Dulwich Picture Gallery Cafe in Southwark

Rather an odd menu, focusing mostly on breakfast/brunch type dishes, with 2 or 3 Japanese style dishes thrown in. You order at the counter & the food's brought to your table. I was surprised though when the smashed avocado on toast with marinated chilli & poached egg, priced at £10.75, was rung up on the till at £12.09. When I queried it, I was told this was the service charge, yet there had been no actual service. If I'd not been happy with the service, hardly arduous simply involving bringing the food to the table, presumably I'd have had to go & ask for my 12.5% to be refunded. Added to this there was a container by the till labelled 'tips', implying there was no service charge. Very bad practice and rather annoying. The food was good though despite the odd rather limited choice.

A lovely cafe, the staff were really friendly, the coffee was good but it seems ordering the Japanese inspired slapped cucumber salad was a bit of a mistake - £12 for 2 mini spiralised cucumbers and a tiny bit of carrot and seasoning! My bad for expecting a full lunch-size plate of salad for that price. The rest of the menu looks lovely though.

Enjoyed my scrambled eggs,smoked salmon and sough dough bread. Could have had seconds easily! Delicious. Friendly staff 😃

My wife and myself paid our first visit yesterday to West Dulwich and whilst there came across the impressive Dulwich Picture Gallery. As we were relatively short of time, we decided to visit the Gallery on our next visit but popped into the nearby Cafe for a coffee. This was very nice - with no shortage of patrons - but the goodies on offer certainly struck me as being overly priced. That aside, well worth a visit - even if just for a coffee!!

I ordered the cheese and chorizo toastie and decided a side order of grilled tomatoes would work. The toastie was fine but my side (at £3.50) consisted of 4 thin slices of warm tomato. If put back together they would hardly have formed a half tomato. Prices here are not cheap - well we are in Dulwich - but I don’t think I’ve ever consumed such an expensive two mouthfuls of tomato anywhere else in the world. A first. And also a last. Although I will certainly visit the picture gallery again, lunch will be taken elsewhere.

After visiting the Dulwich picture gallery, which was free until February 13th, during a resetting of a new exhibition, we visited Flotsam and Jetsom,the Gallery cafe. We decided to have brunch.I ordered the eggs Benedict, my partner the Cheesy chorizo toastie.I definitely felt he had gotten the better deal as his toastie had of course two slices of sourdough bread,my eggs Benedict came with one slice of bread,and was more expensive. It was tasty,but I did think on reflection a more traditional hollandaise sauce would have been better.I looked at previous photos of the food and found a photo posted 7 months ago which did indeed have two slices of toasted sourdough bread,one for each egg ,which you would normally expect, especially as it was a pricy £10.95!I think having two slices of toast would definitely have made this better value.Bring back the extra slice!!! The service was good,smiley waiters,promp taking of order and delivery of food.

The place was full, we waited ten minutes for a table, and service was slow. There was no allergy advice on the menu, so I chose the only option that didn't come "on sourdough toast". I was promised salmon pate, chickpeas, and sliced beetroot. It arrived. My first thought was "Where are the chips?" Portions were tiny. The beetroot consisted of a few chunks and a few slices. The chickpeas - there were about five of them - were a garnish. I was hungry! I wanted lunch, not a taste sensation. The salmon pate was delicious - what there was of it. Why are museum cafes like this? The haute bourgeoisie need to eat too!

Popped in today Saturday, lovely Cafe, with equally lovely staff! Very welcoming with delicious coffee, food and cakes!

Fantastic space, great service and food. Wonderful, friendly staff, splendid location. Smashed Avo and coffee outstanding.

Visited for the Rubéns exhibition, cafe has since changed from last visit but we had a wonderful experience. Very festive atmosphere. Staff were lovely and very attentive. We had a turkey toastie with all the trimmings and a gallery special endive tarte tatin, followed by a couple of mince pies and mulled wine. The perfected ending to a visit in the stunning gallery exhibition. The staff were full of laughter and dance which was very warming to see. We found the old cafe a bit generic but will certainly be back in the new year.

Popped in here before a visit to the gallery. I wish we hadn't. We had a 'special' a toasted turkey and cranberry sandwich which was largely inedible. The bits of brown gristly turkey meat looked like they were left over from a week ago and the bread was soggy on the bottom. I left most of it and complained to the waitress...Oh she said "I'll tell the chef"....nothing else. The bacon sandwich had the smallest amount of bacon I have ever seen.. My coffee was not pleasant. Will not be going there again even though we live locally. there are many more places to eat in the area which are far superior.

