Gavin's reviews
Review of Cafe Rouge
14 Dec 07, 15:29
A real gem in Dulwich 
I'm a local and I've been going here for the past 5 years. It is a great place to go and relax. It's normally filled with familes, couples and friends and is very informal. The staff are nice some of which have been working at this branch for a long time. Despite the occasisonal lapse in customer service/attention to detail this is one of the best local eateries going in London. You would never know it's a chain except for the name.
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Review of The Rosendale
14 Dec 07, 15:39
Rosendale 
A touch of class in Dulwich. Smart Gastro Pub. Nice food, if sometimes a touch fussy. Decor is somewhat butch and overly angular. Wine selection is amazing. Staff try their best, the management who often circuate are not terribly friendly.
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Review of The Mansion
14 Dec 07, 15:54
Great pub
From the owners of The Rye Hotel beside Peckham Rye, The Mansion is a welcome addition on the Gipsy Hill/Dulwich border. A gothic exterior gives way to a byzantine sumptuously kitsch interior. The food menu is good with great burger fare and thai options (although not as nice as the Rye Hotel). The staff are great expecially the French bar man who is always friendly and engaging. Large beer garden at the back is sparse. Wine menu is sufficiantly wide, the Meursault, Viognier and Gewurtztraminer being highlights.
Easily the best pub for miles around.
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Review of Beauberry House
14 Dec 07, 16:10
A bit odd
The setting an amazing 18th Century Mansion set in a gorgeous park land. Is this in Surrey...? Well it used to be, but now it is firmly in zone 3 South London. Only five minutes walk from Dulwich Picture Gallery it certainly adds to that day out in Dulwich. French and Asian fusion is the concept. I tends to work in the main. But there are gripes, these are that the main dining area looks like a set from a clockwork orange. Ikea has nothing on this place lit up with neon orange chairs and stark white wall. Disconcerting when trying to have a romantic meal. The privelege of an unomantic meal does not come cheaply either. Be prepared to pay around £60 per head. The other gripe is the staff who often give off a surly attitude which is not how best to retain your clientele. Perhaps new management (again) might help turn this once local authority builidng into the jewel it ought to be.
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Review of Bridge Inn
23 Jun 08, 13:34
An adult pub 
Recently taken over, the new staff are polite, helpful and knowledgeable. A brilliant and welcome change. The food is excellent. This is a pub where you can really recharge your batteries, a complete mix of people, all of whom seem to go out to enjoy themselves without needing to bother others. The view is beautiful. It makes my Fridays after college. Hope to get a free pint for this too now lol,
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