Berry Bros. & Rudd
Berry Bros. & Rudd
4.5
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
About
Berry Bros. & Rudd is Britain's oldest wine and spirit merchant, having traded from the same shop since 1698. Today the company also has offices in Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong, a Wine School and an exclusive fine wine and dining venue in London's St James's. We are honoured to hold two Royal Warrants for H.M. The Queen and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.
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Neighbourhood: St. James's
Perennially fashionable since the days of Henry VIII, the aristocratic “Clubland” of St James's is a premier destination for high end craft and bespoke design. Here you’ll lose count of the Royal Warrants (which indicate that the Royal Family patronizes the establishment) seen in shop front windows, even during a short stroll to bordering Green Park or St James’s Park. With the brightly lit and constantly buzzing junction of Piccadilly Circus at its northeast corner and none of Central London too far away, this is an surprisingly central and accessible part of town, especially given its prosperous demeanor.
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- Green Park • 5 min walk
- Piccadilly Circus • 8 min walk
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- Antony L5 contributionsGreatest shop in LondonI’m a London taxi driver and a guide. I’m so lucky that I get to show people this amazing historical shop that is as much a part of Londons history as the palace that sits next door. Two great historians in Rebecca and Emma. They show and tell not only the shops history. But also the history of London. They tell some great stories of the origins of sayings that we still use today. Im fortunate they welcome me in every time and with a smile they always welcome whoever I take it. The history is amazing. The shop is amazing. The two ladies are amazing. An essential part of Londons history and future. The outside of the shop is beautiful and looks like something out of a dickens story. The inside is breath taking and as some displays that will absolutely blow your mind. Tony.LVisited October 2023Travelled on businessWritten 4 October 2023
- BluebellplasnewyddCardiff, United Kingdom2,039 contributionsHistoric London still alive and kickingYou can pay to have a drinks tasting or dinner here. If you are brave enough just walk in and have a quick look around the ground floor shop. The 1st thing you notice is that there are layers of paint on the outside wood. In the St James's Street store there is little produce on display. However the atmosphere is very olde worlde with ancient scales and wooden floors. Imagine you are back in the late 1600's.Visited March 2024Travelled soloWritten 1 March 2024
- Paolo1005Montreal, Canada660 contributionsA MUST!Incredible place full of history well worth the stop and the wine. Ask for the tour it's a must to understand that this is the place where lots of wine history was made. Extensive selection of spirits especially scotch.Visited June 2024Travelled on businessWritten 17 July 2024
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Dean C
1 contribution
Apr 2020 • Solo
I purchased wine from their BBX wines, although their site clearly says there are no buyers fees, my £220 purchase had a follow up bill of £77 for vat and bond fees, then 10 days later another bill of £41 for storage. I never used a storage facility.
I will not be using again!
I will not be using again!
Written 23 April 2020
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Bluebellplasnewydd
Cardiff, UK2,039 contributions
Mar 2024 • Solo
You can pay to have a drinks tasting or dinner here. If you are brave enough just walk in and have a quick look around the ground floor shop. The 1st thing you notice is that there are layers of paint on the outside wood. In the St James's Street store there is little produce on display. However the atmosphere is very olde worlde with ancient scales and wooden floors. Imagine you are back in the late 1600's.
Written 1 March 2024
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Emma P
Bedford, UK228 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
A mesmerising building, steeped in history and charm. We attended a champagne evening, which was extremely informative and fun! Lots of stock in the shop if you fancy treating yourself to a tipple or two! Lovely to be part of such an historic legacy, which is still family owned!
Written 24 February 2023
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Paolo1005
Montreal, Canada660 contributions
June 2024 • Business
Incredible place full of history well worth the stop and the wine.
Ask for the tour it's a must to understand that this is the place where lots of
wine history was made. Extensive selection of spirits especially scotch.
Ask for the tour it's a must to understand that this is the place where lots of
wine history was made. Extensive selection of spirits especially scotch.
Written 17 July 2024
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BeagleboysUk
Milan, Italy8 contributions
Dec 2012 • Solo
This is probably the best place if you are a whisky lover: awesome selection, plus the in house brand and the possibility to choose. sadly if you are not going to spend a fortune or you are not wearing expensive dresses the staff will do it's best to ignore you or make yourself uncomfortable till you leave. I have been in the store several times, spent 100£ each time, brought in new customers and I have never received a good treatment. This can be the best place for my expensive taste but the horrible staff ruin the experience.
