The Three Daws Public House
Tuesday: 12:00 - 23:00
Wednesday: 12:00 - 23:00
Thursday: 12:00 - 23:00
Friday: 12:00 - 23:00
Saturday: 12:00 - 23:00
Sunday: 12:00 - 23:00
About The Three Daws Public House
The pub was originally opened in 1488, and to this day still strives to keep to it's origins with home cooked meals and perfectly served Ale's that we take our pride in. No admission or readmission after 23: 00 Fri and Sat evenings.
The Three Daws Public House Description
Standing at the river edge at the foot of the old High Street, it has for centuries served as a home from home for the river men, been the haunt of smugglers and was regularly raided by the old naval press gangs.
It is older than Shakespeare's house, older than many well known ancient buildings, and is a place to reflect on past and very hard times.
One of the oldest taverns in the country - this ancient inn (now named) the Three Daws is almost four hundred and fifty years old and first gained its licence in 1565.
The Three Daws began its life by being converted from five traditional styled wood fronted cottages. The general structure is therefore some years older that the length of its history as a Thames tavern, and probably goes further back to at least 1501.
A rambling building typical of its period, the wooden structure of its construction is reputed to be the work of shipwrights who were seeking work at that time, owing to a depression in their waterside trade.
During the days of the big sailing merchant ships of two centuries ago, it was also used as an accommodation and it had eleven bedrooms, connected by five complete staircases.
The outer structure has evidence of fire damage in its history, particularly where the wood front has been replaced by plaster facing and brickwork. However, during the great fire of 1727, the main structure was undamaged by the disaster which did manage to reach the surrounding properties.
A small extension at the North of the main building has its own independent record, for it was once separated from the tavern and used as steam packet offices. . . Later it became a reading room for the local watermen until brought in to use as steam tug offices.
At one time large sailing merchant ships used to anchor off the Three Daws while awaiting supplies and a fair wind or, on returning from long overseas voyages. Back in those days, the waterside tavern was a very popular place for seamen of all nationalities, echoing to the sound of the sea shanties whilst liquid refreshments were consumed by the gallon.
A century or more ago, the Three Daws was just one of a large number of taverns catering for waterside people along the front. Other nearby houses included the Falcon, King of Prussia, and the very famous Amsterdam, which was immortalised in a well-known sea shanty.
In 1984, the Three Daws was closed for the first time in almost five centuries. During all of the fires in Gravesend, including the great fire of 1850, the Three Daws remained virtually unscathed. Today it is owned by Mr. Lester Banks and has been sympathetically restored to its original charm and character.
So stay and enjoy the fayre and reflect on those bygone times.
Reviews
So ladies and gents, here it is. Back by popular demand Friday 16th November its Monkey Wrench. Playing all your favourite Britpop to Modern Rock. Doors open at 8pm and hope to see you all there.
So ladies and gents, here is a little bit of a cheeky night for you to look forward too. GOLD are back by massive demand at The Three Daws Friday 9th November. These guys know how to throw a party and get you on the dance floor dancing the night away. So get them dancing 👠at the ready. They bring you the very best in 70’s, 80’s and 90’s DANCE, DISCO, FUNK, SOUL, ELECTRONIC and ROCK. Doors open at 8pm. #DONTMISSOUT #SEEYOUTHERE #GOLD
So ladies and gents a really, really special treat for you Friday 2nd November.
Gravesend’s resident band of brothers ‘The Chosen Few’ have got together for their last ever gig to gather for an evening of brilliant music at the best gig in Kent. It will be ’emotional’. Come along…. you can tell your grandkids you were actually there!……
You know the drill by now, doors open at 8pm and let’s see those dancing shoes on.
