The Rosie Tate Cafe

I have passed this café numerous times on the way to the Tate Modern and stopped in for the first time today to grab something quickly on the go. The ambiance is like that of a canteen — mediocre and nothing exciting. I personally wouldn’t go there for any sort of sit-​down service, as there any many more far exciting with much better quality food and service, but this place suffices for the quick take away when necessary. Prices are cheap and service is fast. The food is mediocre. It’s not very memorable in any way.

Mediocre. Pre-​made sandwiches, that they heat up. Moderate coffee. Good pastries. Rubbish service.

The Rosie Tate is the best place to grab a tasty and bargainous lunch! Not only do they have a huge range of sandwiches, wraps, baguettes and other such delights, but they are also incredible value for money. You can also get a variety of «takeaway» boxes, filled with anything from chow mein to a tasty curry. I highly recommend this place!

The Rosie Tate café is a pleasant little café and is constantly filled with two types of people; men in high vis jackets and hard hats and serious looking suits. I fall into neither category so felt a little out of place. It is very spacious with lots of metal interior and a lots of seating though its not the sort of café where you would sit down and eat your lunch — more of a grab and go sort of place. They have a good selection of hot foods and sandwiches at very reasonable prices plus microwavable boxes of Chinese food which look very nice indeed. A great place to get some nice, hearty and cheap food.

Expensive salads for what you get — £4.50 for a bowl of not very imaginative fodder — but the paninis and sausage rolls are great

My friend was running late for our lunch date so I stood about outside Rosie Tate’s checking out the clientele. Lots of blokes in high vis jackets and hard hats wandered in but just as many sombre suited types did as well. It’s quite spacious inside with about five tables lining the windows and some more comfortable seating outside the café. This would suggest that they expect it to be heaving at certain times although whenever I ‘ve walked past in my lunch break I’ve never seen that many people inside.
They do have a good selection of hot foods and sandwiches that you can takeaway or eat in. I had a really nice pastrami and pickle sandwich which was £2.50 (I think) and I noticed the other big baps were sizeable and also reasonably priced.
I liked it in there so I’m definitely going back to try out a few other thngs. I have my eye on the microwaveable takeaway boxes.