The Cummer Café

My favorite spot for adult grilled cheese sandwich with tomato bisque soup. A great cafe inside Cummer Museum. Great outdoor seating with occasional live music. Plus we love our server Nhi who is amazing!

* Price: $15 for crab cake salad, $15 BLT sandwich, $15 for blacken shrimp plate. Good portion! 4 star.* Ambiance: casual, clean. There is outdoor seating as well as indoor. Off the lobby of Cummer museum with good view of the beautiful courtyard. 4 star.* Location: inside of Cummer museum. Free parking across the street.* Meals: Everything is very fresh and tasty. 4 star.* Service: friendly and fast. 4 starOne extra star for 10% off by checking in with Yelp app!!! (Any discount is appreciated in this economy!)We were visiting Cummer museum and decided to have lunch here. The menu is small and simple but very diversed. We ordered Blackened shrimp, BLT sandwich, and salad with add-on crab cake. Everything is about $15.Blackened shrimp: half a dozen of good size shrimp, blackened seasoning, mildly spicy, served over a fresh bed of spinach and corns. The shrimp was cooked well and crunchy. BLT sandwich is a large croissant served with fresh salad.Crab cake with salad: romaine lettuce, strawberry, blue cheese, and a large crab cake. I did not get to try this dish. My sister devoured her food. I only got enough time to snap a photo!It is a pleasant surprise to find this place with very good and fresh food and reasonable prices. I would never know that Jacksonville has such a beautiful museum with yummy food! If you have friends and family from out-of-town, you gotta take them here... will not be disappointed!

What a lovely lunch with a special friend. Waiter was right there when we sat down to get our drinks order. Expresso martini is fantastic. We had Cobb salad less chicken added crab cake. Crispy greens, yummy bacon and fresh feta along with lemon thyme dressing (very light but paired deliciously with the crab cake). Crab cake was very good with a lot of crab not fillers.Best part was the stroll thru one gallery showing quilts. Amazing and the young lady that was there was very well informed and answered several questions. She directed us to a quilt that is in the Smithsonian and it was beyond belief.Will be back very soon for lunch and continue the tour of the garden and other art works that are on display. Thank you Cummer!

We didn't get to eat here because of the ridiculously short hours on a weekend day on a holiday weekend.Though we did end up going to a fantastic restaurant in its stead which didn't at first appear promising, the restaurant de Paris also in the Jacksonville area. So thank you Cummer cafe for failing to be open late enough for our initial visit- it set us up to experience culinary greatness by omission.

I recommend a visit to the Cummer Cafe if you visit the museum. For the price, you get a generous portion and the service is very cordial. I enjoyed the Blue Chips $9 and Killer Whale Cream Ale $5.40. The chips were a layered with blue cheese (maybe a little too much) and topped with sweet tangy balsamic vinegar. This is in a common area, but the music is soothing. Tip check in and receive 10% off your first visit.

The food was excellent as was the service. We sat outside in the shade and it was a beautiful day. The ambiance could be a little better outside. Better landscaping and light music might've improved the experience. There were string lights and a fountain though I felt like it should be more impressive given we were at a museum.

I've only been in this cafe for special birthday lunch twice & it's been great both times. For my friend Debbie's bday she picked the cafe & I'm glad she did. It was such a beautiful day so we picked outdoor seating. The umbrellas help keep leaves from falling on us. Sitting outdoors was so relaxing. My friend ordered the sangria & she loved it. They add cinnamon & the scent makes it taste sweeter. For our entrees we picked the Curry chicken salad with in a salad, and another in a croissant. My other friend picked the Cobb salad. Everything tasted fresh. The service was great, nice & attentive. For such a nice place it's surprisingly not expensive. After our enjoyable meal we walked around the Egyptian exhibit. If only we had more time we could have walked the garden. Why did I wait so long to visit the Cummer Cafe. I'll be back again to celebrate special occasions with my friends. Great job Cummer!

I missed the cutoff for Yelp Restaurant Week for this place on purpose because Brunch is for Sundays. That's the unwritten rule. A friend and I came here for food and a meeting of the minds and what a perfect setting for it. We opted to sit outside since the weather was beautiful and chose a table near the sculpture with water streaming down it's sides and also near the flowers. I had to get a Mimosa because again, Sunday Brunch and it was the right balance of Orange Juice and Champagne. We shared a Cheese Plate with fruit and crostini as we decided on our entrees. I chose the Crab Cake Benedict and I'm so glad I did. That cake was more crab and less filler, if there was any. I'm not sure. Some of the freshest crab you'll ever eat. My friend ordered the Shrimp & Grits and not just any grits, goat cheese grits. I tasted a little bit of hers and I was thoroughly in impressed. I didn't see any shrimp though but I could definitely taste them. We paid and had to book it as the sky started to open up. Oh yeah, the museum cafe is amazing. Go check them out!

This was prolly the best French toast I've ever had. And it's really weird that it came from a museum. Also had the grits and those were delicious too. The sangria was alright. I've def had better. Overall a great experience. Especially sitting outside right next to the arts market on sat.

Be a part of the dining experience; sit amongst great art, in a relaxed atmosphere, eating tasty food while enjoying great service. Tuesday tapas along with Saturday and Sunday brunch are a great way to get your Cummer fix. See some art, visit the gardens and eat delicious food while drinking a mimosa. OR, go straight to the Cummer Café and explore the arts and gardens another day. Mezze platter on the tapas menu is something I could devour at anytime. Marinated olives, hummus, sun dried tomato pesto with crostini's and flatbreads are delicious for a party of 1 or 3. Cobb salad, shrimp and grits, and the adult grilled cheese are amongst other favorites in my family. While there is a comfortable inside seating area, don't be deterred by the heat and miss out on the courtyard. They have an industrial style fan and mister. Overall, it's a great experience. The staff is top notch and the location is set in the heart of an eccentric community.Extra plus: When you check in on Yelp, you get 10% off on your bill.