Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Tiled, frescoed Mediterranean cafe/bar home for hot piri-piri chicken, prawns and Portuguese beer.
8 locals recommend
Luanda Grill
256A Brixton HillTiled, frescoed Mediterranean cafe/bar home for hot piri-piri chicken, prawns and Portuguese beer.
Brooks & Gao
28 Streatham High Rd Lovely coffee and great food here
Batch & Co
54 Streatham Hill Great coffee!
Hood Streatham
67 Streatham HillElegant modern British food
Taj Mahal
11A Leigham Ct RdThe best Indian food around!
Addommé
17-21 Sternhold AveFamily run Italian restaurant with awesome pizzas and pasta
A new Vietnamese restaurant - with great food and lovely people working there
10 locals recommend
Saigon Bistro
70 Streatham HillA new Vietnamese restaurant - with great food and lovely people working there
Some of the best food you'll find in South London and they have great wine - you'll probably need to book!
61 locals recommend
Naughty Piglets
28 Brixton Water LnSome of the best food you'll find in South London and they have great wine - you'll probably need to book!
If you're more central, the Smoking Goat does some of the best Thai BBQ food I've ever had! They also have a sister restaurant Kiln.
Smoking Goat Soho
7 Denmark StIf you're more central, the Smoking Goat does some of the best Thai BBQ food I've ever had! They also have a sister restaurant Kiln.
Drinks & Nightlife
Craft beer selection and street food menus in a pub with mismatched furniture and stripped floors.
13 locals recommend
The King & Co
100 Clapham Park RdCraft beer selection and street food menus in a pub with mismatched furniture and stripped floors.
Streatham Wine House
53A Streatham HillThe clue is in the name!
A really fun and cool collection of shipping containers filled with bars, shops and restaurants. Sometimes live music on a weekend as well.
245 locals recommend
Pop Brixton
49 Brixton Station RdA really fun and cool collection of shipping containers filled with bars, shops and restaurants. Sometimes live music on a weekend as well.
There's a pub in Brixton called the Trinity Arms which is tucked away and just had a refurb - real British pub with good beers.
44 locals recommend
Trinity Arms
45 Trinity GardensThere's a pub in Brixton called the Trinity Arms which is tucked away and just had a refurb - real British pub with good beers.
There is a really cool secret-ish bar (in that it's not signed - it's just a front door) in Chinatown called Opium, they do great cocktails.
17 locals recommend
Opium Cocktail bar and Dim Sum Parlour
15-16 Gerrard StThere is a really cool secret-ish bar (in that it's not signed - it's just a front door) in Chinatown called Opium, they do great cocktails.
Parks & Nature
Clapham Common
Windmill DriveBrockwell Park
Brockwell Park GardensThis park is tiny, but has a cute pond and amazing mural. Only locals know it's there so it's very peaceful.
Palace Road Nature Garden
36 Palace RdThis park is tiny, but has a cute pond and amazing mural. Only locals know it's there so it's very peaceful.
Arts & Culture
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Gallery RoadImperial War Museums
Lambeth RoadThis museum is really well done. You go down into the actual rooms where Winston Churchill coordinated the war from. Highly recommended.
125 locals recommend
Churchill War Rooms
King Charles StreetThis museum is really well done. You go down into the actual rooms where Winston Churchill coordinated the war from. Highly recommended.
Black Cultural Archives
1 Windrush SquareEntertainment & Activities
O2 Academy, Brixton
211 Stockwell RdLeading nightclub venue hosting weekly club nights, dance DJ sets and eclectic live music programme.
71 locals recommend
Electric Brixton
Brixton HillLeading nightclub venue hosting weekly club nights, dance DJ sets and eclectic live music programme.
Sightseeing
Brixton Windmill
100 Blenheim GardensEssentials
Amazing veggies and fruit on the street as well as a really good selection of Greek produce inside.
Mediterranean Food Centre
89 Seven Sisters RdAmazing veggies and fruit on the street as well as a really good selection of Greek produce inside.
Sainsbury's Local
527-529 Old York Rd