Tooting area guide

Keep busy in SW17 with Time Out's guide to Tooting's best restaurants, bars, pubs and things to do
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Tooting has come pretty far since the time of Citizen Smith – these days the ‘power to the people’ comes mostly by way of just how much there is to do around these parts. From the budget-priced South Asian restaurants and ace independent pubs and bars to Tooting Bec lido and the leafy, lush common, SW17 has never had it so good. Even the Mayor of London used to call it home. The new Shoreditch? It may well be.

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The Little Taperia
Restaurants

The Little Taperia

  • 4 out of 5 stars
It’s a lovely feeling when you study a menu and want to order everything. It’s even lovelier when you notice the reasonable prices, and realise you could do...
Mud
Restaurants

Mud

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
Tooting now has a proper Aussie-style brunch café, staffed by proper Aussies. They’ve given it the contemporary look of stripped-back brick, copper piping and...
Tooting Market
Shopping

Tooting Market

An indoor market in south London that's been running for the past 80 years and is open seven days a week. Find fashion, arts and crafts, music, books, food and...
Unwined in Tooting
Bars and pubs

Unwined in Tooting

  • price 2 of 4
Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the former pop-up A Grape Night In has settled into permanent premises. Unwined in Tooting serves as a wine shop,...

Restaurants in Tooting

Juliets Quality Food
Restaurants

Juliets Quality Food

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
Please note, this coffee shop, formerly known as Milk Teeth, is now called Juliets Quality Food. Time Out Food editors, MARCH 2020.  Fans of...
Dosa n Chutney
Restaurants

Dosa n Chutney

Dosas are the highlight at this rudimentary Sri Lankan and South Indian caff in Tooting – along with the minuscule prices.
Meza Tooting Bec
Restaurants

Meza Tooting Bec

Tooting Bec tube station; minicab office; launderette; kebab shop. Hang on, though, this kebab shop is crammed with tables and chairs, and some very...

Bars and pubs in Tooting

Antelope
Bars and pubs

Antelope

  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
The interior of this brilliantly tasteful south London boozer is strewn with so many taxidermied animals and skulls it’s like a homage to the Grant...
The Castle, Tooting
Bars and pubs

The Castle, Tooting

  • 3 out of 5 stars
The Castle has been home to a public house since 1832, although its newly revamped decor is anything but 19th century. This Young's pub now features a...
Tap 13
Bars and pubs

Tap 13

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
A zero-waste tap bar in Broadway Market Tooting.

Things to do in Tooting

Buzz Bingo Tooting
Things to do

Buzz Bingo Tooting

This beautiful Tooting site was once a Granada Cinema. It opened with a screening of ‘Monte Carlo’ in 1931, and went on...
Lunar New Year at Daddy Bao
Things to do

Lunar New Year at Daddy Bao

Immerse yourself in the tastes of Taiwan at Tooting’s Daddy Bao, who’ll be serving up a special Lunar New Year Seafood Feast for one night only....
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