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The Cutty Sark Tavern

A Grade II-listed Georgian riverside pub on Ballast Quay, three storeys of bow windows over the Thames. A quieter, less touristy Greenwich pint than the town-centre pubs.

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The Cutty Sark Tavern, a Grade II-listed Georgian riverside pub
Photo: Doyle of London, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

It began life as the Union Tavern and was renamed after the famous tea clipper when the Cutty Sark came to Greenwich in 1951.

Local tip

The river terrace is the draw on a sunny afternoon. The pub takes bookings online and serves fresh seafood, with a Sunday roast, from a kitchen open until 9pm.

Famous dishes

  • fresh seafood
  • Sunday roast

Finding it

Address
4-6 Ballast Quay, Greenwich, London SE10 9PD
Nearest station
Maze Hill (National Rail), 426 m away

Details change, so check with the place before you set off.

More places nearby

  • Trafalgar TavernNightlife · 350 m awayA Grade II listed Regency pub on the Thames beside the Old Royal Naval College, opened in 1837 and once drunk in by Dickens.
  • Old Royal Naval CollegeLandmark · 650 m awayA Baroque riverside complex in Greenwich designed by Christopher Wren, its grounds free to explore and its Painted Hall open for a separate ticket.
  • National Maritime MuseumMuseum · 700 m awayA free museum of Britain's seafaring history in Greenwich, holding the world's largest collection of maritime art, maps, and ship models.
  • Cutty SarkLandmark · 750 m awayA preserved 19th-century tea clipper in dry dock at Greenwich, one of the fastest sailing ships of its era.

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