Guidebook for London

Aaron
Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Great award-winning gastro pub with a strong wine list and well cared for ales. Food is yum but on the heavy side.
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The Palmerston
91 Lordship Ln
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Great award-winning gastro pub with a strong wine list and well cared for ales. Food is yum but on the heavy side.
High quality Thai food that's created a huge following. Buzzy casual atmosphere with the best tasting children's menu I have seen.
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The Begging Bowl
168 Bellenden Rd
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High quality Thai food that's created a huge following. Buzzy casual atmosphere with the best tasting children's menu I have seen.
A charming beach-themed hut overlooking the 1920's designed lido (British for swimming pool). Good food and good local beer on tap.
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The Lido Cafe
Dulwich Road
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A charming beach-themed hut overlooking the 1920's designed lido (British for swimming pool). Good food and good local beer on tap.
Very good food and coffee. Go there for brunch and sit out back on a sunny day under the shade of a big old fig tree. Child friendly
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Anderson & Co
139 Bellenden Rd
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Very good food and coffee. Go there for brunch and sit out back on a sunny day under the shade of a big old fig tree. Child friendly
A family-friendly pub with a huge garden out back. Well cared for ales and rather good food to boot.
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The Herne
2 Forest Hill Rd
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A family-friendly pub with a huge garden out back. Well cared for ales and rather good food to boot.
'Rocca' is a decent little family Italian place with good pizzas and homemade pastas.
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Rocca Di Papa
75-79 Dulwich Village
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'Rocca' is a decent little family Italian place with good pizzas and homemade pastas.
Fab gastro pub on the highstreet with French-leaning recipes done with English ingredients. Combination of pub u-front and white-linen tables out back for more formal dining.
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Franklins London
157 Lordship Ln
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Fab gastro pub on the highstreet with French-leaning recipes done with English ingredients. Combination of pub u-front and white-linen tables out back for more formal dining.
An East Dulwich institution. A big, family-friendly pub with lots of comfy seating, well looked after beers and some outdoor seating.
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The EDT
1 Lordship Ln
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An East Dulwich institution. A big, family-friendly pub with lots of comfy seating, well looked after beers and some outdoor seating.
A local Tsunami effort. Like with all excellent quality sushi restaurants, it comes at a price...but well worth it.
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Yama Momo, Japanese Restaurant and Bar
72 Lordship Ln
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A local Tsunami effort. Like with all excellent quality sushi restaurants, it comes at a price...but well worth it.
Great place for brunch. Strong coffee and proper English Breakfast with wide selection of baked goods.
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Boulangerie Jade
9 Major Draper St
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Great place for brunch. Strong coffee and proper English Breakfast with wide selection of baked goods.
Great brunch spot and brilliant Caribbean food for the evenings.
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Rock Steady Rum Lounge (East Dulwich)
18 North Cross Road
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Great brunch spot and brilliant Caribbean food for the evenings.
Quite reasonable Thai food with a bring-your-own bottle policy (go buy it in a shop and they will open it for you at your table for a small fee).
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Thai Corner Cafe
44 N Cross Rd
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Quite reasonable Thai food with a bring-your-own bottle policy (go buy it in a shop and they will open it for you at your table for a small fee).
Unfussy seasonal Mediterranean dishes and Italian wines in a pared-back setting. Must book ahead - very popular.
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Artusi
161 Bellenden Rd
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Unfussy seasonal Mediterranean dishes and Italian wines in a pared-back setting. Must book ahead - very popular.
Voted Peckham’s favourite restaurant in TimeOut Love London Awards, their bread is transcendentally good. The day Ganapati started doing deliveries was a day that will forever live in our cultural history.
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Ganapati
38 Holly Grove
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Voted Peckham’s favourite restaurant in TimeOut Love London Awards, their bread is transcendentally good. The day Ganapati started doing deliveries was a day that will forever live in our cultural history.
Open morning through to evening but best for breakfast.
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Peckham Refreshment Rooms
12-16 Blenheim Grove
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Open morning through to evening but best for breakfast.
Coffee, stuff on toast and great Bloody Marys
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Lerryn's
200 Rye Lane
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Coffee, stuff on toast and great Bloody Marys

Entertainment & Activities

Great park with Aviary, pretty gardens, skate park, adventure playground and loads of fields.
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Peckham Rye
Peckham Rye
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Great park with Aviary, pretty gardens, skate park, adventure playground and loads of fields.
A true gem of a Victorian park complete with pond & paddle boats, bike rentals, horseback riding, cafe, gardens and wonderful fields.
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Dulwich Park
Dulwich Park
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A true gem of a Victorian park complete with pond & paddle boats, bike rentals, horseback riding, cafe, gardens and wonderful fields.
The closest park to our place. About a 5-minute walk away gives you a really good playground for the kiddies.
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Goose Green Playground
69 Adys Rd
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The closest park to our place. About a 5-minute walk away gives you a really good playground for the kiddies.
A 20-min walk away gives you a walk through the woods with meandering paths, a folly, a bat cave and loads of happy wandering.
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Sydenham Hill Wood
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A 20-min walk away gives you a walk through the woods with meandering paths, a folly, a bat cave and loads of happy wandering.
A cute park close by that has a pond, playground, basketball courts and other bits.
Sunray Gardens
Red Post Hill
A cute park close by that has a pond, playground, basketball courts and other bits.

