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The new pop up restaurant at Lucas Cafe - pretty good!


Maisonette1

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I went there with my boyfriend on Saturday night for the opening and the food was brilliant! Its called The Seagrass and was 3 courses to choose from for 30 quid, we had mussels, lobster and venison on our starters and mains choices, so pretty good value really!


We know the chef, and after our meal caught up with him and he said they were planning to stay until Xmas then probably pop up somewhere else before coming back if all went well - they were at a cafe in Angel before.


We're going again on Friday 29th as he also said there'd be a different menu each week... only problem is as its bring your own booze its easy to get tipsy with the off license 2 doors down.. oh, and there were no steak knives on their opening night so the venison was a work out!


Welcome addition to Lordship Lane along with The Patch (which we live opposite too!).

countdown to the "times are hard, just trying to make a living, support a local business" posts begins... now!


And I have some sympathy with that view - but BECAUSE times are hard, "don't piss off potential customers" isn't bad advice

I've just spoken to Admin - and amended my original post, accordingl; whilst I do know one of the guys involved, I'm not part of the business.


I had offered to set up their account to post in the ED business thread when they said they were popping up in ED, as I had heard when I moved here (thanks largely to The Sunday Times) that it was an integral part of community!


This was my genuine personal review - and I also told them my gripe about the steak knives.... !!

(not sure if I'm welcome there now!)


Really sorry if anyone felt mislead.... hope apology is accepted!


:)

Administrator Wrote:

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> Nah, it's a fake. Maisonette1 has the same IP as

> SeagrassSE22 on this thread



>

> Release the hounds

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1209191


The other thread was good - the same IP address even had a conversation with itself.

Apology accepted Maisonette1.


I suspect you are just one of the 'new media' PR, marketing brigade who think posting false reviews and tweeting recommendations helps companies. I hope you, and the company paying you for such publicity, have learned a lesson.


I'm actually of the old school and prefer to ignore reviews, positive or negative, for restaurants, films, exhibitions etc and prefer to make my own mind up.


By the way, has Lucas's closed down or are they sub-letting the space to this 'pop-up' in their down time to help pay the rent?

It looks really bad; and has definitely damaged the reputation of the business. I am now sceptical in trying the new "pop up". The whole "I was just trying to help them set up" BS once you have been caught on the same IP just doesnt fly with me. You mean to say they dont have their own computer or smartphone? Please! Forumites werent born yesterday.


Its a shame, because this behaviour has usually only been reserved for desperate real estate agents such as Jacksons and Pickwicks who have been caught out on here trying to drum business through bogus reviews.


Admin always wins.

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