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Aberdeen

Art Gallery Café

The cafe inside Aberdeen Art Gallery on Schoolhill, serving breakfast, brunch and lunch from local produce, with coffee and home baking upstairs.

Welcome

Aberdeen Art Gallery is one of the finest galleries in Scotland, and its cafe makes a good reason to linger.

It sits on the ground floor of the grand building on Schoolhill, a bright, handsome room for a break between the paintings or a meal with friends.

The kitchen cooks breakfast, brunch and lunch, freshly prepared from local, seasonal ingredients, with home baking and a glass of wine to go with it. Upstairs on Level 2 there is a second, smaller cafe for freshly brewed coffee and a slice of cake among the galleries.

For something special, the gallery serves an afternoon tea for two, a chef's selection of sandwiches, scones and sweet things with unlimited tea and coffee, or with prosecco. It must be booked ahead. The cafe keeps the gallery's hours and is open every day.

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Before you go

Open with the gallery, Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 11am to 4pm.

Afternoon tea must be booked ahead.

Where
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Schoolhill, AB10 1FQ.
Serves
Breakfast, brunch and lunch.
Afternoon tea
Book on 01224 045783.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
11am–6pm
Tuesday
11am–6pm
Wednesday
11am–6pm
Thursday
11am–6pm
Friday
11am–6pm
Saturday
11am–6pm
Sunday
11am–6pm

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Where it is

Inside Aberdeen Art Gallery on Schoolhill in the centre of Aberdeen, AB10 1FQ.

Close byAberdeen.
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  2. Kultura's front on Belmont Street, its wooden sign reading Filipino Restaurant & Bar above open doors in a granite wall, with potted bay trees by the step.KulturaA family Filipino restaurant and bar at 47 Belmont Street in Aberdeen, for crispy pata, sizzling sisig and an all-you-can-eat tapas feast.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. The long bar at Casa del Fuego under a red wall and a neon sign reading Viva la Fiesta, with high stools and tables on a patterned tiled floor.Casa del FuegoUnder a mile as the crow flies
  4. Granite steps lead up to a statue and His Majesty's Theatre in AberdeenUnion Terrace GardensThe sunken garden round the corner.Under a mile 1 min by road
  5. Juniper shop front beside a stone church with a rose windowBelmont StreetCafés on the cobbles nearby.Under a mile 2 min by road
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