The Knowhere Guide

Eating and Drinking in Forest Hill, Greater London*

Forest Hill, Greater London Pubs, Cafes, Coffee Shops and Restaurants

Food

• Latitude - just opened where the banqueting hall used to be next to McD's, is fab for dinner (two courses for just over a tenner) and has good wine. could do with some sofas though. Use it or lose it, like everything in FH Ginkos is pretty good too
• The Orchard restaurant is good modern European, moderately priced. It's a pity Poochies closed down, that was a good bistro.
• The Elachi on Stanstead Road (towards Catford) is everything an upmarket local Indian should be.
• How many fast food take aways does one district need!!!!!
• Poochies has closed (apparently it was famous for its rude waiters - maybe that's why it closed) and The Jolly Bee chip shop has taken its place. Les Foret des Amis is a great French restaurant on Perry Vale with a lovely garden where you play boules with the very gallic chef.
• Check out the Dewaniam on Stanstead Road, - fabulous find
• Cumming up for some wicked goat and peas.
• I've always wondered about Poochie's Bistro across the road from the train station... I mean if they can't be bothered with a better name for the place then what's the point?

Pubs

• the hobgoblin you can bring your own food,see tha rabbits,and relax in a friendly enviroment
• How cool bring your own food,and they supply the plates and cuttlery at The Hob.
• The capitol, not just a pub, but a restaraunt too! THe Hob (Hobgobline) Cool music and decent booze
• I would recommend The Hob,for a fantastic atmostphere its over 21s,the entertainment ranges from bingo(sundays),live bands,karaoke,play station on the big screen,quizzes,fancy dress parties,theme nights,staff dance on the bar and tables occasionaly to the YMCA.And best bit of all when we bought a take away they provided us with some cuttlery to eat it with so 10/10 for great food.
• The Foresters Armes is now called All Inn One-Foresters Bar. Has been under new ownership for the last 16 month and is a very nice place. Live Jazz every saturday, good vine list and real alea and the best sunday roatst in FH.
• The Foresters Armes, now called All Inn One-Foresters Bar has been under new management for the past year and is a very nice pub, nice atmosphere, live Jazz every saturday,good vine selection and real ales and the best sunday lunch in towne.
• I don`t agree with the above comment in regards to the Foresters. The Foresters Armes has been under new management for the past year and now called the All Inn One -Foresters Bar. Nice Pub with nice atmosphere, live Jazz every saturday and the best sunday roast in towne. They also have a good selection of vine and real ales.
• Wetherspoons has now taken over the cinema but it is pretty dire
• The Capitol (ex-cinema on London Road) is probably the beast Wetherspoons in London - huge, airy, a heated beer garden and decent food. A great pint of Hopback Summer Lightening too.
• Now blessed with two Whetherspoons. The Windmill on Kirkdale is open and a very pleasant venue for a drink and food. The Capitol (due to open in May 2001) will be in the old cinema/bingo hall. It looks like a very interesting development.
• when is Wotherspoons opening?
• Opening in April of J D Wetherspoons
• The Railway Telegraph is a short walk but worth it. Oranjeboom in Forest Hill. I never thought I'd see the day. Light, airy, comfortable but a bit loud when the footy is on. (Not loud enough when you want to watch it of course).
• Somebody told me yesterday (21.4.00) that Witherspoons has acquired a licence to turn the old cinema into a pub/restaurant. I hope its true. I have no idea who "owns" Witherspoons these days.
• NOT The Forester's Arms!

Cafes and Coffee Shops

• Blue mountain nr. station. v.good.
• Blue Mountain Coffee shop has reopened
• chriss cafe at whastdale road has just been refurbished so you can enjoy a good fry up in a clean and attractive setting ,you will be be treated to the best bacon and eggs in forest hill
• Unfortunately The Blue Mountain Coffee shop shut down - will they ever regenerate?
• Hey, the Blue Mountain Coffee Shop just down the hill from the Railway Station does a top brekkie. AND you can stare at the queueing drivers on the A205 & wonder about possible uses for the old WCs.

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Last updated: 2006-10-27