This “fine old building” – an olde-worlde Greenwich tavern – offers a “very comfortable” location for a meal; it may seem rather “overpriced”, though – for critics, “the sumptuous decor only heightens the disappointment”.
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For the last couple of years, one of the better mid-range French restaurants has been this old Greenwich coaching inn. You'd never have guessed it, though: the whole charming but rackety presentati...
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Press Reviews (1)
Andrew Gilligan (27th March 2008)
2/5 stars
The Standard’s ace investigative reporter – taking the place of David Sexton, who has written the second review to Ms Maschler’s in recent weeks – files a despatch on a restaurant in his patch, Greenwich. It turns out to be part of the “stealth chain” of local establishments built up over recent years by an “American named Frank Dowling”. “His company, Inc Group, now controls seven of the town centre’s 15 pubs and bars.” As he observes (absolutely correctly, in our view): “[n]one of them is exactly bad… [b]ut all are somehow dispiriting”.
Andrew Gilligan (27th March 2008)
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