NYT > World News Home of London’s Oldest Restaurant, Rules, Is Given to National Trust Par : Amelia Nierenberg 15 octobre 2026 à 07:55 The restaurant Rules is an institution. Now the National Trust, which preserves Britain’s heritage, plans to safeguard the landmark. © Sam Mellish/In Pictures, via Getty ImagesThe interior of Rules, a British mainstay in the Covent Garden neighborhood of London. In the centuries since it opened, the restaurant has served London’s wealthy and wordy, its royals and its regulars.