New Shops in East Dulwich and Nearby - 2025 Edition

[CPR Dave]

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[ED4LYF]

Excited to welcome Banook to the neighbourhood. Love a good bagel.

[Angell34]

On 27/01/2026 at 17:19, Earl Aelfheah said:

Agreed! Although they're spelt 'beigels' in Brick Lane 😉 

Beigel is a Yiddish word which has been translated to bagel - beigel (specifically in Brick Lane) are traditional, denser, and chewier jewish style bread rings, often boiled and baked in wood-fired oven. 

bagel is lighter, sweeter Americanised version  

in my house you’ll get beigels! 

On 20/11/2025 at 15:35, CPR Dave said:

Gourmet to Honest seems a bit of a downgrade.

Honest is a much better restaurant than Gourmet. Quality of the produce is higher quality. 

[ED4LYF]

Looks like Tesco Express might open on Friday at 10am according to their website.

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[CPR Dave]

Sorry Angell, I was being facetious about Honest Burger. I agree, its a much better offering. 

Re Tesco, they've turned that round quickly since actually starting work. Seems to have a cash machine too, which will be useful as the other two are sometimes empty. 

[Munro bagger]

On 04/01/2026 at 12:00, sunshine_m said:

Does anyone know what's happening to Belleville restaurant on Forest Hill Road?

Walked past yesterday and it has new signage as Lala Cafe. Work ongoing inside.

[CPR Dave]

Tesco opened today. It's a good clean space and will be a handy addition to LL, especially since it's open til 11pm on Sundays for the forgetful / those returning to london after a weekend away etc. 

[satsuma]

1 hour ago, CPR Dave said:

Tesco opened today. It's a good clean space and will be a handy addition to LL, especially since it's open til 11pm on Sundays for the forgetful / those returning to london after a weekend away etc. 

Decent for emergencies but prices aren't cheap in there!

[ianr]

14 minutes ago, satsuma said:

Decent for emergencies but prices aren't cheap in there!

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/supermarkets/article/supermarket-price-comparison-aPpYp9j1MFin declares them to be next cheapest after Aldi and Lidl.  Is it that the small Express ones charge more than the full-size ones? 

[CPR Dave]

They seem to also run this modern supermarket farce where some prices are much cheaper if you sign up to their data scraping loyalty scheme

[mitchiner]

Some of the prices are expensive but the ones that aren’t need club card yep

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

On 01/02/2026 at 13:11, Angell34 said:

Beigel is a Yiddish word which has been translated to bagel

Beigel and bagel are the same word. It's just different transliteration/transcription.

Former Romeo Jones site is under offer...

[Penguin68]

46 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

Beigel and bagel are the same word. It's just different transliteration/transcription.

Yiddish is written in Hebrew script, traditionally, so any attempt to use 'Roman' script will be transliteration, as noted. Hebrew script does not have vowels as such, so any vowels used will try to copy the Yiddish sound of the word. Bagel and Beigel are both correct transliterations of the Yiddish word. 

[Blackcurrant]

It's spelt beigel on Brick Lane because that's the Germanic spelling of the cockney pronunciation of bagel ("bye gal"). Bagels are same thing as beigels, the only difference is the east London vowel. 

[ArchieCarlos]

3 hours ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

Beigel and bagel are the same word. It's just different transliteration/transcription.

Former Romeo Jones site is under offer...

Romeo Jones to be taken over by the barber next door and turned into a deli/wine bar. They've applied for a license which the local NYMBYs are getting ready to shoot down https://dulwichra.org.uk/index.php/2026/02/06/license-application/

[satsuma]

On 06/02/2026 at 20:17, ianr said:

https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/supermarkets/article/supermarket-price-comparison-aPpYp9j1MFin declares them to be next cheapest after Aldi and Lidl.  Is it that the small Express ones charge more than the full-size ones? 

Yeah, I think the Express makes it more expensive.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Dulwich Village update: The old DVillage location is (again?) under offer.

The storefront next to the new grocer is going to open as a yoga and pilates studio...the name of which I've forgotten. 🤦‍♂️ 

Megan's is starting to push its takeaway coffee and cannibalise some of Redemption Coffee's market share. Is Megan's struggling? It's quite a big restaurant they have and rent cant be cheap. The reinventing of the Megan's branch on Lordship Lane as Ollie's seems to have stalled.

And Redemption is looking a bit tired these days...

[NewWave]

I always like Redemptions coffee though I've not visted for awhile..Romeo Jones was always my 1st choice for takeout Coffee Redemption 2nd.

What IS with all these independent Yoga and Pilates Studios? Theres one on London Rd in Forest Hill (Mind) thats recently opened and then theres the Pilates place thats opened on North X Road.

I looked at the prices of the one on NorthX road and was frankly shocked at how expensive it is, The FH one is slightly less. 

Made me decide to stick with classes in The local authority gym

[Cyclemonkey]

I can't speak about other places but as someone who uses Mind in Forest Hill, these small studios are having a boom due to increased working from home.  Now I can work two days a week at home, I can use them at lunch time or early evening, it is a short walk from home so I can get changed and shower at home (so the studio does not need a big changing room or showers like a traditional gym),  whereas before Covid it would have a  been weekend only thing for me. I asume there are many like me so they can make a small space finacially viable.

I am biased but Mind is great, it is a very inclusive woman friendly space, classes are very reasonable for instructor led classes, (there are different packages but you can get 10 for £100 if you oay in advance) and the fact there are very few bells and whistles keeps it affordable.  

I prefer smaller studios as you don't want big classes for pilates and yoga as you need instructors to be able to see everyone and assess and adjust form for safety.