The best restaurants serving British food in Coldharbour and New Eltham Greenwich London

This one shocked me as the restaurant looked so fancy. We were at The National theatre to see a play so decided to have a meal beforehand. They said it was only a fixed pre theatre menu til around 7pm (the time the show was starting). We had a friendly waiter, he seemed new, and restaurant was quiet when we entered so didn’t have to wait long for our meal. I went for the crab soup to start as I’m a huge fan of crab. Couldn’t eat it. It tasted more like a tomato-ie soup (not a fan of tomatoes at all). I took a few spoonfuls but really couldn’t eat it. A man who looked like he may have been the manager approached and asked how we were getting on with the starters. I was honest and said I couldn't eat the soup and he kindly replaced it for the beetroot starter. That was a lot nicer. My friend had another crab starter (£8 supplement) which I tasted and that was okay. We both had the fish cake for mains. 1 solitary, very dry fishcake which tasted more like a potato cake as it was a case of spot the fish. I found the sauce accompanying it really strange as well. And then there was the chips, how wrong can you go with chips? Very in this case - which you can probably see from looking at the photo. Didn’t want to complain again so just left them. We decided we didn’t want to face any further disappointment so we just stuck with the 2 courses. 2 x 2 course meals with a couple of sides (water, but no drinks) came to over £100 once service was added and we were both still very hungry. Very shocking for this type of establishment. Nice loos.

I popped in to enquire about booking the upstairs function room for a family event, and as soon I stepped into the bar the staff there were very welcoming, helpful and knowledgable. I booked for the first Saturday in November for a very reasonable deposit, and contacted Pope Street a couple of weeks before the booking to select and pay for the catering - again a seamless process. On the day, the venue, food and drinks (including our specially requested order for Snowballs!) were outstanding. My family and friends were all very impressed and commented on how nice the venue was and the quality of food and drinks. There was also plenty of nearby street parking, which was handy. It all made the day such a lovely occasion and we will definitely visit again and keep it in mind for future bookings. Thanks to all the team for looking after us so well x