Ballroom Cafe

The go-to spot for coffee connoisseurs, in the heart of our Royal Festival Hall

Take a break in our Ballroom Cafe with a Community Blend coffee – or maybe even a cake or sweet-treat from our on-site bakery – and you might be lucky enough to take in a lunchtime concert or afternoon social dance.

Overlooking The Clore Ballroom it’s the place to sit and enjoy freshly made pastries, salads and seasonal soups or grab something on the go.

And in keeping with our sustainable aims, all of our lunch menu is made fresh on site daily using locally sourced ingredients.

Opening times

Monday & Tuesday: 10am – 5.30pm
Wednesday – Sunday: 10am – 8pm

Location

Royal Festival Hall, Level 2

For your visit

Royal Festival Hall Southbank Centre

The Royal Festival Hall is open daily.

Monday & Tuesday, 10am – 6pm*
Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 11pm

*If we’re hosting a performance, the building will stay open until the event ends.

Pianis Víkingur Ólafsson is seated at a grand piano while playing Bach’s Goldberg Variations on the stage of Royal Festival Hall

Guitarist Johnny Marr performs on stage at the Royal Festival Hall during Meltdown festival. The hall is dark and the stage is illuminated in a number of white spotlights. The audience are on their feet in the seats and in the boxes in the auditorium

Organist Carol Williams plays the Royal Festival Hall organ whiich is illumiated with bold colours

The Royal Festival Hall is home to our largest auditorium as well as The Clore Ballroom, National Poetry Library, Members’ Lounge, Festival Bar & Kitchen, Ballroom Cafe and Skylon restaurant.

Getting here

Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.

The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues. More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.

We’re cash-free

Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.

We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.

All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access.

All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.

On Level 2 of our Royal Festival Hall you can grab a slice of life by the Thames with drinks and freshly made pizza at our Festival Bar & Kitchen which opens out onto our Riverside Terrace. You can grab a coffee and a slice of freshly made cake from our Ballroom Cafe. Or alternatively enjoy destination dining in the restaurant at Skylon.

From coffee to cocktails, filling favourites to fine dining, plus some of London’s best street food – it’s all here at the Southbank Centre.

Other places to eat and drink whilst you’re here