The Prince of Greenwich, Greenwich, SE10

Another strange pub in this part of Greenwich. There are small clues outside to what lays within, but when you walk in and feel that it looks like some eccentric’s personal museum, that is because it is! The clue is on the exterior from the signage outside proclaiming this to be a museum pub. It was apparently taken over in 2015 by a couple who originally hailed from Sicily but have spent their lives to date travelling and the décor is made up of their eclectic collection from a lifetime of research and travelling (referred to as the La Rosa Collection by the owner). Alongside the aforementioned enormous rhino head and a whale bone and many other strange artefacts is a collection of Jazz memorabilia (pictures and instruments), which is clearly a love of the proprietor and live music features every Sunday. Italian food obviously features here and although I didn’t experience it on my visit, a local informed that one of the benefits of attending the live music is that you liberally get fed pizza. A couple of ale pumps on the bar but only one operating with a passable Harvey’s Sussex best. But the ale is not the attraction here, it’s the museum collection and the hosts if they are around. The danger with this one is that wanderlust could strike the current owners at any time, and they could be off, taking their collection with them. So, I recommend you search this one out and experience the eccentricity whilst you can.

Disregard all previous reviews as it has changed beyond all recognition. The legend 'Museum Pub' outside gives a small but inadequate clue about the interior of this surprising and unique pub. The whole of the L-shaped bar room is covered in assorted tat of every description, ranging from small objects in glass cases to a large charging rhino over the fireplace. It transpires that the pub is now home to Piero and his Sicilian family who have displayed the "memories of 42 years of travelling" to great effect. The net result is difficult to imagine, yet alone describe, and is quite fascinating yet has a great feel. The friendliness though is something else. We were enjoying a beer (TT Landlord and Twickenham Naked Ladies) and were pleasantly surprised to be given a plate of meat and pizza slices. A conversation about the pub rapidly developed to a guided tour of the upstairs room, which is liberally decorated with music photos and movie posters and hosts live music, Italian films and other activities. Apparently there is also a pool table downstairs somewhere but we didn't get that far before being given another free sample of delicious home-made pizza. Sadly we couldn't stay long but will have to return to make sure we were not imagining all this! If visiting note it is closed Mondays and opens 16.00 other weekdays; open all day at weekends.

Official site of The Prince of Greenwich - www.theprinceofgreenwichpub.com

Official site of The Prince of Greenwich - www.theprinceofgreenwichpub.com

The Prince of Greenwich is an L shaped pub with a couple of plasma screens that were showing muted BBC tennis in favour of some mow background music. There were only two other customers during my Wednesday afternoon visit, but I imagine that it gets busier when the advertised live music is in swing. The bar is stocked with standard draught and two of the three hand pumps were unused leaving Landlord as the lone ale option. Pub grub is available with the mains priced around the £10 mark. My lasting memory of this pub is the extremely friendly barmaid who made this bog standard local boozer stick in the memory.

Recently done up, very very nice. Good choose of beers and wines. Nice crowd, nice atmosphere and friendly staff. The food is very good, much better then the pubs near by.

We were ashamed to have taken friends with us for our first(and last) vist to the Prince of Greenwich. The sparse menu was a sign of the miserable food to follow. The service was inexperienced and inattentive. To think that we walked past The Greenwich Union and the Richard I to get to the "Prince". We won't be coming again.