Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Cafe in Birmingham

Beautiful period surroundings , let down by low standards of everything else ! Coffee's were not sufficiently hot enough , & on complaining a waitress seemed somewhat puzzled as to how best to remedy the situation ! The food offerings faired worse , after ordering 'fish-finger' sandwiches , we were dismayed to find , the fish-finger ultra slim (approx 1/4 inch) with a 'dark' filling , on canteen style bread (pre-packed sliced ) , a reasonably tasty salad & tartare sauce accompanied ! I presented these facts to 'the manager' , he laughed & said , well you have eaten it all ! I replied I didn't say it was inedible , but very sub-standard, after trying to appease with 'cakes' I accepted a 50% reduction ! All in all our worst dining experience !

So great to see this place open again. The Sunday lunch was delicious. The largest Yorkshire puddings, tender beef and all vegetables were perfect.

Fantastic venue - light, airy spacious and not too noisy. The waitress was very attentive and shortly after sitting down she took our order. There were eight of us and we all ordered classic afternoon tea. Pots of loose leaf tea cam straight away however there was a slight delay in being served the sandwiches, cakes and scones so by the time these arrived we had all nearly drunk our tea and had a further wait to request refills as by this stage the tea room was busy. There was a great selection of sandwiches and cakes and was overall good value for money. The sandwiches were hard on top and the scones were not fresh which was disappointing. I asked others in my party and their responses were the same. So pretty average overall. Venue needs to improve the freshness of the sandwiches and scones especially when pre-ordered.

Just happened to be in the museum and saw how popular it seemed from early morning guests . Set amidst century old settings t had old world hospitality charm and food was excellent too .

The Tea Rooms are set in a remarkable piece of Victorian/Edwardian architecture,set out in a very attractive lounge style so that it doesn't feel like the standard museum/gallery cafe. Great cakes and snacks and a range of interesting meals, We really enjoyed butternut squash and coconut soup with great bread, Very charming and helpful staff. Busy and buzzy but not overcrowded

Really good menu for lunch. Lots of choice and quite a good vegetarian options. Also, good selection of great cakes. Well worth a visit. The room is really worth a visit even if you don't want to eat anything.

Ubicado en el hermoso Museo y Galería de Arte de Birmingham, uno tiene una idea de cómo solían tomar el té en una época pasada. The Edwardian Tearooms es un lugar perfecto para hacer una parada en boxes mientras disfruta de los tesoros que el museo tiene para ofrecer.

Sit back and enjoy a meal or snacks and enjoy looking at the orignal gaslight fittings. Selection of tables with standard chairs and sofas. Reasonable selection of cakes and drinks

Not visited for several years. The setting is as spacious and characterful as ever. Great quality loose leaf teas and a decent selection of cakes. The counter area has had a refurb since my last visit and although this gives it a more homely feel, the ordering system is not that clear. There were trays at both ends of the counter (one set clean and the other to be washed?) and you seemingly help yourself to cakes. As I stood there with my carrot cake, a member of staff asked me if I'd paid for it, when a much better question might have been "Would you like a drink with that?" or "Anything else?". Drinks appear next to the coffee machines but you don't know whose they are. A bit more communication would help things along.

We were a little late arriving, but they still managed to put something up & on for us.Well done for your efforts.

We've used the Art Gallery tea room for decades, but due to the ongoing road works in Birmingham have avoided the city for the last couple of years. Today, we decided to get our 'fix' and travelled to Birmingham by train. Our first stop ( as it always has been ) was the 'Edwardian' tea room. Aaaarrrghhhhh!!!! What on earth has happened? The last time we visited there were potted palms, bentwood chairs and original artworks from the gallery collection. Today we were greeted by lumps of black scaffolding, a mishmash of chairs ( many of which were very low and I dread to think how anyone could consume food from them ), tacky blown up Edwardian pictures gracing the walls and a general lack of anything vaguely approaching 'Edwardian'. In the old days there was a piano with a proper pianist occasionally tinkling the ivories too. It's a travesty! We refused to pay £3.50 for a small slice of stollen, given that the German Christmas market was next door. The toasted teacake was o.k. - nothing better than "o.k.", and as for the dreadful stained and artfully distressed enamel teapot, I can only say our Edwardian forbears are probably turning in their graves. I've always loved Birmingham Art Gallery ( and they will do very nicely when we're gone, as our wills leave our entire estates to the establishment ), but I'm sad to say we will probably give the tearoom a miss in the future.

