Greenwich Tavern Reviews Summary

Service

Pros:

• "Staff is friendly and quick with service."
• "Staff are very nice and friendly, drinks are good."
• "The service is fantastic and dog friendly."
• "Good service, good upbeat pop music, cold draught, and decent food."
• "The service was good and they seemed understaffed but were managing."
• "The staff are super friendly and make great recommendations."
• "The service was very friendly."

Cons:

• "Hostess was rude and abrupt."
• "Service was so slow, drinks really shorts and extremely expensive."
• "Appalling service, surly bar staff."
• "Service poor so asked for service charge to be removed from bill and was met with attitude."
• "Never seen so many people mince about so inefficiently."
• "Service was slow all night, despite there being only 3-4 tables occupied other than ours."
• "Incredibly poor customer service, the bar staff aren't particularly great at making drinks or pulling pints, service is pretty slow and unhurried."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The plates look great and tasted fantastic!"
• "Portion sizes great with lots of veg."
• "Great burger, great beer."
• "The food served there did not disappoint, was very tasty!"
• "Had lunch very tasty burger."
• "The roast itself was delicious."
• "Enjoyed the fish & chips; the fish was a large generous filet."

Cons:

• "The food arrived luke-warm and the portion size was small for £18.50."
• "Its busy because its next to the park but the food is far better in Greenwich Market sadly."
• "This was the size of a McDonald's Chicken Mayo, which costs 99p, for 15 or 16 pounds."
• "The food was atrocious! We had two full English breakfasts and the portion size was very small and the quality of the produce was unacceptable."
• "The potatoes were stale and almost uneatable."
• "To anyone who loves fish and chips or tourist who wants to try it for first time - NEVER ORDER FISH AND CHIPS HERE."
• "The fries lacked seasoning and the muscles sauce was bland almost flavourless."

Location

Pros:

• "Nice pub in a great location."
• "Friendly staff, located right next to Greenwich park, quite touristic."
• "Their location is magnificent, by the entrance to the Park and the main ensemble of Greenwich attractions."
• "Greenwich Tavern is conveniently located in a great spot opposite Greenwich Park."
• "Very nice and cozy place right in front of the observatory of Greenwich and beside the national naval museum."
• "Terrific location, right across the street from the main entrance to Greenwich Park; very nice interior, with a beer garden and outdoor seating along the street as well."
• "Great location next to the park."

Cons:

• "If you are looking for a cosy and warm pub for a cold Sunday in winter, that’s not the place."
• "Keep your expectation low about the quality of the food."
• "No atmosphere. Music was some kind of 90's/00's dance music - not ideal for a Sunday lunch time, certainly not a relaxing vibe."
• "We waited for over twenty minutes and we’re never approached by waitstaff."
• "We have been here twice for brunch and both experiences were not great."
• "Pretty much all of the staff were indifferent and not very helpful, we were pointed towards our table 'in the corner at the back' without even being shown there."
• "We were also sat in an awkward place that didn’t lend for any atmosphere."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Booked a birthday party for last weekend and can't thank the staff here enough for how amazing they all were."
• "Really enjoyable meal at the Greenwich Tavern this Jan 2020. Made all the better by the Jan 50% off deal."
• "Food was very nice. All freshly cooked very good portion size good value for money."
• "Price not too expensive, affordable to be in a touristic area."
• "Reasonable prices, good selection of drinks."
• "Nice English food, excellent cocktails, tasty sunday roast."
• "Competitive prices, once in London..."

Cons:

• "Absolute total rip-off. £22 pounds for a large gin and tonic and a pint of beer."
• "Average expensive food - £60 for fish and chips, sausage and mash and two pints!"
• "Despite spending £10 for a glass of wine £3 for a diet Coke and £5 for two bags of chips, I was not allowed to use the restrooms."
• "Too overpriced - paid £10 just to get a small pack of fish & chips."
• "Prices extremely expensive. £5.50 a pint of lager and meals that are around £15 for fish and chips."
• "The bottled beer was a tad expensive."
• "Overpriced. 5 pounds for a becks blue."