805 Restaurant is one of London's best African restaurants, consisting of two adjacent dinning areas with a capacity for seating 104 guests. The menu is dominantly West African with European influences. The soft lighting and sounds of cool jazz with combinations of African music creates a nice atmosphere in which food of great quality is enjoyed.
805 Restaurant
7 / 10 from 11 reviews
805-807 Old Kent Road
Peckham
London
SE15 1NX
020 7639 0808
African
Peckham
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Great, tasty, eclectic food
Nigerian food is not for delicate palates, as it’s intense, often spicy and uses parts of the animal you might turn your nose up at like cow’s foot and cow’s liver. However it’s an exciting cuisine with strong flavours and great combinations of ingredients – yams and cassavas mop up stews, smoked fish and meat are cooked together, and starchy foods like semolina abound. 805 is beloved of Nigerians and therefore a great place to start; be aware it’s not cheap and cheerful however as mains are around £15, but portions are big.
User Reviews
from Peckham London
May 22, 2015
from London
Feb 11, 2014
from London
Feb 11, 2014
They were very generous with the food potion and the waiter was so kind as to pack the remaining food for me as take away.
Very lovely atmosphere and nice Western and African music. In short I love 805!!!
from Streatham
Feb 8, 2013
Name: Well Wisher
Location: Streatham
Mar 1, 2010
This is not the place to go to if you want to enjoy a good restaurant service in a large group. I had pre booked the evening for my birthday and had to wait 40 minutes for another group to leave and for them to clear the tables. The management were horrifically unprofessional; unapologetic for their inconvenience & not being proactive to resolve the matter. I experienced the owner of the restaurant having a hysterical moment and actually implying that we should be grateful for being in his restaurant. On a positive note, the food was mainly nice although some had finished eating when other's food was arriving!
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