Overview

This new café, Green Monkey, 2D Tooting Bec Rd, SW17 8BD, a few doors down from Tooting Bec Station, looks very tempting. There is a big step at the entrance and the café has a folding wheelchair ramp. A major problem is that there is no accessible toilet.

Transport & Parking

There are no step-free stations nearby, there is no parking in the area, and buses 155, 219, 355, 249 and 319 pass by very close to the café.

Access

There is a big step at the entrance, the café has a good metal wheelchair ramp, I was easily able to get in, and there's plenty of room to move about inside. All tables but one are wheelchair friendly, just one table is a bit too low, but still usable in a wheelchair.

Toilets

There is a small toilet at the back reached via the kitchen, but there is no wheelchair-accessible toilet.

Staff

Staff were attentive, friendly and helpful. Full marks!

Anything else you wish to tell us?

Savouries and cakes are good, the coffee was delicious. This café opened recently after a major refit of the premises. It is extraordinary that a wheelchair-accessible toilet was not installed as part of this refit. Whilst they have (after much prompting) provided a wheelchair ramp to make the café accessible several weeks after their first day of opening, the absence of an accessible toilet means that I can't recommend this place to wheelchair users.

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