Anchor Bankside Reviews

Great customer service under very difficult times, well done guys x

Food was nice, but service left a little to be desired.

Was in a group of three and we all ordered at the same time, albeit under three separate orders.

Two came out very quickly, but I had to wait at least ten minutes for mine and chased twice in this time.

A very touristy pub, which I normally try and stay away from, but I actually like this place. Great location by the river, lovely outdoor area and great tasting ale.

Well priced beer and even the food isn't too bad.

Great beer, good fish, fantastic ambiance. Sitting by the Thames after a long day, it was so relaxing at Anchor. Would love to come back.

Worst pub I've ever been in, actually found myself apologising to an American tourist. Crap service, bland food and sticky tables.

Place is great, service was great, friendly staff on the day. All together a nice little place.

Very nice typical wooden restaurant. Bad food. Indigestible mushrooms for hours.

Wonderful pub, standard London Prices and a great view of the Thames.

Busy bank holiday weekend in great weather but it seems this had not been anticipated and the small number of staff seemed to struggle to cope. Took an age to get served and the toilets were in a state. Great spot by the river though!

Best in winter as more atmospheric. Bit of a tourist trap, but ok for a drink

Situated at the Thames riverbank classic pub with tasty food and nice selection of beer and wide variety of other liquors. Helpful staff. Marvellous place if you want to go for Sunday Roast as well as if you're willing to paint the town red.

I ordered fish and chips and platter, both of them were delicious. It was good on the riverfront, with prepayment and easy location!

Great pub i always stop at when passing by; nice seating outside and on roof terrace; always friendly staff and good selection of real ales

Nice large pub with great views. Allegedly Samuel Pepys sat there and watched the fire of London burn on the other side of the river. Have eaten before but this time went to nearby borough market. Is a greene king pub so food much the same as you can get anywhere. Nice pub though for a drink

Good location, average food, a little to price but well you are literally paying for the location.

Only downside is that I could not stand up in the toilets, then again being 6 ft 4 it's probably my fault.

The staff are a bit snotty, so don't expect a welcoming pub.

Liking this pub recently, very cosy with rustic character inside and a great selection of booze (Hop House on tap). Great location on the river by the bridge, even does very decent fish and chips!

Nice looking pub, we were disappointed with the food but that is probably down to our taste. The staff seemed a little unhappy to be there too.

Forever to get served and they close the outdoor virander kicking you inside....why

Great pub, fabulous location, great atmosphere, good beer and good food. London prices a bit of a shock for us rural folk, but it is London I suppose.

Terribly rude eastern European barmaid with long blonde hair. Actually put me off ordering my drinks so I left. Would never go back again! Please train your staff so they can provide good customer service.

Beautiful on the outside, great location, very good atmosphere inside and very rich meat pie and fish and chips, somewhat expensive, but very good, very British

Huge historic pic on the backs of the River Thames.

Was lovely and a great atmosphere even with social distancing

Love the place but not enough bar staff on a Thursday or Friday night!

Great place for an ale with Great food. Fast service even when busy.

The pictures don't reflect the reality. Worst pie ever!

Nice view of the Thames and great food with great fish and chips

nice pub. i did not spend much te there, just stopped in for beer.

Lovely big bar next to river with loads of outdoor seating

One of best office hangout place. This place oozes out character. A true masterpiece of British pub. Chips are uniquely good.

Reasonable food and drinks, nice position on the river.

Good selection of beers. Serves pub grub and tends to get busy at knocking off time.

At first we thought it's a nice location. Nice, beautiful building and we got a table on the little terrace on top. On this day (Sunday) they promoted the Sunday's roast. We had to go downstairs to order. Nobody cleaned our table and there were lots of crumbs from the last visitors. When we received our food we were really happy, because it looked really nice. Somehow it tasted nice too, but when you have a better look at the dishes you can see the problems: The socalled "chicken breast" was compressed chicken meat, the meat from the roast was a bad quality meat - it was hard to chew, the cole slaw dressing was pure fat and the salad dressing wasn't home made, the potatoes from the roast were hard as stone, because of too long frying. The only nice dish were the Nachos with several dips. Toilets were disgusting, staff wasn't prudent at all. They just served food and that's it.

I had their Wagyu Burger which I thought was very good. It was also very nice sitting outside.

Typical London pub.
And a great menu for lunch and dinner.

We visited this Pub on our way back to Hotel after visiting the SHARD .

This pub is just on the bank side of Thames river and it has seating both inside and outside .

It looks historic with wooden ceiling .

Has good collection of drinks and food is okay

The chairs outside offer good view of Thames overlooking bridges across Thames and St Paul s Cathedral in the backdrop .

Good place to visit

Worst barmaid ever and expensive. Too bad because the place is nice and very big.
Waitress with a rare antipathy. Unhelpful and mouthy. Beers quite expensive.

Really lovely pub, superb view and okay food! Perfect combination with warm weather!

Ok place but service is sooooo slow. If it gets busy it will take you 20min to get your drink

Interesting pub, Samuel Peyps took shelter in this pub druing the great fire of London and wrote how he could see the fire spreading, Unfortunately later the pub burned down in a seperate incident and was rebuilt later.

A pub with lots of spaces and stairs and corridors. Well kept ale. Tends to be full of tourists which is nice for the owners, but detracts a little from the atmosphere.

Crowded. Food average. Other pubs in the chain are better. Has so much footfall I don't think it bothers.

Cold beer, Cool location, Warm staff, Hot grub.
Enough said !

Took a little bit to find a table(seat yourself) but after we did the food and drinks were great

Big historic pub next to the Thames and round the corner from Borough Market. Great for a stop off drink or two

friendly staff, beers a little expensive but I'd still go back

Old pub serving food and beer both to an acceptable level

Bit pricey but then again the location is very central. Great beers on draught! Gangly Ghoul caught my eye immediately

Greene King pub, pricey as you would expect for the location.

Always busy but enormous roasts and a great atmosphere

Classic English pub on the Thames waterfront. Caters to tourists more than locals. The Sunday roast was dry, and the gravy was forgotten. Service was not great, had to wait for 45 minutes to receive a small serving of horseradish (which was also forgotten from the dish originally). I would recommend this place more for casual drinks after walking the south bank.

Nice and big greene king pub placed in the river side next to borrow market. A bit overpriced for what it is.

The history of this place, food was good, drinks were promptly served, place was clean. Loved the atmosphere and it's right on the river.

My fav burger place. Great beer selection, perfect location and friendly staff.

Great pub, great location. Gets very busy so queueing for drinks can take a while

In the shadows of its former glory, value for money has disappeared. What you pay for is the location. A bit of a shame really :(

It's fine if you come to London as a tourist and see its red facade and go in for a beer. If you are or live in London, it is not so good as it is always full and the prices are already a bit inflated. Its location is very good since it is very close to the borough market, where there is a lot of atmosphere and it has magnificent views of the Thames.