The Rockingham Arms in Southwark

Cracking little wetherspoons in a great location, staff are really friendly and has a good atmosphere. Free WiFi & free refills on coffee, what more do you want? 🙂

Food is good , quick service and value for money

Staff always look uninterested to be there or help you.

Good food & drink. Pub grub at its best, got to be one the better JDW I've been to. Good service, good atmosphere, and great staff.

Stopped in for easy lunch option on way to somewhere else. Might make it a more regular thing! Food was as expected, certainly no worse. Enjoyed sitting here with my pint of dark ale, watching all of the different characters

Early evening pre theatre meal place was busy yet not too busy Usual high standard of food drink and service

Good service but weren’t able to serve me the first two pints I asked for as they’d run out. Third was worth waiting for and the server was lovely with good humour!

God mat og fine priser. Vi stoppet der tilfeldig for brunch og ble positivt overrasket. Vil gjerne besøke plassen igjen da den ikke er langt fra sentral London.

Sat outside for a relaxing fish and chips lunch. Very nice and service provided fast and with a smile 😁 I sat on the obvious non smoking area, but some 20's age group didn't have the brain power to know it's no smoking! 🚭

I've been living above this Weatherspoon since 2003... perfect for a really hungover breakfast..it's full of townies... or if you've had an all nighter and need some flat cold beer then this place is perfect 👌

A lot better now it's been refurbished. Very few general spoons clientele

Staff members are pretty nice. as of 2024 they renovated the place looks great!

Bad Service, not only slow but also serving people who are pushing past and not in the queue to be served but rather standing off away from the tills, took 37 minutes to reach the front of the line and even then someone else who pushed past got served before me, clearly friends of workers.

Cheap drinks, but terrible foods. I will not recommend to have food in this pub.

We used to go here regularly but generaly due to several reasons now avoid. Food, drink & service is ok but our problem is with the management & ownership more than the service team. They have made some silly decisions during their recent refurbishment for example they placed clear glass on ground floor windows looking into neighbouring block (instead of opaque glass as per the planning application) which compromises customer privacy as well as residents’ privacy - a really stupid decision). Please see video below. And other reasons perhaps best not mentioned here....

Watch out for thieves, don't leave anything unattended

The food was great, but the service was really slow.

Shame that a poor experience in a spoons will confirm a lot of people’s negative opinions on the whole group, busyish Saturday afternoon and the staff were clearly struggling with long waits for both food and drinks wether ordering on the app or at the bar, tables left uncleared for my whole visit and sticky, shame as most of the ones I’ve used up and down the country are usually good

Great attitude and accommodating service, massive props to the lady who served me, lovely breakfast, has made it a great start to my day!

We ate here for breakfast early on a Thursday and it was very quiet. We had two breakfast wraps and two breakfast muffins, which unexpectedly came with cheese. All was fine as normal in other Wetherspoons. The food arrived quickly.

Spoons init. Conveniently located for MoS

Went in today ordered a children's nuggets chips and beans with apple juice, a pizza and portion of onion rings with 2x pepsi, after 45 minutes of waiting just for our drinks I asked where they was only to be told we would have to wait another 30 minutes, bare in mind people coming in after us was receiving theirs after a few minutes, the tables had food from this morning plates cutlery glasses left on them with flies, when the food arrived it was stone cold and inedible won't be returning

Great place to eat and lovely since being refreshed

Great food! So surprised how tasty, quickly served it was. Initially went in for jyst a drink but saw food being served, ordered and almost licked the plate! KEEP THAT CHEF & KITCHEN STAFF, brilliantly prepared food! I'm coming back here again for sure . Also friendly staff. Love this place.

a review of the mens toilets - "A swimming pool of urine" - Kevin of kevin's corner circa 2019

It was ok, a bit of low food quality

Nice cheap. Pub. Whererspoons is great we were were with friends. Great food and very reasonable

I always go to Wetherspoos for pints and food, but yesterday I had one of the worst cheeseburgers I ever had. Bun was old, meat tasteless... disappointed

Staff are very helpful and friendly nice pub with all the people in their

A really nice place to eat or drink something. The staff are helpful.

