BITE user comments - KittyP
Comments by KittyP
Lovely garden!
Beers alright.
Bar staff are quite friendly but the reason I/we stopped drinking in here and have not returned for about a year, is that no matter who is running/owning it (and it seems to have changed hands a fair few times in the last few years), they have been rude, grumpy, unwelcoming, and obviously feeling they are so far above their customers that they don't have to even consider good customer service!
27 May 2008 17:35
The Greenwich Union, Greenwich
Use to spend a fair amount of time in here but the beer made me lose far more of my life than was warranted by the amount I actually drank of it. It does bad things to my brain! That said, I only drank the raspberry as it was the only one I liked, even though I am normally an appreciator of many lagers and ales.
The atmosphere is trying to be a bit over pretentious, which is definitely apparent in the prices, especially of the food (although it is very nice).
The garden is quite pretty and nice in the summer. It doesn't get as crowded as the more central Greenwich pubs with outside space.
I found a fair proportion of the bar staff a bit aloof and the landlord a bit sarcastic and patronising at times (although that may have just been me).
Its not a bad pub, just not really my kinda place.
Seems to go down well with some I know though.
27 May 2008 17:26
Great great pub!
Far superior to the Richard or the Union.
Fun, eclectit duke box, layed back, tradtitional, nice bar staff, great old pub decor.
Its pretty much my local even though I live no where near it!
Have many, many good memories of evenings in this place.
27 May 2008 17:09
Brilliant pub!
Great atmosphere and a card of a landlord to boot (at least I think he was the landlord).
Recommended!
27 May 2008 17:02
Is it all up and running again now?
I haven't been down that way for a while.
27 May 2008 16:55
Just to say, I am guilty of adding to my last comment, as I am a city dweller, so cant really get that het up about it.
27 May 2008 16:51
Haven't been here for about a year but from what I have read, it hasn't changed much.
On first appearances you think its going to be a comfy, country pub but once you actually look around and walk through, nothing seems to quite add up.
Now I am a fan of quite dark pubs and don't mind furniture that is falling apart even (slight exaggeration), as long as it has charactered and fits. I don't mean everything matching but at least an idea of, well, something and this pub does not have this.
I have never been over to the right hand side. Is this all dining?
All the furniture was uncomfortable and no matter where I sat, I felt cramped in and totally in the way and in the faces of the other customers.
The bar man on one occasion was just bizarre. Like he didn't really quite know where he was.
Apparently their bitter was reasonably well kept but I didn't have any.
The flowers on the tables were quite classy but (again) just didn't, go.
We once sat out side on a bright, spring, Sunday lunchtime, due to the smoking ban but were glad, as it was a much more pleasurable experience.
Eynsford is unfortunately (in the most part, not all), not really a country kinda place but more of a London suburb, overspill. Especially on a hot sunny weekend, it can be unbearable.
27 May 2008 16:47
I really liked it, although the w*nkers were starting to take over a bit more.
I can remember falling asleep (not through drunkenness) on one of the sofas, on a Sunday afternoon, while the ashes was on, paper on my lap, one of the bar guys brought us over some free monster munch to wake us up and that is one of my most pleasant London memories ever! It was a lovely day although about 3 years ago now.
I'm really sad for the guys but the comment about 'the refurb hopefully taking long enough so that the w*nkers move else where' I agree with.
I just hope they get the timing right.
21 Feb 2008 19:05
The Gipsy Moth, Greenwich
I cant say I noticed much difference refurb wise between Christmas and being in there 2 weeks ago, but then again I had had a lot more to drink at Christmas.
The garden was a really nice atmosphere when it was hot the other week but I suffer a bit being sat in the sun and could have done with more shade for such a big garden. We ended up sitting under the tree at the back and a pigeon did a very large poo on my friends head, which although it was hilarious as it was him and not me, BEWARE.
The bar staff seem chipper and up for a laugh but I think there were a lot of elements that I preferred a few years back before it got done up in a big way.
27 May 2008 17:49