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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Hello Londoners
It is my birthday next month and I'm looking for somewhere to go for dinner, not too formal, not too expensive, fun and able to seat 20. i look forward to your piss taking suggestions.

alt: best type of fondue, cheese or meat or controversially, chocolate?
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:03, 160 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
The kids party section of McDonalds

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:05, Reply)
I miss Root Beer.
Why ever did they stop?
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
She moved to Scottishland.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)
Cheese and so much of it you look like the Romans in Asterix in Switzerland
www.asterix.com/licences/editions-atlas/images/poker3en.gif

Dunno about the dinner, they must have a Nando's down there
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:05, Reply)
I need to find a sort of central not too expensive hotel for a few days in May
But I ain't asking you shower
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
You'll tell me things like 'hotel 2: the klumps' and it'll be all LOL

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:21, Reply)
Try Greenwich or deptford
you are less than 10 mins from Charing Cross and all things West End. And also less than 10mins to the CIty and Docklands.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
love you
x
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:26, Reply)
No idea I'm afraid, as i live here I've never used a hotel
the are definately Holiday Inn's and their ilk, dotted around
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
Ta I shall have a proper look

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)
just find a cardboard box and some newspaper like everybody else in london not from london

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
I'd stay with my mate but she says she lives in a bridge
must be tough down south these days
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)
You'll struggle to find anything decent for under 120 a night in West London.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)
That's affordable isn't it?
I don't understand prices or money, soz
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:33, Reply)
no you misunderstand, they pay you

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:34, Reply)
I don't like to assume what's affordable to other people.
Travel Lodges and stuff are a tun a night around Hammersmith way. B&Bs around 60. Nice hotels closer to 200, from what I remember.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:35, Reply)
I'm sorry I'm making an awful mess of this
I shall have a look round and a discussion with my Travel Person and hopefully bang summat out.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:37, Reply)
The trouble with London is that it's quite big.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:39, Reply)
I'm slowly learning
I don't even know exactly where we need to be or anything. I'm such a dunce, I bring dishonour on my family name.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:41, Reply)
You should probably do everyone a favour and kill yourself.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:42, Reply)
Gonna hop off me balcony and try and fall through the christmas decorations in the street below
Nice festive treat for the road sweeper
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:45, Reply)
Fuck sake nakers.
Fondue? Seriously? Fuck.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:05, Reply)
They'll all be sat round it with their roll neck sweaters
corduroy flares and fucking mullets, the beige seventies prick cunt.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:07, Reply)
Why can't he just get a TripAdvisor account and read all the bullocks hipster reviews on there,
The chances of him following our advice on food is slim. He probably wants to go to some fucking stuck up gourmet burger bullshit place, where post grad students in ironic tshirts work for minimum wage.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
Problem with toptable etc, is there is so much to wade through

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:13, Reply)
Boisdale is probably the best restaurants in London I've eaten in outside of the celebrity chef Michelin star crazy places.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
I will bear it in mind, thank you Mr.Pig

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:17, Reply)
I've been to the one on Bishopgate and that was great.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
they really are very good.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
or there is an amazing thai place that I forget the name of.
If I remember I'll gaz you. Very good for big parties.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
Thai Square?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:24, Reply)
Overpriced
thai food can be great and cheap, doesn't need to be that expensive
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:26, Reply)
go back to the bank you grumpy shit

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:10, Reply)
Hyde Park

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:06, Reply)
London is a bit limited

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:06, Reply)

www.b3ta.com/questions/offtopic/post1825257
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:06, Reply)
Il Bordello in Wapping.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:08, Reply)
There is also a nice Sam Smiths pub opposite.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:08, Reply)
My advice is by definition about 7 years out of date
But Cafe Pacifico near Covent Garden is good for Mexican, and Belgo's used to be great for parties if they haven't completely sold out and become a massive chain now.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:11, Reply)
I'm thinking 20 people is too many for dinner really, but all these fuckers have "partners" now meaning big numbers

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:12, Reply)
The selfish cunts.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:14, Reply)
I NO RITE!

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:15, Reply)
If i was friends with B3tans, this would be MUCH less of a problem

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:16, Reply)
I find drunkenly hitting on them is pretty good for paring down numbers.
I choose the ugly ones, which means I still get to perve on the hot ones when we're out.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:17, Reply)
classic internet pervert let loose here

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:18, Reply)
I'm a hero to the downtrodden pervert community.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:18, Reply)
he's crazy for you

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
The force is strong in this one.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:19, Reply)
My real superpower is having got to my 30s without a broken nose.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
Hey, me too!
In fact I've never broken a bone #Wolverine
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
ah, so that's what you were trying to do with your hair

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:24, Reply)
Next b4sh we can right these heinous wrongs.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:25, Reply)
Why do you think I haven't been to one?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
I've been to Hawksmoor Spitalfields and had an awesome steak
www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186338-d719305-Reviews-Hawksmoor_Spitalfields-London_England.html

For vegetarians I believe they're happy to prepare a bowl of cabbage.