We had a wonderful Sunday roast last weekend. It was fantastic! Service was quick, portions were good and the atmosphere was lovely. We also got the offer of 2 roasts for £20 which was great. Would highly recommend a visit. We will be returning!

We are three ladies who lunch (but only had a coffee on this occasion). I ordered a tea cake and a pot of hot water as I always take my own Pukka tea bags wherever I go! The tea cake was not warm and the butter was very cold (straight out of the fridge maybe?) which made spreading the £2.50 tea cake very difficult. Likewise with the toast. It was actually quite cold in the museum so the tea room was also cool despite us sitting next to a radiator.

Went there today at 11:30.Had a hot chocolate which was luke warm so had to drink it quickly.Then ordered a toasted teacake which came cold, looked and tasted as if it had sat around for days.The butter wouldn't even melt on it.Have been coming here for years but this was awful.

Los Tearooms Edwardian están ubicados en un gran espacio abierto con un techo encantador y tiene cómodos sofás y sillas, pero están manchados y cansados en los bordes. Nuestro café (tibio) tardó tanto en llegar que prácticamente habíamos terminado nuestro pastel que compramos para acompañarlo. Nada especial y me daría miedo ver cómo es el servicio cuando están ocupados. Un montón de tazas / platos sucios en las mesas. Los cubiertos, la porcelana, el servicio y el acabado general no son eduardianos ni nada remotamente parecido. Decepcionante, pero entonces eres un público cautivo.

The tearoom is lovely, it is in Birmingham museum and art gallery. Tandoori chicken salad was good, pulled lamb on flatbread was delicious. Nice place to try.

After negotiating a few flights of stairs, we found our way to the Edwardian Tea Rooms. We arrived at a busy lunchtime but managed to find a free table. The menu was adequate for our purposes and I chose a jacket potato with cheese but didn't want it with the cracked pepper mentioned. Unfortunately, this couldn't be arranged so I ordered a burger with chips instead. Service was OK when considering the time of day but the burger was massive! It was certainly a quality serving but I'm not normally beaten on portion sizes, however, I was this time! I would question whether the burger needs to be served so large. In contrast, my partner ordered a sandwich and enjoyed it.

Big cosy chairs, large space for a tea room which is nice, didn’t have to wait around for a seat. The cakes and scones are nice.

Enjoyed a coffee and tea cake here last week before we set off for back to backs tour and shopping! A lovely spacious tearoom with great decor and some nice savoury and sweet treats! Sadly you can’t buy a scone apart from a cream tea but it did look nice!!!

Beautiful room with excellent tea and generous helpings of cake. The place wasn't crowded either - why waste your money in a chain cafe when you can have a squishy sofa and a venue like this?

Bright spacious tea rooms. Good choice and good service. Excellent meal and reasonably priced. Very busy but we didnt have to wait long for our meal. Definitely recommend.

I ate Sunday lunch. Ordering did not get off to a good start. I said to the woman serving behind the counter, 'I will take the ham terrine and then the roast beef.' She replied, 'You wish to start with fishcakes?' A little language difficulty and inexperience - a minor and forgivable irritation. then I said, 'I'll take a large glass of red wine also.' Reply, 'I am sorry we have no red wine.' 'Very well,' I said 'I will make do with beer. What do you have?' 'We have only Becks.'. I am not alone in thinking that Becks is pretty disgusting at the best of times and certainly not a complement to roast beef. I took tapwater instead.

Situated inside the museum, v grand interior with lots of different styles of chairs and settees, served large pots of loose leaf teas, excellent tea cake. Will revisit

The tearoom is situated inside the Birmingham museum. Lots of steps unless you use the lift at the rear of the building. Prices are reasonable, with friendly service and great attitude from the staff.

Grand interior with high, arched ceiling.Large floor area with varied seating options including armchairs to relax in. Good menu (I had chick pea curry which was good and a large portion).Lots of tempting cakes and a friendly, hard working staff.

We weren't expecting too much, after all, it is just a museum coffee shop but we were pleasantly surprised. Not only is the space relaxing and unique, the quality of the food and service was outstanding. Visited twice during our visit to the museum as the tea is the best!

