Went to the Gypsy Moth for Sunday Roast today, I ordered the pork - the food arrived lukewarm with five slices of carrot, three little broccoli stems...for the price, the portions were lousy. The meat was average, watery gravy. Simply not good enough for the price.

During a period when the pub trade is suffering, it saddens me to see a pub like this in a great location that is a complete dive.
There is no excuse for:

1. Filthy cutlery and glasses
2. Rude brats for staff
3. A strong smell of urine in the main bar area
4. Filthy toilets
5. Ash trays outside full of water, black mush and cigarette buts!
6. Bird crap and general dirtiness all over the out door tables
7. Flat pints

As the pub is in a prime location, it will probably survive on weekend and tourist trade, but I hope the owners take note that all pubs require regulars to prosper in the long term.

I am a local resident and as such when local pubs come up in conversations, I will tell everyone to avoid this place.

I am only giving out 2 stars because the garden is gorgeous, however even if the pub interior design is shabby chic the staff are more shabby than chic! Usually there's one person serving at the bar and 20 other playing about on the background not caring about the amount people left waiting! The staff are generally careless and rude I think in a time like this were there's not enough jobs these guys should definitely be replaced! You can't use your card cause the machine doesn't work (it's been like this for about 3 months) and the filth on the tables inside and outside could be scraped off with a knife, the staff should worry more about cleaning then looking pretty useless behind the bar! I want to find out the owner or the chain Gipsy Moth belongs to and want it to be taken over!

I am a regular at the Gipsy Moth and though it is not the best pub in London it is certainly one of my favorites! The food is always of a good standard and is extremely affordable. The staff may not be schooled a la Disney, with perfected "Have a nice day"'s programmed in, but when you take the time to speak to them they are all really nice people and genuinely helpful.

In a recent family lunch at the pub (11 adults and 2 very young children who were welcomed) meals were delivered hot, all together and of excellent quality (I recommend the burger) - It cost under £80 for all of us and that included some drinks.

This is an unpretentious venue with a great atmosphere whatever type of afternoon or evening you are looking for, from summer afternoon drinks in the beer garden to raucous drinking sessions till the last bell tolls, if you are 6 months or 60 years old (or anything in between), The Gipsy Moth will provide.

Having read the reviews here I must say they come across as spoilers.
On 3 ocassions recently me and a friend have enjoyed a mid-week lunch here. There is a full printout menu folder plus chalkboard.
The food was excellent and two upfront staff welcoming, friendly and efficient.
The pub on every time was quiet and (as someone suggested) you're welcome to go to one of the other pubs if you want midday noise and chaos! Not for me I'm afraid.
The wonderful thing about the Gipsy is that it's like going back a hundred years. Love it.
B.A.B

We visited on a busy Sunday lunch time. The sun was shining and so the bar was full of people eating. When we eventually got served we were told that food would take an hour. No problem - we had time. Our food was delivered quicker than expected. It was dumped on our table at one corner with no effort to try and ascertain whose meal was which. This was a bit annoying. Cutlery was then dumped in a similar manner and it was filthy. I told the waitress who demanded I gave it back to her and stormed off leaving me to seek new cutlery. She eventually bought new cutlery but again it was filthy. This was even more annoying.

Then two of the meals were cold. And I mean really cold. It must have been left on the side for a while. When we complained the staff were not really interested but eventually agreed to new meals. We waited and waited until one member of our party got fed up and walked to the hot plate and found the meals sat there once again going cold. By now two of us had finished the lukewarm meals which were delivered. The food was poor. The food was cold. The waiting and kitchen staff (apart from one blonde girl) were unbelievably rude and disinterested. The cutlery was filthy.

All in all our lasting impression was that the Gipsy Moth is rubbish! Do not eat here!

Bad food, flat beer, uninterested staff..... but the beer garden was excellent and we did get served quickly unlike other reviewers.

Not sure about these other reviews, but if you're looking for a range of ciders, beers and ales on a sunny afternoon or cool breeze evening in their beer garden, check this place out. Excellent! They stocked a range of Aspall's on tap and bottled, as well as organic cider, cloudy with the most commercial being bulmers. Not a strongbow in sight, thank god. Wonderful blonde beers like Leffe and stocked fruili strawberry beer.

The garden is by far the best feature- lots of tables, nice and shaded by potted plants and foliage. Had a wonderful afternoon chatting to friends, eating lunch and steadily (deceptively) drinking. Almost forgot I was in London

Food- I had the beef burger and marsh piper chips (yum), which was a reasonable £6.50, and my friends ate the cod, chips and mushy peas (about £7). Not huge portions, but filing enough and good quality. Our experience was positive, although one chap was overheard complaining loudly about the long wait for his food. The staff were very apologetic though, and he was appeased soon enough.

Service- this is where they could improve. There is something a little smug about the main men serving when I went. The bartender looked about 18, prob a student topping up her funds, and she was chirpy and friendly but the other dude...well, I wouldn't rave about their hospitality, put it that way. Which is a real shame, because this is the kind of little pub with some great features, with potential to be claimed as a recommended boozer/local by many instead of just somewhere you stumble on and think nothing of after.