Written 14 December 2012
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dizbopper
darlington5 contributions
Apr 2012 • Friends
There don't seem to be any reviews of the wine school on TripAdvisor at the mo, so thought I would quickly add a few thoughts given the prohibitive cost of these classes.
We attended the one day Champagne School recently and every aspect of the day and the care taken by Berry Bros was absolutely brilliant. Everything was expertly planned and there were even staff waiting outside the shop in the rain to direct us to the cellar where the event was taking place. The tasting itself was also organised with mechanical precision, all our places were set out on benches, with the set of glasses, plenty of water and biscuits and material about the event. And there were plenty of friendly staff on hand pouring the champagne (at the last minute so it didn't go flat).
The host, Edwin Dublin, was extremely knowledgable without being a bore, and made it an environment in which participants could contribute as much or as little as they wanted to the discussion. We naively thought we wouldn't waste a drop of wine, but we only managed to drink all of our favourites and also the super expensive Champagnes (not always the same thing!). It was fascinating to be able to taste them in succession, as there is most definitely a world of difference between varieties and it would seem that preference is entirely subjective rather than based on pricetag. After the tasting we moved on to another cellar for lunch, which was surprisingly delicious given that it wasn't the main focus of the event. It was actually far better than our lunch at a posh restaurant (Galvin at Windows) the next day. The menu was the following:
Crab ravioli with seared scallop, shellfish dressing and courgette puree.
Tasting of label anglaise chicken, wild garlic and brioche crust, morels and baby leeks.
Lemon and coconut chiffon with new season raspberries.
Coffee and chocolate
During lunch five more champagnes were served (different to those at the tasting). Again, we couldn't drink them all though we forced down the Bollinger Grande Annee Rose.
Every part of this experience was wonderful and luxurious. We paid about £220 each for the day (which was about 11am to 3pm) but even though this was quite costly for us, the value was definitely there, given all the staff around and the plentiful supply of champagne and delicious food. Well worth it and would love to go back. (One tip - beware of which posh shops you visit in the vicinity post tasting - it's hard to tell just how tipsy you are!)
We attended the one day Champagne School recently and every aspect of the day and the care taken by Berry Bros was absolutely brilliant. Everything was expertly planned and there were even staff waiting outside the shop in the rain to direct us to the cellar where the event was taking place. The tasting itself was also organised with mechanical precision, all our places were set out on benches, with the set of glasses, plenty of water and biscuits and material about the event. And there were plenty of friendly staff on hand pouring the champagne (at the last minute so it didn't go flat).
The host, Edwin Dublin, was extremely knowledgable without being a bore, and made it an environment in which participants could contribute as much or as little as they wanted to the discussion. We naively thought we wouldn't waste a drop of wine, but we only managed to drink all of our favourites and also the super expensive Champagnes (not always the same thing!). It was fascinating to be able to taste them in succession, as there is most definitely a world of difference between varieties and it would seem that preference is entirely subjective rather than based on pricetag. After the tasting we moved on to another cellar for lunch, which was surprisingly delicious given that it wasn't the main focus of the event. It was actually far better than our lunch at a posh restaurant (Galvin at Windows) the next day. The menu was the following:
Crab ravioli with seared scallop, shellfish dressing and courgette puree.
Tasting of label anglaise chicken, wild garlic and brioche crust, morels and baby leeks.
Lemon and coconut chiffon with new season raspberries.
Coffee and chocolate
During lunch five more champagnes were served (different to those at the tasting). Again, we couldn't drink them all though we forced down the Bollinger Grande Annee Rose.
Every part of this experience was wonderful and luxurious. We paid about £220 each for the day (which was about 11am to 3pm) but even though this was quite costly for us, the value was definitely there, given all the staff around and the plentiful supply of champagne and delicious food. Well worth it and would love to go back. (One tip - beware of which posh shops you visit in the vicinity post tasting - it's hard to tell just how tipsy you are!)
