http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/list/1 EN Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:03:52 +0000 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:03:52 +0000 SE1 Discussion Phorum 5.1.6 600 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117773#msg-117773 forum@london-se1.co.uk (alang) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117773#msg-117773 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:03:52 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117765#msg-117765 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Gorse)
Seems a strange business plan granted, but I think she should be entitled to carry on her business as she sees fit (provided there is no discrimination, and seeing how many people have experienced her it sounds like there is not!).

I think people should vote with their feet, rather than making any sort of "official complaint" about things like this. I would hope the authorities have more pressing matters to deal with...]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117765#msg-117765 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117764#msg-117764 forum@london-se1.co.uk (boomshake) all the places must be registered with the council..

the more complaints the better.. they would have to send an inspector ?!?!?]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117764#msg-117764 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:42:35 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117744#msg-117744 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Davies)
So I really didn't get any logic behind the being so rude and then attempting to shortchange me several pounds.

And the food was poor.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117744#msg-117744 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:43:52 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117735#msg-117735 forum@london-se1.co.uk (house)
I've been here before and experienced the 'having to leave because not ordering food' even though I was sitting with people that were. But I thought I'd give Lila's another go last week. I went in on a wednesday morning with my friend and her baby. There was no one in Lila's except for a small table at the front with a couple of teenage boys. My friend put her baby buggy to one side of the cafe and the staff came over straight away to ask her to move it. She asked where she could park it (bearing in mind there was masses of space and no one in) and Lila (must have been her - surly, spitting, ridiculously aggressive) barked that it was a health and safety hazard. My friend offered to pack it up, move it where ever and Lila had none of it and just yelled at us to go!!!

I shouted back that I wouldn't be darkening her door again. We left, went round the corner to the lovely Italian cafe who were more than happy to have us.

How on earth does this cafe survive? This woman is like a baddie from a B&W film she is so nasty.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/117735#msg-117735 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:25:33 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113576#msg-113576 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Colinio)
Maison Bertaux in Soho is delightful but even there the folk can be on the abrupt side of 'cute', and you have to order a cake (which are very good).

Don't get me started on Valeries'.

As a result I find myself going to them quite rarely as I usually want just a solo coffee, for which there are many coffee emporia.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113576#msg-113576 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:43:13 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113521#msg-113521 forum@london-se1.co.uk (jackie rokotnitz) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113521#msg-113521 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:43:22 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113519#msg-113519 forum@london-se1.co.uk (jackie rokotnitz) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113519#msg-113519 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:39:02 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113510#msg-113510 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Davies)
At lunchtime.

Take photos will you?]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113510#msg-113510 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:24:08 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113506#msg-113506 forum@london-se1.co.uk (damdamdam) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113506#msg-113506 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:25:27 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113503#msg-113503 forum@london-se1.co.uk (jonnyp42) Laugh, I might do the same... a little bit of sport...]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113503#msg-113503 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:24:34 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113462#msg-113462 forum@london-se1.co.uk (damdamdam) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113462#msg-113462 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:22:23 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113286#msg-113286 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Davies)
It's a pity we can't warn the poor tourists and explain this is NOT typical of how cafe's treat their customers in the UK, but so it goes.

Oh, and if you do have to go there for some reason, count your change.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113286#msg-113286 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:07:20 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113039#msg-113039 forum@london-se1.co.uk (annonymous) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/113039#msg-113039 Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:45:28 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100173#msg-100173 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Emma23) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100173#msg-100173 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:04:27 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100142#msg-100142 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Boss St Bloke)
To experience the full Wong Kei, do these in this order:

Meet a bunch of mates in Leicester Square at Noon Saturday

Spend all day getting completely trolleyed - eating nothing

Stagger to Wonk Kei 15 mins before closing time

Slur your words and tell the waiter that you can't decide what you want, in a very loud voice

Spill your green tea all over the place

Crack the joke about "is your wok Wonk-ee tonight mate?" (yuk, yuk yuk)

etc...

the full rudeness of the Wong Kei should filter through]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100142#msg-100142 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:24:24 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100140#msg-100140 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Gordon OKR) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100140#msg-100140 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:15:11 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100136#msg-100136 forum@london-se1.co.uk (boroughpaul) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100136#msg-100136 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:25:58 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100134#msg-100134 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Davies) Is Wong Kei still going?]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100134#msg-100134 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:05:41 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100126#msg-100126 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Richard Stompidou) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100126#msg-100126 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:42:42 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100109#msg-100109 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Fozzy) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100109#msg-100109 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:14:34 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100108#msg-100108 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Laphroaig)
Do you think so? I think it's rather that it gets away with the bad attitude only because there are enough one-visit tourists to patronize it. WHY it has a bad attitude is a different question--you'd have to ask Lila, I guess.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100108#msg-100108 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:10:36 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100102#msg-100102 forum@london-se1.co.uk (boroughpaul) have a nice day]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100102#msg-100102 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:38:41 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100073#msg-100073 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Davies)
I didn't say that.
My take is that everyone at Borough Market is nice to all the customers no matter who they are.

Lila is the exception because she makes no secret of the fact all she cares about is maximum turn over and the staff are routinely rude. They get away with it because of the tourist trade. The locals only go once.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100073#msg-100073 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:14:18 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100047#msg-100047 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Laphroaig)
I am guessing it works for Lila because tourists generally go to a place once. If they are in London for a few days and go to Patisserie Lila and have a bad time, then what? They probably won't go back in any case, and they don't know about this site to complain about it, so they chalk it up as one bad experience. Evidently she has a big enough flow of tourists that she doesn't care about alienating the locals. That may backfire on her eventually, the way things are going.

None of that excuses the complaints, though I wonder mildly why people continue to post new complaints when they are all consistent with the previous eight pages' worth.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100047#msg-100047 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:05:28 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100037#msg-100037 forum@london-se1.co.uk (boroughpaul) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100037#msg-100037 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:18:28 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100035#msg-100035 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Davies)
Every place I go at Borough the stall holders have got to know me and are always pleased to see me and are nice and chat to me even though I don't spend a lot of money.

Lila only only caters to tourists and I guess it works for her as tourists want takeaway and regulars want ingredients. It's tough for the majority of stall holders at Borough who sell ingredients rather than fast food, and the regular shoppers who have to wade through the tourist hordes to buy butter, and noticeable that many stall holders have to offer fast food as well now to make it pay.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100035#msg-100035 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:04:07 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100006#msg-100006 forum@london-se1.co.uk (Laphroaig) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100006#msg-100006 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:37:29 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100004#msg-100004 forum@london-se1.co.uk (boroughmark) SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/100004#msg-100004 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:12:08 +0000 http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/99969#msg-99969 forum@london-se1.co.uk (janefs)
Not quite. The range of choice does [i]not[/i] automatically make the experience a good one. It is the [relatively] limited choice of good coffees, made with care, the style of service, and the place itself that define Monmouth as different from the rest. People who don't rate that, or want a mochachino or hot chocolate have plenty of other options locally.]]> SE1 Discussion http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/44176/99969#msg-99969 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:19:24 +0000