Guide by Vana

Where to eat in Camberwell

9 places to eat in Camberwell, each one on the Guide on merit.

1. 

   Blackfinger Coffee Roasters

   Coffee roastery

   A worker co-op roastery in a Camberwell railway arch, open since June 2026. The coffee is sourced, roasted and poured in the same building, and everyone on the team holds a stake in it. Bags are £13.80 to take home.

2. 

   Cafe Mondo

   Sandwiches · European

   A sandwich counter by day and dive bar by night, on the Camberwell end of Peckham Road.

   Come back after dark for the slushy cocktails; the day and night menus are different beasts.

3. 

   Habesha Restaurant & Bar

   Ethiopian restaurant & bar · African

   A family-run modern Ethiopian on Camberwell Church Street built around sharing platters and a proper cocktail list, with gluten-free injera as standard.

   Go as a group and share a platter. The doro wot, and a glass of honey wine.

4. 

   Nandine

   Kurdish · Middle Eastern

   Kurdish food with smoke, colour and substance. The opposite of generic small-plates London.

   Order the mezze spread to share rather than mains, and the flatbreads come straight off the saj.

5. 

   The Bear

   European

   A Camberwell pub with a 14-cover counter restaurant tucked away at the back. The kitchen runs a constantly rotating menu with seasonal ingredients and an Asian fusion bent, turning out dishes like cavatelli with XO sauce and duck kiev. The bar stays open until 1am on weekends with vinyl DJs, and there's a Sunday quiz.

6. 

   The Camberwell Arms

   Gastropub · European

   A pub shell with serious seasonal cooking and a relaxed room. The Camberwell move when you have done Peckham to death.

   The Sunday long lunch and the whole-table sharing menus are the things to book ahead for.

7. 

   The Kerfield Arms

   Gastropub · European

   The Baring team corner gastropub. Go for the roast. It took a Michelin star within the year.

   Go for the Sunday roast and book the dining room.

8. 

   TOAD Bakery

   Bakery

   A crowdfunded Camberwell bakery doing long-fermented sourdough from UK-grown grain, plus pastries that wander off-piste. It was named London's best bakery at the 2025 National Bakery Awards and the morning queue knows it.

   Go early on a Saturday or accept the queue; the week's special pastry sells out first.

9. 

   Zeret Kitchen

   Ethiopian · African

   Homely Ethiopian cooking in Camberwell, generous injera platters shared by hand. Warm, critically warm and filling a real gap on the map.

   Get the vegetarian combination platter to share and eat with your hands.