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Tooting area guide

Keep busy in SW17 with Time Out's guide to Tooting's best restaurants, bars, pubs and things to do

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Tooting has come pretty far since the time of Citizen Smith – these days the ‘power to the people’ comes mostly by way of just how much there is to do around these parts. From the budget-priced South Asian restaurants and ace independent pubs and bars to Tooting Bec lido and the leafy, lush common, SW17 has never had it so good. Even the Mayor of London used to call it home. The new Shoreditch? It may well be.

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The Little Taperia

The Little Taperia

  • 4 out of 5 stars

It’s a lovely feeling when you study a menu and want to order everything. It’s even lovelier when you notice the reasonable prices, and realise you could do...

Mud

Mud

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

Tooting now has a proper Aussie-style brunch café, staffed by proper Aussies. They’ve given it the contemporary look of stripped-back brick, copper piping and...

Tooting Market

Tooting Market

An indoor market in south London that's been running for the past 80 years and is open seven days a week. Find fashion, arts and crafts, music, books, food and...

Unwined in Tooting

Unwined in Tooting

  • price 2 of 4

Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the former pop-up A Grape Night In has settled into permanent premises. Unwined in Tooting serves as a wine shop,...

Restaurants in Tooting

Daddy Bao

Daddy Bao

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

A spin-off of Peckham’s popular Mr Bao, this time in Tooting.

Apollo Banana Leaf

Apollo Banana Leaf

A humble BYOB venue providing Tooting with an invigorating blast of Sri Lankan chilli heat.

Juliets Quality Food

Juliets Quality Food

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4

Please note, this coffee shop, formerly known as Milk Teeth, is now called Juliets Quality Food. Time Out Food editors, MARCH 2020.  Fans of...

Dosa n Chutny

Dosa n Chutny

Dosas are the highlight at this rudimentary Sri Lankan and South Indian caff in Tooting – along with the minuscule prices.

Bars and pubs in Tooting

The Corin

The Corin

There’s a lot to like about this popular spot right by Tooting Broadway. And sure, you might go ga-ga for the adventurous fusion cooking served up...

The Castle, Tooting

The Castle, Tooting

  • 3 out of 5 stars

The Castle has been home to a public house since 1832, although its newly revamped decor is anything but 19th century. This Young's pub now features a...

Tooting Tram & Social

Tooting Tram & Social

Hard to spot but impressive once you find it, this converted tram shed incorporates a cavernous, chandelier-lit main bar and a smaller mezzanine, filled with...

The Rose & Crown

The Rose & Crown

A Tooting boozer specialising in craft beer and pizza. Look out for quiz night on Sundays, the Lego challenge on Thursdays and two-for-one pizzas...

Things to do in Tooting

Buzz Bingo Tooting

Buzz Bingo Tooting

This beautiful Tooting site was once a Granada Cinema. It opened with a screening of ‘Monte Carlo’ in 1931, and went on...

Oily Cart Theatre Treehouse

Oily Cart Theatre Treehouse

Established in 1981, Oily Cart creates theatre for young people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. Their approach to creating multi-sensory...