It's alright but it's poor value for money in my view. We paid mid-budget lunch price for just "something on toast". This was not a balanced meal. There was no greenery. Salad garnish was offered but not delivered. There were no salads on the menu. The whole experience was a bit off-hand: scruffy menus, not entirely clean tables, rushed waiting staff. I had "mushroom gatherer" which was mushrooms on toast. It was extremely salty - and I am someone who likes salt. It was pricey, the price of a proper meal. But it was not a proper meal. My companion had the eggs royale which they liked, but again, no green vegetables.

Tea was fine. Apple and blackberry muffin soggy underbaked and inedible. Rude waitress said this was because it was plant based. I didn’t realise plant based meant inedible. My husbands Aztec biscuit was soggy. To be fair they didn’t charge us for either.I will in future go to the local gales instead, I suggest you do too or take a picnic

Place is a sick joke. Hot day no salads or sandwiches. Indifferent, bordering on rude staff. No service. Visiting gallery and had seen advertised as "well regarded". Might as well have gone to McDonald's!

Very welcoming and pleasant staff. Found a table outside and ordered at the counter. Service was very prompt and the BLT, which they call a BLAT Toastie was excellent. Very popular, there were tables inside but none were free when I called in. Just the place to eat before going round an exhibition at the gallery.

The choice of patries was a bit disappointing, the cafe was overcrowded (weekday) and I couldn’t get a seat. The only option was to take away my order and sit on a bench in the gallery garden.

First visit (for the Berthe Morisot - Shaping Impressionism) and I loved it! Wasn’t aware beforehand that this was the first purpose built art gallery and the architecture is stunning. The permanent collection includes Canaletto’s, Reynolds and was originally a Royal Collection, for the King of Poland. He was exiled before the collection could be set up hence this gallery being purpose built to show the artworks. Interior is beautiful. Nice cafe in a newer extension, also nice grassy grounds with deck chairs scattered around for you to sit in nature. Lovely setting.

Charming cafe in a great location. The service is friendly and efficient. The coffee is good. We didn't have time to sample the food but it looked delicious and we will come again to try it.

The location is fantastic. Food is nice. It is worth visiting if you plan to visit the gallery which is fantastic.

Great staff in this elegant cafe with glass walls looking into gallery gardens. The red velvet cake was very ordinary, with margarine-tasting butter icing, but the chocolate brownie was the best ever! Squishy, dark, hazelnutty(?). Delicious. My friend abandoned her red velvet and ordered one for herself.

We had an excellent lunch today and had the super salad with salmon , and eggs Benedict with bacon, followed by super fresh , fluffy muffins. The quality of the food was really really good and the portions were not skimpy. The real stars of this café were the waiting staff who are were absolutely charming and this is why we will certainly return

Delicious food, amazing staff, great atmosphere… and their cocktails and ice-cream are really good on a hot day

If you are looking for a friendly cafe welcoming families as well as couple and groups, with great food and drink on offer then this is the place for you. We were lucky enough to visit here at the weekend and what a delight of a cafe.The staff were very attentive and the lady that took our order was very friendly and happy to make recommendations ( who we learned while chatting was the manageress) I ordered the avacado poached egg and feta on sour dough for myself while my daughter opted for the scrambled eggs .....the choices on the menu all sounded delicious. We both enjoyed our meals and the delicious coffees. We opted for the recommended carrot cake for desert and another coffee The carrot cake was beautiful. As it was such a sunny day we were in no hurry to leave our table in the sun and enjoyed a few Mimosas in the lovely surroundings of the park and gallery. The cafe was busy which to me is a sign of a good place to be. I will definitely be back the next time I visit Dulwich.

This fabulous setting does not disappoint. Beautiful design, quality cafe with busy, happy professional staff. Good menu & value. Super eclectic mix visitors, inside & out - quite an experience for a visitor!

Great location but appalling waste of money. £4 for toast which wasn’t even toasted and cold - one and a half slices. Almost £10 for avocado on toast - I could go on but basically food was overpriced and dull, nothing to be excited by. Completely underwhelming and disappointing as previous cafe was good. Apparently this company has 5 year contract- we won’t be going back.

