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M. Manze

The oldest pie and mash shop in London, with the marble counters, the tiles and the eels still in place.

Food & drinkTrading before 1900

Photo by Simon, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Michele Manze arrived from Ravello and the family took over this shop in 1902; it has served minced beef pies, mashed potato and liquor - a green parsley sauce - across the same marble-topped tables ever since. Jellied eels are on the menu because they always were.

It is a working-class London institution rather than a restaurant, cheap, and closes in the afternoon. The tiling and the wooden benches are original.

Where
87 Tower Bridge Road, SE1 4TW
Nearest station
Borough · 11 min walk

Hours

Monday10:30 – 17:45
Tuesday10:30 – 17:45
Wednesday10:30 – 17:45
Thursday10:30 – 17:45
Friday10:00 – 18:45
Saturday10:00 – 19:45
Sunday11:00 – 14:45

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 11 September 2026.

Takeaway for a quarter of an hour after closing, Monday to Saturday.

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