London, United Kingdom
91 Lordship Ln, East Dulwich,
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+44 2086931629
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I absolutely love The Palmerston in East Dulwich. I'm a local and this is my go to place and where I take all friends and family. There is an indoor and outdoor area. The food is great as is the price. Best of all the staff are so welcoming and make you feel like a part of a family. The Palmerston is a wonderful pub. I thoroughly recommend it.
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as many others know this place used to serve impressive and well-executed modern British cooking, and sadly that era of the Palmerston has passed. Despite that, we went with the hope that it could still serve up a decent and fairly priced pub meal and were looking forward to trying out the new incarnation of the pub. However the food and experience was bang average with premium prices. The beef burger was run of the mill, nearing on wetherspoons quality except for 3x the price. One member of our party ordered the salmon (18) which was practically raw in the middle. We sent it back and our server was very apologetic. It was then brought back over by someone else who I presume was the manager who asked if it was ‘too rare’ for our liking. Seems a bit of a bold statement to expect your guests to want raw fish. The manager made a rather sarcastic comment that perhaps the ‘oven was faulty’ because they cook all their fish the same way for the same time. The salmon came back cooked but was still very bland and came on a bed of mushy peppers. Thankfully a our server (a very helpful young lady, didn’t catch her name) took it off the bill and offered a free drink. The problems with this pub clearly lie with the management and the executive ownership - charging those prices for mediocre food when you’ve a pub up the road like the Actress doing similar stuff except much better and for lower prices is a sure fire way to alienate your potential customers. Having worked in dire Mitchell and Butler pubs with similar low food standards and equally as extortionate prices, I’ve seen first hand how lacklustre pub grub can drive any returning customers away and leave you with few left to serve, at least for a meal. We probably won’t be returning, but I’ve written this review mainly because I assume some corporate person who oversees The Palmerston in its current form will read this and hopefully can take some constructive criticism as to how to better their business.
We had an amazing festive lunch at The Palmerston today...the food and cocktails were fantastic. We had the baked Camembert, the mussels and the turkey roulade and everything was so well presented and tasted as good as it looked. All of the staff were so lovely and friendly and made us feel very welcome. We look forward to visiting again soon....
Lovely old pub with fireplace. Nice cosy atmosphere. Decided not to eat there as felt prices were quite high. Would happily come again for a drink or 2. Staff really friendly.
Lovely Sunday roasts and food. The liver with caper butter was exceptional. I would recommend this place to anyone who is able to eat food- 99% of people I guess. Some of the staff seem a little away with the fairies \u200d️. Like one barman who said he didn’t know what the roasts came with- despite them being the main thing on the menu. Odd but funny
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