Lakeside Restaurant and Coffee Shop

We are open to the public!

The Lakeside Restaurant is a fully licensed fine dining restaurant, run by the Manager, Tony Webber and his team of Hospitality professionals based in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management who train our International Hospitality Management (IHM) students. Tony and the team are dedicated to providing top-quality food and helping the students gain the experience and training they need to successfully complete their first year.

The Lakeside Restaurant is open to the public for lunch from Monday to Friday 12:00 - 14:00. You can make a booking by emailing: Lakeside@surrey.ac.uk or you can call the restaurant on 01483 689655 or book using the online booking form below:

Make an internal reservation - For guests who are paying on account

Make an external reservation - For guests who are paying for themselves

Panoramic views

Located on the ground floor in the Rik Medlik Building, The Lakeside Restaurant affords a spectacular panorama of the beautiful University of Surrey campus.

Private Functions at The Lakeside Restaurant

The Lakeside offers our students an incredible and unique learning opportunity for our International Hospitality management students; Equally, it is an important amenity within our local community.

The Lakeside can accommodate bookings from 40 up to 80 guests, who will receive first-rate food and service from our International Hospitality Management students and our employed students from all disciplines. Guests can expect top-quality food, designed and created by our excellent head chef with contributions from the students, all offered at a reasonable price.

Parking at Lakeside

Please be aware that The Lakeside Restaurant, as a training facility and part of the university, does not provide parking. Since the university is a private entity, it is not obligated to offer parking for restaurant patrons. Parking is available on campus through a pay-and-display system, operating on a first-come, first-served basis. The university is not responsible for the pay-and-display parking, and any concerns or inquiries regarding parking should be directed to the relevant parking management authorities. Information can be found in the car parks. Thank you for your understanding.

Our students

Our students are supervised and trained by our professional staff who have a wealth of industry knowledge and experience.

Private dining room

The private dining room is situated next to the Restaurant and is elegantly decorated. Perfect for business meetings and small private functions from 25 to 40 guests.

We are committed to sustainability, from procurement to valuing natural resources. For further information surrounding our sustainability commitments, please see our sustainability policy 2021-2023 (PDF).