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Summary

£50
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* Based on a three course dinner, half a bottle of wine, coffee, cover charge, service and VAT.

This “unique” institution – a traditional City chophouse founded in 1757 – is “the sort of place cooking the kind of food that doesn’t exist any more… except it does here!”. Guests seated in 19th-century oak-panelled stalls feast on full English breakfasts and grills or pies for lunch followed by the signature stewed cheese pudding (there is no evening or weekend service). “My father took me there 65 years ago – it’s hardly changed, but there’s no longer an open fire!”

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Have you eaten at Simpson’s Tavern?

38 1/2 Ball Ct, Cornhill, London, EC3V 9DR

Restaurant details

Menu
No dress code
135

Prices

Traditional European menu

Starter Main Pudding
£8.10 £17.00 £4.95
Drinks  
Wine per bottle £19.75
Filter Coffee £2.20
Extras  
Bread £2.75
Service 12.50%
38 1/2 Ball Ct, Cornhill, London, EC3V 9DR
Opening hours
Monday11:30 am‑3:30 pm
Tuesday12 pm‑3:30 am
Wednesday12 pm‑3:30 am
Thursday12 pm‑3:30 am
Friday12 pm‑3:30 am
SaturdayCLOSED
SundayCLOSED

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