Catering and Food

• Opening Times
• Weekly Servery Menus 
• Formal Hall Menus
• Catering Feedback
• Formal Hall booking

Butterfield Cafe

The Butterfield Café offers a range of drinks and snacks, including paninis and baguettes with a range of fillings and cakes. These can be purchased using your University Card or by cash. There are also newspapers to read alongside all the usual facilities the Butterfield Building has to offer, such as pool and table football.

Breakfast in the Butterfield: Pop in to grab a range of tasty breakfast snacks such as bacon and sausage baguettes and mini cereal boxes on the way to 9am lectures. 

Monday to Friday: 08.30am - 4.00pm
Saturday: 11.00am - 2.00pm

Servery

The servery is accessed through A staircase and offers cafeteria-style self-service meals every day, for dining in the Great Hall. There will be a range of meals on offer, always with at least one vegetarian option. The salad bar is also available.
Meals should be purchased using your University Card (or cash, though it is best to have your card with you to prove you are a Downing member so you won’t be charged extra) and will be automatically charged to your next college bill. A typical meal costs around £3.45, depending on your selection.

Formal Hall

This is served in the Great Hall on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday evenings. You must be seated by 7.30pm and the meal will last until about 9pm. Gowns must be worn by all college members and guests from other colleges.

The charge for Formal Hall is £9.00 for Downing members and £11.75 for each guest. Formal tickets may be booked using the terminal in the Porters’ Lodge anytime from a week in advance until 1.30pm the day before (or until midday Friday for a Sunday formal) and will be charged to your College bill, although more popular Formals may sell out before. A corkage charge of £1.00 must be paid on all bottles of wine and other alcohol. Non-alcoholic beverages are not subject to corkage. You can also buy a selection of wine from the Servery bar up to 7.20pm and the charge can be placed on your College bill. The current list of available wines can be found HERE.

Weekly Servery Menus

The servery menus work on a four-week rolling timetable and are subject to change for reasons such as availability. They are now available online below:

Formal Hall Menus

Page last updated on 14 May 10 (jrm90)