Delicious food, we had the pollock and mixed salad. Friendly and helpful service - thank you!
Rosa Coriander
Lovely helpful staff, excellent toasted sandwiches, not just your boring old ham and cheese type stuff- we had falafel, pepper, spinach and chilli jam. Came with a nice salad. Yum! Sourdough bread delish, can sometimes be too crunchy when toasted but perfect in this instanceVegetarian options: Two veggie options for toasted sandwiches, some other good hot food options for vegetarian
Heidi Gibb
Fabulous place for our Mother’s Day outing. Wonderful food and great atmosphere at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended.
Paul Robinson-Webster
I love this space and visit whenever I can.Agata and her team do a great job!Someone clearly cares about the food which is always creative, full of flavour & well executed.
Lz Hughes
Booked a table and it was all ready. Delicious choice of food with good size portions. Nice peaceful atmosphere and friendly and helpful staff.
Jake Pullman
Wonderful experience - lovely service, absolutely delicious food (we had 1 quiche and 1 hake) and beautiful setting! Look forward to coming back soon!
Genevieve Bloomfield
We had delicious salads and cakes. We all had a lovely time.Kid-friendliness: Was very child friendly
Janet M
We had a great party for 60+ people organised expertly by Laszlo with the delicious gourmet dining menu. Thank you for a very memorable evening.
Barbara Horsman
I’m a regular visitor and I’m always happy with my experience. Excellent food and wonderful outlook from the enormous window. One minor quibble, I have noticed that people are allowed to sit overlong at tables after a very small meal, working on laptops, when others are queuing. This is a restaurant not a study facility.Vegetarian options: These are many and varied. The veggies will be very happy. I should know! I am one!
Paul Dickson
Had a fabulous Mediterranean style salad here today - very tasty and efficient, friendly service.
The choice for children is woeful (such a contrast to the exhibitions, which are usually great for children). There is also very little accommodation for children with allergies, the staff member I asked about nuts was really rude to me. He suggested that I thought he was lying when I asked him to double check that a cake didn't have nuts in. I didn't think he was lying, I just like to be sure because anaphylaxis is serious and I know its close to the hospital but we shouldn't be made to feel bad when some ingredients could kill our child. Believe me, sainsbury centre cafe, if someone dies because your staff are rude to customers asking what's in what, then the hassle and inconvenience will vastly overshadow getting a folder out and checking ingredients and allergens.I probably won't come for lunch again, which is a shame.Get better choice for children, try to provide something for the kids with allergies - there's more of them than you'd think! Stop being rude when people ask, we're not asking for the fun of it. My son could DIE. I will ask what ingredients are in things, if staff don't like answering such simple questions then perhaps they are in the wrong job.Dietary restrictions: Staff were rude when questioned about allergens. Very little for kids with dairy and egg allergies. They were very unhappy about having to make a jam sandwich with no butter for the kid. FFS, takes two minutes to slap a bit of jam between two slices of bread. No need to be an arse about it. You'd have a LOT more paperwork and hassle if a kid dies.Kid-friendliness: Not very much choice for children. Dreadful for children with allergies.
Carrowdale
Visiting my nephew at the university we wandered through the lovely gallery to the restaurant and decided on a hot lunch. Delicious whole marinaded chicken breast with Caesar salad plus glass of wine. Fruit flapjacks to take away for later! Really tasty and good value. Beautiful setting overlooking greenery and so light and airy. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. A great place.
Bảo Ngọc Lê
5 star for the view here
Josef Y
My family ate here twice and the experience in both occasions did not disappoint. Good food and efficient, courteous staff. We highly recommend this place to those visiting the University of East Anglia.
Nadles
We had our wedding reception at the modern life cafe in April. First of all- Agata was incredible from the start. We had quite a few meetings and exchanged numerous emails to organise our party and she thought of everything! The menu she helped us devise was fabulous and met the needs of many different guests. Even now our guests (150?) are still talking about the food “best we’ve ever had at a wedding!!” Is the general theme! The venue she transformed, even creating a little space for children to play so they could feel at ease. On the actual day, Agata and her lovely team were brilliant. We had full confidence in them and that meant we could enjoy ourselves. This space, including the gallery and the outside is so underused and incredible for a wedding or similar event and they absolutely deserve to do well. We had the best day and the most awesome party and that is thanks to Agata and the whole team at the Modern life cafe, so thank you!
