New Shops in East Dulwich and Nearby - 2025 Edition

[Eats Dulwich]

On 01/06/2025 at 17:21, pikeyed said:

That's too exciting!!!

Yes, Persepolis definitely coming to SE22, we ate in the legendary Peckham branch last week and the Lordship Lane offshoot was confirmed. It will be called Simorgh. Doubt if the new one will have a roof terrace overlooking the Job Centre though! Review of the quirky original here. https://open.substack.com/pub/eatsdulwich/p/restaurant-review-persepolis?r=8oe6m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Edited July 9 by Eats Dulwich

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

New shop called Beauty and the Beast 

 

Beauty and the beast

https://www.instagram.com/beauty.and.the.feast.london?igsh=cnVndW8xODlhOQ==

Copied from Facebook 

 

‘Beauty & The Feast is coming to dulwich, opening day is Saturday 19th July. They have another space in purley which is really lovely! They do afternoon teas and lots of other food/treats as well as events. I wanted to share as we love the one in purley so looking forward to popping in to dulwich. Address 
18a upland road 
Se22 9ee’

Edited July 13 by Dulwich Born And Bred

[jazzer]

2 hours ago, Dulwich Born And Bred said:

New shop called Beauty and the Beast 

 

Beauty and the beast

https://www.instagram.com/beauty.and.the.feast.london?igsh=cnVndW8xODlhOQ==

Copied from Facebook 

 

‘Beauty & The Feast is coming to dulwich, opening day is Saturday 19th July. They have another space in purley which is really lovely! They do afternoon teas and lots of other food/treats as well as events. I wanted to share as we love the one in purley so looking forward to popping in to dulwich. Address 
18a upland road 
Se22 9ee’

£35 pp

[sunshine_m]

More on Persepolis/Simorgh here:

https://foratasteofpersia.co.uk/persepolis-ii-aka-simorgh-se22/

[Earl Aelfheah]

12 hours ago, sunshine_m said:

More on Persepolis/Simorgh here:

https://foratasteofpersia.co.uk/persepolis-ii-aka-simorgh-se22/

Excited about this. Hope they’re the ones to finally make that site work.

[FellbriggSam]

On 14/07/2025 at 02:55, Earl Aelfheah said:

Excited about this. Hope they’re the ones to finally make that site work.

Wishing them good luck,Love Persian, i will come try when they open 

[Angell34]

On 09/07/2025 at 16:24, Eats Dulwich said:

Yes, Persepolis definitely coming to SE22, we ate in the legendary Peckham branch last week and the Lordship Lane offshoot was confirmed. It will be called Simorgh. Doubt if the new one will have a roof terrace overlooking the Job Centre though! Review of the quirky original here. https://open.substack.com/pub/eatsdulwich/p/restaurant-review-persepolis?r=8oe6m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Super excited as this is the corner of my road!!!

[Cameron Chiu]

Hi guys could anyone recommend some good pasta places on LL or any surrounding areas? Thanks

[satsuma]

Megan's closed on L. Lane, feels like a rebrand rather than full-on closure though.

[Sue]

On 19/07/2025 at 15:02, Cameron Chiu said:

Hi guys could anyone recommend some good pasta places on LL or any surrounding areas? Thanks

We enjoyed ravioli at Due Fratelli (near the bus stop on Lordship Lane  which TFL for some reason calls Goose Green) the other evening.

Though they seem to have more pizza options than pasta, and not many pasta options for vegetarians (though obviously that won't worry you if you aren't a vegetarian!)

[NewWave]

7 hours ago, satsuma said:

Megan's closed on L. Lane, feels like a rebrand rather than full-on closure though.

it would be so nice to get a decent gaff in its place..

[Sue]

7 hours ago, satsuma said:

Megan's closed on L. Lane, feels like a rebrand rather than full-on closure though.

I'm confused, sorry.

Do you mean it's staying the same but just changing its name?

[Howie]

14 hours ago, Sue said:

I'm confused, sorry.

Do you mean it's staying the same but just changing its name?

It’s clearly shut, with all the branding stripped from the tiled facade but the emails I’ve got when signing up for notifications are still, ultimately, coming from Megan’s. 

[Daniel_CR17]

Not sure if its been posted already but Megan’s closed? (Edit: Its indeed been posted by a few of you)

there is another Megans in Dulwich Village which looks kind of empty as well. 

