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Category Archives: Restaurants
Sampling some good Vybz from Selsdon’s Jamaican restaurant
A start-up business was recommended by their local councillor to seek some promotional publicity from Inside Croydon. KEN TOWL tried the food at Yaad Vybz and got a 5% off offer for this website’s readers Councillor Joseph Lee may have … Continue reading
Posted in Joseph Lee, Ken Towl, Restaurants, Selsdon and Addington Village
Tagged Ken Towl, Selsdon, Yaad Vybz
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Kitchen serves up some delights as Tudor Rose rises again
After a £500,000 refurbishment, the restaurant in the big Old Coulsdon pub has really upped its game, and left STEVEN DOWNES counting the calories Now we know our loyal reader is not too fussed about the hardships and “challenges” (ha!) … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Pubs, Restaurants, Tudor Rose
Tagged Coulsdon, Mitchell and Butlers, Old Coulsdon, Surrey, The Tudor Rose, Tudor Rose, Vikki Wilson
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High Street’s Caribbean restaurant lines up Valentine’s specials
Turtle Bay, the Caribbean restaurant and bar on Croydon High Street, has launched a celebration of love for Valentine’s season with friendship and romance taking equal billing as Galentine’s and Valentine’s Bottomless Dinners on the menu. Turtle Bay’s Galentine’s Bottomless … Continue reading
Save £££s! £10 off all orders in Turtle Bay’s great New Year offer
From today, Turtle Bay is giving away a £10 gift to its customers as the Caribbean restaurant and bar welcomes in the New Year. The £10 gift is the perfect way to ensure you are not breaking the bank after … Continue reading
Coombe Lane’s Chateau restaurant forced to cancel Christmas
The Chateau restaurant on Coombe Lane has closed, with immediate effect, the latest part of Croydon’s business fabric to go under as a consequence of rising costs and the damage caused to its trade by the covid pandemic. Originally opened … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Lloyd Park, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Addington Hills, Chateau Napoleon, Coombe Wood, Coombe Wood House, Lloyd Park, The Chateau
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Norbury restaurant Via offers atmospheric stopping off point
Too many people might think that Norbury is just somewhere on the A23 that they pass on their way to Brixton or, in the opposite direction, to Croydon. Norbury is somewhere you go “via”. Thus, Norbury’s newest restaurant is called … Continue reading
The £30m in the balance for Croydon in Chancellor’s Budget
The poorest and most vulnerable in the borough are not the only ones who need their benefits uprated by Jeremy Hunt – businesses and the local economy are depending on it, too, writes ANDREW FISHER The Conservative Party’s claims to … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, Council Tax, Croydon CAB, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Child benefit, Conservative, Council Tax, Council Tax Support, Croydon, Croydon Council, Employment and Support Allowance, Jeremy Hunt, Mayor Jason Perry, Rishi Sunak, Tory, Universal Credit
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Evita gives Addiscombe’s café society a new Latvian crunch
KEN TOWL discovers a welcome addition to his local high street When I ask the name of the manager of the new deli on Addiscombe High Street, she tells me she is Evita. “As in…?” I start to ask. “Madonna, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Business, Ken Towl, Restaurants
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe High Street, Addiscombe West, Dirty Crunch, Ken Towl
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High Street’s Caribbean-themed bar shakes up its cocktails
Turtle Bay, the Caribbean-themed bar and restaurant on Croydon High Street, has introduced announced a brand new, tropical cocktail menu together with two “Steel Bottom Beers”, serving up some sunshine as autumn beckons. Turtle Bay has ramped up its island-style … Continue reading
New PM Truss’s first big crisis: a Christmas beer shortage
A strike by lorry drivers and draymen over job cuts could see Croydon’s pubs run out of beer for the football World Cup in December and Christmas. That’s the warning from union Unite, after their members working for GXO Logistics … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, London-wide issues, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Beddington Lane, Croydon, GXO Logistics, pubs, Unite the Union
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Croydon’s Pearson feels the pressure in MasterChef kitchen
Celebrity MasterChef‘s latest series enters its final round of heats tonight, featuring one of Croydon’s most recognisable figures: actor, presenter and disability rights campaigner Adam Pearson. Inside Croydon last encountered Pearson in person in the Royal Standard, the pub under … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Adam Pearson, Celebrity MasterChef, Gregg Wallace, John Torode, MasterChef, Royal Standard
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Community Kitchen’s cooking up a storm in South Norwood
Something quite awe-inspiring is happening in South Norwood. After six years of what they describe as community activism through food, cooking up and delivering tens of thousands of meals to the elderly, the poor and anyone who wanted some decent … Continue reading
Boxpark terrace bar greets summer with Caribbean flavours
Big Mike’s Rooftop BBQ returns this Sunday, June 19, to kick off a summer of good vibes and great food on the terrace at Boxpark Croydon. Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen’s food and delicious cocktails served on the terrace were one … Continue reading
New all-you-can-eat buffet moving in to the Grants building
JRC Global Buffet is to open a new branch of their all-you-can-eat diners in central Croydon in “mid-2022 in a brand new concept”. The restaurant chain already operates from premises in Valley Park, off the Purley Way. Central Croydon will … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Restaurants, Valley Park
Tagged Grants, JRC Global Buffet
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£2m auction deal could take HG Wells back to the future
A landmark pub in Worcester Park appears to have been saved from demolition or conversion into flats, after a private buyer paid more than £2million for the property. The HG Wells, on Cheam Common Road, has been closed for so … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Sutton Council
Tagged HG Wells, Sutton, Worcester Park
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Is this the biggest Easter egg to be found in Croydon?
