Love Lewisham Day – Part 2: The Best Nando’s In the World

Wernstrom: Not only do you not deserve a Nobel Prize for loosing this bloated man-ball on the world but you are hereby kicked out of the Academy of Science. Bender: Wait! As men of science are not your minds open to new ideas? I say, do not judge me until you have tried my way of ...

Smiles for sale

Smiles Thai Cafe is up for sale. The owners of the Foxberry Road property are selling up, including the ground floor restaurant (A3) they ran and their two-bedroom flat above.After a prolonged closure, there was hope that they would be reopening soon, but we misread the signs and the recent renovation work was to prepare ...

Bert’s Kitchen at the Amersham Arms

Bert's Kitchen is the new team behind the food at The Amersham Arms.Run by recent Goldsmiths graduate, Rose Walsh, the Kitchen will be serving up a new menu (although of course, burgers still play a central role), with an emphasis on locally-sourced ingredients. She says:"This week we'll be opening the kitchen from 5pm to get ...

Super-sized Meze Mangal opens

The Meze Mangal sea container has been replaced by a brickThe new Meze Mangal is now open. The much-loved Turkish restaurant has doubled in size by expanding next door, got rid of the sea container that used to live outside like their entrance like a guard heffalump and modernised the decor. It looks like it's ...

Sodo Pizza takes on the Old Bank

#Restaurant deal completes in #HonorOak #SE23 let to #SodoPizzaCafe http://t.co/s2dILLB33b pic.twitter.com/dbUiEvIL0o— Acorn Commercial (@acorncommercial) December 9, 2013On Twitter, Acorn estate agency confirms that Clapton sourdough pizza specialists Sodo Pizza has completed a deal to move into the Old Bank restaurant in Honor Oak. The site was most recently occupied by pop-up restaurateurs Gingerline, who made ...

Gulen’s Restaurant opens tonight

Tonight, the Gulen's team tell us their bar reopens as a fully-licensed Turkish barbecue restaurant, open from midday to midnight. Menu below with plenty of cooking from the charcoal grill.

Everest Curry King

24 Loampit Hill020 8691 2233 Time Out says:At first sight, the Everest appears to be another neon blot on the charmless A20 corridor, but enlightened locals beg to differ. What this no-frills café and takeaway lacks in comfort, it makes up for in tasty Sri Lankan and South Indian grub, endorsed by a steady stream ...

Meze Mangal planning November reopening

Meze Mangal's expansion is taking longer than they originally anticipated, and we regularly get asked when the grand opening is due, but they now report that they "hope to resume our services back to normal end of November 2013." With thanks to Gill for the news.

Smiles hits comeback trail

We've heard this before, but it sounds as though after Jam Circus, Smiles could be the next local institution to reopen. Cydney writes:I walked past Smiles Thai restaurant the other day and the owner was inside! I asked when Smiles would be opening again and he said SOON!!! Either end of this year or early next ...

Le Querce – top secret foodie haunt

Le Querce - the local restaurant that's so understated, it's practically a speakeasy - has been listed in The Times today as one of the top 20 secret foodie restaurants. They say:Some of the finest Italian food in the UK is to be found in a slightly outwardly shabby high-street restaurant on Brockley Rise in ...