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Criterion Restaurant

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Piccadilly CircusRestaurants established in 1873Restaurants in London
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The Criterion Restaurant is an opulent restaurant complex facing Piccadilly Circus in the heart of London. It was built by architect Thomas Verity in Neo-Byzantine style for the partnership Spiers and Pond, which opened it in 1873. Apart from fine dining facilities it has a bar. It is a Grade II* listed building and is among the most historic and oldest restaurants in the world.In the first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, Dr. Watson is told of his prospective roommate after he meets a friend at the Criterion.

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Criterion Restaurant
Piccadilly Circus, City of Westminster Covent Garden

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Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus
W1J 9HT City of Westminster, Covent Garden
England, United Kingdom
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