V&A Main Café

V&A Main Café is a café Greater London Kensington and Chelsea located in London.

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  • Phone

    +44 20 7942 2000

  • Website

    vam.ac.uk/info/va-cafe

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  • Type

    Café

Address

Cromwell Rd London Greater London SW7 2RL United Kingdom

Reservations Yes
Credit Cards Yes
Wi-Fi Yes
Outdoor Seating No
Restroom Yes
Drinks Wine

Comments / 55


Keywords:

café cake scones tea good service architecture free Wifi coffee healthy food museums sandwiches salads lamb brunch food bar clotted cream lunch marble exhibits arts
Edina Pető

I must say this is my favourite part of the V&A.. The room is amazingly decorated. scones are always a good choice

Victoria L

Beautiful cafe , plenty to look at when eating. The museum 's slogan is emblazoned around the room. The stained glass has some interesting reading on it...marvelous features.

Qayser

A pretty special place to have a coffee and cake . Free wifi is a great perk as well .

Michael B.

The v&a cafe is a perfect way to start your day in London. Culture and food. Both excellent! Rather cheap too.

Oksana Korgun

Good variety of food for a museum cafe , scones are fresh and tasty. Yes, overpriced a bit but decor and atmosphere are amazing...

Jonas 🙌🏻

Great en pretty cheap food in a great location! Had the lamb , super good!

Michael B.

A lovely café with great food or cakes . Lovely atmosphere too.

Berfin Uçan

Beautiful cafe ! To be honest the coffee wasn't the best but the atmosphere was amazing. Would go there again!

Ruth Vakrat Fogel

After spending a few hours wandering around that's a good place for lunch . Quite busy but nice atmosphere and the food was good.

Adam Auden

A delicious way to support the museum . Hot and cold food and drinks, historic dining rooms or a garden courtyard .

Michelle Wiles

Prettiest part of the museum in my opinion. Scones are massive

Ged Carroll

As the cliche goes 'a nice cafe , with a museum attached'

David Thair

If you don't feel like paying £2 for a bottle of water, get a tap water for free from the machine next to the fridge !

New York Habitat

Beautiful place to get an afternoon tea . Sit beneath the crystal chandeliers and you’ll feel like you’ve been transported back in time.

Jorge Inda

Latte and grape bread with clotted cream , salmon almost delicious!

Seamus McQuaid

Why with a museum filled with art , culture and the story of these aspects, would you want to buy V&A soap.

Enzo Martinelli

Very lovely setting for a museum cafe

Kat 🐱

Get the iced americano if you need more fuel to power you through more museum visits.

Markus F.

Nice place for a cappu and cake

Ulla B

The cafe is just amazing. Latte was luke warm but I got another better latte for free.

Carla Eid

Cafe has the most beautiful ceiling, huge silver planets hanging from gorgeous marble ..place for tea n getting lost in thought

Kat 🐱

Nice outdoor area to relax.

Leiliane Valadares

Have a coffee or tea , maybe lunch , just to be inside this beautiful place

Harald B.

One of the Most beautiful cafés I know inside a museum

Saxow Boy

Beautiful interior but head outside on sunny days

Patrick Jackson

My favourite cafe in London

Allison Chen

Take a break at the outside cafe . Lying in the grass and enjoy the sunbath .

Russell Lin

if you like cling wrap in your food, this is your place

Simon Wilson

Pro tip: one pot of tea should just about do two cups.

Jennifer Hardi

Lovely architecture

marcelle ramalho

free, beautiful and huge. you need time to see everything, take a whole day to this visit.

Megan A

Delicious sandwiches and salads . Why not share a bottle of wine ?

M.G. Siegler

Pretty solid food. Better decor.

Matthew Rees

No trip to the V&A is complete without at least one visit to the cafe .

Szilágyi Szabolcs

The building, the atmosphere.

Eva Ci

so beautiful 😍

Joe Nixon

Watch out for all the middle/old aged queue bargers

Nina Vrdoljak

Try tortillas , they're amazing!

Alan Lupatini

I was there too early and there was not a single salty thing to eat, only sweet stuff.

Daisy Janes

Amazing William Morris rooms.

Tonnvane Wiswell

Small cold salad plate filling and only £5. Hot dishes overpriced. Still, most beautiful lunchroom in London

Evrim Arıcan

Cakes were good

Kay Wilson

Get free water from the machines by the drinks fridge .

Alina B

Life piano music !

Xander Gyr

Bit pricey

Ulceby Lodge B & B Bed & Breakfast

Rather pricey for what you get.

K

No croissants :(

pengovsky

Ridiculously overpriced

Sergio Esteves

A moussaka e o pimentão recheado estavam ótimos. Você pode comer na parte interna ou no lindo jardim externo. Se vier com crianças pequenas, elas podem entrar na fonte do lado externo. Traga maiôs.

Laura M

Ottima scelta di piatti gustosi e ben assortiti. Da consigliare gli scones con "panna rappresa" ,burro e marmellata da spalmarvi sopra.

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