Well what can I say, WHAT A BRILLANT NIGHT thanks to Sur Les Docks for travelling for 7 hours to get to us and of course all you lovely people for coming and support us . See you all nx weekend xx
CANCELLED
Three Daws fireworks on 3rd November have been cancelled Gravesham’s firework display has also been cancelled on advice that fireworks may be harmful to our newest resident Benny the Beluga Whale X
Just a little note from our french friends 😘 x
So ladies and gents, this is a treat and a half for you. We have the one and only SUR LES DOCKS playing at The Three Daws for you on Friday 26th October. Not a band by all accounts to be missed out on. Doors open at 8pm and music will be starting at 9pm. You all know the drill by now, get them dancing shoes dusted off and come on down. Hope to see you all there and do not miss out. #surlesdocks #thethreedaws #realales #livemusic #dontmissout The band (seven musicians) who mo...stly played in pubs and bars, but are also used to play on big stages. The band plays Marine-songs in an energetic repertoire and is able to put on their enthousiam to a large public. Indeed, you can not remain indifferent when listening to this delicious mix between celtic, folk, rock and festive music. With French and English vocals who don’t hesitate to compose a different sound like musette, reggae, and also punk.
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So ladies and gents what a cheeky little gift we have for you on Friday 19th October. Only THE START band, back by popular demand at The Three Daws. Doors open at 8pm. So come on down if you fancy jamming along to some great Mod/Ska and Northern Soul. Hope to see you all there!!!
See you all tomorrow with your dancing shoes xx
So here it is Ladies and Gents. If you missed out on our local brewed Jungle Juice ale from our 2018 Real Ale Festival, it’s back by popular demand at The Three Daws. Iron Pier have done a fantastic job on the ale and pump clip, so now it’s down to you all to come drink us dry. #thethreedaws #ironpierbeer #junglejuice #realale
So ladies and gents what a wicked little weekend treat we have for you. Not only is the great PROTOSTEREO playing with us Friday 5th Oct, but the one and only SKABRETTA are here on Saturday 6th Oct. So those dancing shoes will definitely need dusting off and get yourselves down for yet another great Three Daws weekend. Hope to see you all there. Doors open at 8pm.
Here you go all you lovely people. MODRAPHENIA are back Friday 28th September Live and Kicking. Doors open at 8pm. Hope to see you all there, dancing the night away.
IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE WAVERLEY
Weather will be improved on Monday when she is intending to leave Southampton to make the 18 hour journey to Gravesend. ETA is Monday @ 20:00. Waverley will commence her scheduled sailing programme from Tuesday 25th September. Passengers who have had bookings cancelled will be able to re-book for other excursions.... please contact the Waverley direct
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New info, xx
Hi everyone just in case you haven’t seen this I’m just updating you, will let you all know further details ASAP x
Well, well, well let’s be having you. Friday 21st September The Three Daws are hosting our very good friends HOGROAST. Now we all love them and I know plenty of you do to, so let’s be having it large and hope you come along to hear all those songs you love to hear. Doors open at 8pm and I hope to see all your lovely faces there.
So ladies and gents, here is a little bit of a cheeky night for you to look forward too. GOLD are back by massive demand at The Three Daws Friday 14th September. These guys know how to throw a party and get you on the dance floor dancing the night away. So get them dancing 👠at the ready. They bring you the very best in 70’s, 80’s and 90’s DANCE, DISCO, FUNK, SOUL, ELECTRONIC and ROCK. Doors open at 8pm. #DONTMISSOUT #SEEYOUTHERE #GOLD
Sooooo the THREE DAWS are going to be on Tv, Chanel 4 are doing a documentary on Britain’s Wildest Weather please could I ask that anyone that has videos or photos or the flood 29th May to send them to me manager@threedaws.uk Thank you Lisa xx
So ladies and gents the band playing for you Friday 31st August is The ERICS. Blue eyed soul music of the old school variety, some classics and some not so well known. A rhythm section that makes you fidget and guitar licks that mess with your mind. Doors open at 8pm and I hope to see you all there.