Good Weatherspoons for pregame before a night at ministry of sound. Good location. Can’t complain

This place has had a refurb, it looks amazing. Totally enjoyed my time in the Rockingham. Wetherspoons are great, however they all have the same problem. There's never enough staff behind the bar.

Racist pub, i got some drinks service was very rude called me deaf and blind. Very unprofessional!! If u are a person of a different colour u will get treated differently.

Rude staff, wanted to get drinks staff asked me if I was deaf and blind?

A typical Weather spoons - sprawling and characterless. Need I say more?

This is the closest Wetherspoons to my office

I visited The Rockingham Arms for a Sunday lunch, expecting a traditional Sunday pub roast. Unfortunately, they don't serve Sunday roasts at this location, so I opted for the cheeseburger instead. It was very nice, and the service was quick and efficient. The drinks were good, and the atmosphere was pleasant. They also have a great outdoor area out the front, and given that it was a perfect sunny day in London, I enjoyed sitting out there having a few drinks in the sun. Overall, it was a very nice experience, and the bar staff were friendly and helpful. I would definitely recommend it for a casual and enjoyable meal when catching up with friends.

Very nice place with good atmosphere. The lady who wears the glasses behind the bar is great fun, and very efficient in her role. Overall, its a great place. Food and drink is good. I would definitely recommend a visit.

In London for the weekend went to this place it was so good the food was great and service fast ,the atmosphere was amazing lots of love and laughter would definitely recommend a visit here.

Great venue, great staff, great prices.

Went for a Monday lunch and I can say the service was instant (beers came to our table within 5 minutes of ordering) and food didn’t take long at all either. Food was fresh, chips were crispy, and chicken was great too. Fish was definitely crispy and fresh with the mushy peas being a highlight itself.

Service without a smile, ordered to table drinks and dinner drinks didn't come out till food was ready, daughters curry tasted worse then tesco ready meal my ham was good chips warm not hot and well eggs were over cooked, ordered pudding as still starving warm chocolate fudge cake with icecream cake that warm my ice cream stayed frozen ie not warm when meal and drink bought looked like staff were in rush drop and go quicker than take away delivery man, and when pudding brought and dirty plates taken it was grab and go didn't even waste time to ask which pudding was for who I know it's a cheap chain but a smile cost nothing al9ng with manners

Unprofessional staff gossiping and swearing in front of my wife and me.

It's a spoons so food is always the same. Service a little slow but it was a Sunday morning.

Clean place, been here few times to have quick breakfast and coffee.. I had toast with jam and egg English muffin. You can refill your unlimited coffees from the machine and also tea.. The price is great for London... Cheap and cheerful... I love this place

I’m not quite sure what I was just served but I think it was grown in the city of Chernobyl

Friendly staff Good food Good prices Definitely go back

Was visiting London and Elephant and Castle for a few days and was recommended to use Rockingham Arms in Elephant and Castle to eat, as the accommodation I was using didn’t offer any food service. Went to Rockingham Arms for breakfast on one of the days and ordered Eggs Benedict, and when the food arrived, the eggs were snotty, and the muffins used weren’t even toasted properly. In my opinion the breakfast was pretty awful and the only best part of the experience was Josh the server, he was an excellent member of staff. I returned that evening with a friend for dinner and again the food was substandard and pretty woeful. Whoever, supplies the food to The Rockingham Arms and whoever is the Chef, aren’t doing a very good job. Again, the only best part of this establishment is the staff. Also, the toilets in this establishment should be condemned as well. They were in poor quality. I will definitely not be using this place again when I return to Elephant and Castle

Went there twice in a day, the first time for coffee, the second for drinks, both were excelent and the vibe matched both differently yet completely.

the pub itself is fine - the issue is with the security. saw a woman who was clearly being forcibly grabbed and kissed by a stranger (she kept trying to fight him off) right in front of security and they repeatedly did nothing. I went up and asked them to intervene and they laughed it off, leaving me to tell the guy to back off and him trying to grab me instead. also, weirdly expensive and small TV screens

We were here when Saka became the England hero Arsenal know him for Great staff, and including security

Lovely foods great place good prices

No kids friendly ,very disappointed 😔 😕 😞

Rude door staff and managers. I had a genuine complaint and I was treated with contempt. This seems to be common across Wetherspoons establishments, they don’t take well to criticism, are ableist and don’t recognise hidden disabilities.

