Richard I - Greenwich

Levi. You have me a gold star and you deserved one. Thank you for being the best host. The food was gorgeous and the atmosphere wonderful. Thank you for looking after us so well.

I love this friendly pub with very nice staff, great range of food drinks and events and lovely garden. Maybe just more questions on things I know about in the pub quiz so I don’t keep coming last. Books and musicals should do it

I'd like to say the best pub in Greenwich, but I certainly can't argue with the view of the “Trafalgar Tavern”. Anyway this pub has a fantastic garden, a special Sunday roast but even better is their service. Congratulations to the General Manager who carries out his work in a professional manner and manages to make every customer happy. Obviously congratulations also to all the rest of the team.

I’m a professional woman of colour in my fifties fighting cancer and undergoing chemotherapy. During October I decided to go to this local pub for a quiet drink with my small dog. After ordering my drink at the bar, a man and woman started to verbally abuse me. The attack was completely unprovoked. The verbal abuse continued throughout my drink being made, whilst I was sat at a table. I was so scared, I didn’t get up to get my drink because I didn’t want to walk past the man and woman abusing me. The man called me a “b*tch” and a “c*nt” and the abuse continued until they left. No one spoke up or defended me throughout the attack. One member of staff eventually asked the man to “leave it”. They left when they finished their drinks and as they passed called me a “c*nt”. I didn’t say anything throughout. I am not sure if this was a racist attack or because I was a female on my own but I do know I don’t feel safe at this pub or walking past it. I have never experienced this kind of verbal abuse as an adult. It really shook me up and upset me. What was meant to be a moment of forgetting about my cancer became a really awful experience. Probably the worst thing was that no one defended me or stopped the abuse. Sending a clear signal to the abusers that this was acceptable behaviour in this pub. I live a few roads away and feel the lack of action by the staff speaks volumes. I now regularly visit Greenwich Grind where I feel really safe and looked after. I know the staff there would speak up if anyone (poc, LGBTQ etc) was attacked. I left Richard 1st in floods of tears that day. I tried to contact the management to discuss what happened but we couldn’t find a convenient time. I felt it wasn’t important to them. I will never set foot in here again.

As always a warm welcome from bar staff. A lovely friendly pub. Our favourite pub we wish we could move it over the river to the Isle of Dogs so it was even nearer to us.