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Eating and DrinkingPlease check opening times and prices before you visit
Reservation advised for restaurants
RESTAURANTS
The restaurants of Southwark offer a gastronomic tour of the world. Bermondsey’s history as the Larder of London is continued through the quality of its cooking. The restaurants mentioned here give only an indication of the types of cuisine available.
New restaurants, pavement cafés and bars are opening all the time offering an abundance of choice and bringing life and vitality to Southwark.
MANZE’S 87 Tower Bridge Road SE1 020 7407 2985
 1 42 78 188 199 381 RV1
Manze’s is the oldest pie and mash shop in London. Pie and mash is a traditional London food which used to be sold by street sellers until the first dedicated shops appeared in the 1860s. Pies have been baked at Manze’s since 1892 when the shop was opened by Michael Manze, grandfather of the present owners.
HORNIMAN’S AT HAY’S GALLERIA Hay’s Galleria, Battlebridge Lane, SE1 020 7407 1991
 London Bridge  London Bridge 21 35 40 47 343 381 P3 P11 RV1
A spacious pub with excellent river views, the Horniman has a large bar and separate food bar offering a traditional pub menu. Although the pub was created during the redevelopment of Hay’s Wharf, the name recalls the original warehouse building’s association with another drink – tea – and the philanthropic merchant, Frederick Horniman.
OXO TOWER, Oxo Wharf Bridge, Barge House Street SE1 020 7803 3888
Waterloo, Waterloo 1 4 26 59 45 63 68 76 100 139 171 172 176 188 243 341 P11 RV1
The Oxo Tower bar, brasserie and restaurant serve modern European cuisine, and have wonderful views across the Thames. The tower was built in the 1930s as an addition to the Oxo company’s coldstore and processing plant. The now famous OXO sign was added to get around advertising restrictions of the time. The lower levels of the Tower house shops and studios selling designer goods including ceramics, textiles and jewellery.
BUTLER’S WHARF CHOP HOUSE 020 7403 3403
CANTINA DEL PONTE 020 7403 5403
LE PONT DE LA TOUR 020 7403 8403 36E Shad Thames SE1
BLUE PRINT CAFÉ 020 7378 7031 Design Museum 28 Shad Thames SE1
London Bridge, Bermondsey London Bridge 47 188 343 381 P11 RV1
All these restaurants enjoy spectacular views of Tower Bridge and the Thames. Each has its own distinctive character but all share an international reputation as the inspiration of designer-restaurateur, Sir Terence Conran. Enjoy a choice of modern British and classic Mediterranean menus.
FINA ESTAMPA 150-152 Tooley Street SE1 020 7403 1342
London Bridge London Bridge 17 21 35 40 43 47 133 141 149 343 381 P3 P11 RV1
London’s first Peruvian restaurant, Fina Estampa is now well established with a growing reputation beyond its faithful Latin-American clientele. Decorated with colourful blankets and crafts, the relaxed restaurant serves generous home-cooked dishes including fish ‘cebiche’ and lamb.
ARANCIA 52 Southwark Pk Road SE16 020 7394 1751
Bermondsey, Tower Hill 1 199 P11 P13
Arancia won the 1998 Time Out award for best small restaurant in London.
It is a small corner bistro serving fine Italian food with a menu that changes weekly.
HISTORIC PUBS
Pubs played an important part in Southwark’s history. Borough and Bankside were lined with inns that provided refreshment for weary travellers who had to cross London Bridge to get to or from London. Pilgrims, merchants, outlaws and ordinary travellers all stopped for beer and food.
THE GEORGE INN Borough High Street SE1 020 7407 2056
London Bridge London Bridge 21 35 40 47 133 343 P3 P11 RV1
The George Inn is the only galleried pub left in London. It is marked on a map of 1542, and an inn probably stood on this site in medieval times. The current building dates from 1676 and originally surrounded three sides of the courtyard. The George Inn is mentioned in Dickens’ novel Little Dorrit. In summer Shakespeare's plays are occasionally performed in the courtyard.
THE ANGEL PUBLIC HOUSE 101 Bermondsey Wall East SE1 020 7237 3608
Bermondsey, London Bridge London Bridge 47 188 P11 P13
The Angel dates back to the 15th century when the monks of Bermondsey Abbey sold beer here. Part of the pub is built over the water, and there are trap doors in the floor which may have been used by local smugglers. Visitors included Captain Cook and Samuel Pepys. Whistler drew London from here, and Turner was inspired to paint The Fighting Temeraire after watching the ship being towed to the breakers yard from the Angel.
THE ANCHOR TAP 28 Horsleydown Lane, Butler’s Wharf SE1 020 7403 4637
Bermondsey, London Bridge London Bridge 17 21 35 40 43 47 133 141 149 343 381 P3 P11 RV1
A traditional pub offering home cooked food, the 19th-century Anchor Tap was once a ‘Tap’ bar for brewery workers. The statue of Jacob the drayhorse at The Circle nearby recalls the stables of the brewery established by John Courage in 1787 when he bought the Anchor Brewhouse. Redeveloped after the brewery closed in 1982 some of its distinctive buildings, such as the malt store with its cupola and projecting gable hoist, can still be identified along Shad Thames.
THE ANCHOR PUBLIC HOUSE Bankside 34 Park Street SE1 020 7407 1577
London Bridge, Borough London Bridge 149 344 381 705 P11 RV1
Built in 1775, the Anchor Bankside is on the site of an older inn called the Castle and the Hoop which was built in the 15th century. In the past the Anchor has been used as a tavern, a brothel, a chapel, a brewery, and a ship’s chandlers. Dr Johnson is thought to have written his dictionary here, in rooms rented from the owner, Henry Thrale. Other visitors included Boswell and Joshua Reynolds.
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