Eltham GPO — Restaurant in London

We had booked for the Sunday roast, and upon arrival, was shown to our table. After roughly 15 minutes, a waitress turned up and asked us if we wanted drinks ( we had already decided on our starter and main by this time ) . She returned five minutes later with the drinks and said someone would be with us shortly to take our order. Ten minutes later, a waitress came to our table and took our order. I ordered the camembert starter to share, and the trio of meat roast main and my partner ordered the vegetarian roast main. The camembert starter was good. It was overpriced but good. A waitress came to clear our plates and cutlery and said she would bring some clean knives and forks - she didn't. I had to grab some from a vacant table. When the mains turned up, my partner was presented with a pork roast ( luckily, she is not of the Islamic faith). She explained she had ordered the vegetarian, the waitress apologised and said she would sort it out. About 5 minutes later, another waitress returned with a roast - a vegan roast ! We mentioned that it was missing the yorkshire pudding ( the only difference between the vege and vegan ). Whilst waiting for the missing pudding to arrive, we were presented with a plate of pigs in blankets and other bits , we explained we hadn't ordered them, the waitress apologised and then disappeared with said plate. I had nearly eaten my roast by the time my partner got her yorkshire pudding , not just a single yorkshire pudding though, 3 yorkshire puddings turned up The waitress apologised again and took the other 2 away . It was only a couple of minutes after that another waitress came over.... with another yorkshire pudding !! The apologies were getting boring now and falling on deaf ears. Finally, after a catalogue of errors and ridiculous waiting times, we had finished eating , I have to say, the food was good though, hence the 4 stars. I fancied a lager to finish off and help me relax some. As our table was being cleared, I put in my request for the pint. The waitress returned 10 minutes later and said to me, " Oh, you ordered a drink, didn't you ?" I don't know how I held back from unleashing a string of expletives ! It was staring to feel like it was all deliberate. How else could there be this many f@@k ups by accident? There seemed to be a complete loss of communication between the waitresses. We paid and went to another pub...

Its a really nice airy pub, really friendly and great for taking the family.

Good selection of ales, and beers, not your usual staples, more worldly varieties.

But as a big foodie, I was not impressed with the Roast dinner, I had the roast chicken that consisted of two bits of chicken which were nice and some roast potatoes which were ok. It came with chunky squares of root veg which was over powering (not sure if it was undercooked maybe). we all thought it was strange to have watercress on a roast too. but the Yorkshire pudding was nice, but in all it was an expensive average roast.

The menu mentions "lashings of gravy", the gravy was nice, but it came as a small splash of gravy and even after asking for more, we received a very small pot each as a top up, not the lashings we were hoping for.

Another on our table had the roast beef, which looked great, nice a pink in the middle, but was tough as old boots.

Another had the bangers and mash, which they thought was really nice.

so overall a nice pub with lots of potential. I had high hopes for the GPO, but with the high price tag for the food, without the quality to match we were very...

Came into the GPO for a quiet drink as we always do after the Tesco food shop, avoiding the fireworks 🤣. My other half had a ‘Tommy Shelby’ hat on and as we approach the bar (in the door for 20 seconds) the bouncer comes up and says “no hat” when there are multiple people with hats on, one being a lady. My other half politely replied “fella there are people with hats on” pointing to the lady. He said “yes, but she’s a woman and you’re a man.” Absolutely shocking. To then be told we are not going to be served anymore and this will be our one and only drink. The Manager then went over to the doorman laughing and looking over at us.

You end up waiting forever to be served as the bar staff serve their friends first. They’re so rude. The ‘manager’ Sid seemed to think the whole situation was hilarious. We will definitely be taking this further.

The actual owner of this place really needs to do something before they loose all custom. I’ve shared on a ur local Facebook page and every comment people agree and are sharing their awful...