 

 

🙂

Edited August 5 by Daniel_CR17

[Penguin68]

From the post above this seems to be a re-design to support a new(er) trading concept for this particular Megan's - there is nothing that I can find about either issues with Megan's stores in general closing or Megan in general being re-branded. Maybe removing (and presumably eventually replacing) the store name is part of any necessary work. What about the outlet in Dulwich? Has anyone who uses this heard anything about the sister store in ED?

[alice]

There are others in North London that have disappeared and reappeared as Ollie’s. Is it the same company? I don’t know.

Edited August 5 by alice

[Insuflo]

“furry friends welcome”. Great, I’ll drop the cat off when it opens. And next door’s rabbits.

[redjam]

I don't mind what they reopen it as, I just hope to god they get rid of that 'Megan's on the Lordship' sign. Used to annoy me every time I saw it

[jazzer]

Megan's East Dulwich is TOAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bonaome]

Relaunching as Ollie's House https://ollies-house.co.uk ?

Seems that's what they've done with other Megans.

Like an asian-ish version of Megans.

Menus look insipid, twee, cookie cutter, corporate. Meh.

Same same, but different.

[NewWave]

10 hours ago, alice said:

There are others in North London that have disappeared and reappeared as Ollie’s. Is it the same company? I don’t know.

'Ollies' ick 🙄!

Such a kind of psudo matey middle class branding..Is 'Ollie' Megan's estranged husband?

Theres a lot of money being thrown at these shopfits then having them completely ripped out and refurbed after a few years just seems a bit desprate and wasteful.

This is why I support independent buisnesses.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

3 hours ago, bonaome said:

Menus look insipid, twee, cookie cutter, corporate. Meh.

"Fusion is food. Fusion is art. Fusion is fashion. Fusion is Ollie's House".

https://ollies-house.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Oliies-House-WEB-280-1.jpg

[David Peckham]

10 hours ago, NewWave said:

 

Such a kind of psudo matey middle class branding..Is 'Ollie' Megan's estranged husband?

Sounds, and looks, more like an errant and indulged teenage son who backpacked through south east Asia and visited Jim Thompson's house. 

Probably came home with dreads, piercings and a Thai script tattoo that he was told represented 'One Love', but actually spells out 'I Am A Massive Farang Twat'.

The latter is quite a common thing.

 

10 hours ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

"Fusion is food. Fusion is art. Fusion is fashion. Fusion is Ollie's House.

They really should have added 'Fuckwittery is Ollie's House'. 'Ollie is a fuckwit'

If anyone wants decent south east Asian food, please try Chern on Grove Vale. Pau has worked really hard to make that place work, it's genuinely good, and she is lovely.

Grab some wine, beer or pre-mixed cocktails from a local shop (I'm not sure what she's doing with corkage at the moment, but I'm sure she'll sort you out) and a cake from somewhere and have your own fusion night. 

[Sue]

3 hours ago, David Peckham said:

Sounds, and looks, more like an errant and indulged teenage son who backpacked through south east Asia and visited Jim Thompson's house. 

Probably came home with dreads, piercings and a Thai script tattoo that he was told represented 'One Love', but actually spells out 'I Am A Massive Farang Twat'.

The latter is quite a common thing.

 

They really should have added 'Fuckwittery is Ollie's House'. 'Ollie is a fuckwit'

If anyone wants decent south east Asian food, please try Chern on Grove Vale. Pau has worked really hard to make that place work, it's genuinely good, and she is lovely.

Grab some wine, beer or pre-mixed cocktails from a local shop (I'm not sure what she's doing with corkage at the moment, but I'm sure she'll sort you out) and a cake from somewhere and have your own fusion night. 

Chern now sells alcohol including wine,  and has Thai beer (Singha)  on draft.

And yes Chern is lovely and really good value!

Edited August 6 by Sue

[Earl Aelfheah]

14 hours ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

"Fusion is food. Fusion is art. Fusion is fashion. Fusion is Ollie's House".

https://ollies-house.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Oliies-House-WEB-280-1.jpg

Urgh. All we need now is for them to call it 'Ollie's on the Lordship' and satire is officially dead. 

Edited August 6 by Earl Aelfheah