The Watershard Cafe in Trafford

Visitó IWM Norte durante una tarde de sábado bastante tranquila. La experiencia en general fue pobre, (esa es una historia diferente), pero el café merece una mención aparte. Había otros dos clientes frente a nosotros, una pareja y una familia joven. La pareja tardó unos diez minutos en pedir un almuerzo ligero con bebidas. Esto se debió únicamente al equipo lento y desatenta que los atendía. La familia quería un rollo de salchicha, un bocadillo y una comida para niños. Esto tomó alrededor de 15 minutos para ordenar. Todo el tiempo, estamos en fila, esperando para pedir cuatro tés. Nuestra orden tomó otros 8-10 minutos. Los principales problemas eran la pereza, como el personal y la falta de organización. La persona que servía, se detenía a preparar bebidas y comida, dejando colas frustradas y enojadas. Alguien necesita controlar este lugar. Consejo, ve a otro lugar a tomar refrescos, de hecho, ve a otro lugar...

Great choice of food. Delicious vegetarian options and lots of them. Good value and great place overall.

Had two cinnamon swirls (2.50) and cappuccino (3.20). Both really good. Nice place to sit and enjoy your morning coffee.

Lovely cafe clean and very friendly. Just stopped for a drink and cake but received very good service and value for money.

Reasonably priced food, shortbread lovely, scone and sausage baps. Friendly staff and good choice switched to panini etc for lunch time at 11:30

We stopped off here, for afternoon tea, very friendly staff, calm atmosphere, nice cake, and a nice cup of tea.

Have spent a nice trip round the museum we stopped for a drink and a cake. Partial to an eccles cake and since they looked homemade I had one with my coffee, the lady serving was very pleasant and told me they make their own. This was probably the best eccles cake I've ever had, spiced to perfection. I ate it, went back and bought the rest of the stock to take home. Sorry if I left none for anyone else, but I wasn't going to miss out on eating more of them. If you like eccles cakes, come here.

Friendly staff, wide selection of cakes and drinks on offer. Plenty of socially distanced seating. Perfect place for a quick snack before or after your museum visit.

The food and drink is expensive - over £2 for a can of cola! I suppose its OK if you don't pay for admission to the museum - they have to get income somehow. Food quality was OK and the premises were clean.

The cafe serves good basic cafe food (we had the leek and potato soup and the sausage rolls) and there is not a lot of choice though if you are here with a family it is solid, reasonably priced and just what you need. Lots of tables too.

We took advantage of the Early Bird offer available before 11:00 which was a hot pastry and coffee. Although sold as a "regular" size the coffee was more than large enough.

We visited here before the museum and found a lovely selection of food on offer. I enjoyed a greek salad, my son had a chicken and bacon roll which he thoroughly demolished. My Mum had a tomato salad which on reflection was not the best choice as it was just tomatoes and she only ate half. Very efficient service and friendly staff.

Came here prior to our visit to the museum proper. Lovely coffee and the food looked good too. Plenty of sweet and savoury choices. Good toilets too.

We needed a drink after exploring the museum and the cafe did just the job. Staff very friendly and happy to provide tap water too.

Visited here as part of a visit to IWM North. Good Value for money and good quality food as well. Good service as well.

We were somewhat late visiting the IWM North museum and almost missed the cafe. It was due to close in minutes. The staff were very obliging and stayed open until we had a great snack. Everything about this cafe was first class and we will be returning ( earlier the next time )

Sat down with friends to enjoy a hot drink and a cake after viewing the exhibitions. The staff were very friendly and helpful.

Flat white was lovely. Vegan cake tasted good too. Not table service. Good selection of cakes available. Toilets are the museum public toilets but clean

Helpful, friendly staff coupled with a good cup of tea and a tasty bun rounded off our visit very nicely

Punto ristoro fornitissimo per chi si reca all'Imperial War Museum (IWM). Si trova vicino allo shop del museo.

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Plenty of space, comfortable surroundings but the menu offerings are sadly limited. That said the coffee was OK and the staff were very friendly.

We had a coffee and cake before going round the museum. It seemed a nice venue with plenty of room, but not too crowded on our visit. The staff were helpful regarding gluten free items and happy to explain what was on offer later for lunch. But due to other plans we decided to eat elsewhere, but nothing to do with the IWMN cafe.

The cafe has delicious homemade soup and nice sandwiches. Salads looked a bit uninspiring. Coffee was very weak so if you prefer stronger coffee ask for less water/milk!

We sampled the cafe while visiting the IWM North. We often visit museum cafes and generally find them pretty good, but we were disappointed with this one unfortunately.

