Walker Art Gallery Cafe in Liverpool

Very poor choice of cooked food that was expensive and not available until 12.00. Need to get up to date as to what other galleries are offering for the same price. Go to the Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh for some ideas. Sorry but we not visit the gallery again.

If you are going to do justice to viewing the art gallery you will need at least one pit stop so the cafe in the foyer is ideal for this. Nice coffee and cake. The range of hot food available is limited. We went for Brie, cheddar and chilli jam toasties. Tasty, but made with sliced white bread. Time for an upgrade!

Cafe was recommended and we needed a cup of tea after an amazing day sightseeing. The carrot cake was amazing

Nice place, had great selection of cakes. Nice touch having free tap water too. Staff seemed helpful and where always busy

The setting is lovely, with the open ceiling and classical design, and the scone I ate was by far the best I ever had. It was quite crumbly and light. The price was higher than you'd expect for a scone, but you get a big scone with a little jar of jam and a pat of butter, so it's worth it. The staff was also very kind.

I was very impressed by the quality of the coffee, strong and hot. The cakes were mouth-wateringly good and I gather at lunch time they serve delicious food. The service is friendly and quick.

We stopped for tea and cake after looking round the Gallery. Tea was lovely - loose leaf and good pouring tea pots, we had decaf and Earl Grey. Husband and little 'un had large pieces of gluten free chocolate fudge cake, mum and I had scones. All very nice. Lovely to stop at the foot of the sculpture. but space is a bit echo-y in a busy half term.

This cafe in the foyer is rather dingy and the sandwiches look a bit tired. But the Scouser stew is superb. Highly recommended rerecommended

Museums always need more funds. One way is to have a good cafe/restaurant and an excellent gift shop. Unfortunately, the Walker Art Gallery has neither.

We had lunch here, just a sandwich and cup of tea each but we thought it rather expensive for what it was - i.e. just a snack and not a meal. Anyway, it was very nice (and so it should be!) and refreshed us for our onward journey around the gallery. The staff are very friendly and the toilets pristine, so that did help!

Really nice and clean little cafe, pleasant staff, nice cup of tea and the food was good. Nice place to relax after an afternoon of walking around.

This cafe is well used by museum patrons and so tends to be very busy at peak times. Soup very popular at lunchtimes but sandwiches available too. Cakes tend to go quickly, so little choice left by 2pm on the day I was there.

It was very clean and tidy and the staff are friendly. I felt the food choice was a little limited - soup or sandwiches, but a good selection of cakes. Reasonable prices and a good pot of tea.

Had the local dish, Scouse, with tea and lovely fresh bread. Excellent. Just what the hungry art lover needs. Recommended.

Great choice of tea and coffee. Soft drinks, sandwiches and excellent cake. What’s not to like after an hour or two of culture?

Pre-exhibition refreshments. Nice fresh well priced sandwiches that seemed home made, same too for the carrot cake. Good quality tea and a pleasant surrounding. Well worth popping in to even if you don't visit the rest of the gallery.

We took a break from viewing the art and had lunch in the gallery's cafe. We both had Sweet Potato Soup which was full of flavour and a generous bowlful, served with roll and butter. I had a Sweet Chilli Wrap, my wife opted for a Panini Tuna Melt - both were tasty and filling. we accompanied these with a mini bottle of Zinfandel and a small bottle of Prosecco respectively. All in all, very satisfactory.

Visited with disabled husband, grand-daughter and her best friend. Reception staff very helpful, pointed out where the lift was, gave us leaflet of which rooms contained the exhibition. Lots of exhibits to see, as well as the other rooms in the art gallery. Took our time going around the gallery, able to sit down in each room if we wanted to, and finished in the Charles Rennie Mackintosh gift shop, where we bought the exhibits book, a picture, pen sets for the girls and a scarf holder for myself. Reasonable prices and shop well set out and young man on the checkout very attentive and helpful. All in all a good couple of hours spent in a very interesting gallery. Youngsters keen to go into the cafe but we will probably return, just ourselves, whether or not there is an exhibit on as the place is just so interesting.