Great coffee, friendly staff and good food make this pleasant indoor/ outdoor cafe a good choice for lunch when visiting the superb Dulwich Picture Gallery

Cafe located just inside main gate of Dulwich Picture Gallery. Great modern design sympathetically designed and linked to the main gallery building. Perfect for a meal before or after a visit to the gallery and gardens or visiting the picturesque area (Dulwich Park and college...

Cheapest thing on the menu is toast for £4. It came out as just one slice of toast with a measly portion of peanut butter. Had to ask for butter with it. They didn’t have chai latte. And the waitress told us the soup was...

The setting is great, the gallery lovely, there are plenty of customers - yet they manage to fail on so many levels. The lady in front of me ordered Japanese tea - which was on the menu and on the shelf. The guy behind the...

Simple Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel was a generous size and was the Sub. Choice of upmarket soft drinks and very good Barista coffees. Possibly best for a pre-exhibition coffee and cake or tea and cake. They have Portuguese Custard tarts. Difficult if on...

A great setting at the entrance of this fine gallery , on a park edge . Plenty of well distanced outdoor seating . We had lunch there - including very fresh salads , tasty filled rolls and good squash soup . The staff were hardworking...

Despite restriction after restriction being imposed and the wonderful Dulwich Picture Gallery being forced into lockdown the gallery cafe has managed to not only stay open, albeit in a paired down form, but to manage to serve coffees, teas, cakes, sandwiches and soup - in...

Fantastic, helpful staff who enabled us to celebrate a birthday whilst following all the updated COVID rules. Good food and coffee.

Lovely food, nice place, convenient for seeing the art gallery, the park looked lovely aswell, we parked in Gallery Road which wasn't far to walk.

Smaakvolle moderne aanbouw aan Dulwich Picture Gallery. Schone toiletten, goede producten. Vriendlijk personeel.

No tables available in the cafe, so we used the larger overflow room at the back. This looks and feels as if it is where visiting schools are allowed to eat their sandwiches, there was even a mindless video on a loop playing (fortunately without...

I had english breakfast there. Very intresting combo of 2 poached eggs,mashed avocado,crumbed goats cheese and tomato and backed beans. They then brought a sausage and bacon rasher after I had started BLight and both of which were over cooked. The tea was on the...

Like some other cafes we've visited, you need to get a table before ordering which can be an issue if you are on your own or just one adult with small children. But it was fine for us, the wait was short, and the guy...

There were three of us so the need to get a table and order simultaneously was not a problem - a nightmare if you are on your own.

After visiting the new exhibition of the Rembrandt (which I highly Recommend seeing, delightful Exhibition) I visited the Dulwich cafe, used to be waiter service but now has changed to self service which I was a bit concerned about as I was on my own...

This place has been under new management since February 2019 and now it is terrible. Whereas the food, staff, service and ambience used to be good, under the new regime the staff and service has gone off the edge of the cliff. Rude, incompetent, unhelpful, loud, poorly organised are just a few terms that come to mind. You literally have to fight to get anything you want and customer numbers are dropping fast. Overpriced, customers appear to be an annoyance and staff some of the worst I have met anywhere in the world. I am a member of the Dulwich Picture Gallery and will now review my membership of the whole operation. What a vile place run by disgusting incompetents!

Only had coffee and cake while waiting for the nearby gallery to open but service was good and friendly and what I had excellent . Nice spot tucked away behind a wall off the street with plenty of outdoor sitting space. Seemed to be child...

As others have said, this cafe could be so much better. Great location, but overpriced. The staff often seem harassed and unhelpful, I never feel any friendliness from them. And at these prices, hygiene should be a given. Uncovered food??? Why? I would not eat here for that reason alone.

No había estado almorzando aquí por un tiempo y las cosas han cambiado. Te unes a una cola, solo para que te digan que no puedes ordenar hasta que hayas empacado una mesa. Luego tiene que regresar y volver al final de la fila para ordenar su comida. Los pasteles y otros alimentos visibles se veían bien, pero cometí el error de elegir algo que no estaba en exhibición: un curry vegano tailandés. La ofrenda acuosa que llegó, con su plato de arroz que la acompañaba, era insípida y decepcionante, más una sopa que un curry y una que apenas tenía un olor a especias. El servicio estaba dispuesto pero era bastante inexperto.Qué error han cometido al cambiar / cortar el menú y presentar esta forma complicada de almorzar. Comeré en otro lugar antes de venir a la galería en el futuro.

