Review on The National Dining Rooms

'Food for the people' ought to be Oliver Peyton's rally call after having scored a hit with Inn the Park, he set his sights on The National Gallery opening The National Dining Rooms on the site once occupied by Crivelli's Garden. With help from designer David Collins, the whole place has now been transformed into a bakery-focused café specialising in British produce.

The kitchen offers visitors anything from a Bakewell tart and a cuppa (from a choice of more than two-dozen leaf teas), light meals throughout the day (think homemade crumpets with blackberry Jersey butter, freshly baked Jammy Dodgers and so on – but 'not a croissant in sight').

There's also a more substantial menu for lunches (plus early suppers on Wednesdays). Here the emphasis is on 'the best of British', so you can celebrate the pleasures of 'eight varieties of Heritage tomatoes' with sour cherry vinegar, olive oil and wild herbs, baked trout with rhubarb compote and minted peas, fine artisan cheeses and puddings like warm treacle tart with clotted cream. The good-value wine list has plenty of selections by the glass.

The National Dining Rooms is also featured in: Michelin Guide, Good Food Guide, Hardens

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Cuisine

British

Chef

Simon Duff

Restaurant Opening Times

Breakfast: 10.00am through until
Lunch: 5.00pm (9.00pm Fri)

Accepted credit cards

Visa, Master Card, American Express

Online Booking Availability for The National Dining Rooms

Facilities at The National Dining Rooms

  • Childrens menu
  • Disabled access
  • Private parties
  • Vegetarian menu
  • 80 covers
  • Family Friendly

Address

The National Dining Rooms
Sainsbury Wing
The National Gallery
Trafalgar Square
Central London
WC2N 5DN

Nearest tube station: Leicester Square

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The National Dining Rooms Sample Menu

SAMPLE MENU

Soup, Quiches, Salads

Available all day from noon
Chilled English pea soup,
horseradish cream, pea crumble
| £6.50
Roast cauliflower and tender stem
broccoli salad, orange, mint and
caper dressing | £8.50
Chicken and bacon salad, gem
leaves, salad cream and Kirkham's
Lancashire cheese | £9.50
Cherry tomato, caramelised red
onion and cheddar quiche
with crisp leaves and shallot
dressing | £7.50
Portobello mushroom and goats
curd quiche with crisp leaves and
shallot dressing | £7.50

Grilled Sourdough
Sandwiches

Wiltshire ham, Quickes Cheddar
and English mustard mayo | £8.50
Roast courgette, broad bean
puree, heritage tomato,
horseradish and pea crumble
| £8.50
Buttermilk fried chicken, green
tomato, home made kimchee
| £8.50
All served with curry coleslaw

Lunch

From noon to 3.30pm every day and from 5.00pm–7.00pm every Friday

Bread and butter | £2.50

English heritage tomatoes, goats curd mousse, watercress and elderberry
dressing | £6.50
Handpicked Devon crab, cucumber, Jersey Royals and cocktail sauce | £9.50
Grilled octopus, Jerusalem artichokes, radish and wild fennel | £8.50
Chicken liver mousse on sourdough toast, fried Burford Brown eggs, and
green onions | £8.00

Smoked haddock and organic salmon fish pie with lemon and garlic
potatoes | £12.50
Young beets, organic spelt, broad beans and Berkswell Cheese | £15.50
Crispy sole fillets, butter leaf lettuce, peas and tartar sauce | £16.50
Poached monkfish, cauliflower, samphire, tomato and capers | £16.50
Roast chicken, grilled corn and curry | £17.50
Slow cooked gammon, peppered pineapple, chips and homemade
brown sauce | £17.50

Sides | All £4.00

Jersey Royals, mint dressing
Triple cooked chips, sage and
garlic salt
Summer leaves, sweet shallot
dressing
Buttered hispi cabbage
Curry coleslaw

Desserts

Boozy cherries, coconut jelly, pineapple weed | £5.50
A little chocolate indulgence | £5.50
Elderflower syllabub, gooseberry, cucumber and Pimm's ice |£5.50
Broken lemon pie, curds, sable and meringue | £5.50

Artisan Cheeses

1 cheese | £5.50
3 cheeses | £9.50
5 cheeses | £11.50
All served with apple chutney, oatcakes and soda bread crisp
Berkswell
Ewe, sweet, nutty, rich, unpasteurised
Mrs Kirkham's
Cow, mellow, milky, buttery, unpasteurised
Ticklemore
Goats, semi hard, pasteurised
Sharpham Cremet
Goats, enriched with cow's milk cream
Mayfield
Cow, fruity, nutty, velvety texture
Cropwell Bishop
Cow, rich, tangy, velvety-soft texture
Barkham Blue
Cow, blue, rich, creamy, pasteurised
Baltic
Cow, ale washed, unpasteurised
Waterloo
Cow, semi-soft, unpasteurised
Tunwor th
Cow, milky, vegetal, pasteurised
Perl Las
Cow, blue veined, vegetarian

Homemade Cakes

Our Peyton and Byrne cakes are served with chilled vanilla
custard, whipped or clotted cream
Fig roll | £3.75
Fresh baked scone | £4.00
Fruit or plain with house preserves
Treacle tart | £4.50
Banoffee pie | £5.50
Carrot cake | £5.50
Bakewell tart | £5.75
Apple pie | £5.75
Lemon drizzle cake | £5.50
Polenta and plum cake (gluten free) | £5.50
Gooey chocolate cake | £5.50
Cheesecake | £5.50
Victoria sponge | £5.50

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

The National Dining Rooms Christmas Menu

Restaurant menus often vary from day to day, so the above should be treated as examples of what to expect in terms of cuisine and price.

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