The Captain Kidd Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Lovely historic riverside pub with nice terrace overlooking the river."
• "Beautiful riverside pub with bags of character."
• "Situated alongside the Thames River, it boasts a fantastic beer garden."
• "All this with a great view of the River."
• "One of the best pubs around Wapping, along the Thames."
• "Captain Kidd is one of my favourite places in London when the sun is shining."
• "Overlooking the river it's quite romantic also."

Cons:

• "Extremely disappointing bar where when they don’t have staff they don’t serve food on the terrace."
• "Drinks have also gotten very expensive over the years, considering it's a Sam Smith's and the beer quality is lesser anyway."
• "It’s now insanely expensive (even by London standards), and the toilets are grubby and tables in the beer garden all broken."
• "I wouldn't come back here again because of the behavior of what I would presume was a senior member of staff and the awful food."
• "The inside of the pub looks reminds me of a pirate ship and their toilets look like they will lead to a dungeon."
• "However the beer & spirits are pretty limited."
• "£10.95 = daylight robbery."

Service & Staff

Pros:

• "Absolutely in love with this pub, such friendly owners always in the pub to greet you."
• "The staff are.friendly."
• "The two young barman who greeted us were brilliant, lovely chatty guys who were going around tidying the place up almost with a smile."
• "The staff were lovely."
• "Friendly and helpful staff, good atmosphere, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay and will definitely be back."
• "The service was warm and friendly."
• "The staff can make good recommendations if you’re unfamiliar with the Samuel Smith’s range of drinks."

Cons:

• "Staff lack knowledge of what they serve drinks wise."
• "Useless bar staff, surly even."
• "Our reservation was lost somewhere although we had the confirmation email, service at the bar was somewhat shambolic, beer & drinks were pricey."
• "I was given paper towels and cleaned the floor myself."
• "Terrible experience, rude and unpolite staff."
• "Very aggressive restaurant staff."
• "Second visit (sorry - zero stars) : the landlady and staff were grumpy and bordering on rude."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "Had a tasty couple of pints of Samuel Smith's cask ale highly recommended."
• "The fish and chips is what my partner always likes and is to die for."
• "They've got a nice selection of non mainstream beers and there prices are very cheap -a pint is approximately 4 quid."
• "Food was good."
• "Food is affordable and was pretty tasty."
• "Prices were £5 cheaper than I was expecting, so will be back very soon."
• "Samuel Adams on tap is always a bonus in my books."

Cons:

• "Food is mediocre pub food at a slightly high price."
• "COMPLETELY CRAP: the food was absolutely vile: overcooked beef, overcooked veg."
• "Roast dinner was good although there was pepper added to everything which may not be everyone's cup of tea."
• "The worst Sunday roast I've ever been served."
• "The food we did choose was bland and rather boring."
• "Avoid at all cost. Location looks good but food and service awful."
• "The food (vegan burgers with chips) wasn’t great at all."