Restaurants

Pizza Express

Clapham: 43 Abbeville Road, SW4 9JX

Distance: 0.3 mls

Café Rouge - Clapham

Trendy coffee-loving Claphamites love Café Rouge, located on the bustling Abbeyville Road. This popular chain of French cafés – with their signature maroon and...

Clapham: 40 Abbeyville Road , Clapham, SW4 9NG

Distance: 0.3 mls

Dexter's - Clapham

Dexters is the American place among a clutch of chain restaurants on Clapham's Abbeville Road. The look is decidedly New York - dark wood, black and red furnishings,...

Clapham: 36 - 38 Abbeville Road Clapham , London, SW4 9NG

Distance: 0.3 mls

Le Chardon - Clapham

Every neighbourhood needs an affordable and cosy Gallic gourmet pit-stop, and Claphamites will agree that Le Chardon fits the bill. Bright and buzzy, the dining room...

Clapham: 32 Abbeville Road , London, SW4 9NG

Distance: 0.3 mls

Newtons

The star of Abbeville Road’s hamlet of eateries, Newtons has delivered Modern European dishes interspersed with the odd Asian classic to the Clapham crowd for more...

Clapham: 33-35 Abbeville Road, SW4 9LA

Distance: 0.3 mls

Macaron

Don’t search for ‘Macaron’ – this pâtisserie’s name is nowhere on the signage – look for the giant pink ice-cream cone by the front door. Nab a small...

Clapham: 22 The Pavement, SW4 0HY

Distance: 0.4 mls

The Pavement

The people behind this small and easy-going café clearly understand the concept of a hangover hangout. With soul on the stereo, a full rack of newspapers and comfort...

Clapham: 21 The Pavement, SW4 0HY

Distance: 0.4 mls

Metro Garden Restaurant & Bar

This magical neighborhood restaurant is popular with the fashionable SW London set when in the mood to chill. There are large sofas for slumping in with cocktails,...

Clapham: 9 Clapham Common Southside , London, SW4 7AA

Distance: 0.4 mls

Trinity

Back in 2007 we voted Trinity our Best Local Restaurant, and nothing has changed to blunt our enthusiasm. It’s still an outstandingly slick operation, passionately...

Clapham: 4 The Polygon, SW4 0JG

Distance: 0.4 mls

Brasserie James

Simple food, but it ain't a brasserie

Balham: 47 Balham Hill, SW12 9DR

Distance: 0.4 mls

Gastro

Nothing much changes at Gastro, Clapham’s most venerable bistro. On a recent visit, the service was lackadaisical, the interior musty, and the portions large and...

Clapham: 67 Venn Street, SW4 0BD

Distance: 0.5 mls

Abbevilles Restaurant

Not only is this a very reasonably priced bistro, it's also an enterprise run by the First Step Trust that gives people with mental disabilities the opportunity to...

Clapham: 88 Clapham Park Road, SW4 7BX

Distance: 0.5 mls

Avalon

Balham gastropub with huge beer garden

Balham: 16 Balham Hill, SW12 9EB

Distance: 0.5 mls

La Trattoria

Formerly called Molli, this resturant's menu lists dishes from Veneto to Sardinia, each marked with its region of provenance. Unusually for better Italian restaurants,...

Clapham: 36A Old Town, SW4 0LB

Distance: 0.5 mls

Eco

From its prime location at the Common end of the High Street, Eco has been feeding Clapham for over a decade. Yet while punters keep piling-in (arrive promptly,...

Clapham: 162 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UG

Distance: 0.5 mls

Bodean's

Clapham: 169 Clapham High Street, SW4 7SS

Distance: 0.5 mls

Breads Etcetera

The well-run café of this artisan bakery was suitably packed with groups of thirtysomethings on our Sunday morning visit, with punters drawn by the flavoursome...

Clapham: 127 Clapham High Street, SW4 7SS

Distance: 0.5 mls

Café Wanda

As we went to press, Café Wanda was closed for refurbishment, which is welcome news as there was more than a whiff of the 1970s at this highly individual café and...

Clapham: 153 Clapham High Street, SW4 7SS

Distance: 0.5 mls

San Marco

Something of a Clapham institution, San Marco is a family run restaurant with real character. Raved about by locals who return week after week, the restaurant holds...

Clapham: 126 Clapham High Street , London, SW4 7UH

Distance: 0.5 mls

Cafe Zia

Café Zia restaurant in Battersea is the latest offering from award-winning chef Manju Choudhury – creator of the world's biggest onion bhaji (62kg), cooked to raise...

Clapham: 811-813 Wandsworth Road Battersea , London, SW8 3JH

Distance: 0.6 mls

Café Sol

This cavernous restaurant with its Latin beats, bold multicoloured mosaics and black-and-white movie pictures is always packed with Claphamites. Locally it’s known...

Clapham: 54-56 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UL

Distance: 0.6 mls

Gourmet Burger Kitchen

Clapham: 84 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UL

Distance: 0.6 mls

Strada

Clapham: 102-104 Clapham High Street, SW4 7UL

Distance: 0.6 mls

Fish Club

Clapham: 57 Clapham High Street, SW4 7TG

Distance: 0.7 mls

Nando's

Clapham: 59-63 Clapham High Street, SW4 7TG

Distance: 0.7 mls

Sea Cow

Sea Cow is one of the few chippies that offers organic options (salmon, for instance). This Clapham branch remains somewhat in the shadow of the original restaurant...

Clapham: 57 Clapham High Street, SW4 7TG

Distance: 0.7 mls

The Italian Job

Clever Claphamites know where to get their carb fix – at The Italian Job in Lavender Hill. This Battersea based pasta house is within walking distance of both...

Clapham: 59 Lavender Hill Battersea , London, SW11 5QN

Distance: 0.7 mls

The Ceylon Tavern

It may be just minutes from Clapham Junction, but in terms of food and atmosphere, Lavender Hill’s Ceylon Tavern couldn’t be further away from those grey, puddled...

Clapham: 103 Lavender Hill , London, SW11 5QL

Distance: 0.7 mls

Nancy Lam's Enak Enak

You may recognise celebrity chef Nancy Lam from her Channel 5 show. What better way to try her unique Indonesian and Far Eastern cooking than in her own family-run...

Clapham: 56 Lavender Hill , London, SW11 5RQ

Distance: 0.7 mls