Comments on: Bad news and good beers

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:37:33 +0000

What’s going on?

By: Louise Randall

Louise Randall — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:36:47 +0000

Does anyone know how I can contact Ben the owner of Bar Story by phone ?

Thanks

By: Lord Henry

Lord Henry — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 01:45:46 +0000

I thought Peckham already was an experiment. That failed.

I’m with the philosopher Bishop Berkeley — if you think that Peckham no longer exists, it doesn’t.

The War is Over.

By: Liz B

Liz B — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:20:53 +0000

Has anyone else been to re-opened Peckham Experiment? We went there last night and it was a truly awful experience and we paid nearly £70 for the pleasure!

The food is lack lustre and the service indifferent. For my main course, which verged on unpleasant, I had a tiny piece of extremely over cooked tuna and a mound of unpleasantly sticky noodles. The biggest surprise came at the end of the meal — this establishment doesn’t take either credit or debit cards. We pointed out to the waiter that this isn’t normal practice and on the rare occasions that restaurants don’t take cards they usually tell you long before the bill arrives — he argued otherwise. Result — my husband had to wander off into Peckham around 11pm to find a cash machine that was working. This place needs to pull its socks up considerably if it wants any customers.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 10:21:20 +0000

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By: Haq

Haq — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:55:42 +0000

hello — the italian place that someone mentioned earlier is indeed good food at great prices –it’s called Il Giardino (sp?) btw. Also Ben, the owner of Bar Story, has plans to use the space under the arches at the back of the bar to open some sort of public space for galleries, talks etc which will be a nice addition for the area. Have been to Ganapati a few times now and found the food, while well cooked and creatively put together, a little on the bland side to be honest as well as over-priced, but def worth trying if you want a fresh curry that’s not run-of-the-mill. I think the idea with that place is to have food which is more authentic than the usual dross you get in most curry places — I’ve never been a huge fan of South Indian Hindu food (much prefer the richer flavours of Pakistani or Bangladeshi dishes) but lots of my friends rave about this place so def see for yourselves. Pistachio Club on Lordship Lane is lovely curry place. Anyone know of a decent Chinese/Thai restaurant in SE15?

By: Torie

Torie — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 13:30:21 +0000

Hello, I’m new to this site but couldn’t help notice your comments on Bar Story, which I agree is really great and has a very relaxed atmosphere. I think there is a little Italian restaurant roughly opposite which I have also been to a few times which is worth a visit as the staff are so friendly and the food is very reasonably priced.

I’ve only been to The Peckham Experiment once and found it a bit disappointing so it’s interesting to hear it is changing around. The pub opposite used to do a good pub quiz on a Sunday night with a crate of beer as the first prize and pretty easy questions so everyone feels good about their score!

By: MarkB

MarkB — Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:15:22 +0000

Near the Gowlett, on Adys Road, I notice there is a pub that boasts a Tapas bar. Anyone tried this?

By: Cheeks

Cheeks — Tue, 31 May 2005 18:27:31 +0000

I’ve subscribed to all of the Camberwell pubs with BeerInTheEvening, hoping that one day it will give me some decent material. I think I’ve linked to it on here before.

And as for The Gowlett, it was in The Independent’s Best Local Pubs guide, so I’ll definitely have to check it out now.

By: Gareth 'Peckham' Bellamy

Gareth 'Peckham' Bellamy — Tue, 31 May 2005 17:00:38 +0000

Not much to add, but wondering if you'd used the splendid 'Beer in the Evening' website, for example, http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/13/1353/Castle/Camberwell Also, on a Peckham 'tip', had a flyer round recently about this place http://www.selcamra.org.uk/PuboftheYear.htm which to be honest I'd always ignored, but might be worth a visit if they're serving some decent 'nut brown ales'.