Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Good British cuisine, excellent wine list and craft beers. Unpretentious and great quality fresh produce
43 locals recommend
Hood Streatham
67 Streatham HillGood British cuisine, excellent wine list and craft beers. Unpretentious and great quality fresh produce
Celebrated jazz club, dinner and dance. Top acts from around the world. Very good restaurant and cocktail bar. Entry fee. See their website for daily changing acts.
28 locals recommend
Hideaway
2 Stanthorpe RdCelebrated jazz club, dinner and dance. Top acts from around the world. Very good restaurant and cocktail bar. Entry fee. See their website for daily changing acts.
Japanese restaurant catering for wide range of clients. They do great noodles and good sushi whether you're on the run or out for the night.
14 locals recommend
Oishii
70 Streatham HillJapanese restaurant catering for wide range of clients. They do great noodles and good sushi whether you're on the run or out for the night.
Amazing breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. A small menu all freshly cooked. Very busy at the weekends so book first. They run from morning through to 2am and is a great place to hang out with no pressure and conversation-level music. Excellent cocktail bar too, you don't have to have a meal, just spend time at the bar if you like. Very chilled, very popular.
32 locals recommend
Perfect Blend
Streatham High RoadAmazing breakfasts, lunches, and dinners. A small menu all freshly cooked. Very busy at the weekends so book first. They run from morning through to 2am and is a great place to hang out with no pressure and conversation-level music. Excellent cocktail bar too, you don't have to have a meal, just spend time at the bar if you like. Very chilled, very popular.
People come from all around for Kennedy's take away fish and chips. The fast-moving queue is along the street at the weekends. Fresh, big portions, that's why this family business
is very well known.
22 locals recommend
Kennedy's Fish & Chips Streatham
5 Leigham Ct RdPeople come from all around for Kennedy's take away fish and chips. The fast-moving queue is along the street at the weekends. Fresh, big portions, that's why this family business
is very well known.
This is our regular Indian haunt. Simple, traditional curry restaurant with extensive menu plus Sunday buffet from noon to 5pm. Eat in quick and cheap or take your time and explore the menu. Their takeaways are good value but you can wait over an hour for delivery as they're so busy. Best to pop over and collect.
Taj Mahal
11A Leigham Ct RdThis is our regular Indian haunt. Simple, traditional curry restaurant with extensive menu plus Sunday buffet from noon to 5pm. Eat in quick and cheap or take your time and explore the menu. Their takeaways are good value but you can wait over an hour for delivery as they're so busy. Best to pop over and collect.
Entertainment & Activities
Lovely little park run by local people. A small group of unique homes back onto the park.
6 locals recommend
Hillside Gardens
Hillside RoadLovely little park run by local people. A small group of unique homes back onto the park.
Drinks & Nightlife
Award-winning quirky tapas bar well known locally for its warm welcome. Go in for a drink or to eat, the food is good and good sized portions.
23 locals recommend
Bar 61 Restaurant
61A Streatham HillAward-winning quirky tapas bar well known locally for its warm welcome. Go in for a drink or to eat, the food is good and good sized portions.
Late night bar with a retro atmosphere. Music at the weekends. A 'destination' venue where people come into the area to visit.
44 locals recommend
The Plough Bar & Kitchen
89 St John's HillLate night bar with a retro atmosphere. Music at the weekends. A 'destination' venue where people come into the area to visit.
Retro chic pub with wood furnishings and a small garden, serving real ales, with restaurant area.
36 locals recommend
Pratts & Payne
103 Streatham High RdRetro chic pub with wood furnishings and a small garden, serving real ales, with restaurant area.
Really great modern pub with a traditional attitude towards customers, many of whom are regulars. Free board games, newspapers and un-intrusive tv make this a great place to meet up or hang out alone. They don't sell food so you can take in food from the local take aways.
THE REBEL INN Streatham
78A Streatham High RdReally great modern pub with a traditional attitude towards customers, many of whom are regulars. Free board games, newspapers and un-intrusive tv make this a great place to meet up or hang out alone. They don't sell food so you can take in food from the local take aways.
Essentials
The UK's oldest and biggest ethical supermarket, it competes with all the big names but doesn't compromise on quality or value. Its a trusted high street brand in its own right and has all the groceries you need.
There are Sainsbury's and Tesco's nearby
10 locals recommend
Co-op Food - Streatham
176-178 Streatham HillThe UK's oldest and biggest ethical supermarket, it competes with all the big names but doesn't compromise on quality or value. Its a trusted high street brand in its own right and has all the groceries you need.
There are Sainsbury's and Tesco's nearby
Arts & Culture
The local cinema showing all the latest block busters. Three screens.
63 locals recommend
ODEON Streatham
47-49 Streatham High RdThe local cinema showing all the latest block busters. Three screens.
There are only 5 ice rinks in London and this one at Streatham Ice & Leisure Centre is a full size 60x30m ice pad with just under 1000 seats.
There are two pools in the centre, a 25 metres long fitness pool, with six lanes and a 13 metres long teaching pool. The leisure centre and facilities were rebuilt completely new in 2011.
61 locals recommend
Streatham Ice and Leisure Centre
390 Streatham High RdThere are only 5 ice rinks in London and this one at Streatham Ice & Leisure Centre is a full size 60x30m ice pad with just under 1000 seats.
There are two pools in the centre, a 25 metres long fitness pool, with six lanes and a 13 metres long teaching pool. The leisure centre and facilities were rebuilt completely new in 2011.
Everything Else
Brixton Rooftop
Atlantic RoadEveryone has to visit Brixton Market! Too many reasons to list!
An historic park protected by law for the public, or commoners. The gardens and the well are spectacular.
35 locals recommend
Streatham Common station
An historic park protected by law for the public, or commoners. The gardens and the well are spectacular.
This pub dates from the 1830s when it was a coach stop. It retains many traditional features of its history and the external Truman signage. It is now part of the giant Wetherspoons chain which serves real ales and a big menu of budget British food. Wetherspoons is known for its consistent quality and very cheap prices. A sort of McDonalds of the pub world. Wetherspoons staff are notoriously young, inexperienced and badly paid so factor that in to your trip.... (Its almost a rite of passage for British youth to do their time at Wetherspoons) but don't let that stop you because it is adequately compensated for in the cheap prices.
21 locals recommend
Crown & Sceptre
34 Holland RdThis pub dates from the 1830s when it was a coach stop. It retains many traditional features of its history and the external Truman signage. It is now part of the giant Wetherspoons chain which serves real ales and a big menu of budget British food. Wetherspoons is known for its consistent quality and very cheap prices. A sort of McDonalds of the pub world. Wetherspoons staff are notoriously young, inexperienced and badly paid so factor that in to your trip.... (Its almost a rite of passage for British youth to do their time at Wetherspoons) but don't let that stop you because it is adequately compensated for in the cheap prices.