Gran conclusión después de una visita a la Biblioteca de Birmingham. La biblioteca es gratuita y la comida y la bebida se ofrecen a precios regulares. El servicio fue amable. Sólo paramos por una taza de té y un poco de café. Como en muchos otros lugares, las opciones de café son ahora una gran parte del menú y hay opciones de comida y comida rápida. Los asientos son aleatorios, sillas, sofás, sillones, lo que se suma al encanto. Sin embargo, algunos asientos han visto tiempos mejores, shabby-chic, que para mí se suman a la autenticidad del tiempo pasado.

El día que visité a un amigo, los salones de té estaban bastante ocupados, pero fácilmente encontramos una mesa de repuesto. Sin embargo, mi comida de la junta especial tardó casi 25 minutos en llegar, momento en el que mi café había desaparecido.

Ciertamente tiene el Wow! factor cuando entras en esta hermosa habitación. Un montón de asientos y mucha variedad. Incluso hay una mesa donde se puede "llamar a champán". Tuvimos un delicioso café con leche y un pastel de té tostado que fueron servidos por un personal encantador. Los letreros no son los más fáciles de seguir, solo pasan por la tienda de regalos y hasta el final de la siguiente habitación. Es una buena forma de ir al baño, así que no lo dejes hasta el último minuto.

While visiting the art gallery and museum we stopped to have a coffee and cake in the tea rooms : a relaxing, old world feel in a high ceiling-ed space, with a gallery around the top. The cake was yummy, and the coffee spot-on.

This is one of the best coffee places I’ve ever been. It’s inside the Birmingham Art Gallery, and it’s aesthetics inside are absolutely stunning. The coffee itself was excellent and the prices were very good. I hope to come again.

Stunning room in the art gallery, only had a brew & buttie but what a setting! Lots of comfy sofas, great place to chill.

Visited for afternoon coffee and cake. Great selection of cakes (Victoria sponge, carrot, coffee etc), and my flat white was well-made. The decor is lovely with period features, and there's lots of tables.

The tearoom is lovely, with plenty of windows and high ceiling it has a nice atmosphere. It does get very busy, so getting a good seat can be hard during busy periods.

Called in for a quick coffee before meeting a friend for lunch in Birmingham. What a lively place. Will certainly return for lunch in the future.

Afternoon tea was tasty, though the bread was a little dry, and well presented. The service was slow, around 20 minutes after the champagne. The food was enjoyable but I wouldn't go out of my way to have afternoon tea here, as nice though it is, it's not particularly special for the money.

We had a great day out and to top it off the food at the tea rooms was fantastic and worth a visit on its own. We had 2 Sunday dinners for £20 and the quality of meat was excellent.

To enjoy a very generous afternoon tea in the Edwardian Tea Rooms, or an alternative selection of snacks, whilst at the same time enjoying all that the Museum and Art Gallery have to offer. A beautiful building filled with beautiful things

We had coffee here when we arrived then went back for lunch. The soup was delicious and excellent value. It was nice to have a choice of bread to go with it too.

When planing to visit the leonardos my friend and I decided we had to do the tea rooms. It is a lovely impressive space to sit and relax for tea and food however we found it a little disorganised and not great value for money food wise. But with some simple changes this good be a better experience. It wasn't clear when we got there there are two types of service. What you see cakes/soup is self service ,Tea and other food for which the menu was only on the tables is a get a table and then go and order process. Very confusing as the only food we thought we could get other than cakes and soup ws the special which was a vegan sausage roll so we ordered that. It was 6.95 and when it came it was a lovely sausage roll but with a tiny side said on a small wooden board which makes it impossible to eat properly ,why so places insist on this soups way of serving food. It also seems unhygienic to me so never understand it . The tea I have to say wastes and very good but why they serve in a metal teapot instead of a nice local china pot is beyond me too. whilst we waited for our food which was quite quick we then found the main menu and read what could have had ... Place needs more thought for practicality in our experience

Stylish, relaxed very large tea rooms within the museum and art gallery. Booking taken for afternoon teas - with or without champagne. Nice range of cakes plus hot food including fish and chips. Various deals on most days. Unfortunately when we went no music from a chamber orchestra and it is partly self service ie you queue and pay but the food is brought to your table. Wonderful setting, perhaps would be better with full table service but probably more expensive. Afternoon tea is well worth booking. Very comfortable, great place to relax. Free wi-fi.

