Crystal Palace Pubs

[passenger]

Yeah, that site is cool, isn't it? I use it a lot!

yeah it cracks me up what they say about some pubs look up the Colby Arms

Crystal Palace area classic stuff

 

[tommers]

passenger - we went into the cambridge yesterday, as part of the continuing quest.... good god. your description just made me and the g/f piss ourselves. we had just also tried the "jack beard at the palace". as she said as we left the cambridge "they're just getting worse"....

guinevere - don't worry, we're not the types to give up on an area easily. we went round the park yesterday and took the long walk down to the sports centre. had a coffee in one of the cafes next to the park, saw the dinosaurs etc. that was all really nice. we went for dinner in tamnang thai, which was really lovely... it's just the desolate quality of a lot of the pubs... the albert and the black sheep seem OK. the alma may be a grower... looks like it could be a good laugh on some nights... there is hope!

there is always hope!

 

[beeboo]

The Railway Bell is the only place I’d say was a proper good ‘pubby’ pub. Or at least it was a couple of years back when I used to go in there, don’t know if it has changed since (hope not! )

People seem to like the Gipsy Hill Tavern, but I’ve never been in there.

I rather like the Royal Albert.

There are various alright-to-good bar places. I like the Black Sheep – does dead good food (club sandwich recommended!) and Hoegaarden which makes it a hit with me, but it’s not somewhere I’d necessarily choose for my ‘local’.

Bluebottle seems to vacillate from being a nice place to a bit dodgy and back all the time – I either come out going “I don’t know why we don’t go there more often” or “I’m never going there again!”.

As has been mentioned there has been a few incidents at the Puzzle lately and it has no other redeeming features.

In terms of other boozeries, Domali Café does a few bottled beers, cocktails has a happy hour and play some good music, but I don’t really like the place. Numidie bar is great IMO and Café ABC is worth a try (quite new and still finding its feet a bit, but they are making a big effort so I want to support them) – they have Cruzcampo on tap.

 

[Streathamite]

thats my local the Wood House i bet ive seen you in there boyo

I'f you been there for more than a year, you'd have seen me there

 

[Donna Ferentes]

You'd have seen me there on two out of the last three Sunday evenings.

 

[Streathamite]

only decent pub in walking distance of wells park

 

[nogoodboyo]

thats my local the Wood House i bet ive seen you in there boyo

It's a few years since I've been there... I used to go there a lot a while ago (like ten years ago) but these days it's a bit far.

Same with the dog - went there more in my youth, although I still go in occasionally. Too far to walk home though, so I never say long.

Hope them mogs are settling in the new gaff ok, Pass.

 

[nogoodboyo]

Do they still have the man with a 'tache who always wears corduory trousers in the Wood House? Mr Cords, we used to call him.

 

[twistedAM]

Alma can be fun if you don;t have to get up in the morning

Numidie is good but limited range of beer and i suppose it does get a bit smoky as its in a basment

Los Torreros restuarnat has a bar bit at front

Numidie is evil. The Italian place La Bruscetta is much better for coffee/food/beers

 

[beeboo]

Numidie is good

Numidie is evil.

Do you mean Domali is evil? That would make sense. It should be good but it isn't.

 

[Sedgley Warrior]

Ok - I'm a Palacite and here's my definitive list of okish pubs:

The Albert is my local but is a bit run down, quiet, local and an old man's pub - good for people watching in the summer

The Railway is a decent traditional pub

The Tavern is ok and has live music occasionally but isn't dynamic

The Black Sheep is trendy but very nice

The Blue Bottle is good too, no need to be worried about bouncer checking handbags - par for the course

The Weatherspoon is cheapest on the block

The Alma is the weird, bohemian pub - very smoky but probably the best pub in CP, best atmosphere and interesting variety of customers. Live music too sometimes. Most people wind up here after an evening in CP

Finally for other reviews check out Virtual Norwood

 

[twistedAM]

Do you mean Domali is evil? That would make sense. It should be good but it isn't.

doh! i think i must have spent too much time on myspace yesterday; I do indeed mean the horrible Domali. I'm surprised it has survived given the price/quality of the food.

 

[twistedAM]

Ok - I'm a Palacite

the correct term i believe is Palacetinian

 

[tommers]

we went to the alma last night for the open mic night. all our problems are solved!

that's my new favourite pub in CP!

 

[Guineveretoo]

[snip]Finally for other reviews check out Virtual Norwood

I recommended this site early on in the thread - are you on there as well?

 

[Maggot]

Bluebottle seems to vacillate from being a nice place to a bit dodgy and back all the time – I either come out going “I don’t know why we don’t go there more often” or “I’m never going there again!”.

The Bluebottle is the only Palace pub I've been to recently and I like it. Haven't been there on a Friday/Saturday night though. It may well have a different atmosphere then.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Yeah I quite like the Bluebottle. Doesn't feel like a London pub at all though. Feels more like a 'trendy' pub-bar type place in a smaller city...