Travelled from North Wales on the train to Liverpool to see Charles Rennie Mackintosh - Making the Glasgow Style. Great exhibit, and so much more to see for free, but came to see the exhibit. Also had Da Vinci's 500 year old drawings. We were so engrossed in it all before we knew it the museum was closing and we realised we'd been there for over six hours. Highly recommend! There is so much to see, will be going yearly from now on.

Pedimos una bebida y un pastel por la tarde. Aunque está dirigido por la misma licitación que el café más pobre del World Museum, este es más limpio y brillante.

We only had a quick snack here yesterday but found the staff polite and friendly and the food excellent. No complaints at all!

Todos los museos y galerías tienen el mismo servicio de restauración y es bueno. Tienes una buena taza de té, el café es bueno y los bollos maravillosos son increíbles. No es difícil tener bollos recién hechos con mermelada y crema, pero, por alguna razón, todos los cafés son independientes y encadenan sus cafés en los museos, que son los únicos que sirven tan buenos bollos.

The cafe sells a range of snacks and drinks and there should be something to suit all tastes. It was bit on the pricey side (Maritime Museum was cheaper), but it's fine for a snack and a drink.

La cafetería está ubicada en el atrio de la galería de arte Walker. Vende una gama de bebidas frías y calientes, sándwiches y paninis, sopas y pasteles. Es perfecto para un almuerzo ligero o una bebida rápida durante una visita a la galería.

A beautiful gallery with wonderful exhibits but the café! 16.15 and in need of a painkiller my husband requested a cup of tea for me, and, gave the information that I was sitting at one of the many available tables. He was handed a, too hot to handle, paper cup and charged £2.40 He asked for a cup and saucer such as others are using but to no avail! So here I sit with inferior cup and the same high price. Hardly inducive to any feeling of well being or any wish to request something to eat. There are other cafés in Liverpool. I'll be avoiding this one.

Nice place to sit after walking around the fabulous gallery. Nice atmosphere in the middle of the ground floor.

Had a day in Liverpool and called into the art gallery. Clean and orderly. Managed to see various artists along with the Portrait artist of the year 2017 painting of KIm Cattrell. Fantastic. A must see if you visit Liverpool .

I can remember this gallery from my childhood, and it is a wonderful building with some great art within. Everyone should have a look!

Fuimos a visitar la galería de arte, en un día muy caluroso. Tenía sandwiches, té y pasteles. Que necesitábamos para sentarse tranquilamente y relajarse. El sandwices estaban secos. El pastel de fruta era delicioso y ambos disfrutamos de este mucho. El té era muy refrescante y lo hicieron con verdadero té no bolsitas de té. Fue enviado. Nos volveríamos de nuevo, ya que es práctico y tranquilo, sin ruido.

net naast de museumshop, goede bediening, lekkere koffie en snacks een mooie rustplaats, de moeite waard

A sun trap to people watch and enjoy a Costa coffee although they were having a few issues with their machines and no cups on the day I visited!

Dos de nosotros tuvimos café y bocadillos. El café era precioso, pero los bocadillos estaban secos y sin sabor. La zona no era muy ordenado y cuando He recogido una bandeja, todos eran sucias, algunos tenían leche, algunos tenían migas en y algunos eran tan húmedo que no podía poner nada en ellos. No llevar esto a la atención de un miembro del personal que ordenan las bandejas de salida, pero no deberia haber. Seguramente deberían tener ellos solucionaron antes de que fueron objeto de uso. Muy decepcionante.

Pasó por aquí para un café rápido antes de que fuimos al teatro. Hay más gente comparado con nuestra última visita pero las mesas habían despejado y estaban limpias. Todavía se sirve café en vasos de papel - algo que hacer un 'dishwasher. "Me pareció que el café bien y yo tuvimos una bonita bollo saludable con mermelada (había sido hecha con harina integral. ). No es especialmente caro, teniendo en cuenta que estás en una atracción de Liverpool.

