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Sweetings

A weekday-lunch-only fish and oyster restaurant on Queen Victoria Street in the City, at its current address since 1889, where you eat at high wooden counters.

  • Food
  • Price: £££ · Splurge
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Sweetings, food spot in London
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Did you know

The painter Toulouse-Lautrec was among its 19th-century patrons, and it occupies the Grade II listed Albert Buildings of 1871.

Local tip

Lunch only, Monday to Friday 11.30am to 3pm, with no reservations, so arrive early. Oysters, fish pie, potted shrimps and the Black Velvet are the classics; expect roughly £98 a head for three courses with half a bottle of wine.

Famous dishes

  • Oysters
  • Fish pie
  • Potted shrimps
  • Black Velvet (stout and Champagne)

Finding it

Address
39 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4N 4SA
Nearest station
Cannon Street (Tube), 122 m away

Details change, so check with the place before you set off.

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