The Castle, Holborn - pub details
Address: 26 Furnival Street, London, EC4A 1JS [map] [gmap]
Tel: 0871 951 1000 (ref 30924) - calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras
Chancery Lane (0.1 miles), Farringdon (0.3 miles), Temple (0.5 miles)
Farringdon (0.4 miles), City Thameslink (0.4 miles), Blackfriars (0.5 miles)
Pub suggested by grecian on 21 Feb 2007
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> Current user rating: 7.2/10 (rated by 75 users)
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| Has the potential for greatness, but I keep getting a bad pint in here. Always changed without fuss, but if you're going to be a beer pub you need to take care of your product. barclay - 17 Jan 2012 17:33 |
| As an addenudm to my previous review in the Summer, I soon discovered that this pub's owners are the same company who are behind The (New) Wheatsheaf in Borough, which is a far less-pleasant but still excellent ale house which carries a similarly impressive and unusual range of beer. I don't usually suggest this, but if a few more pubs were to be snapped up by Redcar then it probably wouldn't go amiss, provided they adopt the same approach and don't try to become too formulaic. Their first two efforts would imply that they wouldn't. Annoyed that The Castle was closed on a Saturday though - I hate London pubs that do that as it so often catches me out. TWG - 10 Nov 2011 10:13 |
| Excellent - a proper pub in the City (there are a few to be fair). Had the Batemans Four Seasons. Bit of banter going on at the bar too. dpaajones - 7 Sep 2011 08:14 |
| Possibly the find of the year for me in London pub terms. Apparently not an identikit branded chain outlet like Wetherspoon or Nicholsons - it's owned by a small pubco called Redcar - yet it plainly specialises in excellently-kept diverse cask beers. Indeed, it rated better than either of those two giants, as not only was the selection of ales very unusual (nothing ubiquitous and I'd not even heard of all the brewers represented), but there was a more authentic local atmosphere, with very attentive service to boot. A traditional pub frontage tucked away in a quiet side-street, hidden away from hustle and bustle, one finds an intimate and appealing wood-panelled interior, which doesn't try too hard to reflect olde worlde sentiments. Only a modest number enjoying its wares when I visited but then it was only a Tuesday evening. There was a pleasant hum of chat; piped music was in evidence but hardly intrusive. Ale-wise one has about ten to revel in! Samples were freely-dispensed by the affable and efficient staff. A convivial and jolly experience followed. We even got talking to some of our fellow customers who were taking in some of the fine malts. One is lucky if one receives a smile in some London boozers let alone talk! This pub deserves commendation for its efforts. Any pub in the capital doing Nethergate as its regular flagship ale is in my good books. Excellent - shall be back, doubtless. TWG - 28 Aug 2011 17:35 |
| When in Friday , pleasantly busy and able to drink outside tried some of there beers ,house ale was very good hullcityfan - 10 Jul 2011 14:39 |
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