The Rooms Café — Restaurant in St. John's

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible Lunch With a View at The Rooms Café.

During our visit to The Rooms art galleries and museum in St. John’s, Newfoundland, I had my heart set on trying a dish I’d seen in an online video from the 4th-floor Rooms Café. Our first attempt to get a table was unsuccessful — the wait was too long for our plans that day. We tried again the next day, but they don’t take reservations, so no luck. On our third try, we were greeted by a lovely staff member named Jackie, who truly made our experience memorable. She took my phone number and called us in less than 20 minutes to let us know a table was ready. We were seated by the window, and the view was absolutely breathtaking — sweeping sights of St. John’s Harbour and colourful Jellybean Row. Everywhere I looked, the food coming out of the kitchen looked amazing. I had the cod & scallop linguine, while my husband enjoyed a falafel wrap with lentil soup. Both dishes were fresh, flavourful, and beautifully presented. We couldn’t resist finishing with their sticky toffee pudding — it was the perfect ending. The café closes at 4 PM, so I recommend going for lunch, and be prepared to wait a little — it’s absolutely worth it. Special thanks to Jackie for her warm hospitality and for recommending a great local pub for fish and chips. If you’re visiting St. John’s, The Rooms Café is a must-try for lunch — incredible food, friendly service, and one of the best views...

The Rooms Cafe is always worth a visit for the food and great, friendly service, but when the sun shines on St. John's harbour, this place is magic. Your attention will be torn between your delicious food and the spectacular view.

Today's choices included the Avalon scramble with cheesy scrambled eggs, thick bacon strips, roasted and smashed new potatoes, orange slices, and partridgeberry/apple jam with sourdough toast. Also tried the cod cakes with mustard pickles, grainy Dijon mustard, arugula and cucumber salad with cherry tomatoes in a creamy poppy seed dressing. I cannot honestly say the cod cakes were great. They resembled a seasoned potato and fish paste that was formed into a cake. Very little texture and no celebration of the amazing codfish. I would not recommend this dish, but everything else was fantastic, and I have never been disappointed at this restaurant on any of my many visits over the last 20 years.

I've saved the best for last. TOUTONS! Yup, these scrumptious pillows of dough are fried to a golden brown and served with butter and molasses. Okay, you can have maple syrup if you're from the mainland, but when offered the choice of syrups, I could only look at the server with a raised eyebrow, suggesting there was no actual choice to be made. Molasses, and only molasses, if you want the authentic touton...

We went here for brunch before we went exploring in the Museum. Stunning view of Signal Hill and the harbour. Our server was great as well. I got a blueberry lemonade vodka and my fiancee got a Strawberry one, both very tasty. For food I ordered the Grilled Chicken Sandwich and absolutely loved it! Potatoes were cooked perfect as well and I loved the aioli that came with it. My Fiancé ordered the Falafel wrap, I tried it and thought it was good but she's not a big fan of cilantro and it didn't specify on the menu that there was cilantro in it, so she didn't love it but the creamy carrot soup was delicious. We would both love to return, especially so my fiancé can try something else! Highly recommend eating here before or after exploring the museum or even just coming here for the Cafe...