Harden's survey result
Summary
This “interesting” conversion of the Victorian booking hall and goods rooms at Peckham Rye station accommodates a café/restaurant whose modern menu is “thoughtful without being too crazy”. The day-time brunch offering gets a thumbs-up, too, as “many steps ahead of the typical avo on toast”. (A back-handed compliment from north of the river: “As an ex-north Londoner, I was amazed to find this in central Peckham. How things have changed!”)
Summary
“Extra points on ambience for the Victorian toilets” at the 19th-century booking hall and goods rooms of Peckham Rye station, now transformed into an all-day café and evening restaurant. It serves a “limited” but “delicious” menu of modern European dishes and fans say results are “always spot-on”.
Summary
“What a superb place”: the old goods rooms and booking hall of Peckham Rye station – lending the enterprise “a touch of Victorian elegance” – repurposed five years ago as a modern restaurant serving “tasty and beautifully presented European dishes, with thoughtful and attentive staff, brilliant cocktails and a good wine list”. “If only we’d retained and re-used more of these buildings”. Top Tip: “the best toilets in south London”.
Summary
“A must-visit, right by Peckham station” – whose converted Grade II ticket office houses this “excellent” three-year-old: a stand-out even by the area’s lofty standards. “Robust, even macho” dishes, from the smoker and robata grills, are central both to the open kitchen and the menu. Top Tip – “worth a visit for the WC alone” – beautifully restored, old, Victorian bogs.
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Have you eaten at Coal Rooms?
11a Station Way, London, SE15 4RX
Restaurant details
Coal Rooms Restaurant Diner Reviews
"Great standard of food, cooked over a coal grill. Staff knowledge could be better but overall a quality experience Oysters Anchovy and bone marrow on toast Pork belly and shrimps (spicy sauce)"
Prices
 Drinks |
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| Wine per bottle | £28.00 |
| Filter Coffee | £3.00 |
 Extras |
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| Service | 12.50% |
11a Station Way, London, SE15 4RX
Opening hours
| Monday | CLOSED |
| Tuesday | CLOSED |
| Wednesday | 6 am‑11 pm |
| Thursday | 6 am‑11 pm |
| Friday | 6 am‑11 pm |
| Saturday | 6 am‑11 pm |
| Sunday | 12 pm‑6 pm |
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