Captain Kidd, Wapping

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The Captain Kidd is a pretty respectable pub in a very good location. It's built in an old warehouse and you wouldn't believe it hadn't been there for a hundred years but it actually dates from the 80s - the 1980s, that is. It's a Sam Smiths pub so there are no surprises with the drink - it's well kept and very reasonably priced and the service is good. It has to be said the bar food is average and there's a restaurant on the top floor - still untried as yet by us, even after many years, we must do that someday. There are usually two floors you can drink on (the restaurant is on the 2nd), but sometimes the upstairs bar hosts private parties as do other bits of the bar and it's a good place for a party too. The Captain Kidd's u.s.p., however is its location - all the rooms have splendid views of the river, with large windows that open up in summer to provide a cooling breeze and there is a large terrace at the side of the pub that also overlooks the Thames. And now the Overground is fully open, people from Croydon to Islington can enjoy the bracing Thames air from here.

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What's_in_Wapping
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04 Mar 2011

General agreement in Wapping that the Kidd has the best riverside views of all the pubs here and a large beer garden with cheap beer to enjoy it in. Great pictures from the summer on What's in Wapping website

http://www.whatsinwapping.co.uk/captain-kidd-pub-12012011/

The food situation isn't as good as it was and the Gallows restaurant is missed. But if you don't go there expecting a 5* meal it has a lot to offer ...

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17 May 2010

A pub in a great position. Sam Smith's tends to divide people and I fall on the side of - it's almost a nice pint. The pub almost looks old, the clientele almost look like locals. It's almost a great pub but not quite.

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15 Apr 2010

One of the most successful warehouse conversion around. Worth going just to see the David Dickinson looky-likey who props up the bar on a Saturday afternoon. Spooky.

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19 Mar 2010

Lovely pub this. I went recently (Feb 2010) and the bar food is still horrible, but there's a nice atmosphere in here. Nicely decorated as well, and great outdoor area I imagine in the summer.

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