My adult son and I went for lunch. Only one person clearing tables. The room looked untidy at best. And when my vegetarian “special” of the day arrived the lettuce looked awful.

Went their today with friends. Very good value and the cake were very nice. Shout out to Kyla, super attentive and great customer service. Thank you

Ανάμεσα στα εκθέματα του Μουσείου και τη Γκαλερί Τέχνης, αποτελεί ένα πολυσύχναστο σημείο για να αναπληρώσετε τη χαμένη ενεργεια. Ο χώρος είναι ευχάριστος, με πρόβλεψη για καθίσματα αλλά και αίθουσα διασκέδασης για τα παιδιά. Εκτός από ροφήματα και χυμούς, μπορείτε να δοκιμάστε ποικιλία σε κέικ, δύο διαφορετικές σούπες αλλά και πιάτα που καλύπτουν πολυεθνικά γούστα. Οι τιμές είναι κατά 2 λίρες φθηνότερες από εστιατόρια σειρών που αφθονούν στη γύρω περιοχή. Γύρω στις 1 υπάρχει πολύ κίνηση. Η μανιταροσουπα ήταν πλούσια σε γεύση και η τιμή της με ψωμί 4.95 λίρες. Καθόλου άσχημα.

I came into the museum to pick up a parcel (have been round the galleries before) and popped my head into the cafe to see what lunch offerings they had. Ended up choosing the pulled brisket chilli flatbread with chimichurri and guacamole special - delicious!! Very fresh, tasty, good size portion. For £7.95 not bad at all and service was quick - got food about 10 mins after ordering. All day menu looked good so will probably be back. Lovely atmosphere.

We went for a birthday celebration, including a visit to the gallery to see the marvelous Leonardo da Vinci drawings.

Los salones de té eduardianos se encuentran dentro del Museo y Galería de Arte de Birmingham. Vi los salones de té mientras miraba por un balcón en una de las salas de exhibición. Decidí visitarlo y tomé un café y un bocadillo, pero también había comidas completas disponibles, así como champaña a pedido, usando el botón "presionar para champaña" en algunas de las mesas. Disfruté de mi breve visita a los salones de té mientras estaba en el museo.

A few friends and I went to the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery Cafe for afternoon tea on 16 April 2019 to celebrate a special event. The setting is phantastic. Booking by e-mail was easy, dietary requirements were catered for, service was great - an all round great afternoon. Thank you for making this special!

We had afternoon tea at lunchtime since the restaurant closes at 5:00 (teatime!).

Marvellous museum café/restaurant in a lovely part of Birmingham’s 1885 art gallery. We enjoyed their sandwiches and espresso and one of us has been rhapsodising ever since about the terrific mushroom soup.

We enjoyed our day out in Brum and I decided to educate the grand kids, but they got hungry and thirsty so we enjoyed a break here, good prices and good quality

frankly speaking,if you are tired of typical English cuisine, this cafe offers a vide range of dishes you will like-salmon, grilled vegetables and desserts. I really recommend it, the place is fabulous and the dishes are delicious

How far this place has fallen. A few years back, this was a nice place to grab a cup of tea and some food, in a civilised, pleasant environment.

While visiting the city, took the decision to take tea at the Edwardian Tea room located within the museum.

Came here for lunch, the food and drink were nice, but the only problem was the portioning. The large hot chocolate I had wasn’t really large at all, the fish wasn’t really big neither when I had the cod and chips and you were only allowed two small pieces of bread for the soup. Overall, not too eager to rush back here again.

If you are passing through Birmingham and have a couple of hours to spare this museum is well worth a visit.

Get to see the art collections and those amazing work. Good cafe within to have a mini break and chitchat .

Lovely room, full of atmosphere sadly the Sunday lunch was absolutely dire, not sure what cut of beef I was served but it was inedible, the meal was served Luke warm, raw cabbage and burned carrots ans parsnips. On looking round I saw 90% of the beef dinners which had been served were not eaten. Very disappointing

Went here for a quick bite to eat just before we walked around the Leonardo exhibition. I had a nice bowl of their (presumably home made - not really sure) tomato and basil soup, which was a help-yourself thing (pay first though!) and helped myself to the bread - although I did have to ask one of the staff if he could put out some more bread. All the cakes looked nice, but I fancied something hot and savoury. The dining room was absolutely packed and it was a bit of a challenge to find 7 seats together for our group. Never mind, we found one lot of 3 seats together, another lot of 3 seats together and one of our group didn't have any lunch anyway ..... A very nice and buzzy atmosphere, lots of ladies of a "certain age" - so our group fitted in very well! The dining room itself is delightful, and although it's noisy, it's a very nice atmosphere, and it was great to see it so busy.

