Brickwood Coffee & Bread

Amazing place for many occasions. Been there many times and they’ve always been amazing. The basement room is amazing to work in. There’s lots of space, enough power plugs and the music is acceptable. (Only problem sometimes is the strong smell of food coming from the kitchen)
Top room is absolutely brilliant to be with friends (or by yourself) and enjoy their amazing food. Honestly, I’ve never tried anything in there that wasn’t good.
If you’re a smoker, please spend some time outside in the back room. It’s absolutely amazing and they do table service there too.

Yummy cakes and lovely coffee. Check this place out if you’re in this part of London.

Generally, I despise having to queue for any place that isn’t short order or fast food. As I was meeting some friends, & Brickwood was their choice, I queued outside in the cold for brunch here on a Saturday at noon.
Once we were finally seated, service was great and the food was very good. I had the brioche french toast with maple bananas, which was delicious. Both my friends enjoyed the corn fritters. Food-​wise, standards were definitely high.
Due to the queuing outside and in, Brickwood lacks a bit of ambiance as you do feel a bit rushed to eat and leave to make room for the next people. This sucks a bit of the niceness from the experience of eating here. Maybe a weekday would offer a more pleasant eating atmosphere.

This is hands down my favourite coffee in Balham. That skinny cappuccino makes me happy in my happy places (my heart & mind, pervs). In all seriousness, there as been a positive correlation with my mornings spent stopping in Brickwood Balham and good days at work. Is it the cool vibes? Is it the good coffee? No one knows for sure (but most likely, yes to both). One thing I do know is that if they have a queue for brunch then clearly people totally dig them enough to wait. I for one fancy a cuppa on my way to work and get good service and good liquids to keep me going until lunch time. I kinda didn’t wanna write this review because now everyone and their mother are going to want to check this place out and I might have to queue longer, HOWEVER, I want their business to keep thriving in the stellar way it is because they deserve all the success (they’re opening up another one in Tooting now after only being in Balham for 6 months, nbd). I’m off to get some coffee now, my good dudes!

Bustling. Lovely coffee. The sweet potato on sourdough was excellent. Incredibly busy but staff relaxed and friendly. A really good local spot

We ate in Brickwood on a busy Saturday morning but were seen to by their attentive staff quickly who managed to get us a table. Our party of four were sat outside on the terrace which was pleasant but a little cramped — getting back into the café required asking quite a few people to move their chairs in.
The Brickwood menu is impressive and could be enjoyed at anytime throughout the day. The apple juice couldn’t have been fresher and was served in an attractive jar and my partner ordered the Earl Grey which she enjoyed. The smashed avocado, chorizo and poached egg was a little disappointing. The avocado tasted watery and was under seasoned however the eggs were cooked perfectly. Portion sizes were perhaps a bit underwhelming considering the hefty price for a pretty simple dish.
Overall, we were satisfied with out visit to Brickwood. The staff were attentive and the atmosphere excellent.

Visited for brunch with friends on Saturday and wasn’t overwhelmed. Clapham is fortunate to have some fantastic brunch spots, but this one didn’t really stand out.
Clearly it’s a popular local haunt — by 11am people were queuing out of the door. A small café with a pretty outdoor terrace to the back, it had a good atmosphere and felt like quite an ‘exclusive’ London café.
However, the service was quite slow and unorganised, and the food wasn’t anything special. There were lots of familiar dishes — salmon bagel, poached egg and avocado, breakfast burrito etc — we opted for the smashed avocado, poached egg and chorizo on sourdough. It was alright — a gooey poached egg and lots of avocado– but there were a few small slices of quite bitter chorizo. And for close to £10, I didn’t feel as full as I’d liked!
The tea was served in a lovely filter teapot, however again the flavour wasn’t overly pleasant, served with a few slithers of not particularly fresh lemon.
Overall, it was nice to check out somewhere different in Clapham for brunch, but it wasn’t very memorable.

Brilliant brunch spot offering cut your own sour dough and any condiments you can imagine — alongside a full meal!

