The Mansion Bar & Café - Beckenham

Josh Green

Had a lovely roast chicken here today, with garlic butter. Lovely roast veggies, and a nice Yorkshire pudding. Lots of drink options, and some nice sauces. Could maybe do with a crumble or a sticky toffee pudding dessert to cap it off, but the roast was good. The service was great too, and the price was decent.

Hannah Sierp

First time visiting The Mansion Bar and Cafe for food - as I usually visit the brilliant Homestead Cafe - also in Beckenham Place Park and I had a lovely roast today. The cafe itself is relaxed and shabby-chic, in the beautiful mansion building, with stunning views across the park. The lady who served us was really friendly and helpful. The prices were reasonable and the food very good indeed: loved my nut roast and the cauliflower cheese was perfect. If I had one suggestion I’d have really liked some more dessert options (was really hankering after a crumble or a pudding with custard) but this is just a small thing and I really had a lovely meal and wouldn’t hesitate to come back for another cosy roast.

Tuyen Phan

I haven’t had food here, but coffee is amazing! It’s a perfect treat after a little walk in the park. Can’t think of anything better than spending 30 minutes at the outside table with a good flat white looking out the lovely open space.

3

Went for food with a view. Ordered wraps as limited choices available, chicken wasn't freshly cooked and tasted like heated precooked chicken. Falafel was dry, slaw was veg and vinaigrette, and totally overpowering. Lots of dogs allowed in, both on and off lead. Not really a destination, more like a pit stop spot. Outside surroundings where busy but seanic.

melissa gough

I visited the cafe today to check out the launch of the new menu. I was very impressed. They are offering an exciting menu filled with everyones favourites. I went for 'The Mansion Veggie' which was 10/10. They offer a varied choice of vegetarians options. Atmosphere was lovely, cosy setting with new additional seating. Great service from Isobel and Karim. Would recommend a visit to anyone.

Amanda Phipps

Delicious food, reasonably priced. Great views of the park to sit & watch the world go by. Music from the speakers outside was a bit too loud to sit comfortably when eating but otherwise lovely atmosphere. Would recommend.

Sophie Tsavalos

The mansion cafe catered for my event in the mansion house recently. I requested vegetarian food for my Yoga day retreat and the catering team came back with the perfect menu within my budget. The food was delicious and there was plenty to go around. Everyone commented on how much they enjoyed it.I couldn't fault it!
Thank you again Mansion Cafe! ?

Emma

It's so lovely to sit outside this place and take in the vista. Unfortunately, the café itself is a bit lacking in comparison to its sister, the Homestead.

It has a decent, albeit limited drinks selection. They don't seem to be doing food at the moment, but you can get snacks - crisps, ice cream etc. We bought some really unpleasant chocolate fudge cake today - bone dry and tasted very strange (don't know how you can get chocolate cake that wrong, but this was awful!)

But our real bugbear is the staff. The guy behind the bar who seemed to be in charge was nice, but the younger staff working with him could really use a few lessons in customer service - including the basics like saying please, thank you, and making eye contact with customers. It's not the first time we've had a poor experience there in terms of staff appearing fed up / surly, so this cemented it for us really.

My final gripe - despite the fact they knew I'd popped to the ladies (15, 20 mins before closing) they bolted the front door so no one else could come in - and when I struggled to open it on my way out, no one bothered to help.

Bit poor. We'll go to the Homestead next time!