Are there really no cafes in Peckham?

[RubyToogood]

A couple of times lately I've been in central Peckham and been completely unable to find anywhere to have a cup of tea/sandwich/breakfast whatever. No greasy spoons, no poncey tea shops, nothing. It seems like there's MacDonalds, KFC etc, and that's it. Can this be true?

 

[Biddlybee]

There'll probably be some down towards Bellenden Rd

 

[Pickman's model]

There'll probably be some down towards Bellenden Rd

 

[Onket]

A couple of times lately I've been in central Peckham and been completely unable to find anywhere to have a cup of tea/sandwich/breakfast whatever. No greasy spoons, no poncey tea shops, nothing. It seems like there's MacDonalds, KFC etc, and that's it. Can this be true?

You're mental.

The Criterion Cafe opposite the bus station is top notch, used to go there often.

http://www.londononline.co.uk/profiles/42106/

There's also another a bit further up there towards The Greyhound.

There's also one in that little arcade just outside Rye Station.

Off the top of my head, like.

 

[Onket]

And slightly off topic but well worth a mention is the Meeting House Fish Bar - http://fish-and-chip-shop.b99.co.uk/peckham/meeting-house-fish-bar/

The best fish & chips I have ever had. Certainly the best in London.

 

[little_legs]

A bit pricey but nice:

Cafe Viva on Choumert Road, http://www.cafeviva.co.uk/
Anderson & Co on Bellenden Road, http://andersonandcompany.wordpress.com/

 

[ska invita]

You're mental.

The Criterion Cafe opposite the bus station is top notch, used to go there often.

http://www.londononline.co.uk/profiles/42106/

top notch might be stretching it a tad

 

[ska invita]

And slightly off topic but well worth a mention is the Meeting House Fish Bar - http://fish-and-chip-shop.b99.co.uk/peckham/meeting-house-fish-bar/

The best fish & chips I have ever had. Certainly the best in London.

theres a caff on that parade iirc? further up...andys? place called jamrock too!

 

[Citizen66]

There used to be a place opposite the library on the corner. I once ordered some 'home made soup' from there only for the guy to stir some powder into a cup of hot water.

 

[killer b]

i went for a coffee in a caff in peckham a few years ago. it was shit, and i cant remember where it was anyway.

 

[Onket]

top notch might be stretching it a tad

Nope. It's genuinely a great caff. Great breakfasts, sound staff and (mostly) normal customers- no wankers, anyway. Me & the missus used to love going there. Martin who works there had a little girl at the same time our daughter was born.

 

[Onket]

theres a caff on that parade iirc? further up...andys? place called jamrock too!

I only really went up that way to take my daughter to that playground at the end of the road, never stopped off in Jamrock or the other place (which I think is one of those clubs only for Turkish men, who knows what goes on in there!).

 

[teuchter]

Well done. You're, like, the first person ever to spot this hilarity.

 

[Pickman's model]

Well done. You're, like, the first person ever to spot this hilarity.

if you think that you're even stupider than you, like, look

 

[not-bono-ever]

A bit pricey but nice:

Cafe Viva on Choumert Road, http://www.cafeviva.co.uk/
Anderson & Co on Bellenden Road, http://andersonandcompany.wordpress.com/

v pricey

bu there is a grsy spoon just a few doors away

 

[Onket]

You're mental.

The Criterion Cafe opposite the bus station is top notch, used to go there often.

http://www.londononline.co.uk/profiles/42106/

There's also another a bit further up there towards The Greyhound.

There's also one in that little arcade just outside Rye Station.

Off the top of my head, like.

There's also another caff next door to the Criterion. You can see it in the picture.

 

[George & Bill]

There's Ozzy's further south on Rye Lane.

Bellenden Road has both more poncey places, and a couple of normal cafés.

 

[Onket]

Ozzys is a good shout.

There's also a double fronted caff a couple doors down Peckham Rye, past the White Horse, round the corner from there.