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Image by Charl Asuit
At the corner of Balham High Road and Ramsden Road is a nice coffee shop called Bertie and Boo. The place is full of character as the quirky interiors bring you back to your school days with the multi-coloured wooden desks and chairs. Outside, you are invited to unwind on the red and blue fabric deck/beach chairs.
This local independent coffee shop lures you to indulge in cakes that are perhaps baked by mums who live in and around the area. They are also one of the good places where you can order yummy smoothies and unusual milkshakes – ever heard of a Maltesers milkshake?
Bertie and Boo is very child friendly. Children can be entertained with toys, colouring books and the blue car while the mum and dad enjoys a cuppa.
Bertie and Boo (the coffee shop) is a place where people of all ages can enjoy and relax. You need not worry about your bank balances because the prices are very reasonable – as one would expected from a local, independent business. With or without children, this coffee shop is certainly a cool place to hang around.
Bertie and Boo | Coffee & tea | Kids menu from £ 3.49
162 Balham High Road | South-West | +442087729987
Mon 07:30 – 19:30, Sat 09:00 – 19:30, Sun 09:00 – 18:00
@John: Thanks for sharing your observations!
If it wasn’t for the over-priced processed junk they call food in here it might be a nice place to come for a coffee.(I’ll give them 1 star for a decent americano)
But then you factor in the screaming kids and the mouse i saw run across the cake shelf as i was half-way through my laughably labelled “Gourmet” sandwich (Processed Ham, cheese, turkey, stale bread) and you will quickly realise it’s a place to avoid like the plague.
@wfg: Ah yes, the brat packs. Definitely a downside to child-friendly places.
Just a word of warning – B&B’s is not only child-friendly, it is absolutely over-run with screaming brats whose parents appear not to care if they run riot. This is not a place for grown-ups and there are several other coffee bars in Balham which are adult-friendly which you may care to visit if you believe that the world does not revolve around kids.
Hey Charl,
I know what you’re saying! I left Australia last year, travelled for 6 months around Asia and Europe and then moved to London. Out of every city I visited I never had a problem getting a coffee; until now! Thanks for the tip, I’ll be checking it out soon.
Hi Steverino,
Thanks for your comment! Hope you’ll enjoy Bertie & Boo and perhaps you’ll return and share your experience back here, too?
As for the “barrel distortion”, the cafe was in a junction of 2 roads and their main facade is facing the corner instead of one side of the road. Anyhow, it was taken using my mobile phone and I was rushing to take a photo of it. Will soon replace it with a better photograph. Thanks again for your feedback!
This spot appears 2B very nice, affordable & friendly. I am planning a London trip in the near future, so this site has proved invaluable in planning. Thanks.
BTW, Charl, your camera lens produces horrid “barrel distortion!” That is, it bows out in the center.