The Cask and Glass, Victoria - pub details
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Address: 39, Palace Street, Victoria, London, SW1E 5HN [map] [gmap]
Tel: 08721 077 077 (ref 1155)
Victoria (0.3 miles), St James's Park (0.3 miles), Green Park (0.6 miles)
London Victoria (0.3 miles), London Charing Cross (1 mile), Vauxhall (1.2 miles)
Brewery: Shepherd Neame
Pub facilities/features:
- Real ale
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Colonies, Westminster (0.0 miles), Ha! Ha! Bar and Canteen, Victoria (0.1 miles), Phoenix, Victoria (0.1 miles), Stag, Victoria (0.1 miles), Bag O' Nails, Victoria (0.1 miles) - see more nearby pubs
user reviews of the Cask and Glass, Victoria
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| There is much debate over London’s smallest pub and this is one of the usual suspects although the Swan & Edgar in Marylebone I believe is current incumbent of the title. It is however worth noting that the Cask & Glass did used to be much smaller than it now is – a metal pillar by the bar was apparently once the extent of the bar. The single room, carpeted interior does have an element of charm and despite the lack of bar space they do a good range of Shepherd Neame beers (Spitfire, Master Brew, Bishop’s Finger & the seasonal ale) at quite reasonable prices. On the walls are an assorted collection of prints, cartoons, portraits, old letters, clay pipes, mirrors etc and there is still room for a small plasma screen at one end. There isn’t a great deal of room to sit with a row of built in setaing down one side and a ledge and a few stools down the other. You would need to get there early to bag either although there is some seating outside when the weather allows. Whilst the pub appears to be well tucked away, it should be remembered that the modern buildings opposite stand on the site of the old Stag Brewery (closed 1959) and many of the surrounding buildings around here were either brewery buildings or workers cottages so its location doesn’t seem so odd when taking the area’s history into account. One little quirk that is sadly no longer relevant was that until just a few years ago they would only sell beer in half pint glasses. The reasons are open to conjecture – some say it was because they didn’t want to get the nearby Palace staff and guards getting drunk, others say there were no toilets on the premises so people had to keep going to the pub opposite to use their facilities. Whatever the reason, they now do pints and there is certainly somewhere to recycle them. Yes the place does get infuriatingly busy but it is nevertheless well worth a detour as it really is quite a neat little place. RogerB - 21 Dec 2009 16:07 |
| Nicest pub in the Victoria area by a long way! Decent bitters, but only Shepherd Neame. Worth the short walk from Victoria station. Oolybel - 16 Dec 2009 13:10 |
| best pint of bitter in victoria by miles. Didi - 17 Nov 2009 13:55 |
| Great little watering hole thats what it is, tiny but a little gem, real ale! steviewonder - 16 Nov 2009 14:45 |
| Went in at a quiet time (mid-Saturday afternoon, when many other nearby pubs are closed), but I thought that this place had a wonderful relaxed atmosphere (although no doubt it is different at office-closing time). Excellent pint of Kent's Best, and it is hard to find fault with this cosy little Shepherd Neame pub. rpadam - 31 Oct 2009 22:20 |
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