The Shipwrights Arms Reviews Summary

Staff Service

Pros:

• "5* because the person that served us multiple times was so attentive and caring."
• "Real pub - great friendly attentive staff."
• "Lovely traditional London pub. Great real ale. Outdoor seating great for people watching."
• "Staff are friendly and welcoming and the beer I had was well kept (Ghostship)."
• "Their drinks were lovely and the doorman with the Iron Maiden shirt was super helpful."
• "The owner was super sweet."
• "Very welcoming and friendly staff."

Cons:

• "Most abusive foul mouthed bar maid - tubby short brunette (I believe called Kelly)."
• "The barmaid was one of the rudest people I’ve ever met."
• "Extremely obnoxious staff in any event, and giving them Covid policies to enforce over-zealously made things worse."
• "Barmaid seemed grumpy, while getting served she barked at me 'no drinking at the bar'."
• "Elderly landlady extremely rude and one girl of the bar staff as well."
• "The Barman woman with glasses was very rude even didn't want to serve second time."
• "Rude landlady, poor bar staff."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Lovely traditional London pub. Great real ale. Outdoor seating great for people watching."
• "All in all a decent pub, serving decent drinks and not too pricey."
• "Good selection of ales and plenty of seating."
• "The atmosphere was brilliant, like the proper old style London pubs I remember from my younger days."
• "Now standing alone and proud as the last bastion of tradition in the redeveloped London Bridge area, this is a great pub for a Friday afternoon beer."
• "Nice little pub with plenty of character in the middle of some modern buildings."
• "The place has a good atmosphere. The shipwreck theme is well done."

Cons:

• "Easily the strangest and most unpleasant pub I've visited, it's quite impressive they're still in business given the toxic atmosphere and drab smelly decor."
• "The place smells. I tried walking in a few days ago after a few months and the smell was unbelievable."
• "Run down but popular pub frequented by oiks who don't seem to mind the filthy lager soaked carpet and tired decor."
• "Biggest bugbear is the shabbiness and general outlook of the place."
• "It's a traditional pub with poor décor and little atmosphere."
• "Whole pub looked in desperate need of a really good scrub."
• "But I can assure you 'real' in this instance is real dump."

Food & Drink

Pros:

• "I had the bangers and mash and it was pretty good."
• "Ordered 2 pints and a bowl of chips but after waiting longer than normal for the chips I went in and asked for it and turns out someone else had claimed our food so they reimbursed us and gave us top ups on the house!"
• "Delicious food and lots of cold beers to quench your thirst after exploring this area in London."
• "The food being served to other people looked great with generous portions."
• "The food is good and freshly cooked and very reasonably priced."
• "So if you're looking for good pub food go to the shipwright arms."
• "Good beer. The worst pub food I have had in London."

Cons:

• "4 flat beers that tasted eggy (clearly getting toward end of barrel)."
• "The Guinness I had (in a glass) was a pretty ropey example of the black stuff."
• "Food stopped at 5 before we could order."
• "£12 for a single aperol spritz. Didn’t even get a slice."
• "Completely flat lager and cider served by a really grumpy barmaid."
• "Completely flat lager and cider."
• "Prices are good but a few minutes walk away are many bars that offer excellent service."

Facilities & Accessibility

Pros:

• "Loos are clean, however they only have four ladies, so it can get busy."
• "Disabled toilet on same floor as bar but you need to ask behind the bar."
• "Toilets were ok."
• "Literally 1' minute walk from the station entrance."
• "Location wise its really close to one of the main entrances of London bridge station, so a good place to pop in if you have a few minutes before your train."
• "Handy traditional boozer right by London Bridge Station exit onto Tooley Street."
• "Probably the nearest real ale pub to London Bridge Station?"

Cons:

• "After spending best of a £1000 in in 1 night... we couldn't use the toilets and were forced to use the streets to urinate."
• "Toilets for ladies are down a spiral staircase."
• "Said we couldn't use the toilet as we weren't customers yet we'd already had 3 rounds at this point."
• "There were two ladies toilets, of which one didn't have a seat, and the other didn't have toilet paper."
• "AND the toilets were filthy."
• "The most disgusting toilets. Awful smell of urine as you walk towards them."
• "Toilets smell terrible unfortunately."