Anchor Bankside Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "The place has a great atmosphere. It has a terrace on the side of the river."
• "A beautiful pub right by the Thames and near Borough Market. If you're outside, you'll have River views; inside is the most beautiful pub from 1615."
• "One of my favourite British pubs in London with a very quaint interior and a great view of the river."
• "Amazing pub along the river. Really big, with a great outside area where you can enjoy the views especially during sunset."
• "The atmosphere was very festive for Christmas."
• "Warm and welcoming atmosphere, mellow lighting with a nice view of Thames."
• "An awesome river site pub. Roof terrace, riverside terrace, indoor wood panelled seating areas."

Cons:

• "It was also very loud and crushed at times, so not what I'd call comfortable."
• "The whole place looked and felt grimy."
• "Music so ceaselessly loud as to be offensive."
• "The place is dirty with flies everywhere, place looks like it’s falling down with industrial railings blocking half the pub off with yellow tape and a hose going through to the bar."
• "Whilst the location was lovely, tables were dirty and stuff overwhelmed."
• "Upstairs was infested with mice, a couple running across the floor while we ate."
• "The pub is in an excellent position to see London riverside and St Paul's cathedral. The owners Green King should be ashamed of the disgusting worn-out toilets."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food was delicious and reasonably priced for large portions."
• "Food portion is huge (order the small fish & chips) or share a large unless you are VERY hungry."
• "Was some of the best traditional English food I've had."
• "The food was amazing everyone was really nice & kind."
• "Spectacular fish and chips."
• "The food is very good, excellent I'd rather say."
• "The food was great. The place was very busy so we had to wait for our food approximately 40 min."

Cons:

• "Saturday afternoon, Atmosphere in out door area good but that’s where it stops, food was only fair, we were really disappointed."
• "The food honestly wasn't upto scratch though."
• "The steak pie we had was lukewarm and the crust was doughy."
• "The turkey was dry and slimy."
• "The food was only average pub food quality, disappointing mac&cheese that tasted like cardboard and a rather dry pie that needed lots of gravy to make it edible."
• "The socalled 'chicken breast' was compressed chicken meat, the meat from the roast was a bad quality meat - it was hard to chew."
• "The food was not very good. Steak and ale pie mainly was gravy with a few morsels of meat."

Service

Pros:

• "The service is quick despite the beer garden being completely packed."
• "Visited the place today and had a nice experience. Food service speed is good, atmosphere is great and food was tasty."
• "Service was great, main course came quick."
• "Staff are friendly and efficient."
• "The staff were very friendly and welcoming."
• "Staff were very attentive in helping arrange the fine details of this event with our Chairman and Committee on the day."
• "Our food arrived pretty quickly! It looked and tasted fresh and delicious!!"

Cons:

• "Nobody cleaned our table and there were lots of crumbs from the last visitors."
• "The location is great, the pub is beautiful and the beer is excellent. But the problem is: even if the staff is really kind, during the evening, the service (for drinks at the bar) is really too slow."
• "It was very unpleasant being shouted at by security and staff, we were made to feel like a nuisance for daring to be in a pub on a Saturday night!"
• "I got the feeling the place was understaffed, and the staff who were working that evening need some customer service training, and maybe a decent manager or supervisor."
• "Stay away - horrible service - no competent bartenders."
• "The service is quick at the bar but horrible at the tables."
• "The staff weren’t at all friendly or even Remotely respectful."