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    The Wallace Collection

    4.5 (123 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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    Marjie M.

    If you love art and history, then you should add the Wallace Collection to your London itinerary. You will find rooms filled with paintings, sculptures, armoiries, and more. After our tour, we decided to have lunch outside, and one of my daughters opted for tea. The food wasn't the best and the service was slow but the atmosphere was relaxing and special.

    Outside
    David S.

    I have to say that London really has some pretty awesome art museums, such as this one. Actually, it is also free, which is really quite cool. I believe that the contents of the museum, and I suspect the house as well, belonged to some socialite who no doubt, upon his death, decided to leave his collection to the public in perpetuity, which I have to say is pretty awesome. Then again, you can't really take it with you when you are gone, and who cares about the kids (especially if they happen to be trust fund babies). Anyway, yeah, pretty awesome museum, and pretty awesome collection as well.

    Kaitlyn M.

    Beautiful gallery with a lots of different rooms on display to view. However, I unfortunately had afternoon tea at their restaurant which was a mistake. They service was terrible! Visit the collection but avoid their restaurant!

    Chloe W.

    This beautiful - and free! - museum in Marylebone is worth your time if you love art history! The collection is full of paintings, sculptures, figurines, furniture, and even weaponry. My favorite piece was Fragonard's 'The Swing'! An hour and a half was sufficient time for us to see everything.

    Afternoon tea
    Tian G.

    Great collection with fancy arts and armory. They have a large amount of high quality paints and China, as well as weapons. Their afternoon tea in the garden was great at a good price too! Around 20 for a good tasting set per person was well worth it. Love this place and would be happy to come back again for both their collections and afternoon tea.

    Restaurant area
    Marc G.

    Amazing collection of art by one man in his house. Rembrandt Valesquez unbelievable armor on and on and on. Don't miss it. The Flemish art flourished because they had a bourgeninh middle class that could afford o buy art The restaurant is tasty lOvely well lit and reasonable

    Afternoon tea
    Hannah K.

    This afternoon tea was pretty good! It look a while for tea and food to be served, but I also came with a large group. The room where the food is served is lovely, and there is art and items to see while you wait for your table to be ready. The sandwiches were ok, but the scones and desserts were fantastic! They brought seconds of the desserts and tea when we asked.

    The front entrance
    Bruce K.

    I wish I knew more about art. How to appreciate it. How to know what's good and what's not. Sadly, my American education didn't get into the classics. So while a few of the names rang bells in the back of my mind, I know there was so much more here that I didn't appreciate. Titan, Rembrandt, Boucher, Canaletto. These are names I recognized. Even my obtuseness still noticed some of the fantastic paintings and the sculptures were amazing works of art. And don't forget about the stunning tables, dressers, wardrobes and chairs. Ruben's fantastic Rainbow Landscape (a full-on rainbow!). The classic Laughing Cavalier (painted in 1624). There's almost an overload of wonderful works of art. Oh, and when you've had enough classic portraits and landscapes, wander through the armouries. Daggers and swords, dating back to the 15th century. Pistols designed for Louis XIV. Several full suits of armor. Fully dressed horses in armor. All sorts of amazing pieces of war machinery that simply don't exist anywhere else. There's also a small gift shop with the usual trinkets and such. I nabbed a handful of postcards but they also had books, prints, even little mint cases with prints of the art. Taking pictures is permitted, as long as you don't use your flash. There was too much glass and too many bright windows in the armory rooms to get good images, but all the artwork rooms came out awesome! Oh, where is all of this stuff? A two block walk from the shopping district of Oxford Street! And how much to enter? Nothing! No a single penny (though you really should donate if you can).

    Dan G.

