Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Our favourite local restaurant!
Serves a mix of European and Spanish-inspired dishes. A daily changing menu, often with fresh seafood, and a great spanish wine list.
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Rick’s Dining Room
122 Mitcham RdOur favourite local restaurant!
Serves a mix of European and Spanish-inspired dishes. A daily changing menu, often with fresh seafood, and a great spanish wine list.
Our go to for cheap and yummy dosa. Fun atmosphere, very relaxed and great service.
Get the special masala dosa for a great intro to this southern Indian food speciality.
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Dosa n Chutny
68 Tooting High StOur go to for cheap and yummy dosa. Fun atmosphere, very relaxed and great service.
Get the special masala dosa for a great intro to this southern Indian food speciality.
A french/Moroccan cafe. Nice lunch and breakfast, with a blend of french and Moroccan flavours (mezzo, houmous, croque madame etc), and great coffee and fresh juices. Perfect for sunday morning.
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Tartine Artisanal Tooting Broadway
94 Tooting High StA french/Moroccan cafe. Nice lunch and breakfast, with a blend of french and Moroccan flavours (mezzo, houmous, croque madame etc), and great coffee and fresh juices. Perfect for sunday morning.
They do a mean fish-finger sandwich for lunch, steak and ribs at dinner.
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Good Neighbour, Tooting
102 Tooting High St
They do a mean fish-finger sandwich for lunch, steak and ribs at dinner.
Caffè Nero Tooting Broadway
1 Mitcham RdTake-away coffees, two floors of seating, yummy almond croissants.
If you love Starbucks, it's right next to the Tube!
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Starbucks Coffee
2 S Lambeth RdIf you love Starbucks, it's right next to the Tube!
Vijaya Krishna
114 Mitcham RdOur favourite for South Indian curries.
Coffee, cake, or lunch on your way to Tooting Common.
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Kitchen Table
135a Franciscan RdCoffee, cake, or lunch on your way to Tooting Common.
A dessert-only place on Upper Tooting High Street!
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Afters Tooting London
41-45 Upper Tooting RdA dessert-only place on Upper Tooting High Street!
Spice Village Events
121 Upper Tooting RoadSpicy samosas, so good...
Roast Chicken and Chips. Fast service and funky atmosphere.
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Chicken Shop & Dirty Burger Tooting
141 Tooting High StRoast Chicken and Chips. Fast service and funky atmosphere.
Meza now has a location on Mitcham Road in Tooting Broadway as well! Excellent Lebanese food.
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Meza London
34 Trinity RdMeza now has a location on Mitcham Road in Tooting Broadway as well! Excellent Lebanese food.
Incredible burgers made from ethically sourced beef. Perfect for a quick bite or start to a night out!
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Honest Burgers Tooting
72 Tooting High StIncredible burgers made from ethically sourced beef. Perfect for a quick bite or start to a night out!
Big open space for everything from brunch and coffee in the morning to dinner & drinks in the evening. Massive, and we mean massive, garden for summer months.
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Graveney and Meadow
40 Mitcham RdBig open space for everything from brunch and coffee in the morning to dinner & drinks in the evening. Massive, and we mean massive, garden for summer months.
Kennedy's Tooting
44 Tooting High StFish n Chips to take away or eat in -- the best in Tooting! Great lies as well.
Tooting' new coffee shop. For coffee drinkers and brunch fanatics. There's always a queue out the door at the weekends!
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Mud
141 Mitcham RdTooting' new coffee shop. For coffee drinkers and brunch fanatics. There's always a queue out the door at the weekends!
A wide menu of Lebanese food. Bring your own bottle of wine and only pay £1/person corkage--a deal!
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Chez Vous
108 Mitcham RdA wide menu of Lebanese food. Bring your own bottle of wine and only pay £1/person corkage--a deal!
Tapas in Tooting! The same owners as The Little Bar.
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The Little Taperia
143 Tooting High StTapas in Tooting! The same owners as The Little Bar.
Simply Breakfast
828 Garratt LnGo for the Full Monty special: $4.95 for a full english breakfast. Can't be beat!
Little Poland
178 Mitcham RdA great, newly remodelled polish cafe serving breakfast, pastries, lunch and dinner.
Radha Krishna Bhavan
86 Tooting High StQuirky decor and great curries.
Lahore Karahi
1 Tooting High StNorthern Indian food, counter service.
The Coffee Co. of Tooting
4 Tooting High StPedal Back Cafe
Bicycle, coffee and food -- what more could you want!
Located in Broadway Market.
Coffee shop & restaurant in Tooting Market.
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Brickwood Coffee & Bread
11 Hildreth StCoffee shop & restaurant in Tooting Market.
Essentials
The big local supermarket - all your grocery and shopping needs,
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Sainsbury's
2 Tulse HillThe big local supermarket - all your grocery and shopping needs,
Sainsbury's Local
196 Mitcham RdQuick walk down the road towards Amen Corner.
Three minutes from the flat if you need to grab something quick!
