Sun & Doves

We do food, drink and art at The Sun and Doves, ‘the con­tem­po­rary local’. We set out, in 1995, to put Cam­ber­well on the map. In 1996 we were runner up Time Out Bar of the Year and 1998 Evening Stan­dard’s Top Ten London Pubs.

We do things for people, not just for ourselves. We’ve been involved with SE5—the area we’re in—at all levels and kick-started the re­gen­er­a­tion of most of the pubs in the area and the start of a local ‘scene’.

We exhibit art regularly, do great pub quiz­zes, film nights, oc­ca­sion­al live music, Mag­nif­i­cent Sev­ens where you get to play your own set of your fa­vour­ite tunes, and Dusted Vi­nyl for those who only have albums.

We specialise in being friend­ly, ef­fi­cient and good val­ue. We do wed­dings, pri­vate func­tions, drinks and buf­fet parties for groups from ten to two hun­dred as well as the tough day to day bus­iness of ser­ving a wide range of cock­tails, wines, real ales and fruit juices (we squeeze our own citruses), fair trade cof­fee and teas as well as a solid down to earth con­tem­po­rary menu with world­wide in­fluences.

We buy lo­cal­ly, re­cy­cle as much as we can, and were the first pub in London to sign up to Hospitable Cli­mates be­cause we care a­bout our future.