The ubiquitous coffee shop this is not. Every ounce of KrisKitch shouts "hand-crafted"…read more From the fabulous furniture - chat to the owner about where he sourced the butcher's block, the heavy wooden work benches and the retro chairs (it's astonishing that he didn't keel over after paying for the re-upholstery). To the delectable baked cakes and breads. Everything just feels so tactile and earthy. There's lovely light streaming in the huge front windows if you're sitting inside. Or sit out in the front in the sun. There are brollies in the summer and blankets in the autumn. Pointer - have the tea. Even if you feel like coffee, have the tea! Honestly it's an experience. An olive-wood board with a selection of painstakingly-sourced ingredients : honey, lemongrass, cardamom, fresh mint, cinnamon stick, the list goes on, and a pot of hot water. Yes, you have the option of using the dull little bag of tea leaves you ordered BUT you'll be sacrificing your ingenuity and an opportunity to create a flavour-extravaganza. Throw the bag away, you don't need it! Customers are overwhelmingly mums, grandparents and girlfriends meeting to natter. Recently I sat next to two laptops with people connected to them, but they're a minority.

Amazing breakfast and brunch/lunch!!…read more Tucked away off the main street, this hidden gem is super cosy and comfortable, perfect for sharing food, coffee and stories with a couple of friends. Fresh, super tasty and lots of rich flavours. We shared the vegetarian breakfast, pancakes with jam and maple syrup as well as the bread selection, all delicious! The cornbread is particularly tasty. I'd love a place like this in my own neighbourhood!

Very nice little place. Run by middle easterners with an eclectic choice of food and drink. From…read moretea to Hummus. Cappuccino to kebabs. Outside covered patio too.

First off, this place gets 10 stars for being run by THE most helpful, welcoming and friendly…read morepeople! Oh my giddy arm, I cannot believe that a place in London exists where they would let me order food, eat it and then let me leave without paying (due to not having enough cash on me), trusting me to come back later after I had run my errands and gotten to a cash point!!!! Even when I offered up the change that I did have, they said I could just hang on to it and then pay the bill in full later if I wanted to! Set right on the corner of West End Lane and Mill Lane, David's is a family run business in the perfect location, with lots of seating, both inside and outdoors, with an awning to cover it, and plants surrounding the front area, separating you from the street a little. This would be the perfect place to come for breakfast/brunch on a sunny Saturday afternoon. The menu is extensive, with lots of meze options, as well as sandwiches, bagels, salads, pies cakes and cupcakes (the woman next to me ordered a small meze selection with pitta - I can't imagine how big the large option would have been!). I opted for a salt beef bagel (which came with a pickle and coleslaw), which if I am completely honest, didn't really do it for me, BUT I should have known this from the start, as this place just didn't look Jewish enough to satisfy my salt beef bagel standards... My cappuccino was good - nice and frothy. I was also pleased that they have the option of skinny or regular. It's nice that they have a big pile of newspapers and magazines to browse too - handy if you are on your own and don't have any reading material with you. In all honesty, I probably would award this place 3 stars for my bagel (and the fact that at £4.50 I think it was too expensive), but for overall service, atmosphere and enjoyability of experience it gets full marks. David's is Deli(ghtful) and I will be back!

Modern, hip atmosphere. Quickly became one of my favorite cafe chains in London. Free internet…read moreaccess, friendly staff, and especially crunchy apples. I especially love the contemporary decor and swank deep house music.

Comfortable seating, good coffee, and very reliable wi-fi. If you need to tuck in and do some work…read morefor a couple hours this is a good spot.

Lovely setting for a lunch or brunch! Nice service, reasonable prices. Food was really quite good,…read moreand came out quickly. Sitting outside was really nice. This place is a hidden gem!

This was a great place, we went for breakfast/brunch. It has a great atmosphere and quality food…read more It also has a great patio and view from the roof. The roof was too cold for us when we went though. To get to it you'll have to enter the antique store from the street, head straight past the front desk to the stairs, and go up 3 floors to get to it. There are signs for the restaurant on the way up and also a foldup sign was on the street when we went.

I've had a meeting in West Kensington and as usual I was way too early...so I decided to go over my…read morespeech at a local Starbucks or so...but luckily I walked by this little gem of indy coffee shop. The atmosphere is really nice and there's plenty of seatings - big community tables, small tables and high-tables that allow you to look out of the window. I didn't pay much attention to the food selection, but there was quite a nice array of different beverages - cold and warm alike. The only downside for me was that it was packed with Mommies and their screaming kids...but I just plugged in my earphones and tuned out the whining noises. Try it out, it's for sure refreshingly different from the nearby Cafe Rouge...

Lovely place. Stumbled upon it on the way to Westfield at Sheppards bush. Atmosphere is very cozy…read more You find yourself feeling right at home on the wooden tables/benches. The pastries and freshly baked goods are spread all over the counter in neat arrangements. Most of the cakes are displayed at the window and really make passerbyers salivate. The place is also family friendly with a change table across the toilet and toys around the eating area. On my first visit, I had one of the best hot chocolate I've ever had. The eggs benedict was a decent portion size and satisfying on a cold winter day. The day right after I couldn't help but go there again and had a generously filled smoked salmon crepe filled with cream cheese. Definitely will make this a local fav of mine!