 

[tommers]

Yeah I quite like the Bluebottle. Doesn't feel like a London pub at all though. Feels more like a 'trendy' pub-bar type place in a smaller city...

that's kind of what it is... crystal palace is like its own little town....

 

[beeboo]

I recommended this site early on in the thread - are you on there as well?

I wouldn't have guessed there was so much overlap!

 

[Guineveretoo]

I wouldn't have guessed there was so much overlap!

I don't think there is much overlap, is there?

That site is merely a good place to find out the names of pubs and restaurants in Crystal Palace. As previously stated, the reviews are mixed and somewhat eclectic!

 

[Sedgley Warrior]

I recommended this site early on in the thread - are you on there as well?

Sorry - I don't know how I managed to miss your earlier post and link

Yes, I'm on there as well occasionally but I found this forum a little more suitable than VN which is a tad too conservative

 

[beeboo]

I don't think there is much overlap, is there?

That site is merely a good place to find out the names of pubs and restaurants in Crystal Palace. As previously stated, the reviews are mixed and somewhat eclectic!

I just meant overlap in terms of people posting in both places!

As Sedgeley says you have to be a bit more on best behaviour on VN

 

[Sedgley Warrior]

I just meant overlap in terms of people posting in both places!

As Sedgeley says you have to be a bit more on best behaviour on VN

Yes Beeboo, don't you just - but it is very useful for up-to-date information

 

[Guineveretoo]

Yes Beeboo, don't you just - but it is very useful for up-to-date information

So, there are 3 of us

However, I have recently fallen foul of the "best behaviour" rule, and have, consequently, decided that I no longer want to be part of that forum, which is seemingly run by someone I find patronising and arrogant, and whose politics are suspect, too, imho!

Edit: Just spotted your earlier post in which you make mention to vn being a tad conservative!

 

[Sedgley Warrior]

However, I have recently fallen foul of the "best behaviour" rule, and have, consequently, decided that I no longer want to be part of that forum, which is seemingly run by someone I find patronising and arrogant, and whose politics are suspect, too, imho!

I suspect you are not on your own as far as this opinion is concerned…

 

[Guineveretoo]

I suspect you are not on your own as far as this opinion is concerned…

I know I am not. It's a shame, though, as it was a good way of finding out what was going on, and I actually hoped to make some local friends.

I now assume that anyone who is prepared to stay on such a site must sign up to the conversativewithasmallcbutpossiblyabigone stance, so would probably not be much fun to be with, anyway!

 

[Sedgley Warrior]

I now assume that anyone who is prepared to stay on such a site must sign up to the conversativewithasmallcbutpossiblyabigone stance, so would probably not be much fun to be with, anyway!

Sedgley Warrior excepted, obviously . . ?

 

[beeboo]

Ah-ha, the penny drops!

I do see your point, and you’re certainly not the first person to think that way. My feelings are that the greater ‘reigning in’ on VN (certainly when compared to Urban!) is a result of the site owners’ close links with the local community and being cautious not to cause any offence (by being both ‘family friendly’ in terms of language not singling out individuals for criticism). Legal action was threatened recently over one review so the caution is not without some justification.

I just accept that I have to mind my Ps and Qs when I’m there. I wouldn’t have the same conversations in my granny’s house as if I was down the pub with mates – I just accept that different environments call for different behaviour.

I’ve met quite a few people through the site and they are a pretty diverse crowd, who I certainly wouldn’t categorise as conservative particularly, either big or little c.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Sedgley Warrior excepted, obviously . . ?

Oh yeah! Oops!

Mind you, I have never seen you on there. What is your login handle?

Edit: I can see that you are logged in on there, but I still don't remember ever seeing you post!

 

[Guineveretoo]

Ah-ha, the penny drops!

I do see your point, and you’re certainly not the first person to think that way. My feelings are that the greater ‘reigning in’ on VN (certainly when compared to Urban!) is a result of the site owners’ close links with the local community and being cautious not to cause any offence (by being both ‘family friendly’ in terms of language not singling out individuals for criticism). Legal action was threatened recently over one review so the caution is not without some justification.

I just accept that I have to mind my Ps and Qs when I’m there. I wouldn’t have the same conversations in my granny’s house as if I was down the pub with mates – I just accept that different environments call for different behaviour.

I’ve met quite a few people through the site and they are a pretty diverse crowd, who I certainly wouldn’t categorise as conservative particularly, either big or little c.

I have also met quite a few people through the site (possibly even you - I wonder...), and I certainly hadn't thought that about it before.

In fact, I was really upset at the patronising and arrogant approach of the webmaster, who sees the site as being very much his to police how he sees fit. He clearly took a personal dislike to me (I think, probably at least partly because he knows what I do for a living), and has insulted me in messages and posts ever since.

I was also upset at the knowledge that I could no longer put up with being treated like a badly behaved child, and that I would have to leave the forum.

Just for the record, I did not swear or say anything which any sane person could interpret as inappropriate, but that really is irrelevant, since it is his site and he does what he likes on there, including allowing insulting posts about me to stay up on there, but to remove ones which I wrote!

It's a lot more than simply having to watch one's Ps and Qs!