The Bishop Reviews Summary

Category: Pub London

Address: 25 Lordship Ln, London, SE22 8EW, United Kingdom

Phone: +442086933994

Rating: 4.4
based on 105 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The burger was nice."
  • "Food was brilliant, generous portions and reasonably priced."
  • "The beef burger was great!"
  • "Best Sunday roast we have had in Britain."
  • "The chicken was moist and perfectly cooked."
  • "Enjoyed lovely vegan burger and chips."
  • "The roasts are excellent, with fresh veg and plenty of gravy."

Cons:

  • "Nice atmosphere, pleasant decor but the food is a bit... Tryhard."
  • "Also we have two chicken sandwich the bread was like a gum and cold."
  • "Meze platter was terrible! £13 Didn't come with what was on the menu, missing the bread."
  • "Additionally, the food was disgusting - warm, soggy, chewy prawn cocktail for starter and lukewarm roast for a main."
  • "The food is not the best."
  • "The meats were a little dry and the gravy lacked viscosity."
  • "Food is not great and is overpriced."

Staff and Service

Pros:

  • "Good music, Great staff, he accidentally overcharged me and gave me the £5 back half an hour later, because of the great service and honesty I told him to keep it."
  • "The new general manager is fantastic and seems to be really focused on giving patrons a really great experience in all areas."
  • "Sophie greeted me with warm smiles and made me feel right at home."
  • "Dean absolutely made our day."
  • "Service by Gabriel and Dean was perfect."
  • "Robbie the bar person was so helpful and friendly."
  • "Sophie was kind enough to rectify the problem."

Cons:

  • "Waitress so slow and a little rude."
  • "They were extremely standoffish and avoidant, offering no assurance that they had done a thorough investigation or clean, let alone an apology."
  • "The 'Manager' Rodrigo then came to tell us that because we booked only 30 minutes ago, HE didn't see our booking on his iPad so he didn't have a table for us."
  • "The service went so slow, we order a sirloin steak rear and came well done."
  • "We then had a long 45 minutes for our food to arrive, so a total of almost 2 hours wait to eat, this was simply not acceptable."
  • "I came in a week or so ago to be greeted with the rudest staff member I have ever encountered."
  • "On my last visit - literally (never again) - I received some pretty awful service from member of staff who acted like they were above the degrading task if serving drinks."

Atmosphere and Decor

Pros:

  • "The atmosphere for sports is just getting better and better."
  • "Nice atmosphere, pleasant decor."
  • "The pub is a lovely space with great energy."
  • "Friendly, fantastic atmosphere, AMAZING food at very good prices."
  • "The atmosphere was cool, the music was spot on and the staff were all fantastic."
  • "Great pub and atmosphere."
  • "Very accommodating and great atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Also not the most interesting of pubs to be honest. Pretty boring in decor."
  • "The TV was on so loud no one could hear each other at the table without yelling."
  • "On two occasions, the beer we ordered tasty soapy, like the glasses still had dish soap residue on them."
  • "It’s a shame as I really want to love this pub as it’s our local, but we’ve been put off because of this."
  • "Smallish pub garden so not great in summer."
  • "Music was too loud."
  • "Music was all over the place - harps, dance remix, floor fillers, power ballads etc."

Value for Money

Pros:

  • "They’re doing different deals here everyday… 50p a wing on a Wednesday?! Amazing!"
  • "Prices reasonable for the area."
  • "Tuesdays - 2 burgers and fries for £20."
  • "The beer range are THE BEST."
  • "AMAZING food at very good prices."
  • "Had the Sunday roast, I'm vegan and adored the food."
  • "AMAZING food at very good prices."

Cons:

  • "I recently got horrendous food poisoning from The Bishop."
  • "21£ for a this size of steak is expensive."
  • "Beer was super expensive. We got 2 beers for £11!!"
  • "It's very pricey but given the location that's to be expected."
  • "Roast beef Sunday lunch is £16 and we left not quite full."
  • "Food is not great and is overpriced."
  • "This much loved neighbourhood pub and restaurant is under new management - and it shows, recently lowlights having been a mid-afternoon service shutdown."

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