Reviews and Awards

Time Out Eating And Drinking Awards 2011: Best Park Cafe

The current incarnation of the Lido Café inside a 1930s building is fantastic.  The poolside brasserie has floor-to-ceiling windows and a generous terrace, while the monthly changing seasonal menu offers excellent cooking at reasonable prices.

London’s best breakfasts and brunches (Time Out, November 2011)

Light, airy and relaxed, this locally run venture embraces both healthy eating and comfort-food nostalgia with heaps of fluffy scrambled eggs served on crunchy wholemeal toast, free-range bacon baps, organic porridge, fruit and granola, freshly squeezed orange juice and sticky pastries.

Lido dining offers that holiday feel (Southwark News, October 2011)

The chefs at the Lido Café are in the business of tasty, wholesome, ethically sourced nosh, served with unpretentious flair. No black steel cutlery presented inside swan napkins here, just homely, wholly satisfying, well-priced scrumptiousness.
The soft-hued indoor dining area is bathed in gentle, natural light streaming through walls of paneled windows. Oversized plants dot the floor, lending the air of glorious greenhouse to the place. As the sun set around us, illuminating the calming, rippling water we struggled to remember we were in London.

Poolside setting for a memorable meal (The Picnic Project, August 2011)

The menu is fresh, wholesome and extremely tasty, and there are always the pails of thick cut chips for a treat. They are generous with their salads and the meat is free-range and perfectly cooked. If you opt for brunch, the full English is so well cooked that you almost feel it must be good for you. But it is the venue that makes the food taste even better.
If the buzzing atmosphere of a Sunday Brunch is not quite what you are looking for, then early evening is the time for you. Peace descends and you can watch the sun set over the lido, the park’s trees providing a green fringe around you and your desert oasis.

South London’s top 10 budget eats (The Guardian, April 2011)

On a sunny day, Brockwell Lido’s smartly renovated cafe is a fine location for breakfast, lunch or just a slice of fresh, fragrant carrot cake. Sit out on the patio overlooking the sparkling pool or in the stark, bright interior while chowing on Stornoway black pudding and roast tomatoes on toast, homemade burgers and fishcakes, or Denhay cheddar macaroni cheese.

Restaurant Review **** (The ViewLondon, January 2011)

A modern cafe attached to the Brockwell Lido, The Lido Cafe is as much a stand-alone entity as an appendage: you don’t need to swim to dine here. With its inspiring culinary offerings and comforting appeal, The Lido Cafe is sure to cause ripples for years to come.