As I said in the title, the scouse was absolutely delicious and great value too. The sandwiches however, were stale. We were told that was because it was Sunday. That was their explanation. Because it was Sunday.

Such a shame the cafe doesn't match it's setting, unlike the excellent cafe at World Museum. How they can justify serving tea in paper cups is beyond me. I will visit the gallery again, but not the cafe.

I often visit this wonderful gallery when I am in Liverpool, which is usually every few weeks. The paintings and sculptures are amazingly preserved and well looked after when you consider how old some of these exhibitions are.

Good for a quick drink and a piece of cake after going round the gallery but can be busy at lunch time.

So it's a cafe on the ground floor of the Walker, and your only option within the gallery. Frantically busy at lunchtime as you'd expect.

While visiting the art gallery we stopped for a cup of tea and a scone.One of our friends had homemade soup which was also delicious. Lovely place to relax.

We visited the Museum and decided to sit down and enjoy a decent coffee! Wasnt too busy and there was a wide range on the menu but we literally opted for a coffee. Would call in again.

Came to see the Singh sisters exhibition- mid week, and was then tempted to stay for lunch.Soup and sandwiches were just right and served by some very attentive staff-nice one! They even had two alternatives that were Gluten free-so difficult to get anything in many...

Here on a Saturday lunchtime in February. Seemed unable to cope with it being busy. Tables not cleared and staff...

Tomó un rápido viaje por la galería con mi marido mientras mi hijo pequeño dormía en su cochecito y nos trajo muchos recuerdos de cuando yo era pequeña visita. No puedo esperar a volver, así que mi pequeño puede explorar la sección de los niños.

A very decent selection of food and drink. Not huge meals but perfect for an art gallery. Friendly staff and...

The surroundings are the real treasure here as you are sat in the main hall of the museum. The range...

The coffee is average as the beans were a bit over roasted. They were also unable to heat up the...

Los precios son bastante altos sólo por una taza de té o café y no hay servicio de camarera. Se debe pagar por el lugar que está bastante elaborado.

Visitamos la Galería de Arte Walker Cafe para un almuerzo ligero el jueves. Teníamos sopa de brécol (caliente y delicioso), vaso de agua y capuchinos. 14 libras. 00 total por dos (muy razonable).

We had a nice drink and snack here, using the time to get our bearings before tackling some of this lovely Gallery facility. The offering isn't comprehensive but does provide fairly priced reasonable quality snacks.

Needing a rest before seeing the rest of the collection, I stopped for tea, a sandwich and carrot cake in the cafe which is situated in the back of the Gallery behind the reception area and shop. By 2.30 pm there wasn't an enormous selection of sandwiches remaining but my prawn marie-rose was delicious, well-packaged, fresh and full; the carrot cake was moist, and having skimmed milk for my Earl Grey tea was a really pleasant surprise.

Nous n avons visité que quelques salles (notamment 3, 4 et 10).

Visitamos durante una excursión a la galería, un entorno agradable, con té, café y una gran variedad de sándwiches y bocadillos.

El número de bebidas o elementos de menú es pequeño para este café interior pero el personal hace más de un trabajo normal para crear la mejor para usted. Excelente capuchinos y agua siempre gratis. Los bocadillos son básicas pero no pasar todo el día en thi smuseum. La ubicación court se situará justo en el corazón del museo, pero el ambiente puede ser un poco ruidoso.

This café is situated in the centre of the Walker Art gallery. Entry is free and it is accessible by a ramp at the side of the gallery. The menu stated that there was scouse and red cabbage (£5.50) so we decided we would have that rather than sandwiches or paninis. We were really disappointed when the food arrived. It was served with beetroot and not red cabbage. We had both been looking forward to the red cabbage but we were told they did not have any. We pointed out that if we had been told that we would not have ordered it.. Neither of us like beetroot so the server took the beetroot away. Drinks were reasonably priced and the carrot cake was really tasty and moist. You are able to wonder around the gallery and call in for a drink or snack when you need to. Bags are searched as you enter the building and toilets are near the front door.