With my rediscovery of the delights of the South London Gallery this is fast becoming my local cafe…read moreof choice. I dropped in last week after a spending an hour, or maybe it was two, at the Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard exhibition "PUBLICSFEAR". It's quite a demanding round up of their work so I was more than happy to stumble out of the gloom in the main gallery and into the welcoming arms of the lovely staff at cafe No 67. The cafe is situated in the restored terraced house which the gallery has expanded into over the past year or two. There is a large dining table out back, a wonderful light and spacious room which looks out to the garden. This room can be booked for private parties or shared with others during the day. In the cafe itself there are 8 or so tables for couples, which can be joined together if you are in a larger group. For when the weather improves, or if you are in need of a smoke, there are also a few tables in the garden which is very fragrant space with a lovely selection of herbs. There are also some outside tables at the front of the cafe, which is a little more urban. Excellent coffee is provided by the Union company and the staff here make a great skinny latte but on this occasion I was feeling a little shaky and I was after something a little stronger. After half an hour in the dark with the music of J Spaceman and subliminal messaging from Mr Forsyth and Ms Pollard I needed a beer . after toying with the idea of a Modelo I went straight for a bottle of Vedett and a portion of the very comforting Welsh rarebit. The food menu here covers all your needs from morning to evening, with a well edited selection to suit all tastes. If you are hungry and in the mood for brunch I can particularly recommend the "Spanglish" which comes with chargrilled chorizo and morcilla; be careful though because it's a bit of a gut buster and this could ruin you for lunch. If you are after something lighter the soup is always good and filling; I recently had a lovely bowl of leek and cider soup with some tasty bread on the side which I am still trying to recreate in my own kitchen. Small plates and sandwiches are also available if you don't feel like a full on lunch. However, if you are in the mood for a proper feast you will not be disappointed. There is a regularly changing selection of 4 or 5 main dishes, all around the £8 mark, which are well executed, beautifully presented and come with some interesting accompaniments. Slow cooked lamb, jerk chicken, fish pie and venison have all been on the menu on my recent visits. I have never made it to dessert but the cakes and pastries are baked in the kitchen, look wonderful and seem to be very popular. There is a small selection of interesting and very well priced wines and a good range of soft drinks and smoothies. As you would imagine, being housed in an art gallery and right next door to Camberwell Art College the punters here are generally an interesting bunch and it's a great spot for people watching. With a good free wifi connection and an excellent book shop next door this is an great place to let a couple of hours slip through your fingers. Unfortunately for my pals with young sprogs this is not a spot best suited to accommodating small children and buggies although I have seen a few try to struggle in at the weekend. I feel very lucky to have this lovely cafe on my door step and I'm looking forward to giving it a try as an evening destination. If you're a foodie art lover who has wandered south of the river this should be top of your "must try" list.

I go here quite often in the mornings because it opens early - very nice!…read more It is a little hidden which makes the ambience rather chilled, you feel as if you have discovered a little treasurer. The baristas are friendly and the coffee is good - both cappuccino and plain. I will go here again!

Richly decorated in photo's of classic blues and rock 'n' roll musicians, with oodles of local…read moreartwork slathered all over the walls; La Provencal Café has a welcoming and addictive "home-spun" atmosphere that is rather refreshing to see on the corner of a busy junction in Herne Hill. Surprised by this I didn't really know what to expect as I sat down to my table, and I must confess I was quite enjoying the informal ambience that filled the air. The prices on the eclectic dinner menu (around £20 - £25 a head for a three course meal with drinks), at a glance, seemed adequate in regards to what was on offer; on closer inspect however, once reading past the exciting offerings such as Moroccan Spices or Thai Fishcakes, I came to realise that what I was really looking at merely burgers and chips, or stuffed peppers, disguised with fancy trimmings. I opted for the Pan-Fried Butterfish Fillet with Sauteed Butternut Squash and Spinach with Sun-Dried Tomato and Olive Dressing, yet was severely disappointed to find that the fish was bland and far too over-cooked, and that as much could be said for the vegetables. Despite it's inviting wine menu, I was more than disappointed with La Provencal Café, and almost succumbed to feeling foolish for not paying heed to it's garish orange sign. But if you're not overly concerned with the quality (and choice for that matter) of your food, and opt for atmosphere and good service then maybe this is the place for you.

I dunno what it is about this place. I've been by a number of times, always thinking "I should pop…read morein, seems a nice place to while away an afternoon with a book and a coffee and maybe some soup". So today, I finally went in. I don't quite know how to describe it, but the mood was... frenetic. there was too much going on and too many people in such a small place, and the waitstaff and whatnot didn't seem like they knew what was going on. I couldn't move or get a seat or anything. I finally just ordered a coffee to go and stood there, dodging the waiters trying to get the bar staff to make their stuff, watching as a tray of drinks cooled on the bar. It seemed like a lot of ado, but not much actually happening. Finally got my coffee to go... in a polystyrene cup. Without a drinks lid sort of thing. Now, this is Herne Hill, all organic and/or fair trade and/or ethical, all the time. And it's still, technically, the EU. I didn't even know that polystyrene cups were still legal. And then I had to tear the lid to drink from it. And then it was the worst cup of coffee I can remember. Now, this is including several cups of instant I had while working in rural Uganda & Zambia, when I was desperate for coffee after long terrible trips and hadn't settled on just having tea. I wanted to like this place before I came in. That's why it's got 2 stars instead of 1.

A lovely, quaint cafe near Marble Arch station. My partner and I were visiting for 3 days and we…read morecame here nearly everyday since they open early. Owner and staff were very welcoming and it appears that some locals come here often as well. Loved the diversity, rainbow of food and drink options offered. Prices are fair and portions are great. Me and my partner agreed that the rice dishes were the best and we loved the avocado and dates milkshake overall. Will come again in the future.

Food was pretty good. Specify tap water when ordering water or they will bring out pricey water…read morebottles. Plenty of variety, a bit pricey but not ridiculous. Small place so I wouldn't go with many people.