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.

Sub par and sad. Disappointing as it could be so good as many others have also noted - great location and near some of the best sights in London. Why does Greenwich have to have such crap places? It pretends to be and wants to be the new Soho or other trendy West London area but the standards are just too low. This pub is the perfect example, it's overpriced, dirty and the service ethic is nearly non existent. It saddens me as I think that Greenwich and this pub could be so much better if someone just gave a cr@p...

It seems this pub can be very patchy. One day last summer, I had a good time here. The service was slow and the food was average but that is nothing new in Greenwich. Many of the pubs in this area rely heavily on tourists so I suspect they don't really care about repeat customers. More recently, I had a horror of a night, more similar to what I have seen in some other reviews. The fag machine did not deliver after taking my money - the bar guy just shrugged and this just started off a chain of bad expereiences. A woman came around the tables with a cloth to clean when we were sitting and knocked over a pint on a bird I was hoping to pull, end of conversation as she went home to change her dress. A fight broke out outside when we were leaving between two blokes having a fag at the front door, although we were not involved my mate ended up slammed against a wall. I thought this area was nice but it seems to get rougher at night and the pub has no door man or security even though it was really crowded and it was one of those nights. Maybe you'll have a better night but I'd advise to only come at day.

I went to the Gipsy Moth after a lovely day seeing the sights of Greenwich and frankly, this pub spoiled our day. We waited for 20 minutes to be served, despite bar staff visibly doing nothing in various corners of the pub but instead of cutting our losses we ordered food. Then it became obvious why the staff were so surly. After over an hour waiting for our food my wife asked to speak to someone in charge about the delay and the most irritable little man came over and told us that we weren't welcome here, threw our money back on the table and flounced off. I objected to his tone and said I would complain. He said that he was the manager, do youre worst. He then moved six inches from my face and spat out that it was moaners like us that made his life hell. No wonder the staff are in such a state! We will never go back.

Avoid Gipsy Moth like the plague. We lost £6.20 in the cigarette machine and the manager would not help us at all and was extremely rude. In the past friends have ordered food which never came despite asking three times. They had waited an hour and a half and the staff didn't even apologise.

The Gypsy Moth has deteriorated immensely over the last few years. It has a great location, good decor and music, but the service is beyond reprehensible. We went down late afternoon on Saturday to celebrate my birthday with a few friends and were very disappointed.



First, I was told that they were out of Fruli, but later saw some people with pints of Fruli. Then when I asked for a wine list, I was directed to a board that listed soft drinks. I asked if they had one printed out somewhere and was told it was on the back of the (barely legible) menu, which it was not.



When we ordered food, the staff didn't know what was available and what wasn't. Then we ere told no cheese was available, so we had to choose a meal without cheese! I had the fish, chips and mushy peas and though the fish was okay, the peas and chips arrived freezing cold! And to top it off, the air-con where we were sat was on full blast and after asking four times to have it turned down, were told that it was hot behind the bar so they needed to leave it on. Everyone in the area where we were sat were huddled under their coats.



I know better than to complain, too - I've heard how rude the manager can be to customers (as noted in a previous review too) so there really wasn't any point.



It's such a shame - the Princess of Wales in Blackheath (run by the same company) is lovely, but the Gipsy Moth in Greenwich is nothing more than an overpriced Wetherspoons with bad service. It is by far the most sub-standard pub I've patroned and realise now why none of my friends ever go there. I won't be stepping foot in there again.