Guidebook for Deptford

Stephen
Guidebook for Deptford

Food Scene

Deptford's food scene is really starting to take off! Here are the places we like to eat and drink nearby. Central Greenwich is very touristy and the restaurants are not great - with the exception of the Rivington. I've also included some recommendations for the Cannon Street and London Bridge areas as you might be there on your way to and from the flat.
British restaurant with crisp tablecloths, a gin cocktail menu, mezzanine floor and BYO on Mondays. This is a great, classy place - nice for dates, but also kids eat free!
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Rivington Greenwich
178 Greenwich High Rd
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British restaurant with crisp tablecloths, a gin cocktail menu, mezzanine floor and BYO on Mondays. This is a great, classy place - nice for dates, but also kids eat free!
This is a phenomenal restaurant and we go there frequently because the food is consistently delicious. From the giardiniera pickles that you can nibble while you look at the menu to the starter or main sized pastas and the inventive mains. All the ingredients really taste of themselves and the menu changes daily. Eat there! Book in advance to be sure of getting a table.
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Marcella
165A Deptford High St
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This is a phenomenal restaurant and we go there frequently because the food is consistently delicious. From the giardiniera pickles that you can nibble while you look at the menu to the starter or main sized pastas and the inventive mains. All the ingredients really taste of themselves and the menu changes daily. Eat there! Book in advance to be sure of getting a table.
Tiny place serving addictive vegetarian and vegan fast food. Nice beer, too.
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The Full Nelson
47 Deptford Broadway
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Tiny place serving addictive vegetarian and vegan fast food. Nice beer, too.
The food here is great - far better than you would expect from the appearance of the pub. Stay downstairs - avoid the upstairs restaurant as it does not have such a nice ambiance. Cooked breakfasts here are great, later on, oysters can be relied on and a fab and tasty, modern range of British food. Really highly recommended. Book in advance to be sure to get a table.
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The Sail Loft
11 Victoria Parade
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The food here is great - far better than you would expect from the appearance of the pub. Stay downstairs - avoid the upstairs restaurant as it does not have such a nice ambiance. Cooked breakfasts here are great, later on, oysters can be relied on and a fab and tasty, modern range of British food. Really highly recommended. Book in advance to be sure to get a table.
Great pizzas right at Deptford Station. Wines and beers. Lovely, relaxed atmosphere. Fun, fun, fun,
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Taproom SE8
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Great pizzas right at Deptford Station. Wines and beers. Lovely, relaxed atmosphere. Fun, fun, fun,
Small spot under arches next to Deptford Station. Kitchen is right in the room with you so you kind of take the smell of the place home with you, but the drinks and tapas are brilliant. Lovely staff.
The Tapas Room
133 Deptford High St
Small spot under arches next to Deptford Station. Kitchen is right in the room with you so you kind of take the smell of the place home with you, but the drinks and tapas are brilliant. Lovely staff.
A bit further afield, in Blackheath, which is a nice walk away through Greenwich Park and across Blackheath itself, is this fab French restaurant. Great wines.
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Le Bar a Vin - Greenwich Wine Bar
72 Blackheath Village
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A bit further afield, in Blackheath, which is a nice walk away through Greenwich Park and across Blackheath itself, is this fab French restaurant. Great wines.
Not the cheapest, but really great sushi and cocktails. Grilled avocado with ponzu sauce was a very pleasant surprise when we tried it!
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Sticks'n'Sushi Greenwich
1 Nelson Rd
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Not the cheapest, but really great sushi and cocktails. Grilled avocado with ponzu sauce was a very pleasant surprise when we tried it!
Fun, tiny and very authentic Japanese place, noodles, sushi, sashimi. Cash only! Cosy, friendly and brilliant value.
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Zaibatsu
96 Trafalgar Rd
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Fun, tiny and very authentic Japanese place, noodles, sushi, sashimi. Cash only! Cosy, friendly and brilliant value.
Althought this is a members club/hotel from the Soho House stable, its got a great range of eating options - from great poke to a steak place. It's quite sceney and noisy, but it's very City of London and a great plate for watching the locals!
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The Ned
27 Poultry
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Althought this is a members club/hotel from the Soho House stable, its got a great range of eating options - from great poke to a steak place. It's quite sceney and noisy, but it's very City of London and a great plate for watching the locals!
Delicious food and wine selection. Usually busy. Very handy for Cannon Street Station and the City.
Vinoteca City
21 Bloomberg Arcade
Delicious food and wine selection. Usually busy. Very handy for Cannon Street Station and the City.
Excellent fresh fish and seafood. Great, busy atmosphere. If you like oysters as much as I do, you should not miss this place!
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Wright Brothers Borough Market
11 Stoney St
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Excellent fresh fish and seafood. Great, busy atmosphere. If you like oysters as much as I do, you should not miss this place!
Great place for a Saturday morning mooch and make to visit Jensens Gin distillery nearby.
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Maltby Streetin markkinat
Maltby Street
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Great place for a Saturday morning mooch and make to visit Jensens Gin distillery nearby.