You know where you can get a really good pint of Birra Moretti? The Three Daws. The beer tastes great and the Riverside setting is almost as though you were suddenly unexplainedly on holiday if you squint hard enough, and I expect to be squinting quite hard before I leave.
What a great find - decided to take my friend for a Magical Mystery Birthday Surprise and took her over on the ferry from Tilbury - what a beautiful very old historical pub with the most friendly staff - could’ve sat at the bar chatting and having a joke with them and other customers- special mention to Lisa- thank you - such a huge choice of good food - couldn’t fault it - beautiful view over the river from our table - will definitely revisit - thank you �
This is my former local pub and nothing has made me appreciate it more than moving away. A wonderful rotating selection of local real ales, friendly staff and atmosphere, and good food.
The new Spring/Summer menu is now on offer, I had The Allotment, an interesting idea, where the contents are adjusted to available produce. Yesterday it was grilled mackerel fillet, very nice. Also tried a new Dessert, Cocoa Cake, sounds and looks a bit on the heavy side, but is actually quite light. Thoroughly enjoyed my lunch, including a couple of decent ales.
Reserved meal for 8! We absolutely love it here, delicious food and great service. Nice to have such a varied menu of good old fashioned food! Highly recommend
Mental night saturday. Great music, friendly staff, Betty Stoggs and Gin. What more can you ask for. Well done guys x.
Lovely meal here last night. Great menu, Food is delicious, staff are really friendly and welcoming. Great value! Will definitely return.
Lamb roast. Amazing
We love this place. The food is always lovely and hot (not from a microwave), the staff are always friendly they can't do enough for for you. We even do battle with the bridge and tunnel to come for lunch and gypsy tart
Hired the lower function room for a surprise 80th birthday party. Can’t fault it friendly staff in kitchen and bar, buffet was lovely and bar service good. Would definitely recommend this venue (my only criticism would be there’s a small step onto dance floor which is easy to trip on ) .
Food outstanding and service great. Very friendly staff and nothing was too much trouble. We will be back soon.
Came here on Thursday with Orpington U3A Real Ale Appreciation Group and we were all impressed with the beer, the food and the friendly and efficient service, Many thanks to all the staff. We will definitely be back ....
Been meaning to have a meal at The Three Daws for a considerable time and finally got round to it yesterday afternoon. I have to say the food and service was excellent! We were sat at a table with an excellent view of the river too which made the afternoon perfect. If you want an excellent pub that serves quality restaurant food, look no further! Thanks Three Daws, we will return!
Beautiful views from the terrace and very friendly service.
Beautiful old building with a lovely atmosphere, in a perfect position. We sat on the terrace overlooking the river. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Would recommend & will definitely visit again.
Amazing food and good atmosphere. Definitely our new local.
A lovely local pub the staff are really friendly great beers and food
A great place to people watch..
I do love this place. The floor is wonky and you can feel the age of the building. It has a nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Great location and good prices. The band nights are also worth going to.
We had a ‘pleasant’ roast today - my one complaint is that it was drowned in gravy.
I like to taste the food, not just gravy and it wasn’t clear that the meal came with it already on.
The friendly and helpful staff member offered to take it back, but I was starving by that time and my friend had already started eating, so I declined and put up with it sloshing about drowning everything.
Note to the chef - maybe gravy in a pot on the side would be a good idea? It would have made it much more enjoyable to have had a choice.
To end on a positive, I still love the place.
Went yesterday and had cod and chips for £10.50. Thought I'd been given a kiddies meal it was so small. I did however have masses of peas and about 10 chunky chips. When we spoke to the manageress we were told that they were the right portion weight. Hadn't been for a while so I hope there are better value meals on the menu. Not sure I'll be rushing back but if I go again I certainly won't be having the cod and chips. Very disappointing.
You know where you can get a really good pint of Birra Moretti? The Three Daws. The beer tastes great and the Riverside setting is almost as though you were suddenly unexplainedly on holiday if you squint hard enough, and I expect to be squinting quite hard before I leave.
