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If you're looking for a diverse range of dining options, St. Katharine Docks is a foodie haven. From early morning coffee to freshly caught fish, there are plenty of delicious choices to suit all tastes. Take some time to explore the various dining options available and plan your visit.

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Honest Burgers

It takes a lot to be honest. We make our burgers from scratch in our own butchery. It’s not the easiest way but it means we can serve our burgers pink, so they eat more like a steak. We buy the best British potatoes from local farmers then double-cooked and rosemary salted. Always fresh, never frozen.

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St. Katharine Docks Café

Serving delicious breakfasts and lunches including paninis, wraps, jacket potatoes and salads, the St. Katharine Docks Café is a popular haunt with locals and tourists alike.

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Kilikya

Traditional and authentic Turkish cuisine served in the heart of the Docks. With an outdoor seating area, Kilikya is perfect for summer alfresco dining.

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John Harding Salon

The John Harding Hair and Beauty Salon specialise in hair styling as well as many other beauty services. Visit them for a simple trim, a root touch up or a complete restyle. Their beauty room is available for facials, waxing, threading, tinting, manicures & pedicures using Gelish & OPI, massaging & nutrition.

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Emilia’s Crafted Pasta

Inspired by founder Andrew Macleod’s lifelong dream to open the best pasta restaurant outside of Italy, enjoy beautiful, crafted pasta at St. Katharine Docks. All the pasta is made daily on site, crafted on the marble counter tops in full view of passers-by every morning.

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Cote Brasserie

Côte Brasserie is inspired by the brasseries of Paris, championing relaxed all-day dining and serving authentic French classics made from great quality, fresh ingredients. On the menu, you will find brasserie favourites such as steak frites, tuna Niçoise and moules mariniere; for dessert, Côte's crème caramel and crème brulé are house specialities.

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Traders Wine Bar

Traders Wine Bar provides an elegant setting to relax with friends over a glass of wine, with terrace seating right at the water's edge. Pair a bottle of wine from their carefully curated wine list with one of their delicious Cheese & Charcuterie boards.

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Dockside Vaults

A brand new 450 capacity event space in the iconic St Katharine Docks suitable for immersive conferences, drinks receptions, parties, weddings, exhibitions, sport screenings and everything in between! A historic and unique space modernised with in-house lighting, sound system, 10 large TV’s and is also central London’s largest venue that accepts bitcoin at the bar!

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White Mulberries

From winning ‘Best Coffee Shop’ in the Coffee Stops Awards 2014 through to regularly featuring in London’s Best Coffee guides, White Mulberries enjoys a reputation for great coffee and some of the best sandwiches and cakes in the capital.

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Dickens Inn

The Dickens Inn is a picturesque restyled and reconstructed 18th century pub and restaurant with tasty pizzas, balcony dining, beer garden and views of Tower Bridge and The Shard.

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Zizzi

Zizzi prides itself on well-chosen ingredients, simply put together to make exceptionally tasting Italian food. With one of the largest outdoor seating areas in the Docks, dine al fresco and make the most of the sunshine in the summer.

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Bravas Tapas

Bravas Tapas is an independent family-run restaurant in St Katherine Docks. Featuring modern Basque small plates, a carefully curated selection of Spanish wines and delicious cocktails, all on a waterside setting.

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The Melusine

The Melusine showcases the freshest and finest shellfish, seafood and fish from across the British coast. The open kitchen serves a daily-changing menu of fine seafood which is perfect for sharing. The ‘simply sophisticated’ menu includes dishes such as grilled cuttlefish and fava, potted sardines with breakfast radishes and sourdough baguette.

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Slug & Lettuce

Welcoming atmosphere and friendly staff, Slug & Lettuce is a perfect place for enjoying a lunchtime meal, after work drinks, and snacks, private party, social gathering or just a cheeky cocktail with a wide range of cocktails and sharing plates and drinks offers available.

