Lady Lever Art Gallery Cafe and Shop in Wirral

After a rainy guided tour of Port Sunlight we were cold and hungry, the gallery cafe was just across the road and was just what we needed. Had reasonably priced jacket potato with chilli and salad which was very good. The cafe is a bit dark and dismal but the food was good.

Lovely service and food. The young lady who served me was absolutely delightful (Katie) a lovely warm welcome , prompt service and very chatty . Her customer service skills for someone so young were refreshing and a joy to experience. I only had toast and a coffee but both were presented nicely and very tasty. Thank you

Steph just gave us a group tour of ome of the highlight paintings at Lady Lever. She was brilliant - full of love and enthusiasm and fascinating background to the art. Would highly recommend her to anyone wanting to learn a bit more about the paintings!!

So disappointed. It used to be a really lovely place and food was outstanding . BUT today there was only 4 8tables in use . Table had not been wiped the tea was so weak (yes I did leave to stand and squeeze out teabag) had to wait 20 mins for teacake which arrived burned. NEVRR AGAIN

My husband and I usually go at least once a month but we wont be back. just ordered egg salad sandwich and a ham salad sandwich small portion of chips. and 2 diet cokes costing just unde £20 . breadf was not buttered just water cress on sandwiches, no cucumber, no onion, no tomatoe, in other words no salad. I asked the chap behind the till to get some more egg on sandwich as there was hardly any on. and as its expensive for what you get it was a poor experience. never had a problem before but hey ho it is now.

This lovely gallery had been recommended to us by several people. It was well worth the detour that it required on a journey north. Driving through the exquisite, picturesque Port Sunlight Village to reach it was charming in itself. Once inside, we were met by friendly, knowledgeable staff, who talked us through the main plan and pointed out the special exhibition of the Flower Fairies of Cecily Mary Barker. We enjoyed it all, found it very well curated and have determined to return as time constraints meant we could not see it all. The gallery was free to visit including the special exhibition and well worth the suggested donation of £5 which we had no hesitation in making.

Jam packed with exhibits which are so well displayed and fascinating. Fascinating to think the bulk of exhibits were owned by a single family and reminded me of the Burrell collection in Glasgow. This is part of the Port Sunlight estate with a number of sites which are within easy walking distance of each other. I can't recommend this gallery highly enough. You could easily spend the whole day in the area too. We'll be back soon, I'm sure.

Spent the weekend in Liverpool and wanted to pop into Port Sunlight on the way home to see the village and the museum but also specifically to see Vospers Salem painting. Lovely free museum which deserves donations and a fabulous collection of everything. The Boodles exhibition on currently is sparkly and beautiful and generally well worth a trip. Lovely staff and experience.

Port Sunlight is such an interesting village. It's as if it was frozen in time. At the heart of it is the beautiful, glass-domed museum and art gallery. It's a real treat to visit. There isn't as much as one of the national museums, but it's got a very good collection and it's well laid out. I never get bored with visiting. If you are in the area, do pop in.

This is a medium sized art gallery holding the Lord and Lady Lever's art collection. To my surprise I found the Wedgwood Gallery very interesting. But generally I am not sure that the Levers and I share the same taste in art. The cafe was fine, but very slow.

The Gallery was especially created to gather together some of the amazing collection of items grom around the world collected by Lord Lever. The intention was to create the Gallery for the aim of uplifting the spiritual and creative lives of those workers who lived in Port Sunlight. There is some extraordinary works of art including one of the greatest collections of Jasper Wear in the world.

Very pleasant experience in the gallery and the surrounding area. Kunichika exhibition good. Unfortunately Port Sunlight museum next door was closed (on a Tuesday). Quite busy, especially the restaurant as apparently there were about 6 coachloads on the day, mainly older people. Very helpful staff in gift shop. Free lockers (unlike the other Liverpool museums I believe).

The art gallery and the village are superb and well worth a visit but, the cafe is dire. Reminded us of British Rail catering in the 1970s. My lunch was two pieces of slightly toasted cut loaf and a pot of jam. My wife's cheese and pickle sandwich was a micro slice of cheap cheese and a lot of very cheap pickle. Do visit the gallery, quite outstanding but, take your own thermos flask!

Again, visited with friends and were impressed by the displays. Free to walk around though donations are appreciated!

