River Ale House, Greenwich

Micropub

A micropub which opened on 13th September 2017 in a former lingerie and hosiery business. It is quite large as micropubs go with two rooms; both are bare board floored. The front one contains the bar counter and there's a smaller drinking area, down a small ramp, to the rear. The interior has a basic but comfortable feel with exposed brickwork and furniture and fixtures fabricated from scaffolding boards. Seating is at high back wooden wall-mounted settles and high tables.

There is an extensive range of both cask ales and ciders served on gravity dispense from a temperature-controlled room behind the bar counter. They are listed on blackboards above the bar counter (cask ales) and to the right of it (ciders) and in addition a daily detailed cask ale tasting notes list is readily available, placed on every table.

A range of wines, up to a dozen gins and several other spirits are also on offer.

An order-in pizza delivery service is partnered here with a nearby supplier, ask behind bar for details.

Lined glasses for many pints and halves, ensuring full measures every time, however usually not when a brewery branded glass is in use.

A great asset to the area, especially as the pub intends to always have a balance of pale and dark ales on offer from near and far.

Mobile phones to be set to silent please. Background recorded music may often be playing.

Card payments accepted. There may be a 5p rounding price mark-up on some half pint measures.

SPBW London Pub of the Year 2019 - a great achievement in its first year of eligibility.

Local CAMRA branch Greenwich District Pub of the Year 2024.

2024 CAMRA SE London Branch Pub of the Year (and previously in 2019 and 2022) and its 2024 Cider Pub of the Year too (and previously in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023).