Add a review about the Fortnum & Mason store in London

Fortnum & Mason is a very famous place that almost all tourists in London accidentally fall into. It's no wonder - it's a bizarre and seemingly old large building on one of the most famous streets in London - Piccadilly, which no traveler yet has passed, decorated with beautiful mechanical clock on the facade.

His clients were Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Byron and many others - almost all successful Englishmen in the last 250 years. The supplier of the Royal House Fortunum and Mason has been in existence for more than a century and a half.

The history of the establishment

The store was founded, respectively, by William Fortnum and Hugh Mason in 1707 . William Fortnum worked in the royal palace, lighting candles in the royal bedrooms . The queen demanded new candles every evening, and the old ones, burnt only by half, allowed to take the attendant . William Fortnum began to take them away, and since there were many candles, he offered the person who rented the house , Hugh Mason, start selling them . Mason had a small grocery store in St. James, they started selling candles through him, and over time he turned into one of the world's most famous stores .

The true fame of the store reached in the Victorian era and up to now pores remains one of the most prestigious in Britain

About the store

"Fortnum and Mason" sells mainly products, but there are other products - household items, decorative items and so on. The place is very prestigious, gifts are given from there when it is necessary something formal not very familiar to a person: this brand has such a high reputation that in Britain that therefrom neither give it - no one will take offense.

The shop the whole history of its existence was intended for selling expensive delicacies, and now he sells two categories of goods: food souvenirs for tourists and delicacies

His clients were Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Byron and many others - almost all successful Englishmen in the last 250 years. The supplier of the royal house he has been for more than a century and a half.

A large department on the ground floor is intended for tourists. Here you can buy traditional British sweets, cookies, tea in packs and stuff like that. Many tourists are willing to buy them - the packages look very "in English", for a food lover this is a suitable souvenir.

There are all the main sections: grocery, confectionery, chocolate, tea and coffee, cheeses, meat, alcohol and so on. Further. The store was originally grocery, so raw products here hardly sell, mostly ready-not raw meat, but ham, not fresh fish, and smoked salmon, etc.

The review of the departments of the store "Fortnum and Mason"

The most famous departments

"Fortnum and Mason" is famous for its two departments: tea and baskets. The department of loose tea is very good, some brands are very old, they are more than 200 years old - if you want to try the tea that the characters of Jane Austen or Queen Victoria were drinking (and for her they ordered tea here) - then you are here.

And the baskets are in the direct meaning of the word basket. Ordinary wicker with a picnic basket cover. They were ordered from Fortnum and Mason, going out of town. They are filled with bottles and ready delicacies - meat and cheese sliced, sweets, sometimes fruits, etc. And they became so famous that they became almost a tradition.

Also a good department with chocolate (a lot of good, hand-made sweets), well, in the department of cheese delicacies can find a lot of interesting things.

Building

Separately it is necessary to pay attention to the building. It's really as old as it looks - it's over 250 years old, and it's built for this store. But the famous clock above the entrance - new, installed in 1964

Price level - in the range from medium to very high. Quality does not always correspond to the price.

Two metro stations - Piccadilly-Serks and Green Park - are suitable for visiting.