A very busy Westherspoons, we used the app to order, which was easy, and made it a quick service!

Had one drink while waiting for a friend so didn't experience a great deal but..went looking for the loo and because of poor vision asked for help..the staff member escorted me through the bar downstairs and offered to wait... good service ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Had a lovely meal on Steak night. Steak was cooked well and the atmosphere was great.

There is a good quality price relation. The service is extremely slow, especially when ordering through the app

Rubbish pub and there are far better pubs in the area. They really need to do a better job with cleaning. The beer tasted stale. All the tables are dirty and sticky. The toilets absolutely stank. Never going back.

Has just had a refurb and is now very clean and nice compared to what it used to be! Very affordable and staff and friendly. Classic Wetherspoons atmospheres. Smoking and seated area out front although no proper pub garden. Always very well maintained and efficient service.

Traditional breakfast was awful. I'd recommend going somewhere else.

If you get the right waiter it's very friendly affordable and tasty food along with awesome beverage thumbs up

Just had a pint nothing special

It‘s sucks，especially staff！ We ask the manager come and he said he is the manager. And he ask we leave with noting…I won’t come here again, and I won’t come here with my friends and classmates. After we bought some drinks, some friends wanted to kick us out because we didn't bring ID. I felt discriminated against. We can provide any evidence other than physical ID to prove that we are old enough to drink, but the person who claimed to be the manager didn't listen. I will choose the Elephant and Castle pub next door with better service attitude

Only had starters as was not to hungry but it was bang on, nice atmosphere

I’m giving this place 5 stars because of two things. Chaz who is a very kind and direct manager. And also, because I ordered a drink and a random person paid for my drink (I did not know who they were, I was just told to pay it forward which I will (however will not do this at an expensive pub because I can’t be paying £7 for a pint cool thanks))

Everything here was as you would expect in Weatherspoons .. so well done an oasis for us on our journey

Busy place in busy location. The staff were very friendly and helpful

The chicken wings are delectable here. There's an outdoor seating area for those who smoke. The alcohol collection is vast, although one may not find every cocktail on the menu. The location is quite accessible through public transport. However, the toilets may not be accessible to people with some physical disabilities. Overall, the food and ambience is awesome. The service is good too. 5 stars.

I loved. They have renovated it and left it very nice

Only obvious toilet was the accessible one. It was right by the tables in a corner so not ideal!

Don't have the steak! All day brunch was fine. Apart from that, an ok pub. Plenty of seating.

This is a great Witherspoon pub/restaurant. When your staying in London near by it is a great place to get a pint & a meal at a good price. The atmosphere is also good with plenty of space etc.

If you are tourist, or coming in a group of people but carried any souvenir or bag or suitcase, the security at the entrance will ask you to leave immediately due to policy issue. They think you will not spend any money in the pub but eat your souvenir instead. (No matter they are ready-to-eat or not) Well done guard by saving my money to elsewhere🙃 Never been treated like that in other Weatherspoon before.

The staff were very friendly and so helpful as we were just visiting for the weekend and had got a bit lost. We met a few locals to who were so lovely and good fun.

We stopped here for some food and a drink after a show. The place was busy for a Monday night and had a nice vibe to it. The food was ok, but what made the evening bad was the hair my girlfriend found in her dessert. So please check your food before you eat.

The staff are so friendly and helpful. They'll give you suggestions on where else to go. Food is on point and short wait times. Great spot overall!! We always go here for after work catch ups, (or days off), big tourist spot also, but service never drops off. Good people and good vibes overall ✌️

Only had a tea, being unlimited refills was a good surprise. Unfortunately going up for a second and both machines not working. They got fixed but I had to leave before so that's why a lower score. Also, service even though only 4 people in the place as 9 am service for food coming out was slow, it was on the heater for a while before being served out. Also, staff were not the happiest. Overall, would happily and have been back if going to London early for a morning brew.

Good pub to visit. Not too crowded.

I eat regularly in Wetherspoon pubs in London, but in this case food was not good, not cooked as it should, not served as it should. Cleaning to be done, service normal. Surely last time I will go there.

