The Old Brewery Reviews Summary

Location & Atmosphere

Pros:

• "Situated in a scenic part of London, the outside area is vast and comfortable."
• "A beautiful walk through the historic Old Royal Naval College as well."
• "Beautiful location, brilliant outside seating area in the walled courtyard including nicely spaced out tables, covered areas and heaters."
• "A lovely venue in the heart of Greenwich."
• "Very stylish brewery in great location, next to Greenwich university and the river."
• "The setting couldn't be better. It has an excellent view over the river and the wharf."
• "The pub is located next to Cutty Sark, the Naval college and the University of Greenwich. Great location and easy to reach."

Cons:

• "It was incredibly noisy."
• "It's a weird space.. Freezing cold wind blowing in from the museum as its completely open to that big ugly space so it's defo not warm and cosy."
• "Outside tables looked fine, but this was London in August so cold and wet."
• "Without booking we showed up, the dining room was almost empty, and they gave us the worst table in the midst of air currents."
• "The courtyard had loads of dirty plates and glasses on various tables which didn’t make it look very inviting."
• "Both times the ladies loos were absolutely disgusting, stank and were filthy."
• "The toilets were also very dirty and stank, particularly the gents."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Everything was served very efficiently and the buffet lunch was superb - lots of variety, colour and tastiness - we all loved it!"
• "The food was incredibly good, the meat was perfectly pink and the fries crunchy and flavourful."
• "Food was uniformly excellent. I particularly liked the Dorset Crab Tart and the Root Veg Mash."
• "The food is always top-notch, using seasonal British ingredients in a wide variety of flavours."
• "The food was amazing. One of the best steaks and cooked perfectly."
• "Interesting and properly delicious food, using quality ingredients with enough of a twist to be creative but not silly."
• "The food was perfect, especially the sweet potato fries. Oh and you must try the brownie!"

Cons:

• "Food was dreadful, first time visiting there and I’ll never be back."
• "The beef over cooked and room temperature, the gravy was just some tasteless liquid."
• "Sunday roast was bad quality."
• "Fish was over cooked, maybe too long on the pass?"
• "The fish and chips battered fish comes with the skin on (under the batter) which is a horrible practice."
• "Food not recommended whatsoever.. especially for the Sunday roast."
• "Food average."

Service

Pros:

• "The whole evening was pitched absolutely perfectly and all of the staff couldn't have been any better."
• "Every member of staff was pleasant, friendly, efficient and charming."
• "The staff were so friendly and took care of everything so it ran really smoothly."
• "Staff were great; very friendly and attentive, considering how busy the restaurant was at the time."
• "The staff were extremely welcoming and attentive on the day itself."
• "Staff are brilliant and the service is very good!"
• "The service and food are excellent."

Cons:

• "Happy to ignore the fact that your team saw me waiting in line for 15min to tell me I am two minutes late to order food."
• "The staff made us feel unwelcome, pointed out that we have made wrong booking."
• "We had to flag them down to get their attention several times to get our order taken, get water, and we waited 10 minutes just for beers."
• "The service was very slow."
• "Bar staff lacking simple politeness."
• "Staff we came across did not care at all."
• "Service abysmal."