Brixton chitter chatter, part 2
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Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
It's a wankhole!
Missez
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gaijingirl
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The food is terrible. My mum had fish and chips - they had clearly fried the fish some time ago and then microwaved it - soggy batter. The burger costs some ridiculous amount nearing £7 and you have to pay extra if you want chips with it - and it's tiny. The chips are nice, but bloody hell - it's so pricey! Last time I went you couldn't buy a packet of crisps - you had to buy a bloody barrel of the things which cost more than £2 iirc!
i sat next to the kitchen and observed them freshly batter the fish. im sorry you got unlucky/believe that. the chips are freshly cut and sit in a bowl waiting to be fried 
the blue cheese mayo made my day
anyway I dont give a fuck its nt my bar, no reason to poo poo it though, its clearly popular for a reason. 7£ for a burger is fine. go to maccys/weatherspoons if its a problem for you
the blue cheese mayo made my day
anyway I dont give a fuck its nt my bar, no reason to poo poo it though, its clearly popular for a reason. 7£ for a burger is fine. go to maccys/weatherspoons if its a problem for you
i sat next to the kitchen and observed them freshly batter the fish. im sorry you got unlucky/believe that. the chips are freshly cut and sit in a bowl waiting to be fried
the blue cheese mayo made my day
anyway I dont give a fuck its nt my bar, no reason to poo poo it though, its clearly popular for a reason. 7£ for a burger is fine. go to maccys/weatherspoons if its a problem for you
They might have battered it while you were there. Doesn't mean they didn't microwave it later.
Why are you getting so upset at people criticising the Florence?
gaijingirl
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The comments on Beer in the Evening are interesting - very much show the polarised views on the place - those firmly in Pboi's camp and those very much echoing my sentiments..
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/18708/
..and I do actually quite like a nice "gastropub", I'm not automatically closed minded about such places - it's just that I don't like The Florence.
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/comments.shtml/18708/
..and I do actually quite like a nice "gastropub", I'm not automatically closed minded about such places - it's just that I don't like The Florence.
gaijingirl
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I quite like it (and I know a lot of people here don't). It's much more varied clientele-wise, unlike The Florence they haven't completely alienated the previous customer base from when it was done up. The food is better priced/presented/cooked. Big bonus for me is it's opposite the Lido tbh and has Aspalls on tap. It has its ups and downs though but overall I like it.
The trouble with Herne Hill is that pretty much all the pubs went from being bog-standard boozers to "gastro pubs" within a very short space of time. It's a shame that there isn't more variety tbh...
gaijingirl
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The Commercial - is very handy for meeting people off the train. I haven't tried their new menu but it's quite standard pub food. Not amazing and service can be sketchy, but if you're there on a good night it can be nice and not too pricey. They had a fun (and much less serious than in the Regent pub quiz going there for a while - I guess they still do?). It has a way more varied clientele - I think probably because of the commuter/traveller traffic. There's also a greater age range in there. It can be noisy if the sport is on. I have had a few really bad experiences (like waiting an hour for my dinner to be cooked - it was a salad!!!
). I haven't been in about a year actually - but I seem to remember they had some nice ciders in there. (can you see a theme? )All of this is IMO of course - there's much heated debate on this forum about HH pubs... !
Missez
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ATTARK? I had some very good salmon with roast pepper mash there yesterday.
I like the Prince Regent but the only thing I've eaten there is sausage and mash and it was no better than and not as good some I've had cheaper. there certainly wasn't anything to justify the price so I balked at trying anything else more expensive in case I'm similarly disappointed.
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Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
They used to do a really good Sunday Roast when it was the Brockwell Park Tavern.
The Brockwell Park Tavern did a fantastic roast for a fiver, and so vast was it that I often couldn't finish it all. A proper meal, for a decent price, in a proper old pub...which, admittedly, wasn't in the best shape, yet still managed to draw a crowd, serve a decent pint and make good food without pandering to the whims of Herne Hill Village set.
The Florence atracts self-satisfied smug-a-lugs. Half of them sit around with their kids, brimming with that self-contratulatory air of 'look at me, I've pro-created and isn't my baby just the best' while chomping on a trendy burger and a side order of chunky chips, while the other half, the young professionals, all hair gel, sarcasm and credit card debt, get pissed on medium range wines, noses half cocked at the range rover pushchair brigade, and praying that Monday morning and their dull fucking city boy jobs never appear at the end of their hangover....(but mummy loves them.)
My son (12) and I went in one weekday for lunch, sat at one of their 'booths' - some wanky little fuckweed approached us and told us that children were not allowed to sit in view of the bar because of the law...not only was this bollocks, which I told him, he then went on to say that the manager did not want children to sit in view of the bar....obviously I told him to shove his menu up his arse and then the manager's arse should he so wish to.
Now, in my view, if your gonna invite parents into the place with their kids then segregation is not best way to attract their money - but clearly the Herne Hill Village (of is it lower Dulwich) brigade are quite happy to be shoved in the back with their offspring. but, in my view, if you let kids in, then you let kids in, don't push 'em aside or out of the way, while taking the money out of their parents hands.
The other times I've been in there, the prices for food and drink are just plain silly. £7 for a burger on it's own is ridiculous. I've been out today and had a Chicken Breast, with bacon and cheese, with chips, for £6.95, freshly prepared and cooked....£7 without anything on the side is a fucking rip off.
Anyway...if Pboi and his ilk go there, then they're out of my way..so for that reason alone the Florence at least serves a purpose.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
does it have to be either £1.5 or £7? Is there no middle ground?
I had the worst sunday roast I'd had in a long time at the Commercial a couple of weeks ago. The chicken was OK, but all the veg that came with it were soggy and tasteless. The roast potatoes were burnt on the outside and cold in the middle....everything was obviously reheated in the microwave. The icing on the cake though was the nut roast my other half had...never before or since have either of us seen a nut roast made with peanuts...
Vile. Avoid like the plague.
kitty
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
well, its a number 2 ontop!! and no, i have never worn jeans with a blazer!! i was however wearing camo shorts yesterday. no flippy floppys tho
There's a pic of you on the 'post you ugly mug thread' and it looks like jeans and a blazer/suit jacket to me?
And it looks like more than a number 2 on top, or is a number 2 just what you think of the style?
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
The Commercial is very hit and miss on the food front.
Had some good steaks and some very mediocre steaks.
Chips have been good of late.
Clientele infinitly better than the Florence.
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