Green Dragon Croydon Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food was great I had a cheese pizza and nibbles all delicious as well."
• "The food was wonderful. Everyone cleared their plates."
• "Pizzas were scrummy, I wasn't even that hungry but was so nice I couldn't stop munching."
• "The food here is really yummy as well, pizzas are super tasty and they do a decent vegan/veggie burger as well!"
• "Food was cooked to perfection compliments to the chef on shift yesterday around 2pm and bar staff were friendly and very helpful."
• "Food is tasty."
• "Food well priced, fresh, proper chef, fire oven etc."

Cons:

• "Very expensive and the food was disappointing."
• "Both ordered a halloumi and avocado sandwich and waited 35 minutes for 1 sandwich to arrive, the other one did not."
• "Ordered some nachos with pork and received some Doritos with a sprinkle of cheese and a tiny amount of pork."
• "I was very unhappy with my last few meals. The quality went rapidly down!"
• "Food used to be better."
• "Food is overpriced, greasy and a bit unpleasant."
• "Unfortunately, the quality of the food here has deteriorated over the past few years."

Drink Selection

Pros:

• "The drink selection is unmatched in the area."
• "There is a great choice of beers and cider which led to very happy Morris Dancers!"
• "The world's supply of gin varieties plus a good beer selection, including ales."
• "They have an impressive range of craft beers and the bar staff were happy to let customers sample them before ordering."
• "Beer is great, service is second to none."
• "The different ales and ciders on draught are great, Lilley's cider is always a winner!"
• "Good selection of ciders, gin and craft beers."

Cons:

• "Far too expensive now as well £7 for a pint is ridiculous 😑"
• "Coke and normal cider are okay, but do NOT drink the lilley's chocolate cider."
• "The craft beer wasn't on so I had practically no choice in drink."
• "Overpriced drinks."
• "Bought an expensive cocktail that was watered down and tasted bad."

Service

Pros:

• "I got served by a lovely lad with a cool beard. Amazing and fast service."
• "I had the best service from Ted, Joe and Destiny. Honestly the best servers in Croydon."
• "top marks for Mitch who works there really went above and beyond to help source me a charger and the right cable"
• "Cheers to Lucy, who ironed out any challenges with ease & Thank you to all the team at The Green Dragon in Croydon😁"
• "The staff were friendly and helpful."
• "Staff fun and receptive."
• "The staff were super friendly and helpful."

Cons:

• "The new barman was an ignorant brute."
• "Bar service can be painfully slow, even when it's not busy."
• "We waited ages for the food to arrive. It appeared as if they were under staff that day."
• "I waited 5 minutes a time to be served and a simple burger and chips took 50 minutes."
• "The staff are surly and take away your glass before you've finished your drink."
• "I was very disappointed with the lack of manners shown by the person serving me this evening."
• "A terrible service I just received from these guys ! Made an enquiry for a booking waited to hear back for 10 days only for a canceled booking email to be sent to me with no reason detailed."

Ambiance and Facilities

Pros:

• "Nice cosy place to have a meal and a few drinks, one of the few place I've seen which has a pool table👍and saga mega drive."
• "One of Croydon's iconic destinations, and it never disappoints."
• "In my opinion probably the best Pub/bar in Croydon. Has a great pool table and a TV set up for classic games, current Tekken 3."
• "Still my favourite pub in the area...still the best vibe...."
• "The Green Dragon has long been my favourite pub in Croydon. It's a cosy and friendly venue and the staff are always very welcoming."
• "The bar itself is stunning. A lovely two tiered pub with a beautiful restored old wood floor."
• "Really lovely pub, great atmosphere, good djs/music on Saturdays and the occasional bit of live music as well."

Cons:

• "Absolute disgrace of a place, worst place in Croydon."
• "The toilets are terrible! They are always disgusting."
• "Unusual basement toilets."
• "There is always noise from. The street, pubs around and other residents. Depressing place to live and pricy for what it is and also there are huge amount of service charges to landlords for I don't know what.. Double think before you rent or buy there."
• "Toilets are in basement, could be tricky to come back if you are too drunk 😆😆."
• "The building its a joke. There are 2 lifts for 119 flat(9 floors and one of them is slower than a turtle."
• "Lifts always broken. Flooring had to be rebuilt after 12 months and I got to pay for a place where to sleep."

Value

Pros:

• "As well as very affordable drinks."
• "Would highly recommend and was really good value."
• "Surprise is ur not paying as much as u getting."
• "The drink prices were awesome! Super cheap!"
• "Very cheaply priced compared to where I am now in North London!"
• "They have a lunch menu with a variety of meals only for £6.50 which is usually what I go for."
• "Pub that tries harder. Good selection of tasty real ales at sensible prices."

Cons:

• "Avoid this place if you can!"
• "They'd actually charged me £4 for the 'discounted' extra alcohol they'd put in my drink."
• "Well went on my lunch break with family and I am Really disappointed over an hour waiting for our food."
• "Management need to up their game, staff and drinks are great but having one chef is ridiculous."
• "Disappointing. A very limited menu and very small portions of food!"
• "Used the app MyPub for paying at The Green Dragon Draught Menu but on my revolut account it says Creams Cafe Luton. This is a fraud from the app, you should not allow to use this app."