"We had afternoon tea on 6th December at Bonham 's. As I have a variety of medical conditions I clearly and fully stated my dietary requirements on the booking. On arrival these were checked with the waiting staff, who assured me that the kitchen was aware of them and had complied with them. I requested no meat. When the food arrived, the sandwiches were wholly meat based. We asked for them to be replaced, which they were eventually with soft cheese and cucumber and some vegtable wraps. We had said that fish was ok but were not offered smoked salmon as stated was included on the menu. The scones were of a rock like and dry consistency and insufficent preserves for two people. The cakes included one that was chocolate (specific request no chocolate) and one that included chocolate in the decoration. When this was pointed out to the waiter, I was told 'chef presumed that only one person was asking for no chocolate '. Perhaps next time chef could ask? When I reminded the waiter that I wasn 't just being awkward, I had asked for alternatives because of medical reasons, he said he 'd see what he 'could do '. He returned with two very small macaroons. In addition, service was slow. I was both disappointed and upset. A small discount was negotiated from the bill but it didn 't make up for the appalling migraine that I woke up with the next morning because of Bonham 's failure to treat my request for dietary changes for medical reasons seriously."