Well… this will be a quick review, as I didn’t consumer anything, my friends did.
Atmosphere — Trendy, coffee led café. It served its iced coffee in jars (that should give you an idea immediately of what they were aiming for). There is an outdoor area out back, with a large gazebo type covering for half of it. The inside is pleasant, although its just a bit joyless.
Service — there seemed to be a massive queue, and table service, there was a gap between my friends Iced tea and everyone else’s of about 10minutes. Poor speed, and no joy.
It is what it is — if you like jars for mugs, chances are you will love this place.
special note: to get to the garden you have to walk through this doorway of about 3 metres of no room for two people to walk side by side or overtake… add lots of customers and for some reason the office is right by this means, going in and out is a british hell with a rather large volume of ‘no you’ and ‘excuse me’.

I was recommended to visit Brickwood by a fellow Australian. The Tim Tam muffin was scrumptious and the coffee was what I had been looking for since arriving in London. The atmosphere is super chill and homely. Will definitely be a regular here.

Love this place, good food, friendly staff and fantastic coffee! The seating area inside on the ground floor has a really good vibe. Cosy and homely.
I like to visit for brunch with my favourite dish being the smashed avocado and chorizo on sourdough.

This place is always heaving on the weekends. I went in to grab a bagel to take away and squashed myself into the corner out of the way as best I could — it was raining so the small crowd waiting for a table and I were sharing what small space there is inside the front of the shop.
But despite the busy Sunday morning the service was quick and the servers bubbly and happy to help. And my Salmon and Cream Cheese bagel was delicious, just what I needed to force myself back out into the rain for football training on the common.

On a sunny bank holiday Monday, visited for a late brunch with some girlfriends. There is a lovely back garden which gets a good deal of sun (when it’s out!) and we were cheerfully greeted by the staff.
Menu was short but had lots of delicious choices, brunch classics like French toast, poached eggs and maple bacon. I opted for the corn fritters with beetroot crème fresh and poached eggs… or should say egg as it sort of weirdly came with only 1! The fritters were a touch greasy, and if I’m honest felt the dish, though really well presented, was slightly small for the price especially.
My Americano was average, which is always slightly disappointing for brunch, but the service was attentive but relaxed, and we were allowed to sit and chat for ages undisturbed.
They offer a large selection of baked goods in the front window, would love to try one on my next visit!

Clapham seems to be the brunch capital of London and it’s really great here! I especially love the poached egg on sourdough with smashed avocado and chorizo. Generic as it may sound, it’s just good. This place is SO busy but the staff are friendly and efficient and will always attempt to squeeze you in somewhere.

If you like great breakfast food — this is your place. I was here on the day I was heading back to the states. I had a flat white that was perfect and the french toast special. I loved the ambiance and how chill this place was. If I lived in the neighborhood, I would be a regular here. Maybe when I return to London to visit my daughter, we will return so I can sit outside the garden area. Highly recommended!

Bit underwhelmed really. Expected bigger things than I got, both on and off the plate. Coffee not the best in clapham ³⁄₅ my flat White was over extracted — and portion size on the food wasn’t amazing. Staff attentive but disinterested ³⁄₅

wow the halloumi salad here is incredible… tastiest thing I’ve had in ages. The aubergines in it were BEAUTIFUL. God still thinking about it now. Also there is a little secret garden at the back which is really cool, the staff are warm and the tap water comes with mint!

Great little café, that is really not so little as they have a backyard garden space with quite a few tables and a few in the basement. I had a creamy flat white and a delicious hot croissant. Great atmosphere. I certainly will come back!

Bit confused as to why this place is lowly rated, maybe a few lessons have been learned along the way since opening as it’s a great addition to my fave places to eat in Clapham.
Brickwood is a lovely, chilled brunch location. I recommend anything involving eggs and coffee on a Sunday afternoon to sooth an inevitable hangover. There’s a lovely secret garden out the back which will be a treat come Summer time brunching.

Still have a few systems to figure out…
The signage is not clear. A board on the floor that says wait to be seated isn’t a visible sign, especially on a busy day and people are standing in front of it. Similarly, a piece of paper saying «cash only» taped to the coffee grinder isn’t the best location. Perhaps a sign on the door or the bottom of the menu would be better options.
Most importantly the employees need a bit of training. A plate was brought to our table and delivered as «one of these,» which isn’t the best way to describe the desserts. The menus were also left on our table and another server had to come by to ask if we needed to order because she wanted them for another table.
The food was pretty good and a great little patio in the back, so I hope they take a little time to sort out the details.