London Brixton Restaurant Guide

Joe and Margaux Sharratt’s “distressed-chic Brixton/Brockwell Park fixture” continues to win “top marks” for its French-inspired “small-plates at reasonable prices” (“if I lived next door I’d get rid of my kitchen!”). The “friendly, chatty and informal staff” and “South London style” also go down well, although the occasional reporter is “not so sure about the natural wines”. The same team has opened a sister venue at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Other Palace theatre in Victoria (see also).

“It’s a slightly mad room in a shipping container” – well, that’s Pop Brixton for you – but this “relaxed and friendly” 20-seater offers “the epitome of modern dining” with its “super-tasty and interesting” dishes: ‘on-trend small plates created using British ingredients and the ancient techniques of smoking, curing and preserving’.

“Ambitious modern British cuisine” – an “interesting” menu of “trendy but unfussy dishes that are well-prepared” – plus a good list of natural wines win consistent high praise for Nicholas Balfe’s “buzzy spot in Brixton market”, although “it can get a bit manic”. The team has opened a second venue, Levan in Peckham (see also).

“A really interesting menu” of “wonderful modern-style tapas and sharing plates” contributes to “a Spanish gastronomic experience” at this “vibrant” duo in Battersea and Clapham. “The young staff are always so friendly and welcoming”.

“Delicious food and incredibly reasonable prices” ensure that this family-run Thai trio in South London (Brixton, Battersea and Tooting) are “hard to beat – especially with BYO”. You eat “authentically, but very quickly!”

“Delicious pizza dough” with top toppings have won a solid following for this “informal” South London group, now reaching as far as Sydenham. Home-made ginger beer and locally brewed craft beer, plus artisan coffee roasted in Shoreditch, complete the deal.

The “lovely Thai food” at these reliable cafés is “impressively authentic given that they are a chain” – “excellent value” and “fast”, if occasionally let down by “iffy service”. Founded in 2008 by Saiphin and Alex Moore, who inherited the name of their first East End site, the group has 15 branches in London and expanded to Liverpool and Leeds this year following the sale of a majority stake to US investors. The couple also have two spin-offs, Lao Café in Covent Garden and the new Chinese noodle bar Hoh Sek in St Katharine Docks.

Taking over the former site of Brindisa Food Rooms (RIP) this lauded, modern Indian makes its permanent return to Brixton (it started life with a residency at Pop Brixton). This is the third London site for the growing group, with a restaurant in Soho and a large outlet at the Beeb’s former White City home.

Part of the MEATLiquor family, this Brixton branch specialises - as the name suggests - in chicken; wings, bites and burgers.