I would like to express my congratulations to all of the “team" who look after the Lady Lever Art Gallery. My partner and I re-visited from the Midlands, after a gap of four years. There were new layouts to enjoy and a very interesting exhibition about John Simpson and the Gypsy Lore Society. I love the opportunity to photograph the exhibits (without flash) and the lighting is perfect for viewing the stunning paintings, sculptures, furniture and artifacts. We visited four years ago and enjoyed another 5 hours of wonder. It is my very favourite art gallery. The bigger galleries in London, New York etc have more to show, but I love the atmosphere in the Lady Lever Art Gallery. An additional treat this year was meeting a guide called Jan, who was generous enough to share her expert knowledge of a lot of the paintings and exhibits. She is, without a doubt, a wonderful guide who has the perfect ability to put across her amazing knowledge of the art on display. Top all that off with a delicious lunch and excellent COVID-19 safety procedures and it was a perfect way to spend a day out of the heavy rain. Well done everyone.

Although we have not dined here , we have gone to view the vast collection of Lady Lever.in Port Sunlight a most charming planned company town

Entry is free which considering the paintings, sculptures and furniture displayed is amazing. Most British artists of the 18th/19th century are represented. The display of Wedgwood pottery is outstanding and the furniture is some of the finest we have seen. All in all a fine place to visit and when combined with Port Sunlight itself, a worthwhile day out. Parking is free.

Magnificent collections from Lord Lever. Paintings, furniture, Objects fill every room and I couldn't believe the size of the galleries

The cakes are to die for but the service is terrible. There never seems to be enough people to serve you. If you are unfortunate to be there when a coach party has arrived you can be waiting a silly length of time. People in the know go to the Garden Centre Café a couple of hundred yards away.

I really enjoyed my visit and was surprised by the amount and quality of the exhibits, worth a visit

I am a childminder and the children in my care love exploring at the art gallery. There is an activity room for the children to explore and have lots of fun and the actual gallery do great activity sheets for children of all ages.

A beautiful collection. I particularly enjoyed the collection of oriental ceramics. The gallery holds much more than I expected. I recommend the tea room for lunch. Tasty food reasonably priced with lovely staff.

This is a jewel in the centre of the crown that is Port Sunlight...a fabulous collection of art which is well worth a visit..the cafe is a bit disappointing but the galleries hold their own against the galleries of Liverpool and Manchester

We were very lucky as the Matisse exhibition had opened , lovely paintings in a beautiful building with antique furniture too. Well worth a visit.

I visited to see this watercolour painting that was used in print form to promote sales of soap. The detail of the painting can only be appreciated by visiting to see it.

If you go to Port Sunlight you must go to the museum. Entry is free but they do ask for donations. There are a lot more rooms than you think there will be. If contains the possessions of the owner of the Lever Factory who also used his wealth to improve the lives of his employees. Very impressive display of Wedgewood Porcelain. Together with lots of other very interesting articles. Reasonable tea room downstairs.

The cafeteria style offerings are rather limited so I would recommend this for a coffee or a drink rather than a meal. The staff here and in the shop are very helpful and pleasant.

A very good cafe selling a wide range of good and tasty food. Good range of drinks and very good coffee. A little bit naked but not sure what else you could do with the space. Very nice staff who were very helpful to aged friends

Thoroughly enjoyable gallery - lots to see and interesting exhibits but the visit was spoiled somewhat by the restaurant experience.

Called in cafe for drinks. Lovely cozy place good choice of drinks. Menu was varied but as near closing we didn't have time to sample good. Friendly staff reasonably priced

Very interesting with lots of art work, artifacts, sculptures that were collected over many years by Lord and Lady Lever

Large cafe with comfortable seating in the basement of the gallery. Plenty of variety in the drinks and eats available at reasonable prices

Part of this well preserved very special village. The gallery is amazing and free. It feels like how galleries used to be!

Quite a delightful Art Gallery. Beautifully set out and plenty of seats. The signage was informative and helpful and room attendants lovely. The restaurant in the basement served really nice food and the serving staff were charming. It was school holiday time and there were loads and loads of children, many of them, toddlers but it didn't seem to phase the staff and we were served very quickly with our lunch. We will be kack

Lovely place to visit while you are in Port Sunlight ..like a whole new world. The Gallery has so much to see from all areas of the globe . Well worth the visit

After visiting the Rembrandt exhibition, we headed down to the cafe and ordered Fish and Chips with pot of tea. Shortly, after the place filled up, queue was a mile long, and they appeared to run out of trays. Our meal arrived, excellent presentation, nice fresh tasty fish with chunky chips and tartare sauce. Perfect ! Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and food. Highly recommend the cafe, compliments to the cook. Maybe need a couple more staff front of house. (Similar review appears under Lady Lever Gallery, we didn't know it had a separate page for the cafe, so have written this review too. Both gallery and cafe excellent and highly recommended).

only stopped here for a coffee but neverless it was clean and the coffee was nice, there wasn't a great selection of food but what i saw looked nice

Brilliant place to visit. Parking right around the corner from the entrance. Staff very friendly. Plenty to see. Could definitely spend a few hours here. Because we went to the museum across the road first it gave us a real insight into Lever and made the museum all the more interesting. Well worth a visit. We will be back when in the area to spend more time. Highly recommended.

