Padella is an italian budget eat in Borough, London.
Editorially verified August 24, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Enjoy an Italian wine tasting experience inside historic St Mark’s Church in Mercato Mayfair. Taste premium wines while discovering aromas, flavours and Italy’s most i...
Guided tour · 3 hours
Taste London’s best bites on a guided food tour through Borough Market and London Bridge. Enjoy 6 classic British dishes, a drink, dessert, and a surprise secret dish ...
Guided tour · 3h 30m
Taste your way through London’s best markets! Enjoy six tastings, from fish & chips to sausage rolls, explore historic Borough & Leadenhall Markets, and end with a pri...
Address: 6 Southwark Street, London SE1 1TQ
Ning Ma's Beijing street-food cafe inside Brixton Village in south London, opened 2011, runs hand-rolled dumplings, hand-pulled noodles and the family.
TryHand-rolled Beijing dumplings
TipWalk-up only. Five dumplings around a fiver; the chilli oil noodles cost £8. Weekday lunch walks in without queueing.
Koshari Street's Egyptian street-food counter on St Martin's Lane in Covent Garden London, opened 2014, runs the canonical Cairo bus-station dish at £8 a box.
TryEgyptian koshari (rice, lentils, pasta, spiced tomato sauce)
TipSingle-size £8 box comes with all the toppings (caramelised onion, chickpea, tomato-chili). Closed Sundays.
Tayyabs Punjabi grill on Fieldgate Street in Whitechapel London, opened 1972, runs charcoal-grilled lamb chops at £12 and karahi gosht at £15.
TryPakistani charcoal grill (lamb chops, karahi)
TipBYOB; bring beer or wine from the off-licence on Whitechapel Road, no corkage. Closed Mondays. Queue runs 30-60 minutes on weekend evenings.
E Pellicci's 1900 Italian-British family cafe on Bethnal Green Road in east London, Grade-II listed for the 1946 marquetry interior, runs full English.
TryFull English breakfast
TipClosed Sundays. Cash and card. The famed lasagna is £8; the bacon-and-egg roll is £6. Saturday queue runs 30 minutes.
Honest Burgers' first counter inside Brixton Village London, opened 2011, runs dry-aged Ginger Pig beef burgers at £12 with their famous rosemary-salt chips.
TryBritish burger
TipWalk-up only at the Brixton original. Online queue system shows wait times. The Plant burger is the £12 vegan option.
Bao Soho counter on Lexington Street in central London, opened 2015, runs the classic Taiwanese bao at £6 each, the city's best-value Asian counter eats.
TryTaiwanese steamed bao
TipThree bao plus a side runs £20-25; budget visit is two bao for £12. Walk-up only with the chalkboard waiting list outside.
