A brand new European restaurant will open in Ryde next week – but will it live up to its name?
Crazy’s Mediterranean Restaurant and Bar at 49 High Street, in the former Kevar’s Cafe next to the Iceland food store, will open on Monday, 6th February.
Its licence was granted to sell alcohol and play music until late in the evening despite residents’ concerns.
On behalf of the restaurant, an agent said the name ‘Crazy’s’ was very misleading for the type of activity that would take place there and was only a marketing tool.
Some neighbours said the restaurant would cause inappropriate behaviour and noise nuisance.
One objector runs a retreat nearby to help vulnerable people recover from addiction and had been assured by the restaurant’s owner Constantin Balin it would close at 22:00, despite the licence seeking permission to operate until 23:00.
The objector feared nothing would stop the restaurant from opening later and customers from acting in a disruptive manner.
The restaurant will be open for 30 minutes after the proposed licensing hours, the committee was told, to allow customers to leave gradually and not all at once and that the restaurant’s agent said it was an upmarket restaurant with alcohol and music as a by-product and they would liaise with neighbours if there are any issues.
They also said people would not get too drunk so they would fall out of the restaurant or cause disruption.
Council officers said the objections were reasonable but they were able to address them through conditions fixed on the licence. Officers said those added conditions would not significantly impact public nuisance or crime and disorder and included staff training, the ‘Challenge 25’ Policy and installing CCTV.
Music or entertainment noise levels would be set so no distinct lyrics, tunes or bass beat could be heard from a noise-sensitive premises, like nearby homes.
The committee also added that customers would not be allowed to take food or drink from the restaurant to any open, outdoors area.
Alcohol can be sold until 23:00, Sunday to Thursday, and 23:30 on Friday and Saturday, with live music and late-night refreshment provided until midnight on Friday and Saturday.
Good for them !
Ex drugies complaining lol.
Don’t live on a high street then !
No, not all objectors are ex druggies, some are hard working people who just want some sleep at might as they have work the next day. A bad location for this business.
Town centres are made for business use. It’s not in the middle of an housing estate!
This place is in a very narrow part of the High Street with tall residential buildings either side, therefore night time noise is amplified, the late night licensing hours for selling alcohol and playing music at this business should not be allowed given the location.
Not sure where commercial businesses should be located if not on the high street?
One may think that the Police station being within a stone’s throw will ensure an eye is kept on it. But then again it is Ryde.
It’s not open as a pice station tho just a “police collecting point”! Newport is nearest acti e? Police station..
The police will probably be the ones causing all the trouble, if the met is anything to go by.
From my experience, the police station in Ryde is just a building where the officers can sit, away from the public, while they eat their lunch!
Seems a good idea for once.
I shall certainly be there.
Ryde needs a casual, but decent eating and drinking place, and this ‘could’ be it.
Time and know it alls will no doubt tell.