Eating & drinking
The V&A Café
The V&A Café offers hot dishes, salads, sandwiches, pastries and cakes, as well as hot and cold drinks, wine and beer. All food is prepared and cooked on the premises using fresh food, bought daily.
The Café is located in the V&A's original refreshment rooms, the Morris, Gamble and Poynter Rooms. These three rooms formed the first museum restaurant in the world and were intended as a showpiece of modern design, craftsmanship and manufacturing.
Opening times
The Café is open 10.00-17.15 and 10.00-21.30 on Fridays.
The Garden Café
The Garden Café is open during the summer for drinks and snacks 10.00-17.15.
Families
Both the V&A's Cafés are great for children, with a wide range of food for all tastes. High chairs are provided in the main café. Main meals are half-price for children under 10.
The Café is run by award-winning London caterers, Benugo. For more information about the Café, please contact v&a@benugo.com.
Tap water
There is a water dispenser in the Café
Packed lunches
Packed lunches may be eaten in the Sackler Centre Lunchroom. For groups wishing to book the Lunchroom, please see the relevant section on the Booking an educational visit to the V&A page.
