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Popped in on a Saturday lunchtime for a quick pint. The beers on offer were GK IPA, London Pride and St Austell Tribute. The Tribute was a good pint, let down by not being a great beer at the best of times. The only negative is that I would prefer to find a closed door somewhere between the bar and the toilets.
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Fairly bland pub situated in the shopping area of town. The fairly standard unsurprising ales on offer were Greene King IPA, Black Sheep and London Pride. Pretty boring as pubs go, but probably the best bet in the immediate area.
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I had an overnight stop in Luton before flying out the following morning. I fancied a beer or two before a bite to eat. The Castle was fine - friendly landlady, perfect-nick (if slightly expensive) pint of Black Sheep and friendly locals. Turned into a three-pint pub!
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Real ales available, but nothing to write home about (Hobgoblin and Speckled Hen on a recent visit). Decent enough atmosphere.
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Being a punk/rock pub is different to anything else in luton town centre, which scares off most of the WKD drinking Weatherspoons intellectuals which is a good thing in Luton . Have been gfoing there for 6 months and have found it a very relaxed bar with none of the pretensious nonsense most other places in town do . First class pub
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I have been to this pub tonight (02-10-07) and was amazed to be told by the bar maid that she was closing the bar at 21:30 as there were not enough customers in the pub. I later saw her embracing her boyfriend outside the pub and assume she was on a promise. I won't be visiting this pub again!!!
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i viewed going for a drink in Luton town centre on a sat night with certain amount of intrepidation, was suppose to meet up my mate at Brookes (thankfully he was persuaded otherwise) Well kept ales from Greene King, a very "alternative" juke box (if punk is your thing) Deserves brownie points just for not trying to be trendy or pretentious.
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A more traditional pub - a bit smoky and like stepping back in time but the atmosphere is nice. There is one toilet lock in the ladies that has been broken for years which they should really get fixed. Other than that is a nice crowd that goes in there - rockers on a Saturday and you can usually get a seat.
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Very decent pub. Yes, been drinking there for years.
Always won the approval of a string of ex-girlfriends, so if our seatcovers like it, it can't be bad.
Parrot has indeed gone but the beer is always clean and sharp and, if you enjoy your music, the state of the art internet connected MP3 jukebox is dead handy.
Good solid pub. Healthy, clean minded atmosphere.
Good crowd of articulate, good natured beer worshippers, (including Luton's very own Viking).
Reputed to be quite famous in some quarters.
Best pub in Luton.
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A decent pub, I paid my first visit today, the Broadside was very good, it still has some Irish trappings so there is room for improvement.
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Parrot has now gone, which is good, but so has the Broadside, which isn't.
Still, some people like Old Speckled Hen...
DHooks
anonymous - 7 Feb 2005 13:20 |
Used to be The White Hart and a hangout for local coppers. Then became an Oirish theme pub with a suitably ridiculous name that I can't recall). Most of the contrived trappings survive and the pub has gone through something of an identity crisis in its latest guise as The Castle. Latterly a hangout for the town's equally ecletic "alternative" crowd its dinghy little boozer in the town centre, but is a far better bet than the cattle markets surrounding it. Decent pint of Broadside too. And a parrot... which gets a little tedious when the pub is quiet and you're trying to watch the cricket.
Dave Hooks - 20 Aug 2004 11:53 |
