Robert Poste's Child Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 maxxi Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> and rows> of warm baby mixers sitting in half an inch of> water on a broken zinc cold shelf.Where I come from, if another girl asked for a pineapple juice you knew she was difficult. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-792214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Now I really want to know where you're from, Flora. It sounds a hoot. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-792630 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Poste's Child Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I expect even in deepest East Anglia life has moved on since then. God, I hope so. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-792646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Ah - Normal for Norfolk. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-792678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouiseC Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 It's actually Skehans in Nunhead. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-792784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I love that pub! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-792817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrandNewGuy Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Bird in Hand, Forest Hill. Proper boozer. Not that I'd actually go in, you understand, but watching it from the safety of the Sylvan Post is very entertaining. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-792823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Jah Lush Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I don't want to stick the boot in but I felt once> they got rid of certain key staff at least six> months ago, staff, that new customers had become> friendly with and also at the same time became> regulars got on with, that was the death knell.> > Having said that I wish them well though it's not> somewhere I've been in since the mid summer. ?4.40> for a pint of Guinness. Get ta fcuk with ya. I> just hope they can address the faults and turn> things around.xxxxxxxxGuinness is ?4.35 a pint in The Actress, as I recently discovered.Not far off The Patch's price.Even in The excellent value Ivy House it's ?4 a pint :(I was drinking Guinness in The Actress because for the first time I can remember there was no real ale on :( :( :( Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-794263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I loathe The Actress. It is seriously vile. If you want to drink Guinness I suggest you go to The Castle where you'll be served the best pint of the black stuff in ED. And it's only ?3.50 a pint. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-794269 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Jah Lush Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I loathe The Actress. It is seriously vile. If you> want to drink Guinness I suggest you go to The> Castle where you'll be served the best pint of the> black stuff in ED. And it's only ?3.50 a pint.xxxxxxxWell, each to their own. I quite like The Actress apart from their pizzas with very strange combinations of toppings.Not knocking The Castle, far from it, I've spent happy evenings there (good jukebox for one thing) but I wouldn't go there just to get 50p off a pint of Guinness :)The point I was making was that the Patch's price for Guinness wasn't very out of line with (most?) other pubs round here. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-794322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sadly, four quid is roundabout the norm this days. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-794329 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Jeysus, when I started drinking you could get 5 pints for less than a quid. Showing my age here. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-794337 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBen Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186338-d5960435-Reviews-The_Patch-London_England.html Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peggoula Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Could someone please confirm if they are closing down? I have a party booked upstairs for February and this will be very annoying... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
david_carnell Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'd re-book somewhere else regardless. It's going down the swanny. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seabag Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Is it actually dead yetThis thread is turning into the "Dead Parrot" sketch Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 MrBen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g18> 6338-d5960435-Reviews-The_Patch-London_England.htm> lEmpty frozen roast potato and yorkshire pudding bags in the bin?But the owner claimed that everything was freshly prepared? Well, that's not a lie. You prepare frozen stuff by taking it out of the bag and heating it up.Has the Patch completely changed ownership, then? I thought only two thirds of it had gone? Is there nobody at all from the original team still there?Sounds like they need to do something very urgently about the food if they're still charging those prices. I'd be spitting blood if I paid seventeen quid for a roast like a school dinner - but probably not from the meat. If anything like my school dinners, it would have been in the oven for years :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 "But the owner claimed that everything was freshly prepared? Well, that's not a lie. You prepare frozen stuff by taking it out of the bag and heating it up."yup - drives me mad so many places do this. Then again not many places promised as much as the Patch did Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBen Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 General point specifically not related to The Patch:Whats the typical form when pubs die slowly - is it that you're down for the lease anyway so you may as well keep open and sell off as much stock as possible to minimise your losses? And to help further you can avoid "creditors" by going cash only? Hire a cheap chef and move to frozen stuff to sell on demand and make a small turn?Or is it a garish coloured blackboard brought out the basement that says "2 for 1 cocktails all night long".Seriously - i'm genuinely interested. The last incarnation of the Mag was open for months with just the same 4 customers per night and a chill in the air. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795707 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 According to their Twitter feed they are currently selling an oven which is "surplus to requirements." Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 *PING* Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 rahrahrah Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> *PING*:)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcam Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 The place was rubbish when it reopened so gawd knows how bad it is now. Those tripadvisor reviews say it all really. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 edcam Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> The place was rubbish when it reopened so gawd> knows how bad it is now. Those tripadvisor> reviews say it all really.Some of the early reviews were quite glowing, to be fair.Since I couldn't afford to eat there, I can't say whether or not they were accurate, or placed by friends of the owners. As that Masterchef chef was involved at the start, probably they were accurate.Had a drink there once. The place was empty. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795742 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Seem to remember having serious doubts about the likelihood the place would last much more than 6 - 9 months. There were more people on site while the cheap refurb was being carried out than has ever been ever since it opened. Did I not liken the pub bit as being like a dental surgery. The hideous mural. ??? It's location is not ideal. I don't think it viable to run any successful business from that location. Even someone who knows what they are doing would fail. DulwichFox Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/50396-death-of-a-restaurant/page/4/#findComment-795747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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