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| Café-bar-restaurant in [[Locale Streatham Hill|Streatham Hill]], a couple of minutes' walk from [[Streatham Hill Station]]. |
A café-bar-restaurant in Streatham Hill. |
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It's an open space, with large windows looking across Streatham High Road. There's a bar with keg taps on one side and a food/coffee/tea counter at the back. It seats about 60, mostly inside, some out on the pavement. The interior seating includes some sofas and armchairs with lowish tables, a banquette running along one wall, and normal freestanding chairs and tables. |
An open space with large windows looking across Streatham High Road. There’s a bar on one side, and a food/coffee/tea counter at the back. Seats about 60, mostly inside, some out on the pavement. Inside some sofas and armchairs with lowish tables, otherwise normal chairs and tables. |
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[[Rowley Birkin QC]] visited on a Saturday in May 2019. There were about 30 other customers in mid-afternoon, and by early evening this had dropped to 10-15. The staff were friendly. I didn't try the food, but an espresso and a tea were both fine. Pop music was playing; although it wasn't too loud, I still found it irritating. |
[[Rowley Birkin QC]] visited on a Saturday in May 2019. About 30 other customers in mid-afternoon, and early evening there were 10-15. Staff friendly. Rowley had an espresso and a tea, both fine. He didn't try the food. Some pop music was playing; although it wasn’t too loud, he found it irritating. |
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When [[Kake]] visited on a Tuesday morning in November 2019, there were half a dozen other customers at 11:30 am (two of them working on laptops like me) and others arrived while I was there. Music was more peaceful than pop this time, and I didn't find it got in the way. A pot of English breakfast tea (£3) was fine — loose-leaf, with a little basket to remove the leaves when brewed to taste — though the cup was the annoying kind where the handle is too small to put your fingers through. A plain croissant (£1.80) had a crisp exterior, soft interior, and a good flavour despite the lack of butter and jam. |
There is WiFi, which is open though you have to supply an email address and phone (but these can be fake). However, it kept dropping out, so the place doesn’t really qualify as laptop friendly. |
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There is an open WiFi network available. In May 2019, it was necessary to supply an email address and phone number for this (but these could be fake); however, in November 2019 [[Kake]] got in without any need to enter these details. It kept dropping out in May 2019, but was fine in November of the same year. There are at least four plug sockets, though possibly all clustered in one place. |
Accessibility: a step of about 10 cm to get in, otherwise level. |
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[[Rowley Birkin QC]]'s verdict (with which [[Kake]] agrees): A civilised place, good for dropping in if you want a coffee or something for half an hour or so. |
Child-friendliness: Some high chairs. No baby changing facilities in the gents. A few children, of various ages, were present in the mid-afternoon of Rowley's visit. |
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Child-friendliness: They have at least two high chairs (the type with no tray and very little back support). There's a pull-down baby changing table in the ladies', but nothing in the gents'. A few children of various ages were present on the Saturday afternoon and Tuesday morning when we visited. |
Transport: Bus stop outside, on several routes. [[Streatham Hill Station]] is a couple of minutes’ walk away. |
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Accessibility: A step of about 10 cm to get in, otherwise level. See also: * Photos of the menu as of November 2019: [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/49064938677/ breakfast and lunch], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/49064938497/ evening], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/49064210873/ drinks], [https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/49064725511/ alcoholic drinks] * [https://www.streatham.london/perfect-blend/ streatham.london review] * [https://whatpub.com/pubs/SWL/3964/ WhatPub entry] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], November 2019. Opening hours taken from the Perfect Blend website, June 2019.</div> |
Rowley's May 2019 verdict: a civilised place, good for dropping in if you want a coffee or something for half an hour or so. |
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summary='Cafe-bar-restaurant in Streatham Hill.' |
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A café-bar-restaurant in Streatham Hill.
An open space with large windows looking across Streatham High Road. There’s a bar on one side, and a food/coffee/tea counter at the back. Seats about 60, mostly inside, some out on the pavement. Inside some sofas and armchairs with lowish tables, otherwise normal chairs and tables.
Rowley Birkin QC visited on a Saturday in May 2019. About 30 other customers in mid-afternoon, and early evening there were 10-15. Staff friendly. Rowley had an espresso and a tea, both fine. He didn't try the food. Some pop music was playing; although it wasn’t too loud, he found it irritating.
There is WiFi, which is open though you have to supply an email address and phone (but these can be fake). However, it kept dropping out, so the place doesn’t really qualify as laptop friendly.
Accessibility: a step of about 10 cm to get in, otherwise level.
Child-friendliness: Some high chairs. No baby changing facilities in the gents. A few children, of various ages, were present in the mid-afternoon of Rowley's visit.
Transport: Bus stop outside, on several routes. Streatham Hill Station is a couple of minutes’ walk away.
Rowley's May 2019 verdict: a civilised place, good for dropping in if you want a coffee or something for half an hour or so.
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