I booked my boyfriend and I in here for afternoon tea and told the staff taking the reservation which afternoon tea we'd both like. We were seated at 1pm and by 1.40,we'd been served a coffee each, finished it and still had no food. I went to track down a member of staff to ask how long it would be as we had tickets booked for elsewhere for 3pm. I was told "you can see how busy we are". Yes I can but I pre-booked and since the cakes are presumably baked in advance, all you're doing is making up a few sandwiches? I was told 15-20 minutes which would have left us about half an hour to eat an entire afternoon tea. Not pleasant at all.

What a beautiful location to have a cup of coffee! The decor whilst you sup is absolutely beautiful. Despite a busy restaurant, staff were still smiling and serving quickly. Prices were a little higher than I expected.

The Edwardian Tea Rooms at Birmingham Museum are a delight to visit in their own right, just to see the architecture and decoration. The tea and coffee isn't bad either! A great place to refresh and recharge while visiting the museum.

Our second visit to the tea rooms - we enjoyed it so much on our first visit we made a point in revisiting today. My hubby went for the scrambled eggs and smoked salmon which he enjoyed (although he said the eggs weren’t as good as mine - clever husband!) and I had the crushed avocado on toast with poached eggs. Unfortunately, the avocado had what must have been a whole chilli chopped up and mixed in with it and I really don’t like chillies and they certainly don’t like me. There was no reference to chillies in the menu description, if there had of been I wouldn’t have chosen it. To end on a good note, the tea tasted lovely.

poor quality breakfast with stuck up staff and a pretty miserable atmosphere. prices are too high for what it offers. wouldnt return.

If you are visiting Birmingham museum and art gallery you may not think of it as a place to stop and have a meal but a visit to its Edwardian tea rooms may change your mind. With a menu that offers a full range from breakfast or main meals plus sandwiches and snacks through to an afternoon tea selection they seem to cater for most needs.

A girlfriend and I concluded a city shopping trip with afternoon tea in the Gallery Cafe and were amazed at the amount of food – one serving could easily have fed two people - and we both struggled to finish the cakes. Quirkily presented in jars and boxes, the sandwiches, scones and pastries were freshly made and came with pots of tea (refills are free). If you pre-order you are guaranteed a seat, otherwise you may have to wait for a comfy corner. Seating includes cosy armchairs and vintage sofas alongside conventional tables and chairs. The museum is currently running a Michelangelo exhibition until mid-spring and afternoon tea in the cafe would be a perfect ending to a spot of culture!

Went for a lunchtime snack with 2 friends. I ordered pot of tea and bacon sandwich.

Enjoyed our veggie brunch/breakfast with plenty of tea in teapots for one.

Mi novio y yo queríamos volver a visitar los salones de té eduardianos para el almuerzo, ya que era el lugar donde habíamos tenido nuestra primera cita y, por lo tanto, tiene un lugar especial en nuestros corazones. Es un espacio encantador, grande, bellamente decorado, siempre bullicioso y me encanta caminar por la galería de arte para encontrarlo. Ambos pedimos la hamburguesa de pollo y fue absolutamente deliciosa. ¡Tanto que todavía hablamos de eso ahora! Preciosas jugosas piezas de pollo muy bien frito. Se lo recomendaría a cualquiera en Brum.

The food was average but the decor is stunning. It can get very busy at peak meal times so get in early or delay past the lunch rush

Disfruté de un almuerzo ligero aquí con mi hermano y mamá. Es una sala muy atmosférica, con una gran variedad de mesas, sillas, sofás y lámparas. El menú tiene una buena selección que incluye sándwiches, comidas ligeras, ensaladas y ofertas más sustanciales (por ejemplo, hamburguesas, curry). Té de la tarde adecuada también está disponible. El menú completo se puede encontrar en la página web del museo. El personal era muy agradable y atento en mi solicitud para no tener tocino con mi tortilla. Estaba bastante ocupado (el mercado alemán estaba en el exterior) pero no tuvimos que esperar mucho tiempo para nuestras comidas. La comida era muy fresca y estaba muy bien presentada. Mi hermano (que está libre de gluten y lácteos) estaba satisfecho con su jamón, huevo y papas fritas. Es un lugar encantador para escapar del bullicio de Birmingham y esperamos volver.

