Afternoon Tea at Antidote (80 Bras Basah Road - Fairmont Singapore, Level 1) Reservation: 6431 5315

Visited on 31 Aug 2014 (Sun). Anti:dote at the newly refurbished Fairmont hotel, is a stylish and modern cocktail bar that has launched the new afternoon tea daily. I'm glad that there is one more new place to go for high tea and I already fell in love with this place upon arrival! 

Afternoon Tea hours: Monday to Friday - 3pm to 5pm


Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays - 12pm to 2pm (first seating), 3pm to 5pm (second seating)

Love this simple yet stylish light up glass counter!

Very chic interior and cosy ambience!

Love these row of seats for drinking from 5pm to 2am daily!

These were our seats by the window but only taxi stand view. Haha!

There're 3 types of afternoon tea set to select from. Antidote Tea ($38++ per person), Oriental Tea ($38++ per person) and Royal Tea ($75++ per person). All the afternoon tea items are the same for these 3 sets except the starter is different. And the Royal Tea set comes with a glass of Champagne which is why it costs so much more...

Note: The price has increased to $45++ per person for the AntidoteTea and Oriental Tea with a slightly different menu from Feb 2015.

The afternoon tea set comes with a selection of TWG tea and you can only choose those tea priced at $11. Or you can choose any of the 3 choices of roasted coffee (Cappucino, Macchiato, Latte)  Coffee/Tea are refillable! Note: You have to stick with the same choice of tea or coffee for refill. Take a peek at some of the $11 tea choices.

I  thought since my name is Summer,  why not i try the tea with my name in it? Eternal Summer Tea - South Africa.. Haha... This tea has a pleasant smell with a tad sour and a tad sweet taste, great for afternoon tea!

Starter for the Oriental Tea Set

Shrimp Har Gau, Chive Dumpling, Scallop Siew Mai

Initially i did not place much hope on their dim sum but I can tell you these 3 dim sum surprisingly beat most of the popular chinese restaurants! I love the scallop siew mai so much! It was so fresh, hot and succulent - Drool..... How i wish their dim sum is those ala carte dim sum buffet... LoL...

Starter for the Antidote Tea Set

The Anti:dote Black Truffle Scrambled Egg

Omg this was another premium stuff! The scrambled egg presented in an egg shell with a layer of black truffle on top. The egg was creamy and super yummy that i could not use anything to describe!!! Dip the scrambled egg with the crispy buttery toast sticks to enjoy the fullest!

And Here Comes The Mini Dresser with All The Colourful High Tea Items!

Anti:dote was the one & only place that served afternoon tea in such an unique way. I'm really very impressed by their creativity. We always see 3 tier high tea served in a very boring way. Finally Anti:dote surprised all of us! I think most ladies will fall in love with this mini dresser.. Hehe.. Open each drawer to see the surprise! :)

Petit desserts atop the dresser features:

Lemon macarons

Anti:dote rum baba, Chocolate dipped strawberries

Karukera chocolate mirror tart, Strawberry gateau

Handmade truffles, Earl grey eclair, Apple delight with almond crumble

For the Anti:dote rum baba - You can squeeze the plastic thingy to dispense how much rum you want!

My favourites: Lemon macarons very refreshing taste! Chocolate mirror tart very rich chocolate but take note of the centre round thing very sour! Strawberry gateau has a very aromatic strawberry taste! See the photo below of the chocolate dipped strawberry. Hehe very special strawberry!

Top drawer features 5 types of savoury sandwiches:

Smoked Salmon, creme fraiche, caviar

Prosciutto, onion jam, aged cheddar

Coronation curried chicken

Boston lobster roll, herb mayonnaise

Cucumber and dill salad, creme cheese

I like every of them except the cucumber dill salad (Brown), it's tasteless and very dull. My favourite is the lobster roll and smoked salmon!

Middle drawer features:

Warm Candied Ginger and Raisin Scones 

(Comes with homemade strawberry jam, Devonshire clotted cream, lemon curd)

Lemon, basil pound cake

The scones here were crisp with buttery taste very nice but i don't like ginger that kind of a tad bitter and a tad spicy taste so this scone was out for me.  I guess ginger is not the popular choice to most people. The lemon curd provided was those in lemon meringue tart that we can find at most high tea places, very nice! The lemon basil pound cake was quite hard and i stopped after 2 bites. So this middle drawer was rather disappointing to me..

Last drawer is the complimentary cookie that we can bring home as they know most people will be too full to consume the cookie after the high tea so they wrapped the cookie with the Fairmont ribbon for us to take home. It was really thoughtful of them and we really appreciate this little gesture from them. It is butter cookie quite nice! :)

We chose 1 Oriental Tea Set and 1 Antidote tea Set at $38++ each, so our total bill is $89.45 for 2 pax. (Free flow of Coffee or Tea).  I find the price is pretty reasonable. The starter is the main attraction than the high tea items. I will give full marks for the unique presentation!


The service here was average as the staff were not very attentive, have to try a few times to catch their attention. But they were very polite and made an effort to explain to us what are the high tea items. The latte here was very premium quality,  the roasted coffee smells very good! My partner told me this was the BEST latte among so many hotels! So do try their latte when you're there! I would say this is probably 1 of the BEST high tea that you should try!

*Highly Recommended*


Website: http://www.fairmont.com/singapore/dining/antidote/