Came for a quick drink and a bite to eat with a few friends, the food is easy and quick and the drinks are cheap!! The staff are funny....will be going back!!

I was looking for a good place to take my mum to have a breakfast and a coffee before a challenging day full of London sightseeings - turned out it was a good choice. The food was as good as other Wetherspoons and the service was awesome. Nice spacious place with so much morning light. Highly recommend!

Nice cozy pub with good and cheap beer. Now looking amazing after refurb!

All food lovely staff friendly very clean

It's a Wetherspoon's, so exactly what you'd expect.

Lovely little place in elephant and castle.. Went for breakfast and it was great!

Not a bad pub, can get noisy at the weekends. Usual long trip downstairs to the loos!

Probably the worst Spoons I’ve been in. Looks nice after its refurbishment but that’s about it. Staff are rude and customer service non existent. Asked for a standard spirit by brand name and they had no clue what it was. Made me move down the bar to get served when there were 2 staff stood where I was. They were more interested in talking to someone on their internal walkie talkies and laughing loudly. Won’t be going in there ever again

I meeting to my deaf friends enjoy a drink and meal. Good services are customers. Thanks

You just have to love it! Perfect for students. Always busy, and the quality of the food is good. Cheap food and bevs, so what do you need more :) Only the staff is sometimes not the best. Waited 50 mins for my lunch even though the place wasn't crowded at all. Asked the waiter three times and he didn't do anything. was a bit disappointed by that but never had any other issues there and I came for at least 12 times or so.

Everything you expect from a Spoons in a fantastic setting.

Security need to CHILL OUT!! Know look young but you can see im a big women!! And men should not be searching female bags !! No Tequila Rose !!! Drinks sent to wrong table. Glass collectors being very rude if stand on wrong side or barrier... It's a rope mate ..breath!! Apart from that atmosphere from other drinkers is 💯a vibe! All singing for each other birthdays love it 😀

Nice place, very good breakfast , recommended 👌

Coffee and breakfast. So early start, it was clean and tidy. A little confused with orders and table numbers ?? Otherwise typical Wetherspoons

We’ve visited this place more than once in the past and found the food either cold or inedible so we’d stopped going. After noticing that they’d refurbished the place recently we plucked up courage to try it again. As we approached and entered the building it was noted that there was a considerable amount of change as we found a table, we placed an order but noticed there had been a big hike in food prices. After a longer wait for the drinks and food than expected and baring in mind that it was Mother’s Day. Eventually the order arrived, the food was cold if that’s what you would call it. You would think that ordering fish and chips would be an easy thing to present to your customers, wrong. If you think you’re going to receive a full meal then you’re going to be very disappointed as we were, for £12.50 you will get about 8 cold chips, a dollop of mushy peas and on both plates less than half of the fish was inedible as most of it was made up with over cooked batter. Congratulations to the Rockingham Arms for continuing to provide the lowest standards that was repeated from our previous visits. Sadly if you make any changes to improve your dishes after this review then it’s too late to welcome us back and we will continue to go elsewhere. It became very obvious as we left that there were a lot of empty tables for what should have been a very busy day. Sadly there are no following photos as the whole thing became too embarrassing.

Great bar immersed in a friendly and young atmosphere! The concept of ordering on your phone is practical but remains a little disappointing (lack of contact with the servers). Very very affordable prices! The cocktails are good and the Doug cookie is delicious!

Had an alright experience here. Reasonably priced drinks and good location.

Spent a bit of time here because I had to go somewhere, so needed to kill some time, but it was a great place to stay! The place was clean, toilets were nice. The table we got was a booth, it hadn’t been wiped but the staff was happy to wipe before we got comfortable. Food service was fast as always, and tasted nice. Had charging ports so I was able to do my work for a couple hours without any disturbances. The only thing that let it down was the apple crumble and custard - there were some bits in there and could taste a bit of onions, but other than that, it was a lovely place! Great location for transport

Improvement in service, quality of food since reopening, great place in general! Customer satisfaction!

Excellent 'spoons Clean,bright,airy and warm Fantastic friendly and attentive staff Service was exemplary as was the food and the beer. Nice clean bogs too. Highly recommend