Parks & Nature

Sue Godfrey Local Nature Reserve
Creekside
Large park with expansive views, home to the Royal Observatory, Maritime Museum and Meridian Line.
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Greenwichin puisto
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Large park with expansive views, home to the Royal Observatory, Maritime Museum and Meridian Line.

Arts & Culture

I'm not highlighting the obvious attractions here, but pointing out some of the lesser-known ones.
Museum with aquarium, stuffed animal and musical instrument collections, set in landscaped gardens.
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Hornimanin museo ja puutarhat
100 London Road
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Museum with aquarium, stuffed animal and musical instrument collections, set in landscaped gardens.
I am fascinated by London's Roman past. This is place is highly recommended for a glimpse into that.
Lontoon Mithraeum
12 Walbrook
I am fascinated by London's Roman past. This is place is highly recommended for a glimpse into that.
This is a great place to visit not, in my opinion, because of the art, but because you can visit the site of the Roman amphitheatre. It was on what is now Guildhall Yard and in the basement of the gallery there are the remains of the walls.
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Guildhallin taidemuseo
Guildhall Yard
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This is a great place to visit not, in my opinion, because of the art, but because you can visit the site of the Roman amphitheatre. It was on what is now Guildhall Yard and in the basement of the gallery there are the remains of the walls.

Shopping

Very busy, but some great, fun stuff to buy from photos of London. Brilliant food stalls.
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Greenwichin markkinat
5B Greenwich Market
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Very busy, but some great, fun stuff to buy from photos of London. Brilliant food stalls.

Essentials

Nightingale
Very close by this small store has all the essentials you might need.
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Sainsbury's Local
57-59 Honor Oak Park
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Very close by this small store has all the essentials you might need.
Ten minutes walk from the flat, this is a great, high end, supermarket that stocks everything you could possibly want, from fresh sushi, to great fresh fish and meat, veg and all the usual groceries.
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Waitrose & Partners Greenwich
Dowells Street
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Ten minutes walk from the flat, this is a great, high end, supermarket that stocks everything you could possibly want, from fresh sushi, to great fresh fish and meat, veg and all the usual groceries.
Close by. There's also a Boots near to the Cutty Sark station.
Nightingale Pharmacy
90-92 Deptford High St
Close by. There's also a Boots near to the Cutty Sark station.

Getting Around

Overground station with trains to London Bridge, Cannon Street, Blackfriars, Farringdon and St Pancras International.
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Deptford station
Deptford High Street
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Overground station with trains to London Bridge, Cannon Street, Blackfriars, Farringdon and St Pancras International.
You can get the 188 bus from outside Sainsbury three stops to this place next to the Cutty Sark DLR station that serves Canary Wharf, Bank Station for the City.
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Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich (Stop A) station
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You can get the 188 bus from outside Sainsbury three stops to this place next to the Cutty Sark DLR station that serves Canary Wharf, Bank Station for the City.