Gordons, At The Ship - Elmbridge

The ship is a good, old-fashioned, robust drinker pub in the heart of croydon. thema is, as they guess, a ship, with nautical references and galeon style paraphernalia covers the walls. it is all dark wood and small alcove, old barrels are offered as tables and a rough weeksing atmosphere the ship is one of the few alternative drinking spots of croydon that plays rock and metal music from the 70s and perform live bands on Wednesday night on the small stage. Friday and Saturday evening host dj’s that turn their favorite headbanging tunes while mixing over a choice of hobgoblin or spitfire from the barrel or a very inexpensive selection of world camps....read more

I was very disappointed with the Christmas meal served at this restaurant. The potatoes were undercooked, the sprouts and cauliflower were overcooked, and everything was swimming in gravy with no option to have it without. The vegetarian option was inedible according to the two vegetarians in our party. The restaurant was empty except for us, which should have been a warning sign. The service was overly attentive, most likely due to the lack of customers. I was disappointed with our festive meal and the dismissive response I received from the restaurant when I wrote in with my concerns. I offered constructive criticism, but was told that I should have complained at the time. The meal was quite pricey at £25 per person without drinks included. I would not recommend this restaurant for Christmas, but it might be okay for a couple dining together.

First of all I must say that my husband and I have eaten at Gordons before (on a Friday evening and last New Year 's and have been very happy with the food. The service is also fabulous. We therefore thought we would try the restaurant with non veggie friends for Sunday lunch. I had enquired a few days beforehand what the veggie Sunday dishes might be and was told possibly risotto, pasta or mushroom stroganoff. (I was hoping more for the latter as veggies tend to always get offered the other dishes when eating out . We were told the chef didn 't decide untilt the actual day which does seem strange as none of these dishes are very complicated. On the actual day there was a delicious veggie starter we chose from the buffet. However, for the main meal we were offered pasta and it was really disappointing. Whilst our friends enjoyed their carvery meals, my husband and I got some very unspecial bowls of wet and sweet tasting pasta. I just don 't understand why more thought could not also have been given to our main meal, especially as I had rung before. There are so many interesting dishes for vegetarians (veggies wellingtons, parcels, tarts, nut roasts etc so why just offer these on special days such as Christmas or New Year 's? Why not every Sunday generally? If you did, we would come to you more often. Please consider making your Sunday lunch menu (and indeed your Friday evening menu more varied for vegetarians. Thank you.

The restaurant was completely empty for the entire duration of our lunch and with good reason. The food is mediocre at best and extremely overpriced for what it is. In fact the highlight of the meal for me was the bread roll. It always annoys me to be charged £20 for a bottle of wine that you can buy in Tesco for £5 at least put it in a carafe if you're going to serve supermarket wine and then the customer won't feel quite so ripped off!

This is my mums favourite restaurant and an added bonus that it takes tastecard! The restaurant is nearly always empty but the fix is good quality in general. My mum had the steak which was perfect but unfortunately on this occasion my son and my burgers were very red in the middle. We sent them back and they said they were going to cook fresh ones. They came back still red in the middle and my son actually had the same burger as before as it had a chunk of off it. Bit of a shame really but will poetically visit again as good value with the tastecard.