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  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,630
    Can't belive how many chips you get for 3 quid in there.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,059
    Nicholas said:

    Can't belive how many chips you get for 3 quid in there.

    I take it you are kidding, they charge £3 for a portion of chips(am not being sarcastic, I don't do football ground food".
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    ElfsborgAddick said:

    Nicholas said:

    Can't belive how many chips you get for 3 quid in there.

    I take it you are kidding, they charge £3 for a portion of chips(am not being sarcastic, I don't do football ground food".
    They do mate. You get f*** all as well.

    They were enough for my nine year old, but I'd have been left very hungry afterwards had they been for me.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,059
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    ElfsborgAddick said:

    Nicholas said:

    Can't belive how many chips you get for 3 quid in there.

    I take it you are kidding, they charge £3 for a portion of chips(am not being sarcastic, I don't do football ground food".
    They do mate. You get f*** all as well.

    They were enough for my nine year old, but I'd have been left very hungry afterwards had they been for me.
    That is f****** scandalous.

  • dingdong
    dingdong Posts: 84
    The upper west service is bloody awful. I like a previous comment have wrote in and had no response. Yesterday I askrd for 3 ciders and she wanted to charge me £12:00 I asked her behind the bar how much is 3 £3:70 she hand'nt a bloody clue. Useless
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,236
    edited November 2014
    Had a burger from the diner van in the carpark by the south end of the west stand where the ill fated rotisserie chicken use to be. Was later than normal and couldn't be bothered walking up to my favourite chippy in Charlton church lane across from the liberal club. I have to say it was very tasty indeed - nice soft bap, decent coarse mince burger, cheese bacon and onions. Six quid!!!!. Bit of a long wait and the very pleasant lady serving was handling food and change at the same time albeit with plastic gloves on. Would probably do it again if the need arose.
  • Simonsen
    Simonsen Posts: 5,503
    Baldybonce said:

    i'm a little concerned as to how he knows what a raw penis tastes like.

    Not quite as good as cooked penis....
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,638
    Simonsen said:

    Baldybonce said:

    i'm a little concerned as to how he knows what a raw penis tastes like.

    Not quite as good as cooked penis....
    Nurse, you were supposed to prick his boil.
  • sunbury-addick
    sunbury-addick Posts: 1,929
    Kin hell, its a football stadium (and a great one) you really expect to get a decent pint and grub - leave it out
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    Don't expect it to be great. Do expect it to be drinkable. Other clubs manage it. Ours is regularly the worse around, and served by the slowest poorest trained staff ( at least in Upper west, where we pay a premium)
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  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    redman said:

    Don't expect it to be great. Do expect it to be drinkable. Other clubs manage it. Ours is regularly the worse around, and served by the slowest poorest trained staff ( at least in Upper west, where we pay a premium)

    Not for food and drink you don't.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,629
    I may be in the minority here, but I really cant see why you need to eat whilst at a football match. The game kicks off at 3 pm and ends at 5pm, so, can I ask, do you usually eat a meal between these times. I would have thought that most people eat lunch between 12 and 2 and dinner/tea between 6 and 8pm. That would give you time to eat something before you come out, and even if you live miles away and have to set off before midday (and this includes away games whilst I'm at it) why not prepare beforehand & bring a sarnie or two with you.

    I realise that there are a number on here who like a drink or 3 beforehand, bur again, why not have a sandwich before you leave home or bring one with you. Its not as if its a surprise that you are out during lunchtime & have had all week the think about where & what to eat. So, in essence, if you are at the ground around 2.30pm, not had anything to eat since breakfast & are feeling hungry then you really only have yourself to blame if you have to rely on the food served up at a burger van or something similar.
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    golfaddick said:

    I may be in the minority here, but I really cant see why you need to eat whilst at a football match. The game kicks off at 3 pm and ends at 5pm, so, can I ask, do you usually eat a meal between these times. I would have thought that most people eat lunch between 12 and 2 and dinner/tea between 6 and 8pm. That would give you time to eat something before you come out, and even if you live miles away and have to set off before midday (and this includes away games whilst I'm at it) why not prepare beforehand & bring a sarnie or two with you.

