The National Gallery Reviews

Excellent way to spend a few hours, with lots of famous paintings!

The Friday Lates are great. Drawing is fun. Worth a visit

A world-leading gallery that earns it's 5 stars by virtue of the great artworks alone. It could do better to explain the evolving history of art to newcomers, but for pure aesthetic experience it's exceptional.
The facilities are decent. Some areas can get crowded but the quite rooms are a haven of peace in the city.

It's a mess, a labyrinth. There is not enough information in the rooms regarding the paintings and it's not easy to find a specific artist etc.

The art here was beautiful. And tons of history as well. Great museum to visit for sure. A must.

I love the National Gallery. However, the Leonardo da Vinci exhibition shows how horrible their restorations are done. The virgin of the rocks used to be devine- it is a real shame! Please stop restoring!

Saw Degas pastels from the Burrell. Very interesting selection and in contrast to many larger exhibitions which are getting more and more expensive free with donations welcome

A must-see, European major masterpieces and admission is free !

really nice experience, Gustav Klimt, Van Gogh, Claude Munet, Guogain... good stuff

Amazing gallery! 10/10, world class paintings and a good cafe and gift shop!

It is a dream come true for Art lovers, this opulent, diverse, richly embellished building that holds some of the greatest works of art in the world!

Full of art a d history, free, please go to visit, staff nice, toilet, lifts, buggies and wheelchairs welcome

Still a must go in the UK. Do book in advance, free entry, but quite essential. Go 15 mins before booking time to queue up. Mask not required inside. The national gallery provides lots of hand sanitizer and toilets are well equipped to handle. Currently it's fairly empty inside so you will have quite a privacy and silence you always want in a museum. Go see it now!

Never been before. Lots of interesting exhibitions to see and its free to get in.

It's free and incredibly expansive. You'd be a fool to miss it!

Truly amazing paintings on show.

I love the Biblical paintings yet the portraits are phenomenal too :)

I could easily visit every week and never get bored :)

A fabulous collection with excellent specific exhibitions. Main gallery is free which should have a small charge as, for example, Le Louvre. The street-scape in front needs organising as at times there are too many "performers", some taking up large areas and some too loud.

Me and my wife visited "Saints Alive" exhibition and it was great. I recommend you to visit it it will continue to November 24th. That series of of large-scale kinetic sculptures bring a contemporary twist to the lives of the saints.

Always a good day out, near Trafalgar Square so theres plenty of places to eat or have a coffee. The Gallery is free but donations are welcomed.

One of the best art galleries in the world. And it's free. Simply magnificent.

Masterpieces housed in a beautiful neoclassical building on Trafalgar Square. A must for all those fond of art. A lot of masterpieces gathered together, spanning some 6 centuries of European art history. Under one roof one can find Titian, Rembrandt, Caravaggio, the local favorite Turner, Cezanne, Monet, van Dyck, Rubens, van Gogh, and the four Great Italians - Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello. One has to return many times in order to be able to grasp all the masterpieces housed in this magnificent gallery !

Breathtaking, if you are one that loves art this place is for you.

Stunning gallery, loads of place to sit down relax and look at the works of the greats

Purely amazing what you can find on exposition here.

Great place to escape the city and take in some beauty.

Lots of things to see a giant museum very recomendable

Very great collection,
but so many robbers nearby,should be careful

As a museum should be. As classic as it gets. Quality and presentation over the multimedia funparks you get these days.

As good as everyone says it is. And free! Try and join a free tour, makes understanding things much easier

If your are in London do not miss the chance to visit this wonderful place.

The gallery has amazing pieces of art. You need at least three hours just to admire the major artworks.

So beautiful I cried. Such beautiful priceless pieces of art. You'll need a few hours at least.

It has alot of paintings, but it was too much for me

Superb art collection and very helpful attendants. Had to leave my bag in the cloakroom due to security but very reasonable in the current security climate!

Fantastic collection of artwork, which you can visit for free. The building itself is beautiful and easy to navigate. Excellent way to spend a couple of hours.

Free museum with tons of artwork. Spent a long time in there, definitely would recommend a visit

Not really that great of a spot. I thought it would be a lot better than it was. To be honest kind of got board walking through all the rooms but I took some picture of all the funny faces in the photos.

It's an amazing place to visit regularly as a Londoner or when visiting London as a traveller.

The highlights are well known paintings of famous artisits, too many to list. But amongst my favourites: Sunsets by Turner, Enlightenment paintings from Italy and of course Van Gogh and other impressionists.

TL;DR must visit.

Amazing. Incredibly beautiful building, friendly staff, you don't have to know anything about art to enjoy walking through the rooms!

Like a rabbit Warren of rooms definitely need to spend a long time there unless you just want to cherry pick what you see.
Limited food selection so bring your own if possible and definitely if you are bringing children.

Overwhelming. Hours and hours of walking and looking at the thousands of paintings may look tiring, however it's so interesting that worth every step! A real must-visit!

Go in the months it's not crowded and take a leisurely walk around one of the finest collections in the world today.

What a nice museum to visit and its free entry as well

One of my favourite places on Prince's Street. Always a great selection of work on display and the current pop-up cafe on the lower level us a little place to escape the hustle & bustle of Edinburgh centre.

The place to go for a culture day out. Nice restaurant at the gallery perfect for a quick lunch.

Nothing to say because is one of the best museums in the world

The gallery itself is good but please change the security. Shouting at guests to stand here or there is completely outrageous at an art gallery. It would make sense at a nightclub but please have some decorum when working in these spaces

Everywhere you look there is beauty. And the beauty is captivating, and you feel small and giant and protagonist and spectator. All at the same time. You enter the mind of the artist and, for one moment, become its confident.

Outstanding gallery. Portrait gallery and exhibition excellent
This place is a jewel.

Amazing art, great place for lunch also. We had such a fantastic time.

I am not really into art & this visit re-established this feeling however the building is beautiful and majestic which I did enjoy immensely overall not for me but well worth seeing the portraits are over several floors even when busy you get great views and time to view and ponder the information about the artist & subject are informative and concise

Fantastic place to be inspired as an artist. A mix of ages among the tourists, practising art students, school trips and ladies that lunch. You can loose your self in the wonder of how Stubbs produced that realistic stallion rearing up in a time when photography wasn't available or settle in a Chesterfield lounger to gaze through the woodland of Pissarro family home in France. My advice is to go, enjoy the art, people watching and tangible buzz in the atmosphere.