What a great find - decided to take my friend for a Magical Mystery Birthday Surprise and took her over on the ferry from Tilbury - what a beautiful very old historical pub with the most friendly staff - could’ve sat at the bar chatting and having a joke with them and other customers- special mention to Lisa- thank you - such a huge choice of good food - couldn’t fault it - beautiful view over the river from our table - will definitely revisit - thank you �
This is my former local pub and nothing has made me appreciate it more than moving away. A wonderful rotating selection of local real ales, friendly staff and atmosphere, and good food.
The new Spring/Summer menu is now on offer, I had The Allotment, an interesting idea, where the contents are adjusted to available produce. Yesterday it was grilled mackerel fillet, very nice. Also tried a new Dessert, Cocoa Cake, sounds and looks a bit on the heavy side, but is actually quite light. Thoroughly enjoyed my lunch, including a couple of decent ales.
Reserved meal for 8! We absolutely love it here, delicious food and great service. Nice to have such a varied menu of good old fashioned food! Highly recommend
Mental night saturday. Great music, friendly staff, Betty Stoggs and Gin. What more can you ask for. Well done guys x.
Lovely meal here last night. Great menu, Food is delicious, staff are really friendly and welcoming. Great value! Will definitely return.
Lamb roast. Amazing
We love this place. The food is always lovely and hot (not from a microwave), the staff are always friendly they can't do enough for for you. We even do battle with the bridge and tunnel to come for lunch and gypsy tart
Hired the lower function room for a surprise 80th birthday party. Can’t fault it friendly staff in kitchen and bar, buffet was lovely and bar service good. Would definitely recommend this venue (my only criticism would be there’s a small step onto dance floor which is easy to trip on ) .
Food outstanding and service great. Very friendly staff and nothing was too much trouble. We will be back soon.
Came here on Thursday with Orpington U3A Real Ale Appreciation Group and we were all impressed with the beer, the food and the friendly and efficient service, Many thanks to all the staff. We will definitely be back ....
Been meaning to have a meal at The Three Daws for a considerable time and finally got round to it yesterday afternoon. I have to say the food and service was excellent! We were sat at a table with an excellent view of the river too which made the afternoon perfect. If you want an excellent pub that serves quality restaurant food, look no further! Thanks Three Daws, we will return!
Beautiful views from the terrace and very friendly service.
Beautiful old building with a lovely atmosphere, in a perfect position. We sat on the terrace overlooking the river. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Would recommend & will definitely visit again.
Amazing food and good atmosphere. Definitely our new local.
A lovely local pub the staff are really friendly great beers and food
A great place to people watch..
I do love this place. The floor is wonky and you can feel the age of the building. It has a nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Great location and good prices. The band nights are also worth going to.
We had a ‘pleasant’ roast today - my one complaint is that it was drowned in gravy.
I like to taste the food, not just gravy and it wasn’t clear that the meal came with it already on.
The friendly and helpful staff member offered to take it back, but I was starving by that time and my friend had already started eating, so I declined and put up with it sloshing about drowning everything.
Note to the chef - maybe gravy in a pot on the side would be a good idea? It would have made it much more enjoyable to have had a choice.
To end on a positive, I still love the place.
Went yesterday and had cod and chips for £10.50. Thought I'd been given a kiddies meal it was so small. I did however have masses of peas and about 10 chunky chips. When we spoke to the manageress we were told that they were the right portion weight. Hadn't been for a while so I hope there are better value meals on the menu. Not sure I'll be rushing back but if I go again I certainly won't be having the cod and chips. Very disappointing.
You know where you can get a really good pint of Birra Moretti? The Three Daws. The beer tastes great and the Riverside setting is almost as though you were suddenly unexplainedly on holiday if you squint hard enough, and I expect to be squinting quite hard before I leave.