Have visited this museum several times and always found it great. The art is very good, and surprisingly extensive. Plus there are frequently special features. We saw a Downton Abbey exhibit of costumes that was WONDERFUL. Have not eaten in the cafe as yet but will make a point at next visit. So many places to visit in Port Sunlight. Lovely place!

Simple but nice food in a lovely wee cafe. Toilets are cool with the penny collector on the door of each cubicle - not that you need that now.

Fantastic paintings and other works of art, well worth a visit . Built specially to house the wonderful collection , right in the middle of the village.

This was an excellent place to visit with all sorts of works of art on display. Well woth a visit whilst in the Port Sunlight area.

Been here animber of times as we live near by well worth a visit if in Port Sunlight plenty of free parking free enterance just leave a donation plenty of interesting paintings,sculptors , and many other items can take a few hours to complete your tour. Many local places nearby to get a drink or a bite to eat

Had been to the museum and as the art gallery is opposite decided to walk across and take a look. The art and furniture Lord Lever collected from all over the world is amazing, There is a little cafe with plenty of seating on the bottom floor near the gift shop. The toilets are nearby and it is like stepping back in time. Original tiling on the walls and the penny coin locks still on the doors, Definitely worth a visit and entrance is free although they suggest donations,

A great gallery, light and airy with plenty of space. Loved the pre-Raphaelite paintings. Such a shame the balcony gallery is not accessible to scooters and wheelchairs.

We came here with Unilever and I was totally blown away with the quality of the gallery in genral and the activities offered for kids throught the gallery. The collection is top notch and the quality in the kids section as good as any other part of the gallery. Add to your list of places to visit.

I have lived in Wirral nearly all my life and have never visited the art gallery. It is FREE to enter and inside the large white stone building there are many exhibits on show from classical paintings and sculptures to art produced by local schools. But there is more, particularly for parents with young ones. The activity centre for children is really good, it has staff (not sure if you can leave them) but it’s great to engage the cherubs there. There is also a good large cafe to relax in after you have roamed around. It has a lift and is very child/ buggy friendly, plenty of free parking too.

This was my first visit and well worth it. Known for the great examples of pre raphaelite paintings. Free to visit, it also has temporary exhibitions.

Decided to visit Lady Lever today on a rainy day and it certainly brightened it up, what a fantastic place with brilliant helpful staff!

The town is charming, and this centerpiece is worth a visit. There is such a vast and diverse collection from Lord Lever's estate.

The gallery has a couple of art and creativity rooms for toddlers/primary children and they are brilliant. Staff are very friendly. Free entry is a bonus (the gallery welcomes donations).

The purpose built Art Gallery and museum houses a wonderful collection of art and artefacts assembled by Lord Lever, which displays his eclectic interests in fine and decorative arts, not to mention the stunning architecture! There are a maze of galleries to wander through in no real order. It is possible to spend a few hours here, stopping off for refreshments in the cafe below. Nice gift shop too.

A popular cafe in the basement of the museum. Plenty of seating and friendly staff. The pots of tea in clear jars were very reasonably priced and the meals looked very nice.

This tea room was outstanding in it's variety of items on offer and I was especially delighted to see vegan cake (which proved to be delicious).

Lots of stuff to see but whole experience lacks atmosphere and accord. Simply put - tapestries, statues, paintings ornaments all on show. No rhyme or reason really regarding displays. Very poor lighting in some areas,

A beautifully laid out cafe in the basement of the art gallery. Ideal for snacks or a full cooked meal. The menu includes vegetarian and gluten free options; we found the quality excellent and the service good, well worth a visit after a trip round the gallery

This would make Lady Lever turn in her grave.

Having walked quite a lot around Port Sunlight by the time we entered the museum we were tiring!!! But it is certainly worth visiting. The Lever's certainly amassed paintings and collectables by the dozen. Very interesting we shall return!!

