The cafeteria, located in the Cripps Dining Hall in Cripps Court, offers self-service meals and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Term Time Opening Times:
BREAKFAST 8.15am – 9.15am Every Day except Saturday and Sunday*
LUNCH 12.30pm – 2:00pm Every Day except Saturday and Sunday
BRUNCH*11.00am – 13.30pm Saturday and Sunday
DINNER 5.45pm – 7.00pm Every Day
Note: Please see the information below regarding the Vacation catering arrangements for the cafeteria
It is most helpful if you leave the dining hall after dinner by 7.15pm or alternatively take your meal and eat in the Cripps lobby area or the Bar to enable the staff to prepare the tables for Formal Hall and Fellows High Table dinner.
Payment for meals is made via the Upay cashless payment system using your University ID card or by contactless debit /credit card only. Cash / Cheques are not accepted in the cafeteria.
You may bring guests into Cafeteria; guests will pay a cover charge of 30% on the total meal in respect of each meal taken.
*Please note: Breakfast will be served from 08:00 - 09:30 during the University examination period in Easter term.
Vacation Catering Arrangements
Outside of the undergraduate’s period of residency the catering arrangements change so that the College can accept residential conferences and larger banquets, during these times the Café and Qbar do not open
MONDAY 17th JUNE – SUNDAY 29th SEPTEMBER
Vacation Period Opening Times:
The Buttery will be open each day at the following times during the vacation period
BREAKFAST: 8.45 – 9.15 am Monday-Sunday
LUNCH: 12.30 – 1.30 pm Monday- Sunday
DINNER: 5.30 – 6.30 pm Monday- Sunday
Please see the notice board in Cripps for updates on changes to the buttery opening times and location.
Kitchen Closure
- The College kitchens will be closed From Saturday 17th August and will re-open for Lunch on Monday 2nd September, there will be no Catering services.
*Please Note:
Breakfast Menu: During the vacation period the buttery will be serving a continental selection on a daily basis, unless pre-ordered for external events
Lunch Menu: Weekend lunch menus will be offering a normal lunch style menu on Saturday with a brunch style menu on Sunday
If Hall is in use for private events, you may be asked to collect and pay for your meal from the Cafeteria and then proceed to the Bar to eat your food.
Vacation Formal Hall Dinner
During the vacation a number of Formal Halls are held in Old Hall, cafeteria dinner still runs on these evenings but Fellows High Table is combined with the Formal Hall; at the start of each vacation period the dates of the vacation formal hall's will be advertised; any current member of College wishing to attend should book in the normal manner using the on-line booking system. Fellows can book in by e-mailing conferences@queens.cam.ac.uk
The kitchens remain open with the exception of a 10 day period over Christmas and New Year, and Easter weekend (unless Easter falls during the students period of residency).