The Bishop

[DulwichFox]

No pics of the bar of table layout ?

Don't matter how much they throw

At the place it will still be The Bishop

Dulwichfox

[Jah Lush]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> No pics of the bar of table layout ?

>

> Don't matter how much they throw

> At the place it will still be The Bishop

>

> Dulwichfox

and it will still be shit.

[Otta]

But what about the lamp? Nowhere with a lamp like that could possibly be a souless shithole surely?

[Earl Aelfheah]

I popped my head in yesterday. First impressions : pretty souless. Looks like a youngs pub.

Then I saw 'that lamp' though... Wow. Pushes it right over the top.

[niall]

That lamp really ties the room together

[DulwichFox]

But when the bulb blows...

.... what then ?

Will it still be the same ?

Foxy

[Otta]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> But when the bulb blows...

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> .... what then ?

>

> Will it still be the same ?

>

> Foxy

Place'll go out of business withi9n a month.

[Mustard]

Does Scott Collins, the ED resident who has annoyed his neighbours for years with his unending building work, still own it?

[Otta]

I think he went in with a bigger pub chain.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Nothing to do with it at all now.

Mustard Wrote:

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> Does Scott Collins, the ED resident who has

> annoyed his neighbours for years with his unending

> building work, still own it?

[Mustard]

Then why was his dog always in the pub? It was always being dogsat by the pub staff?

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Yep. Pretty much staff walked Clarence etc.guess they liked having him around. Not been in for a while. Is Clarence still there?

Mustard Wrote:

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> Then why was his dog always in the pub? It was

> always being dogsat by the pub staff?

[Mustard]

The Bishop has just reopened, apparently, so I wouldn't know if the dog was still there. Why would you put your dog in a pub you had nothing to do with?

[Otta]

Always made me laugh that he had a pub in Balham named after Clarence, yet Clarence was always at The Bishop.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Pub just reopened, is Clarence still there? You could pop in and satisfy your curiosity.

[KidKruger]

That lamp will be a real draw.

A legend, in fact.

[DulwichFox]

There was a whisper going round that The Bishop is going to be renamed...

... The Lamp

Foxy

[KrackersMaracas]

Chatting to one of the bar staff on Friday (and noticing that his cubby hole has been refurbed out) it sounds like Clarence has now retired. I also wondered if their opening hours are slightly shorter? They're open till 1.30 - I thought this used to be later.

[Mustard]

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote:

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> Pub just reopened, is Clarence still there? You

> could pop in and satisfy your curiosity.

I don't particularly care if he is there, I was wondering why someone who supposedly didn't have anything to do with the Bishop anymore would still leave his dog there to be looked after by bar staff.

[EdwardAndSam]

I can't see much of a change in there.

The service was very tired and the bar was dirty and not being to busy with enough staff to make sure the service was good and it to have been clean.

I think the staff needs a good shake up and it needed to look a little bit different not just a good clean up

Sorry not much of a change

[jaf2210]

EdwardAndSam Wrote:

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> I can't see much of a change in there.

> The service was very tired and the bar was dirty

> and not being to busy with enough staff to make

> sure the service was good and it to have been

> clean.

> I think the staff needs a good shake up and it

> needed to look a little bit different not just a

> good clean up

> Sorry not much of a change

Are you kidding? They've changed everything! Floors, walls, colours, furniture, everything! The filthy dirty dark pub has gone. The windows now open so it was nice and cool inside. They've a cool massive mirror behind the bar with beer taps in and they've thankfully done something about those foul men's toilets! Maybe your just not a very observant person! Credit where it's due, they've done a great job & I thought the staff were great!

[EdwardAndSam]

Yes I can very much see there had been a refurb

But not very cool and trendy nor quirky design is it

I also couldn't see that it was very much brighter but yes the air conditioning was working much better

The pictures were naff the colour was naff and as I said staff were not smiling and not happy to be working

And again as I said before the bar was dirty and standing there for at least 30 mins with a terrible glass of white wine

Which I couldn't even drink it as it was that bad

[EdwardAndSam]

Keep note it was house white wine

Tasted like vinegar

[DulwichFox]

I revisited The Bishop last night after a personal invite from the assistant manager to come and see

what they had done to the place as I had not been in for quite a while.

I have to admit the place is unrecognisable to the old Bishop.. The high window tables which I personally

disliked have gone.. The lighting has vastly been improved giving a much more pleasant ambiance.

The loud music has been turned/toned down.. and the usual rowdy mob of Jaeger Bomb drinking idiots were not

in evidence.

The biggest improvement are the loos... wish have now been completely refurbished to a VERY high standard.

The old loos were dreadful.

I was in there late and never got a chance to sample the food or see the menu..

Would definitely consider sampling the food there at a later date.

DulwichFox