Comments for Crystal Palace Magazine

Comment on Sparrowhawk nests in Holly Bush by Steve Wilkes

Steve Wilkes — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:50:20 +0000

That’s all well and good but charging well over £4 for a Guinness is utterly indefensible.

Are other pubs not “tied to a brewery” then? Because even in Belgravia and Soho you don’t pay that much.

I’d suggest looking into a different deal so you can charge something even vaguely in line with the other pubs in the area. Even the White Hart seems reasonable after a devastatingly expensive (and not-to-be-repeated) visit to your pub.

If the Alma gets its refurb right (i.e. not another bloody gastropub) then you might be in trouble.

This isn’t Notting Hill, it’s Crystal Palace. Just a reminder.

Comment on Sparrowhawk nests in Holly Bush by SteveG

SteveG — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:48:37 +0000

Good luck to them I say. It may not be to everyone’s taste but at least one benefit is that the other pubs in the area have been forced to smarten up.

I did have some issues including the high price of beer with this place but I did receive a nice response from them saying they will look into it. See the response below.

Our beer is expensive unfortunately as we are tied to a brewery and have set our prices as low as possible without comprising our margins.

Realising that we can’t compete cost wise on beer, we have tried to offer quality wines at competitive prices.

It is also worth noting that all our food is prepared on the premises, that goes for bread, puddings, sauces you name it. Again we think our food is competitively priced and hope this, together with our wines goes someway to counter balancing the cost of our beers.

Notwithstanding the above we intend to take stock of all our pricing in the New Year and the cost of beers will certainly be looked at and reduced if at all possible.

It does get noisy in the pub due to all the hard services there are. We are looking to increase the amount of soft fabric in place to soak up the noise although I must admit we haven’t decided on a final solution yet ( any help on the matter much appreciated).

Whilst we feel our first two months have been a tremendous success we are also aware that there a numerous improvements to be made if we are to get the pub into a position where we want it.

For example we are:

· Looking to improve the beer garden with a canopy, heaters and more sturdy furniture

Investing in a function room on the first floor

· Training our staff so that as many customers as possible go away satisfied with the service they have been given

· Ensuring our food is consistently delivered & presented

· Introducing a pre fix menu early in the week

· Opening for breakfast

· Expanding our Menu

· Installing blinds / canopy to the windows to block out the glare

· Looking to squeeze in a few more comfy seats

· Going to address the acoustics

We would like to do all of the above as quickly as possible but as you can appreciate these things all take time, planning and money.

Comment on KICC Carry on Regardless by Lee Newham

Lee Newham — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:19:31 +0000

The changes to the canopy and doors are totally unnecessary and will totally ruin the façade of the building. The fact that they have changed the only original window to match the awful plastic ones has already made the bilding uglier. It is a waste of money and a waste of the building. If they really didn’t like the place in the first instance why did they buy it? It’s miles from their congregation, the locals don’t want it and they seem hell bent on ignoring every planning decision, the local community and making the building as ugly as possible.

Not very Christian.

Comment on KICC Carry on Regardless by Celia

Celia — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:28:34 +0000

What can we do to stop this? Do they have permission to do this? If not,why don’t the council shut this travesty down?! What a shame.

Comment on Zero to Hero. The Police and the Sun apologise to Crystal Palace businessman by David Pryor

David Pryor — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:15:25 +0000

Looking at the Croydon Guardian newspaper from 10/8 they also owe this man an apology, he’s on their front page as well.

Comment on Crystal Palace Festival: future secured by Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:01:54 +0000

Contact details will be available very shortly

Comment on Protest Planned for KICC Park Event by James

James — Thu, 19 May 2011 10:02:15 +0000

For clarity those wishing to protest are invited to meet at 12:45 at the entrance to the Crystal Palace Park Museaum

Comment on Crystal Palace parking challenge by B Driver

B Driver — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:09:15 +0000

I don’t know anything about Farquhar Road, but why has Sainsburys been allowed to take over the open-air public car park at the back of their building? They only allow 2 hours parking.

Comment on Major Music Venue planned for Triangle by Graeme Dalton

Graeme Dalton — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:27:21 +0000

This is great news for Palace, just what the local community needs!

Comment on Pedder Photographic Exhibition putting Crystal Palace in the Frame by Chris Thomas

Chris Thomas — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:26:42 +0000

Hi Kofi

The competition was run by the Bigger Picture Gallery. So its best you contact them directly. http://www.biggerpicturegallery.co.uk/
Also if you have any pictures of the area you would like to share, please join our flickr photogroup: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1266477@N25/

Best regards
Chris