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These are the best for me:


Le querce, great italian (said by an italian), super family friendly

Babur, a bit more refined indian with unusual menu, excellent desserts (mango brulee) and great cocktails

Darthmouth Arms, sometimes very nice meat or pasta based dishes and soups

Locale, pizza only, the other dishes are nothing special

I went to the Crooked Well last week with a couple of friends. Nice vibe, great food. Started with lovely cocktails and had a bottle of Portugese red with our food. The service was excellent - I like that they offer tap water. And the waitrose brought an extra plate for my friend as we'd only ordered two starters for three of us.

Reggie66 Wrote:

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> There is a lovely Thai restaurant in Lordship Lane

> called Sema Thai. The food is great and not over

> priced either


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Are you joking?


Unless it's got a new chef recently, the food is appalling.

Sema Thai is in a rut, it was in a rut until a few years ago when the tarted up the inside, but then it just went into same rut but with new decor.

They should totally revamp the menu and perhaps include some regional dishes.

The guy who runs it has a mate up in Clerkenwell who owns Thai Rapide, they have some regional pages on the menu and have some great dishes available.

  • 4 weeks later...
We went to Jacks on Saturday evening and could not fault the food or the service. So great to have a friendly place serving top notch food right on the door step. Will be trying out the sunday roast at the next oppertunity I get. Also Swadesh is my fav for Indian

EDjules Wrote:

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> We went to Jacks on Saturday evening and could not

> fault the food or the service. So great to have a

> friendly place serving top notch food right on the

> door step. Will be trying out the sunday roast at

> the next oppertunity I get. Also Swadesh is my fav



> for Indian



They are not open every night though, or even every Saturday night are they? Think they only do that once a month. Not open Sat in daytime either. Have gone there some days on a lunch break in the week and they weren't open then either. Real shame.

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Jacks are obviously concentrating mainly on their

> "supper club" events, which you need to book in

> advance. The food is apparently very good.


But not so great if you are feeling peckish and need a meal in a hurry.

midivydale Wrote:

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> Not really SE22 as in Brockley but Meze Mengal do

> the best Turkish food I have ever tasted.

> Wonderful place. You go for the food though, as

> its hardly a romantic, exclusive, grand place but

> the food is truly heavenly.


Totally agree about Meze Mangal, it's on Lewisham Way at New Cross near Celia Hammond. Went last night and ate starters, a main and plenty of red wine for ?22 a head. As midivydale says, nothing much to look at particularly from the outside but the food is fabulous and the place was packed.

If you like fish? On goose green a new fish and chip shop opened called fish and chips and more, the fish is so fresh and pies are really good.for vegi they do butternut squash pie soon their be doing grill fish and mussels,.The fish cakes are yummy comes with salad or chips and carrot cake with a cup of tea goes down well.
Ah, you'll be the Gulc5 who was advertising for staff in your fish and chip shop earlier? It's better (and more believable) if a real and unconnected punter praises your shop, but good luck anyway. I hope you deliver against the expectations you have raised.
Swadesh restaurant on lordshiplane next to the irish shop is a great indian restaurant, they also do a buffet where they also serve you for ?4.95 kids, and ?6.95 for adults drinks are mahussive and very cheap. great food and drink not too spicy and very friendly staff.

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