Barbican Kitchen - London

Hywel M.

A canteen style option at the Barbican centre.

This is situated on the ground floor.

It has a number of options.

Generally healthy and prepared food.

Good quality and reasonable prices.

Staff friendly and service very good.

Plenty of seating and free condiments.

Great views over the small lake outside.

Highly recommend this for quick service 👌

Andreia B.

So very disappointed ! Awful! One would expect better from carrying the Barbican name, this supposed to be a great place to eat and instead it’s a mess. Very confusing set up and not great price. The only thing that saved from despair was a smoothie prepared by a nice employee.

Grace Y.

Beef and vegetables were not thoroughly cooked; beef was hard and chewy, and carrots were hard to the core, inedible that even the blunt knives were no good. The atmosphere was quite nice in such a brutalist architectural setting. Hot kitchen immediate improvement was required.

Damian C.

If you're looking for good food, excellent service or a quiet atmosphere then you should give the Barbican Kitchen a miss. It's forte is providing quick cafeteria style food to people who need to be somewhere else in the near future.

This isn't to say that it's terrible. You've got a reasonable salad bar, sandwiches and a small selection of hot food. It's rather hard to get the food and pay for it because there are multiple queues but eventually you work it out.

The food itself isn't terrible and in parts it can be quite good. However it's pretty functional if not transactional. You want nourishment and the Barbican Kitchen provides it. On the upside you can sit outside by the flowing water and that's very pleasant.

Lily

Great place if you want to work whether it is alone or with other people. The atmosphere is very warm, great location, good view and everyone is friendly. It can get a bit loud but you get used to it. Perfect if you want to have a snack or drink with friends, it does get crowded around dinner time. Their hot chocolate hustles hit the right spot, perfect.

Elaine C.

Excellent fresh hot food and lovely hot drinks. Less crowded on a weekday. Lovely surroundings amongst the brutalist architecture of the Barbican

Huda M.

The place is lovely but the coffee is shocking and very overpriced. This was also after multiple conversations trying to communicate a very average order (1 americano + 1 oat vanilla latte). The vanilla syrup tasted exactly like perfume and we also noticed mice walking around the shop!

Trevor H.

The way of getting your food at lunch is a little confusing. Cold salad buffet get and pay for in one place. Hot food pre-pay and pick up. But it was worth it, the hot food looked great and the falafel salad I created was delicious. Bottled alcohol served too.