City Barge in Richmond upon Thames

Service was dreadful. Food was dreadful. Wasn’t asked to pay for one of the meals

We changed our reservation three times and every time we’re met with quick efficient positive responses. On the night Mike the manager went above and beyond to give us a really special evening. They were super busy but everything was fast and good. The food was delicious I had the Kiev and big portions to boot. Go there now! It’s superb. Thanks Mike.

Very welcoming and efficient service. Food was good as was the Gruner Veltliner!

Lovely laid put restaurant and bar areas with cosy corners. Fantastic views of the Thames. Scrumptious food and our waitress was e tremendous attentive and helpful. Enjoyed this visit immensely.

First class food, first class service. Highly recommend as a place to eat. Thank you to the staff for their fantastic service

Good quick service (exactly what we needed) and the food was excellent.

The waitress was fantastic. Very friendly and attentive. The Sunday roast was excellent and as always the City Barge delivers on location and view.

Great venue and delicious food will be back for our family birthday

Beautiful pub, amazing food and attentive service. Lovely dining room. Would definitely recommend!

Lovely atmosphere, great staff and tasty food. We had the potato leek soup, the cheeseburger and the sea bream. Can recommend all.

Great Sunday roast and trimmings and they gave us a nice river view table as requested.

Delicious Sunday roast, nice river views, and lovely staff. Would recommend!

The city barge is a lovely pub with great food unfortunately let down by the service. Half an hour we waited before our drinks were bought over with a food order being taken before they arrived. We had also ordered some tap water for the table which never arrived. Once we ordered, and food arrived (in a timely fashion) we then went up to the bar to order drinks as no check back on our food had arrived with no additional drinks order. We had ordered a side of cauliflower cheese which never arrived and we needed up cancelling it as we had nearly finished our meals. Patricia, the lady serving us, attitude had completely changed once we had asked about drinks and the side order, it was quite unpleasant which was a shame as this was a special birthday occasion. We love this pub and the food really was delicious, hot and arrived in good time but this experience let us down and I don’t think we will be returning sadly. We never remove service charge but did on this occasion which I think was fair.

Very good evening celebrating my birthday - very good setting, food, service and ambience - even on a quiet Tuesday evening in September.

The Fish and Chips were outstanding—fresh, perfectly cooked fish with a crisp, golden exterior and flaky inside. The chips were fresh, crispy outside, soft inside, and paired perfectly with tasty dips. A fantastic meal overall, highly recommended!

I recently had the pleasure of enjoying a Sunday Roast, and I must say the experience exceeded my expectations. The food was not only fresh and perfectly seasoned, but also beautifully presented. The roast was tender, the vegetables were cooked just right, and the gravy added a rich depth of flavor to every bite. You can tell that a lot of care goes into preparing each dish. I’ll definitely be coming back with my family to enjoy it again soon! Highly recommend for anyone looking for a classic and well-executed Sunday meal.

A lovely riverside pub with an efficient and friendly service. Worked well for wheelchair access and parking right outside.

Great bar service even though one of us had a strong opinion about a certain wine. Food was good except that they ruined perfectly good mushy peas by putting mint in there but that's personal choice as I have been brought up with northern roots. Also the curry sauce with the fish and chips is not chip shop curry sauce just so you are aware.

This is my second time at the city barge and this was a fantastic meal, I was hesitant to try to tiger prawn and monkfish curry but I’m so glad I did. It was really fantastic and the flavours were really just right. My compliments to the chef again I highly recommend the city barge lovely ambience live sound particularly really great food and service thank you.

The pub setting is very nice. We were seated comfortably. The fish and chips arrived very quickly after ordering. The batter looked very light in colour however, it was crisp and cooked. The taste was disappointing. The curry sauce accompanying was tasteless. Other dishes might have been a better choice.

Wonderful Strand on the Green riverside pub, just great to sit outside overlooking the Thames, lovely staff, great food and drinks choices, one of London’s best riverside pubs

The place is really nice. I recommend it!

As previous visits have shown this is a lovely pub by the river.Excellent Sunday roast and beer.Friendly helpful staff .Nice ambience .We’ll be back.

Regular customers. Food always fresh and delicious. Service quietly professional and personal. Full of families and mixed age groups. Football on TV is discrete. Great ambience next to the Thames. Tim a great manager.

Not what it used to be, lowering my 5 stars to 2-3. Great for fish and chips and drinks. Other dishes like steak don't get cooked as requested (too much or too little). Sticky toffee pudding is no longer a winner either. Great atmosphere and great beer selection, with nice views at sunset.

Very friendly staff, good food & and great view.

Food was delicious, and the service very good, fabulous ambiance, they didn't rush me. The fish and chips were on a visit to England in late September 2023. The lamb was from a visit to England in late June to July. Everything was so fabulous I just had to go back again. I hope to go back to the City Barge next visit and have the Sunday roast and also have a walk along the beautiful waterfront.

Excellent experience. Went for a Sunday Roast and not just the service was great, the food was delicious! I highly recommend the Veggie one, the nut Wellington is to die for! Great value! a hidden gem overlooking the river in gorgeous Chiswick. Lovely, just lovely!