I reviewed this as part of my review of the gallery, but the cafe is worth a visit even if you don't have time to browse the gallery itself. It's in the city centre and less than 5 minutes from Lime Street station. Good food, friendly staff, and a chilled vibe - loved it.

A simple cafe with the usual food and coffee. Pretty spot in the huge museum, tacky furniture. Good resting spot.

The Walker Art Gallery is worth a visit for the building alone and the cafe is beautifully located in the right in the centre of this building. We visited the Art Gallery but there is so much to see that the opportunity for a tea break was very welcome.The cafe is not too expensive and is in a wonderful space.

This small cafe in the foyer of the gallery does the trick. It's definitely a cafe rather than a restaurant but is quite adequate for the purpose.

Pleasant coffee shop in this very special civic building in Liverpool. Beautiful surroundings and busy atmosphere. For use when visiting the gallery.

Visited for a few hours - if you are serious it will take this time. Some quite magnificent art and well displayed. It goes back some way so much larger than you think when you arrive. Refreshments available too.

Arrived just before 1.00pm to have a light lunch. Already the choice is depleted in the cabinet. Choose the last sun dried tomato and pasta boxed salad: the only salad box on display. I'm told "that's all we have". It is swimming in oil. The tray is sticky, the table dirty and the staff without a smile. A glass of white wine from the bottom of a bottle out on the counter and not in the fridge is just drinkable. Very disappointing and poor in what is a beautiful art gallery.

Les cafés de musées sont souvent très intéressants à fréquenter, abordables, offrant des produits diversifiés et typiques et surtout permettant de s'imprégner différemment de l'atmosphère magique de certains lieux.

great earl grey tea, served quickly and efficiently which is exactly what you need after viewing the exhibits.

A simple cafe with fresh simple food.A nice end to the visit.Prices very fair and comfortable enough. Well placed in a large building

For some reason, when we arrived for lunch at 1pm there was only soup left in the hot dishes and no sandwiches. Apparently a run on the place. However the range of food was reasonable in price and well made, the soup was delicious. Tea pot provided nearly 3 cups full and cakes very tasty. We visited again at the end of our visit over two hours later! A really pleasant place to refresh ourselves.

The cafe seems pretty small and is squashed into the back of the entrance. It is ok but only has a small range of food and drink and is a little overpriced ! I think they were charging something like 70p-£1 for a bruised banana !!

Okay so it was just soup and sandwiches at yet another museum. Not so. The quality of the ingredients used stood out. Fresh and flavoursome soup and very fresh sandwiches. Well worth a visit before you foray back to the galleries. The staff were very pleasant.

A cafeteria fica dentro do lugar e é bem ajeitadinha. as coisas não são lá muito baratas, mas da para tomar um cafezinho com bolo.

Lovely coffee. Choices of cake including a gluten free option. The coffee and walnut cake was a little dry but the carrot cake was beautifully moist and moreish. Good sized portions.

good hot chocolate and the coffee mt wife said was good. Being an aficionado I can vouch that the carrot cake was the best in Liverpool at a fair price.

Its a very ambient location to sit and have a drink or snack but the drinks and food were very average. This is a shame really as the location deserves something really special. We have been to museums and galleries where the food has been outstanding and more memorable than on this occasion.

Nice place to have a break after walking around the gallery for an hour, to rest the feet and have a snack and a cuppa. friendly staff in both the cafe and the gallery shop. always helpful and willing to help with any information needed.

