Greenwich Pub Guide
/ Admiral Hardy, 7 College Approach,SE10 9HY
Bought by the “Trafalgar Tavern” a couple of years back, it now boasts an upstairs restaurant in addition to the spacious bar. The back of the pub opens out into the market, where a few seats are to be found.
Bar Du Musée, 17 Nelson Road, SE10
Right opposite “Noodle Time”. This feels really small and cramped inside, but benefits from a downstairs section and small beer garden out the back. If you like cozy places this is for you. /
/ Barley Mow, 89 Royal Hill, SE10 8SE
Nice pub up on Royal Hill, slightly on the quiet side, but they roll out the big screen for big sporting events!
Cutty Sark, 9 Ballast Quay, Lassell Street, SE10 9PD
Nice pub with an excellent view of the Thames from the beer garden - the pub itself is actually over three levels. The bar is rather small however, and this can be a pain when ordering food (especially at the weekends). /
/ Davy’s Wine Vault, 161 Greenwich High Road, SE10
The first thing you’ll notice as you walk into this wide bar is the badly sloping floor! There’s a shop next door to buy the produce once you’ve sampled it. Try their own lager – it’ll knock your socks off J
Downstairs Bar, 9 Nevada Street, SE10 9JL
Cool little candlelit piano jazz bar, with ample seating. You can grab something light to eat off their excellent menu and enjoy a few glasses of wine whilst being entertained. Excellent for a late night drink. / [no image currently]
/ Gypsy Moth, 60 Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BL
Good but expensive, and seems to always suffer from a lack of bar staff. Includes an excellent beer garden, which you can sit in in summer until you get kicked out at 9:30 p.m. Good ambiance inside, helped by an airy and nautical décor (which is now looking a tad dreary).
Hardy’s, 92 Trafalgar Road, SE10 9UW
Excellent Irish bar, big screen for watching the sport on. They acquired the shop next to the pub in early 2002, and opened it as “Hardy’s Bar”. This takes a modern approach compared to the pub, but again boasts a good range of televisions for the sporting action! /
/ Kings Arms, 10 King William Walk, SE10 9HJ
This pub is the same chain that “The Crown” is in Blackheath Village (can’t remember which one though). The bar area is spacious, and they serve decent pub grub virtually all day. You sometimes get promotions on in this pub.
Pelton Arms, 23 Pelton Road, SE10
Servicing the locals of East Greenwich, it’s always been rather quiet during weekdays. They have a big screen which is rolled out when the football is on! /
/ St. Christopher's Inn, 189 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8JA
The one next to Greenwich mainline station. Lack of bar staff often means long waits at the bar. Now got internet surfing capacity so doubles as a cyber cafe during the day and hostels antipodeans at night. This pub has the added bonus of staying open to 1:00 a.m. on a Friday and Saturday night, provided you are in by 10:30 p.m. and aren't rude to the doormen!
The Auctioneer, 217 - 219 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8NB
An "It's A Scream" chain pub, this pub features cheap drinks between Sunday to Thursday providing you have a student 'Yellow Card'. Cheap food and an abundance of TV screens make it a good pub to watch the sporting events in. Very busy making seating a problem, but service is good. Good selection of beers and drinks. The clientele is very much twenty-something. /
[no image currently] / The Coach & Horses, 13 Greenwich Market, SE10 9HZ
Recently revamped, and now looking inside a bit like an “All Bar One” pub. The great thing about this pub is that you can sit outside in the market, and they’ve installed plenty of patio heaters to keep you warm on those cold nights.
/ The Cricketers, 22 King William Walk, SE10 9HU
Friendly pub, which often has live jazz bands playing. The trouble is it gets very cramped in there once a lot of punters get it on the action.
The Funnel & Firkin, 174 High Road, SE10 9BL
This particular Firkin isn't anything to get excited about. However, it features an upstairs lounge, with an excellent view of the big screen. Small beer "garden" encroaches on the antiques market. /
/ The Mitre & O' Sullivan's, 291 Greenwich High Road, SE10 8NA
“The Mitre”: It does a mean Sunday lunch for six quid. Popular with locals and market shoppers. Good selection of beers (Irish stouts and “Carling Premier”).
“O'Sullivans Bar” (pictured to the left of the "Mitre"): Small suedo Irish bar, normally fairly quite.
The North & South Pole, 131 Greenwich High Road, SE10 9JA
Cool bar, with an excellent restaurant upstairs (the food is really great). They’ve recently opened the South Pole (downstairs), which I believe is open each week from Thursday to Sunday. It’s a really swanky joint, and you get a DJ spinning some house and garage “choons” to boot! /
/ The Pilot Inn, River Way, SE10
Can be located on Greenwich Peninsular, near the Millennium Dome. This was the one that famously didn’t sell out to New Millennium Experience Company, and now stands on a road which looks well out of place next to the brand new Millennium Village! The pub itself keeps the locals happy, but will no doubt soon be the haunt of the areas new inhabitants…
The Plume Of Feathers, 19 Park Vista, SE10 9LZ
ThePlume Of Feathers is the oldest public house in Greenwich (built in 1691). Park Vista is really quiet and tranquil road, and sitting outside in the beer garden is really rather relaxing. The restaurant is always getting rave reviews in the local press. /
/ The Spanish Gallion, College Approach, SE10
Shepherd Neame pub, which benefits from a wide selection of real ales. The prices in the pub are very reasonable, and they serve all types of pub grub all day long.
The Yacht, Crane Street, Greenwich, SE10
A bit non-descript, but with an excellent riverside. Includes quiz machines, darts and even bar billards for that quieter night out. /
/ Time Bar & Restaurant, 7A College Approach, SE10 9HY
Pretty cool bar and restaurant, that doubles up as an art galley. The seating is mainly sofas and big chairs, making this an extremely relaxing place to drink!
Trafalgar Tavern, Park Row, SE10 9NW
The "Evening Standard" London Pub of the Year 1996 is still as good as ever, and underwent a refit in November 1999. It's very popular, ensuring that seating can be in sort supply. There was a time where you could go upstairs on Friday and Saturday nights for late night drinking parties (like “Hipster Flipster”), but not any more – due to its location it finds itself fully booked for wedding receptions! No jukebox/quiz or fruit machines, but often live Jazz bands playing. Summer leads to an overspill onto the neighbouring roads and walkways, as well as the balconies in the building. /
/ Vanbrugh Tavern, 91 Colomb Street, SE10 9EZ
Nice little local haunt, used to be full of nurses until the hospital closed. Boasts a great beer garden out the back.