Due to a rather late start to our Sunday lunch, The Greenwich Tavern was packed by the time we got there, the late start was due to a late night on the Saturday night - a few hours and a few drinks whilst at the Ev Bar in Waterloo. We did discover that for some reason they sell pretty cheap pints of beer for London £3.20 for a pint!
Anyway I digress, so we passed on The Greenwich Tavern, but will return another time. We then decided to try the The Kings Arms on King William Walk by this time it was around 4.15pm, and they had run out of any roasts!! First rule of Sunday lunch in Greenwich is to go early!
Undaunted we decided to go east - well just east of the main Greenwich center that is.....to somewhere we knew did Sunday Lunch on quite a big scale - Cutty Sark Tavern, they are based at Ballast Quay right on the Thames built in the Early 19th Century its a big old pub with lots of character. Its based on two floors with a large outside area too.
It was hot - which I was pleased about - there nothing worse than a cold roast dinner!, the potatoes were large and roasted just enough to be crispy but not rock hard. The carrots were not soggy and just firm. The gravy was tasty and rich. If there was anything I wasnt too keen on it was the meat! The lamb was on the bone and there was a lot of it but was a little tasteless. I have been to the Cutty Sark Tavern before and I have had the pork which was great so this may be just be a personal dislike I have for lamb on the bone!
Here are the ratings
Meat 2.5/5
Veg 3/5
Potatoes 4/5
Gravy 4/5
Other (ie yorkshire pudds) 4/5
Service 3.5/5
Value for money 3.5/5
Total 24.5/35
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Anyway I digress, so we passed on The Greenwich Tavern, but will return another time. We then decided to try the The Kings Arms on King William Walk by this time it was around 4.15pm, and they had run out of any roasts!! First rule of Sunday lunch in Greenwich is to go early!
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| On the way.... |
We headed to the first floor, where the music wasnt quite so loud and settled into a table, on offer roast wise they had lamb, beef, pork and a vegetarian option. Taking into account the time I checked what they had left - 3 lambs and that was it! Second rule of Sunday lunch - go early! So we ordered lamb. Cost was 9.95 each. They have a separate area that you order food from and then you order drinks separately. From order to our table it probably took about 20 Minutes. The staff were efficient and friendly. Getting our drinks separately from the bar took a while as it was packed.
So once it arrived what did we get for our money:
Meat: Lamb on the bone - a fair amount
Veg: Carrots, peas, green
Potatoes: Roasted 2 large roasted
Other: Large yorkshire pudding, Gravy, Mint sauce separately |
| Heres the roast..... |
Here are the ratings
Meat 2.5/5
Veg 3/5
Potatoes 4/5
Gravy 4/5
Other (ie yorkshire pudds) 4/5
Service 3.5/5
Value for money 3.5/5
Total 24.5/35
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