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1. • CommentAuthorkatiejane
   • CommentTimeJun 10th 2009

    
   I'm going to give it a go next Wednesday. Lunch for a fiver, free refills of tea and coffee (feel like they may have missed a trick here), food demonstrations, special caged area for kiddies...
   
   Ventured in last week, to find the front bit cleared away a bit to make room for...kiddie rubber matting, and no sign of anything else going on, but guess it's a step in the right direction. Assume dads are allowed in, despite the name. Anyone else up for it?
2. • CommentAuthorPete
   • CommentTimeJun 10th 2009

    
   I had to reread this many times to understand who would want to go to a Baby Sick club.
3. • CommentAuthorMills
   • CommentTimeJun 15th 2009

    
   I saw the sign outside the Dairy. It made me laugh and laugh. I love the fact my local pub is doing a mother and baby club. Even if it is tea and coffee, the fact it it's in the pub is quite funny.
4. • CommentAuthorBeek
   • CommentTimeJun 15th 2009

    

   There's an offer at Dudleys where kids under 10 can eat for free, I know not many babies would be up for a lardylicious pancake, but for bigger ones, it's fab. Usually you have to venture to Crouch End or further afield for that kinda deal...

   By the way, what sort of food demonstrations were taking place at the Dairy? Were they aimed at the Mummies or the babies...?

5. • CommentAuthorlizzieN2
   • CommentTimeJun 28th 2009

    
   Hey guys,
   
   just to let you know a bit about the Parents & Babies Club....its
   every week Tuesday to Thursday between 12-5pm. As a few of you guys have seen we have got matting down in the lounge with kids toys etc. We also have offers on food dishes, free refills on tea & coffee. Arts and crafts between 2-3pm everyday - with someone to entertain the kiddies. There will also be upcoming monthly food demonstrations from our resident chefs and other visitors to entertain the mums (and dads).
6. • CommentAuthormarkwhitehead
   • CommentTimeJan 4th 2010

    
   Beek - where is Dudleys - free food for under-10s sounds too good to be true!
7. • CommentAuthortosscat
   • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

    

   Until you actually go there.

   I thought the food was horrible, and the atmosphere worse.

8. • CommentAuthorMisscara
   • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

    
   Never been to Dudley's but heard only bad things about the place. I'm surprised it is still trading as whenever I go past there's never anyone in. Is it part of a chain?
9. • CommentAuthorandy
   • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

    
   We are Ninja

   We went. It's exactly like a chain pizza place, except with pancakes where you expect pizza bases.

   This is as disconcerting as it sounds.

10. • CommentAuthorAli
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     

    Is it anything like the My Old Dutch Pancake House in Holborn ?

11. • CommentAuthorpoxy
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     
    When we walk past we play the "How many more members of staff than paying punters are there?" game. It's rarely less than zero.
12. • CommentAuthorBridget
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     
    I really like Dudleys and its sad to see people being so nasty about it.
    
    I go with my son and baby and sometimes friends. They do nice coffees and the milkshakes are amazing. They give toy packs for the kids too and we have lemon and sugar pancakes. Its my once a week treat.
    
    It might be a bit expensive for some of the local families as a milkshake is £3 something , but I get a couple of glasses with it as its huge.
    
    The guy who owns it is a young guy who opened one in Barnet which is really popular. So he did it all himself and it is named after his brother who died in a car crash in his teens.
    
    He is often in there and is open to comments about what he could do to get more people in as custom is sporadic.
    
    I would hate it to close as there is nothing really like it for families in the area and is one of the least shabbiest places around.
    
    Plus the guy is working really hard to make it work, he is not a chair just a hard working young man - I think he is in his twenties!
13. • CommentAuthorMarquis
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     
    Plus, with some of the pancakes there's stuff UNDER the base!!!
    
    On another note, is Venezia closing down? The last two times I thought I'd give them some business it was closed (lit but onlyu the owner inside and oven turned off).
14. • CommentAuthorkrappyrubsnif
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     
    re Dudleys - if they allow children it it must be truly awful.
15. • CommentAuthorMisscara
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     
    Nobody was being nasty about it, like I said, I've never been. Was merely making a comment based on what I'd heard from people who had eaten there and my own observation of how empty it always is.
    
    Whilst I agree that small businesses in the area should be supported, I have to say that having looked at the menu I wouldn't eat there when there are so many better, and cheaper options on sgr. I suppose I'm more of a traditional diner, and I think the fact it looks like one of those 'chain' places puts people off. I think it has limited appeal ie. one-off treats and kids parties. I wouldn't ever consider taking a client for lunch there, or having dinner with my parents, for example, as I do in many of the other restaurants.
16. • CommentAuthorkatiejane
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     
    Nandos is okay for kids.
17. • CommentAuthorMisscara
    • CommentTimeJan 5th 2010

     
    Don't get me started on Nando's.
18. • CommentAuthortosscat
    • CommentTimeJan 6th 2010

     

    I took people to Dudleys for breakfast, it was nasty and I was embarrassed.

    Weird tough pancakes, cheap cheese, strange toppings, poor value, banging euro-house music. The lemon and sugar one may be alright, and I didn't try the coffee, but suggestions for the owner? How about paletable food?

    £7 on a dry pancake with tinned ingredients, or £7ish for the vegetarian fiesta at Petek - you decide.