The Princess of Wales, Blackheath - pub details
Address: 1a Montpelier Row, London, SE3 0RL [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 686) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Blackheath (0.2 miles), Kidbrooke (0.9 miles), Lewisham (1.1 miles)
Pub facilities/features:
- Food served
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> Current user rating: 6.1/10 (rated by 71 users)
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user reviews of the Princess of Wales, Blackheath
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| Since I have lived in Blackheath (only for a year) but visiting for many, management has changed a few times and it always starts good but then gets complacent. By far the best located pub in SE, especially summer as you can sit on the heath. I do think it's a victim of it's own success, due to location. Food is hit or miss, although the last few times I have been, it has been perfect. Often there on a Sunday or midweek and have had various parties there too. The staff are lovely but always understaffed, they will hopefully get this right with new owners! In summer it can be awful, at least 30 mins to get served and then no glass collectors, and when it's packed, it can be unbearable. However, just need more staff on hot days. I will always love this place and will always go back as it's just lovely when it's good, but just OK when it's bad, which is no bad thing. londonanon - 17 Nov 2011 17:40 |
| Burnt food, poor service, snubbed by manager on Sunday 13th November 2011 at 18:00 when very few customers in bar, and little demand on kitchen at that time.... FIsh and Chips, with Mushy peas and a good pint of ale or 2.. Have visited many times being local to us and alway senjoyed the fish and chips, unfortunately, this will be the last time we visit after dreadful food and very poor service. On arrival, asking at the bar if the fish and chips are still on, knowing they are popular and sell out at times, and being 6 in the evening, to our pleasure, they were still on. Unfortunately when the food arrived, we both received a portion of mushy peas in a ramakin that had clearly been cooked, left, reheated and left to dry out before being served as they had a crumbly texture!!! I returned the mushy peas to the bar and politely advised of them that was not happy with these, and asked them to dispose of and not to replace them . At this point, these were quickly hidden under the bar, i was blanked and then another customer served. I return back to the table...The fish, looked a little over done, but decided to cover it with vinegar and lemon and dive in as was hungry, annoyingly, we realise we should have just returned the entire meal, on turn the fish over, the underside was almost black, i had several charred chips stuck to the underside of my fish and the lemon and vinegar did little to mask the taste of the burn batter from the fish. We ate the chips and ate the Fish from inside the burnt batter, but decided to make a complaint about the poor quality of the food tha previously has been very good, we were told that the manager would be alerted of this and would speak to us and we would be offered some kind of compensation. After half an hour of waiting for the manager to return to us, we left, We werent offered compensation, a drink on the house, or even an apology or from the manager that we were expecting to see. We are resonable people, we were polite to all of the staff we spoke to, we made it clear we were regular customers, and that the food was always good, such a shame that we had bad food, and also had poor service from the staff regarding a complaint that was very valid, Total shame, will be a while before we go back, PLEASE DO BETTER PRINCESS OF WALES , and to the manager, thankyou for not bothering to take our polite complaint seriously, all we wanted was an appology, we got snubbed. Liam, liamstarling1983 - 13 Nov 2011 21:19 |
| A pleasant pub, deservedly popular and consequently often busy. Decent beer, reasonably priced food, child friendly (though this aspect may not endear it to all readers!). It's a place worth a look if you're in the area - it's convenient for the heath and Greenwich Park - but not one I'd go out of my way to visit. earlydrinker - 2 Oct 2011 17:59 |
| Nice pub in a great setting (overlooking the heath), but always wait ages to be served due to its popularity, so don't go there as often as I would like milo71 - 7 Jul 2011 13:48 |
| Tuesday night incredibly busy (quiz), but ensured a decent drop of Wandle in a decent upmarket pub with good views. mtaylor40 - 28 Jun 2011 00:18 |
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