The cafe should have everything going for it with both indoor and outdoor seating in a pleasant location and plenty of customers visiting the gallery. However it is run by inexperienced and overwhelmed staff with little knowledge of basic food hygiene....flies don’t mind if the uncovered plates on display are vegan, carnivore or whatever!

El café está situado separado de la galería de arte, y también ofrece servicios sanitarios.

Esto es parte de un hermoso jardín / parque fuera de la galería de imágenes. Era tranquilo, pacífico y ocupado. Encontramos un par de sillas y una mesa para almorzar. Elegimos un menú y fuimos a la barra, pero nos sirvieron en la mesa. Fuera de la comida ligera y bebidas frías llegaron rápida y agradablemente. Por lo que era, era un poco caro, pero el ambiente era bueno.

Era un día caluroso en el parque, así que decidí almorzar, una sopa y un sándwich, estaba muy sabroso y parece que se hizo en el local. Hay mucho en oferta y no te decepcionará.

Having previously been waitress service, the system now seems to me rather bizarre.

Mi familia y yo solíamos visitar el café para almorzar cada vez que venían a Londres a visitarnos y siempre disfrutaban de la selección de comida y del buen servicio. Desde la "renovación" sin embargo no volveremos. Desgraciadamente no es un servicio de camarera largo y hay una larga cola para las mesas y para pedir su comida en el mostrador. Pedimos dos quiche (frio) y albóndigas. Esperábamos tomar la sopa, pero era una ofrenda aburrida de tomate. El quiche era insípido y sin sabor, así como la ensalada que lo acompañaba. Las albóndigas que llegaron bastante tiempo después de que nos sentamos no eran muy agradables. Anteriormente habíamos pedido té y café después de nuestra comida, pero no pudimos enfrentar la larga cola para ordenar, así que nos fuimos. Es una pena ver que después de la "renovación" este café ha cambiado para peor. Vamos a ir a otra parte en el futuro.

Before thoroughly enjoying current exhibition, my daughter and I visited the revamped café, which offers a wide selection of salads and light lunches, with numerous vegetarian options. Food freshly prepared and served promptly. Friendly staff.

I previously reviewed this cafe in September 2017 and I LOVED it. Often visited for breakfast even if not going to the Picture Gallery. Visited today for the first time since it has been "refreshed" and I just can't see myself going back. The new furniture is good and it will continue to be lovely in the summer when the doors to the park are open. We were barely acknowledged on arrival (the cafe was empty) and the only conversation with any staff member was to say a) the cumberland saussage was probably too spicy for me (HOW would anyone be able to judge that from my appearance?) and b) there was no bread so substituations were being made.

We saw the Edward Bowden lino printmaking exhibition at the Dulwich one sunny day last summer. The exhibition itself and the rest of the gallery were well worth the trip, and we were also very pleased with the food in the cafe. The area is spacious and clean, with a good variety of food and drink well cooked and presented. We sat outside i the sun and it was all very relaxed and comfortable, with friendly and prompt service.

went to a wedding event. the buffet was done by the cafe and had a good variety of food .situated close to where we were staying so about 10 minutes away from the inn keepers lodge. dulwich had a up market feel with quality shops and restaurants.

I required a simple lunch at 12.30. The quiche and squash salad was tasteless and cost £6.50. I lady and gentleman shared my table and the gentleman also commented by saying he didn't know how they could make a meal so tasteless. However the lemon sponge was delicious,and the other cakes looked very tempting as well so I suspect a morning snack or tea break would have been more enjoyable.

Dropped in for a bite of lunch prior to our gallery visit. First of all an extremely limited menu ... confusing system of some food being (UNCOVERED)* on the counter and some ordered from the kitchen with a long, slow-moving queue. Very overpriced. Waiting staff with a definite attitude. And cramped, crowded tables. Our bread was stale, and on mentioning this, I was assured it was ‘fresh today’. I think we all know whether bread is fresh or stale. This was stale. Would not recommend and, despite being fairly local, would never return. Learn from my mistake!

This cafe has recently been changed in to self service and it doesn’t work. It’s chaotic and the food is NOT covered so customers are breathing all over it while an assistant explains to each person what the options are and then they decide what to eat. This then causes a queue so even more people breathe on it. The area is small so this queue causes access problems.