Hace poco visité el museo y la galería de arte de Birmingham y ¡qué visita! Al principio me detuve solo para ver el maravilloso trabajo de arte y para obtener una inyección de esplendor cultural, pero, para mí, había un combo de arpa y guitarra llamado "The Cherry Stone Duo". Fueron simplemente fabulosos. necesario para eliminar el estrés, relajarte y olvidarte de las cosas y simplemente estar, filmé durante más de 16 minutos y, si alguien quiere verlas, he puesto un clip en YouTube para tu disfrute personal:), que también se encuentra en esta maravillosa galería de arte y museo son pinturas de Sandro Botticelli y artefactos del antiguo Egipto, hazte un favor y coloca este increíble espectáculo en tu lista de deseos.

Ho fatto colazione in questa sala da tè bellissima e molto molto accogliente. I prezzi sono modici, il tè, inutile dirlo è molto buono, e l'ambiente è caldo e accogliente. nota particolare anche il personale è gentilissimo e si è sforzato di capire anche chi come me non parla un inglese fluente...cosa non comune in Inghilterra!

So etwas hätten wir in einem Museums-Café nicht erwartet: plüschige Sessel, Sitzecken mit Ledersofas, alles im Edwardien Style. Ab er es sah gemütlich aus und wir hatten Lust auf etwas zu trinken. Wir bestimmt teuer sein, in diesem Ambiente?

We stopped in here for lunch during our visit to the museum. Lots of comfy sofas for those just having a drink and some standard tables for those having a meal. We had a very good ham, egg and chips with good thick ham for a very reasonable price.

We haven't visited the tea rooms for a few years so yesterday we decided to walk past our regular coffee stop and go there for coffee and cake. Sofas have been added to the tea room giving customers a comfortable place to sit since my last visit. There wasn't a great choice of cakes though and a small prepacked packet of three ginger nut biscuits cost £1 - the last time I visited a pack of biscuits was provided free of charge with each hot drink. The cake which my husband had was okay but the coffees were poor, my Americano was lukewarm and tasted more like instant coffee and my husband said that he's had better lattes.

We had an excellent lunch in Edwardian Tea Room, two had Parma ham omelette with salad with side order of chips. The others chose hand carved ham free range egg and chips and fish cakes with chips and tartare sauce.

Four of us popped in at lunch time, it was quite busy, no menu’s on the table? We go in search and apparently they are hidden near to the till area, a member of staff handed them to us without speaking! We decided to take the line of least resistance and had soup and sandwiches, the soup £4.95 per serving was luke warm and the pre packed sandwiches similarly priced were freezing cold a unique combination and one which we will not be repeating, a shame as this is great setting that with the right attitude could be so much better!

We decided to have lunch in the Edwardian Tea Room as it was the most convenient thing to do after visiting the museum. Luckily they were still serving the breakfast/brunch as a few of us fancied having that. It was quite busy and noisy but we managed to find a booth that just about accommodated us (it was a 'call-for-champagne' booth so we had to be careful not to press the button accidentally!). There was a high chair available for our toddler too. You have to order at the counter, where there was quite a queue, but the staff were pretty efficient and friendly.

Very interesting and good to bring young children ... easy to find using map of some sort! Everyone welcome and all staff friendly!

Since we were visiting the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, we nipped upstairs to try their cafe.

My daughter booked on line for afternoon tea and asked us her parents to take her French friend to tea hoping it would be a lovely experience for her . How wrong could we be .First of all they could not find our booking although we had a print out of our online booking they kept asking for a table. No .which we had not been given Found a table for us but had to wait half an hour . The tea was small and unappetising we could not see each other through the silly shelving and when l asked for another pot of tea was told that would be extra but could have hot water which should have been standard .Be warned we were so disappointed and will not be returning .

Treat yourself to tea and cakes. All served in 1940s tea pots with proper loose leaf tea. Great Edwardian Decor and its in the Fab Art Gallery and Museum ...... put it on your things to see and do list!

