There’s been building work underway for the last few weeks at 103a Lavender Hill – and late last week the doors were thrown open to Lavender Hill’s latest arrival, pHresh Juice. It’s an independent family business, whose flagship product is fresh juices – properly fresh ones, made in house and to order. The menu includes cold pressed juices, smoothie bowls, ginger & turmeric fruit shots – as well as a range of healthy foods and even seamoss. There’s a big focus on it being properly fresh – which means availability will depend on on what decent fruit is in stock.

But that’s not all – there’s everything needed to make a decent coffee here, with a proper coffee machine. As well as a decent mix of interesting loose leaf teas on offer, and those with small children in tow will be pleased to hear that Babyccinos are on the house! The menu includes porridges, fruit cakes, cinnamon buns, and granola biscuits.

It’s clearly been a big project to fit the unit out, which was previously the Eve & Grace yoga studio (followed by a short stint as office space while the Battersea Business Centre – which these shop units are part of – underwent wider renovations). Externally the premises now have new windows and doors that let more light in and can be fully opened up in summer, and a frontage that is very much in keeping with the new style of the Business Centre, following the big tidy-up we reported on back in February that saw the previously rather tired building facing Lavender Hill get new windows and a deep blue colour scheme, along with consistent style of signs on the businesses.

And internally, the transformation is quite dramatic – you can’t miss the big elephant on the wall overseeing proceedings! The main space has been completely refreshed with new walls, floors, and a general declutter.

There’s a comfortable overall feel, but with a distinct industrial nod to the past of the Business Centre premises, which has seen many uses over the years including being part of a tram and bus depot, a clothing factory, and a wallpaper and envelope factory over the years. New lighting and a black ceiling given it a spacious but comfortable feel, and there’s plenty of seating, with a big comfortable sofa hidden away at the back.

Keep an eye out for the bottle capping machine at the back of the store – as there’s a preference for more recyclable glass bottles, and while pHresh is not making long life juices for long distance shipping (the additives you have to put in do rather detract from the taste, and make them more like the juices you can get anywhere else), they are planning to offer drinks via the usual delivery services.

Owners Donna and Steph are really keen to see as many of us as possible here – whether you’re after a healthy morning drink, the ginger and turmeric shots that first gave them the idea of setting up shop, or somewhere comfortable for a coffee and cake moment – this is a very welcome arrival to our street and does offer something quite different to this part of Lavender Hill.

This is the latest of a series of interesting new businesses to come to this stretch of shops in the middle bit of Lavender Hill. These premises are part of the business centre, but face out to the main road with a helpfully wide pavement, and they are all very much moving towards food and drink – to serve the neighbourhood as well as the many dozens of small businesses within the business centre itself; as part of a long-term effort by he landlord of the business centre to reorganise and modernise how they use some of the site. Baguette Deli cafe have traded here for a few years, baking their own bread and pastries and making a fine line of Croque Monsieurs and Madames, while Pizza da Vinci – who have for many years sold wood fired pizzas, have had a big refit to hugely smarten up the premises and for the first time also have both indoor and outdoor seating. There’s probably another food operator on the way at the site of the unfortunately very short-lived China Garden.

pHresh Juice, 103e Lavender hill, Battersea SW11 5QL (web / Instagram / facebook). At the time of writing they are open from 8-4 Monday-Saturday, and from 8-2 on Sundays – but as with any new business hours can evolve adapt in the first few weeks as they see what works! The latest details are on their Google profile.