I ordered an Americano. I was given a single shot of coffee in a large cup filled to the top with water. It tasted like hot water. When I mentioned this to the “barista” he turned to a colleague and said “it’s an Americano” with a smirk.

Called in for lunch after visiting the gallery. Waitress service was friendly and efficient. Our food arrived in a timely fashion and was well presented and tasty. I enjoyed the meal and would recommend it

Había escuchado buenos informes y visitado para almorzar después de ver una exposición. La bienvenida fue amable y un montón de mesas limpias. El menú del almuerzo no es extenso y es más como un brunch, pero inventivo. El servicio fue rápido y mis patatas bravas estaban calientes, frescas y muy sabrosas! Alrededor de 20 por dos fue muy buena relación calidad-precio. Volvería

Visited cafe midweek. Staff polite and accommodating. Pasta choice was well presented and tasty. Overall a pleasant experience.

Lo suficientemente amistoso en la caja registradora, pero al minuto se le pidió que se quedara a este lado de la línea en el piso al ver las fotos, ¡se sintió como si hubiera sido dicho antes de haber hecho algo! y, como resultado, no se pudo examinar las pinceladas ni leer los paneles de información con mucha facilidad.

Cuando visite la Galería de imágenes de Dulwich, la cafetería es el lugar ideal para almorzar o tomar algo. Había estado antes, y otra vez encontré una mesa en la terraza exterior.

Went to the Edward Bawden exhibition on bank holiday Monday and afterwards thought I’d see if the cafe had a table for one which they did. Quick and efficient service . I very much enjoyed my glass of prosecco while looking through the exhibition book . I chose the dill and salmon fish cake which was very tasty and accompanied by a great selection of delicious salads. We always try to eat here when visiting the gallery and my solo visit was no exception to the good quality lunches we have always enjoyed here.

Thought 2 hours would be enough time to leave for lunch whilst waiting to go in to the Gallery on our timed ticket. Not so. Such a shame as nice food once it finally came but service was abysmal. 20 mins to get a menu, 15 mins to take the order and 25 minutes to get 3 cakes and tea - waiter was so dozey that even though we had already had wine and a main course, he told us our order had got confused as he had forgotten we were there. Really it was laughable. Thankfully the Gallery were laid back enough to let us in later than we had booked.

We have now eaten here twice and both times the service and the food have been excellent. The prices are reasonable and lunching under an umbrella, at a table on the lawns, is a great way to add to a visit to an exhibition.

Familia de cuatro compartimos dos tés galería que incluye taza de té negro precioso para dos, dos fabulosos plátano scones con mermelada y nata cuajada, dos tortas de elección y un plato de bocadillos frescos. El jamón con mostaza era la hora de los bocadillos, pero estaba muy bien.

Service was great. Glass of free tap water came out immediately and was replenished. Several young staff dashing about. Very pleasant location, open-sided amongst the trees, shaded but open air on a hot summer's day. I loved the salad, which many people would have had as a side. It was filling enough for a manin course. Pity they didn't add a boiled egg.

Four of us went to the Dulwich Picture Gallery for breakfast on a beautiful warm sunny Sunday morning. We were lucky enough to get one of the outside tables and were able to enjoy the sun and fresh air. The service was prompt, competent and polite. Each of us had a cooked breakfast, the largest being the Full English. The food was good quality, freshly cooked, warm when served and really nice. There were plenty of children at other tables and some people had brought their dogs.

Beautiful little place adjacent to the museum -- airy ambience with plenty of windows. Excellent teas and sweets. Easy place to spend an hour or so while you are visiting the Gallery.

Llegamos a este delicioso café de camino a la Galería de fotos dulwich. Una luz y un espacio ventilado, tenía una olla grande de té Darjeeling, no una gama de pasteles encantadores y comidas a precios razonables. Un servicio amable, un café limpio y precioso. Un oasis en Dulwich.

This is a lovely place to eat. The menu offers a great deal of choice. Waiter service saves a lot of effort. There was a great choice and the salads that me and my daughter had were excellent. You can eat outside when the weather gets warmer but there seems to be sufficient space for customers indoors. My grandson (infant) was also welcome.

