Claiming to be London's oldest wine bar, and the clearest proof that volume rather than height is what makes a room memorable. Nothing here is lofty: candlelit vaulted cellar rooms you stoop to enter, low and dark and blackened, with a covered outdoor terrace alongside for when the vaults fill. Enclosure and atmosphere do the work that ceiling height does elsewhere.
Location
47 Villiers Street
Charing Cross, London
Charing Cross, London
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Plan Your Visit
Service Style
Bar seating
Sit at bar, order from bartender
Insider Intel
Order This
Sherry or madeira drawn from the cask, with a cheese plate.
Best Time
Late weekday afternoon — the cellar fills early and the vaults take no reservations.
Know Before You Go
Candlelit, low and genuinely dark; you stoop to enter. A covered terrace alongside takes the overflow.