Posting photographs of what could claim to be Croydon’s biggest Easter egg probably wasn’t the most helpful thing to do for all those thinking of the tough task of giving up chocolate for Lent. But the South Croydon Community Association … Continue reading
Caribbean bar is still recruiting ahead of delayed reopening
After a near-two-year closure, Croydon High Street’s Turtle Bay Caribbean-themed cocktail bar and restaurant is set to reopen, just in time for Christmas… The Croydon branch is the last of the 40-or-so Turtle Bay chain to reopen after the enforced … Continue reading
After 20-month covid lockdown, Turtle Bay looks to reopen
Restaurant chain’s Croydon branch is staging a recruitment day on Tuesday for front- and back-of-house staff Turtle Bay, the Caribbean restaurant on the High Street, is set to reopen next month, almost two years since it closed in response to … Continue reading
Tea time among the tees: 10% off at Farleigh for our readers
Set among 350 acres of beautiful countryside, Farleigh Golf Club also boasts one of Croydon’s top restaurants. And now, in partnership with Farleigh, Inside Croydon is delighted to offer our loyal readers a special 10 per cent off the cost … Continue reading
Posted in Inside Croydon, Restaurants
Tagged afternoon tea, Croydon, Farleigh Golf Club, Inside Croydon, Patreon
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Big Mike takes his Lime up on the roof for the rest of summer
The special Sunday Caribbean barbecue on the roof terrace of Boxpark has proved such a success, it has extended its run to every Sunday afternoon from now until the end of September. Big Mike’s Calypso Kitchen opened at Boxpark, next … Continue reading
Posted in Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Restaurants
Tagged Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark, Mike Stringer
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This latest sports bar hits it out of the park for a night out
Baseball provides the latest sporting theme for a bar at Boxpark. Going in to bat for Inside Croydon was SANJANA IDNANI, who weighs up whether the concept is three strikes and out, or a home run Sluggers is an exhilarating … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Pubs, Restaurants
Tagged Boxpark, Sanjana Idnani, Sluggers
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Where Mummy knows best: taste of Egypt comes to Boxpark
When SANJANA IDNANI heard that there was a new restaurant in town offering the best of Egyptian street food, she went along to find out more and, naturally, she took her Mum(my) A trip to Cairo might not be on … Continue reading
Celebrate July 4 with a free rum punch at Big Mike’s Lime
Celebrate American Independence Day at Big Mike’s Rooftop Lime this Sunday, July 4, with a free rum punch – and give yourself the chance of a holiday of a lifetime, too. Big Mike’s Rooftop Lime hits the Boxpark Terrace, open … Continue reading
Posted in Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark, Business, Restaurants
Tagged Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark
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CAMRA counts cost of covid as 12 local pubs fail to reopen
A local beer campaign organisation says that at least a dozen pubs in Croydon and Sutton that closed their doors at the start of the first coronavirus lockdown in March 2020 may have called “last orders” for a final time. … Continue reading
Rooftop Lime at Boxpark offers Barbados dream holiday prize
A Caribbean barbeque is coming to Croydon most summer Sundays, starting next month – and everyone who takes part will have the chance of winning a holiday of a lifetime Big Mike’s Rooftop Lime hits Boxpark next month. Boxpark is … Continue reading
Posted in Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark, Business, Restaurants
Tagged Big Mike's Calypso Kitchen, Boxpark, Mike Springer
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