Beautiful selection of cakes including the nicest gluten free Victoria sponge I've ever had. Coffee and hot chocolate first class too

Having joined a queue we were told there was nowhere to sit! We returned later and wished we hadn't bothered, although there were staff, only one person was serving so the wait was long. Salad that had sat there for a while was tipped into the fresh bowl, sometimes staff wore gloves handling food and sometimes didn't. The salad was odd looking and tasteless, likewise the bagel and blt. No menus were displayed, tables were dirty and sticky and it's not cheap. Frankly very disappointing.

Long, long queues on a Sunday lunchtime with only two people behind the counter. Even adding one more to manage the till while the others served would have speeded it up considerably. Then - sliced white bread straight out of a packet to go with soup? And a choice of tomato ketchup or brown sauce - no salad dressing or mayonnaise to go with the salads (which were actually quite nice). I thought British catering got better than this more than 20 years ago.

This was my first visit to IWM Cafe. The dining area is large and clean, the staff are very nice and the food served was very tasty. Will definitely visit again when in the area

Went here for lunch for the first time - not a great selection available so chose the salad, which was served for me. None of the different bowls were labelled and I didn't ask (too hungry) so some of the contents remain a mystery! Still very pleasant, but would be good to have an idea what one is eating.

Lunch at the café was enjoyable. There is a wide variety of dishes to choose from that are reasonably priced. Sitting down and relaxing also allows the chance to reflect on how lucky we are with respect to what we have just seen/experienced.

We didnt get very far into the IWM building before we got enticed into the cafe area for lunch! The staff really cared about the food and the service so some what different to other reviewers experiences. Its a little on the expensive side but they had all sorts of hot and cold food available - from simple sausage rolls to ciabatta sandwiches, and some great looking cakes (although over £3 a slice for some we thought was too expensive).

Staff not really interested and the choice was disappointing .The tables were piled high with previous guests dirty pots. Get a grip or don't bother.

Amazing building inspiring approach gently helping the visitor to understand. Photographic exhibition on the conflict in Syria heart rending. IWM exceeded expectations.

A good range of food and drinks. The cafe area is bright and spacious. There was a long queue when I visited. Perhaps more staff at busy times would improve the visitor experience.

Very quiet cafe and expensive....only 6 people rating there at lunch today. Plenty of room. The museum is well worth a visit.

Arriving at the museum shortly after 2pm,my family and I were quite hungry as we hadn't eaten since breakfast. There appeared to be very little choice apart from cakes or crisps. I asked the staff for some sandwiches only to be told that sandwiches are not sold after 2pm. Incredible. A cafe that can't provide a sandwich is not a cafe in my book. Will not be visiting again.

Watershard is a bright modern cafe overlooking the water at the imperial war museum. Quite spacious and good choice of cakes ,sandwiches and more substantial food for lunch. Friendly and efficient staff.

Nice flapjacks, coffee and clean. Staff very helpful and polite. Plenty of room and child friendly..

Llegamos justo después de la gran imagen mostrar a las 1 pm, y estaba bastante concurrida. Hay una sección separada para niños para seleccionar artículos para un almuerzo de bolsa. Los precios de comidas y tortas no estaban claramente marcados. El área de selección de ensaladas era prácticamente vacía, había una comida caliente - un hervidor de cordero que tenía una porción izquierda, y varias torres de espinacas queso y pimienta. Había puré de patatas y una bañera de vegetales mixtos. Cuando la última parte de hotpot fue tomada por mi compañero, no había oferta de más, y pensamos que había terminado, así que seleccionamos el filo torres. Más tarde, cuando se calmaba a otra taza de hotpot era. La persona detrás de nosotros pedimos sopa y me dijeron que todo había desaparecido. A la 1:00 p.m. Nos sentimos este era muy pobre. La selección de pasteles y traybakes muy buena pinta. El personal del hasta era muy servicial, la chica que nos servía noté que tenía pegatinas en para mostrar que había pagado para ir a la moda en la exposición de la ración y nos dijeron que podíamos tener las dos comidas y dos bebidas por £9. 95. No nos lo habían dicho cuando pagamos en la entrada. La Torre de espinacas estaba muy bien, pero el hotpot, la patata y verduras bien cocinadas, aunque eran de piedra fría.

Era más exigente, Foodbhere no había bocadillos sin mayonesa. Para aquellos que quieran algo simple sin huevos no había nada. Mi marido tenía sopa y dijo que estaba delicioso.

Un buen café y pasteles en un café a un precio razonable, pero la vista a través del agua y de los estudios de la BBC se hace incluso más la pena visitar mientras estás en el museo.

