Ye Olde Watling is a historic Nicholson's pub at 29 Watling Street in the shadow of St Paul's Cathedral. The building was rebuilt after the Great Fire of London, and the pub says Sir Christopher Wren used it to house workers while plans for the cathedral were drawn in what is now its dining room.
The food follows the traditions of a British city pub, with hand crafted pies given particular prominence. Fish and chips, sandwiches and other hearty classics provide familiar options for lunch or dinner, with vegetarian and vegan filters available across the current menu.
Cask ale is a natural companion to the pies, supported by a broad choice of whisky, gin, wine and other pub drinks. Separate main, sandwich and buffet menus help the venue serve anything from a quick weekday meal to an organised gathering.
The location is convenient for Cheapside, Mansion House, Cannon Street, Bank and the Millennium Bridge. Bookable dining rooms and a deeply historic setting make Ye Olde Watling equally useful for colleagues meeting after work, visitors exploring the City and relaxed group occasions.
Address: 29 Watling Street, City of London, London EC4M 9BR, England
Ye Olde Watling Menu
Sandwiches
Available Monday – Friday until 4pm. Served with your choice of skin-on fries, chunky chips or house salad.
Crispy Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich
With Gochujang mayo, little gem lettuce, pickled pink onions and crunchy slaw. On rustic ciabatta.
Fish Finger Sandwich
Nicholson’s Pale Ale battered fish goujons with tartare sauce, in a brioche bun.
Grilled Halloumi Sandwich (V)
With grilled red peppers and basil pesto, on rustic ciabatta.
Nicholson's Club Sandwich
Triple decker sandwich. Grilled chicken breast, crispy smoked back bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise, in toasted farmhouse bread.
Chargrilled Sirloin Steak Sandwich
21-day aged sirloin steak, served medium. With chimichurri sauce & baby watercress on rustic ciabatta.
Sandwich Choices
Included with sandwiches unless otherwise stated.
Choice Fries V
Choice Chips V
House Salad (VE)
Tomatoes, cucumber and mixed leaves in a pineapple & lemongrass dressing.
Truffle & Parmesan Fries
Gold Buffet Dishes
£25 per person
Cheeseburger Slider
Chorizo And Chicken Skewers
Goats Cheese And Spinach Croquettes (V)
With tomato salsa.
Lightly Dusted Calamari
with a sweet chilli & mango salsa.
Mini Lamb & Mint Pies
Salmon & Dill Fish Cakes*
With tartare sauce.
Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings
with a BBQ glaze.
Smoked Scottish Salmon & Avocado
Spiced Grains Salad (VE)
Sweet Potato & Apricot Falafel * (VE)
Silver Buffet Dishes
£20.50 per person
Goats Cheese And Spinach Croquettes (V)
With tomato salsa.
Salmon & Dill Fish Cakes*
With tartare sauce.
Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings
with a BBQ glaze.
Crispy Chicken Sliders
Lightly Dusted Calamari
with a sweet chilli & mango salsa.
Spiced Grains Salad (VE)
Smoked Scottish Salmon & Avocado
Pulled Beef Rib Croquettes*
Bronze Buffet Dishes
£17.50 per person
Wholetail Scottish Scampi
with tartare sauce
Beer-Battered Mushrooms (V)
With a sour cream dip
Salt & Pepper Chicken Wings
with a BBQ glaze.
Tossed Grain Salad (VE)
With a pinapple and lemongrass dressing.
Pulled Beef Brisket Sliders
Smoked Scottish Salmon & Avocado
Vegetarian Buffet Dishes
£19.50 per person
Goats Cheese And Spinach Croquettes (V)
With tomato salsa.
Beer-Battered Mushrooms (V)
With a sour cream dip
Sweet Potato & Apricot Falafel * (VE)
Spiced Grains Salad (VE)
Halloumi & Veg Skewers (V)
Sharing Boards
Sandwich Board
Roast beef & horseradish, grilled chicken & avocado, mature Cheddar cheese & chutney* and free-range egg mayonnaise sandwiches.
Desserts
Finish your buffet with some savoury or sweet treats.
British Cheese Selection (V)
Double Gloucester, Farmhouse Cheddar, Blue Shropshire and Somerset Camembert cheese with a selection of crackers, English beer chutney and celery. £3pp
Dessert Platter (V)
Salted caramel profiteroles with chocolate sauce and baked vanilla cheese cake, with a raspberry sauce.
Bar Snacks
Sticky Chicken
Sweet chilli & som tam dressing
Lightly Dusted Calamari
Mango & sweet chilli salsa
Halloumi Fries (V)
Sweet chilli mayonnaise.
Padrón Peppers (VE)
Loaded Chunky Chips
Pulled beef brisket, mature Cheddar cheese.
Hand – Cut Nachos (V) – Small
Hand-cut tortilla chips, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños. Add pulled beef brisket
Beef Brisket Nachos – Small
Hand-cut tortillas chips , pulled beef brisket, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Traditional Sausage Roll
With Bloody Mary ketchup*.
Small Plates & Sharers
Hand – Cut Nachos (V) – Large
Hand-cut tortilla chips, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños. Add pulled beef brisket
Beef Brisket Nachos
Hand-cut tortilla chips, pulled beef brisket, cheese sauce, guacamole, salsa, sour cream and jalapeños.
Oven-Baked Camembert* (V)
Topped with pumpkin seeds, honey & thyme. With beer chutney and toasted rustic bread. Recommended for two.