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London Golf Performance Academy

Our top-quality PGA Professionals will be available for members and non-members to help improve your game. Our team will be using the industry leading TrackMan Golf technology and will help all levels of golfers with easy-to-follow lessons, detailed reports and video analysis after each lesson, as well as being able to enjoy any course in the world from the comfort of our studio.

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The XI Bar, The Tower Hotel

With stunning views of Tower Bridge, The XI Bar provides a fantastic panorama view over the river Thames. Enjoy a light snack or drink at any time of the day

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Vicinity Restaurant, The Tower Hotel

With stunning views of Tower Bridge, Vicinity Restaurant has an indoor bar, tables to dine at and an outdoor lounging area with fire pits.

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Ping Pong

Lively, buzzing restaurant serving delicious dim sum, buns and baos; all delicately handcrafted and steamed to perfection, served alongside truly unforgettable cocktails and Chinese teas.

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Café Rouge

Café Rouge specialities include a range of French classics, from croques and baguettes to more substantial meals such as steak frites and bœuf bourguignon. Likewise, the wines are all French, many from lesser-known regional producers.

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Chayote

20 years’ experience behind Mexican cuisine brought to you by Tomasz Baranski – an acclaimed Head-Chef behind the creations. Here to take your tastebuds on a journey to Latin America! A vibrant bar with bespoke cocktails, carefully picked quality wines, and draft beers for a relaxed day with friends. Enjoy tacos and Mexican nibbles overlooking Tower of London and marina boats!

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Explore our rich history

Are you ready to dive into the fascinating history of St. Katharine's? There's so much to explore and discover from its roots in the 12th century to modern times. Take your chance to step back in time and uncover the secrets of the docks.

History

12th century

St Katharine Docks took their name from the former hospital of St Katharine’s by the Tower, built in the 12th century, which stood on the site.

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History

1825

The scheme to redevelop the docks begins, designed by engineer Thomas Telford and was his only major project in London. George Turnbull and James Waylen were working for Telford. To create as much quayside as possible, the docks were designed in the form of two linked basins (East and West), both accessed via an entrance lock from the Thames.

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History

1828

The docks were officially opened on 25 October 1828. They were amalgamated in 1864 with the neighbouring London Docks.

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History

1940

St Katharine Docks were badly damaged by German bombing during the Second World War. All the warehouses around the eastern basin were destroyed, and the site they had occupied remained derelict until the 1960s.

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History

1968

The site was sold to the Greater London Council. The site was leased to the developers Taylor Woodrow and most of the original warehouses around the western basin were demolished and replaced by modern commercial buildings in the early 1970s, beginning with the Tower Hotel.

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History

1970

Space studios sets itself up at SKD. Among the artists who had studios at St Katharine Docks in the late 60s were Bridget Riley, Peter Sedgley, Rasheed Araeen, Robin Klassnik (who went on to become the Director of Matt’s Gallery) and Graham Stevens.

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History

1976

The famous Dickens Inn opens, now standing around 70 metres east of its original location the building was intentionally and carefully reconstructed to resemble a traditional three storied 18th-Century styled Inn.

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History

1977

Working in a temporary studio at St Katharine Docks, Arthur Fleischmann carved away on one side of the block of Perspex originally commissioned by Stanley Kubrick to be used as the monolith in his 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, excavating a crown surrounded by the rays of a sunburst.

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History

1985

Vodafone made the first ever cellular telephone call in the United Kingdom on 1 January 1985, from St Katharine Docks to Newbury, and launched the UK’s first cellular network later that year.

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History

2014

Modelled on the original Thomas Telford quayside warehouse, Commodity Quay opens after a full redevelopment.

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Find your bearings

Getting here

Whatever by rail, tube, bike or boat – getting to and from St Katharine Docks is a breeze.

  • St Katherine Pier
    15 mins
  • Tower Gateway – DLR
    15 mins
  • Wapping – Overground
    15 mins
  • Shadwell
    15 mins
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