    Another gem of the free museums. I totally dug the Wallace Collection. Five generations of collectors contributed to the works of art, furniture and armaments you will find here. The "townhouse" as described by Lady (Mrs. Mia?) Wallace seemed to me like a mansion that was part art gallery, part showpiece and part arsenal. The house is beautiful and there is a popular courtyard restaurant in the middle that looks like a perfect place for lunch or tea. The top floor had most of the paintings and artwork, but it really wasn't my thing and I breezed through it. The ground floor consisted of elaborately decorated showrooms and four rooms of weaponry. This was where I spent most of my time. The armories were quite impressive. I geeked out a bit wandering from the Oriental collection to the different European armories that spanned the ages. I loved seeing the knights on horseback and checking out all of the different collections of daggers, swords, battle axes, crossbows and rifles. Other museums, that you'll likely pay for, have a fraction of the weapons you'll find here.

    Opulence
    Sara D.

    Private mansion now a National Museum. The collections acquired throughout generations of the family is overwhelming. One can only glance into the house, concentrate in a couple of items or areas and keep moving throughout the mansion. There are plenty of sitting opportunities to languish Your eyesight and contemplate the art pieces. Funny how the eye and senses are sharpen among so much beauty. On a crowded wall of painting, one in particular caught my eye and I thought that is a Velazquez paint; sure enough. When I approached it to look closer, his paint. I was pleased with myself. The same with all the Masters. One will spot them in the crowded walls. The armor collection pretty impressive. There are display items to try on. Lol! There is a cafe/restaurant on site. I chose the restaurant. The menu has variety of Entrees, First Plate, Sides, Desserts. Wine, Teas, Coffees served as well. The Soup of Green Apples was delightful. The "crisp" pork belly(was not crisp) was tasty. It came with roasted Butter Squash However, service very slow, snail pace. I needed the rest. Need to go back.

    Basilmoore M.

    The knights and armour are a great sight to see when you are visiting London! The giftshop looks nice, the items look like they are worth their price! The Restaurant: Food: Good! When I went to the restaurant, many things were sold out, which is disappointing, but I found something to eat ( The chocolate Cake, I had no other choice.) Service: Great! They are very helpful! Atmosphere: It is under a huge Dome in the middle of the old Mansion The comfort: Great as well! The art and sculptures were very interesting! The Restaurant is 5 Stars spot on! Not too crowded either! Please Vote for this review, and follow me ( I will follow you back!) This guy Richard Wallace was a huge collector...

    Art of shoes
    Nata S.

    Such a beautiful place. Highly recommend if you love art history and little bit of fashion at the moment with manolo blahnik's shoe display

    Angelica D.

    Afternoon tea! please note that most of their menu items have traces of or may contain nuts. The chef was accommodating and I was very pleased, thank you! The fresh jam and avocado/tomato finger sandwiches had me dancing in my seat.

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    A wonderful place to browse and take time out from shopping in London . It's free but please make a donation to keep places like this going

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    The work itself is immense; there are classic pieces from Titian, Rembrandt, Hals (The Laughing Cavalier) and Velázquez.

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    Magic Circle

    Magic Circle

    (9 reviews)

    Euston

    I was looking for a fun night out with my son while visiting London, and this experience delivered…read moreon every front: fun, original, entertaining, and truly memorable. Afterwards, my son said it was the best thing he's done in London. The evening begins with a short tour of their museum, followed by two 20-minute showcases of close-up, table magic. During the intermission, you're taken through the second part of the museum tour, then onto two more magic showcases to close out the night. Each showcase features a different magician. If you're from the UK, you've probably heard of the Magic Circle but you might not know they host their own live showcase. If you're visiting from abroad, the Magic Circle is essentially the elite, semi-secretive "trade association" of magicians -- not just in the UK, but globally. Their museum even includes original artifacts from Houdini. A few other pointers related to their Friday night "Close-Up At The Magic Circle": - The VIP tickets are worth paying for. - There is a full bar. - The building is a little hard to locate and somewhat out of the way (besides Euston Station) but don't let that put you off. - The event works for kids, adults, date nights, pretty much every occasion. - The show starts around 7:30 but suggest getting there around 6:45. It lasts around 2 1/2 hours. Highly recommend.

