Gennaro Delicatessen

This is my Happy Place!
Happy & efficient customer service. No, not just bog standard… This is real Italian, homey, get in here and eat, chat, stay a while.
Happy to find all the ingredients I need to prepare delicious Italian cuisine at home. No, don’t be looking for chain stuff this is from the mother land!
Happy to get personal service and cooking tips. True Italians love sharing the passion and history of their cuisine.
Happy with the prices. They’re not here to rob you. They genuinely want your custom & offer fair prices for great & authentic products.
Happy to get cooked food… Arancini is life!
Happy to feel like I’ve just arrived in Italy. The shop is not huge and that’s a good thing. Snug, cosy, welcoming and you’re in the mix with true Italians.
You name it, Antonio has it (will get it) and guess what… This will be your happy place too.

Just by the hustle and bustle of the ‘Pound a Bowl’ market on the high street is this little Italian Dellicatessen.
While it makes a change from the 99 p stores, Sainsbury’s and fishmongers everywhere in Lewisham town centre, it has its Cons.
There is as you can imagine, pasta, biscuits, pistachio milk — the standard. Along with fresh olives and meats behind the counter.
Surprisingly the fresh counter is reasonably priced, but the cupboard food is extortionately priced — even for Italian imports.
Service is also very slow. But it has it’s place.

This place is an old world treasure in the heart of cookie-​cutter chain store Lewisham central. You can find things you couldn’t elsewhere – amazing cannoli, pork lard for pies, hard to find Italian liqueurs and cheeses, and lovely handmade pasta. And everytime I go in the staff is sensational and the lovely man that is there all the time calls me ‘Bella, Bella, Bella’ and I feel a few centimetres taller leaving than when I came in. Never leave us, we love you in our neighbourhood!