V&A Cafe

Top choice in Kensington & Hyde Park


There is plenty of hot and cold food to choose from at the V&A Cafe, and the setting is quite astonishingly beautiful: the extraordinarily decorated Morris, Gamble and Poynter Rooms (1868) show Victorian Classic Revival style at its very best – these were the first museums cafes in the world. Plus there's often a piano accompaniment to your tea and cake.


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