london
The Wolseley
• European• Mayfair
About the restaurant
A historic London venue and a relic of a bygone era, The Wolseley is operated by Corbin & King, a group run by hospitality royalty Chris Corbin and Jeremy King that also owns restaurants including Brasserie Zedel, Soutine, The Delauney and more.
Whether you’re there for its famous breakfast, a long lunch or dinner, The Wolseley experience is always opulent and fun. Sky-high ceilings and loungey booths make it a perfect place to sit and chat, and it’s as good for a date as it is a lunch meeting with a client or colleague you’re keen to get to know better.
Quail eggs and hollandaise, oysters, snails or coq au vin, the menu here hasn’t changed a great deal in the years it’s been open – and nor has it needed to, such is the popularity of this restaurant and its European Grand Café’ approach to eating and drinking.
Reviews from the Web
Critic reviews
The Infatuation
You’ll walk in and see a couple hundred people starting their day in pretty much the best way you can in this city. Business breakfasts over seasonal berry pancakes that are as thick as a bible.
The Guardian
The unifying principles are comfort and reliability, rather than culinary brilliance.
Standard
You go to The Wolseley for time out. You might be in the mood for mittel-European schnitzel or Anglo-Indian kedgeree, oysters or Alsace choucroute.
The Telegraph
The Wolseley is the nerve-centre of London, its central horseshoe of tables a power-broking inner sanctum that is the restaurant world’s equivalent of the Royal Enclosure at Ascot.
Time Out
Like its stablemate Delaunay, a ‘café-restaurant in the grand European tradition’ and much-loved for its all-day menu providing something for everyone.
The Nudge
The restaurateurs behind other London classics like Brasserie Zédel, The Delaunay and Fischer’s – took over to unveil their self-styled “café-restaurant in the grand European tradition”.
- 160 Piccadilly, St. James's
- W1J 9EB
- London
- +44 20 7499 6996
- Visit website
