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The Wolseley

The Wolseley looks as if it had been there for a century. The room has: it was built in 1921 to sell motor cars, under black lacquer columns and a vaulted ceiling. The café dates from 2003.

What it is
Grand café
Opened
2003
Area
Piccadilly
Nearest museum
The National Gallery, 900 m

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    What The Wolseley is known for

    1. The room

      Marble floors in black and white, pillars, arches and Chinese lacquer, designed by William Curtis Green for Wolseley Motors. It is a listed building.

    2. Breakfast

      The house made breakfast an occasion in London again. It serves all day in the continental way: coffee, eggs, Viennese pastries, schnitzel, afternoon tea, supper.

    3. Piccadilly

      Next door to the Ritz and facing Green Park station, a few minutes from the Royal Academy and from Buckingham Palace across the park.

    What to know

    • A café since 2003, in a showroom built in 1921
    • The building was a bank from 1927 to 1999
    • Open from early morning until late at night

    Where The Wolseley is

    Address

    160 Piccadilly
    London W1J 9EB, United Kingdom

    Nearest station

    Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly, Victoria), at the door

    Museums and sights nearby

    Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.

    Cars, then a bank, then a café

    Wolseley Motors spent so much on the showroom that the company was bankrupt within five years. Barclays Bank took the ground floor in 1927 and kept it until 1999.

    Two London restaurateurs restored it and opened it in 2003 as a café on the model of the great ones of central Europe.

    The Wolseley: common questions

    Where is The Wolseley?
    At 160 Piccadilly, in St James's, London. The nearest station is Green Park (Jubilee, Piccadilly, Victoria), at the door.
    Which museums and sights are near The Wolseley?
    The National Gallery is 900 m away, Westminster Abbey is 1.3 km away, London Eye is 1.6 km away. Distances are in a straight line from the restaurant.
    What is The Wolseley known for?
    The room, Breakfast, Piccadilly. A grand café in the manner of Vienna, in a car showroom of 1921 beside the Ritz, open from breakfast to midnight. Three minutes from the Royal Academy.
    When did The Wolseley open?
    In 2003. A café since 2003, in a showroom built in 1921.

    What visitors say about The Wolseley

    Rating from Google

    4.4

    8,077 ratings on Google

    Google's figures as read on 8 October 2026.

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