    The central place for all official magic in the UK and perhaps the world…read more The Magic Circle is the HQ meeting place for all members of the Magic Circle and Inner Magic Circle. Shows, lectures, classes, research and exams are performed here. Duke or Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Lord Mountbatten are members and join the likes of Paul Daniels, David Copperfield, Ali Bongo and many many more. The Circle also hosts a very nice theater, bar, reception area, museum and Inner Sanctum.

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    FIFTY London

    (3 reviews)

    St James's

    On the prowl for an up-market "escort"? *This* is your venue. Oy. Seriously. It was actually…read moreuncomfortable sitting in the cocktail lounge next to so many "ladies in red" (literally - I'm not kidding) indifferently sipping their martinis all alone... If the dubious crowd weren't bad enough, the basement club's sound system was WEAK ... so muffled you could barely detect bass... I've had better speakers in a rental car. The mainly Russian crowd seemed to be enjoying themselves - dancing around their tables with relish... but we just couldn't get into it So... put-off by the harlots and bored of the music, we wandered upstairs to the casino. It was like a scene out of an old Western movie. A stagnant empty room with exactly TWO men drinking Scotch and playing Blackjack. The rest of the dealers were just shuffling their cards... "Is it always like this?" I asked one of them. "It's been a quiet week," he replied... (Or perhaps year? I wondered... judging from the staleness in the air...) Undaunted by the eerie scene, my friend bought some chips for a bit of roulette. Twenty minutes later, and my friend at least that many quid poorer, we left. More than anything, FIFTY London just felt depressing. I don't know what it was like a year or two ago... maybe it can *be* happening... but the night I was there, it felt like it had bitten the recession dust pretty hard.

    I have been lucky enough to have been a member since the gorgeous Fifty opened its doors and still…read moreis a fabulous venue with even more fabulous staff from the lovely ladies at reception, the door staff, barmen to the infamous Salvatore himself. I have never had a bad evening and it's a venue for all types of company from taking my Mother to a date to a night out with the girls. I highly recommend but the previous reviewer is correct that you have to be a member or a guest of a member!

    The Alchemist - Truffle, tater tots and prawn popsicles or maybe it was lollipops

    The Alchemist

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    Covent Garden, Strand

    food: dint grab food only drinks but the were yum and barely tasted like alcohol. also they were…read moreobviously presented super uniquely service: the staff was nice but kinda slow getting to us at a table and there was a lot of chaos like a bartender dropping glasses the whole time ambiance: really cool lighting and interior, gets very busy though

    Between a 3 and 4, but going with four because the food was above average pub grub and the drinks…read morewere good even if they were better looking than tasting. Came here for pre-theater anniversary dinner with my wife. The ambiance was somewhere between that of a trendy club and nice bar. There was a mad scientist vibe with the lights being industrial vibe and some metal decor. The music was thumpy and loud enough to remind you it was there. It made me feel a bit out-of-place as somebody well past my 20s, but also a bit cool or being there. You really come here for the drinks. We got the pipe dream, smokey old fashioned, honeypot picante, and one other I can't remember the name of, but which came in a flower pot. The pipe dream and smokey old fashioned were likely the best. Overall the drinks were more visually appealing than traditionally good and the visually appealing ones tended to have ingredients that weren't as top shelf and/or they were just too sweet. Not bad, but disappointing for what we'd hope. The food was the opposite. I had low expectations and the food wasn't amazing, but was better than average. We got the bao buns, crispy duck pancakes, panko halloumi, katsu curry, and hot honey pork tacos. They arranged for it all to come out in time for us to make our theater show, which was nice. The bao buns and pork tacos were probably the best. Neither blew me away, but both were solid. The katsu curry and halloumi were standard of what you might expect. The crispy duck pancakes was maybe as advertised, but it would have been nice to have some moistness or substance to the dug vs. it basically being crunchy salty bits of something. Overall, this wasn't a bad meal, but it wasn't quite what I was hoping for either. We may be back, but we'll probably try other things first.

    The Wallace Collection - museums - Updated May 2026

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