying to paint a smell. It requires a sort of synesthetic language, one where egg-toilets, artist cutlery residencies, and sniper crosshairs in an enchanted forest... Read More
To try to describe Sketch is like trying to paint a smell. It requires a sort of synesthetic language, one where egg-toilets, artist cutlery residencies, and sniper crosshairs in an enchanted forest are core to the vocabulary. To put it simply, Sketch is an experimental restaurant and tea room, one in which have had guest curators like David Shrigley and Martin Creed. Afternoon tea is available in all three of its main spaces: The Parlous ("Lounge on a variety of Louis XV seating in the quirky and eccentric patisserie, restaurant and bar from breakfast, through comfort food and afternoon tea for up to six persons until the last drink before home"), the Glade (a "half-remembered and yet completely contemporary" woodland-themed sitting room, and the Gallery, where guest curations take place. Truly there is no place like it one earth, and guests could lose afternoons peering into its hidden mysteries and vividly displayed curiosities.
EXPERT TIPS BY:
Arianna Reiche
London Local Expert
- Afternoon Tea: "Check out the bathrooms – egg cubicles with barely-whispered poetry playing on a hypnotic loop. Utterly bizarre and unforgettably magical."
- Best for Afternoon Tea Because: An afternoon at Sketch is less like a tea outing and more like an immersive theatre experience.
