Lewisham
Trattoria Raffaele

Trattoria Raffaele

94 Sydenham Rd, Lewisham, United Kingdom

Pizza • Pasta • Steak • Italian


"I am so lucky to live within walking distance of this restaurant. It is a small neighbourhood Italian that punches well above its weight both for food and service. I have tried most things on the menu and have never made a bad choice. Their pizzas are spectacular dough which is tasty, springy and light with a crispy bottom, absolutely perfect for dipping in your friend's spag bol! They make their own secret recipe tomato sauce, which is AMAZING. (Actually it's not a secret recipe at all Raff will happily share how he makes it, but it sounds more intriguing as a secret! They have a daily specials board that includes local seasonal produce in really imaginative dishes. I have gone into the kitchen to watch the chefs making a crab ravioli, moments before I ate it! (It was sublime! Their desserts are too good. They have their regular items such as the tiramisu which melts in the mouth and the Italian ice cream that has real bits of strawberry, pistachio, vanilla seeds and chocolate in it. They also have special desserts that often are just too tempting sticky toffee pudding, Eton mess with mango, interesting cheesecakes etc. The coffee is delicious and just perfect after a scrumptious meal there! The service is lovely and the atmosphere is down to earth, fun and friendly. I would urge you to go if you go on a Thursday/Friday/Saturday you might want to book as it is extremely popular with locals."

The Gantry

The Gantry

188 Brockley Road, SE4 2RL, Lewisham, United Kingdom

Cafés • Steak • European • Fast Food


"We were invited to the Gantry which is a family run restuarant for Sunday lunch by some old friends. The meal was excellent the perfect Sunday lunch. The restaurant is on 2 levels. As you enter there is a full bar on one side surrounded by a few tables with the main dining areas along with the toilets downstairs. We ate in the conservatory which leads into the outside dining area. We all decided to skip starters and go straight for the Sunday roast options (The restaurant has a full a la carte menu if you dont want a roast dinner). The options were roast beef, roast chicken or roast lamb. 2 of us ordered the roast lamb which was a lamb shank, and the remainder orders the roast beef, 2 thick slices of roast beef served as ordered, 1 rare, and the rest medium and that is exactly how they were served. Although nobody on the table ordered the roast chicken we noticed from other tables that the chicken was served as a whole small roast chicken. The dishes included a large Yorkshire pudding and vegetables cauliflower in a cheese sauce, peas, carrots, potoatoes and brocolli which were all served on the plate. The food was excellent and were very large portions so we were all glad we passed on the starters. A couple of the party had desserts,. I chose the sticky toffee pudding with white chocolate ice cream which was excellent and the perfect end to a large Sunday lunch. Although the restaurant was full the service could not be faulted, helpful, friendly and efficient and there were no long pauses from ordering to when the first course was served. This isn't fine dining but the Gantry offers excellent food at excellent prices and we thoroughly enjoyed eating there ."