Relax. Nobody’s upset. (Unless you are and I doubt it.)

Cheers, Boyce

“Don’t know what’s bad about Park Side?? I went down there on July 3 had some beers and a Sandwich(fresh,well stuffed),good service and decent Food.Temperature in the place was fine. Business seemed good that nite(Saturday).The place was only open for 2 weeks I understand. For myself a nice addition to the F&B scene in Lido.”

My experience is it was too hot and this was confirmed by several people that day. The first person leaving a comment also found it hot. I assume these experiences, as well as yours, provide useful info for management.

“Prefer Parkside to Frank’ Place or Eudora Station. The Food is certainly better. I understand they are a Gastro Pub and not aiming to get a Michelin Star.”

At least in re food, Parkside is better than Frank’s and Eudora so far, though I find it pricey and don’t like the fries. By the way, who claimed Parkside is a Michelin-star restaurant? Please let me know as that would make a fun post.

“Dont live in the Lido area,but once around will visit Parkside everytime. Some Hiccups during the opening period?? So what”

So what? So, one way bars and restaurants know what the hiccups are is by observing and listening to customers. Places that don’t listen or, even worse, places where customers don’t tell them what they don’t like, face a disadvantage. Surely, given the experience of the team at Parkside, they want to know about cases of customer dissatisfaction.

“How many Bars or Bar/Restaurants did you run Boyce? Always been perfect??”

I have run *zero* bars and restaurant. Do you have to run an airline or a taxi fleet or a concert ticket operation to have an opinion on whether they are doing a good job or not? Not in my book, and I don’t have to have run a bar or restaurant to comment on the staff not bringing a knife and fork or putting processed cheese on my burger and charging me RMB78 or leaving the doors wide open so it is too hot inside. Seriously, that comment is like putting a “kick me” sign on your back.

By the way, have *you* run a bar and restaurant? If you haven’t, then who are you to bring up the issue? And if you have, then you obviously don’t appreciate consumer feedback.

“I had some shocking service experiences in 5 star Hotels in China.”

Really? How many five-star hotels have you run? (And yes, I’m being sarcastic.)

“Keep going Parksiders your’e on the right track. Good Place and good value for money.I’ll be back.”

Yes, I hope they keep going. I know the management, and they are pretty demanding as customers themselves, so I imagine they value consumer feedback.

Cheers, Boyce

For myself a nice addition to the F&B scene in Lido.

Prefer Parkside to Frank’ Place or Eudora Station.
The Food is certainly better.
I understand they are a Gastro Pub and not aiming to get a Michelin Star.

Dont live in the Lido area,but once around will visit Parkside everytime.

Some Hiccups during the opening period?? So what

How many Bars or Bar/Restaurants did you run Boyce?
Always been perfect??

I had some shocking service experiences in 5 star Hotels in China.

Keep going Parksiders your’e on the right track.

Good Place and good value for money.I’ll be back.

hard to go wrong with that, no matter what’s in your glass! cheers

(on second thought – i’ll pass if it’s skunky yanjing… or cheap baijiu)

At the risk of turning this into a 300-comment exchange…

Those “back-of-the-envelope calculations” are based on my experience as a consumer in Beijing bars, which is what this blog is about. If you order a pint of Stella in this city, you will almost always get 500 ML of beer. Not 300 ML, 400 ML, or 573 ML, but 500 ML, unless bar managers have been fibbing to me. Thus, I don’t think people who drink Stella will find my calculations “confusing”; they will know exactly what I’m talking about when I say two “pints” equal a liter.

By the way, I Googled “Beijing”, “pint”, and “Stella”. The top six results include a couple of references to this blog as well as:

- A City Weekend bar review that refers to “pints of Stella and Hoegaarden draught (¥35)” at Tun; given the price, “pints” means 500 ML.

- A Time Out bar review that states “Pints of Stella cost 35RMB” at Fubar; again, given the price, “pints” means 500 ML glasses.

That might not jibe with book knowledge, but it does suggest there is some consensus in Beijing that when people refer to a “pint of Stella”, they are talking about 500 ML of beer. Recommendation: more drinking, less thinking…

Cheers, Boyce

depends on whether you think those are a step above or below mcd’s… ;-)