The City Barge did a fabulous job at our family wedding celebration in their private room on Saturday 24th August. The food, service and organisation was excellent ....and the pub is in a fantastic situation overlooking the Thames. Thank you to the City Barge team

Great service and good choice with options other than roasts on a Sunday.

Stopped here for dinner after a very pleasant walk along the river. All our food was lovely , sea bass, fish and chips, cheese burger and chicken Kiev. Pleasant efficient staff. Very dog friendly. Lovely to sit and watch the river on a beautiful evening.Very enjoyable first visit to the area

I love this place but the service and food need to be better. We came at lunchtime on Sunday. The menus all had food stains. The food was okay-ish but not great and the service was similar. A desire by the staff to make this place the best pub in Chiswick would make all the difference.

Couldn’t recommend this place and Mark enough! We will definitely go back.

Lovely location and pub looks great and feels cosy however the food is pretty average and service is a bit slow.

Great pub on the river! Good food and service:-) The best sticky toffee pudding in town!

Great place, been going there for years.

Great Sunday roast. Staff gentle and professional. Great location for spending time with family and friends. Surely will come back again.

Never been here before lovely setting easy going staff a pleasureable evening.

Food and the service were excellent. The menu had a good selection as was the wine choices. The pub itself is a great venue with views over the river.

Unfriendly and took a while to be served despite being the only person at the bar. Also served a frothy pint, quite a lot under a full pint

I recently dined with friends and had an exceptional experience. The dishes were absolutely delicious and of high quality. It had been a long time since we had enjoyed such exquisite cuisine. The chef has an excellent sense of taste. Nothing was overly salted, and everything was perfectly seasoned. We were all thoroughly impressed. We give it five stars. We highly recommend it and will definitely be returning.

Not like our usual visits at all. Understaffed in kitchen and table service as everything was slow and mostly miserable/hassled. The chicken Kiev must have been bought in as it was unattractive and dry. Very disappointing that the good weather appears to have caught them unawares. The Swan is now far superior and our new ‘go-to’.

Such a lovely impromptu lunch - steak sandwich was awesome!

Experience the Thames tide in a unique way. Good beer and food!

A really nice pub. Good food and service. Great location by the river. Friendly staff. Well worth a visit.

Good food, good service, great location right by the river. Indoor and outdoor seating.

Great location.Amazing food with nice friendly helpful staff.

Amazing place , great food and good and kind waiters.

Good spot for river drinks. Supports the community with local school music events.

One of my favourite bars in London. Great clientele, service and atmosphere.

Perfect pub along the Thames. Excellent food, professional friendly service. Not cheap.

Pubs that only take payment by card should have this writ LARGE on their door and on their menus! Why wait until it comes to time to pay the bill to say "I'm sorry, we only take payment by card"? Well I'm sorry, I only make payment by cash. I understand the benefits of only taking card payments but they should make this clear before they take orders otherwise it leads to an embarrassing experience at the end of an otherwise pleasant afternoon. For this sole reason I will never return and I will never recommend.

Booked for an outdoor table as it was a lovely day. We weren’t disappointed, great food, drinks , service and friendly staff

Cosy little pub, great view of the Thames out the front and another seating area in the back, with a really good amount of weekly events. Good selection of ales, ciders, and spirits too.

An excellent experience from start to finish. The service from Rosie was fantastic and the food from Bartosh was delicious!

Great place for food and location. They have a car park so you can drive there too

Guests of a local friend. Lovely setting back and front with tables in the late afternoon sunshine near the entrance. Riverside table was a perfect spot to view eights and the tube line running west over a character bridge. Could be on a mooring. Food okay But why put sage into a pomme anna. It's such a strong herb so bound to incur a reaction.

Lovely place over the river, friendly people, warm atmosphere

Great pub, good service. Food was lovely, the beef was perfectly cooked, will definitely book again, and recommend to all my friends

Good roast dinner with my 3 boys on Father’s Day. A bit pricey at £35 for the set menu for 2 courses but kind of expected given the day.

Ian, Reggie and the team were absolutely fantastic. We had a delicious lunch in the private room upstairs after our son’s christening and couldn’t recommend the team, food and setting highly enough. Thank you all

Very good pub meal, lovely setting, food and service

Very good service and good food. Enjoyed launch with a friend

Food is amazing esp the Fish & Chips + Sticky Toffee Pudding! Except the Raspberry Tiramisu was unfortunately not good. Service could be improved. The waitresses rarely made eye contact so it was hard to get their attention.

Been going to this pub ( on and off ) for many years. As a Beatles fan this pub is significant to me because the Beatles came here in 1965 to film scene's here for their Help! movie. When they re released Help! on DVD we held a party here to celebrate that event and we invited actor Victor Spinetti ( he appeared in virtually all the Beatles films) to come to our party. And he did. So yes I do love this pub

Good views up the river, no complaints.

We had a lovely evening, excellent service and the food exceeded expectation. Definitely recommend.

Overall, it was not a pleasant experience. All the staff seemed to be having a bad day, not a smile in sight and just poor service.

