Dear MRTOBY,Firstly please accept our apologies for the unacceptable experience you had at Common Ground. Also thank you for taking the time to let us know where the issues were.We do have table numbers, however we are in the process of training several new members of front of house staff as we move into a busier season and it is clear that we did not get our service right on this occassion.Please feel free to contact us at info@commongroundcafe.org.uk if you have any further feedback. We do not always get it right but your feedback is helpful in ensuring we correct the issues you encountered.Thank youCommon Ground Cafe

Had a really awful experience here at the weekend.I really hope management reads this review and takes note of the following points:1) Please number the tables! - When the staff come out of the kitchen with the food, they have no idea where it is going. I watched as plate after plate was taken to the wrong table and shoved under the wrong nose. It is really off-putting to think that your food has been examined by three quarters of the cafe before finally arriving at your table!!!2) Don't ignore the customer! - We waited for over an hour for three toasted sandwiches, the reality was they had screwed up our order, but rather than come clean we were ignored and fobbed off - not the way to treat the customer. We ended up walking off and we were not the only ones. Anyway, I apologise to the poor staff that got an earful, front of house needs to be managed better.

I moved to the area last year but only discovered this fantastic cafe yesterday. I sat on the patio and watched the various exercise classes taking place (not for me), and enjoyed a great coffee and slice of carrot cake.
Highly recommend together with a walk on Wandsworth Common.

I am Au pair and we meet here for Amanda's Music Class.
It is very good and there is room to for the buggy.
The coffee latte is very lovely and my baby likes the hot chocolate and cakes.
We always like to meet freinds here as very friendly place and away from cars and buses.
Today we eat the tastie soup as it was cold outside. This was nice.

I was very disappointed when i took my gran and boyfriend out for coffee and cake after a stroll in the common. The cappucino was un drinkable, and there was lack of staff. No one seemed to care or seem concerned with their customers. I will definetly not be going there again. It wasn't cheap either

I attended a great party here last week - what a great location for an evening do.

Not at all sure what previous review is talking about as toilets were fine!!

the cafe is dirty. the toilets need replacing. the staff are not really interested in working there and do not speak English. Bearing in mind the price for a coffee they should spend some of the money on refurbishing it. this is a very very poor cafe. It could be so much better.

I have been a regular at common Ground since it opened around 5 years agoand I am surprised by some of the reviews posted here.I think I probably speak for the silent majority of customers who generallysay nothing but keep coming back. The reason for it being popular and busyis because it is very good at what it does. It provides something foreveryone and around here that is difficult.It is my childrens favourite place and one of the most satisfying things (as mentioned in other reviews) is that they do finish their lunch or tea. If I am eating I generally go for the fresh blackboard specials and although they vary they are usually very good.I do feel sorry for the staff who are criticised in other reviews, they do need to be saints to work here as it is difficult to clear up after so many young families. What I would say is that they are efficient, service is very good for a cafe and they do generally keep the place clean and tidy - but they could try and smile a bit more....On behalf of me, my family and a lot of my friends we say keep up the good work, we are so glad Common Ground is on our Common.What did we do before you opened ????

I really like the location of this cafe and it i is a lovely little building. Great spot for some refreshments with your kids after a trip to the park.

However the food and service and hygiene levels are somewhat lacking.

The standard of the lunch items can vary on different days. Once I received a jacket potato the size of a golf ball which had clearly been left in the store room for a few months.

Pretty unimpressive. The previous week I had had a lovely lunch there. The waitresses are friendly enough but don't seem very motivated to help or clean the place.

They also don't seem remotely bothered if someone complains. I wiped my little boys place at the table on my last trip there and about a months worth of grime came off on the baby wipe.

I think this is a nice spot for a cup of coffee but I wouldn't fancy eating lunch there again anytime soon. Its a shame - I think the owner needs to pull the place together.

With this lovely summer weather I have had the opportunity to visit a lot of our commons and parks in South London over the last few months. With some of my friends, we have sampled the refreshments available on Wandsworth, Clapham, Tooting, Wimbledon Commons and Battersea Park. Hence this and my other reviews on park cafes that have an entry.

Common Ground Café.

Thank goodness this is my local café. It is head and shoulders above the other cafes of this type we visited in South London. We have visited on 3 different occasions over the last 2 weeks and have nothing but praise. The children enjoyed and actually finished their meals and our lunches were also tasty and fresh (we had the daily special of salad together with a slice of feta, courgette and mint tart). The coffees, cakes and ice creams were also delicious. Service was efficient and they also have a useful separate take away facility on the Sunday that we only wanted drinks and ice creams to complement our picnic.
The only problem, as I see it, is that it does get very busy on sunny days but not too sure you can do anything about its popularity.

I have been to this cafe many times over the years it was a lovely place to take the kids but now its completley different its become very expensive and the portion sizes have become smaller and the staff ruder! I ordered a childrens meal for my son which consisted of 2 fish fingers 4 chips and 2 small pieces of broccoli, it cost £ 4.50! In other restaraunts you get a drink and pudding for this price. The services was awful and the waitress miserable and the table was not cleared. The owners have obvioulsy become very greedy and assume that there customers are all rich.

The start of February and we manged to sit outside of Common Ground Cafe Bar on Saturday. Common Ground was quite busy but we were served by a lovely waitress who was friendly and efficient, which together with the food and hot chocolate made for a great experience at a really lovely place.

Common Ground Cafe Bar is a perfect way to spend a Saturday or Sunday morning. Taking the kids to the duckpond and the playground and then spending an hour over brunch at Common Ground. What did we do before this opened?

Surprised at the other comment. I've been to Common Ground Cafe Bar 50+ times and never had anything but a fair priced healthy-sized offering. Then again, I don't tend to go out for a spud.

Common Ground Cafe Bar is a great place for breakfast on weekends. Me and my girlfriend go a couple of times a month and have always had a great brekkie as we work through the menu.

Had a great breakfast atr Common Ground Cafe Bar on Sunday morning. I had a full breakfast with a coffee and fresh orange juice. My wife had pancakes with greek yoghrt and berries. All were delicious.

Would recommend Common Ground Cafe Bar to all. Follow with a walk on wonderful Wandsworth Common and your hangover has gone.

Me and my friends meet at Common Ground Cafe Bar several times a week and find it excellent. The food is always fresh with good portion size. It's not cheap but is good value.

Common Ground Cafe Bar can get very busy on sunny weekends but with such a great location we don't mind waiting.

Common Ground Cafe Bar is shocking. Pure greed. They charged £8.25 for the following: 1 potato with tuna (no mayo or butter) with a squeeze of lemon and half a small potato with 2 spoonfuls of beans. And for that they did not even clean our table or take the old glasses away. Common Ground Cafe Bar is disgusting, in my opinion. Don't go there.