Seventeen Fish & Chips

If you fancy fish and chips in Balham but want something a bit trendier than your average local chippie, then blue-fronted, bijou Seventeen should do the trick. White tiled walls, grainy wooden tables and benches, plank floors and dangling lights scream hipster, while the menu keeps it traditional with exceptionally good battered cod, haddock or plaice, plus fishcakes, saveloys, and Pieminister pies – all backed by the usual suspects and vinegary add-ons (the tender calamari or moreish onion rings are a highlight). Seventeen are licensed too, so you can wash down your supper with Asahi beer, Camden Hells lager or a bottle of Chardonnay.