Science museum London - quick help

[summerlovingvibes]

Is there a cafe in there?

Just wondering as once we are in can we get lunch or should we before?

Yes! Ta-da:

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Yes and the food is good!

We went before Covid but I remember the food was nice.

Just don’t forget to pre-book tickets. We didn’t realise that weren’t able to get in.

Yes, they tend to have pretty nice cake! Don't forget to book tickets in advance

Yes, but it is normally super busy. If you are going to the wonderlab on the 4th floor there is a ice cream cafe with a very small selection of sandwiches outside, but plenty of space for eating a packed lunch.

Golly, do you have to book for a normal visit? Or are you talking about special exhibitions? Haven’t been since the grandchildren were young. No booking then and I used to go regularly when I was growing up a short walk from S. Kensington.

There's also a large area for eating your own food as other people have mentioned. I work on the same road and whenever we go to the museums with my child we buy food elsewhere (there's a big Waitrose, or Tesco Express, by Gloucester Road station, which I'd recommend using anyway if you're going in school holidays/at weekends as they often shut South Ken due to overcrowding) and eat it in the quiet areas rather than queuing with everyone else.

You do need to pre book free tickets - it started in the pandemic and they never got rid of it. The cafe is fine - standard museum food - but is expensive and busy. If you bring your own lunch there is a picnic area in the basement along with a place to get coffee. There is a Waitrose at Gloucester rd tube where you can get sandwiches.

I pre booked my cafe order as well.

Cafe was a hub fight for seats though, people arguing over them. Quite fun to watch!

Otherwise just down the road there's a few cafes near South Ken station including a Pret you can just pop into.

Bun fight not hub!

Yes you do have to pre-book for normal entry. As we discovered last week there is very little you can do spontaneously in London anymore. I suspect half term didn’t help but nearly every museum was pre-book only even if it was free (and the British Museum was closed). Total change from when I lived there 10years ago. Although I suspect then I would have avoided South Ken in half term week like the plague!

Don’t people look on website’s anymore 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes but we find the V and A one cheaper!