The Patch

[TheGreatExhibition]

Or the Great Exhibition.....

We do buy one get one free Pies every Monday!

We'd also like to welcome the Patch to the Patch. Looking forward to coming to say hi and eating with you.

We have a great network of pubs here, most of the bar managers know each other and are always about to lend a hand if you need anything or are caught short.

Looking forward to meeting you all

Dan

[theguy@themarkets]

Hi

Great to have you in East Dulwich.. I am local myself (upland road)

I run a meat/fish business- buy fresh produce daily from Smithfield and Billingsgate

plus a few specialist farmers (fosse meadow farm for chicken etc)

I am sure you have your regular suppliers but I would be delighted to be given the

opportunity to supply you some produce.

Basically I would buy from market and mark up 20%. I would easily be more competitive than

other suppliers as my overheads or so small. I have very good reviews on the forum and understand food !

As I go to market daily I am very flexible and can take last minute orders etc. Iam exceptionally busy

over Christmas/new year but would be delighted to buy anything for you.

Thankyou

Guy Coleman

07906737624

[NewWave]

Ate there yesterday for lunch.

Very impressed food thoughtfully presented, Lovely friendly and upbeat service.

and fairly priced with good wines by the glass.

We will return!

[Jah Lush]

From their Facebook page. They're having a giraffe.

The Patch

The Patch Weekend Brunch

Pastries ?1.80

Available till 4pm today !!

Low fat Greek yoghurt, winter berry compote and granola ?5.00

Poridge, caramelised apples and pistachios ?5.00

Two slices of toast with home-made butter, jams and things ?3.60

A slice of sourdough toast with fried eggs, sausage and bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, black pudding, hash browns, house baked beans and fried bread ?16.00

Toasted sourdough, poached egg, mushrooms, semi dried tomato, bacon and hollandaise ?13.50

Toasted English muffins, London smoked salmon, free range scrambled eggs ?14.50

Portabello mushroom, eggs, roasted peppers, spicy tomato sauce ?12.25

Scotch pancakes, caramelised banana and cr?me fraiche ?7.50

French toast with crispy bacon and local honey ?10.00.

[Otta]

?16 for a fry up? I don't care if they've killed the pig out back, and have a golden egg laying goose, that is taking the p!ss!!!

[Jah Lush]

Indeed.

[Townleygreen]

the Patch=over-priced.

It seems.

[Otta]

I don't know about in general. But they should rethink that breakfast menu.

[NewWave]

Our Sunday lunch was very fairly priced-same as I'd expect in any decent gastropub/resturant.

However I would agree ?16 for a full english breakfast seems a little exorbitant.

I think about ?10 would be nearer the mark.

[uncleglen]

Full English for ?16.00= the gentrification is complete

[ruffers]

Or walk for ten minutes to the Plough Cafe http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/directory/1150/56795.php

[maxxi]

Not a great pub, possibly an alright one if there are enough of you but otherwise a bit of a cold experience. Can't speak for the food but as a pub? no. not really. seriously. nope.

[Louisa]

16 squid for a fry up? You having a giraffe? I don't think even a top west end restaurant would charge that.

Louisa.

[unlurked]

Very badly run business, OTT food prices, and rubbish pub experience. Give it 6 months max.

[Jah Lush]

?4.40 for a Guinness. Is that the most expensive in ED?

[Sue]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> ?4.40 for a Guinness. Is that the most expensive

> in ED?

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I often drink Guinness, but usually where there isn't a decent selection of draught ale, and I'd say probably yes.

ETA: Shouldn't this thread be in the restaurant/trade section?

[Sue]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Not a great pub, possibly an alright one if there

> are enough of you but otherwise a bit of a cold

> experience. Can't speak for the food but as a pub?

> no. not really. seriously. nope.

xxxxxx

The Mag (in its Magnolia incarnation) always felt a bit "cold" too.

Can't remember much about the Magdala apart from the yellow!

It's a pity if they haven't improved the vibe, after all the time it took to finally open The Patch.

Not been down there and don't intend to, even though it's one of my nearest pubs. I can't understand how it can be touted as a "community" pub with brunch at ?16, even if it comes with bread with flakes of gold on or whatever.

Very mixed messages have been given out, in my opinion. If you're going to run a gastro pub competing with the likes of Franklins and the Palmerston, then just say so from the outset. All the other stuff - vertical horticulture on the roof, schoolkids growing your veg etc - is all very laudable but somehow doesn't fit.

Not in my world view, anyway, which I fully admit may be bitter and twisted due to currently living on a pension in an increasingly affluent neighbourhood :))

[Otta]

The Magnolia was very cold. The yellow Mag felt lively, and I actually liked it. The Mag before that was not the open space it is now, and was completely different. It definitely wouldn't fit in today's ED.

[Otta]

I guess the big question RE The Patch is how many people are in there?

I can barely afford to go to the pub these days, but I accept that these places aren't really for the likes of me. If people are going in and paying the prices, then it's working.

[Louisa]

I agree with you guys. And also, I miss being able to get a nice strong Kentish/Sussex real ale in any pubs around here. It all seems to be about fancy continental lagers these days or am I missing the point? Landlords/pub companies, stop trying to appease Clapham blow-ins and feed me my brown ale!

Louisa.

[Pickle]

I'm going next week for a birthday meal and drinks, will report back, but hope it's nice!

I loved the original Mag, in it's pre-posh state. It was our closest pub when we first moved to the area and I spent many a happily drunken night there. The Magnolia was lacking atmosphere, I never quite worked out what was wrong with it, but it just don't seem to work. Too far away from the "main" bars/restaurants?

[El Pibe]

"It all seems to be about fancy continental lagers these days"

Really? I think you may be thinking of the nineties. Although Peroni on draught does seem de rigeur these days.

Lager sales plummeting, ale sales rocketing generally.

The Dog had Harvey's on tap over christmas. And is it me or has the service improved, admittedly from a very very very low starting point.

[????]

Louisa - below say 40s, you'll see far more brown beer drunk among posher types than you will among working class lads/ladies.

The revival of bitter and ale in pubs and me starting drinking them again - largely led by the gentrified pubs - has just reinforced how sh1te draught lagers are to me.

[Sue]

Louisa Wrote:

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> I agree with you guys. And also, I miss being able

> to get a nice strong Kentish/Sussex real ale in

> any pubs around here. It all seems to be about

> fancy continental lagers these days or am I

> missing the point? Landlords/pub companies, stop

> trying to appease Clapham blow-ins and feed me my

> brown ale!

>

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Try The Ivy House, Louisa! :))

Scroll down the menu past the fancy lagers:

http://www.ivyhousenunhead.com/docs/beermenu.pdf

If you don't like any of their choices, they are asking people to tell them what they want ....

[Mick Mac]

Louisa Wrote:

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> I agree with you guys. And also, I miss being able

> to get a nice strong Kentish/Sussex real ale in

> any pubs around here. It all seems to be about

> fancy continental lagers these days or am I

> missing the point? Landlords/pub companies, stop

> trying to appease Clapham blow-ins and feed me my

> brown ale!

>

> Louisa.

You don't normally make me laugh Louisa! but I liked this one. :)