Unfortunately they have lost their way with the food

Great place to watch the sun setting over the Thames.

What a nice gastropub! Location and food are outstanding. I have really enjoyed the experience and would definitely consider coming back for Sunday Roast and more

Me and my friends had a lovely meal at the City Barge, the food was delicious and the atmosphere was perfect. We willi be back

Service was decent enough and the atmosphere was great, as one would expect on a lovely sunny evening by the river. HOWEVER, the food was a disgrace. How they can justify serving a burger with a patty full of gristle, served with a slice of tomato and one gherkin, with a small side of bland frozen fries for £18 I’ll never know. We paid £60 for two glasses of wine, a pint and two burgers (after the Chiswick calendar card discount had been applied). Le Vacherin restaurant the other side of Chiswick offers a 3 course menu for half this! Pubs complain they are losing business and struggling to survive, yet they seem to be the creators of their own demise.

Lovely pub food in a beautiful setting. Friendly service

Nice place to sit along the river

By the river which is lovely but extremely rude dark haired man behind the bar. Totally unnecessary when you just want to order a beer and some chips. Other stuff apologised for his behaviour but it put me and my 11 year old off. Wont be back.

Very unpleasant rude dark haired man behind the bar. Made me and my 11 year old feel very unwelcome. Unnecessary when you just want to order a beer and some chips. Other staff apologised for his behaviour which was nice. Won’t be back though. Shame as it’s a lovely location.

Very nice pub along the river! Food was good as well.

The only customers at the restaurant ,no service, very slow.

Food terrible. Chicken kyev overcooked & dry, tiramisu was so hard it was hard to grt your spoon into the desert so i didn’t eat it. Service good & the waiter comped my desert without being prompted

We held my mum’s 60th birthday party in the private event room upstairs and had the most wonderful experience. Ian was fantastic leading up to the event helping get everything organised and answering numerous questions in a really helpful and speedy way. Then Reggie was fantastic at making sure we had everything we needed on the night. The food (canapés from the buffet menu) was fantastic and loved by all and the staff were all super lovely and helpful. Thank you so much for helping to make it such a special evening!

Had an excellent staff member who I believe was a manager called Reggie. It was my first time in awhile in a pub and I was immediately made to feel like a regular due to the warm welcoming atmosphere. Reggie recommended me a lovely French Chardonnay. Before I left, I ordered a coffee And it came with a pleasant surprise of a bear design in the milk of my flat white! Would highly recommend and will definitely be coming back.

I used to love this pub. The past couple of times I came they mixed up my order. It feels like a two tier service. Regulars get well looked after while the rest of us have to wait.

I staged my 70th birthday party here, booking the whole pub exclusively - indoors and outside - for 6 hours last Saturday, noon till 6pm with a pay bar. The City Barge team were fantastic and cooked a delicious meal for 125 people. Everyone had a great time and I would highly recommend the pub in every way. Many of my guests stayed on till closing time after the pub had re-opened to the public.

Still like this place but menu has recently gone downhill. Still visit, still like it, but now just a cheap burger or fish and chips instead of restaurant fare. Hope it improves.

Delicious food and good service. We weren’t able to sit outside but it was still nice.

One of the few pubs in London where the toilet is spotless clean and I mean spotless clean 🧡 lovely Pub at the waterfront and very friendly staff 🧡

Hi Ian I just wanted to thank you and your team for helping me enjoy a wonderful birthday afternoon the other day. The room was just right, the food excellent and the service brilliant. It was terrific to have somewhere we could share with our kids and my 96-year-old dad that was comfortable, interesting and accessible. Great also that you offer such tasty and varied options for the vegans in my family (although I notice my “vegan” dad went for fish and chips 😃).

Loved it as always. Food is great, staff are friendly and always fun to talk to, location by the river is spectacular and Ian’s sommelier background always ensures the best quality wine and drinks.

Love this pub, go to choice everytime when in the area

I visited with my family. We really liked the food, everything was fresh. delicious tomato soup. service very good. we will definitely come back

Lovely food and really nice staff - would highly recommend

Thank you for this wonderful wine.

Good riverside pub. Lovely sitting outside watching the river and sunset. Even more fun with high tides when the path floods. Food typical pub grub..

A great place to be 'stranded' by the high tide in. Their own 'Argy Bargy' session ale in VERY quaffable!

The service was exceptional, swift, and efficient, complemented by delicious food. We indulged in Sunday lunch, savoring ample portions of both pork and beef, accompanied by a generous serving of vegetables. Without a doubt, we'll be returning for more.

We met friends at this riverside pub for lunch and watching the 6 Nations. It's a big place and full of life with tasty & wide menu, good service and good selection of beers & wines.

I've been here for meals a couple of times and must say that the food has never disappointed. Every dish is packed with flavour and the staff is friendly and helpful.

Took my elderly parents who have challenges with mobility. The restaurant staff were great and very accommodating. Food was good. Bar staff were very helpful. Whole experience was very comfortable and stress free. I will be returning

Everything was delightful and fresh, the service was excellent, and I'll definitely be back here again for sure! I recommend.