Guidebook for London

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Guidebook for London

Food Scene

Daytime cafe with artisan speciality coffees and innovative cuisine at breakfast and lunch.
70 locals recommend
Milk
18-20 Bedford Hill
70 locals recommend
Daytime cafe with artisan speciality coffees and innovative cuisine at breakfast and lunch.
Compact, modern carnivore's dream eatery, serving a menu of steaks, ribs and burgers.
Heidi
1 Balham Station Rd
Compact, modern carnivore's dream eatery, serving a menu of steaks, ribs and burgers.
Relaxed eatery serving Neapolitan sourdough pizza with gourmet toppings, baked in a wood-fired oven.
143 locals recommend
Franco Manca
21 Lordship Ln
143 locals recommend
Relaxed eatery serving Neapolitan sourdough pizza with gourmet toppings, baked in a wood-fired oven.
Meaty menu and cocktails at a chic Modern European restaurant in a glass-fronted space.
33 locals recommend
Foxlow Balham
15-19 Bedford Hill
33 locals recommend
Meaty menu and cocktails at a chic Modern European restaurant in a glass-fronted space.
All-day cafe, bar and brasserie with a village feel, serving provincial French dishes.
14 locals recommend
Gazette Balham
Balham High Road
14 locals recommend
All-day cafe, bar and brasserie with a village feel, serving provincial French dishes.

Drinks & Nightlife

Eccentric bar in wood-panelled building with vintage theme, serving tapas-style plates and roasts.
53 locals recommend
Balham Bowls Club
7-9 Ramsden Rd
53 locals recommend
Eccentric bar in wood-panelled building with vintage theme, serving tapas-style plates and roasts.
Modern designer pub serving pizzas baked in a stone oven and beers brewed at its sister branch.
Balham House
90-92 Balham High Rd
Modern designer pub serving pizzas baked in a stone oven and beers brewed at its sister branch.
Hip bar offering DJs on weekend evenings and terrace seating, plus real ales and gastropub dishes
25 locals recommend
Hagen & Hyde
157 Balham High Rd
25 locals recommend
Hip bar offering DJs on weekend evenings and terrace seating, plus real ales and gastropub dishes

Entertainment & Activities

State-of-the-art cinema with 12 sofas for two.
37 locals recommend
The Exhibit Bar & Restaurant
12 Balham Station Rd
37 locals recommend
State-of-the-art cinema with 12 sofas for two.
Central London Golf Centre
Burntwood Lane

Parks & Nature

34 locals recommend
Wandsworth Common station
Nightingale Lane
34 locals recommend

Shopping

12 locals recommend
Southside Shopping Centre
12 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

585 locals recommend
Saatchi Gallery
King's Rd
585 locals recommend
1693 locals recommend
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
1693 locals recommend