Babylon

"Babylon is an all-day cafe and restaurant in Raynes Park that’s worth spending a morning, afternoon, or casual evening in. There’ll often be suburban parents catching up over oat milk lattes and a slice of carrot cake, and locals popping in for a speedy but satisfying chickpea salad on their way home from the post office. The menu has a little bit of everything and surprisingly, things like a full English breakfast are just as good as the seared scallops." - heidi lauth beasley, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna

"The ultimate all-rounder, Babylon is a cafe and restaurant in Raynes Park that’s worth spending a morning, afternoon, or casual evening in. You’ll often find suburban mums catching up over oat milk lattes and a slice of carrot cake, and locals popping in for a speedy chickpea salad lunch on their way home from the post office. Sometimes they have salads on the counter for you to choose from, but otherwise the grilled chicken salad and the halloumi salad are excellent and can be ordered to go. If you’re eating in, our favourite place to sit is on one of the tables by the window for maximum people-watching." - heidi lauth beasley, daisy meager, sinead cranna, jake missing, rianne shlebak

"The ultimate all-rounder, Babylon is an all-day cafe and restaurant in Raynes Park that’s worth spending a morning, afternoon, or casual evening in. It’s a 15-minute bus ride away from Wimbledon’s centre, and there’ll often be suburban mums catching up over oat milk lattes and a slice of carrot cake, and locals popping in for a speedy chickpea salad lunch on their way home from the post office. Our favourite place to sit is by the window for maximum people-watching. The menu has a little bit of everything and surprisingly, things like a full English breakfast are just as good as the seared scallops. It’s a popular place so on weekends, book ahead." - rianne shlebak

"The ultimate all-rounder, Babylon is an all-day cafe and restaurant in Raynes Park that’s worth spending a morning, afternoon, or casual evening in. It’s a 15-minute bus ride away from Wimbledon’s centre, and there’ll often be suburban mums catching up over oat milk lattes and a slice of carrot cake, and locals popping in for a speedy chickpea salad lunch on their way home from the post office. Our favourite place to sit is on one of the tables by the window for maximum people-watching. The menu has a little bit of everything and surprisingly, things like a full English breakfast are just as good as the seared scallops. It’s a popular place so on weekends you’ll want to book ahead. photo credit: Koray Firat photo credit: Koray Firat" - Rianne Shlebak