The past few years have seen so many coffee places open up in Streatham, Brooks & Gao have some significant competition. They have nothing to worry about though, as they are far and away the best. The food is fresh and inventive - the feta and peach salad was delicious, and the chorizo omelette used quality chorizo and was perfectly flavoured. Coffee was great. As a keen baker I can be very fussy about cakes etc, but the salted caramel brownie was fantastic. The decor is sophisticated but also comfortable and the staff were friendly. It can be very crowded at the weekends but deservedly so!