Delicious food, we had the pollock and mixed salad. Friendly and helpful service - thank you!
Lovely helpful staff, excellent toasted sandwiches, not just your boring old ham and cheese type stuff- we had falafel, pepper, spinach and chilli jam. Came with a nice salad. Yum! Sourdough bread delish, can sometimes be too crunchy when toasted but perfect in this instanceVegetarian options: Two veggie options for toasted sandwiches, some other good hot food options for vegetarian
Fabulous place for our Mother’s Day outing. Wonderful food and great atmosphere at a very reasonable price. Highly recommended.
I love this space and visit whenever I can.Agata and her team do a great job!Someone clearly cares about the food which is always creative, full of flavour & well executed.
Booked a table and it was all ready. Delicious choice of food with good size portions. Nice peaceful atmosphere and friendly and helpful staff.
Wonderful experience - lovely service, absolutely delicious food (we had 1 quiche and 1 hake) and beautiful setting! Look forward to coming back soon!
We had delicious salads and cakes. We all had a lovely time.Kid-friendliness: Was very child friendly
We had a great party for 60+ people organised expertly by Laszlo with the delicious gourmet dining menu. Thank you for a very memorable evening.
I’m a regular visitor and I’m always happy with my experience. Excellent food and wonderful outlook from the enormous window. One minor quibble, I have noticed that people are allowed to sit overlong at tables after a very small meal, working on laptops, when others are queuing. This is a restaurant not a study facility.Vegetarian options: These are many and varied. The veggies will be very happy. I should know! I am one!
Had a fabulous Mediterranean style salad here today - very tasty and efficient, friendly service.
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The choice for children is woeful (such a contrast to the exhibitions, which are usually great for children). There is also very little accommodation for children with allergies, the staff member I asked about nuts was really rude to me. He suggested that I thought he was lying when I asked him to double check that a cake didn't have nuts in. I didn't think he was lying, I just like to be sure because anaphylaxis is serious and I know its close to the hospital but we shouldn't be made to feel bad when some ingredients could kill our child. Believe me, sainsbury centre cafe, if someone dies because your staff are rude to customers asking what's in what, then the hassle and inconvenience will vastly overshadow getting a folder out and checking ingredients and allergens.I probably won't come for lunch again, which is a shame.Get better choice for children, try to provide something for the kids with allergies - there's more of them than you'd think! Stop being rude when people ask, we're not asking for the fun of it. My son could DIE. I will ask what ingredients are in things, if staff don't like answering such simple questions then perhaps they are in the wrong job.Dietary restrictions: Staff were rude when questioned about allergens. Very little for kids with dairy and egg allergies. They were very unhappy about having to make a jam sandwich with no butter for the kid. FFS, takes two minutes to slap a bit of jam between two slices of bread. No need to be an arse about it. You'd have a LOT more paperwork and hassle if a kid dies.Kid-friendliness: Not very much choice for children. Dreadful for children with allergies.
Visiting my nephew at the university we wandered through the lovely gallery to the restaurant and decided on a hot lunch. Delicious whole marinaded chicken breast with Caesar salad plus glass of wine. Fruit flapjacks to take away for later! Really tasty and good value. Beautiful setting overlooking greenery and so light and airy. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. A great place.
5 star for the view here
My family ate here twice and the experience in both occasions did not disappoint. Good food and efficient, courteous staff. We highly recommend this place to those visiting the University of East Anglia.
We had our wedding reception at the modern life cafe in April. First of all- Agata was incredible from the start. We had quite a few meetings and exchanged numerous emails to organise our party and she thought of everything! The menu she helped us devise was fabulous and met the needs of many different guests. Even now our guests (150?) are still talking about the food “best we’ve ever had at a wedding!!” Is the general theme! The venue she transformed, even creating a little space for children to play so they could feel at ease. On the actual day, Agata and her lovely team were brilliant. We had full confidence in them and that meant we could enjoy ourselves. This space, including the gallery and the outside is so underused and incredible for a wedding or similar event and they absolutely deserve to do well. We had the best day and the most awesome party and that is thanks to Agata and the whole team at the Modern life cafe, so thank you!