Three generations of our family visited for the Dippy on tour exhibition and we all really enjoyed it, as well as Dippy there are lots of interesting and informative displays and we finished our day in the Edwardian restaurant where our grandkids enjoyed the special dinosaur meals and we had delishious wraps with large pots of lose leaf tea, the soft play area is excellent and our grandson asked if we can visit the museum every weekend!!! There are just six weeks left until Dippy continues on his tour so don't miss out on this excellent experience which is free of charge, congratulations to all the staff and management for putting on such a great event.

Good ambience and decor. However I wish I'd mentioned it to the staff on the day ... the egg sandwiches didnt taste right, They were right to the use by date.

Not the first time we have been to the cafe in the museum. Before was just tea and cake. Cake was delicious. Today we stopped in for lunch after visiting dippy the dinosaur. Quick and efficient service. Was very busy but our lunch was served quickly think was a 15 min wait if that. Beautiful museum with a good cafe what's not to love

Visited the Museum to see the Dippy Tour. Impressive but a shame you saw Dippy as soon as you entered. Should have been hidden and revealed as you toured the exhibition of birds and their evolution. Went up to the Tea Room. refurbished nicely since I was last there. Very full - tables at a premium. Ordered 2 snacks and 4 mains. Waited 35 minutes for food to arrive. My smoked salmon and scrambled eggs and brioche was excellent. 2 breakfasts were enjoyed, though mushrooms were overdone. Tea was a bit too weak. Jacket potato and beans was fine, as were the paninis. Total bill with drinks was £57, which seemed a bit expensive. Noted a 6th Birthday Party underway. Menu has 5 starters and about 10 mains on it.

Great to see a superb interior put to a practical purpose, bit of a mixed layout of functional modern and classic pieces but pleasing to the eye and a very comfortable sit down space. Saying restaurant is pushing it for the gastronomic area. Hot food we tried was tasty and well presented at a good price, tea and snacks a wide choice.

This tea room is beautifully decorated and plenty of seating reasonable prices and a children's play area just outside so you can sit and relax!

We had the morning breakfast option. The food was hot and clean (i.e. not greasy) and very tasty. The tea room is surrounded by a gallery giving diners an enticing glimpse of exhibits yet to peruse.

I’ve always loved eating in here and the menu has got more interesting than it used to be, however the cooking of it is not always what it could be. Four of us ate lunch; two had mashed avocado on toast with poached eggs which was delicious; two of us had spicy chicken katsu burgers which sounded great but which was over cooked and in a dense rather than light brioche bun.

Tenía un jumbo con patatas y bacon butty ensalada fresca de remolacha con queso feta con una taza de té para inusual £18. 75 excelente calidad buenas porciones personal agradable muy limpio con todo tipo de asientos. Caro, pero volvería. Museum & Art Gallery son gratis, así que tuvimos un buen día bastante barato!

Did not strike as exceptional, but it's free and worth a visit. Less interactive and my young ones did not enjoy that much.

This place is enormous.There are several rooms each dedicated to a particular historical era. It has paintings, tools, treasure etc, everything from World War II, Roman treasure hoard, egyption mummies, religious icons etc. Definitely something for everyone and for all ages. This is not something you can rush around if you are to enjoy it properly. . . think in hours.

Well worth visiting the cafe in the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. We had lunch after visiting the gallery. Good food and service.

This cafe is in a lovely room showing the wonderful Edwardian style of architecture to perfection. There was a good range of food and staff were pleasant. Well worth visiting if you are in the museum.

Such a beautiful room and a really nice look, but the Tea Rooms often struggles to be friendly and efficient. Managed better this weekend, but not busy and table clearing still a bit behind the times.

An amazing exhibition with contemporary and modern artwork from a range of artists. Various rolling videos were certainly thought-provoking and consideration is given to how gender roles have, and continue to develop. I loved the cigarette person/gnome (still not sure) in a glass case at the entrance of the museum, an interesting concept.

Fantástico salón de estilo eduardiano con una gran variedad de opciones de asientos. Un montón de opciones para vegetarianos - vegetales bhaji hamburguesa era magnífico. El personal era muy amable y atento. Un gran hallazgo - volveré!

When we are in Birmingham, a few times a year, we have always come here for lunch. We think the...