Quick info
About The Valley Cafe
On Charlton Church Lane in London, The Valley Cafe is a cafe that opens before 7am for early breakfast. Orders are taken at the table rather than at a counter, and it takes walk-ins with no reservations. The menu includes a chicken kebab with salad and rice alongside a bacon and sausage baguette. The cafe is run by a family, giving the space a community feel. Parking is available outside on the street.
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Menu & Prices
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Reviews
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention best coffee in the area, community feel, crisp chips and chicken kebab with salad.
What reviewers say
Reviewers most often mention best coffee in the area, community feel, crisp chips and chicken kebab with salad.
Featured reviews
- Google user
“£7 for a bacon and sausage baguette in a stale baguette and 2 sausages cut along their length into 3. Dry and tasteless. One of the worst cafes I have been to all other cafes and burger vans will give x3 sausages normally 2-3 bacon and a baguette or sub that does not snap!!! The only reason I went there was because burger box is closed. Will never go back to get anything from there again. Value for money is non existent in there and the food is pile of....... unless you are used to eating crappy food avoid it. Selco cafe will have to do from now on.”
- Google user
“I absolutely adore this place, it’s truly the gem of Charlton. The pricing is reasonable and the coffee and hot chocolate is rich, the food is always flavourful and served hot, the staff are so incredibly friendly, welcoming and kind. Its rare to find such a community driven space these days, grateful to have found this.”
- Google user
“Lovely meal for £15 chicken kebab with salad and rice. For me it was perfect portion as well nice flavours and the service was prompt and kind.”
- Google user
“This café was open really early. I got in there before 7 o’clock. The service was great. The food was good. The chips were not soggy. They were nice and crisp which makes a difference. The presentation of the food was at marketing staff was friendly and by the time I finish the place was filling up so it’s obviously quite popular plenty of parking outside at that time in the morning, which makes a difference”
- Google user
“The best breakfast we have had in a long time would definitely come here again”
Hours
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Closed
Customer Review Summary
Coffee is the most frequent draw at The Valley Cafe, described by several reviewers as the best in the area. One says it is now the only place they buy it, and another praises the rich coffee and hot chocolate. Close behind is the food, called flavourful and served hot, from a chicken kebab with salad and rice in a portion one diner found perfect to a breakfast another calls the best in a long time. Reviewers also describe friendly, welcoming staff and a community feel they attribute to the family who run it, and a few call the pricing good or reasonable. The criticism is pointed but comes from two reviewers. One found a bacon and sausage baguette dry and tasteless, with a stale roll and sausages sliced lengthwise into thirds, and judged the value poor. Another says a waitress got an order wrong, argued the point, and had to be asked twice for cutlery, though that reviewer still found the food great. One early-morning diner notes the chips arrived crisp rather than soggy.
Location
Cafes near The Valley Cafe
- M&S Café3.2250.2 miVegetarian optionsWi-Fi
slow service, dirty uncleared tables, mexican wrap
- Cafe Bonnane4.33251.1 mi
full English breakfast, poached eggs, homemade caramel cheesecake
- Queen's Diner4.82681.7 mi
breakfast dishes, turkish dishes, huge omelette
| Place | Rating | Distance | Mentioned in reviews |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Valley Cafe | 4.5275 | — | best coffee in the area, community feel, crisp chips |
| M&S CaféVegetarian options · Wi-Fi | 3.225 | 0.2 mi | slow service, dirty uncleared tables, mexican wrap |
| Cafe Bonnane | 4.3325 | 1.1 mi | full English breakfast, poached eggs, homemade caramel cheesecake |
| Queen's Diner | 4.8268 | 1.7 mi | breakfast dishes, turkish dishes, huge omelette |
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