MAPPED: 8 of the best cafes, bakeries and shops for sandwiches in south east London and north Kent

A lunch staple across the nation, south east London and north Kent has some great places to pick up all sorts of food stuffed between chunks of bread.

We asked our Twitter and Facebook followers for their top tips and here’s where they came up with. Follow @JimNewsShopper or like our Facebook page to get involved with future quests.

The Granary

The Row, New Ash Green

Owner Grant Wren, who runs The Granary with wife Tania, said: “We use our own bread that is baked daily within our bakery on-site and the sandwiches and rolls are also made fresh every day with fillings made from scratch, e.g fresh roast chicken, crayfish tails ( much tastier than your everyday prawn!) Scottish smoked salmon, oven baked smoked bacon to name just a few.”

“Bread used ranges from our crusty white bread, the lovely malted brown bread to the ever growing in popularity multigrain low GI bread, which is absolutely delicious.

“All our veg and salads used come direct from Broadditch Farm Shop in Southfleet so we know they are fresh.

“We also create seasonal fillings at the appropriate times of year to keep the interest up.”

Sandwiches start from £1.10 and their coffee is fresh ground too.

Taste-bud
Chatterton Road, Bromley

A well-loved Italian deli and tapas bar which even runs special evenings on occasion. The sandwich menu is long, ranging from the likes of cheddar and coleslaw to chicken Caesar with crispy bacon and parmesan to paninis. There’s even four types of bread to choose from.

The Lavender House Cafe

Plaistow Grove, Sundridge Park

Blogger Kelly Innes (@domesticgoddesq) Tweeted us to nominated The Lavender House Cafe. She tweeted: “You know you are my go-to coffee shop when I'm in town!”

Cafe Dee

Pound Place, Eltham

On Facebook, Delia Makin wrote: “Always a warm greeting and the food is really good. Coffee great too. Well worth a visit.”

Sarah Crawford added: “Go to Cafe Dee just for the chicken shish with rice and salad.”

Amber Tree Cafe

High Street, Deptford

Less than six months old, Amber Tree is already a gem in Deptford with its fresh food and cakes, which include gluten free and eggless cake recipes as well as sandwiches.

Twitter user Rocklands TV – Music recommended them to us, tweeting: “very much like the Amber Tree Cafe on Deptford High Street. Friendly and welcoming, too.”

Riverside Tea Room

Riverside, Eynsford

As the name suggests, this tea room is nestled next to the riverside and really defines the word ‘picturesque’. There’s a good menu of home-made food, including sandwiches with eight different fillings and a choice of garnishes at around £4.95

Bread and Butter

Queensway, Petts Wood

Always bustling, this seems to be the go-to place for a wide cross section of Petts Wood. There’s a big range of sandwiches alongside cakes and jacket potatoes and the like, with freshly made sandwiches starting from £2.70.

The staff are super-friendly, having a laugh with lots of the regulars, who they know by name.

Crusty Corner
Main Road, Sutton at Hone

Neville Laws, who has run Crusty Corner with his wife Dawn for the past four years, said: “We’re a family run business and we just try our best.

“We do home-cooked cottage pie and chicken curry and hot food as well as sandwiches during the winter months. It seems to be going very well.

“We get people coming from Gravesend, which I find astounding because they must be passing so many sandwich bars on the way.” Sandwiches cost around £2.50.