Restaurants in Camberwell?

[Maggot]

All the English style cafe's are rubbish and minging, but fortunately Johnnies Caff is just down on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Kenbury Street. Best fry ups in the area, especially the bubble and squeak.

You dissing Rock Steady Eddies?

 

[George & Bill]

I eat in Camberwell quite a bit.

Mozzarella e Pomodoro has been shut for months, if it's open again that's pretty good news 'cos they have a good pizza oven. Half of the staff left in November and opened Caravaggio's the Italian cafe/restaurant up the road near the Castle. They do very good starters, pasta and salads but no pizza. All very friendly staff.

The Vineyard - Good food considering how busy they were (Valentines). Not outstanding, but alright.

Tadim's is great food and not that expensive.

Th efood in the Castle is reasonable pub fayre.

Ho Viet is pretty good.

Safa is the best Indian in Camberwell, their deliveries come freshly cooked, heat sealed and labelled too. Really good food.

All the English style cafe's are rubbish and minging, but fortunately Johnnies Caff is just down on the corner of Coldharbour Lane and Kenbury Street. Best fry ups in the area, especially the bubble and squeak.

Caribbean food - Jamaicans go straight for the one on the corner of Valmar Road and Coldharbour Lane. Take away only and you have to wait, but it's the best.

Anyone tried any of the African restaurants?

That's interesting about Caravaggio's, didn't know it was started up by the folk from the MeP.

Have to add slight caution about Tadim's - some of their food is great, some of it is microwaved and wobbly.

Also, the Jungle Cafe, although not amazing, does a passable fry-up IMO.

 

[Maggot]

Have to add slight caution about Tadim's - some of their food is great, some of it is microwaved and wobbly.

What is wobbly? If it's a jelly, that's a good quality.

 

[Melinda]

Anyone tried the Greek restaurant on Camberwell Grove (Tho it could be a road down from that).

Another one for Tadims and M&P's on the corner.

 

[Maggot]

Anyone tried the Greek restaurant on Camberwell Grove (Tho it could be a road down from that).

Yes, If you read the thread you'll see that Biddly bee, Charlie Addict, Stoat Boy and Ringo have eaten at the Vineyard.

 

[Melinda]

Yes, If you read the thread you'll see that Biddly bee, Charlie Addict, Stoat Boy and Ringo have eaten at the Vineyard.

For shame

I didnt know the name though, and I plead on-going fly killing in mitigation.

 

[knatchbull]

I would concur with many of the previous recommendations:

Camberwell has a good range of standard restaurants; nothing too flash but good normal food, generally cheap too: two-course meal for two with wine in the £30-40 range.

Ones I have been to and recommend:

Mozarella e Pomodores - reopened about a month ago, refurbished but the same menu, great for meat, fish, pizza, pasta

Vineyard - Greek restaurant, good selection of 'standard' greek, bit strange in that with many of the dishes they give you chips as well as rice but you can always say no chips!

Safa - very good Indian with much wider range of dishes than traditional and smarter surroundings

Tadim - Turkish, bit basic but it is cheap

Seymour Brothers (Grove lane) - good standard Thai in the evenings (cafe during the day) - bring your own wine

Flying Fish - good for 'posh' fish and chips, again I think byo

Carravagio - Italian, bit more modern trendy range of dishes than others

Ho Viet - Vietnamese

Buddha Jazz (Grove Lane near to George Canning) - reasonable Thai/Vietnamese Asian 'fusion', bit expensive for what you get

Zeret Kitchen - on Camberwell Road (near the Green but going away from camberwell centre), great for Ethiopian

The African restaurant (I think its called 4T4) on Camberwell Church Street is also good but feels a bit like a takeaway rather than a proper restaurant


And moving more towards Kings College Hospital there are various other Indians (not as good as Safa generally but passable) as well as I think a Chinese restaurant and Nandos which I have never been to.

There is also a restaurant called I think Gallo which I have not been to on Denmark Hill almost opposite Kings - it was formerly Willows which was good.

