Reid's Palace Afternoon Tea

Reid's Palace opened in 1891 on a clifftop site west of Funchal's centre and has hosted the kind of long-stay winter guests, from Winston Churchill to a string of European royalty, that gave the hotel its reputation as one of the grand old hotels of Europe. The afternoon tea service continues that tradition on the Tea Terrace, weather permitting, or in the hotel's indoor lounges when it is not, looking out over the Atlantic from the clifftop position the hotel has held for well over a century. The set menu runs to finger sandwiches, freshly baked scones with clotted cream and jam, and a selection of homemade pastries, alongside a choice from the hotel's own tea list.

Champagne is available at an extra cost rather than included in the base price.

This site's own currency table puts the tea at about $74.49 (€65) per person. Belmond's own booking page does not print a fixed figure, since the exact price is confirmed at checkout and can shift seasonally, so treat the euro figure as the current reading rather than a locked rate. The service runs daily from 14:00 to 18:00, with two main sittings at about 14:30 and 16:30.

The dress code is smart casual, and a reservation is required since seating on the Tea Terrace is limited, particularly for the more popular later sitting.

The tea service is explicitly open to visitors who are not staying at the hotel, and Belmond's own page treats it as a standalone bookable experience rather than a guest-only amenity. Reservations run through the hotel's own booking page, with no third-party platform or affiliate link involved, since this is a direct hotel service rather than a tour product. Anyone arriving without a reservation risks being turned away if the terrace is fully booked, particularly around the 16:30 sitting.

Reid's Palace sits on Estrada Monumental in the same clifftop hotel zone that runs past Doca do Cavacas and the Lido, a stretch of coast west of the flat centre rather than inside the old town itself. A visitor coming from the centre for tea alone should plan for a taxi or a bus rather than a casual walk, and can pair the trip with a look at the bathing complexes on the same stretch of coast if there is time before or after the sitting. This site prints no hotel room prices, counts or booking links for Reid's Palace.

Anyone looking to stay in this part of the city should see where to stay in Funchal for areas and search links instead.