Introduction

Based at our Ealing site, The Pillars Restaurant is the University of West London's popular training restaurant, where our students cook and serve delicious food and wine from around the world.

We are pleased to inform you that Pillars Restaurant will re-open for lunch on Tuesday 1 October and we are now taking bookings.

We invite you to make any reservation at your earliest opportunity to avoid any disappointment and we are looking forward to welcoming you back at Pillars Restaurant.

The opening times will be as follow:

Lunch and dinner

A waiter serving a man his food at Pillars restaurant

Join us for lunch

Tuesday to Friday between 12pm and 2:30pm. Last food orders will be taken at 1:15pm.

  • Two course meal is priced at £17.50
  • Three course meal is priced at £20.00
Dinner is served at Pillars, our training restaurant at the University of West London

Join us for dinner

Thursday between 6:30pm and 9pm. Last orders for food will be taken at 7:15pm.

  • Two course meal is priced at £24.00
  • Three course meal is priced at £27.00

For this semester, our dinner services are now fully booked.

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Christmas menu

Christmas menu will be served from Tuesday 3 December until Wednesday 18 December. Bookings are now open.

The Christmas menu is priced at £30 per person both lunch (Tuesday to Friday) and dinner (Thursday only).

The Sustainable Restaurant Association

At Pillars, we are proud to be members of the Sustainable Restaurant Association.

The University of West London has achieved an outstanding standard of sustainability and been awarded the maximum of three stars by the Sustainable Restaurant Association for their Food Made Good standard, the world’s largest and most comprehensive measure of sustainability in food service.

UWL's three-star award from the Sustainable Restaurant Association

The Pillars experience

Our menu changes with the seasons and we host a range of events throughout the year, including themed dinners with special menus and evenings when some of the country's most illustrious chefs 'take over' the restaurant.

  • What's on at Pillars?

    At The Pillars Restaurant we host a variety of events throughout the year, from themed evenings to celebrity chef ‘takeovers’ that enable our students to learn from the best in the business. 

    Please check this page regularly or follow us on FacebookTwitter or Instagram to stay up to date.

    Past events

    Here’s a flavour of the events we hold at Pillars.

    Themed dinners

    In their second year, our level 5 Hospitality students lead a themed dinner event of their choice. Themes have included Moulin Rouge, the Godfather and the Oscars.

    Guest Chef Dinners

    Guest chefs at Pillars have included the most illustrious names from the industry, including Raymond Blanc and Heston Blumenthal.

    Another highlight was our Vanilla Black dinner, with the restaurant’s front of house and kitchen staff coming to Pillars to work alongside our students – an amazing experience students for diners and our students alike.

    Gout de France

    Our five course 'Taste of France' dinner at Pillars has been attended by the French ambassador.

Where to find us

Find us at the University of West London, Warwick Rd, Ealing, London W5 5RF.

Studying at Ealing

The Ealing site has undergone a £50 million transformation including a refurbished Students’ Union, music studios, an auditorium, and the Paul Hamlyn library.

Heartspace - in the heart of the University of West London's Ealing site.

Contact us

Contact us

Give us a call on 020 8231 2200, email us at pillars@uwl.ac.uk

Feedback

Send us your feedback

Have you dined at The Pillars Restaurant? We’d love to know how you found the experience. If you’d like to send us your feedback, you can do by contacting us via email at pillars@uwl.ac.uk.