What a great find - decided to take my friend for a Magical Mystery Birthday Surprise and took her over on the ferry from Tilbury - what a beautiful very old historical pub with the most friendly staff - could’ve sat at the bar chatting and having a joke with them and other customers- special mention to Lisa- thank you - such a huge choice of good food - couldn’t fault it - beautiful view over the river from our table - will definitely revisit - thank you �
This is my former local pub and nothing has made me appreciate it more than moving away. A wonderful rotating selection of local real ales, friendly staff and atmosphere, and good food.
The new Spring/Summer menu is now on offer, I had The Allotment, an interesting idea, where the contents are adjusted to available produce. Yesterday it was grilled mackerel fillet, very nice. Also tried a new Dessert, Cocoa Cake, sounds and looks a bit on the heavy side, but is actually quite light. Thoroughly enjoyed my lunch, including a couple of decent ales.
Reserved meal for 8! We absolutely love it here, delicious food and great service. Nice to have such a varied menu of good old fashioned food! Highly recommend
Mental night saturday. Great music, friendly staff, Betty Stoggs and Gin. What more can you ask for. Well done guys x.
Lovely meal here last night. Great menu, Food is delicious, staff are really friendly and welcoming. Great value! Will definitely return.
Lamb roast. Amazing
We love this place. The food is always lovely and hot (not from a microwave), the staff are always friendly they can't do enough for for you. We even do battle with the bridge and tunnel to come for lunch and gypsy tart
Hired the lower function room for a surprise 80th birthday party. Can’t fault it friendly staff in kitchen and bar, buffet was lovely and bar service good. Would definitely recommend this venue (my only criticism would be there’s a small step onto dance floor which is easy to trip on ) .
Food outstanding and service great. Very friendly staff and nothing was too much trouble. We will be back soon.
Came here on Thursday with Orpington U3A Real Ale Appreciation Group and we were all impressed with the beer, the food and the friendly and efficient service, Many thanks to all the staff. We will definitely be back ....
Been meaning to have a meal at The Three Daws for a considerable time and finally got round to it yesterday afternoon. I have to say the food and service was excellent! We were sat at a table with an excellent view of the river too which made the afternoon perfect. If you want an excellent pub that serves quality restaurant food, look no further! Thanks Three Daws, we will return!
Beautiful views from the terrace and very friendly service.
Beautiful old building with a lovely atmosphere, in a perfect position. We sat on the terrace overlooking the river. Staff very friendly and welcoming. Would recommend & will definitely visit again.
Amazing food and good atmosphere. Definitely our new local.
A lovely local pub the staff are really friendly great beers and food
A great place to people watch..
I do love this place. The floor is wonky and you can feel the age of the building. It has a nice atmosphere and friendly staff. Great location and good prices. The band nights are also worth going to.
We had a ‘pleasant’ roast today - my one complaint is that it was drowned in gravy.
I like to taste the food, not just gravy and it wasn’t clear that the meal came with it already on.
The friendly and helpful staff member offered to take it back, but I was starving by that time and my friend had already started eating, so I declined and put up with it sloshing about drowning everything.
Note to the chef - maybe gravy in a pot on the side would be a good idea? It would have made it much more enjoyable to have had a choice.
To end on a positive, I still love the place.
Went yesterday and had cod and chips for £10.50. Thought I'd been given a kiddies meal it was so small. I did however have masses of peas and about 10 chunky chips. When we spoke to the manageress we were told that they were the right portion weight. Hadn't been for a while so I hope there are better value meals on the menu. Not sure I'll be rushing back but if I go again I certainly won't be having the cod and chips. Very disappointing.
More about The Three Daws Public House
Tuesday: 12:00 - 23:00
Wednesday: 12:00 - 23:00
Thursday: 12:00 - 23:00
Friday: 12:00 - 23:00
Saturday: 12:00 - 23:00
Sunday: 12:00 - 23:00