Best ever poached eggs on sourdough. Friendly service. Didn't realise they put on a service charge as I didn't see the bill, so gave a tip! A little annoying. Otherwise, very nice food in pleasant surroundings

El café era de esperarse) (muy concurrido cuando llegué un domingo por la tarde, pero me dijeron que podía tomar un asiento afuera y alguien podría servirme. Hacía frío afuera, pero como yo estaba allí en vez de pedir el almuerzo que pensé algo de comida caliente y un café caliente no me dejarían ir.

Comer entre Navidad y Año Nuevo era sólo efectivo - la tarjeta de crédito de la máquina no funcionaba. A menudo hay que esperar para una mesa, pero esta vez nos sentamos bajando y se sirve enseguida. Elegimos el pasteles de pescado y de una buena selección de bebidas sin alcohol. Nos saltamos el café porque no tienen dinero suficiente. Normalmente alrededor de £20 por cabeza para el almuerzo.

We ate here part way through our visit to Dulwich Picture Gallery and what a treat we had! The smoked salmon salad and the cauliflower soup were simply divine. Hot chocolate was fairly standard, but there was nothing wrong with it. The staff were all lovely and the toilets were small but clean.

El café puede ser visitado por separado de la galería y, si están en el té, merece una visita.

Not the fastest place in the world to get you seated - staff member completely taken up with an allergy question while others waited around. Nice coffee but service charge on a cafe experience is not on - go down the road.

Called at this cafe whilst visiting the Gallery. An utter delight, excellent service and a wide choice on menu, had the the Pastel de Nata very moorish. Should imagine in the summer would be very pleasant to sit outside. Would gladly revisit.

Agreeable modern cafe adjacent to Dulwich's excellent art gallery, the oldest in England. Good coffee and service.

Luncheon visit, on a Wednesday, during school term time. Even with it being a cold day, the cafe was busy.

Nicely designed cafe overlooking beautiful gardens. Afternoon tea - a great selection of cakes and pastries and helpful staff.

Stopped by late on a Saturday afternoon after a gallery visit for coffee and cake.Coffees were excellent.There was a wide selection of cakes, two gluten-free.These were both excellent (one apple and sultana, the other orange). Service was good and friendly and pricing was fair.

This was the perfect venue for a late September lunch after visiting an exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. It was a sunny and fairly warm day, so I was pleased to be offered a table on the terrace in front of the café, overlooking the pleasant green space that surrounds the gallery. The décor is modern and simple, yet quite comfortable.The menu is a typical lunchtime menu, with a good choice of salads, quiches and pies, soup of the day, baguettes etc. I opted for a grilled halloumi salad, and a glass of rosé Pinot Grigio from a rather good list of wines available my the glass. The wine arrived quickly - just as well as there was a longish wait for the salad (admittedly,they were very busy). The halloumi slices could have been a little bigger, but they were nicely spiced, and accompanied by small portions of four different salads. I particularly liked the chickpea and capsicum salad, and the very aromatic bulgur. I was tempted to try one of the delicious cakes, but restricted myself to a rather good espresso which was served in a large coffee cup more suited to a cappuccino...a bit odd.Service was hard pressed but tried their best, the two people I encountered stayed professional, obliging and charming. Prices were normal for London - salad, wine, and coffee came to GBP18.00 incl. a 10 percent service charge. Very pleasant place!

This cafe looks lovely however the service was pretentious and off hand. I had taken my granddaughter to the Gallery then to the cafe for afternoon tea but found the cafe very disappointing to say the least. We stood at the desk and waited until the waitresses decided to show us to a table then I had to ask for the table to be wiped down. We ordered tea and lemon drizzle cake, also water. One of the glasses had lipstick on it which was replaced on asking the waitress. The cake came without forks and again we had to ask. The food is overpriced and service bad. Such a pity as it's in a lovely setting.

On a whim decided to have breakfast before going to the John Singer Sargent exhibition. What a great start to the exhibition! Really good ingredients, cooked without fuss - haven't had such a delicious breakfast since the Wolseley. Fabulous coffee and happy staff. Thank you.

Enjoyed lunch at the café having visited the Sargent exhibition. Café was very busy (it usually is) but we were seated quite quickly and didn't have to wait long to order, or for our food. Salad of the day was interesting and plentiful. Waiting staff were all pleasant and friendly.

The cafe at this gallery is brilliant, make sure you bring your appetite when you visit the museum. We had really delicious cous cous and victoria sponge cake.