This is an ordinary English cafe. What makes the special is its location in the Walker art gallery which provides for a magnificent setting.In the past I've found the cafe good, but on this visit it was a little disappointing. The staff were friendly and efficient enough. The food choice is relatively limited, but I just wanted a snack so went for the scone with jam. This was tasty but certainly not great. The earl grey tea which came in a transparent pot and was very good.The main downside was the the table hadn't be cleared or cleaned recently, which isn't a great experience. Whilst I was there I didn't see any tables being wiped at all.The prices were more or less what you would expect at a tourist attraction - a bit on the expensive side.Based on this visit overall would recommend this cafe for drinks, either before or after going round the galleries but there are places nearby that offer a better food selection.

Lovely place to have a coffee after looking around. But the service was slow and average. Glad we didn't order food. Waitress swept the crumbs from the table onto the floor! Not what I was expecting. prices as high street chains.

The gallery is great, I take the children there frequently, we all love it. Unfortunately the cafe is very disappointing considering its prices (which are similar to your average big chain coffee shop) and lovely location. Tea and coffee are fine, the cakes taste like they've bought it in from a wholesalers, the paninis have stingy fillings and the salad comes undressed. We visited this afternoon. About a third of the tables were being used, the other two thirds were dirty and covered in old dishes. The tables didn't look like they'd been wiped all day. I approached the person behind the till and told them quietly, so as not to embarrass them, that the tables needed to be cleaned. They nodded... and then did absolutely nothing! We had to eat the whole meal at a dirty table. Absolutely not acceptable. I'm quite laid back, but it actually made me quite cross. Eating at a wiped table is an absolute minimum standard, I dread to think what the kitchen is like.

Another great trip to the Walker (loved gallery 11) and went to cafe for lunch. Really lovely setting and clean. Food very limited which is ok but for the money the paninis soup etc weren't great. The portion sizes were frankly mean - there may not be great facilities but if you can't provide a normal panini and a serious effort and some salad?Next time I'll just have a coffee on the way through

Great coffee and cake complete a great day out. Paintings evoking childhood visits, pre Raphealites a great part of trip

Some sandwiches, cheese and onion with chutney, cheese bagette with chutney what's up with cheese or cheese salad not chutney. Couple of hot options and baked potatoes. Earl Grey tea very nice

Straightforward food. We had paninis. The staff were lovely and helpful. No hassle. Elderflower drink was lovely.

The café is right in the centre of the gallery so you are able to look up towards the upper floors and its breathtaking architecture. Food was simple and well prepared and the prices moderate. We ate baked potatoes with cheese and with tuna freshly brewed coffee and decaf. tea.

Started our visit to the gallery with a visit to the cafe for lunch and a brew. A simple range of food on offer but reasonable choice and good quality. My cheese and red onion chutney panini was lovely. A decafinated loose tea brew was a nice change to the usual stale decaf teabags.

The setting for the cafa is right at the heart of the ground floor of the gallery and so you are surrounded by wonderful architecture.However, despite the lovely cakes on offer, the food available seemed limited and the Panini I had was very thin with not much filling.Having said that, if you are spending a few hours at the gallery it would not be worth going elsewhere for a snack

I took a party of some 14 pensioners to visit the Art Gallery and commenced our visit with a refreshments break before we started visiting the many galleries and exhibits.Enjoyed the good coffee and cakes and many stayed for lunch within the building as well.Service was friendly and quick and the café had atmosphere and right in the centre of the gallery.

Nice to be able to break our look round with a good lunch. Food tasty. Was our first stop when we arrived for coffee

We had a lovely cup of tea and a coffee. There was a good choice of cakes too. The service was good and very pleasant

£4 for a drink and a chocolate brownie which I thought was acceptable. Usually, in places like this they take the opportunity to 'take the Michael' somewhat. Pleasant surroundings and a lively end to a lovely morning.

The tea is super fab and costs £2 ...... but you get a great unique glass tea pot with a filter top that easily delivers 2 - 3 cups so technically two could share one pot.The location is in the foyer area which is a bit hemmed in and dark and it is overall small for such a large Art Gallery but its a good and easy meeting place.

Spent a quiet hour wandering around the gallery followed by a catch up in the cafe. Just the right balance between culture and cuppas!