It might be a bit expensive, depends on what you consider an expensive meal.

Alt: Never had it.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:18, Reply)
Bit much for this I think, maybe the local Toby Jug would be an option
alt: you don't know what you are missing
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:19, Reply)
hawksmoor is lovely but so, so overpriced.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:20, Reply)
Are you not a 99%'er?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:21, Reply)
that still wouldn't make the place good value

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
I thought mere money was beneath his notice.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
I thought I was about 96 er
I can't remember. Anyway, that doesn't mean I'm going to fucking waste money. From the front door of Hawksmoor Air Street, for the same amount you'd spend on a dinner there, you could get a cab to City airport, a flight to Edinburgh, an equally good steak at Wildfire and probably a go on one of the waitresses, too.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
*slagjocklols*

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:25, Reply)
i no, rite?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:29, Reply)
Ah rimimber, reet,
when yous could gerra few pints anna fish soppeh out ovva firver an' *still* 'av yer bos fare 'ome
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:26, Reply)
what the fuck accent is that supposed to be?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
Something Northern, fuck knows. They're all the same to me.
Like darkies.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:30, Reply)
textbook Boyce, there.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:31, Reply)
Sometimes he gets channeled.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)
A different drinking euphemism for every day of the month, that's Boycey

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)
Kroney is so far up Monty's arse he can tickle his epiglottis

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)
The difference lies in the fact that Monty's joking
whereas I'm a genuinely unpleasant individual.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:36, Reply)
Come to Norwich
We've got a Yo! Sushi now. You don't get many locals in there, they get a bit suspicious of plates that move by themselves. They call it "Harry Potter's"
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:22, Reply)
Haha even if that's not true, I still like it.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:23, Reply)
It's not true.
They can't read.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:27, Reply)
You should definitely go to this place:
www.222veggievegan.com/
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:24, Reply)
they only seem to serve side dishes

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:25, Reply)
A swift perusal of the menu
suggests they don't have the faintest fucking idea what a stroganoff or a raclette are. Muppets.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
that's fairly near me
i drive past it all the time. never been in though. if i go veggie, it's either to "the gate", which has been known to make meat-eaters scream in penitance as they convert, or an indian veggie place that does incredibly massive light dosas stuffed with curry.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:44, Reply)
Tay Do on Kingsland Rd
If you're happy with Vietnamese food. It's cheap, tasty and BYOB.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:28, Reply)
They also have an Albert Square road sign on the wall
signed by the cast of Eastenders!!!!!
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:29, Reply)
thanks, that may be a bit far away though as most peeps will be coming for the SW
and we need to get back in reasonable time for the babysitter
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:32, Reply)
Also, it's really hard not to get shot on Kingsland Road
especially near the bottom*

*Since I am basing this on a year living in Dalston in 1995 this may no longer be the case, in fairness.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:33, Reply)
I think the only thing you need to worry about on Kingsland Rd now
is people dressed like Razorlight.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:36, Reply)
THE HORROR
Are Razorlight still a thing?
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:37, Reply)
I hope they're all dead.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:39, Reply)
Well the Hindenberg Disaster is still a thing so yes
Until brainwipe technology is invented
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:40, Reply)
Dunno.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:41, Reply)
Thanks

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:42, Reply)
You're welcome.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:45, Reply)
sexy welcome?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:50, Reply)
really?
Fucking hell. That's changed. It was genuninely horrible back in 1995
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:44, Reply)
tell us another story, grandpa

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:44, Reply)
You were drinking in the Waterfront back then
you've got approximately cock all room to talk.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:48, Reply)
excuuuuse me
but i hadn't even done my A-levels in 1995!
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:50, Reply)
yeah, yeah, so you say.


/I thought you went to Kings in 1995?
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:51, Reply)
nope
1996 - 1999.

that year makes all the difference...
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)
Certainly does.
It means I'd finished my UG degree for a start, so I wouldn't have been down the Waterfront on a Wednesday playing beat the barman.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:59, Reply)
+ off
sorry, had to be done

did you ever go to the duck and dive? shithole.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:05, Reply)
You mean in ULU?
hell, yes.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:16, Reply)
I think it probably wasn't very nice until a couple of years ago.
Well, it's still not 'nice' but people want the postcode.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:49, Reply)
worst thread of the week so far
One of you pricks start a new one please.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:38, Reply)
NO YOURN ARE!

