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Tea Room at NGV International

This venue is a finalist for best tea in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

June 6, 2025

1 / 4High tea served at the Tea Room at NGV International, Melbourne.Eugene Hyland

2 / 4Visitors dining at NGV Tea Room.Tourism Australia

4 / 4Get high tea at the NGV Tea Room. Eugene Hyland

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Masterpieces await behind the NGV’s soaring water feature – and we don’t mean artworks. Sit down to a tiered high tea or opt for the Devonshire: both allow you to admire impossibly light scones, best paired with a steaming pot of Serenitea Earl Grey or green Darjeeling. Service is friendlier than the starched linen and silverware suggests, and lunch (fish and chips, soup) is also served.

Good to know: Entry into the NGV and its restaurants and cafes is free.