The Breakfast Box

Located just 150m from the Library in the Edith Morley building. The Breakfast Box Café serves a selection of National and International breakfast items ALL day.

This includes Sausage or Bacon Baps, hot breakfasts and freshly cooked scrambled eggs to cereals and breakfast pastries. We also serve sandwiches and fresh hot and cold drinks and loaves of bread.  Well worth a visit to get your morning up and running.



Summer (Out of Term Dates)Monday – FridaySaturdays & Sundays
Until 7th June08:30 – 15:30Closed
10th – 14th June08:30 – 15:00Closed
17th – 22nd September ClosedClosed
As of 23rd September | Start of Semester 108:30 – 15:30Closed

Good to Know

Free book exchange

Campus card top up

Grab & Go food

Specialty coffees and teas

Outdoor seating

Cashless

FAQs

No, we have made the decision to go cashless at all our cafes, pubs and bars. You can use your credit/debit card or campus card to make payments.

Unfortunately not, but there are a range of other eating locations on campus where you can use your Clever Cuisine Plan. Visit www.clever-cuisine.com for details or visit the Concierge Team at Park Eat.

If you are a student, you will not pay VAT when buying items at the cafe however you won't receive a discount. Use your campus card to get further discounts or sign-up to a Clever Cuisine package to get the best discounts.

15 percent off your hot drinks and 5 percent off everything else. *Alcohol, non-food items, including protein and sports nutrition products, medicines, items on promotion, reduced to clear items and certain food items are excluded from the discount scheme. You can still purchase these items.

Unfortunately not, these can be used at The Square, Wantage, St. Patrick's, The Dairy, and Park Eat.

Yes, we are only closed on University's closure days.

All our chicken sandwiches and paninis are Halal except for the chicken Tikka products and chicken katsu curry pot.

Soya, Coconut, Oat Milk

We have a rotating menu and as such these change from day to day, please ask the staff who will be happy to assist.

We have a rotating soup menu that is changed daily, there will be signage in the café indicating the flavour available that day, these are usually vegetarian but there may be a meat based soup available as well, please check with the staff should a sign not be visible.

Matcha powder is a finely ground powder of specially grown and proceeded green tea, high in fiber and protein and mixed with a shot of white chocolate syrup and a choice of milk

Vegan and gluten-free chai latte is a flavored tea beverage made by brewing black tea with Indian species and herbs with a choice of milk.

Cappuccino is an espresso-based drink, of Italian origin, with 1/3 espresso, 1/3 steamed milk, and 1/3 wet foamed milk. The difference between a latte and a cappuccino is the milk content. Latte has a lot of milk, whereas cappuccino is a strong coffee

Find Us

University of Reading, Edith Morley Building, Whiteknights Campus

Opening Times

Term Time Current Period

20 Sep 2024 – 20 Dec 2024
Monday: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Tuesday: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Wednesday: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Thursday: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Friday: 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

Out of Term Time

21 Dec 2024 – 19 Jan 2025
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: Closed
Friday: Closed
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed