Category Archives: Restaurants

Sampling some good Vybz from Selsdon’s Jamaican restaurant

Posted on March 14, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Kitchen serves up some delights as Tudor Rose rises again

Posted on March 5, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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High Street’s Caribbean restaurant lines up Valentine’s specials

Posted on January 31, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Save £££s! £10 off all orders in Turtle Bay’s great New Year offer

Posted on January 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Coombe Lane’s Chateau restaurant forced to cancel Christmas

Posted on November 16, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Norbury restaurant Via offers atmospheric stopping off point

Posted on November 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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The £30m in the balance for Croydon in Chancellor’s Budget

Posted on November 3, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Evita gives Addiscombe’s café society a new Latvian crunch

Posted on October 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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High Street’s Caribbean-themed bar shakes up its cocktails

Posted on September 20, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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New PM Truss’s first big crisis: a Christmas beer shortage

Posted on September 5, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Croydon’s Pearson feels the pressure in MasterChef kitchen

Posted on August 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Community Kitchen’s cooking up a storm in South Norwood

Posted on July 7, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Boxpark terrace bar greets summer with Caribbean flavours

Posted on June 17, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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New all-you-can-eat buffet moving in to the Grants building

Posted on March 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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£2m auction deal could take HG Wells back to the future

Posted on March 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Is this the biggest Easter egg to be found in Croydon?

Posted on March 3, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Caribbean bar is still recruiting ahead of delayed reopening

Posted on November 12, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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After 20-month covid lockdown, Turtle Bay looks to reopen

Posted on October 11, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Tea time among the tees: 10% off at Farleigh for our readers

Posted on August 21, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Big Mike takes his Lime up on the roof for the rest of summer

Posted on August 18, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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This latest sports bar hits it out of the park for a night out

Posted on July 31, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Where Mummy knows best: taste of Egypt comes to Boxpark

Posted on July 11, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Celebrate July 4 with a free rum punch at Big Mike’s Lime

Posted on July 1, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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CAMRA counts cost of covid as 12 local pubs fail to reopen

Posted on June 7, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Rooftop Lime at Boxpark offers Barbados dream holiday prize

Posted on May 25, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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