The Ivy
Top 7 in Top 10 Oldest Restaurants in London
The Ivy is a well-known British restaurant that is frequented by celebrities. It is a popular restaurant for theatergoers because it is located on West Street, near Cambridge Circus in London, and across from the Ambassadors and St Martin's theaters. The Ivy has sites throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The Ivy, which began as an unauthorized Italian café in 1917 and moved to its current location in 1923, quickly became a fixture for the highbrow theatre set, including regulars Laurence Olivier and Noel Coward. The Ivy fell out of favor after passing through several owners — Corbin and King owned it in the late 1980s, and Richard Caring has been the owner since 2005 before receiving a facelift in 2015. It not only got a new art deco bar but also a new menu, with Asian-inspired items coexisting with the classics (shepherd's pie, sausage, and mash) for which it is famous.
The company planned to build the first Ivy Café in London's Mayfair in 2011, but it never happened. Since 2014, the Ivy Collection, also known as Ivy Cafés and Ivy Brasseries, has developed over 30 spin-off restaurants.
Location: 1-5 West St, London WC2H 9NQ, UK
Phone: 020 7836 4751
Website: the-ivy.co.uk