Arts & Culture

A small but perfectly formed collection housing one of the world's most important collections of European old master paintings of the 1600s and 1700s. Nice cafe with enclosed area for kids to roam.
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Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery Road
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A small but perfectly formed collection housing one of the world's most important collections of European old master paintings of the 1600s and 1700s. Nice cafe with enclosed area for kids to roam.
A nice 20 minute walk and you get an eclectic collection from one mans travels around the world. Great animal displays, tribal artifacts, aquarium, great gardens, good cafe & mini zoo.
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Hornimanin museo ja puutarhat
100 London Road
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A nice 20 minute walk and you get an eclectic collection from one mans travels around the world. Great animal displays, tribal artifacts, aquarium, great gardens, good cafe & mini zoo.
Cute local cinema showing mix of blockbuster and independent films. Also has small bar for drinks.
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East Dulwich Picturehouse
116a Lordship Ln
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Cute local cinema showing mix of blockbuster and independent films. Also has small bar for drinks.

Everything Else

A 20min walk gives you a pool (Brockwell Lido), tennis courts, BMX track, splashpad and water-play area, great views over London and the best playground in the area.
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Brockwell Park Gardens
Brockwell Park Gardens
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A 20min walk gives you a pool (Brockwell Lido), tennis courts, BMX track, splashpad and water-play area, great views over London and the best playground in the area.
Big pub that's a local favourite. Well kept ales, friendly staff and generally bustling atmosphere. Great in summer, fires in winter.
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East Dulwich Tavern
1 Lordship Lane
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Big pub that's a local favourite. Well kept ales, friendly staff and generally bustling atmosphere. Great in summer, fires in winter.
Cute little bookshop with coffee and cakes on offer.
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Rye Books
47 N Cross Rd
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Cute little bookshop with coffee and cakes on offer.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great little wine bar that's child-friendly. Fab foods and they have a great wine shop.
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Toast
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Great little wine bar that's child-friendly. Fab foods and they have a great wine shop.
New kid on the block with good value imaginative food options.
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The Lordship Pub
211 Lordship Ln
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New kid on the block with good value imaginative food options.
Great cocktails that don't cost the earth. Friendly staff and excellent DJs in the evening make this a popular number.
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House of Tippler
123 Lordship Ln
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Great cocktails that don't cost the earth. Friendly staff and excellent DJs in the evening make this a popular number.
Arty, 1960s-style spot with communal farmhouse tables, serving French cafe fare, wine and cocktails.
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The French House
52 Lordship Lane
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Arty, 1960s-style spot with communal farmhouse tables, serving French cafe fare, wine and cocktails.
The Bussey Building is one of London's leading centres for the creative arts. Music, art, film, theatre, workshops and dance events all take place within the venue. The Bussey Building is spread over multiple floors and has a 5,000 square-foot panoramic rooftop—with 360 degree views of London—that has staged parties with London promoters such as krankbrother and secretsundaze. The music remit at the venue is extremely broad and has in the past featured various different strands of electronic music—house, electro, drum & bass, techno, bass music.
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Bussey Building
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The Bussey Building is one of London's leading centres for the creative arts. Music, art, film, theatre, workshops and dance events all take place within the venue. The Bussey Building is spread over multiple floors and has a 5,000 square-foot panoramic rooftop—with 360 degree views of London—that has staged parties with London promoters such as krankbrother and secretsundaze. The music remit at the venue is extremely broad and has in the past featured various different strands of electronic music—house, electro, drum & bass, techno, bass music.
London's first co-operative (community owned) pub. Brilliant music and comedy venue with well cared for drinks and super-friendly staff.
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The Ivy House
40 Stuart Rd
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London's first co-operative (community owned) pub. Brilliant music and comedy venue with well cared for drinks and super-friendly staff.
Young, dumb and full of fun. Cocktails so good, you’ll want two. Luckily, they’re 2-for-1 between 6pm and 7pm on weeknights. (This may result in a panicky over-purchase at 6.57pm, leaving with you with four Old Fashioneds and a vague sense of trepidation.)
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Bar Story
213 Blenheim Grove
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Young, dumb and full of fun. Cocktails so good, you’ll want two. Luckily, they’re 2-for-1 between 6pm and 7pm on weeknights. (This may result in a panicky over-purchase at 6.57pm, leaving with you with four Old Fashioneds and a vague sense of trepidation.)

Sightseeing

The street is closed on Friday's and Saturday's for a market. Nice foods, fashions and nic nacs to pick up.
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North Cross Road
North Cross Road
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The street is closed on Friday's and Saturday's for a market. Nice foods, fashions and nic nacs to pick up.

Essentials

Friendly, knowledgable and helpful advice for choosing wines. You can also pick up very reasonably priced table wines and sit outside with nibbles enjoying wine at retail prices.
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La Cave de Bruno
143 Lordship Ln
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Friendly, knowledgable and helpful advice for choosing wines. You can also pick up very reasonably priced table wines and sit outside with nibbles enjoying wine at retail prices.
The big local grocery shop
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Sainsbury's
2 Tulse Hill
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The big local grocery shop
Great little green grocer and general store.
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S M B S Foods
75 Lordship Ln
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Great little green grocer and general store.
Don't let the name frighten you off. Mad selection of quality beers (and good selection of wines & fizz). They will deliver if you order enough so you don't have to lug it home.
Bossman Wines
79 Lordship Ln
Don't let the name frighten you off. Mad selection of quality beers (and good selection of wines & fizz). They will deliver if you order enough so you don't have to lug it home.
Pricey fare, but worth it if you are looking for something special.
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Franklins Farm Shop London
155 Lordship Ln
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Pricey fare, but worth it if you are looking for something special.