Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 7 and Version 6 of Bermondsey Cafe, SE16 2JN

Proper greasy-spoon cafe, opposite Southwark Park, with friendly proprietors. They do fry-ups, chips, and proper meals (e.g. roast chicken and veg), but I have never eaten the proper meals. The fry-ups are good and reasonably priced (chips, beans, and orange juice is £2.30; hash browns are 90p; beans, hash browns, mushrooms, black pudding, two toast, and tea came to £4.30 in Feb 2008; set breakfasts are cheaper). Proper builder's tea from a very large pot, topped up to drinkable concentration with hot water. Couple of newspapers usually available for perusal, and lots of regular locals (especially on a weekday morning). Seating for about 25 people. The local variant of cafe etiquette is that you order and pay then find a seat.

The chips & beans are vegan; the mushrooms unfortunately aren't as they're cooked on the same griddle as the bacon etc (which I discovered by getting a bit of bacon in my mushrooms...) Unsurprisingly they don't have soya milk, but they'll do black tea/coffee (you have to specify, it comes milky by default!) Juliet

Be warned - sometimes they close up a few min early on weekends if there's no custom, and they're never open on Bank Holiday Mondays.

See also:

• Bec's review on London Breakfast

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