This is a Jewel. Just 6 miles to the west of the Mersey. Allow at least 2hrs to visit. PORT Sunlight has a lot of history. Housing for the workers. It is like Cadburys in Birmingham. The estate was built for the workers.

It's free!! But please make a donation.

Lovely fresh food and chips were great not a lot of choice but we're pleased with our sandwich/toasties and chips the hot drinks were good too everything reasonably priced

They have a staple menu but go for the specials, they are freshly made and range from hearty to light. perfect for a quick but substantial lunch

I live in the Village, only been the Cafe in the Art Gallery twice, I remember why now the food is shocking.

This Art Gallery is a must see location whilst you are visiting Port Sunlight!!

Walked across from the Port Sunlight Museum to visit this art gallery and decided to have coffee & cake here.The art collection is fascinating and the food very good indeed. I had a large piece of carrot cake, which was fresh and flavoursome, not to mention good value plus some excellent coffee. I would recommend this gallery and the restaurant if you are in the area and visiting Port Sunlight.

Visited the gallery today, what an excellent collection and well displayed in a lovely building. Port Sunlight is an interesting area to visit just a short train journey from the centre of Liverpool. The gallery is great particularly if you like Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

We only went into the gallery after our visit to Port Sunlight because it was pouring with rain. So glad we did. What an amazing and diverse art collection. Well worth a visit - and such a beautiful building too.

As always this is a tremendous place to visit. It was interesting to see the etchings by Whistler and Pennell - very impressive indeed. The new galleries and rooms are laid out well and it always good to see some of my old favourites still there in the gallery

This museum was built to house the personal collection of Lord Lever who named it after his late wife. The collection is numerous and wide ranging in scope from pre raephelite paintings to wedgewood China. The museum has numerous activities for children such as design your own wedgewood vase to other organised activities. You can easily spend hours here enjoying the collection.

Not to be missed. The largest private collection in the UK. Built by the 1st Lord Leverhulme as a memorable to his wife.

It is a decent sized museum/gallery. Paintings are superb, especially ’The Daphnephoria’ by Frederic Leighton. There's also a variety of sculptures, being the one of Antinous the most dramatic and impressive. Finally, if you like Wedgwood you'll be delighted by Lord Lever’s collection, it's is truly vast.

PLEASE don’t mistake “art gallery” for paintings. Sure, there quite a few here (including a couple of Turners, a Constable, several Millais, Burne Jones, Ford Maddox Brown and Rossettis).

We visited there on Easter Sunday and had no issues parking in the free parking area outside the gallery. The Gallery itself was full of some amazing works of art from the pre Raphelite era and you could get close enough to examine them in great detail. Audio guides are available to rent at a reasonable cost, especially as the actual museum is free, and they give you a greater insight into the artwork on display. The ever changing temporary exhibitions are also worth seeing and the reasonably priced cafe is a welcome break below. Probably not suitable for young children as there is not a lot to engage them but fantastic if you are into the pre Raphelite art movement.

I visited on Fri., 15.June, and had delicious Fish and Chips. The Elderflower Cordial was very good as well. THe food was served quite tasty, and I finished it.

Coming from York it is so nice to go to a free art gallery.This our second visit and we were not disappointed.The building is grand in its own right,but enter and you see lots of fine art and pottery and history.This gallery is well presented and so light and airy.You wander round at your own leisure taking in the fine arts.This gallery is well worth a visit any time of the year.Afterwards you can explore port sunlight.

Our last visit was about seven years ago and it’s amazing what you forget! A wonderful collection of art, many pre-raphaelites, Wedgwood, statues and furniture. It really is a place worth visiting. We remembered how good the café was so planned to have lunch there. Very disappointing menu from what we had before. We settled for two flat whites and cake. The cake was ok but the flat whites were nothing like flat whites. Just coffee with milk, a bit like instant coffee and cold milk. Very disappointing.

Interesting building with collection of art, furniture and period pieces. A number of pre- Raphaelite works. Interesting to see what a successful businessman - who was not in the connoisseur category - decided to buy. Lots of female nudes in the collection - paintings and sculptures - under the guise of mythologically acceptable female objects of the male gaze. Nice cafe , delicious lunchtime soups with roll and butter; good for breakfast menu, too.

