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- 45 Deptford High Street, SE8 4AD (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
- 7am-7pm Mon-Fri; 8am-8pm Sat; 10am-4pm Sun
Cafe on the High Street in Deptford. It opened in September 2014.
It's located in an old pub building, and signage for the Red Lion & Wheatsheaf can still be seen on the exterior. However, few signs of this remain inside. The space is small, seating 16 people at upright chairs and tables plus a couple more on low sofas. The floor is rather nice black stone flagging, but the general impression is of cleanliness, lightness, and brightness.
The menu focuses on cooked breakfasts, omelettes, jacket potatoes, sandwiches, and panini. Soya milk is available for hot drinks, and they also offer gluten-free and eggless cakes.
Kake and friends visited on a Tuesday lunchtime in December 2014. There were about half a dozen other people in, and although smaller tables were still available we had to wait a few minutes for one of the four-person tables we needed to fit all our party.
A cream cheese sandwich for our toddler came with the crusts cut off as requested, but on white bread rather than the brown we'd asked for. A cheese and roast vegetable omelette (£3.30) photo was a good size, and competently prepared, if perhaps a little underseasoned to Kake's taste. (However, another member of our party found her mushroom omlette to be seasoned just right, and undersalting is always better than oversalting.)
Service was friendly. No service charge was imposed — it's pay-at-the-counter as you order.
Child-friendliness: They have one high chair, and staff were happy to assist in putting it up on our visit (it's not the standard IKEA type!), but due to the design it only fits under the four-person tables. There is only limited space for prams/pushchairs, but on our visit the staff were happy to manouevre around ours and we never felt in the way.
Accessibility: No steps to get in, but the entrance is a bit narrow (Kake struggled a bit with a pram). Toilet not checked, but reached via a corner in which stools and the highchair are stored, so again narrowish access.
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