Sweetings

Sweetings Review

A time-warp traditional City seafood institution, Sweetings was established in 1889 and it powers on serenely as if the sun never went down on the British Empire. There are some things Sweetings really doesn't do: dinner, reservations, coffee, or weekends. It does, mercifully, do seafood. Not far from St. Paul's Cathedral, it's patronized by self-assured and minted City gents who down tankards of Black Velvet (Guinness and champagne) and eat soused herrings, roe on toast, and succulent skate wings with black butter at linen-covered raised counters. The oysters are fresh, and desserts like spotted dick and baked jam roll are classic favorites.