National Gallery Cafe
About National Gallery Cafe
The National Gallery houses one of the finest collections of Western European paintings in the world as well as several masterpieces, all of them free to admire. Less formal than Crivelli’s Garden restaurant on Level 1, the groundfloor National Gallery Café is a large, open, lively space in which waiters dressed in black serve Modern British snacks, lunch and afternoon tea. On Wednesdays, it’s open until 8pm. (We recommend the cajun spiced chicken breast with onion marmalade on focaccia). Diners are generally a multi-aged mix of regular visitors to the gallery, tourists and those who like to hold meetings here. There are two entrances, one from Trafalgar Square, the other from St Martins Lane.
Full a la carte
Starter
Creamy leek and potato soup, croutons and chives(This soup can be served chilled) - £4.50Main Course
Open sandwich of rare roast beef, rocket salad, cherry tomato chilli jam on crusty white bloomer, Tyrell's crisps - £7.50Hoummus and Mediterranean vegetables - aubergine, plum tomato, courgette, and peppers on ciabatta with green olive tapenade - £5.95
Smoked halibut and trout with a warm sweet corn and horseradish rösti, lamb's leaf and caper salad - £7.95
Cajun-spiced chicken breast, baby gem salad, pickled cucumber, onion marmalade and basil mayonnaise on focaccia - £5.95
Broccoli and blue cheese tartlet, sun-blushed tomato and herb salad - £5.95
Plate of British cheeses - Cropwell Bishop and oak smoked Wensleydale, grapes, quince jelly and oat biscuits or bread£6.25
Eggs Benedict - poached free range eggs on toasted muffin with ham and hollandaise sauce - £6.50
Chilled poached salmon and Asian noodle salad, mange tout, shitake mushrooms, chilli and ginger dressing - £9.95
Gallery Ploughmans (creamy leek and potato soup, croutons and chives, duck liver paté or Westcome farmhouse cheddar, served with chunky bread, sweet fruit chutney and balsamic onions) - £7.95
Express lunch menu:
Spinach, aubergine, tomato, parmesan & ricotta lasagne, served with green salad and choice of soft drink or coffee - £8.50
Dessert
Home made apricot ice cream, raspberries and toasted almonds - £4.25Meringue with brandied cherries and praline - £3.95
Strawberry and custard tart with or without cream - £3.25
Rich chocolate fruit and nut fridge cake - £3.25
Bakewell tart - £2.95