Tomato & Basil Soup (V)
Toasted rustic ciabatta. Vegan alternative available.
Roasted Garlic Mushrooms on Rustic Toast (VE)
In a creamy garlic & spinach sauce. On toasted rustic ciabatta.
Tomato & Basil Soup (VE)
With basil pesto, and toasted rustic ciabatta.
Pulled Beef Rib Croquettes*
Gochujang mayo, watercress & pickled pink onion salad.
King Prawn & Smoked Scottish Salmon Cocktail*
With toasted ciabatta, little gem lettuce and a bloody Marie Rose sauce.
Our Pie Collection
We pride ourselves on serving the very best traditional pies. Our pies are served with buttery mashed potato, thyme roasted carrots and a rich gravy.
Beef Rib, Shin & Brisket Pie
Cooked in a rich red wine sauce, topped with light pastry.
British Steak & Nicholson's Pale Ale Pie
Awarded gold at the British Pie Awards. Blade of beef in Nicholson’s Pale Ale gravy in a thyme pastry pie.
Chicken, Leek & Tarragon Pie
In a creamy white wine and tarragon sauce. Topped with golden puff pastry.
Fish Pie
Cod, salmon & king prawns in a creamy white wine sauce, topped with thyme & mature Cheddar mash. With long-stem broccoli and thyme roasted carrots.
Mushroom & Spinach Suet Pie (V)
In a rich red wine and tarragon sauce. Vegan alternative available.
MUSHROOM & SPINACH SUET PIE (VE)
In a rich red wine and tarragon sauce. With long-stem broccoli, thyme roasted carrors and a rich gravy with baby potatoes.
Mains
8oz Chargrilled Sirloin Steak
21-day-aged steak, chunky chips and a choice of peppercorn* or bone marrow bearnaise sauce.
Chargrilled Chicken & Chorizo
Chargrilled chicken breast, pan-fried chorizo, long-stem broccoli, sautéed baby potatoes.
Garlic Chicken Schnitzel
Schnitzel smothered in garlic butter, skin-on-fries, watercress and pickled red onion salad.
Nicholson's Fish & Chips
Hand-battered haddock in Nicholson’s Pale Ale. Chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce. Add curry sauce.
Nicholson's Fish & Chips (Large)
Nourish Bowl Salad ▲ (VE)
Kale, brown rice & quinoa salad, with cherry tomatoes and mango, long-stem broccoli and pumpkin seeds.
Ocean Fish & Chips
Hand-battered* haddock & breaded wholetail Scottish scampi, Chunky chips, mushy peas and tartare sauce. Add curry sauce.
Pan-Roasted Salmon Fillet
Crushed baby potatoes, long-stem broccoli and Scottish mussels with a white wine butter sauce.
Pesto, Cheese & Spinach Gnocchi with Chicken
Basil pesto, creamy garlic & spinach sauce, thyme panko breadcrumbs, rustic garlic ciabatta. Add Chicken.
Pesto, Cheese & Spinach Gnocchi (V)
Basil pesto, creamy garlic & spinach sauce, thyme panko breadcrumbs, rustic garlic ciabatta.
Salmon & Dill Fishcakes*
With glazed baby potatoes, house salad and Sicilian lemon Mayo.
Sausage & Mash
British pork sausages, buttery mash, caramelised onion gravy. Vegetarian serve available.
Vegetarian Sausage & Mash (V)
Vegetarian sausages served on a bed of creamy mash and topped with gravy.
Sirloin Steak Sandwich
21-day aged sirloin steak, served medium, with chimichurri sauce & baby watercress, on rustic ciabatta. Served with skin-on fries.
Chicken Caesar Salad
With crisp lettuce, cherry tomatoes, smoked bacon, Parmesan, croutons, and a classic Caesar dressing.
Burgers
Our mouth-watering burgers come with lettuce, gherkin, tomato and mayonnaise on a brioche bun and are served with skin-on fries.
Classic Cheese & Bacon Burger
Chargrilled beef patty, smoked back bacon, Cheddar cheese.
Spinach & Falafel Burger (V)
Pink pickled onions, plant-based slice, baked mushroom, tomato salsa. Vegan alternative available.
Beef Brisket Burger
Chargrilled beef patty, hand-pulled BBQ beef brisket, cheese sauce.
Buttermilk Chicken Burger
Crispy buttermilk chicken breast, smoked bacon, Cheddar cheese, guacamole.
The Nicholson's Burger
Double beef patty, cheese sauce, smoked back bacon, crispy onions, hash brown.
Spinach & Falafel Burger (VE)
Pink pickled onions, plant-based slice, baked mushroom, tomato salsa. Vegan alternative available.
Sides
Halloumi Fries (V)
Sweet chilli mayonnaise.
Skin-On Fries (V)
Chunky Chips (V)
Long-Stem Broccoli (VE)
Truffle & Parmesan Fries
House Salad (VE)
Tomatoes, cucumber and mixed leaves in a pineapple & lemongrass dressing.
Garlic Ciabatta (V)
Puddings
Sticky Toffee Pudding (V)
Bourbon vanilla ice cream.
Zesty Lemon Tart (V)
With berry coulis and freshly whipped cream.
Apple & Cinnamon Crumble Pie (VE)
Mixed berry coulis and indulgent custard.
Double Chocolate Brownie (V)
With bourbon vanilla ice cream.