Huge slices of delicious cake and tray-bakes.I had a mocha, but it wasn't nearly chocolatey enough - could barely taste it.The big problem here is the miserable staff - the lady with the glasses and sort of mahogany-coloured hair cut in a bob must've been having a really bad day. I got to the front of the queue and she just glared at me to invite me to order my coffee - didn't say a word. Scowled the whole time she was serving me - and stopped halfway through to have a conversation with her colleague and another customer. If you're serving me, serve me! Save your conversation until you've finished.Prices were a bit steep, too, for what is essentially just some tables and chairs and a tiny counter in the museum foyer.

The Cafe is situated to the rear of the ground floor with a nice selection of cakes, sandwiches, soup, cold drinks and coffee. There are plenty of tables and chairs and highchairs if you are with youngsters. All around you are works of art and the imposing staircase as well as a small gift shop. Nice place to stop after exploring the artwork.

The café is lovely and offers a reasonable selection of light meals/snacks. Very clean & comfortable, and not overpriced.

This isn't the best cafe in Liverpool but it is an ideal place to take a break, have a tea and cake and immerse yourself in art.The cafe is just a bog standard gallery cafe -- not too fancy, minimalist or art deco, the staff aren't beautiful -- but the tea and scones are good (but the soup isn't).The best thing about this cafe is its location -- in the middle of one of the most stunning collections of art in the NW of England. The sculptures in this gallery are what take the biscuit and in the middle of this cafe is -- a statue of a Greek God pointing at the door (perhaps alerting the staff to a non-paying customer). The tables are surrounded by paintings and a charming little shop selling a really good (but limited) range of stuff.The other great advantage of this place is that it's only 5 minutes walk from Lime St Station, the first port of call for most visitors to this wonderfully atmospheric city. So if you arrive in Liverpool and need a cuppa, or a quick dose of art, this is the perfect place to go.

中央図書館・ミュージアムに併設されたカフェ。サンドイッチなどの軽食も提供されていて近隣に目立った飲食店もなかったので観光後の一休みに最適な場所でした。

A nice selection of cakes, biscuits, sandwiches and soup. Good coffee and a variety of other drinks available. Easy access from entrance area.

I had to wait a little while for anyone to come out the back, which was surprising seeing as it was busy. When the server did come, she was horrendously rude, just asking "what do you want". When I gave her the sandwich she huffed because apparently she didn't know what to put it through on the till as. Then I asked for a cake, and she snapped "you have to get it yourself". I hadn't been to the café before and did not know it was self-service. Instead of politely pointing this out, I was made to feel stupid. The sandwich was falling apart and had no taste to speak of, and the shortbread was doughy and underdone. It was overpriced for what it was. It was also dirty, with most tables having old trays and plates of food on them, with no one collecting them, even when there was nobody being served. Never returning.

Went on to here from the World Museum with my 6 year old granddaughter - there is a play area/workshop area in here and we spent a good 2 hours here - quite busy but people came and went.

Good selection of cakes and biscuits. I chose the shortbread which was delicious. I also had a lovely pot of Earl Grey tea. The seats are well spaced out in the splendid setting of the entrance hall of the gallery.

Visited the cafe during our visit to the gallery and weren't disappointed. Very good choice of food and excellent cafe. Service was very good and the location of the cafe in the entrance foyer is well thought out. Highly recommended.

Clean and fresh although slightly limited choice due to its size. Good quality produce and decent freshly made soup. Reasonably priced.

This has to be my favourite museum by far in Liverpool. From the moment you walk through the very impressive entrance you are thrown into the wonderful world of sculptures and art. It's fabulous. My favourite is the Henry VIII painting. Take a close look at it and see the detail. Its amazing. Again like all of the museums in Liverpool (except the Beatles one) its FREE. Forget the Tate, thats just so "The Emperors New Clothes" (Rubbish) Get in the Walker asap and enjoy a bit of real art. You wont be disappointed :)