cait

I'm so sorry you had rubbish time. Very funny though. I'm very grateful to the staff i encountered at the Lord palmerston last saturday,more than that they restored my faith in human nature!Because.......We'd just had a horrible experience at Le Chardon,so horrible that after merely complaining that our food was cold we were ejected onto the street!We went into the Palmerston automatically and in shock,. The staff were incredibly sweet, the Palmerston even produced a pudding with a birthday candle in it, they showed great innotiative and I think great compassion.The food we had was delicious. My birthday celebrations had just been specularly ruined at Le Chardon, my partner was completely traumasised but the girls with the cake really cheered us up.We thought how happy and contended they all seemed and what a marked difference to our disaster of evening at the Cruella da Ville stop a few doors down. I'm quite happy posting my vengence, my partner however is still mortified however the loveliness of the staff at the Palmerston stays with us.We will definitely return, will try the full menu and keep you posted.

What is it with their duck at Le Chardon. When we complained we got chucked out!No joke.An awful and humiliating experience on my birthday. So ridiculous i have to laugh but my partner will never get over it. The lovely people at the Palmerston reccomended the french restaurant opposite the Clapham Picture House,we're going to give it a go. Hopefully we can salvage a good night out and let the east dulwich banhsee fester in her unhappiness as her restaurant falters.

'Get out of my restaurant' she shouted like a banshee, infront of a packed resataurant. Yes the infamous lady at the Chardon!Before we knew it we were out on the street, in a state of shock on my birthday. My tears were welling up as she screamed blue murder at us for returning a plate of pink, cold, inedible duck for the second time. We weren't troublesome,just two people trying to have a celebratory meal. The next day I spoke to the owner and he was mortified, offered us a bottle of champagne free if we were go to their clapham restaurant, nice gesture but not likely. I have to laugh but my sweet generous partner was mortified. What a depressing birthday experience.Why is this women running a restaurant.... its anybodies guess.Before she had her scene we heard a member of staff muterring'f**k this'under their breath. Lord knows whats shes like to her her staff. The owner was sweet if somewhat defeated and said that it wasn't the first time he'd received complaints about her.All i can do is urge anyone not to go, the few bites i had was pretty rubbish. Would love to hear of restaurant nightmares at Le Chardon,there seems to be a few.If not there where else are they on the edge of a nervous breakdown?