Princess of Wales, Blackheath, SE3

Official site of the Princess of Wales - www.princessofwalespub.co.uk

Randomness Guide to London - Princess Of Wales entry

Randomness Guide to London - Princess Of Wales entry

I visited on a Saturday night and the place was heaving with the pub and large beer garden being packed out until about 9pm when things started to thin out a bit. There was a reasonable ale selection and I enjoyed a few well kept pints of London Pride over the course of the evening. The bar staff were pretty efficient considering the melee at the bar and went out of their way to assist me with the distribution of my round to friends scattered round all points of the bar. I tried the food and thought it was pretty good, although maybe a little too pricy. The little lounge area at the front has a couple of plaques comemerating the pub's role as a dressing room for one of the first ever rugby internationals, which gives the place a sense of history that otherwise isn't really apparent. Worth a look, although others have complained about poor service here in the past, which makes me wonder if I just got lucky on my visit.