Camberwell news and chitter-chatter

[ringo]

I've never eaten there, but the Cambria on Cambria Rd is a great pub, and the only one left in the area.

I like the Cambria and the food and beer are good, but it's not that cheap.

 

[ringo]

The landlord of the Sun and Doves has been trying to get community input into a share ownership thing, because he said some time ago that he couldn't continue to run it. The last I heard, the community was showing no interest in it!

Surprised anyone likes this, I've always the found the beer to be dire and the food inedible. My mate once got an appalling small, cold, undercooked plate of food and when he took it up to the manager to show him was told they didn't care.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Surprised anyone likes this, I've always the found the beer to be dire and the food inedible. My mate once got an appalling small, cold, undercooked plate of food and when he took it up to the manager to show him was told they didn't care.

When it first opened as a gastro pub it was okay. It was actually the first gastropub I ever visited, and I used to go there quite often. I won the quiz there, once, on my birthday It has gone downhill recently, I think since its current owner arrived.

 

[Guineveretoo]

I like the Cambria and the food and beer are good, but it's not that cheap.

Seriously, guys, try the upstairs cabaret show on a Sunday afternoon - it's astonishing!

 

[Thimble Queen]

The new Tiger pub (formerly Silver Buckle) on Camberwell Green is also good for food. if you're walking along Camberwell Church Street its also worth walking up Grove Lane. The Petit Parisien pub on Grove Lane is good for food and drinks

I'm not keen on thr food at the tiger. It sounds tasty on the menu but the quality hasn't been great when we've tried it. The roast beef was so dry and tastless and we have found the chips to be really salty on more than one occassion. We'll go there for drink but avoid eating in there these days.

Haven't tried the PP, there's something offputting about it. We walked passed afew times, once we were tempted to give it a try, they were playing Sade

No67, the cafe for the South London Gallery is really fit. Tasty cakes, beers, breakfasts and main meals all under a tenner We also love the fryups at Love Walk Cafe, £4 inc toast and a cuppa.

FM Mangal does awesome kebabs but better to take away, eat in prices are about double. They do give you a free shot of booze and a piece of turkish delight at the end if you eat in tho We are more likely to visit Falafel over the road tho, as it's about £3 for a chicken wrap.

 

[hendo]

I'm tempted to give Le Petit Parisienne a try on a Sunday evening when they do jazz, plus I like Sade! Agree that the South London Gallery cafe is good. I like angels & Gypsies but find it overpriced. They charge for bread and we paid nearly four quid for a salad which was a few crappy lettuce leaves and a tiny amount of dressing.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Re: Angels and Gypsies... The times that we've been there it's work out at roughly twenty quid a head Inc wine. And there's always been a bit if food that we couldn't quite finish. Did you try the goats cheese and beatroot salad? Delicious. Also I thought it was normal to charge for bread?

 

[mango5]

Angels and Gypsies do take the piss a bit with their bread prices. Worked out to more than £1 a small slice when we went. No need, 'cos you don't go there in a skimpy mood.

 

[Ms T]

Angels and Gypsies do take the piss a bit with their bread prices. Worked out to more than £1 a small slice when we went. No need, 'cos you don't go there in a skimpy mood.

Exactly. Plus you need bread because you're eating tapas, innit? I also thought their prawns in garlic took the piss - £7.50 for four (count 'em) king prawns! Pop round the corner to the Chinese supermarket and you can get a kilo for a tenner. Delicious sauce though.

 

[Thimble Queen]

£1 a slice is a rip, tbf.... How much does that make the platter of bread thing?

 

[mango5]

I remember getting 3 slices of bread for more than £3. The only thing they got wrong, really.

 

[boohoo]

I meeting the owner in a couple of weeks - do you want me to tell him?

 

[Guineveretoo]

Tried to go there last night, for a friend's birthday, but it was full. So was Ganapathy. So, we went to Indian Mischief. Great food, rubbish service.

 

[Maggot]

I've never heard of Ganapathy or Indian Mischief. You would expect bad service at somewhere called Ganapathy.

 

[Ms T]

Tried to go there last night, for a friend's birthday, but it was full. So was Ganapathy. So, we went to Indian Mischief. Great food, rubbish service.

I love Ganapati. Time Out rates Indian Mischief - it's in East Dulwich rather than Camberwell, isn't it?

 

[se5]

I love Ganapati. Time Out rates Indian Mischief - it's in East Dulwich rather than Camberwell, isn't it?

Both not Camberwell though!

 

[Biddlybee]

Sounds like they were moving south to find somewhere to go, they started off in Camberwell

 

[se5]

Speaking of Indians in Camberwell has anyone been to the one in the hotel on Church St? Ambrosia I think its called? Is it any good?

We have tended always to go to Safa but I was wondering about the others

 

[gaijingirl]

Interested in trying Indian Mischief but a friend went and said it was crap... still quite new though - so might wait a while.

 

[se5]

Ooh they've just started serving pizzas at Carravagio's on Camberwell Church St - filling a hole left when Mozarella e Pomodores shut two years ago and when BRB became the Grove!

 

[DaveK]

JJ's on Southampton Way is my favourite Indian. The owners always seem very nice and genuine. It's cheap, nice, and a bit classy.

 

[Crispy]

Carravaggio's has always done pizza

 

[se5]

Carravaggio's has always done pizza

No it hasnt until last week

 

[Crispy]

Fair enough, I must be going mad

 

[mango5]

Yes, Crispy, mad! Camberwell has been free of decent pizza for a while. I wonder if they had a gentleman'a agreement not to compete for a while after the split with Cheese & Tomato.

In other news, we've had 2 power cuts in the last week Everything dark for a block.

 

[George & Bill]

JJ's on Southampton Way is my favourite Indian. The owners always seem very nice and genuine. It's cheap, nice, and a bit classy.

JJ's is good (as long as you order the right things), but IME the owners are cunts. They also royally fuck over their chef.

 

[golightly]

We often use JJ's for deliveries, but that doesn't sound good. In what way are the owners cunts and how do they fuck over their chef?

 

[George & Bill]

Well, I had always been treated well by them, and being very local, we were on quite friendly terms. Then, one day, they slightly messed up my order (by not putting any aubergine in an aubergine dish), and when I politely requested that the dish be amended, the female half of the partnership just completely flipped her lid, accused me of various bizarre things, and told me to leave the shop. They have also tried, very blatantly, to overcharge a friend of mine.

PMd you relating to the chef.

 

[ringo]

Ooh they've just started serving pizzas at Carravagio's on Camberwell Church St - filling a hole left when Mozarella e Pomodores shut two years ago and when BRB became the Grove!

Blimey, my littlun's going to explode when I tell her that, ta.

 

[mango5]

OK so in addition to power cuts we had gunshots in the street behind the Town Hall 8.30 this morning. Lucky as I am not to recognise them when I hear them I only realised when the police came door-to-door with enquiries.