    I realise that there are a number on here who like a drink or 3 beforehand, bur again, why not have a sandwich before you leave home or bring one with you. Its not as if its a surprise that you are out during lunchtime & have had all week the think about where & what to eat. So, in essence, if you are at the ground around 2.30pm, not had anything to eat since breakfast & are feeling hungry then you really only have yourself to blame if you have to rely on the food served up at a burger van or something similar.

    If I eat at the game Golfie it's to suck up some of the alcohol.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    golfaddick said:

    I may be in the minority here, but I really cant see why you need to eat whilst at a football match. The game kicks off at 3 pm and ends at 5pm, so, can I ask, do you usually eat a meal between these times. I would have thought that most people eat lunch between 12 and 2 and dinner/tea between 6 and 8pm. That would give you time to eat something before you come out, and even if you live miles away and have to set off before midday (and this includes away games whilst I'm at it) why not prepare beforehand & bring a sarnie or two with you.

    I realise that there are a number on here who like a drink or 3 beforehand, bur again, why not have a sandwich before you leave home or bring one with you. Its not as if its a surprise that you are out during lunchtime & have had all week the think about where & what to eat. So, in essence, if you are at the ground around 2.30pm, not had anything to eat since breakfast & are feeling hungry then you really only have yourself to blame if you have to rely on the food served up at a burger van or something similar.

    I generally agree golfie, but, when we were season ticket holders, the missus and I used to leave for the game about 11.45, be on the lash in the Oak from 12.45 to 2.55, watch the game, back in the Oak 3 minutes after the whistle went and then head home about 6.45, arriving back around 7.45, so the Jamaican pattie at half time was most welcome. Carrying a warm corned beef sandwich around in my sky for three hours really isn't my idea of heaven...

    I think the point a number of people are making is, if you are going to do it, do it right, or don't do it at all?
  • PL54
    PL54 Posts: 10,757
    golfaddick said:

    I may be in the minority here, but I really cant see why you need to eat whilst at a football match. The game kicks off at 3 pm and ends at 5pm, so, can I ask, do you usually eat a meal between these times. I would have thought that most people eat lunch between 12 and 2 and dinner/tea between 6 and 8pm. That would give you time to eat something before you come out, and even if you live miles away and have to set off before midday (and this includes away games whilst I'm at it) why not prepare beforehand & bring a sarnie or two with you.

    I realise that there are a number on here who like a drink or 3 beforehand, bur again, why not have a sandwich before you leave home or bring one with you. Its not as if its a surprise that you are out during lunchtime & have had all week the think about where & what to eat. So, in essence, if you are at the ground around 2.30pm, not had anything to eat since breakfast & are feeling hungry then you really only have yourself to blame if you have to rely on the food served up at a burger van or something similar.

    What would your stance be over the need for food at an evening game ? Or a 1245 KO ?
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,236
    Eating is part of the match day experience for me and has a practical side to it. I drive to the game so can't drink. If I'm not where I usually park by an hour before the game I probably won't get a space. Therefor I have time to kill. A naughty pleasure i.e. Something I really shouldn't eat with my ticker like fish and chip or a burger amounts to an occasional treat so I get two of my fixes on one day. I'm well aware that eating by/in the ground is a captive market so will, generally, either be shyte (even if it's damn tasty!) or way over priced. Hence the chippie opposite the Lib which is excellent and reasonably priced.
  • superchrissypowell
    superchrissypowell Posts: 693
    The chippy just up the hill from the lib is a great chippy. Awesome fish and chips and very reasonable too! (1/4 cheeseburger with chips is 4 quid!) They are always very friendly as well. Will always go there rather than the over priced rubbish from behind the stands
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    Food at football grounds has always been notoriously crap and people have two options. Buy it or don`t buy it. I always eat before the game and after. The only time I would even contemplate eating inside a football ground would be at an away game if I didn`t manage to get anything to eat beforehand.

