Le Chandelier - time out review (Lounged)

[Bellenden Belle]

Reviewed this week, The Chandelier brought home two out of six stars.

The reviewer was full of praise for the tea but rather disappointed with the chewy victoria sponge, the dry eccles cake and the unpleasantly thin and buttery sandwich. I was relieved the reviewer also thought it shockingly expensive - it wasn't just me being tight (hubby says I squeak when I walk) !

But nice to see The Rosendale is still being heralded as an essential south london restaurant.

[Ganapati]

That's got to hurt. Well, who knows, they kind of have a captive audience around here. Anyway, maybe after this they won't be so quick to turf out customers that don't follow their "rules."

[Domitianus]

Ganapati Wrote:

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> That's got to hurt. Well, who knows, they kind of

> have a captive audience around here. Anyway, maybe

> after this they won't be so quick to turf out

> customers that don't follow their "rules."

Yes, quite so. Imagine actually having "rules" designed to safeguard the premises, furnishings and the comfort of other patrons! Whatever next?

I have to say, in light of this view that anyone should be allowed anywhere, to behave however they wish, that we should initiate a campaign against those premises that still bar people from entering if they are wearing boots or work clothing. After all, why should we tolerate local establishments that discriminate against honest, hardworking labouring folk????

[Ganapati]

Oh please Domitianus, we all know you hate children. We get it already. Ok? The rule I am talking about, and the reason I put it in "" is the one used to tell a customer feeding her 10 mo baby food to get out.

[Domitianus]

If you think I hate kids Ganapati, then you are plain WRONG! And since you were the one who referred to the incident with the child then I think others have the right to do the same. Unless of course you wish to make up a new set of "rules" for the EDF in which people are only allowed to discuss what you allow them to.

[AllforNun]

Ganapati - forum prefect

[citizenED]

correction, Sean = forum prefect, Ganapati will have to be the deputy.

[SeanMacGabhann]

hmmm - I think AFN meant that as an insult Citzen

[Keef]

Probably, but I had the same thought as Citizen when I read it ;-)

[Domitianus]

On a serious note (if possible), any opinions as to why people run screaming to the hills when someone wants to protect their furnishings by excluding feeding children but no-one bats an eyelid when pubs or eateries ban people wearing working clothes?

[snorky]

its all to do with the misty past IIRC

working clothes used to associated with all day or straight from work big session on payday = hence the traditional block on working clothes, as landlords didnt want leathered miners or whatever getting frisky in the pub - none working clothes on a working class man, meant that someones actually gone home and chanmged = not on an all day bender

[Administrator]

Please stay on topic

[*Bob*]

The modern day equivalent is the 'no shoes' policy as adopted by some bars and nightclubs (ie we don't want people who've left the office at 5pm on Friday and pissed it up for four hours solidly coming into our bar and being an a*sehole)

[Ganapati]

Dom--You could have fooled me. And talk about whatever you wish, no one is stopping you. I'm simply making fun of a "rule" that was just an absurd justification to get the customers to leave. If you agree with it, fine. But is a 10 month old eating babyfood such a dangerous thing that a rule "safeguarding the premises and the comfort of other patrons" needs to be put in place. Sure I can see someone saying, please don't get babyfood on our lovely new upholstered chairs, but is that reason to ask them to LEAVE? And to ask that of a customer in such an officious way is just bad business. Anyway, like I said, they have a captive audience in ED so they can make all the absurd, officious rules they want.

AllforNun--don't you have a community meeting to attend/report on?

[*Bob*]

sorry, Admin..

I'm not that surprised by the Chanders review. We've only been in once but they don't quite seem to know what they're doing just yet. And it didn't feel like they'd quite worked-out what kind of a place they are, either.

But it's early days. Will try again in a few months probably.

[Administrator]

Lounged

[Bellenden Belle]

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[Ganapati]

Do you think the owners of Le Chandelier read this forum? I hope they do.

[Bellenden Belle]

If they do they have never taken the time to respond - there have been a few times when they could have clarified their policy. And I am absolutely sure they are aware of us with the number of keen Forumites frequenting Le Chandelier.

[capt_birdseye]

I wouldn't feed my 10 month old in there, she would get food everywhere. Much safer having her trash Caffe Nero.