Social Dinner in Wimbledon Village, Wednesday 23 March, 6.30pm

Event: Dinner at Cote
Where: Wimbledon Village, 8 High St, SW19 5DX
Date and Time: Wedneday 23 March, 6.30pm
After event: if there's the appetite we may go for a drink in a nearby pub

Please kindly read below about the Deposit

Order before 7pm for Prix Fixe Menu

Hi Commoners,

Intro

It's been a while since the Commoners have held a social restaurant meetup, so let's return to one of our favourite places - Wimbledon Village - a very pleasant location to hang out.

Will endeavour to be outside Cote from about 6.25pm and given that some of you may be rushing from work do let me know in advance through the message board if you'll likely be running a bit late.

Cóte's establishment will charm you with its modern decor and continental vibes. The starters and mains are great and all those who have been here before will agree that the deserts are to die for and the menu overall offers good value.

If you order before 7pm you can enjoy Cóte's Prix Fixe menu where two courses cost £16.95 or three courses are priced at £20.95 - check this link for this and the other menus:

https://www.cote.co.uk/restaurant/wimbledon/menus/

I will reserve a table for EIGHT people. Should you expect or be running late please kindly get in touch to let me know.

Once you have RSVP'd I will send you further information about this Meetup, including information concerning payment of the deposit as well as my mobile telephone number.

Deposit

Owing to 'no-shows' in the past and to reduce these I hope you do not mind me asking for an advance £3 deposit to be paid via my bank account (once you've RSVP'd I will provide you with my bank details).

Of the £3 deposit, a £2 contribution will go towards paying Meetup fees (yes, sadly Meetup isn't free and do charge Organisers every six months a handsome fee) and the other £1 will be returned to you on the evening. PLEASE KINDLY NOTE that if you cancel and cannot make this event for whatever reason the deposit is non-refundable. As a matter of courtesy please still let me know that you are unable to attend. The deposit system has worked successfully for the previous restaurant meetups with a near 100 percent attendance.

Although this has never happened in well over 100 Meetups that I have hosted, in the likely event that this meetup cannot go ahead (for example that I contract Covid) and has to be cancelled, the full deposit of £3 will be refunded to your account. But this has never happened, well not yet!

FOR THOSE ATTENDING PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

Please make payment ASAP of the deposit - this must be received by Sunday 20 March. Failure to leave a deposit and respond to requests may lead to you being removed altogether from the guest list. Should you have an issue with the payment method please get in touch and we can work something out.

Cote's Service Charge

We will all need to pay towards Cote's service charge at the end of the evening which I believe is around 15%. Would ask that everyone kindly keep a written note of the food that they order alongside a tally of their food and drink cost plus 15%. This assists me when we work out the final bill at the end of the evening.

My reservation is for EIGHT people. If I'm unable to book additional seats there might be a Waiting List. I will first try to call the restaurant to see if they can POSSIBLY accommodate one or two people.

Please, if you are on the Waiting List please DO NOT ASSUME that attendance is automatic or confirmed until I have notified you of this and that I have received the deposit. If you have RSVP'd on the main list but haven't paid the deposit, and haven't been in touch with me to explain why, you are likely to be moved off the list completely.

Only RSVP and leave a deposit if you know that you can attend. But please don't RSVP too late owing to the limited number of places for the group.

My sincere apologies for the above terms, but I hope that you will understand that I have hosted quite a number of meetups, and there have been on previous occasions 'no shows' with half of RSVP attendees not turning up.

Please note that this Meetup might be subject to changes, including the cost of the dinner that is above and beyond my control but do check out the cost of the food on Cote's website.

We look forward to great food, meeting and both new and familiar faces again.

Christopher :-)
Wimbledon Commoners Organiser

Also Organiser for Sapphire Backgammon: https://www.meetup.com/Sapphire-Backgammon-In-London/