The Sign of The Don

History

Established in 2013.

We have traced our building back to 1342 when the Worshipful Company of Drapers bought it to use as their first meeting hall.

In 1798, they leased it to George Sandeman, newly arrived from Perthshire to set up a wine company importing barrels of port from Portugal and sherry from Jerez in Spain.

In 2000, after the Sandeman company had returned to their home base in Oporto, Robert and Robyn Wilson, owners of London’s Bleeding Heart Restaurant Group and old friends of George Sandeman converted the building at No 20 St Swithins Lane into The Don Restaurant. In 2013 the Wilsons took on a much larger task, and, working closely with English Heritage and the City Conservation restored the adjoining building at No 21 St Swithins and its medieval cellar into The Sign of The Don Bar, Bistro and Private Dining Rooms.