It's always closed when I get back to Sydenham around 7pm, so I can only guess it closes quite early. Shame that, basically there is no alternative to the pub in all of Sydenham (that (I'm aware of)... a friend and I tried to meet for coffee one evening recently and weren't able to, which seems to me to be a little ridiculous??!
I'm guessing you can in the Dolphin too? Problem is it's still a pub... not that I don't like pubs ( ), but it does have a different "feel" to a coffee shop...