Cafes on campus

Enjoy your break in one of our award-winning campus cafes
Drake's Cafe
We offer sustainable, locally-sourced fresh food and drink in nine cafes on the city-centre campus, and John Bull Café on the north campus. Students can also find a number of food and drink outlets in the Students' Union.
We pride ourselves on offering a variety of delicious food and drink options, whether you fancy a hearty breakfast, a healthy salad, a pizza with the finest toppings, the choice is yours as we have a variety of themed food options in each café. 
We are committed to providing a sustainable food culture at the University. We have held a three star rating from the Sustainable Restaurant Association for multiple years which reflects our company achievements to sustainable sourcing, reducing disposable packaging, reducing meat intake and much more. Explore our sustainable food culture that supports local, sustainable and Fairtrade produce and suppliers.

Loafers on our city centre campus Loafers Deli, In front of the Charles Seale-Hayne Library
 Serving handmade, artisan sandwiches crammed with scrumptious local produce

Portland Square cafe on our city centre campus Portland's Pizzeria, Portland Square
 Serving a wide variety of deliciously cooked-to-order 10-inch pizzas with a large selection of premium toppings.

Library Café Food  Library Cafe, Charles Seale-Hayne Library
 Serving a wide selection of hot and cold drinks, handmade paninis, pasties, sausage rolls, sandwiches, wraps and snacks

Fish and chips meal on a plate. Drake's Kitchen, Rolle Plaza
 Serving all your favourite dishes from traditional English breakfasts to hot daily lunch specials

food at the Reservoir Cafe Reservoir Cafe, Nancy Astor Building
 Serving an exclusively vegetarian and vegan food

Bowl of food displayed on a table in the RLB Cafe RLB Cafe, Roland Levinsky Building
 Serving our pan-Asian inspired menu as well as breakfast, sandwich meal deals, cakes, and hot and cold drinks

The Container Cafe The Container, Roland Levinsky Building
 Serving food boxes and other food supplies: picnic boxes, sweet treats, bakes and breakfast croissants, English muffins, bagels as well as hot and cold drinks

John Bull Cafe John Bull Cafe, John Bull Building
 Serving cooked breakfast and a 3-week rolling menu featuring internationally-inspired dishes

A plate of food at the Toast Office The Toast Office, Emdeck Building
 Serving The Container's favourites, including handmade brownies, toasties, filled croissants, artisan bagels and more

Jacket Potato Cookworthy Cafe, Cookworthy Building
 Serving a range of delicious hot and cold drinks, breakfast and lunch options,

Loyalty points information

We have installed a new till system in all our units across campus.
We are working hard in the background to bring you a brand-new app-based loyalty programme with new offers and deals! 
Just a reminder that the hot drink loyalty points offer utilising your staff and student card is no longer valid, payment via these methods is no longer accepted.

Café offers

The University of Plymouth cafes offer various deals as a great way to motivated you throughout the day. Whether you are studying with friends, holding a meeting or simply feeling something sweet – these deals are for you.

Use your reusable cup at our campus cafes

Our goal is to reduce the number of disposable cups that are used and then disposed of on campus. An estimated 2.5 billion paper coffee cups are thrown away in the UK every year (that’s almost 5,000 a minute, or 7 million per day), with our campus contributing over 300,000 of those. As of November 2019 there has been a reduction in the use of almost 60,000 disposable cups since implementing the 20p discount.
Use a reusable cup at our campus cafes and get a 20p discount.
Cut waste, cut carbon, save money.
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Global Recipe Book 

As part of Global Week 2022, staff and students were invited to share their favourite recipes from around the world. 
After receiving some excellent submissions, the Global Recipe Book was put together by the Catering Team, offering you the chance to create these dishes and try something new. Each page offers everything you'll need - from ingredients through to cooking methods.
Balanced nutrition concept for clean eating flexitarian mediterranean diet. Assortment of healthy food ingredients for cooking on a wooden kitchen table.
 

We pride ourselves on excellent customer service, quality products and ensuring excellent value for money. As we are a subsidiary of the University, all profits are invested back into the University of Plymouth.

If you have any ideas or questions regarding catering on campus, please get in touch by emailing catering@plymouth.ac.uk.

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