Fuimos y cogí una bandeja, inmediatamente nos sorprendimos en ellos tratando de £1,65 por una lata de Coca Cola. Ignorando esto, fuimos al bar de delicatessen", donde había algunos cuencos de ensaladas, pero nada estaba etiquetada o precio, y también claro si deberíamos ayudar a nosotros mismos. Cuando pregunté qué nos gustaría, no sabíamos qué había que ofrecer, como no había de menú o las etiquetas y podía ver lo que se! Fuimos a un pequeño rollo de salchichas, pero con los precios, no estábamos seguros de qué esperar. Cogí un trozo de pastel en el camino. En la caja, la cajera parecía en nuestra bandeja y anunció que estaba sólo en efectivo como el lector de tarjetas no funcionaba, pero sólo había un cartel que decía que en el mismo hasta, sin advertencia antes de mano. Dado que no hay punto de efectivo en el museo, rápidamente me indicó que el cartel debe ser trasladado a la parte delantera para evitar situaciones vergonzosas de otras personas! Los pequeños rollos de salchicha resultó ser de 3 libras cada uno. Dado que no había guarnición (nunca salió de cómo obtener el buen ensalada buscando) o cualquier otra cosa, nos quedamos con un rollo pequeño que Mary Berry sería avergonzarse, ya que tenían fondos completamente empapadas. Fueron increíblemente underdone, con gruesas pastas cruda! En la parte superior de este era completamente rancio, probablemente a consecuencia de la falta de guardias o estornudas en cubre ninguna de las comidas. No voy a mentir, que eran increíblemente decepcionado!

Yo estaba allí para almorzar temprano, así que el café no estaba lleno. El sándwich era un poco soso y el pan podría haber sido más fresca. El Nutella brownie era muy agradable, y el personal era agradable

La sopa del día era genial y el café era preciosa, aunque los bocadillos eran un poco seca. Sería por tener un puesto de autoservicio para los clientes de Claro aclarar sus propias bandejas de como mejorar el personal estaba ocupado. Me encantó la comida era muestra con tazas de estaño esparcidas por, utilizado para mantener los condimentos y tal. La vista era fantástica y el servicio era bueno y el personal era amable y educado. Recomiendo comer aquí si visitan IWM Norte.

I'm severely disappointed with my experience at this cafe. To start with the trays you are supposed to collect your food on smelt absolutely foul and I should have known this would be an indication for the rest. The food was way over priced and of such low quality, it was practically inedible. Along with this tables were not clean and I was sat at a table next to 4 different tables each with trays of dishes and rubbish in that we're not collected in the entire duration of my visit (please note the cafe was not busy, as a cafe worker myself I know it gets difficult to keep on top of it when the entire place is busy, but when the cafe is quiet there really is no excuse) the floor was horribly sticky and the windowsills would benefit from even a brief dust down. Overall I just did not enjoy my experience and I most definitely won't be visiting again, sorry to say.

We visited the Imperial war museum we also used the cafe which is top notch nice food fresh cooked AND friendly staff

This cafe is part of the Imperial War Museum. We had planned to eat in one of the chains in the Lowry centre, but popped in to the Watershard to see what was on offer. We stayed there and the kids had the 5-item "picnic" while we had the hot meal. We sat at a table looking out over the water, so all in all with the friendly staff a pleasant experience. Note that having bought a guide book (as a package including a Horrible Histories book) we got 10% off the bill - helped to pay for the book.I do have to say that the hot meal was a bit heavy on the salt - the gammon, the vegetables and the potatoes were all salty. If it wasn't for the salt I would have given 5 stars.

Friendly staff served us and adequately helped my wife's coeliac requirements, however although tasty the food was not piping hot. There is however a good range of cakes and sandwiches and they serve a decent coffee and hot chocolate.

My husband and I had a muffin and tea and thoroughly enjoyed it whilst looking out over the quays at blue peter and the bbc studios. A lovely finish to a heartbreaking visit to the IWM north. Thank you

Touring a fascinating museum like IWM North means you're bound to be desperate for refreshment at some point - but the cafe is worth a visit in its own right. Food was very tasty, from the fresh almond croissants when the cafe opens, to a selection of tasty lunch dishes. The view is magnificent and can be enjoyed even if you have to sit further back in the cafe thanks to the huge panoramic windows.

We stopped here for a lunch break during a cycle ride. The food was really nice and the staff offered a really good service. It was clean and the prices were affordable. They provided children’s meals and made our daughter a sandwich when hers were dropped on the floor (£1.50 which was reasonable as they were lovely!). Very good and nice to have a lunch with a view! It was child friendly.

Great selection of well prepared fresh food, healthy choices for children and some good selections for veggies as well. Prices about average for Manchester. Lovely views across the Quays.

Under £15 for a great pulled pork deli sandwich, a bowel of Greek salad and two cappuccinos can't be all bad. The ability to sit and look out over the Quays towards Media City is a great bonus, One of the better cafes you can find in a Museum, and a definite attribute to the IWM North.