• Modern British• Herne Hill
A stone’s throw from Brockwell Park, Llewelyn’s remains one of South East London’s best neighbourhood destinations for bistronomy-style food – with a fine-dining influence, but approachable and reasonably priced with it.
Chef Warren Fleet, who opened the restaurant in 2017, built menus to showcase excellent British produce in unfussy and often European-inspired dishes. The chef was formerly at Jamie Oliver’s now sadly departed Fifteen restaurant in Old Street.
With starters around £10 and mains between £20 and £30, Llewelyn’s isn’t cheap, but the quality of ingredients and a deft touch in the kitchen make it feel like good value. Dishes like white asparagus risotto and grilled rabbit with broad beans show a kitchen team determined to create beautiful and seasonal dishes, which can also be ordered as small and large sharing plates for the table if you prefer.
Llewelyn’s is double-fronted and airy, all blonde wood and white walls and, on our visit, clearly a destination of choice for the daytime buggy-wielding brigade.