During our visit to the John Singer Sargent exhibition we went out to the cafe for refreshment. The coffee was good and the pastries were fresh. The waiters were friendly though very busy.

Handy place to get a drink if visiting the gallery but there are better places just down the road in the village

An essential part of visiting the wonderful Dulwich Gallery is a coffee and cake at the café. Been here many times, but it never disappoints. Good coffee, great cakes and pastries all served by enthusiastic and friendly staff. Of course there can be a wait when the café is busy, but people need to remember that this isn't a branch of Starbucks. Plenty of seating both inside and out in the Gallery grounds.

The location is beautiful, especially in good weather, of course. Good selection of things to eat & drink, and lots of nicely arranged tables to sit at.

As it was such a wet day for our visit to the gallery and impossible to walk around Dulwich Village and park as we had intended, we had lunch in the cafe. Had to wait a while for a table but the lunch was very good indeed.

The cafe/restaurant adjoining the gallery is an attractive and obvious place to eat after a visit to an exhibition there. However I think it is perhaps a victim of its own success. We arrived too late to book a table for lunch and waited a long time for a cup of coffee. On returning after the exhibition we were able to get a table, but then many of the dishes on the menu had run out. One of us ordered the catch of the day, which was cod, and this had to be returned as it was undercooked. The dish was replaced, but the meal altogether was disappointing and the wait beforehand considerable. There are many other good places to eat in Dulwich Village and an option well worth considering.

What better way to indulge a little on a summer's afternoon after visiting an art exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery than to partake of coffee and cake in the cafe. Better still that the cafe has temporarily spawned two seasonal offshoots in the shape of the cabin, a wooden hut serving hot beverages as well as alcoholic bottled drinks with pastries and cakes which can then be taken directly to seats in the garden. Pity then that the beginning of August 2017 has seen the premature end of summer (one must travel to Italy, Sardinia or even Poland to burn in temperatures in excess of 40 Celsius these days) with intermittent squally showers and even high winds. Thus it was I felt obliged to find shelter for myself, my double espresso in a grossly oversized cardboard vase and triangle of chocolate brownie in the seasonal pavilion, a large glass cuboid with a bar on a stage offering exotic cocktails and the like. Sadly before long the wind had caused my two paper serviettes to take flight, another empty chair at my table to turn inwards, and my paper plate to venture eastwards no sooner had I consumed my brownie. Any lady visitor attired like some of her forbears in a few of the Sargent watercolours I had just seen risked the blowing upwards of skirts to reveal panties, midriffs, tattoos or worse.

After having visited the Dulwich Picture Gallery, we thought we would have a light lunch in the café.The Dulwich Picture Gallery Café is in a beautiful location and really looked inviting. It was half empty so we thought that meant we would get seated and served quickly. We waited ten minutes to be allocated a table because most of them had not been cleared and we were told someone would come and take our order shortly. We waited patiently for someone to come and take our order and although there seemed to be plenty of waiting staff, no one came to take our order. After waiting for fifteen minutes we gave up and left the café.On reflection, we were either very unlucky or invisible! We headed towards Dulwich Village, where we had lunch in a delightful little Italian Restaurant, Rocca di Papa.

Nice environment with friendly staff & tempting cake selection. We had a nice girl who cleaned our table & recommended a special polenta cake. We regularly visit the gallery and cafe.

Went to this café on a gallery visit on a hot day in May. Great menu, lots of outside seating, lovely staff. Had the best grilled halumi ever, and one of the nicest victoria sponges of my life. Highly recommended

It is one of those places that offers good enough food but the setting and the lovely vibe is what is on offer. If you catch a nice weather it is so lovely to sit outside and enjoy a cup of coffee. I have only had some cakes and drinks there so cannot judge food too much but it is a lovely place for relaxing cup of coffee.

Arrived mid afternoon last weekend with my son and grandson. Ordered tea and a sandwich. It seems the bar kiosk and cafe are run by different companies/owners. Table was covered with crumbs and no one came to clear. Tea, in paper cup, was ok but my smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich was a real disappointment. At almost £5 I would have expected the cream cheese, at the very least, to cover the bread. The salmon was equivalent to less than half the smallest slice in a supermarket pack.Ashamed to think tourists will take this as an example of 'places to visit' in London.