The River Ale House, East Greenwich, SE10

Blue Scrumpy left this review about The River Ale House

I concluded my day's drinking around the area with a return visit to the River Ale House, my last visit having been in 2019.

The River has a couple of small rooms. The main bar is at the front, with a smaller overflow area to the rear right, through which you can access the toilets. Although the gents is currently under refurbishment.

The landlord here is a Charlton Athletic fan and I'm told it gets quite busy when Charlton are playing at home. The pub very much follows the micropub theme with bench seating along both sides and casks underneath. Cask ales are listed above the bar, with ciders listed on the right-hand wall, just opposite the bar. For our visit, the ale range was Park Kilcat, Siren Memento, Tonbridge Ebony Moon & Blonde Ambition, Ossett World Hop Series: USA & Kent Tropic Ale. Castle Rock Promises was also pulled through during our visit. Ciders were Thistly Cross Whisky Cask, Burrow Hill Farmhouse Medium & Dry, Eltham Gold, Broadoak Draught & Pheasant Plucker, Dunkertons Craft Organic Medium, Ascension Pilot, Snail's Bank Apple & Ginger, Very Perry, Toffee Apple, Mango & Pig Squeal & Nightingale Discovery.

Music was playing in the background for our visit. I'm reliably informed that the landlord has a good soundtrack. As stated previously, the pub is also on several bus routes with stops outside on either side of the road. I was at North Greenwich tube station for a Jubilee line train within 5-10 minutes of walking out of the door. There aren't many better pubs in London than this one, in my opinion.

On 12^th November 2025 - rating: 9
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