Theo's Peckham is open at 285-287 Rye Lane, Wednesday to Sunday from noon, with Monday and Tuesday to follow. Walk in; bookings are for five or more.

Theo’s, the wood-fired pizzeria from Camberwell, opens its third restaurant in Peckham on Friday 6 November at 6pm.

Updated 9 November: the restaurant is now listed on Theo’s own Peckham page at 285-287 Rye Lane, SE15 4UA, phone 0203 781 1497. It opens Wednesday to Sunday, noon until late, with Monday and Tuesday “coming soon”. It takes reservations for groups of five or more; smaller groups walk in. Deliveries and catering are also listed as coming soon.

The opening date comes from the restaurant’s own announcement on Instagram on 19 October. It opens to the public again on Saturday 7 November at midday.

The new site is at 285-287 Rye Lane, at the southern end of the street towards Peckham Rye common. That address is written on the delivery sign taped to the door in Theo’s own video announcing “Theo’s number 3”, posted on 29 September.

The group already runs restaurants in Camberwell and Elephant and Castle, according to its website.

What is new on the menu

Theo’s says the Peckham site finally gives it the space to make something its other restaurants do not. This summer it took a group of its chefs to Rome for a week, to learn pizza bianca at Panificio Passi, a bakery in Testaccio opened in 1972. The long, flat Roman bread is baked in slabs about three feet long.

In Peckham it will be used in two ways, according to the restaurant’s post about the trip:

  • At lunch: sandwiches on pizza bianca, with fillings including mortadella, stracciatella, aubergine preserved in oil, and sausage with friarielli, plus seasonal specials.
  • In the evening: plain slabs fresh from the oven, to start a meal or eat with antipasti.

The usual wood-fired pizzas, antipasti and salads will be on as well.

Soft launch nights before the opening

Before 6 November, Theo’s is holding friends and family nights at 50% off while it tests its systems, ovens and timings. Invitations go to people picked at random from those who comment on its 19 October post with their favourite pizza topping.

It was also hiring for the new site in October. Front of house staff, chefs and kitchen staff were asked to send a CV to jobs@theospizzeria.com or drop one in at the restaurant.

What it means for you

  • To eat there, go Wednesday to Sunday from noon. Monday and Tuesday opening is listed as coming soon.
  • To book, use the reservation form on the Peckham page for five or more people, or call 0203 781 1497. Smaller groups walk in.
  • Paying: the Camberwell restaurant is card only, with no Amex; the Peckham page does not say.
  • Getting there: walk south from Peckham Rye station along Rye Lane, towards the common.

More places to eat in the area are in our guide to restaurants in Dulwich, Peckham and Camberwell.