The Electric Elephant Cafe — Restaurant in London

This place is amazing and definitely worth a visit if you like to try something a bit different and quirky!

Aside the delicious, fresh homemade food and warm welcome from the staff, this little gem of a cafe is curious, captivating and delightful. The Electric Elephant Café is tucked away from the hustle and bustle of London life just off the Walworth Road in one of the rare, historic Pullen’s Yards. The beautiful collection of Victorian tenements and craft studios enjoy conservation status and the local community has planned regular open studio events to showcase local artists and musicians, with the café at the heart of the celebrations.

Reflecting the crafts’ heritage of the yard, the cosy café is crammed with artwork and knickknacks; it has a homely and relaxed vibe with a stunning outside seating area in the cobbled, leafy Pullen’s Yard. The café owner, Louisa, is great - she has boundless energy and a passion for her café - which shows in the wholesome food she prepares.

From friendly conversations during my visit, it’s evident that the regular customers cherish this lovely little café at the heart of their...

A cosy, relaxed, hippy-ish place. I looked for a coffee place in the area I was visiting, stumbled across the Electric Elephant on Google Maps and got excited! I was a bit disappointed to be honest. The trouble with this place and others like it, it's just too relaxed and clearly aimed at returning locals (which I was not). What food is available? Is there a menu or do I just pick from the food on display? Oh, you're packing up? Ok, I'll grab a bit of that and that please. I sit down to eat and later want another drink. Oh yes, the staff are sitting down, lounging like customers. Nice, relaxed, but awkward if you want service. I hesitantly approach the counter and hope someone will see me. Eventually service but I feel like I'm bothering them. Become a local and it may be nice, but if not, well, you may feel you're...

I attended this cafe thinking it looked friendly and inviting, and the food was very good. However, I was shocked to hear the way that management spoke to staff the entire time I sat to eat. A friendly and seemingly new staff member doing his best to serve customers at a busy time and follow orders (while using English as a second langue) was being consistently and loudly talked down to, criticised on almost everything he did (on things that seemed to me to be fair mistakes or unnessecary to assert this level of anger on), in a tone that was unnesserily aggressive and condescending. Please consider how you treat your workers - just because you are a manager or employee and are stressed at peak hour does not mean you should assert this kind of power and aggression...