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TESCO Express
275-277 Battersea Park RdThree minutes from the flat if you need to grab something quick!
Lidl
14 London RdALDI - Tooting
35 Tooting High StBoots
Tandem WayPharmacy and beauty products.
St George's Hospital Atkinson Morley Wing
Blackshaw RoadBroadway Dental Centre
96 Tooting High StTooting Leisure Centre
Greaves PlaceGym, pool, and classes.
Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing Gym
Weybourne RoadGym and Pool
Anytime Fitness Tooting
185 Tooting High StNewest and closest gym.
Tooting Library
75 Mitcham RdAmen Corner Post Office
1 Amen CorNearest post office + convenience store.
Drinks & Nightlife
Our local pub with some real ales on tap, gardens in the front and back, and sports always on the telly. Free wifi.
The Long Room Bar & Hotel
130 Mitcham RdOur local pub with some real ales on tap, gardens in the front and back, and sports always on the telly. Free wifi.
Best pub in the area! Funky decor, real ales, and garden in the back.
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The Antelope
Church SquareBest pub in the area! Funky decor, real ales, and garden in the back.
Funky pub near Tooting Rail station and Figgs Marsh common. Ales, food, and downstairs cinema room. Beer garden for the summer, too!
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Gorringe Park
29 London RdFunky pub near Tooting Rail station and Figgs Marsh common. Ales, food, and downstairs cinema room. Beer garden for the summer, too!
New wine bar in Tooting -- Fantastic! Great staff and yummy cocktails. Garden seating as well.
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The Little Bar
145 Mitcham RdNew wine bar in Tooting -- Fantastic! Great staff and yummy cocktails. Garden seating as well.
A Youngs pub with Youngs Ales and Meantime Ales, this newly refurbished pub boasts an epic garden complete with a row of outdoor 'mini castles.'
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The Castle
38 Tooting High StA Youngs pub with Youngs Ales and Meantime Ales, this newly refurbished pub boasts an epic garden complete with a row of outdoor 'mini castles.'
Massive venue with mezzanine level. Live music or events nearly every night. Great drinks, funky decor and lively crowd. Part of the Antic Group, who also own Antelope and Graveness & Meadow.
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Tooting Tram and Social
46-48 Mitcham RdMassive venue with mezzanine level. Live music or events nearly every night. Great drinks, funky decor and lively crowd. Part of the Antic Group, who also own Antelope and Graveness & Meadow.
The Selkirk SW17
60 Selkirk RdEverything Else
An Olympic-size, outdoor swimming pool--open year round!
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Tooting Bec Lido
Tooting Bec RoadAn Olympic-size, outdoor swimming pool--open year round!
Parks & Nature
Luscious green space in the middle of Tooting. Great for walks, families, a football or a walk around the pond. Home of Tooting Lido -- a 90k outdoor pool.
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Tooting Bec Common Cafe
Luscious green space in the middle of Tooting. Great for walks, families, a football or a walk around the pond. Home of Tooting Lido -- a 90k outdoor pool.
Figges Marsh
Streatham RoadA triangular green space that is great for a run or using the outdoor gym.
A short bus ride away, Wimbledon Common is a little piece of wilderness close to Tooting.
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Wimbledon nePutney Commons
Windmill RoadA short bus ride away, Wimbledon Common is a little piece of wilderness close to Tooting.
A small farm that is great afternoon out with the kids.
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Deen City Farm
39 Windsor AveA small farm that is great afternoon out with the kids.
Shopping
Tooting Market--where market shopping & great food combine. Go and see what cafes & restaurants have popped up!
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Imarike ye-Tooting
21-23 Tooting High StTooting Market--where market shopping & great food combine. Go and see what cafes & restaurants have popped up!
Tooting Broadway Station
Tooting High StreetTK Maxx
57 King StSouthside Wandsworth
Wandsworth High StreetWilko
19-21 Mitcham RdPrimark
31 - 39 Mitcham RdNew Look
9 Mitcham RdVintage and antique furnishings. A great browse after a full english at Simply Breakfast.
Lola & SiDney
29A High StVintage and antique furnishings. A great browse after a full english at Simply Breakfast.
Getting Around
Bus routes to Earlsfield, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth, and Brixton, to name a few.
Tooting The Mitre (Stop TH) station
Bus routes to Earlsfield, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth, and Brixton, to name a few.
Bus routes to ALTC Wimbledon Championships, Colliers Wood, and Balham.
Nutwell Street (Stop HF) station
Bus routes to ALTC Wimbledon Championships, Colliers Wood, and Balham.
Northern Line into Central London in 25 minutes.
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Tooting Broadway Station
Tooting High StreetNorthern Line into Central London in 25 minutes.