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Restaurants7
KolaeBib
Destination · Southern Thai · Borough · $$$
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They press fresh coconut cream in the kitchen and then burn what is left, because as Andy Oliver puts it, the spent solids are "almost like used coffee grounds" and make "a perfect smoking medium on the grill," alongside charcoal and wood (Borough Market, October 2023).
OMA
Destination · Greek · Borough · $$$
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Nick Molyviatis described the plan before the doors opened as "Most of the food will be cooked on sticks," with the seasoning kept to "good olive oil, lemon, oregano and salt" (Restaurant magazine, 2024).
Agora Souvla BarBib
Solid · Greek souvla · Borough · $$
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A two-metre souvla rotisserie turns behind a retractable shopfront, so when the front is open your table is effectively inside Borough Market (Hot Dinners).
Rambutan2◆
Solid · Sri Lankan · Borough · $$$
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Cynthia Shanmugalingam went from Treasury economist to writing a Sri Lankan cookbook on a six-month research trip, then opened this Borough Market room in March 2023 to cook Tamil food that London mostly sells as takeaway.
Terry's Cafe
Solid · English caff · Borough · $$
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The meat comes off Smithfield, where Terry traded as a butcher before he opened this in 1982, the fish off Billingsgate, the bread out of St John Bakery and the coffee from Monmouth (Time Out, venue).
BAO Borough
Solid · Taiwanese · Borough · $$
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The grill in this room was imported from Tokyo, and the beef that goes on it is 40-day aged Denver from Warren's Butchers in Cornwall, marinated overnight.
Bar Douro London Bridge
Solid · Portuguese · Borough · $$
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Max Graham comes from the Churchill port family, which is why the Portuguese list in this railway arch is the part reporters keep writing about.
Street food1
KUBBA by JUMA Kitchen
Listed · Iraqi · Borough · $
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Kubba haleb: a rice patty fried around baharat-spiced lamb mince, eaten standing up outside Unit 53.
Markets1
Borough Market5◆
Destination · Food market · Borough · $$
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Helene Darroze shops the small producers' stalls here before she eats, and what she eats is fish and chips standing among them.
Pubs & cask3
The Gladstone Arms
Solid · Anglo-Indian · Borough · $$
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David Jesudason, who wrote CAMRA's book on desi pubs, calls the Glad "the only one in Zone 1," and the kitchen's answer to that is a pie: Anglo-Indian fillings of chicken tikka masala, paneer makhani and goat keema (Foodism, August 2025).
The Royal Oak
Solid · British · Borough · $
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Harvey's of Lewes, an independent Sussex brewery founded in the late 18th century, took this Victorian corner house as its first London pub, and runs seven handpumps across two rooms joined by a serving hatch (Londonist, CAMRA London Pubs Group).
Bakes & sweet1
Gelateria 3Bis Borough Market
Listed · Italian gelato · Borough · $
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A Rimini gelateria with one other shop, and the other shop is on Park Street at the edge of Borough Market.
Producers1
Kappacasein Dairy
Destination · Raw-milk cheese · Borough · $
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The toastie goes into a dry pan hot enough to brown the bread before the cheese has fully melted, because Bill Oglethorpe wants the flavor concentrated rather than liquid.
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