Tacos in Peckham: Rye Lane and beyond

Peckham has five taco spots within a short walk of each other. Four are on Rye Lane: Guacamoles in the indoor market, Taco Taco in Market Peckham, Taquiza in a railway arch and Taca Tacos further up the road. The fifth, Maíz, is round the corner on Peckham Rye. Start at Guacamoles for handmade tortillas, finish at Taca Tacos for birria and a margarita.

That is the whole Peckham taco scene in one short stroll, which is why it is one of our favourite crawls in South London.

Start here: Guacamoles

Guacamoles, Rye Lane Indoor Market, 48 Rye Lane.

A small counter inside the market that presses its corn tortillas by hand every day. The menu runs to al pastor pork, beef birria and a vegan taco, and each taco meal comes with three tortillas and three house salsas. It is the easiest stop to fit in: the market opens early and stays open into the evening.

• Order: the pastor pork, then the birria if you are still hungry.
• Diet: vegan and vegetarian tacos on the menu. Time Out says the menu is gluten free, but Guacamoles' own menu does not say so, so ask at the counter.
• Hours: Monday to Thursday 10am to 8pm, Friday and Saturday 10am to 9pm, Sunday 10:30am to 7pm.

Also on Rye Lane: Taco Taco

Taco Taco, Stall 7, Market Peckham, 133a Rye Lane.

A taco stall inside Market Peckham, the old Lyons building near the station. The menu is short: birria beef, chipotle chicken, hot smoked salmon and a vegan nduja taco.

• Order: the birria beef taco.
• Diet: their Deliveroo menu marks the chicken, birria and salmon tacos as halal, and the nduja taco as vegan. Ask at the stall to confirm.
• Hours: we have not confirmed them yet, so check their Deliveroo page before you go.

Next door: Taquiza

Taquiza, Arch 164, 115 Rye Lane.

A taqueria in one of the railway arches, a few steps from the market. It is mostly an evening place, and it has run football screenings with tacos, beers and music. Go with friends rather than for a quiet bite.

• Order: ask what is on the board that night. The menu changes, so we do not list dishes we have not seen on their own pages.
• Diet: vegetarian options.
• Hours: Wednesday to Saturday evenings, plus Saturday 12pm to 4pm. Check their Instagram before a midweek visit.

Finish here: Taca Tacos

Taca Tacos, 200 Rye Lane.

The biggest of the Rye Lane spots, with a bar and a garden out the back. Taca started in a Deptford railway arch and opened on Rye Lane in 2023. They call their style MexiCali: Mexican tacos with a Californian twist, and they say plainly that they are not trying to be traditional.

• Order: the beef birria, braised for six hours in chillies and spices, or the Cali style quesatacos. There is also a taco of the month and Baja fish tacos.
• Diet: most of the menu is gluten free, and there are vegan and vegetarian tacos.
• Hours: closed Monday. Tuesday to Thursday 6pm to 9:30pm, Friday 12pm to 3pm and 5pm to 10pm, Saturday 12pm to 10pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pm.

Round the corner: Maíz

Maíz, 58 Peckham Rye.

A sit down restaurant that calls itself London's first pozoleria. Pozole is a slow cooked hominy broth, and Maíz does red pork, green chicken and a veggie version. The tacos are just as good a reason to go: pastor, cochinita pibil, birria with cheese and a mushroom barbacoa.

• Order: a bowl of pozole and two tacos. Tacos were £5.40 each on their menu when we checked.
• Diet: veggie pozole, and the mushroom barbacoa taco can be made vegan.
• Hours: closed Monday. Tuesday to Thursday 5:30pm to 10pm, Friday 5:30pm to 11pm, Saturday 11am to 5pm and 5:30pm to 11pm, Sunday 11am to 9pm. You can book.

A little further out

If Rye Lane leaves you wanting more, two spots are about 2 to 3 km away:

• Brorritos Brockley, 8 Brockley Cross. Halal meat on the menu, beef birria tacos and vegan options. Closed Monday.
• Taca Tacos Deptford, Deptford Market Yard. The original Taca kitchen, with the same six hour birria.

Walk it as a crawl

Our Peckham's Rye Lane crawl links Guacamoles, Taquiza and Taca Tacos in one short route. It works best on a Friday or Saturday, when all three are open at the same time. On a Monday only Guacamoles is open. Add Maíz as a sit down finish if you have room.

Want to add Taco Taco, Maíz, Brockley or Deptford? Build your own crawl, pick South London and choose how many stops you want. You can also see every taco spot on the London taco map.

Quick answers

Where are the best tacos in Peckham?

Rye Lane. Guacamoles, Taco Taco, Taquiza and Taca Tacos are all on the same road, and Maíz is just round the corner. For handmade tortillas go to Guacamoles; for birria and a sit down meal with drinks go to Taca Tacos; for pozole go to Maíz.

Are there halal tacos in Peckham?

Taco Taco marks its chicken, birria and salmon tacos as halal on its Deliveroo menu, so ask at the stall to confirm. Brorritos in Brockley also has halal meat on the menu. See our halal tacos guide for the rest of London.

Where can I get birria in Peckham?

Taca Tacos is known for its six hour beef birria. Guacamoles, Taco Taco and Maíz also have birria tacos. Our birria guide covers every birria spot we list across London.

For more neighbourhoods, see the best tacos in London, by area.

Checked 11 November 2026. Menus and hours change, so check before you go.