Written 27 May 2012
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Lynn C
Prestwick, UK24 contributions
Mar 2018 • Business
An expensive and much planned dinner after wine tasting went seriously downhill when;
I saw a rat run across the cellar (private dining)
As this was a business dinner I didn’t want to upset all the diners however I pointed it out to to the waitress who said she would tell the manager. Nobody came to speak to me - more than poor !!!!!!
Now that would be bad enough but then I went to the loo and my 3 glasses of untouched wine were lifted in that time ..... and when I returned and mentioned the waitress, she replied they were not serving anymore - fine but you took my untouched wine away. The manager was called, I asked for the wine to be brought back for myself and my colleague and talked about the rat- 20 mins later no wine, no manager and thankfully no RAT!!
Outrageous!!!!! I left with none of my complaints being addressed this made me feel really angry so 20 people with a significant spend and none of this addressed when I left the manager showed his face and accused me of leaving too soon !! Myself and colleague sat for 20mins after 1st speaking to him and he was nowhere to be seen!! This was absolutely deliberate as I had asked for asked for him subsequently and he did not show his face or bring the wine that had been removed !!
So is it old yes, are staff knowledgeable yes, wine was lovely - food ok - too salty especially fish however true mark of any establishment is how you deal with a compliant - when 1st is PESTILENCE and 2nd is being ignored - the answer is not being ignored further!!!
Poor poor poor!
I saw a rat run across the cellar (private dining)
As this was a business dinner I didn’t want to upset all the diners however I pointed it out to to the waitress who said she would tell the manager. Nobody came to speak to me - more than poor !!!!!!
Now that would be bad enough but then I went to the loo and my 3 glasses of untouched wine were lifted in that time ..... and when I returned and mentioned the waitress, she replied they were not serving anymore - fine but you took my untouched wine away. The manager was called, I asked for the wine to be brought back for myself and my colleague and talked about the rat- 20 mins later no wine, no manager and thankfully no RAT!!
Outrageous!!!!! I left with none of my complaints being addressed this made me feel really angry so 20 people with a significant spend and none of this addressed when I left the manager showed his face and accused me of leaving too soon !! Myself and colleague sat for 20mins after 1st speaking to him and he was nowhere to be seen!! This was absolutely deliberate as I had asked for asked for him subsequently and he did not show his face or bring the wine that had been removed !!
So is it old yes, are staff knowledgeable yes, wine was lovely - food ok - too salty especially fish however true mark of any establishment is how you deal with a compliant - when 1st is PESTILENCE and 2nd is being ignored - the answer is not being ignored further!!!
Poor poor poor!
Written 20 March 2018
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Matthew T
2 contributions
Mar 2020
I have purchased wine futures for several years and started selling them recently. I cannot get my funds out of their account. I have a credit in the several thousand GBP. They do not respond and claim never to have received emails and communications. I will shortly be contacting them via a solicitor.
Written 29 March 2020
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Nathaniel B
Dallas, TX73 contributions
Oct 2019
I took a taxi to Berry Brothers & Rudd, London’s oldest wine shop. Berry Bros. has been in business since 1698, with two royal warrants, and is still very much a going concern. The old shop in St. James with its rough old floorboards and coke-bottle glass windows is still open, though the shop where you actually buy a bottle is now around the corner, in Pall Mall. They claim to have several million bottles in storage, and that the caves extend for hundreds of feet in all directions. With storage space in London at a premium, many people buy their wine and then store it with the merchant. In some case, customers have died, leaving their wine stocks with Berry Bros — or so the story goes — so that there are bottles of really ancient provenance still in storage.
Written 18 November 2019
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Gilles Hendricks
Windsor and Maidenhead, UK5 contributions
Oct 2019
A London institution indeed, they should put this on every discerning tourist's must do list when visiting London. A simply fabulous shrine to wine and plenty more besides. Their own Gin is wonderful and The King's Ginger is just the ticket for when the mercury starts to drop!
Written 27 October 2019
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Hi,
Has anyone attended the introductory evening course in the Pickering cellar? I am interested to know what this was like.
Thank you.
Written 21 November 2016
Sorry I have not been. We have had a wine flight evening with the trusted guys on the team and I can tell you that nay type of wine tasting there you will not regret.
Written 12 December 2016
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