Ml to Tablespoons Converter
Convert millilitres to tablespoons instantly. UK tablespoon (15ml) or US tablespoon (14.8ml). Free ml to tbsp converter with reference table.
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How to use this tool
Select your tablespoon standard
Choose UK (15ml) or US (14.8ml) tablespoons. UK and Australian tablespoons are 15ml; US tablespoons are slightly smaller at 14.8ml.
Enter millilitres
Type any volume in ml. The tablespoon equivalent appears instantly. Click any row in the reference table to jump to common values.
Read the result
The result is shown to two decimal places. For practical cooking, round to the nearest quarter tablespoon (0.25 tbsp = ¾ tsp).
Tips
For most cooking recipes, UK and US tablespoons are close enough to be interchangeable — the 0.2ml difference matters only in precise baking.
1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons. If a recipe calls for a fractional tablespoon, it is often easier to measure in teaspoons.
When measuring sticky liquids like honey or syrup by tablespoon, lightly oil the spoon first — the liquid slides off cleanly and you get a more accurate measure.
Tablespoon measures are best for liquids and loose ingredients. For grams, use our tablespoons-to-grams converter which accounts for ingredient density.
About this ml to tablespoons tool
The tablespoon is one of the most common volume measures in cooking, used for everything from olive oil and soy sauce to baking powder and spices. Converting millilitres to tablespoons is useful when a recipe lists an amount in ml but you only have tablespoon measures, or when you want to divide a quantity into spoon-sized portions. A UK tablespoon is exactly 15ml; a US tablespoon is 14.79ml.
The difference between UK and US tablespoons (0.21ml) is small enough to ignore in most savoury cooking. For baking — where small differences in raising agents or flavourings can affect results — it is worth selecting the correct standard. Australian tablespoons are larger at 20ml, so Australian recipes using tablespoons will require a different adjustment.
When scaling recipes up or down, converting to millilitres first and then back to tablespoons is more accurate than halving or doubling tablespoon counts directly, especially for odd fractions. Our converter makes this straightforward: enter your total ml and read the tablespoon count immediately. For ingredient-specific conversions by weight, see our tablespoons-to-grams tool.