Pubs - good pub food at
George Canning (Grove Lane) but can take a while to be served
the Bear (bit pretentious menu for some though, can be expensive and tendency to impose service charges - grr)
Dark Horse (bottom of Grove Lane) - can be expensive but generally good quality and interesting dishes, have good deals some nights of the week
The Castle - slow service and range a bit limited, studenty
The Grove (Grove Lane) - standard Youngs menu, horrible; dull and corporate
Funky Munky - okish food (but may not do food anymore, its been a while since I was there), gets very busy so not the most relaxed atmosphere
Sun and Doves (Coldharbour Lane) - great garden and good food

and of course value food at the Wetherspoons pub the Fox on the Hill!

 

[CharlieAddict]

Funky Munky - okish food (but may not do food anymore, its been a while since I was there),

not sure if this is the place...but is it a couple of doors down from that KFC?
if so, they did food last year - think i had a jerk chicken sandwich with plantain - it was okay.

 

[mango5]

@ knatchbull. You'v just saved me a lot of trouble

I went recently to the Grove, was a pretty good pub lunch. Gallo looks very promising. I picked up a flyer today, says 'Portugues/African Management' specialities include Octopus croquettes, Tuna Steal Algarve style, and Monkfish Risotto.

 

[Thimble Queen]

i forgot about the serivce charge at the Bear... I was well shocked when i saw it on our bill, "this is a pub not a resaurant", said me!

 

[Biddlybee]

I went recently to the Grove, was a pretty good pub lunch. Gallo looks very promising. I picked up a flyer today, says 'Portugues/African Management' specialities include Octopus croquettes, Tuna Steal Algarve style, and Monkfish Risotto.

Is that the new one on the corner of Love Walk?

 

[knatchbull]

Is that the new one on the corner of Love Walk?

Yes - havent been yet but have had a look at the menu which looks reasonable

 

[ringo]

You dissing Rock Steady Eddies?

Heh, must confess that after 7 years living round there I've never been to Rock Steady Eddies. I'd would feel disloyal to Johnnies now, my Dad has already told them my littluns going to woth there when she's older.

 

[ringo]

Knatchbull - good info on the African and pub grub, ta. Usually take my folks to the Fox On The Hill for lunch when they visit - good parent food.

 

[ringo]

Nobody been to the new Caribbean pub/restaurant in the old Plough on Coldharbour yet? (Opposite the Sun & Doves, which does crappy over-priced food).

 

[CharlieAddict]

Heh, must confess that after 7 years living round there I've never been to Rock Steady Eddies. I'd would feel disloyal to Johnnies now, my Dad has already told them my littluns going to woth there when she's older.

have you seen the cooks?
they look like the original cast from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

 

[BlackSpecs]

Another vote for Tadim's !!!!

I miss it ......

 

[ringo]

Oh yeah, Eastern Tree as really good, I've had a sit down and a coupe of take aways from there. Going again tonight so will report back. Only ever one or two other customers there though.

 

[CharlieAddict]

Oh yeah, Eastern Tree as really good, I've had a sit down and a coupe of take aways from there. Going again tonight so will report back. Only ever one or two other customers there though.

we were there 3 years ago - on the opening week.
the food was so shit, we not been back.
and they had like 7 waiter/waitresses in an otherwise empty restaurant.

has it improved? cos outside it looked run down.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Where did you go in the end? Any good?

 

[George & Bill]

anyone tried the new Lebanese cafe, 'Taste London' (odd name), that took the place of what was also still a fairly new kebab/fried chicken joint on CCS?

 

[Maggot]

Heh, must confess that after 7 years living round there I've never been to Rock Steady Eddies. I'd would feel disloyal to Johnnies now, my Dad has already told them my littluns going to woth there when she's older.

Rock Steady's is ok, big portions. Eddie himself is a bit of a dick though.

Oh yeah, Eastern Tree as really good, I've had a sit down and a coupe of take aways from there. Going again tonight so will report back. Only ever one or two other customers there though.

Where's that?

anyone tried the new Lebanese cafe, 'Taste London' (odd name), that took the place of what was also still a fairly new kebab/fried chicken joint on CCS?

Haven't eaten there, but always looks busy at lunchtimes.

 

[tarannau]

Disappointed that reviews of the Eastern Tree look mixed. Was eyeing up the interesting menu only the other day. Anyone try the Pho or Hotpots there? - I'd like to try more 'proper' Vietnamese food rather than the usual Chinese/Vietnamese mix on offer elsewhere relatively locally.

Been to the Dark Horse, although not for a while, which was a decent gastropub style place. And the Vineyard's pleasant enough too.