Guidebook for Lewisham
Food Scene
Greatest Vietnamese & south-east Asian restaurant we know in London. Especially for Pho soups.
A true treat, and great value (~£7 main)
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Cafe East
3-5 Redriff RdGreatest Vietnamese & south-east Asian restaurant we know in London. Especially for Pho soups.
A true treat, and great value (~£7 main)
The Waiting Room Coffee Bar
134 Deptford High StSome of the best coffee in London
Funky cafe in an old train carriage. Great food, including brunch.
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Deptford Market Yard
Deptford Market YardFunky cafe in an old train carriage. Great food, including brunch.
Some of the best coffee in London, and great food and atmosphere. Very cool cafe.
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The London Particular
401 New Cross RoadSome of the best coffee in London, and great food and atmosphere. Very cool cafe.
Highly recommended cafe at Borough Market. One of the companies most actively raising the standard of London coffee.
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Monmouth Coffee The Borough - London
2 Park StHighly recommended cafe at Borough Market. One of the companies most actively raising the standard of London coffee.
Group of good restaurants on the river beside Tower Bridge. Great views & reasonably priced. Includes Spanish, French, UK chop house, and pub grub. Typically under £20 for meal & glass of wine.
Butler's Wharf Pier
Group of good restaurants on the river beside Tower Bridge. Great views & reasonably priced. Includes Spanish, French, UK chop house, and pub grub. Typically under £20 for meal & glass of wine.
Drinks & Nightlife
Floating pub. Very south London. Does karyoke on Sunday afternoons, but the treat is sitting out on the pontoon beer-garden on the water on a sunny afternoon.
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Wibbly Wobbly
Rope StreetFloating pub. Very south London. Does karyoke on Sunday afternoons, but the treat is sitting out on the pontoon beer-garden on the water on a sunny afternoon.
Atmospheric old pub right on the Thames. Great to sit in the sun on the water on a sunny afternoon.
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The Angel
61 St Giles High StAtmospheric old pub right on the Thames. Great to sit in the sun on the water on a sunny afternoon.
Great atmospheric pub overlooking the Thames with excellent outdoor beer garden.
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The Narrow - Gordon Ramsay
44 Narrow StGreat atmospheric pub overlooking the Thames with excellent outdoor beer garden.
Sightseeing
One of London's 3 world heritage sites Fascinating history, beautiful interiors (Painted Hall & chapel) informative visitors centre & micro-brewery!
Recommend: catch the ferry from here to Waterloo!
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Ikolishi YaseNavy YaseKumkani
King William WalkOne of London's 3 world heritage sites Fascinating history, beautiful interiors (Painted Hall & chapel) informative visitors centre & micro-brewery!
Recommend: catch the ferry from here to Waterloo!
Part of the Greenwich UNESCO site and home of the prime meridian. Fascinating museum and great views of Canary Wharf and London city.
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I-Royal Observatory Greenwich
Blackheath AvenuePart of the Greenwich UNESCO site and home of the prime meridian. Fascinating museum and great views of Canary Wharf and London city.
Essentials
Massive 24 hour Tesco, across from Surrey Quays tube.
(nb. not 24 hours over weekends for some reason - closes 11pm Saturday and 5pm Sunday)
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Surrey Quays Shopping Centre
Redriff RoadMassive 24 hour Tesco, across from Surrey Quays tube.
(nb. not 24 hours over weekends for some reason - closes 11pm Saturday and 5pm Sunday)
Everything Else
7 hectares of beautiful park right in front of our house.
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Deptford Park
Deptford Park7 hectares of beautiful park right in front of our house.
Our local tube station (7 minutes walk). Park of the Overground network (orange line). Has direct links to Jubliee line (West End and Canary Wharf) and to Shoreditch.
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Surrey Quays station
Our local tube station (7 minutes walk). Park of the Overground network (orange line). Has direct links to Jubliee line (West End and Canary Wharf) and to Shoreditch.