[Update Nov 2015: The Garden Museum and cafe closed for redesign in 2015 then reopened with a wonderful restaurant, albeit the oasis of calm that was the knot garden is tragically no more]
Positives: It’s a special setting whether you eat inside the deconsecrated church which is now The Garden Museum, or outside in their knot garden (above), near the grave of William Bligh. The seasonal veggie food is generally delicious, as are the cakes.
William Bligh, who hoped to be remembered for the bread fruit tree, not for being the target of a mutiny
Negatives: We had a disappointing aubergine dish recently. They operate a reduced menu on the weekends. Their opening hours are subject to change due to events – check before you travel.
aubergine dish which looked better than it tasted – should have gone for the quiche
The Garden Cafe cakes
Address: The Garden Museum, St Mary’s, 5 Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7LB
The Garden Cafe quiche
Come back next Sunday to see what’s at no. 2.