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:40, Reply)
Fuck knows, Needoo's?
Alt: Fondue? No Idea
Cheese: Applewood smoked cheddar
Meat: Pork
Chocolate: Lindor
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:40, Reply)
Reading the question: nah.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:41, Reply)
this place is fab
www.gntrbt.com/about_giant_robot.php

if you want somewhere more central, here - the menu is brilliant:

www.crazybeargroup.co.uk/fitzrovia/

or if you want to stay out west, how about charlotte's place in either ealing or chiswick:

www.charlottes.co.uk/
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:41, Reply)
Hmmm - giant robot is walking distance from work and offers interesting lunches
Sorry, "brunches".
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:13, Reply)
"the castle" in battersea if you want amazing pub grub and a big heated beer garden
or "the big easy" on the kings road - you have to book, but fab frozen margs and surf and turf.

or if you want something a bit different, there is le quecum, 1940's themed french jazz bar, gorgeous food and wine.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:42, Reply)
I heard The Big Easy was named after Nakers' mum

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:43, Reply)
thanks swipey, you are all of the aces

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:45, Reply)
i know
maggie jones on high st ken is good too. proper british grub. and historical royal gossip about the old tart.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:46, Reply)
thanks for the invite btw, i'd love to come
just don't tell the rest of these twats
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:48, Reply)
you wouldn't turn up anyway

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:51, Reply)
i think you are confusing ME with YOU

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:55, Reply)
the other outcome is
"yes dear, this is a girl I invited from the internet...no, not like that..well a couple of years...no we've never met honestly!...etc etc
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:02, Reply)
does your wife not know that there are no girls on the internet?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:05, Reply)
I had a frightful meal at the Big Easy once

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:45, Reply)
really? i'm surprised, i've been a few times, and it's been consistently excellent
especially the frozen lime margs. mmm.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:47, Reply)
I think TBE is winning at the moment

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:48, Reply)
it depends what kind of night you want
TBE is v loud, buzzy, lobsters and burgers. plus there are a few pubs around there when you've finished.

another good option that's easy for everyone to get to is kazan in pimlico - near vicky station, amazing turkish food, cocktail bar next door for snecklifters.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:49, Reply)
Snecklifter is a type of bitter (by Jennings if you give a shit)
I think you're being robbed if you're buying it as a cocktail.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:50, Reply)
ah but where did they get the name from, eh?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:51, Reply)
According to the blurb on the bottle:
In northern dialect sneck means door latch and a sneck lifter was a man’s last sixpence which enabled him to lift the latch of a pub door and buy himself a pint, hoping to meet friends there who might treat him to one or two more.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:52, Reply)
exactly
so i am implying that nakers and his mates....
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:55, Reply)
have the not invented door handles up north?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)
don't need 'em
You southern la-di-da handle types. Bet you have them windows as well.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:57, Reply)
Poofs the lorravem.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:58, Reply)
absolute fleet of berties.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:59, Reply)
Er, it's Cumbrian slang for someone who's always looking to scrounge a pint.
"sneck" being a latch on a door. Someone who sticks their head round the door to look for a free pint.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:53, Reply)
exactly
so i am implying that nakers and his mates....
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:55, Reply)
no, what you're doing here petal, is furiously backpedalling.
I hope this helps xx
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:56, Reply)
i so am not!
i am implying that they could go to the pub for a few cheeky opening pints.

and then do a runner. it might help if you knew the bar in question, one "elusive camel", a formerly dingy pub now trying to market itself as a dingy cocktail bar.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:57, Reply)
of course you were.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:58, Reply)
haha we could keep this up all day
(insert something hilarious about viagra)
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:04, Reply)
"Not too formal, not too expensive, fun and able to seat 20"
Swipey's underwear?
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:43, Reply)
Able to seat about 20?
Is it the Love Shack?
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:44, Reply)
come on, and bring your jukebox money.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:45, Reply)
i hope your cock falls off

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:44, Reply)
his penis poncho hides it anyway

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:48, Reply)
SO NAKERS YEAH?
WHERE'S IT GONNA BE YEAH? JUST SO THE THREAD CAN BE DECLARED DEAD AND WE CAN MOVE ON WITH OUR LIVES, YEAH?
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 12:55, Reply)
Start a new one if you don't like it.
But make sure it's not about whisky or music, ta.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:00, Reply)
oh man, there goes my Glenfarclas/ post punk thread idea :'(

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:04, Reply)
I've emailed the big easy to see if they have space
you're NFI

xx
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:00, Reply)
Not fucking invited?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:02, Reply)
exactly

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:02, Reply)
What do I win?

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:04, Reply)
A smug sense of superiority.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:08, Reply)
I'm hoping for an invite so I can drunkenly hit on his wife.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:09, Reply)
She'd totally be up for that.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:10, Reply)
I'm never going to know if he never invites me, the selfish prick.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:11, Reply)
oh man :'(
York drinkypoos are off the menu, PERMANENTLY.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:05, Reply)
well done!
you'll have an awesome night out, and all your mates will think you are super-cool.
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:04, Reply)
for once

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:06, Reply)
i started one for you

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:06, Reply)
I know a horribly scarred guy who made meat fondue and when they were done he put the pot of hot oil outside to cool
He went out to check it lifted the lid and the cold air hitting the oil made it explode all over his face.

I prefer cheese myself
(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:06, Reply)
You'd think he'd have learned from the first time he got scarred.

(, Wed 9 Jan 2013, 13:17, Reply)

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