Brixton food & drink news: new restaurants, bars, pop ups, cafes and more
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Onket
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Perfect. This is the sort of thing I was after. Anyone tried them?
TruXta
tired
Don't get me wrong, that wasn't meant as a value judgment. Not tried any of them myself, so no help really.
I looked at their dinner menu a couple of weeks ago. Very pricey.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Glad you had a good meal there. I had a very different experience myself although I didn't actually get a chance to eat anything. We were given a seat and told someone would be over with a menu and to take a drinks order. After trying to get their attention several times we were given a menu 20mins later and they took a drinks order. After another 20minutes and still no drinks, we left. Would have left much sooner if we had not been sat to a rather attractive couple of ladies who were finding our predicament a great source of amusement. They said their food was tasty but meagre and overpriced. The lasagne main was £13 IIRC and looked like a starter portion.
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
what a shame to have such a bad experience - not what you want on a night out... we don't get to go to BV very often but we did once go to Casa Sibilia and we had amazing food and very reasonably priced for the quality of what we had and the portions certainly weren't meagre. It was a busy night too.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
^^ This.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
Sibilia is pretty good but the other places win out for allowing you to bring booze
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
yes.. that's a great advantage. Which ones are those?
I don't know anything about Brixton, I don't even know where it is
story
Changing the facts
I've always had excellent food in generous portions at Cafe Sibilla, but really really slow and ropey service. Had to wait for the menu, for drinks, for the food, for the bill; we once had to wait for chairs.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
A lot are licensed now but you can still BYO at Elephant, Kao Sarn and Mama Lan's.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
gaijingirl
Well-Known Member
we haven't tried those yet... might try to give them a go.
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Cafe Max is the nutsGreat coffee and food and v friendly.
Yeah, we often go for coffe on a Sunday morning after buying veg and stuff. Haven't had much of the food but hendo was very impressed with his steak sarnie. I like the fact there's always someone with a cheeky beer or glass of red at 11am!
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
add Honest burgers to that list, where you can pay in Brixton pounds, by text
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
It's got a license now, sadly.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
True - but they still let me open some wine without charge. Worth trying
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
More importantly don't forget the old ones that were here before the breeze-ins with their venture capitalist backing arrived.
editor
hiraethified
Oh, don't worry about that!
I'm not writing the guide though - I'm not enough of a foodie - but it is gong to be very comprehensive (although I imagine not everyone will agree with the writer's opinions).
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
I'll recommend Negril and Vera Cruz; the two places I go to most often at the moment.
editor
hiraethified
They're already both in the guide - Negrill gets four stars but Vera Cruz failed to impress the writer as much, with two stars.
I'm sure there'll be some lively debate when we post it up (hopefully tomorrow).
twistedAM
Left Of The Dial
Mmmm, not as good overall as the Phoenix but their chips are just as good. Admittedly just working my way through the menu.
editor
hiraethified
The Phoenix is one of just three places (I think) to get a hallowed 5 star rating!
footballerslegs
Well-Known Member
If it can stretch as far as Stockwell Road then O Cantinho de Portugal should be on there... Great food, friendly service, great atmosphere for football and family friendly. Prices have gone up a bit recently (but haven't they everywhere?) but you can still get a steak dinner and a Sagres from the bar menu for cheap eats.
Onket
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Nice one. Looking forward to seeing this.
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