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A mini-amphitheatre seating up to 30 people with a screen for presentations.
We’re all about coffee, food, and connections – so as well as a place to eat and drink, our Coffee House also offers a place to work, collaborate and meet like-minded people.
Food and drink at The Coffee House
The Coffee House serves a delicious breakfast and lunch menu alongside hot drinks, softs drinks and snacks throughout the day. Our team champion locally sourced food from suppliers from our own London Larder and have initiatives in place aligned with our regenerative mission.
Our unique history makes The Coffee House an inspiring place to be. Our displays showcase innovative designs, change projects, and you can also book our interactive meeting spaces and visit the RSA library when you visit. Or just join us to enjoy our delicious new food and drinks menu.
The Coffee House is open five days a week (Monday – Friday), 8:30am – 5pm.
The Coffee House’s Community Blend is a collaboration with Well Grounded – a social enterprise helping people into work by training them as baristas. Well Grounded runs a series of specialty coffee training academies for adults facing barriers to employment. We provide placements for those undergoing the training programme and donate £2 for each kilo of coffee purchased.
To reduce food waste, we partner with Waste Knot – an organisation working directly with farmers to utilise crops. They provide us with surplus ‘wonky’ vegetables which our in-house chefs whip in to delicious homemade dishes such as soups and salads.
Our unique history makes The Coffee House an inspiring place to be. Our displays showcase innovative designs, and social change projects, and you can also book our interactive meeting spaces and loan books from our library when you visit. Or just join us to enjoy our delicious new food and drinks menu.
As part of our refresh within The Coffee House and level -2 spaces, we have is-style-typestyle-largeduced specific zones to help you have the most enjoyable experience.
Coffee House (Gerard Room), Old Archive Room
This space is for food and drink to be enjoyed therefore we request no laptop use or meetings to take place.
Long Gallery, Dame Caroline Haslett Collaboration Room, Suthers Court
Work and laptops are encouraged in this area but please be mindful of others whilst on calls.
Dr Cross, Vicky Heywood
Priority is given to those catching up over food and drink in these areas so please keep laptop use to a minimum.
Library
Quiet zone. Please refrain from calls and meetings in this space.
As we are a registered charity, the purchase of your food and drinks from The Coffee House directly supports our work and charitable mission as a social change organisation. We therefore do not permit externally purchased food and drink to be consumed at RSA House.
Please note: we do not accept cash payments but accept all credit/debit card payments.
We look forward to seeing you soon, if you have any queries, email general@rsa.org.uk.
A mini-amphitheatre seating up to 30 people with a screen for presentations.
Whiteboard walls and display screen make a space to create new ideas.
Rotating displays of great designs from RSA Royal Designers for Industry.
Displays on change projects from Fellows around the world.
Features a mural on our history from the team who brought you RSA Animates.
Filled with our history, displaying copies of documents from our archive.
Over 6,000 books and journals. From philosophy to management, design to politics, and books from our latest event speakers you can always find a read to inspire. The RSA Library is open to all Fellows, including a freepost lending service.
We do not offer table reservations in The Coffee House. There are plenty of places to sit across Levels -1 (where The Coffee House is situated), -2 and the Ground Floor, as well as dedicated meetings spaces that you can book in advance (more information further below).
We have a delicious range of food and drinks available to purchase at RSA House. As we are a registered charity, the purchase of your food and drinks from The Coffee House directly supports our work and charitable mission as a social change organisation. We therefore do not permit externally purchased food and drink to be consumed at RSA House.
The Coffee House and other public areas of RSA House are open to the public and not restricted to RSA Fellows. All visitors who aren’t Fellows will simply be asked to sign in at Reception on arrival.
There are numerous spaces where you can bring your laptop and work within RSA House on the ground floor and lower levels, including in The Coffee House. When The Coffee House is busy, the tables in this area should be prioritised for those consuming food and drink.
There are public areas in which you can hold small informal meetings, though please be respectful of others using the same space.
If you intend to have a larger meeting, consider booking one of our dedicated meeting spaces in advance:
The library is open for Fellows and visitors to RSA House.
We are able to issue loans by post and books can be returned using our freepost service.
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