My Fathers Place on Coldharbour Lane to become a cocktail bar

[editor]

The eatinbrixton bloggers have done a review here. I wonder if it's just a bit too far from the centre to make a success with those prices.

Good for them for bothering to review Majestic - a place where most trendy nu-Brix bloggers fear to tread - although they lose points for describing a teapot as "adorable" in their Shrub review.

 

[oryx]

although they lose points for describing a teapot as "adorable" in their Shrub review.

I'm not that likely to go there but the idea of a cocktail containing chicken skin makes me gag. I'm not even veggie.

 

[Mr Retro]

This bit made me piss myself laughing "The first was a “bandage of brothers” which arrives in a small neat glass accompanied by a bit of gun powder, a toy soldier and a plaster".

It's reminds when The Simpsons were taking the piss out of Yoko Ono "I'd like a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat".

 

[editor]

This bit made me piss myself laughing "The first was a “bandage of brothers” which arrives in a small neat glass accompanied by a bit of gun powder, a toy soldier and a plaster".

It's reminds when The Simpsons were taking the piss out of Yoko Ono "I'd like a single plum, floating in perfume, served in a man's hat".

Chris Morris predicted all this: http://www.urban75.net/forums/threa...he-pisstake-bar-guide-by-chris-morris.327735/

 

[Peanut Monkey]

Some may find a sign hanging that low an irresistible temptation.

It looked empty last night when I went past.

Thursday and Friday they had young women stood outside trying to encourage people in and last night it was shut completely.

 

[Mr Retro]

Good for them for bothering to review Majestic - a place where most trendy nu-Brix bloggers fear to tread - although they lose points for describing a teapot as "adorable" in their Shrub review.

I actually give that blog a lot of credit. They have reviewed loads of established places. The "adorable" seems more of a slip than the norm albeit a major one to be fair.

 

[Thaw]

I was in on Saturday night. It was packed and there were no bouncers or women trying to drum up business. We had 9 different drinks between us and it was a bit of a relief to find the sashimi, venison and cheese are served separately rather than in the drink itself. The stuff I had was good but I thought the chocolate+truffle thing and the one with soy sauce were horrendous.

Its gimmicky and silly but we had fun.

 

[editor]

Thursday and Friday they had young women stood outside trying to encourage people in and last night it was shut completely.

Aye, I saw that as well. I saw a bouncer there on Saturday night too. There's always one there as far as I can see, just like the other posh bar up the road.

 

[SarfLondoner]

I might be wrong but if there is a late license you have to have a doorman/bouncer.

 

[editor]

I might be wrong but if there is a late license you have to have a doorman/bouncer.

That 384 place has had a bouncer outside in the daytime, and the Albert has none.

 

[SarfLondoner]

That 384 place has had a bouncer outside in the daytime, and the Albert has none.

Fair enough, i was wrong

 

[editor]

One unhappy customer:

 

[elmpp]

One unhappy customer:

yawn

 

[leanderman]

One unhappy customer:

That really is trying it on. You should not leave customers in the position where they have to ask for the 'service' charge to be taken off.

 

[DietCokeGirl]

That really is trying it on. You should not leave customers in the position where they have to ask for the 'service' charge to be taken off.

Yup, especially as most people would be embarrassed to ask...or is that what they're counting on?

 

[editor]

Yup, especially as most people would be embarrassed to ask...or is that what they're counting on?

Perhaps they're thinking that the kind of people who can afford £10 for a novelty cocktail will have enough disposable income not to be bothered to quibble over 'extras' being surreptitiously added to the bill.

 

[leanderman]

Perhaps they're thinking that the kind of people who can afford £10 for a novelty cocktail will have enough disposable income not to be bothered to quibble over 'extras' being surreptitiously added to the bill.

Buy six drinks, pay for seven!

 

[editor]

The row continues!

 

[CH1]

The row continues!

Surprised they could get 30 in the front bar. She must mean the back bar.
Must say I would be furious if I was overcharged intentionally - but what is this bit about "optional"?

 

[DietCokeGirl]

#hashtagsareforwankers

 

[teuchter]

Urban75 must stand in solidarity with Brixton Mummy on this issue.

 

[leanderman]

Urban75 must stand in solidarity with Brixton Mummy on this issue.

I suspect she posts here

 

[salem]

Surprised they could get 30 in the front bar. She must mean the back bar.
Must say I would be furious if I was overcharged intentionally - but what is this bit about "optional"?

Presumably it's an 'optional' service charge like you'd get in a restaurant - kind of like a tip you have to opt out of. Except in a huge number of cases the service charge just goes to the companies bottom line.

Very few people are going to make a scene and ask for it to be removed.

Could someone ask how their #optionalservicecharge gets distributed

#hashtagsareforwankers

That tweet does come across as unbelievably arrogent, smug. I want to give them a slap and was otherwise fairly on the fence regarding this bar.

 

[teuchter]

I suspect she posts here

I think it says in the FAQs that posh people aren't allowed on u75.

 

[editor]

I think it says in the FAQs that posh people aren't allowed on u75.

Why do you feel the need to post up such lies? Does it make you feel clever, or do you just want to try and disrupt the discussion?

 

[editor]

#hashtagsareforwankers

Yeah! That's the real issue here.

I suspect she posts here

Why?

That tweet does come across as unbelievably arrogent, smug. I want to give them a slap and was otherwise fairly on the fence regarding this bar.

You want to hit a woman because she happens to use hashtags to express her opinion? Jeez.

 

[snowy_again]

I think you've come home late and got the wrong end of the argument.

 

[SpamMisery]

Seconded

 

[leanderman]

Why?.

Just a suspicion - because she reads Brixton Buzz and some of her tweets are from an anti-gentrification anti-'yuppification' perspective

 

[T & P]

It has got to be said that hidden/unfair charges have sweet fuck all to do with gentrification. Her hashtag on the matter was as gratitious as completely unrelated to the complain at hand.