The Lady Lever Art Gallery is one of the best galleries in Merseyside. The gallery has British 18th- and 19th-century painting and sculpture, Pre-Raphaelite art, a marvelous furniture collection, , Chinese porcelain and Wedgwood jasper ware.The collection of Pre Raphaelite paintings is superb. The collection of Lord Levehulmes personal objects is interesting and diverse. Highly recommend a visit. All age groups. The gallery often hosts art displays from local schools and invites interaction by having paper and pens available to comment.

Excellent display of Wedgewood pottery and the Whistler etchings to be seen. would highly recommend a visit

So much to see if you like art, furniture and porcelain across several centuries. The collection is priceless and something for all interests

Lovely place to visit. Port Sunlight is a very attractive 'garden village' built in the late 19th Century. The gallery is a really nice, light building and the exhibits are beautifully displayed. The family were clearly avid collectors of just about everything and so there is something here for everyone. If the weather is nice, you can also spend a very pleasant hour walking around the village, enjoying the architecture and the lovely open spaces (informative walk guide available from the adjacent museum). For refreshments, you can either visit the cafe in the basement of the gallery, or walk to the nice teashop at the other end of the village.

Not only is the building very impressive but the collecton as well. Particularly pre Raphaelite . Why does the scapegoat spring to mind.

This is a FREE Art Gallery in a lovely building. I found it very interesting and the collection is excellent. The added bonus is there is a Cafe within the building.

Popped in to visit some family before we headed back to Lincolnshire. The carrot cake was lovely and my daughter said so too. Friendly staff and my families meals looked really yummy. I hope to be back to visit again in the future :)

Great visit, so much to see, paintings, furniture, ceramics, statues, and much more, lots of interactive things for the kids too. will be back again soon.

What a wonderful art gallery in Port Sunlight. The wedge wood collection is superb. Each room has one delight after another. Really worth seeing. There is a very nice cafe which serves the usual coffee tea, cakes and light snacks. The museum across the road is also worth a visit. Really old kitchen equipment and memorabilia of a past life.

Visited the gallery today to see a very good clothing / fashion display - very good and interesting. The cafe had its usual offering of fattening foods cakes biscuits etc and the coffee today was very good indeed. Quite empty as a cold day and early morning but was a good visit. The shop is filled with some excellent gifts and cards. No rubbish here!

We recently paid a return visit to this wonderful gem of a gallery built up by Lord Lever of Lever Brothers fame and the manufacturers of Sunlight soap. This review is about the cafe in the basement of the restaurant which we found very disappointing and takes the edge of the visit to the museum. We ordered a three cheese toastie, not very appetizing on cheap bread. Sounded considerably better than it was. Also we ordered a prawn sandwich in Marie Rose sauce. There was no sauce on the prawns and the whole thing was dry and very 1960s. Of course, the main attraction was the artworks but nowadays a good cafe can bring in repeat visits and much needed income. Instead the garden centre cafe up the road appears to be thriving. Let's hope there is an improvement by our next visit.

Situated in the heart of historic and unique Port Sunlight village, the Lady Lever Art Gallery is certainly another gem in jewel that is National Museums Liverpool.

Downstairs from the Art Gallery is the restaurant. We had morning coffee which was fine. They also do lunches we noticed

Having been around the gallery we had earned a drink and went down to the cafe which was very warm and welcoming and not very busy. Being mid morning we had a tea (cafetiere of leaves - very good ) and a black americano (nice and strong) and a lemon slice(a bit over - sweet) and a slice of tea loaf ( tasty and fruity.

Beautiful location and ambience. Fantastic artwork and a good cafe in the basement serving coffee and tea and lovely cakes. Old of the area hang on the walls and add to the atmosphere and allure of this cafe.

In the basement of the art gallery - and ideal place for a drink and a sandwich - before, during or after your visit.

Went for a lovely hot chocolate on a cold winters day after looking around the gallery. Tastefully presented and nice venue

Visit to see the artwork and other exhibits. Allow a couple of hours (or more) Café and shop in basement.

Visited with two friends who had not previously visited the village. We started with coffee which was hot and tasty accompanied by very short shortbread; buttery and flakey.

The café is the world's slowest café and the staff work at snail speed. Just the staff haven't got a clue about how to run a café and so if they have a queue of two be prepared to wait as they are not capable of serving at anymore than super slow.

Lovely building with wonderful collections of paintings, furniture and ceramics.Given the size of the buildings and the way the items are displayed you felt you had time to study them in detail without crowds behind you.

What a treasure trove and in a wonderful setting. This is a fascinating insight to one man’s love of art and fine things.

clean, quick, efficient and cheerful place to visit for morning coffee. Toilets are worth a visit as well