Bars & Pubs

Pilot Inn

Proper boozer near the Dome

Greenwich: The Pilot Inn, Riverside Way, Off West Parkside, Greenwich Peninsula, SE10 0BE

Distance: 1.9 mls

Gun

If the 'oldest pub on the island' (Ferry House, see above) sounds like it won't offer enough marinated olives for your liking, you'd better head straight for the Gun....

Docklands: 27 Coldharbour, E14 9NS

Distance: 2.1 mls

Brodie's (branch of Jamies)

Docklands: 43 Fisherman's Walk, E14 5HD

Distance: 2.5 mls

Dion

Housed in part of a converted warehouse, the latest branch of the Dion mini-chain (named after the Greek god of wine Dionysus) makes the most of its features with lots...

Docklands: Port East Building, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, E14 4AF

Distance: 2.5 mls

Dion Canary Wharf

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Docklands: Port East Building, West India Quay, Hertsmere Road, E14 4AF

Distance: 2.5 mls

Corney & Barrow

Docklands: 9 Cabot Square, E14 4EB

Distance: 2.5 mls

Davy's at Canary Wharf

Docklands: 31-35 Fisherman's Walk, Cabot Square, E14 4DH

Distance: 2.5 mls

Spotted Dog (branch of Davy's)

Barking: 15 Longbridge Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 8TN

Distance: 2.6 mls

Cutty Sark Tavern

A decorative discrepancy over dates - the façade says 1795, the glazed front-door windows insist on 1695 - can't hide the historic nature of this riverside hostelry....

Greenwich: 4-6 Ballast Quay, SE10 9PD

Distance: 2.7 mls

Jamies

Docklands: 28 Westferry Circus, E14 8RR

Distance: 2.8 mls

Birkbeck Tavern

A former hotel, the 'Birky' offers a large public bar, a smaller room at the front with a pool table and a garden, plus a bustling but never intimidating demeanour....

Leyton: 45 Langthorne Road, E11 4HL

Distance: 2.8 mls

Morgan Arms

A grand corner location, made welcoming at night by fairy lights and glittery glass-beaded chandelier lamps in the large windows, makes the Morgan an automatic choice...

Bow: 43 Morgan Street, E3 5AA

Distance: 2.9 mls

Grapes

As old school as they come, the Grapes ticks all the right boxes with a creaky wood-panelled interior, open fire and quirky memorabilia galore. Take a pew at one of...

Limehouse: 76 Narrow Street, E14 8BP

Distance: 2.9 mls

Trafalgar Tavern

This landmark boozer lapped by the Thames is not as historic as it seems - its impressive Georgian appearance is actually down to a 1968 makeover - but the TT still...

Greenwich: Park Row, SE10 9NW

Distance: 2.9 mls

Plume of Feathers

Sue and her popular staff run a lovely locals' favourite here, the longest established pub in Greenwich, some three centuries old. Tucked behind Greenwich Park, the...

Greenwich: 19 Park Vista, SE10 9LZ

Distance: 3 mls

Ferry House

'The oldest pub on the island' - a mile from the bright lights of Docklands and across the river from Greenwich - is old school in the extreme. Push open the door and...

Docklands: 26 Ferry Street, E14 3DT

Distance: 3 mls

Palm Tree

Atmospheric East End pub

Mile End: 127 Grove Road, E3 5BH

Distance: 3.1 mls

The Narrow

Mr Ramsay’s first foray into gastropub territory (now joined by west London’s Warrington and Devonshire) remains well received by Limehouse’s more moneyed...

Limehouse: 44 Narrow St, E14 8DP

Distance: 3.2 mls

Inc Bar

Inc is more than this rather smart, two-level cocktail and DJ lounge bar in Greenwich's covered market - it's also a dozen-strong empire of drinks outlets (Bar du...

Greenwich: 7A College Approach, SE10 9HY

Distance: 3.2 mls

Coach & Horses

This super-professional gastrobar is located in a corner of the covered area of Greenwich Market. Little of the old pub feel remains but the Coach offers as good a...

Greenwich: 13 Greenwich Market, SE10 9HZ

Distance: 3.2 mls

Gipsy Moth

The Mitchell Brothers' funky makeover of this formerly traditional boozer - just a gangplank away from another famous ship, the Cutty Sark - has proved a great...

Greenwich: 60 Greenwich Church Street, SE10 9BL

Distance: 3.2 mls

Bar du Musée

Once an intimate late-night and often louche drinking hole, the BDM is now a serious operation with a huge dining area at the back and a more limited selection of the...

Greenwich: 17 Nelson Road, SE10 9JB

Distance: 3.2 mls

Greenwich Park Bar & Grill

Busy with people seeking refreshment after afternoon lazing in neighbouring Greenwich Park, the GPB&G has yet to find its feet where a regular after-dark clientele...

Greenwich: 1 King William Walk, SE10 9JH

Distance: 3.2 mls

Unit 7

Part of the Cable Street Studios (an enormous warehouse full of small artists' and music studios and creative start-ups, a moment away from the Rotherhithe Tunnel),...

Wapping: Cable Studios, 566 Cable Street, E1W 3HB

Distance: 3.3 mls

L'Oasis

Fronting on the Mile End Road, L'Oasis doesn't quite feel like part of the city. The bar is in a single rectangular room, with benches (now padded) and upholstered...

Mile End: 237 Mile End Road, E1 4AA

Distance: 3.3 mls

Royal Inn on the Park

Wreaths of lights in the windows of this imposing former hotel, whose hugely popular beer garden backs right on to Victoria Park, makes an appropriate welcome to the...

Victoria Park: 111 Lauriston Road, E9 7HJ

Distance: 3.5 mls

North Star

This unmodernised back-street boozer is a surprise find barely 50 metres from Leytonstone High Road and within sight of its vile drive-thru McDonalds. Behind the...

Leyton: 24 Browning Road, E11 3AR

Distance: 3.5 mls

Empress of India

With mosaic floor tiling and mussel-shell chandeliers, the airy, conservatory-feel Empress usually hums with diners contentedly tucking into the likes of veal ossobuco...

Victoria Park: 130 Lauriston Road, E9 7LH

Distance: 3.5 mls

Greenwich Union

Alistair Hook's laudable Meantime Brewery flagship is based on the training and recipes he gleaned at age-old institutions in Germany. In-house Meantime produces...

Greenwich: 56 Royal Hill, SE10 8RT

Distance: 3.5 mls