The Honor Oak - NOT A GASTRO PUB!!

[firkinboo]

The Honor Oak has been refurbed and opens for business today. We stopped by yesterday to check it out, as it looked really nice. The new owner was there and we asked if it was a gastro pub - he reacted as if that was an insult, and informed us that it is most definitely not a gastro pub (apparently that is 'old hat'), it is a 'british dining concept' - ha ha, needless to say on the basis of that pretentious and unfriendly 'welcome' we will giving it a miss!!

[Jah Lush]

I'll alert the media.

[DulwichFox]

Not an East Dulwich Business.

[Bluelagoon]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Not an East Dulwich Business.

Best not mention it then, eh?

[DulwichFox]

Bluelagoon Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

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> > Not an East Dulwich Business.

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> Best not mention it then, eh?

Mention it by all means but should not be in the ED Businesses, Restaurants & Trades section.

Should be in the Lounge.

DulwichFox

[MrBen]

I'm you'll be down there fro a pint soon Foxy. Knowing how much you enjoy a good British dining concept.

:-)

[DulwichFox]

MrBen Wrote:

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> I'm you'll be down there fro a pint soon Foxy.

> Knowing how much you enjoy a good British dining

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Just experienced a True British dining concept.

Fish & Chips and Pickled Onions

Foxy. :)

[Louisa]

The pretentiousness has spread from ED to HOP. God help them.

Louisa.

[ruffers]

firkinboo Wrote:

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> ha ha, needless to say on the

> basis of that pretentious and unfriendly 'welcome'

> we will giving it a miss!!

How is that pretentious and unfriendly? You'll really not go somewhere because the landlord says that?

Really?

[Alan Medic]

It is an insult isn't it? By definition are you not asking him does he serve high quality food or not?

[Mick Mac]

I thought a gastro pub was supposed to be a term that meant good food. Was it the pub bit he took offense to?

[DulwichFox]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> I thought a gastro pub was supposed to be a term

> that meant good food. Was it the pub bit he took

> offense to?

What like in Gastroenteritis ?

Foxy

[Mustard]

If you look at the pub's twitter account, they describe themselves as a gastro pub.

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> I thought a gastro pub was supposed to be a term

> that meant good food. Was it the pub bit he took

> offense to?

Just a term he couldn't stomach.

[MrBen]

Actually this place definitely IS somewhere I'm going to try. I've just read they have a Whisky Room and pies. Surely worth a visit and good luck to them etc.

http://brockleycentral.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/coming-soon-honor-oak.html?m=1

[Seabag]

We tried to book, but no luck, so we turned up to try and get a table, again we failed

So went to the Crooked Well, no luck either

Ended our tour at The Camberwell Arms, and it delivered. Whole chicken sharing platter for 4, roast potatoes and greens, bottle of wine

It's so consistent and secretly where I really wanted to go in the first place, even my not-so-communicative teen-boy was fully engaged with the whole thing

I shall try again with The Honor Oak and The Crooked Well, pretty well spoilt for choice on a Sunday, or any other come to think about it

[LuLu Too]

Tried the new Honor Oak on Friday evening. We were there by 18:30 and it was really busy. Inside full of grown ups, garden full of families & kids. I liked it but unfortunately when we tried to order food at 19:30 they had stopped taking orders as they were too overwhelmed! And I really wanted the Lobster Burger... The restaurant bit looked nice. It was fully booked out so we didn't even get to see the menu (different from the bar menu).

Didn't get to see the Whisky Room either but look forward to paying another visit.

So we went off and ate at Babur. Which was expensively delicious!

[JohnL]

The owner sounds like he was on a wind up of the OP

He uses the G word on Brockley Central

http://brockleycentral.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/coming-soon-honor-oak.html

[MrBen]

And proudly on their twitter account:

Could this be the best example of reverse marketing on the EDF ever? Either way it looks well worth a go. Plenty pent up demand in Honor Oak now for years?..

[BECKENHAM CENTRAL]

I look forward to trying it out with Mrs Sydenham Central and Master Sydenham Central along with the new Bistro in Sydenham (on the Hoof) which is opening soon (and is wonderful as we went to the 'soft' opening).

Why do people no like the term Gastro pub? It's just a word, and to me means 'they serve food that is a little better than McDonalds'. Where I grew up, all pubs served food, and they were all the same. There is probably more variety now than there ever was.

Good luck to them. Shame they covered up those beautiful tiles outside though, which was a bit daft.

[Otta]

I think "Gatro pub" is a dated term now, and it puts me in mind of the early 2000s when it meant that pubs would be stripped out, and serve very bland food in very bland surroundings. If I was opening a new pub that was aiming for good food, I'd want to avoid the term to be honest.

[MrBen]

I agree with Otta. As a term its as wed to early 2000's as "e-commerce".But in the absence of anyone coming up with a better word which describes it its still widely used.

This is a bit radical, but what about "Pub & Restaurant"?

:-)

[El Pibe]

or given their omnipresence and the death of the tradidional boozer, how about.....

Pub

[dukesdenver]

When my Australian friend uses the word 'gastro' she means gastroenteritis.

[JohnL]

This pub actually seems to have some good reviews anyway.

On a similar note walked into two pubs with no football on yesterday and people were eating

- disgusted ;) - luckily the Rye had their big screen up :) it's the Premier League folks.