The Mitre Reviews Summary

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "Nice atmosphere and food it enjoyable."
• "Absolutely beautiful pub! Such a hidden gem."
• "Great decor, location and drinks."
• "Nice pub - looks and feels comfy, with nice decoration and overall atmosphere."
• "Lovely historic pub with nice outdoor covered seating."
• "A lovely pub on the very heart of the village of Greenwich."
• "The interior and general atmosphere of this pub are really lovely."

Cons:

• "Large pub which felt a little soulless and the patchwork ceiling takes shabby chic to new levels."
• "It is above a pub, which I knew about, but I never could have imagined it would be so noisy."
• "Seating areas are limited, conservatory roof filthy and full of cobwebs, sticky drink stained tables."
• "This place used to be busy but is suspiciously empty on a Friday night. No live music any more."
• "Tourist trap, with no ambition or intentions of being anything else."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were incredibly warm and friendly."
• "The service was amazing - especially Laura!! She made sure me and my sister had the best time."
• "Service was friendly and efficient even though you could tell they were very busy!"
• "Service was brilliant and couldn’t fault it."
• "Staff were great, very friendly and welcoming."
• "Very helpful staff everyone was smiling when approached or asked questions."
• "We were greeted by extremely friendly and helpful staff."

Cons:

• "Horrendous food service. Ordered food together. All came at different times within 45 mins period."
• "Terrible wait time for food. Terrible service not keeping us updated or apologising."
• "Quite a few of the staff do often seem like they resent you for being there at all and as if serving you is a real inconvenience."
• "Very rude staff. We usually come on Sunday nights for the pub quiz but won’t be coming anymore after staff spoke with attitude to me and my husband."
• "The staff need more training and taught how to speak to paying customer's."
• "The managers were rude to the young behind the bar and they don’t take cash-which they don’t put signs up to tell you prior to paying."
• "Staff mainly chatting majority of the time not very professional."

Food & Drinks

Pros:

• "The food was delivered to our table in a reasonable time so we did not feel rushed and did not feel like we were waiting."
• "The food did not disappoint."
• "Good portion sizes, tasty and reasonably priced as well."
• "The food was 5/5 (we had steak pie & chips & seabass)."
• "We had a selection of bar snacks which were delicious."
• "Had a delicious selection of 3 plates and a nice bottle of wine."
• "The fish & chips was one of the best I’d had in London!"

Cons:

• "Served raw chicken (pink and slimey)."
• "The roast potatoes were also very disappointing it tasted like they had been reheated, they were really greasy and not fluffy at all."
• "Ordered the ‘pale ale battered cod and triple cooked chips’ - definitely not what I got. I got a piece of pre-battered (thick batter) and frozen chips, not triple cooked fresh potato chips."
• "Food overall was small portioned and not very tasty."
• "Sunday lunch: - no Yorkshire pudding - no beef - tiny portion - unable to provide extra meat, veg or potatoes - food arrived cold."
• "The food however is just average pub food and the service is slow."
• "The Salmon was not what was advertised."

Accommodation

Pros:

• "The rooms are gorgeous with such a comfortable bed!!!"
• "Our three night long stay at the Mitre Inn was exactly what we wished for: a cozy and clean room in the city of London."
• "Had a great stay here. Good food, comfortable, spotless room."
• "Room exceeded our expectations. We were surprised by how little road noise we heard, despite having open windows."
• "The room was cleaned tidy, the bed was very comfortable and we had a great night sleep."
• "The room was absolutely immaculate and looked freshly refurbished."
• "Stayed one night in the hotel here, and it couldn't have been better."

Cons:

• "The bathroom was very cold, with minimal supplies provided, there was no bottled water provided."
• "Room very spacious though a bit tired, paint peeling on the bathroom ceiling, scuffed off paint on the walls in the bedroom."
• "The nights sleep was disturbed until midnight by the live music, and past 1am by rowdy revelers outside shouting and screaming."
• "Unfortunately, I wouldn't use again, beds were comfortable though."
• "Only downside is toilets are down a small steep spiral staircase, and it gets quite slippy."