George's reviews
Review of The Clapham Picture House
21 Dec 07, 11:12
Lovely 
Tucked away on Venn Street, the CPH is opposite a number of very good restaurants - gastro for example - making it the perfect place for an extended film, dinner night out. It's a far cry from the standardised Odeans or Vue that you may be used to and way better than Brixton's good eclectic effort.
There's a bar downstairs to while away the time - if you can't find a seat in on of the area's thousands of bars. The Cinema is quite petite with - four screens in what are quite small rooms. This leads to a word of warning: It is quite small so you'd do well to book in advance if you can. It's the only cinema in the area so tickets for the more popular films go quickly.
There is a sort of loyalty card for about £30 a year giving you discounts, free screenings, bar discounts etc. A good present for the film gimp in your life.
They go in for the niche screenings here too. Some friends of ours hired a room and screened a documentary they made there so it's obviously available for private hire. I gather that there is also a 'mothers morning matinee (AKA Big Scream) for mothers who lunch. Do not attend this session if you are not a mother or over three. You will quite possibly go insane. There are special screenings for schools, short films, arthouse films, sceeenings for the older generation and those for people 'dating'.
In all, a pillar of Clapham Life. We love.
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Review of Clapham Tandoori
26 Oct 07, 10:14
Genius Masaala with a side order of Sag Aloo 
Fantastic place. Very stylishly kitted out, this is not your average bad decor and greasy poppadom pad. The food is delicious but above average in price as a result. It's been in Clapham since 200 a.d but has recently refurbished and IMHO rivals the Bombay Bicylce for quality and service. Then staff are incredibly friendly and service is invariably excellent.
It had a very fresh feel to it, was redecorated some time ago and is definately the best one alonng the High Street Strip. Portions are large and there's a very varied menu. Great place to eat in if you fancy a leisurely curry in a nice environnment or just a bite to eat before a film.
Only criticism would be that the delivery food was quite greasy (Although it was only one dish out of 4, the rest being delicious). It was delivered on time and with more complimentary dishes and dips than elsewhere is swanky takeaway bags.
However, this shouldn't detract from what is really an excellent Indian restaurant.
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