Tulse Hill news, chitter chatter and gossip

[discobastard]

They make their own mayo. That alone gets my vote. The stupid thing with the place is the £10.00 minimum when paying by card. It's unfair and prices people out. What if you just want a pint or a cuppa when sitting alone to read the paper? I'd leave and go up the road.

PAid by card this evening for £9.75. No problem. Second time i went up to the same barmaid and another one sidled up and said it wasn't £10 minimum. I asked why and one of the them said 'I suspect it's because they want people to spend more money. Mentioned that people had been moaning about it and why if I spent two x £9.75 (glass of cava and a pint of bitter) I was being penalised. IvE just spent nearly 20 quid buy I didn't want to start oA tab. Why for the sake of of 25p are you making things difficult for me, I can easily go elsewhere. They kind of got it but I Reckon if you cause a fuss they're roll over and take your money by card. Their other argument was that lots of other bars do it , but that's no reason for you to do it. The staff. I was speaking to kind of got iT. Whether it makes a differences is another matter,

I can understand a £5 limit but when two alcoholic drinks come to around £7.50 (two pints of bitter, why would you want to turn that money away?

 

[Smick]

PAid by card this evening for £9.75. No problem. Second time i went up to the same barmaid and another one sidled up and said it wasn't £10 minimum. I asked why and one of the them said 'I suspect it's because they want people to spend more money. Mentioned that people had been moaning about it and why if I spent two x £9.75 (glass of cava and a pint of bitter) I was being penalised. IvE just spent nearly 20 quid buy I didn't want to start oA tab. Why for the sake of of 25p are you making things difficult for me, I can easily go elsewhere. They kind of got it but I Reckon if you cause a fuss they're roll over and take your money by card. Their other argument was that lots of other bars do it , but that's no reason for you to do it. The staff. I was speaking to kind of got iT. Whether it makes a differences is another matter,

I can understand a £5 limit but when two alcoholic drinks come to around £7.50 (two pints of bitter, why would you want to turn that money away?

Tell them that you have no money other than the debit card so they may as well put the pint back in the keg. They'll soon take your card then.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Went there the other Friday and got stung for £5.50 for a pint of 'craft' beer. It was 7.5%, but needless to say it was my last one I bought there.

It was alrite in there but pretty boring. when I went to the bar, there wasn't anyone behind the bar, on a Friday night, they were too busy rushing around the restaurant bit.

Basically, I think its shit and wont be going back in a hurry.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Sunday around 6pm it was packed in there....then at 7.15pm it just emptied and by 7.30pm it was just me in there...

Staff are becoming more and more frustratingly slow. I suspect they do a lot of group hugs and trim each other's beards.

 

[Smick]

 

[Maharani]

Sunday around 6pm it was packed in there....then at 7.15pm it just emptied and by 7.30pm it was just me in there...

Staff are becoming more and more frustratingly slow. I suspect they do a lot of group hugs and trim each other's beards.

The roast dinner smelled good though...

 

[Maharani]

What's with all of the mod roundels being used by estate agents in the area? Maybe they think it makes them look hip...

 

[hilit]

THH got 4 stars in the Time out this week for their food + one article in the Metro yesterday. Hope its not going to bring lots of wankers at the weekend.

 

[editor]

 

[Maharani]

THH got 4 stars in the Time out this week for their food + one article in the Metro yesterday. Hope its not going to bring lots of wankers at the weekend.

I think it's already too late...

 

[Nanker Phelge]

THH got 4 stars in the Time out this week for their food + one article in the Metro yesterday. Hope its not going to bring lots of wankers at the weekend.

what do you mean 'going to' ??????????????????

 

[discobastard]

And how will people know that I'm a long term resident and not one of the wankers?

Actually, don't answer that.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

It's still a nice place to go and sit quietly for a pint. Couldn't ever imagine a 'night out' there, but it serves as somewhere else to sit and have a bit of peace between the ever declining White Hart (currently being managed and run by children like some weird Lord of Flies type of experiment!) and the Railway.

What with Knowles due in the future there will finally be lots of choice in the area.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

And how will people know that I'm a long term resident and not one of the wankers?

Actually, don't answer that.

The smell of old Tulse Hill is instantly apparent.

 

[hilit]

what do you mean 'going to' ??????????????????

well I just remember when the Brockwell Lido was a peaceful place and then it was advertised in the newspapers and now it is mob during the summer so I suppose I don't really want Tulse Hill to become this trendy place like Hackney ect.. where all the trendy people coming for ciabatta with squail egg or whatever posh food during the weekend.

 

[gaijingirl]

The Lido was always mobbed on hot days. It's still peaceful on anything but the sunniest/hottest days in general.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

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[Nanker Phelge]

Clarke Kent in the co op has had some weird spiky goth face piercings.

In other news Castelos is having some kind of makeover.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Clarke Kent in the co op has had some weird spiky goth face piercings.

I love that guy. I'm sad I haven't seen his new piercings. Where on his face are they?

 

[Maharani]

Clarke Kent in the co op has had some weird spiky goth face piercings.

In other news Castelos is having some kind of makeover.

Yes, they decided to dig out the concrete flooring while not taking stock of the fact that their furniture wasn't covered with dust sheets, henceforth they are pillocks.

 

[Maharani]

It's still a nice place to go and sit quietly for a pint. Couldn't ever imagine a 'night out' there, but it serves as somewhere else to sit and have a bit of peace between the ever declining White Hart (currently being managed and run by children like some weird Lord of Flies type of experiment!) and the Railway.

What with Knowles due in the future there will finally be lots of choice in the area.

It's nice to be able to mix it up a bit in our hood. I'm hoping for great things at Knowles but you just can't get the staff...no more young hipsters or old ones at that. Perlease

 

[Nanker Phelge]

I love that guy. I'm sad I haven't seen his new piercings. Where on his face are they?

In his lips.

 

[Nanker Phelge]

Yes, they decided to dig out the concrete flooring while not taking stock of the fact that their furniture wasn't covered with dust sheets, henceforth they are pillocks.

Furniture was gone yesterday. As was the floor.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

That time out blurb for the THH was cringeworthy, and average price for a meal with drinks for 2 apparently £85?! sod that

 

[Maharani]

That time out blurb for the THH was cringeworthy, and average price for a meal with drinks for 2 apparently £85?! sod that

Crickey

 

[editor]

That time out blurb for the THH was cringeworthy, and average price for a meal with drinks for 2 apparently £85?! sod that

WTF? How on earth can it cost that much in a pub?

 

[Maharani]

WTF? How on earth can it cost that much in a pub?

Cos they make their own mayo!! To be fair I haven't eaten in their restaurant yet and at those prices I doubt I will. It's always packed at weekends and evenings though. Obviously these people have money to burn.

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/tulse-hill-hotel

 

[Maharani]

http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/tulse-hill-hotel

You beat me. I was just going to paste. Glad they do carafes. I was wondering if they did the other night...

The review is very short...

 

[jimbarkanoodle]

Id rather go to Castello and get two Jumbo English breakfasts for £12, and two Superbocks for £3.60