    Saying that, the food is miles better than the old days. I remember the food available in the 70,s and early 80`s and it was almost inedible. Does anyone remember those disgusting burgers that were pre-cooked and came out of a tin full of brine or something and were just re-heated? If Charlton tried to sell those at matches these days they would be closed down by the food brigade!
  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    WSS said:

    redman said:

    Don't expect it to be great. Do expect it to be drinkable. Other clubs manage it. Ours is regularly the worse around, and served by the slowest poorest trained staff ( at least in Upper west, where we pay a premium)

    Not for food and drink you don't.
    Mute point - when prices in upper west rose one year and other areas of the ground didn't, it was actually "quoted" by the club that one of the reasons was due to the supposed better facilities. This was and always has been tosh so you are right of course (that bit was said tongue in cheek). Wherever you sit in the ground the beer should be drinkable, I can't see why anybody should argue with that.

  • redman
    redman Posts: 5,285
    I also should have explained the "embarrassing" comment. We get a lot of floaters/newbies/foreigners in our section. It doesn't encourage them to come again, and is quite embarrassing.
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  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,008
    E-cafc said:

    Does anyone remember those disgusting burgers that were pre-cooked and came out of a tin full of brine or something and were just re-heated? If Charlton tried to sell those at matches these days they would be closed down by the food brigade!

    Yep. Slimey things. Probably made of dog or horse.
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    Yes they must have been! Definitely no beef in those ones lol
  • AddickUpNorth
    AddickUpNorth Posts: 8,325
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    I always take away the worry of finding something wholesome and veggie friendly by packing my coolbox with tasty nibbles.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,893
    cheesesburger I had on Saturday was exemplary.

    Marco-Pierre White would have been proud.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    carly burn said:

    Forgot that I emailed the catering fella after he asked for our views in the program a few weeks ago. I wasn't too complimentary if I'm honest.

    Heard absolutely diddly back.

    Says a lot.

    Guess what?
    I only got an email back from the catering dept this very morning!

    Who'd of thunk it!

    The power of CL.

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    So what did they email say?
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    iaitch said:

    So what did they email say?


    Dear Carly

    I’m sorry you had a negative experience with the matchday catering. We have been, and will continue, to invest time in training our staff across the site. Could you let me know where you sit so that I can assign a member of the matchday training team to work on that area. I’ve also spent time working on the kiosk ergonomics to increase the speed of service. Unfortunately we aren’t yet where we want to be. Thank you for writing in, the feedback that we receive is a valuable tool for us to continue driving the catering forward. If you have any more feedback please do send it over.

    If you are attending the Millwall game on the 22nd I’d like to catch up with you so that I can get some more feedback. Once again I’m sorry for the negative experience and hope that you’ll give the matchday catering another chance.
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    carly burn said:

    iaitch said:

    So what did they email say?


    Dear Carly

    If you are attending the Millwall game on the 22nd I’d like to catch up with you so that I can get some more feedback..
    Sounds like you're going to get a kicking Carly!
  • A-R-T-H-U-R
    A-R-T-H-U-R Posts: 7,678
    edited November 2014
    redman said:

    We get a lot of floaters/newbies/foreigners in our section. It doesn't encourage them to come again, and is quite embarrassing.

    We had a floater in the North Upper toilets, though I could hardly see it through the clouds of smoke.

  • SilentAddick
    SilentAddick Posts: 1,603
    E-cafc said:

    Food at football grounds has always been notoriously crap and people have two options. Buy it or don`t buy it. I always eat before the game and after. The only time I would even contemplate eating inside a football ground would be at an away game if I didn`t manage to get anything to eat beforehand.

    Saying that, the food is miles better than the old days. I remember the food available in the 70,s and early 80`s and it was almost inedible. Does anyone remember those disgusting burgers that were pre-cooked and came out of a tin full of brine or something and were just re-heated? If Charlton tried to sell those at matches these days they would be closed down by the food brigade!

    Had that at Welling United and after a bite, I threw it away, disgusting!!!

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