the mayflower

stepping into this pub you can feel thehistoryof the place - it's olde worlde in a good way: dark wood, beams, uneven floors, and nautical artefacts adorn the walls. it’s only fitting – the pub is the starting point of the mayflower as it head over to colonise america. the pub was heaving on the sunday evening we headed in, so the missus and i elected to sit outside on the decking overlooking the thames. the sound of the lapping water, reminiscent of the voyage itself, was oddly ethereal a metre or so below us on the winters evening we tucked into our roasts.

the food itself was nice enough, nothing to write home about, but equally good enough to sate an appetite and enjoy the ambience of the place. overall it’s a really nice pub, probably better for a conspiratorial drink than a full blown meal but still a piece of livinghistorywell worth experiencing if you’re ever in the area.

the mayflower is a beautiful peice ofhistorynestled on the banks of the thames in rotherhithe.
the pub is warm and intimate and always seems to have a steady flow of custers so be sure to book!
the sweet potato and goats cheese pie comes highly recommended and make sure you check out the specials as there was an amazing pan fried duck dish when i went there last!

mayflower, a long-standing favourite pub of mine and my husband's. it is one of london's oldest pub and has a massivehistorybehind it, thoughtfully dotted in quotes around the place.

we went there for a fantastic cheeseboard and an enormous independent pub lunch. three of us had a chicken and leek pie, fish finger bap, and sausage bap. all big and filling, perfect for a freezing cold day and downed with a good pint selected from quite a good range.

there is a good, fun atmosphere which draws a good evening crowd. what i also like about this place is that they do this excellent pub quiz which doesn’t have a sports round (well, it didn’t when canadian jen, alison and i went the one time) which meant that the team “two brunettes and a blonde” managed to come in second. mr man and i go there a lot and will continue to do so as long as i live in london. just don’t tell too many people about it – we don’t want them to run out of their fantastic cheeseboards…

the mayflower can be found just around the corner from rotherhithe station on the east london line. prices are very reasonable and the view, when it’s not raining, is superb.